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Category Archives: Alcohol
Is John Boehner A Drunk?
So I Google “John Boehner” and the first text suggestion from Google is “John Boehner affair.” No, I’m interested in “John Boehner drunk.” Mickey Kaus tweets: “Wish Brian WIlliams would just come out and ask Boehner if he’s a lush. … Continue reading
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Tagged house minority leader john boehner, joe scarborough, john boehner, leader john boehner, minority leader john boehner, newt gingrich
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Dennis Prager On Lindsay Lohan
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager says: “The life of Lindsay Lohan does not rivet me. The collective works of Lindsay Lohan would not rivet my attention. The only reason I mention this is because of her mother. Lindsay … Continue reading
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Tagged brain damage, Dennis Prager, driving under the influence of alcohol, dui conviction, light sentence, troubled person
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Closing Time by Joe Queenan
Queenan writes in his memoir that his writing career took off when he quit drinking. His second "My Turn" column for Newsweek "was an all-out assault on alcoholics in general and my father in particular. It recounted the beatings, the … Continue reading
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Tagged addictive drug, alcoholics, beatings, closing time, joe queenan, quot
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Kiddish Clubs & Jewish Drunkeness
Lisa Miller writes for Newsweek: It was a Saturday afternoon in July, and according to the police report, the young man was driving drunk. So drunk, in fact, that he drove into the oncoming lane, rolled his car, crashed into … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish papers, jonathan katz, milton berle, orthodox circles, orthodox synagogues, single malt whiskey
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