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Jamaican ginger paralysis - have you heard of it?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Sep 24

The photo has nothing to do with the discussion. It’s of a baby elephant pushing Vince around when we visited an elephant centre. Vince is trying to change the film in his camera. I’ve just read ‘Water for Elephants’ by Sara...

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By order of the President ...

Aleskys Cardozo @Aleskys (5879) • Venezuela 17 Mar 20

I think that in reality it is about camouflaging the critical state of the supply of gasoline to the country. The president prohibited supplying gasoline, only to food dispatchers, medical personnel and journalists, and for this...

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dispensing gasoline

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January 26, 2020 - What happened that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 26 Jan 20

National Peanut Brittle Day Spouse's Day 1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States. 1905 - The world's largest diamond 3,106.75 carats (.621350 kg) is found near Pretoria in South Africa. 1925 -...

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Book Review Christopher Hutt The Death Of The English Pub

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Dec 19

Arrow Press 1973 Nicely illustrated with lots of photos, this short prophetic warning cries out about the dangers of corporate changes in brewery attitudes to traditional English (should be British) pubs. The book comes at the...

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Book Review Edward Behr Prohibition Thirteen Years That Changed America

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Sep 19

1996 – Arcade Press In 1920, under pressure from the Christian Right, temperance movements and others, North America went dry, with a total legal ban on alcohol. Of course, it was the jazz age of bathtub gin, speakeasies,...

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Science Fiction Novel Review G K Chesterton The Flying Inn

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 May 19

1914 – Rajas Press – Spoiler alerts. This could have been so much better than it is. The story is a satire about an alternative Britain that has somehow formed an alliance with the Ottoman Empire leading to the Westminster...

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Short Story Review Ernest Hemingway The Killers

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Feb 19

Spoiler alerts – 1927 The story features Nick Adams, a character who turns up in various Hemmingway stories. He is among the diners at a prohibition era Illinois café, run by a man called George. Two gangsters enter, unhappy...

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Two Stories On The Theme Of The Wrong Luggage

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Feb 17

We often see movies in which characters accidentally end up with the wrong suitcase and get into various adventures as they evade or pursue the owners of the other luggage. I decided to create a story on this theme and ended up...

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Prohibition

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 2 Feb 17

I recently posted some information about Prohibition in the U.S. but I happened to find another interesting piece of information and I thought I would share. New York City had about 15,000 LEGAL saloons before the Prohibition law...

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January History

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 20 Jan 17

What happened on January 15th down through the centuries? I found a few things of interest. January 15, 1929: Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta. January 15, 1559: Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster...

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Photo Study Mr Fitzpatricks Rawtenstal Lancashire

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 May 16

This is a pub sign study with a difference as Mr Fitzpatrick’s really is a pub with no beer or alcohol of any kind. It is the last surviving original Temperance Bar in Britain. (A few later temperance bars have sprung up, but this...

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Ending the War on Drugs

Kyla Matton Osborne @Ruby3881 (1963) • Canada 14 Apr 16

Canada's current prime minister campaigned in part on a promise to legalize recreational marijuana use across the country. Why? 1) Because prohibition doesn't work. 2) Because decriminalization - something the last Liberal...

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Prohibition is it Enforcable

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 20 Jan 16

On Jan. 20, 1920 The Eighteenth Amendment went into effect and lasted for thirteen years. Although alcohol was not supposed to be sold or consumed , it was illegal to manufacture, transport, import, export, or sell alcoholic...

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I am ashamed of myself ....

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 7 Dec 15

Today I felt ashamed of myself. Why.? people may wonder. ..Aren't you.? This is not because of any heinous act of mine..but, .because of the passive attitude of the people .towards mindless activities and promises made by great...

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supply of pure and unadulterated liquor

health scheme

revenue from liquor excise total prohibiton

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War on Drugs: Who is the Enemy?

caspertg @caspertg (2) 7 Aug 12

With 90% of all drug related convictions being for possession, who is paying the price of this war and who are the combatants? Who is benefiting from the war on drugs? Who benefits from prohibition? Should we as a global...

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The War On Drugs

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 2 Apr 12

I have long believed in the legalisation of soft drugs and the controlled management of hard drugs by government agencies, so it came as a pleasant surpise to hear the morning news here. Australia 21 is a think tank which involves...

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San Francisco will vote in November to ban circumcision

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 19 May 11

There are enough signatures gathered now to put it on the November ballot, making it a misdemeanor to circumcise a male under the age of 18. There are a lot of cries of racism these days but isn't this a very racist thing? It...

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How does it feel to be drunk?

keeegan_ess @keeegan_ess (512) • United States 23 Nov 10

I've never ever in life been drunk. Mainly because I don't drink alcohol, and I think it doesn't taste too well. But I've always wondered how it feels to be drunk. Are you like conscious of your actions, or what happens? Whenever...

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Prohibition Causes Gangs to Form.

Gorillafootprints925 @Gorillafootprints925 (3586) • United States 6 Nov 10

The reason why there are drug cartels, syndicates, gangs, etc is because what they sell or do is illegal but if those were legal then it would just be business. Prohibition causes this problem.

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War on Drugs

AnnieOakley1 @AnnieOakley1 (5596) • Canada 27 Aug 10

The War on Drugs has been a total failure, because drugs are more prevalent now than they ever were. Governments continue to spend billions of dollars on harsher sentences, and it does nothing but increase the black market price...

drugs should be legal

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