US alcohol retailers find law changes hard to swallow

A BigLaw criminal defense attorney could be in trouble after cops accused her of letting her underage daughter and friends drink alcohol at a New Year's Eve bash.

Via Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, They just ain’t making Maker’s like they used to.  According to the company, an apparent bourbon shortage has besieged the company leaving it no choice but to cut the alcohol content of their booze from 45% to 42%.

WINNIPEG — Manitobans will soon be allowed to drink alcohol in spas and hair salons. That’s one of many changes to provincial liquor laws announced by the NDP government. Most of the changes involve licensing requirements for restaurant and bar owners. For example, restaurants will no longer have to report on the sales ratio between food and alcohol. Types of liquor licences are being reduced to three from 12.

Many Russians consider beer a soft drink – a light refresher that can be guzzled on the way to work or sucked down in great quantities before a picnic and a swim in the river. Hard drinkers sniff at its weakness, as the saying goes: "Beer without vodka is like throwing money to the wind."

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When people drink too much, they often find unattractive people much more attractive. This phenomenon is called "beer goggles."