A toast to the Nanny State
I see another large turd has floated to the top of the cesspool. Unit of alcohol should cost €1 – the same as litre of milk, says liver disease expert We are all supposed to tug the forelock because he … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: alcohol
Brewing up a fight
Different battlefield – same tactics. The Big Nanny Machine has firmly set its sights on the drink industry. Already the sock puppet "charities" are clamoring for tax payers' money so that the gubmint can successfully lobby itself. They all agree … Continue reading →
The minimum price of socialising
As night follows day, so alcohol follows tobacco. Government to clamp down on sale of cheap drink. Bans on advertising and sponsorship? Warning labels? Restriction on sales? Does this sound familiar to anyone? I have been giving the subject a … Continue reading →
On being unwholesome
I went to third level college once a loooong time ago. I was nominally there to study electronics but there were so many other things on the syllabus that electronics became a side line. There was women, drinking, card games, … Continue reading →
Starting them young
They announced the results of the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition last night. I have a passing interest having been a contestant in the very first one over fifty years ago. I didn't win. As for the winners this year … Continue reading →
