TIL that spiced rums date only to 1984, when Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum was introduced by Diaego. This is why no classic cocktails (and hardly any well-known cocktails, period) call for spiced rums. They didn't exist before 1984.

@tifosi77 Want to be a plaintiff?

I’m pro gun to a degree too which makes it all the more crazy-making. But conservatives have figured out how to game the system by blocking everything progressive that isn’t explicitly called out by the constitution; be it around Gun rights or abortion I don't agree with any of your progressive gun...

I understand that most voters are morons that don't understand how things work. Perhaps I'm one as well, but beyond nationalizing the oil industry, what could actually be done in the legislature or white house to bring gas prices and/or grocery prices down? I genuinely have zero idea what tangible ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-gas-price-gouging-bill/ The House vote was 217-207: no Republican supported the bill, suggesting it's likely headed for failure in the Senate. Good. Price controls cause shortages. Do the Democrats want to increase the Biden / Carter comparisons even more by bring...

E15 use may result in a slight decrease in fuel economy. Ethanol has a higher "octane" level than regular gasoline, so it's used in gas both as an octane booster / antiknock agent and as a political sop to the large corn agribusiness lobby, which lobbies the heck out of Congress to have more ethanol...

Someone needs to remind Texas that sodomy is a preventative for abortion.

My mother was an OB/GYN nurse practitioner who focused on the gynecology side and not the obstetrics side. Over the years, she worked at a number of places, including an STD clinic. I think I knew the nuts and bolts of how sex worked from a fairly young age just from her discussing her cases with my...

I think the new standard would absolutely have an impact on the handgun roster. Certainly, there is no significant founding-era history of the government picking and choosing what brands or specific models of guns that people could buy. Neither, I think, could the handgun roster be justified as proh...

What is the LGBTQ+ equivalent of "The call is coming from inside the house!"?

The feminists that trans advocates call TERFs?

I'm confused by "sexual bestiality." Is there such a thing as non-sexual bestiality?

https://twitter.com/gunpolicy/status/1542572527674949632?cxt=HHwWgIC8hdDiqOgqAAAA The four cases sent back for do-overs because they were decided under the now-rejected "intermediate scrutiny" test are: Young v. Hawaii — Challenges Hawaii’s ban on open carry. Bianchi v. Frosh — Challenges Maryland’s...

judges everywhere are losing their minds: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/trials/tex-mciver-case-overturned-murder-supreme-court/85-e606bf98-f955-4636-84f1-c4b73703810a Cliffnotes: rich lawyer is riding in the back seat of an SUV, his wife is in the front passenger seat. a friend is driv...

And what would be considered "sexually explicit content"? "Sexually explicit content." Shall include the following:(1) Materials that contain visual or visually implied depictions of sexual conduct or simulations of sexual conduct.(2) Materials that contain explicit written descriptions of sexual c...

Obviously the environmental impact will be massive, probably a 2-3 decades left for life as we know it now. But this of course is going to open up the flood gates on the authority of all the executive agencies. I'm sure that right now the Firearms Policy Coalition is drafting a complaint to sue the...

This is the discretion we are living under. Scotus is not acting in an impartial way.

Mr. Kennerly was wrong on the "remain in Mexico case."

Why would a federal district judge's stance on abortion matter now? The federal judiciary just got out of the abortion-regulating business. Now, what might matter is what state judges think of abortion, especially state high-court judges. In fact, I would imagine that we just entered an era of voter...

Shyster's name is on my SC of PA bar admissions certificate.

In fancy calligraphy, no less.

My three favorite things to do in a casino:

1. Stop.
2. Turn around.
3. Walk back out of whatever door I must have used to accidentally enter the casino.

I am calling the "I like guns argument" to not be a valid argument for not imposing gun regulations. In the same way that "I like booze' is not a valid argument to limit restrictions on the product. It could be an honest argument, but that's different. Mostly just that folks with direct incentives ...

Yes, because the answer when the laws are ineffective in stopping the undesired outcomes, is to eliminate all the laws. Actually, we should fix the laws because they are feckless and there are too many guns. Yes, more laws will totally work. Just like all of the thousands of anti-drug drug laws pas...

Concerns are perfectly legitimate, and I was in fact wrong about Roe . But I think Roe differs from the other topics. The case not only was immediately opposed as soon as it was announced, but that opposition did not diminish over the years. There's been a March for Life every year in Washington DC ...