THE BAR IS ALWAYS OPEN A 61-year-old Texas man admitted to a hospital not long ago appearing to be falling-down-drunk, even though denying having had even a single drink, was discovered to be unintentionally manufacturing beer in his stomach. With “auto-brewery syndrome,” stomach-based yeast automatically ferments all starches (even vegetables or grains) passing through, … [Read more...] about Great Art and Government Follies and The Bar Is Always Open
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Maui Molasses Makes Mess Of Matson While FBI Files On Daniel Inouye Exemplify J Edgar Hoover Era Paranoia
YOU CAN’T SPELL ‘MOLASSES’ WITHOUT ‘ASSES’ The Associated Press reported on Saturday, Sept. 21 that 233,000 gallons of molasses–“equivalent to what would fill about seven rail cars”–spilled into Honolulu Harbor from a Matson Navigation Co. pipe earlier this month. So far, 26,000 fish have died as a result of that molasses, which, of course, came from Maui. By itself, the … [Read more...] about Maui Molasses Makes Mess Of Matson While FBI Files On Daniel Inouye Exemplify J Edgar Hoover Era Paranoia
Newly Released FBI Files On Late Senator Daniel Inouye Detail 1989 Investigation Into Unsubstantiated Payoff Charge Involving Matson Navigation Company
The late Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye had a long and fascinating career in national public service, spanning the birth of Hawaii’s statehood in 1959 to his death, at age 88, in late 2012. Given that, it’s only natural that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) would also have long and fascinating files on him. On Sept. 16, in response to Freedom of Information … [Read more...] about Newly Released FBI Files On Late Senator Daniel Inouye Detail 1989 Investigation Into Unsubstantiated Payoff Charge Involving Matson Navigation Company