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Pauly Michaelis said he was the biggest fan of Jack Daniel's whiskey for more than 40 years. The operative word being "was." Wearing denim overalls and a frown, Michaelis set fire to his collection of Jack Daniel's merchandise in the backyard of what appears to be his Ocean County home, over complaints the company has gone too "woke." Among the items Michaelis torched in the viral Facebook video include a mirror, every Jack Daniel's glass he owned, a wooden sign, and numerous bottles of whiskey. To cap it off, Michaelis torched a $250 bottle of Jack Daniel's and a...

First, it was Hershey's, then it was Bud Light, and now, Jack Daniel's is the latest brand this year to be facing a boycott over claims the company has "gone woke." Social media users have taken offense to the whiskey brewer's "small town, big pride" campaign in which it teamed up with drag queens from Ru Paul's Drag Race—despite the campaign being nearly two years old. The row over LGBTQ+ brand ambassadors is symbolic of a wider debate about drag shows and their exposure to children. Critics have expressed concerns over Drag Queen Story Hour, readings for children by drag...

According to the survey, 75 percent of respondents will hit a point where they need time away from the crowd. They can be creative in their ways of escaping — 1 in 4 has hidden in a relative’s house to take a moment alone, while 37 percent have gone so far as to make an excuse and leave the house altogether. The survey was commissioned by Motel 6 and conducted by OnePoll. It examined the delicate balance between wanting to spend time with family and also needing a bit of space. Of those surveyed, 95 percent believe it’s important to...

Video emerged of Kamala Harris recently speaking about the problems parents face when their schools are closed but they can't afford childcare. This is a serious issue with massive repercussions for children's development and for working mothers. So what did Kamala do? She cracked herself up, laughing so hard she could barely get the words out. What the heck is going on with that woman? Here's the video... If you look up "inappropriate laughter," a few things pop up. It turns out that it can be a nervous system disorder called Pseudobulbar affect (AKA emotional incontinence)....In other words, in addition...

Most booze comes in round bottles but Jack Daniels comes in a square bottle....figured out why. That way when you fall down it will not roll out of reach.

A Switzerland resident said he received a concerned note from an anonymous neighbor who confused his Jack Daniel's flag for an Islamic State banner. The 29-year-old Zurich resident said he put the flag, which bears the white-on-black logo of the Tennessee whiskey maker, on a pole at his house along with a tri-color Italian flag because he found it amusing. The man shared an anonymous letter he received from a neighbor with Swiss daily 20min.ch. "Should we be afraid of you. Are you an IS-sympathizer?" the note reads, using the abbreviation for the Islamic State extremist group. The man said...

A 29-year-old Zürich resident hung the flag of the famous Tennessee-based whiskey on his roof. His neighbors however, thinking it was something else, allegedly accused him of being linked to Islamic extremism. The neighbor had hung the flag beside another of the Italian tricolore on the roof of his apartment in Regensdorf, Zürich, where he moved into two months ago, according to a report in Swiss daily 20min.ch. The man said he put up the whiskey flag because he found it funny, but his neighbors somehow didn’t share his sense of humor. …

Conman guilty of selling urine as whisky • A British conman has been labelled “a danger to public health” and handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting to selling urine as whisky. Nicholas Stewart, 35, tricked holidaymakers in Blackpool into buying bottles of what appeared to be sealed, 1.5 litre bottles of Jack Daniel’s whiskey and Smirnoff vodka. Security staff seized the bottles – which were being sold at £10 each – after they noticed Stewart approaching tourists at the Coral Island slot machine complex. However, scientific analysis revealed that while some bottles contained flat cola, others contained urine and...

Jack Daniel's is being served a $100 million-plus expansion of its rural Tennessee distillery to flex more muscle in the growing whiskey market.

Why did the drunk and naked Australian cross the croc infested river? For a couple of crates of Jack Daniels of course.

The sprawling Kentucky mansion built by the liquor mogul behind Jack Daniel's whiskey is now up for sale for $6 million in Harrods Creek, an exclusive neighborhood of Louisville. 'The Avish,' the stately, columned 20,000 square foot manor, was developed in 1910 by Owsley Brown and his wife, Laura Lyons. Construction on the home was completed in 1925. The name translates to 'Rocky Hill' in Gaelic, which was the name of the family's ancestral home in Ireland.

Still hungover from Saturday to comprehend what happened with the Great Obama Budget presented yesterday? Then this video is for you. Using shot glasses of Jack Daniels it takes just under two minutes to lay out in layman's terms not only the essence of the proposed budget, as well as the "Draconian" cuts contemplated, but also insinuates heavily about the level of blood in the alcoholstream of those government workers who came up with the "50% rise in government revenues over 2 years" assumption

Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty recently endorsed fellow Law & Order star Fred Thompson for President of the United States. During a telephone conversation with this writer, Moriarty said: "Whoever does occupy the White House will not overturn Roe v. Wade, nor will he or she put the dictatorial Supreme Court in its place. "However, I will personally vote for Mr. Fred Thompson and help his campaign as best I can, but I don't believe his entrance into this campaign ever carried enough pro-life commitment to do the job that has to be done. In addition, since...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some nearly 100 years old, may have to be poured down the drain. Tennessee state alcohol agents seized 2,400 bottles late last month in raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, the town where Jack Daniels is distilled. Officials say the whiskey was being sold by unlicensed dealers. They're also looking into whether some of the Jack Daniels had been stolen from the distillery. A Canadian who promotes Jack Daniels on his blog says "Punish the person, not the whiskey." The head of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission says, while it...

Nashville, Tenn. (AP) -- Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license. Officials seized 2,400 bottles late last month during warehouse raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, the southern Tennessee town where the whiskey is distilled. "Punish the person, not the whiskey," said an outraged Kyle MacDonald, 28, a Jack Daniel's drinker from British Columbia who promotes the whiskey on his blog. "Jack never did anything wrong, and the whiskey itself is...

Here’s something a little more light for a Friday afternoon, but demonstrates the mainstream media’s biased view of the world.Among the "Quick Hits" on CNN’s "American Morning" on Friday was a brief on how the drought in the Southeast is affecting the production of Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey in Lynchburg, Tennessee. The water levels in the cave spring that supplies the Jack Daniels distillery are "dangerously low" according to the brief by co-host John Roberts.After giving the brief, Roberts and substitute weather forecaster Reynolds Wolf began the weather report with the following exchange: JOHN ROBERTS: "Reynolds Wolf is here with a...

LYNCHBURG, Tenn. - One of the biggest shopping days of the year is also a busy time for Jack Daniel's famous whiskey distillery and its gift shop. Rather than fight the crowds at the mall, many people chose to kick off the holiday shopping season with a trip to Lynchburg, where the words "Black Friday" took on new meaning. "It's Black Friday, but that's because people want the black label," said Michelle Wilson, who toured the distillery in Moore County on Friday. The iconic black label bottles are not sold in the dry county though the state Legislature made a...

On Saturday, Gibson released a statement apologizing: "After drinking alcohol on Thursday night, I did a number of things that were very wrong and for which I am ashamed. I drove a car when I should not have, and was stopped by the L.A. County Sheriffs. The arresting officer was just doing his job and I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to any other person. I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable. I am...

Been here five years as of today. It's been great fun so far. Thought I'd post a vanity to give everyone an opportunity to mess with me in a centralized location for a change.

An Iowa man with white supremacist leanings was arrested after he told truck drivers over "citizens' band" radio that he was planning to set off a bomb in Washington, police said. Terry Daniels, 44, was found at a roadside gas station about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Chicago at 3:45 a.m. after truck drivers called police with his license plate number and a description of which direction his blue Ford van was heading. "We didn't find any explosives," Princeton, Illinois police chief Tom Root said. "We found a lot of documents like anti-government stuff and white supremacist stuff. There...