Question of rape: It is matter of consent
...drugs are not an excuse ? or an alibi. The key question is still: Did you consent or not? Regardless of whether you were drunk or sober, if the sex is nonconsensual, it is rape. However, because each state has different definitions of 'nonconsensual,' please...
Best of What's Next: Slow Club
...Club, a seductively darling boy/girl duo from Sheffield, England. Slow Club sings about love and boys and girls and getting drunk and being sad, and it does so?despite song titles like ?Because We?re Dead? and ?Giving Up on Love??in a way that?s actually pretty...
Rape question a matter of consent
...of "nonconsensual," please contact your local center or local police if you have questions about this. (If you were so drunk or drugged that you passed out and were unable to consent, it was rape. Both people must be conscious and willing participants.)" Go...
And here we are with Joe Biden... Crashers have a swell time at Obama's party
...the great unwashed from the chosen few. It lists such legendary crashers as Priyantha Silva, who's known for getting drunk and hitting clumsily on cute young meringues while wearing loud shirts, sweating profusely and impersonating magazine editors. There's...
Bill Conlin: Praise for NFL Red Zone
...to witness events as fleeting as the mating of pigeons is the brilliance of the athletes themselves. OK, getting drunk with friends is a close second. What a thing it is to go hours without once hearing the inevitable words that follow a majority of punt and...
Ask Amy: A victim, yes, but was it a rape?
...Amy: I recently attended a frat party, got drunk and made some bad decisions. I let a guy take me to "his" room because he promised that he wouldn't do anything I wasn't comfortable with. Many times, I clearly said I didn't want to have sex, and he promised...
New Alexander Cockburn for 11/27/2009
...by the middle of Carter's first year in office. He had the late Hamilton Jordan as his chief of staff, getting drunk at state dinners and making lewd verbal overtures to the wife of the Egyptian ambassador. Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, may be foul-mouthed,...
Phuket and Kuala Lumpur
...too much to tell. We had a great time in Phuket with Sue and Andy relaxing on the beach and by the pool and eating and drinking far too much. Highlights included going to Rock City in Patong where we saw a Metallica covers band and going to see the Muay Thai...
Growing up Without a Thanksgiving Tradition
...home. The turkey was picture- perfect, accompanied by ALL the traditional fix?ins. It was beautiful! I began getting drunk while preparing the hors doeurves,-homemade spinach- filled knocchi balls. Twenty years later, I still remember crawling on my hands...
Hernando County night life
...$5 cover today and Saturday. (352) 597-0707. Pits Lounge at Louie's Bowling Center: 1691 E Jefferson St., Brooksville. Beer pong and corn hole games, 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Pool tournament, 8 p.m. Monday. (352) 799-1987. If your Hernando County bar or restaurant...
