OBAMACARE, BREAKS SEPARATION CHURCH/STATE

$102,000 Worth Of Vintage Whiskey

I love whiskey, to a fault. 
It is rare that I ever touch the stuff anymore, but who knows. Looking at some vintage Rye could lead to an expensive hangover.

Police: Man Drank $102,000 Worth Of Vintage Whiskey

GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – The live-in caretaker of a Greensburg mansion faces criminal charges for allegedly drinking more than $100,000 worth of the owner’s whiskey.

The butler did not do it! Nope! In this case, police have put the finger on a caretaker

with a powerful thirst for hundred year old whiskey.

John Saunders, 62, of Irwin, is charged with drinking 52 bottles of very valuable vintage whiskey.

In 1986, Pat Hill purchased a turn-of-the-20th-century mansion on South Broadway in Scottdale.

Hill, a New York fashion model who was born in the Pittsburgh area, poured more than three quarters of a million dollars into it, transforming the estate into a luxurious bed and breakfast in the ‘90’s.

Innkeeper Rick Bruckner says that during the renovations a painter made a wild discovery.

“Hidden back in the walls were nine cases of Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey,” said Bruckner. “The whiskey itself was distilled in spring of 1913 and it was bottled in the fall of 1917.”

Coal baron, J.P. Brennan – the builder of the house – apparently stockpiled the celebrated Old Farm Pure Rye produced at the West Overton Distillery, which was then owned by Henry Clay Frick.

“But they buried it back in the walls and forgot about it,” said Bruckner.

The nine cases, a dozen sealed bottles in each, were stored in John Saunders’ basement apartment. Last year, Hill found that half of the whiskey bottles were empty.

CBS

Supreme Court - Its Analog Ways

Isn't often I can say something good of any government branch dept, agency, etc.

Been disappointed many times, but it seems the United States Supreme Court can do at least on thing right, and that is maintaining a decorum and keep a secret.

While many are focus on a Historic Week Opens as High Court Saves Biggest Cases for Last  this week, I found this aspect process interesting.

As Social Media Swirls Around It, Supreme Court Sticks to Its Analog Ways

WASHINGTON — Chad Griffin, a gay rights advocate, has arrived twice this month at the Supreme Court with his bags packed, ready to fly off to a rally if the court rules on same-sex marriage. Ted Olson, a veteran lawyer who argued the case, will be sitting in court on Monday, just in case. And Lisa Blatt, a Supreme Court litigator, is one of many Washington court watchers who will be eagerly refreshing her Web browser.

They will be joined, if Twitter is any guide, by thousands of anxious, curious people across the country eagerly waiting for the court to rule on a remarkable number of major cases with huge implications. With just days remaining in its 2013 schedule, the court has left dangling its considered opinions on same-sex marriage, affirmative action and the nation’s voting rights laws.

“We all crave information instantaneously,” said Ms. Blatt, a lawyer at Arnold & Porter who has argued 33 cases before the court, including one that is still pending this year. Last Monday, and again last Thursday, she found herself scouring legal blogs, looking for whatever clues might exist.

“I always thought those people were strange, and there I was, doing it,” she said. “People are dying to know something that they can’t.”

FULL STORY - NEW YORK TIMES