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Archive - Feb 1, 2003

foxnews.com: A Suffocating Temperance

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Sat, 02/01/2003 - 2:00am

Is the nanny state attempting to resurrect Prohibition? Read the full story.

Customers Pricked by HIV Needles at Gas Pump

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Sat, 02/01/2003 - 2:00am

What's the one thing that can get motorists' minds off the sting of high gas prices? That's right -- the Attack of the Killer HIV Needle!

An email that I first saw in the Summer of 2000 alleges that some whacko with HIV positive blood is sticking him/herself with needles, and then "affixing" these needles to the underside of gas pump handles. Unsuspecting motorists grab the handle, and suddenly the $2.50 for super isn't the only thing they're wincing about.