It’s been a while since my last BPN Mixer, which is like the BPN equivalent to NoRunnyEggs.com’s Morning Scramble but with readers.  (Just kidding, Stevegg)

Drinking Makes You Happy, Then Sad

Professor Mark J. Berry of Flint, Michigan has this map of the legal drinking ages across the world.  The darker the country, the higher or more restrictive it is.

What’s the reason that America’s legal drinking age tends to be higher than the rest of the civilized world’s?

The Government is Running Up a Barney Frank-level Tab

He just seems like the kind of guy who would run up a big tab.  Anyway, the New York Times adds up the government’s tab on the bailout, and it looks ridiculous.  On the plus side, markets can be very resistant to direct sabotage.

It’s Too Easy to Make Each Headline Drinking-Related When The Story is About the Kennedys

Hey, even American dynasties with overblown sense of entitlement need bailouts.  B’yah!

Says AP:

More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going to help preserve the legacy of the Kennedys.

Tell me how this makes any sense whatsoever.  (Tip of the hat to Michelle Malkin)