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New York - Repeal Day

Tomorrow is the 73rd anniversary of the repeal of the Volstead Act, the day America came to its senses and ended Prohibition. While the prospect of a dry society appealed to a number of civic-minded organizations (such as the Klan), its reality fell a weee bit short of all the noble intentions, sparking both organized crime and the artistic set's involvement with drug-centric Negro jazz culture while simultaneously draining tax revenue from the agencies in charge of fighting these twin menaces. Hat trick! Another funny effect Prohibition had was bolstering the nation's rate of wife abuse, one of the exact problems the Temperance League claimed it would solve. Sigh, good time. Anyways, here's a little chuckler featuring TVCarnage's Big Pinky in honor of the occasion.

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