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• Homeless shelter throws away fried chicken

  
  Reformed Chicks Blabbing — Authority: 432
  Because it violates the NYCs ban on trans fat (even for emergency food): When a small church comes to the Bowery Mission bearing fried chicken with trans fat, unwittingly breaking the law, theyre told "thank you." Then workers quietly chuck the food, mission director Tom Bastile said. Unbelievable! Why dont they ...
  5 hours ago

• Dubai Dumps Debts

  
  The Coalition Of The Swilling — Authority: 143
  “We’ll pay you… later…much Fears of a dangerous new phase in the economic crisis swept around the globe yesterday as traders responded to the shock announcement that a debt-laden Dubai state corporation was unable to meet its interest bill. Shares plunged, weak currencies were battered and more than £14 ...
  6 hours ago

• Christmas in Nanny State

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  Friggin Nanny States!!! Want a health and safety approved Christmas tree? Go give the Dorset town of Poole a ring, they bought a 33ft,  £14,000 one so it wouldn’t be a danger to society! Gone, with the “potential” wind, is the £500 “traditional Norway fir tree” and in with the new” fake traffic cone ...
  8 hours ago

• Law, Legislation, and Civil Disobedience

  
  Cafe Hayek — Authority: 667
  Until Cafe patron Annie sent me this link , I was unaware of this blog.  But I very much like this blog post (which features several excellent quotations from Randy Barnett) .  (Thanks Annie!)
  15 hours ago

• Warning, Don’t Wave In Pictou

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  Geez, Pictou in Novia Scotia is vying for the Nanny State of the year award. Two senior cits who waved at a little boy on a bike were accused of being child abductors. The couple, Patsy and Gerald McCara were on the way to do some grocery shopping when they saw a little boy on a bike and Mr McCara gave him a wave. ...
  15 hours ago

• What Is Conservative About The Defense Of Marriage Act?

  
  Founding Bloggers — Authority: 580
  We would like to pose a friendly question to our conservative friends, Tea Party friends, and Republican friends (none mutually exclusive). What is conservative about the Defense of Marriage Act? Let’s frame the question this way; One of the most significant undercurrents in the Tea Party movement is the desire to ...
  1 day ago

• From The Geniuses Behind Net Censorship Comes “The Panic Button”

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 746
  Some of the strongest advocates for internet censorship in Australia are now pushing a new idea to save kiddies from the dangers that apparently lurk behind every website: a “panic button.” According to Fairfax Media , the panic button “would be a recognizable icon that children can relate to (such as a ...
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• Court Rules: Private Property Can Be Confiscated...And Given to Someone Else!

  
  Vital Signs — Authority: 146
  This is a most unhealthy precedent. Government just keeps getting bigger, more controlling and more contemptuous of niggling things like a citizens Constitutional rights. And note -- in this case, the government is taking the rights (and property) of certain citizens and giving them to other private citizens! Heres ...
  2 days ago

• Defining Conservatism…Poorly

  
  Voting While Intoxicated — Authority: 134
  The GOP has defined conservatism in ten easy steps. Is it conservatism? Is it what the GOP actually practices? This situation calls for some fisking. (1) Smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill. The GOP clearly does not care ...
  2 days ago

• A parable about debt

  
  The Ridgewood Blog — Authority: 445
  November 20, 2009 A parable about debt David Jeffers http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/a_parable_about_debt.html Imagine your child going off to college and you give him or her a credit card with an unlimited credit limit. Each month the bill comes in and each month your little high-roller is spending as ...
  2 days ago

• HOW MUCH MORE STUPID CAN THEY GET HERE? THIS MUCH.

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 499
  More Law and Disorder. Couldn’t resist this article which will be in tomorrow’s Daily Mail. Now ya wanna talk about a system with NO justice in it. Here’s a winner for ya. Or maybe Loser is the better word. Justice my ass. Take a look at this. Thugs jailed for nine months for breaking man’s jaw are ...
  3 days ago

• BrewDog’s Nanny State: Beer of the Week

  
  Gut Instinct — Authority: 119
  Ooh, I look so ominous! I have a shadow! Lord, it’s that time again, that time when I tell you about my favorite new beer. This week I turn my attention to Scotland’s stellar BrewDog, a brewery of severe distinction and innovation. Their Zephyr, a double IPA aged in whiskey barrels with strawberries, is one of ...
  3 days ago

• LAW AND DISORDER

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 499
  While it isn’t a scientific poll by any means, 93% of ppl taking the on line poll think this is totally stupid. Bizarre. Wrong. But hey … they’re only The Public whose job it is to pay taxes that fund the authorities that shit all over The Public! Let me give you one example of just how far stupid can be ...
  3 days ago

• Stowers Food Raid Update- Seized Food To Be Returned

  
  John Jacob H's RKBA Commentary — Authority: 115
  Of all the sinister intrustions and usurpations of Government over the past few decades, the War On Food must rank as among the most bizarre. Included below are updates for the Stowers Family Saga which began almost exactly a year ago and some other background and explanatory links.All posts can be found in the [...]
  3 days ago

• What really happened in Starkville?

  
  Jacob Grier — Authority: 428
  Last week I briefly commented on a study of heart attack (AMI) rates in Starkville, MS that found a 27% reduction in the AMI rate in the three years following the imposition of a smoking ban. Though I was initially dismissive, I decided to email the authors, Dr. Robert McMillen and Dr. Robert Collins, to ask for a ...
  3 days ago

• Report: Smoke While Using a Mac and They Wont Fix It When It Breaks

  
  Runnin' Scared — Authority: 734
  And you thought Mayor Bloomberg was tough on smokers: Consumerist reports authorized Apple repair specialists have voided warranties on Mac laptops in need of repair because of evidence of ...
  4 days ago

• More Albany Special Sessions! Deficit Cuts (Or At Least More Nanny Laws) This Time for Sure!

  
  Runnin' Scared — Authority: 734
  The first round of special sessions of the Albany legislature didnt produce much; the second produced Leandras Law but none of the budget-cutting that was allegedly the reason for the sess...
  4 days ago

• I Wonder How Many of These Health Professionals Advising Women

  
  The Coalition Of The Swilling — Authority: 143
  …to “just do what you’ve always done” in the face of the government breast/cervical cancer panels’ new ~ and hotly disputed ~ guidelines advocate for Obamacare? Especially since most insurance companies only pay for what the GOVERNMENT recommendations are? Anything over that and you’re on your own, ...
  4 days ago

• Cloward-Piven Government

  
  RochesterConservative.com — Authority: 129
  By James Simpson American Thinker It is time to cast aside all remaining doubt. President Obama is not trying to lead America forward to recovery, prosperity and strength. Quite the opposite, in fact. In September of last year, American Thinker published my article, Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured ...
  4 days ago

• quote of the day

  
  =^.^=\\\\\/ polyreal — Authority: 130
  "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master"... - *
  4 days ago

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