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RT @michellemalkin: Nanny State Gone Wild: Demcare's costly new insurance mandate for adult "kiddies" - http://is.gd/5wlyc
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The Government is Not Compassionate
Well, it looks like the Senate has its 60 votes to pass the health care bill through. A bill so fantastic that votes had to be bought by Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Rep. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), and...
Well, it looks like the Senate has its 60 votes to pass the health care bill through. A bill so fantastic that votes had to be bought by Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Rep. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), and...
2 days ago
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Alcohol now costs less than water in British supermarkets. Naturally the Nanny State has a bloody huge problem with... http://fk.cm/4870660
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Better Hungry Than Unhealthy
From Reason’s Brickbats feature:In New York City, the Bowery Mission tossed away a batch of fried chicken brought by a local church to help feed the homeless. The chicken contained trans fat, and city law bans all licensed food vendors,...
From Reason’s Brickbats feature:In New York City, the Bowery Mission tossed away a batch of fried chicken brought by a local church to help feed the homeless. The chicken contained trans fat, and city law bans all licensed food vendors,...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
About that meta-analysis…
A few months ago newspapers eagerly picked up news of a meta-analysis of smoking ban studies finding that bans were associated...
A few months ago newspapers eagerly picked up news of a meta-analysis of smoking ban studies finding that bans were associated...
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Insurance Competition
A Dr. Joel Harrison takes aim at Whole Foods’ CEO John Mackey’s reasons for rejecting Obamacare. (HT Kristi...
A Dr. Joel Harrison takes aim at Whole Foods’ CEO John Mackey’s reasons for rejecting Obamacare. (HT Kristi...
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@filmjunk Is that really the fault of the TVs or just a rising trend in negligent parenting? That article seemed real Nanny State.
mbogle posted a tweet
Just unfollowed @kevinruddpm Good riddance, I don't need your nanny state. #nocleanfeed
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Those Responsive Government Bureaucrats
Here’s a letter that I sent this morning to the St. Petersburg Times:Former Miami Herald employee Robert Steinback,...
Here’s a letter that I sent this morning to the St. Petersburg Times:Former Miami Herald employee Robert Steinback,...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
Michigan inches closer to smoking ban
That’s the bad news coming out of Detroit. The legislature has been wanting to ban smoking for years, the roadblock being...
That’s the bad news coming out of Detroit. The legislature has been wanting to ban smoking for years, the roadblock being...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
A warning about Wales
The Daily Post reports that new figures soon to be released by Wales’ Chief Medical Officer will show that heart rates...
The Daily Post reports that new figures soon to be released by Wales’ Chief Medical Officer will show that heart rates...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
Happy Repeal Day, everyone!
This blog’s favorite holiday, the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, is here. I hope you’re all celebrating...
This blog’s favorite holiday, the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, is here. I hope you’re all celebrating...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
Portman Group strikes again
The Portman Group, an industry-funded alcohol marketing watchdog in Scotland that has a history of attacking craft brewers, is...
The Portman Group, an industry-funded alcohol marketing watchdog in Scotland that has a history of attacking craft brewers, is...
haddonsman posted a blog entry
BrewDogging #24; Nanny State
Let's keep this simple. Brewdog said; "Will we legitimately go down as having invented the Imperial Mild genre in the beer...
Let's keep this simple. Brewdog said; "Will we legitimately go down as having invented the Imperial Mild genre in the beer...
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Indy smoking ban increases heart attacks
In Indianapolis, the smoking ban enacted in 2006 has unexpectedly caused an increase in heart attack deaths:The ban, which...
In Indianapolis, the smoking ban enacted in 2006 has unexpectedly caused an increase in heart attack deaths:The ban, which...
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Yoga Bearish
The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s outstanding columnist and blogger Bart Hinkle wrote today on Virginia’s quest to...
The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s outstanding columnist and blogger Bart Hinkle wrote today on Virginia’s quest to...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
Last night to smoke in Virginia
Tonight is the last night to smoke legally in most Virginia bars and restaurants before the ban takes effect tomorrow. A...
Tonight is the last night to smoke legally in most Virginia bars and restaurants before the ban takes effect tomorrow. A...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
Continued opposition to Ohio ban
Should Ohio’s smoking ban ever have been put on the ballot? Opponents of Ohio Bans’ Pam Parker says no:See more...
Should Ohio’s smoking ban ever have been put on the ballot? Opponents of Ohio Bans’ Pam Parker says no:See more...
disinter posted a blog entry
Change we can believe in
Sign supposedly posted on Hwy 61 in Hutchinson, KS:
Sign supposedly posted on Hwy 61 in Hutchinson, KS:
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Law, Legislation, and Civil Disobedience
Until Cafe patron Annie sent me this link, I was unaware of this blog. But I very much like this blog post (which features...
Until Cafe patron Annie sent me this link, I was unaware of this blog. But I very much like this blog post (which features...
daniboy posted a blog entry
TDF Fashion
Consistently affordable prices on up-to-date men's fashions. Use your voucher codes for money of your order.
Consistently affordable prices on up-to-date men's fashions. Use your voucher codes for money of your order.
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FDA banned cancer cure
Howard S. Katz writes:One of the pivotal events in the destruction of America is the case of Harry Hoxsey. Hoxsey’s great...
Howard S. Katz writes:One of the pivotal events in the destruction of America is the case of Harry Hoxsey. Hoxsey’s great...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
What really happened in Starkville?
Last week I briefly commented on a study of heart attack (AMI) rates in Starkville, MS that found a 27% reduction in the AMI...
Last week I briefly commented on a study of heart attack (AMI) rates in Starkville, MS that found a 27% reduction in the AMI...
disinter posted a blog entry
All marriage illegal in Texas
The morons that passed the amendment banning gay marriage a few years ago just happened to ban ALL marriage. Subsection B...
The morons that passed the amendment banning gay marriage a few years ago just happened to ban ALL marriage. Subsection B...
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Police guarantee suicide
Via news.com.au:A MAN attempting to harm himself in suburban Sydney has died in hospital after being shot by police. Silly...
Via news.com.au:A MAN attempting to harm himself in suburban Sydney has died in hospital after being shot by police. Silly...
Rongstad posted a blog entry
High School Confidential
More nonsense in the never ending saga of government schools imposing censorship and zero tolerance. From WRBC TV:Some...
More nonsense in the never ending saga of government schools imposing censorship and zero tolerance. From WRBC TV:Some...
Fruit & Veg posted a blog entry
Nanny State Toe Shoe Trainers
These plimsolls won’t remind you of PE lessons from your youth, they’re a bit more fashionable than those old...
These plimsolls won’t remind you of PE lessons from your youth, they’re a bit more fashionable than those old...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
A Starkville miracle
Speaking of heart attack miracles, a new one has been discovered to justify a possible statewide smoking ban in Mississippi:A...
Speaking of heart attack miracles, a new one has been discovered to justify a possible statewide smoking ban in Mississippi:A...
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An Oregon heart miracle?
Last week the Oregonian ran an op/ed about lottery revenue that turned out to really be primarily about the Oregon smoking ban....
Last week the Oregonian ran an op/ed about lottery revenue that turned out to really be primarily about the Oregon smoking ban....
arclightzero posted a blog entry
Wussy! Health Care
OK, listen up all you wussies out there. I know that we mistakingly bred an entire generation of candy ass sofities… And...
OK, listen up all you wussies out there. I know that we mistakingly bred an entire generation of candy ass sofities… And...
jacobgrier posted a blog entry
A sinner’s governor
I don’t know much about Virginia Governor-elect Robert McDonnell, but I already like him far more than his paternalist...
I don’t know much about Virginia Governor-elect Robert McDonnell, but I already like him far more than his paternalist...
disinter posted a blog entry
Criminalizing choice
A $250,000 fine, 5 years in jail and a felony if you choose not to give the medical-industrial complex your money.
A $250,000 fine, 5 years in jail and a felony if you choose not to give the medical-industrial complex your money.
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The new war on raw
Forget raw milk. The big new conflict is over raw oysters:In an effort to reduce cases of a rare, but potentially fatal, bacterial illness contracted from raw oysters, the FDA announced new rules this month that will require any oyster served from April...
Forget raw milk. The big new conflict is over raw oysters:In an effort to reduce cases of a rare, but potentially fatal, bacterial illness contracted from raw oysters, the FDA announced new rules this month that will require any oyster served from April...
46 days ago
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The new war on raw
Forget raw milk. The big new conflict is over raw oysters:In an effort to reduce cases of a rare, but potentially fatal,...
Forget raw milk. The big new conflict is over raw oysters:In an effort to reduce cases of a rare, but potentially fatal,...
Ralph C posted a blog entry
Nanny State Update for Today
With all the uproar over the attempt to take choice away from the individual any control over healthcare decisions, where else...
With all the uproar over the attempt to take choice away from the individual any control over healthcare decisions, where else...
Ralph C posted a blog entry
Nanny State Update for Today
With all the uproar over the attempt to take choice away from the individual any control over healthcare decisions, where else...
With all the uproar over the attempt to take choice away from the individual any control over healthcare decisions, where else...
sbaetz posted a blog entry
Post This!
Friday's Rush Limbaugh Morning Update:Dateline: 6 November 2009Well, the early results are in, folks, and they are...
Friday's Rush Limbaugh Morning Update:Dateline: 6 November 2009Well, the early results are in, folks, and they are...
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U.K. court says global warming is religion, not science
BBC reports:Essentially what the judgment says is that a belief in man-made climate change and the alleged resulting moral...
BBC reports:Essentially what the judgment says is that a belief in man-made climate change and the alleged resulting moral...
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Neo-Prohibitionist absurdity in Maine
Kid buys lemonade. Kid notices that the label says there are trace amounts of alcohol in the lemonade. Kid tells his school. All hell breaks loose:Call it a culture clash, trans-Atlantic style. The Brits think the Americans are puritanical and somewhat...
Kid buys lemonade. Kid notices that the label says there are trace amounts of alcohol in the lemonade. Kid tells his school. All hell breaks loose:Call it a culture clash, trans-Atlantic style. The Brits think the Americans are puritanical and somewhat...
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Neo-Prohibitionist absurdity in Maine
Kid buys lemonade. Kid notices that the label says there are trace amounts of alcohol in the lemonade. Kid tells his school....
Kid buys lemonade. Kid notices that the label says there are trace amounts of alcohol in the lemonade. Kid tells his school....
Salvaterra posted a blog entry
The Children Have Taken Over The Day Care Center
Peggy Noonan, who worked as a speechwriter for the greatest President of the twentieth century, makes the case that we are...
Peggy Noonan, who worked as a speechwriter for the greatest President of the twentieth century, makes the case that we are...
Rongstad posted a blog entry
October's Nanny of the Month
Reason TV names the nanny of the month for October 2009:
Reason TV names the nanny of the month for October 2009:
disinter posted a blog entry
Only ONE thing kills less people than the swine flu
Leprosy.The hysteria is WAY over-blown.
Leprosy.The hysteria is WAY over-blown.
disinter posted a blog entry
Socialized death
Howard Katz’s letter to his congressional criminal:The Congress of the United States will soon be voting on the subject...
Howard Katz’s letter to his congressional criminal:The Congress of the United States will soon be voting on the subject...
disinter posted a blog entry
Nanny state
From the BBC:All public schools in Hawaii have been told to stay closed on Fridays, in an effort by the state to reduce...
From the BBC:All public schools in Hawaii have been told to stay closed on Fridays, in an effort by the state to reduce...
disinter posted a blog entry
Swine flu hoax
CBS reports that only a tiny fraction of those tested positive for the swine flu actually have the flu at all.People are...
CBS reports that only a tiny fraction of those tested positive for the swine flu actually have the flu at all.People are...
