by Scott Rasmussen. Liberty is slowly being made illegal. In Florida recently, police pulled up to a young boy playing in the park and asked where his mother lived. According to a report on WPTV, the mom was then arrested for "allowing her son to go to the park alone." Her son had a cellphone, and she would check in with him along the way. ... MORE
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Nanny-State Mindset Leads To Police Brutality
by Scott Rasmussen. Liberty is slowly being made illegal. In Florida recently, police pulled up to a young boy playing in the park and asked where his mother lived. According to a report on WPTV, the mom was then arrested for "allowing her son to go to the park alone." Her son had a cellphone, and she would check in with him along the way. ... MOREDemocrat Nanny Wants Every Teaspoon Of Sugar Taxed
by Eric Scheiner. A sweet deal for spending-crazed politicos. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced this week the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax (SWEET Act), which aims to institute a tax of one cent per teaspoon – 4.2 grams - of sugar, high fructose corn syrup or caloric sweetener. The measure (HB 5279), introduced Wednesday says ... MOREReal Impact of the NYC Soda Ban's Well-Deserved Defeat
by Baylen Linnekin. The option-destroyers lose one. Last week, the New York State Court of
Appeals—the state's highest court—dealt a final
death blow to New York City's reviled soda ban. The decision,
which upheld two lower court rulings, drew an important line in the
sand across which New York City's activist health department may no
longer ... MOREWindsor Mann: We Should Ignore Michelle Obama
Why listen to an unelected busybody? Last month, Michelle Obama took an "unusual" step, The
Washington Post reported,
"by delivering White House remarks taking issue with makers of
frozen pizza and french fries." I'll say. One scours in vain the
speeches of Martha Washington and Eleanor Roosevelt for
proclamations about ... MOREJohn Stossel: Eat Without Fear
Don't be afraid of your food. It's easy to scare people about what's in their food, but the danger is almost never real. And the fear itself kills. Take the panic over genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Ninety percent of all corn grown in America is genetically modified now. That means it grew from a seed that scientists altered by ... MOREVIDEO: Thank You For Vaping - Libertarians Vs. E-Cig Ban
New York nannies look to snatch more freedom.
Jacob Sullum: Go To Heaven, Bloomberg
Meddling ex-mayor thinks he's on a mission from God. If Michael Bloomberg is going to heaven, as he recently
assured The New York Times, does that mean I am going
to hell? The former New York mayor and I do not agree about much,
especially when it comes to his two biggest passions: gun control
and "public health," both of which ... MOREBaylen Linnekin: Big Brother Is Watching You Eat
Your betters say it's for your own good. Just how far is the federal
government willing to go to push Americans to make subjectively
“healthy” food choices? Chillingly far, if the most recent meeting
of the federal government’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
(DGAC) is any indicator. The DGAC is
made up of fifteen academics, ... MOREA Law So Stupid Even California Legislature Recognizes It
by Thomas Lifson. Politicians try to kill their dumb law. California’s state legislature is seeking to repeal an idiotic law that took effect January 1st. It turns out that some feel-good regulatory efforts generate enough blowback that they can actually be reversed. Stacy Finz reports in the San Francisco Chronicle: State lawmakers have passed a ... MORELA City Council Bans Anti-Smoking Device In Public
by Jacob Sullum. Who says no one likes cancer? As expected, the Los Angeles City Council today voted unanimously to ban vaping everywhere that smoking is banned, including indoor workplaces and outdoor locations such as parks, beaches, and restaurant patios. Although one of the main rationales for the ban is that children might ... MORECal Law Forces Chefs And Bartenders To Wear Gloves
Alexis Garcia on California's latest idoicy. No plastic grocery bags, mandated plastic gloves. “This law, which seems to be really focused on the Subways and Chipotles of the market, now affects your most well-trained and experienced chefs who have mastered their craft and have never had any issue,” says Jordan Bernstein, a Los ... MORE
Six Year Old Suspended For Mini Cheddars In Lunchbox
by Harriet Arkell. Chronic healthy eating violator apprehended by authorities. A six-year-old boy who went to school with a bag of Mini Cheddars in his packed lunch has been suspended for four days after teachers said it contravened its healthy eating policy. Riley Pearson, from Colnbrook, near Slough, was excluded from Colnbrook C of E ... MOREVIDEO: Dumbest New Ban Of 2014
The winner is incandescent light bulbs (the one that casts a warm glow).
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