Government's newest innovation in revenue collection. In Seattle, wasting food will now earn you a scarlet letter — well, a scarlet tag, to be more accurate. The bright red tag, posted on a garbage bin, tells everyone who sees it that you've violated a new city law that makes it illegal to put food into trash cans. "I'm sure neighbors are going ... MORE
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Amy Radil: Seattle Will Fine You For Tossing Food In Trash
Government's newest innovation in revenue collection. In Seattle, wasting food will now earn you a scarlet letter — well, a scarlet tag, to be more accurate. The bright red tag, posted on a garbage bin, tells everyone who sees it that you've violated a new city law that makes it illegal to put food into trash cans. "I'm sure neighbors are going ... MORECPS Investiges Parents For Letting Kids Walk Home Alone
by Joshua Krause. By all appearances, Daniel and Alexander Meitiv are smart, responsible parents who want to instill independence in their children. They don’t like to throw caution to the wind, but they do believe that kids should be granted some freedom, so that they may learn how to take care of themselves from an early age. They practice ... MOREChild Protective Services & The Child Snatching Business
by Rob Hustle. Across the country, children are being taken from loving homes by government agencies collectively known as Child Protective Services. Although these agencies are supposed to protect children, they are actually the engine that drives a multi-billion dollar industry. This industry, which includes social workers, psychol- ... MORE21,000 Regulations Under Obama, 2,375 More In 2015
Obama's regulation frenzy. The pace of agencies issuing new rules and regulations has hit a record high under President Obama, whose administration’s rules have filled 468,500 pages in the Federal Register. And, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the president is poised to unleash another 2,375 new rules on American ... MOREVIDEO: Nanny Of The Year 2014 - And The Winner Is ....
Who is the most outrageous busybody trying to mind YOUR own business?
Let Your Kids Play Outside And We Will Take Them Away
by Lenore Skenazy. CPS's threat to a dad. I received an update
from the Maryland mom of two who was contacted
by Montgomery Country Child Welfare Service in November after she
let her kids, ages 6 and 10, play at the park two blocks from home
by themselves. She was cited for allowing a child under age 8 "to
be locked or confined ... MORE
FDA Nannies Plan To Reduce Food Options For Americans
by Steve Chapman. Busybodies minding YOUR own business. On Thursday, hundreds of millions of Americans risked obesity, heart disease and indigestion by eating large quantities of food with no precise knowledge of the caloric content. If many of them felt regret on Friday, it was not because they were duped into overeating by the ... MOREEbola and the CDC's Dangerous Mission Drift
by Jacob Sullum. Before Tom Frieden became director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2009, his two main nemeses were tuberculosis and smoking. Although both are commonly described as threats to "public health," they differ in ways that may help explain the CDC's stumbling, alarmingly amateurish response to Ebola in the ... MOREAnit-Freedom California Nannies Now Ban Plastic Bags
by Fenit Nirappil. Good news: repeal referendum already planned. Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways. A national coalition of plastic bag manufacturers immediately said it would seek a voter ... MOREVIDEO: Nanny Of The Month - September 2014
The strained relationship of government and transparency.
A Very Real Introduction To The Growing Police State
by Heather Wilhelm. A few years ago, when my husband and I lived in the Chicago area, we joined a Bible study group through our church. It was a nice, well-mannered, cordial collection of eight couples who met monthly for dinner and discussion. Upon reflection, our approach was a little unorthodox. After about five to 10 minutes of valiant ... MORELenore Skenazy: 'Just Don't Let Your Kids Play Outside'
Busybodies minding your own business. Children's book author Kari Anne Roy was recently
visited by the Austin police and Child Protective Services for
allowing her son Isaac, age 6, to do the unthinkable: Play outside,
up her street, unsupervised. He'd been out there for about 10 minutes when Roy's doorbell
rang. She opened ... MOREMichelle Obama's Stupid & Tyrannical Snack Rules For Kids
by Victor Skinner. School nutrition experts in Nebraska are struggling to comply with new federal snack regulations championed by First Lady Michelle Obama. “I think we’ve gone too far, too fast,” Diane Zipay, director of nutritional services for the Westside School District told KIETV.com.
“And I don’t think it’s a real-world environment. ... MORE
Paramedics Rush To Child Who Waited in Car 5 Minutes
by Lenore Skenazy. Boy survives! Mother taken into custody. Playing out an elaborate charade of concern for a
child who was obviously in no danger, police arrested a mom who let
her son wait in the car while she ran into a Chicagoland Whole
Foods for less than five minutes. Then, for reasons known only to those who write and follow protocols ... MOREThere's Nothing SWEET About the National Soda Tax
by Baylen Linnekin. Last month, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
proposed the SWEET Act, an excise tax on sweetened beverages.
The tax, which has been billed as a national soda tax, would
lay a one-cent duty on every teaspoon of sugar in soft drinks
and other beverages. The proposal is
intended "to curb obesity, diabetes, and the resulting ... MORE
Washington Times Editorial: Water Vigilantes In California
Nobody likes a tattletale, but snitching comes naturally to a certain kind of busybody. The remarkable drought in California has produced a new category of righteous snitches called “water vigilantes.” They prowl through neighborhoods with smartphones, creeping through the shrubs and bushes in the dead of night looking for working sprinklers ... MORENanny-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. ... MORE
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