Federal regulators take aim at your garage sale.
School bans t-shirt depicting evolution because evolution is a “religion.” Unintentionally amusing quote from a parent: “I was disappointed with the image on the shirt. I don’t think evolution should be associated with our school.” Well you’re certainly doing your part. (Thanks to Chris Berez for the tip.)
Photos from 1944 Normandy–and now.
“THE CATO INSTITUTE, a paleo-conservative think tank that promotes totally unregulated, dog-eat-dog free market ideology by invoking the Roman champion of slavery…” Almost! Except Cato is the farthest thing from “paleo-conservative,” and is named for the anonymous pamphleteers who agitated for the American Revolution. And they took their name from Cato the Younger, who was the polar opposite of his grandfather, Cato the Elder, the advocate for slavery.
Incredible photo manipulations.
Write your own caption.
New York officials threaten to close down cigar shop over free coffee.
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The coffee story reminds me of a friends problem with the Ohio A.B.C. people.He had a ice maker in his carry out and gave people a bag of ice with a case of beer.It was popular during racing and football season.The state inspector accused him of selling below the minimum price after deducting the ‘cost’ of the ice from the beer.He had to stop under a threat of fines.
About the t-shirts–they actually sound really funny and it’s a shame that the kids thought of something clever and were rewarded by over reaction and bitten by dogma–and I’m a believer.
My uncle was part of the landing support at Omaha Beach and I was privileged to read his diary. It was blank during the few days right here except for, ‘Good God almighty, there are still bodies floating by.’
Excuse me while I stick it to the man by throwing an outlaw garage sale…
I think that school’s de-evolving and sliding back into the gene pool.
Sad about how evolution has become tied in with religion. Soon, chemistry, biology, mathmatics and physics all will be considered as part of some religious equation and thus be taken out of schools.
Oh, and thanks Tommy J for the overused and completely misunderstood phrase of “separation of Church and State”. It’s use almost constitutes a religion in itself. Oh wait…..
BTW Radley, I had a blog on WordPress get shutdown because someone “complained”. It took me two months to convince someone to look at the blog and get it reinstated. It may not have been a link or your site, it may have been folks trying to take away your nickels and dimes because they find your site “offensive”.
I thought the entire problem over evolution was that it didn’t have enough religion in it, and that’s why we shouldn’t believe it? You could perhaps say that “believers in evolution are so zealously devoted to it, that it’s like a religion” but unless they’re saying that Charles Darwin is the messiah, it’s not a religion in the sense that schools should care.
The superintendant says:
“Pollitt noted that the district is required by law to remain neutral on religion.”
… so the only way this can be interpreted to apply here is if the concept of evolution itself exists as a critique of religion, as opposed to being a scientific concept. Which seems like a hard case to present. Otherwise any concept presented on a t-shirt that might tangentially conflict with religion is prohibited. Does the lead singer of that band disagree with a religion? Ban it. What about non-Christian religions? I’m sure the kids have a lot of t-shirts that might contradict some religion, somewhere. Can they wear them?
“Write your own caption.”
“Hey, look man, I’m really sorry I said all those bad things about Jewish people. Can you forgive me? I mean, it’s kinda in your job description…”
Talk about a bold face smear campaign against CATO. Nothing like journalistic integrity to start the day of right.
day OFF right…crap.
Recalls – Or put another way, it’s now much more difficult to not have to go to GougersRUs to buy stuff you need.
From the article on Federal regulations on garage sales:
“If you’re planning
a garage sale or organizing a church bazaardoing anything, you’d best beware: You could be breaking a new federal law.”Fixed.
Per Garage Sales
“We’re not looking to come across as being heavy-handed,” he said. “We want to make sure that everybody knows what the rules of engagement are to help spur greater compliance, so that enforcement becomes less of an issue. But we’re still going to enforce.”
Sure your not going to be heavy handed just like idiots in government aren’t heavy handed on 8 year olds selling lemonade, or state sanctioned marijuana dispossessory or smoking regulations in private businesses. Dame and those examples are only from this month on this website.
You cannot drive to work, work, and drive home without breaking several laws. No way any business can operate without breaking at least a couple laws daily.
Nice job, government monkeys!
And for the caption:
“Look, you’re doing good here, and you look great in makeup with all the blood, but I need…I must have…I just absolutely desire…more cowbell.”
Caption: “You know, you’re a fucking fag.” (said by actor, look at his expression)
(Note – this is not homophobic on my part, MG infamously made the cover of The Advocate’s “Sissy of the Year” issue for a homophobic tyrade on his part. Hence the twisted caption on my part.)
Hon. mention: “See, when I cup a pair of balls, I do it like THIS.”
For the write your own caption:
“Don’t worry, Champ, you’re doing fine out there. Just keep at it; ultimate fighting is all about staying power. Try to work his upper body a little more and I think he’s on the mat. By the way, your sweatband is falling apart.”
Photo manipulation – awesome indeed, some are quite Giger-esque.
Write your own caption:
“You should see the other guy!”
Yeah, don’t let their heavy-handed tactics make you think they are actually *being* heavy-handed. Think of them as your friend, you know, one of those friends who charges you a ton of money when you do something you didn’t even know about.
Re; The Cato link: Man, how many facts can one person get wrong in one sentence? Does Nick Farrel write for Glen Bek*?
Captions: “Did Mary Magdaline have sugar tits?’
* “c” left off intentionally
So, as libertarians you’re all in favor of selling defective toys to children?
I don’t get how people don’t get what a libertarian is.
Regarding the characterization of Cato as conservative, the problem is that almost all media (and almost all people in general) see everything as having two sides. If you are not liberal, you can only be conservative.
This is just another reason why the libertarian perspective doesn’t get much attention. Since it’s a third perspective, there’s no room for it in the mainstream media. The only way they can give it any notice at all is of they pair it with one of the two accepted perspectives (ie: conservative or liberal, republican or democrat). That’s made easier by liberals and conservatives who claim to be libertarian (and who usually aren’t).
Yes Chuchundra that’s the point. I am for more gvt. regulation than most of the people here but not when it comes to protecting children. I think I speak for us all when I say, we love some bleeding children. We’re like Catholics that way.
Yes! Hatred of children and allegiance to Satan are part of the libertarian oath!
Sheesh
Libertarians believe that there’s a reason parents are called parents and the government isn’t.
Ummm… that Inquirer article mentioning Cato actually approves of Cato’s position, at least on the issue of software patents, and doesn’t otherwise mention Cato disparagingly at all. I think his characterization of Cato might be a sarcastic one, showing how terrible big bad Cato is viewed in the eyes of the mainstream media. Anyway, you might want to allow him some poetic license since the point he makes in the article is a good one, and also since The Inquirer has always been known for being excessively dramatic.
Only if they’re included as a free gift with every gram of heroin sold.
#22 | Chuchundra
‘So, as libertarians you’re all in favor of selling defective toys to children?’
you bet- hell, that’s why halloween’s my favorite holiday- so I can put razor blades in apples to hurt the kiddies…
you were being sarcastic, right?
Caption: “No more garage sales… or next time it’ll be worse>”
So if the Tobacco store guy gets rid of his coffee maker. But if he has a soda machine or a water fountain, isn’t he still “serving drinks”? And remind me how this is different than a mob shakedown?
No doubt these “New York officials” are getting ready to “help” people with the garage sale laws as well. But they’re not being heavy-handed. They just want their money.
Anyone else think “beholder” when they saw the weird eyeball pic? :)
“So how’s it goin’?”
“They lose me after the crucifixion scene,”
For Civil War battlefields, then and now, see “Ghosts of the Field”. There is a website (http://www.ghostsofthefield.com/), but I can’t get it to load.
//So, as libertarians you’re all in favor of selling defective toys to children?//
Is that supposed to be sarcasm?
There are many rare and collectible toys which do not meet today’s safety standards. Should they all be destroyed?
In many garage sales, the seller will have many items whose nature and worth are essentially unknown. He may put out a bunch of items for $1 each, knowing that some may well be worth $10 to the right buyer, and others not even worth $0.10 to anybody, but also knowing that the items aren’t worth anything to him. If he gets $1 each for some items that were worth $10, and the rest of the items go out to the curb, that’s better than simply junking everything.
Requiring sellers to research the stuff they’re selling would put an end to that type of sale. Any item whose worth isn’t known to be worth the research cost would simply be junked. If the goal is to force poor families to spend money on new toys when they could have gotten some old toys for a song, forcing such destruction of old toys may be a good way to achieve it. But if the goal is to help poor people save money, outlawing garage sales is the wrong thing to do.
Write your own caption.:
“Let me get this straight, you’re a Jew?”
Big Chief asks “So if the Tobacco store guy gets rid of his coffee maker. But if he has a soda machine or a water fountain, isn’t he still “serving drinks”? And remind me how this is different than a mob shakedown?”
It is because it is government officials doing it, and that means It Is Good. The government always has our best interests at heart.
“So, as libertarians you’re all in favor of selling defective toys to children?”
No, not at all. We will leave it up to government to enforce such child-protecting measures as forced doses of Ritalin, or TRIS-treated pajamas. Both are/were government mandates so They Are Good.
No, we don’t want lead paint in our kids’ toys. We want arsenic or cyanide. Lead kills them too slowly.
WTF is wrong with Missouri? “I don’t think evolution should be associated with our school.”????? And that was from a teacher in the district! Freaking amazing
I think his characterization of Cato might be a sarcastic one, showing how terrible big bad Cato is viewed in the eyes of the mainstream media.