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Fighting obesity "really needs to be more than an individual effort... it needs to be a societal effort." ()
Why? Because apparently soon ALL adults could be overweight or obese!



Seattle mayor declaring streets off-limits to cars
    for one day.
Seattle mayor violates drivers' rights, says to "Just chill".  read more »
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by saoirse on 08/02/08

LA bans new fast food restaurants... from poor
    neighborhoods.

Because the poor need the rich to help them make "good" decisions. Poor people need to slim down by having some delicious and nutritious organic, free range, locally made granola and home made yogurt with local organic clover honey instead of that fatty Egg McMuffin. Once we tell them how to budget their (very limited) funds, I'm sure they'll find a way to make it work.

/sarcasm.

For more info check out the full story here. For more on why California really sucks lately, read this. For more sarcasm, continue reading after the jump.  read more »

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by Janet on 07/30/08

When Sex Is Not as Private as You Expect
People are (or will be) having sex all around America today. But that's nobody's business. Sex is a private matter, right? Except that local authorities sometimes say it is their business.
Read more about the state's infringement in our sex lives in this awesome article by John Stossel and Patrick McMenamin.
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by lee Rippy on 07/28/08

California bans trans fats ()












John Stossel: Legalize All Drugs
In his recent column, John Stossel summarily debunks a few of the myths associated with drugs and the drug war. It's a bold statement, but one must keep in mind that it is not an endorsement of drugs. Rather, it is an endorsement of a policy change that is founded in the belief that we are the sole owners of our bodies, and maintain the ultimate responsibility for what we do to, and with, ourselves.

If drug use leads a person to violate the rights of another, then action should be taken in a manner no different than if the violator had not used drugs. And if drug use leads to a decline in a person's health, they should be free to do so, just as a person is allowed to damage their health with poor nutrition, an unhealthy lifestyle, or dangerous hobbies. That is a fundamental right.
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by JL on 06/20/08

Canada using US court system to antiquate its war on drugs. ()
This isn't the first, nor will it be the last case of Canada exporting its drug "criminals" to the US through the extradition process to enact harsher sentences without admitting responsibility for the sentences to the Canadian people. The 100 year anniversary of the first Canadian drug law is coming up, and everyone but the politicians seems to know the war on (some) drugs has failed... but that won't stop them from locking up completely nonviolent individuals for what will likely be the remainder of their lives.


Foie Gras, once illegal, now legal in Chicago ()
Foie gras is legal in Chicago again! This is one good step backward for governmental intervention in individual decisions. What will be next? Lifting the ban on incandescent light, which starts in 2014? How about legalizing lawn darts and full-size toilets? Perhaps there is hope.



California homeschoolers await pass/fail from government ()
Washington Post: "Parents of an estimated 166,000 children in California are eagerly awaiting a state appellate court ruling on whether they have a constitutional right to home-school their children without a teaching credential."