Thursday, November 16, 2017
Grocery Chain Recalls Nuts Because Packages Didn't Warn That They Contain — Nuts! | Daily Wire
Grocery Chain Recalls Nuts Because Packages Didn't Warn That They Contain — Nuts! | Daily Wire:
"Alert: This is not The Onion.
The Aldi grocery chain has recalled a brand of nuts from its shelves because the packages don't include a warning that among the contents are — nuts.
Nuts, right?
The worldwide chain this week recalled its Clancy’s Barbecue Flavour Coated Peanuts, which also contains cashews. because they contain cashew nuts — which did not warn customers about on the label.
The U.K's Foods Standards Agency said that the omission puts people at a “possible health risk."
The bags of nuts were only available across three regions in the U.K. — Neston, Darlington and Goldthorpe.
The agency-issued “allergy alert” said: “Aldi is recalling its Clancy’s Barbecue Flavour Coated Peanuts because they contain cashew nuts, which are undeclared on the label.
This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts."...
Read on!
"Alert: This is not The Onion.
The Aldi grocery chain has recalled a brand of nuts from its shelves because the packages don't include a warning that among the contents are — nuts.
The worldwide chain this week recalled its Clancy’s Barbecue Flavour Coated Peanuts, which also contains cashews. because they contain cashew nuts — which did not warn customers about on the label.
The U.K's Foods Standards Agency said that the omission puts people at a “possible health risk."
The bags of nuts were only available across three regions in the U.K. — Neston, Darlington and Goldthorpe.
The agency-issued “allergy alert” said: “Aldi is recalling its Clancy’s Barbecue Flavour Coated Peanuts because they contain cashew nuts, which are undeclared on the label.
This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts."...
Read on!
Man Killed In Year’s 600th Homicide Among 5 Shot Tuesday In Chicago « CBS Chicago
Man Killed In Year’s 600th Homicide Among 5 Shot Tuesday In Chicago « CBS Chicago
"CHICAGO (CBS) — A man killed Tuesday — marking the city’s 600th homicide this year — was among five people shot in a 7-hour span of gun violence on the South and West sides.
Three men were shot, one of them fatally, when someone opened fire from a light-colored vehicle shortly after 4 p.m. in the 500 block of South Lockwood in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
A 25-year-old man was was shot multiple times in the head and pronounced dead at the scene less than an hour later, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
His name has not been released, pending notification of his family.
A 32-year-old man was shot in the groin and buttocks, and a 28-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the head.
Both of their conditions were stabilized at Stroger Hospital.
The fatality marked Chicago’s 600th homicide of 2017, including shootings, assaults and other types of incidents, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The city ended last year with 781 homicides and hit the 600 mark on Oct. 17, 2016..."
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"CHICAGO (CBS) — A man killed Tuesday — marking the city’s 600th homicide this year — was among five people shot in a 7-hour span of gun violence on the South and West sides.
A 25-year-old man was was shot multiple times in the head and pronounced dead at the scene less than an hour later, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
His name has not been released, pending notification of his family.
A 32-year-old man was shot in the groin and buttocks, and a 28-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the head.
Both of their conditions were stabilized at Stroger Hospital.
The fatality marked Chicago’s 600th homicide of 2017, including shootings, assaults and other types of incidents, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The city ended last year with 781 homicides and hit the 600 mark on Oct. 17, 2016..."
Read on!
Venezuela just defaulted, moving deeper into crisis - Nov. 14, 2017
Venezuela just defaulted, moving deeper into crisis - Nov. 14, 2017:
"Venezuela, a nation spiraling into a humanitarian crisis, has missed a debt payment. It could soon face grim consequences.
The South American country defaulted on its debt, according to a statement issued Monday night by S&P Global Ratings. The agency said the 30-day grace period had expired for a payment that was due in October.
A debt default risks setting off a dangerous series of events that could exacerbate Venezuela's food and medical shortages."
"Venezuela, a nation spiraling into a humanitarian crisis, has missed a debt payment. It could soon face grim consequences.
The South American country defaulted on its debt, according to a statement issued Monday night by S&P Global Ratings. The agency said the 30-day grace period had expired for a payment that was due in October.
A debt default risks setting off a dangerous series of events that could exacerbate Venezuela's food and medical shortages."
Student op-ed: OK to vandalize fraternities because patriarchy, white supremacy, and inequality - The College Fix
Student op-ed: OK to vandalize fraternities because patriarchy, white supremacy, and inequality - The College Fix:
"...In an op-ed in the student paper The Flat Hat, Mohan er, argues that the spray-painting of the words “rapist” and “rape” on campus frat houses “was a much-needed action against terrible and powerful institutions.”
"...In an op-ed in the student paper The Flat Hat, Mohan er, argues that the spray-painting of the words “rapist” and “rape” on campus frat houses “was a much-needed action against terrible and powerful institutions.”
She then claims that erasing the graffiti could amount to censorship … and “possibly the silencing of survivors.”
Incredibly, satire this is not:
Read on!Within universities, fraternities are a microcosm of the patriarchal, classist and white supremacist structures that exist in society. It is important to recognize that instances of sexual violence are never isolated.Rather, they are the manifestations of a culture with an ingrained imbalance of power that normalizes the violation of autonomy of one by another. And therefore, while sexual assault statistics should be enough to convince you that fraternities should be dismantled, I think it is a good idea to look at what lies at the essence of fraternities to see why they embody the culture of authoritarianism and inequality..."
New guidelines classify nearly half of U.S. adults as having high blood pressure - LA Times
"New medical guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition.
That means now nearly half of U.S. adults have it.
High blood pressure has long meant a top reading of at least 140 or a bottom one of 90.
The new top reading is 130 and bottom reading 80, major heart groups announced Monday.
The change results in an additional 14% of U.S. adults with high blood pressure, but doctors say only 2% of these newly added people need medication..."
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Poll: 77% of Democrats with 4-Year Degrees Think Sex Not Determined at Birth
"Three out of four college-educated Democrats seem to believe that a man can be a woman if he just says so, regardless of his biology, genetics, and genitalia, according to a skewed survey conducted by the Pew Research Center."
Walmart Shopper Who Broke His Hip Reaching for a Watermelon Awarded $7.5MILLION in Lawsuit | Tribunist
Walmart Shopper Who Broke His Hip Reaching for a Watermelon Awarded $7.5MILLION in Lawsuit | Tribunist:
"Henry Walker was just 59-years-old when he suffered a broken hip and foot after a produce related incident in a Walmart.
He sued the retail giant and won.
The jury has awarded him a $7.5million verdict to compensate him for the damages Walker sustained when he reached for a watermelon.
“The decision to reward $2.5million in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages was reached by a jury comprised of seven African-Americans and five whites,” The Daily Mail notes.
How does reaching for a watermelon end in court?
Walker claims his foot became trapped beneath the pallet that was holding the over-sized carton of melons.
When he reached in for one of the fruits at a Phenix City, Alabama Walmart on June 25, 2015, he couldn’t extricate himself from the crate.
The weight of the melon and the stuck foot ended in catastrophe..."
"Henry Walker was just 59-years-old when he suffered a broken hip and foot after a produce related incident in a Walmart.He sued the retail giant and won.
The jury has awarded him a $7.5million verdict to compensate him for the damages Walker sustained when he reached for a watermelon.
“The decision to reward $2.5million in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages was reached by a jury comprised of seven African-Americans and five whites,” The Daily Mail notes.
How does reaching for a watermelon end in court?
Walker claims his foot became trapped beneath the pallet that was holding the over-sized carton of melons.
When he reached in for one of the fruits at a Phenix City, Alabama Walmart on June 25, 2015, he couldn’t extricate himself from the crate.
The weight of the melon and the stuck foot ended in catastrophe..."
Declining population? Polish government says “breed like rabbits!” « Refugee Resettlement Watch
Declining population? Polish government says “breed like rabbits!” « Refugee Resettlement Watch
"We all know that Europe is in trouble because Europeans are not having enough children to replace themselves and most countries have opted for the migrant solution by welcoming the more fecund Africans and Middle Easterners to live in their countries expecting those younger ‘workers’ to care for the European old folks! (They really believe that!).
"We all know that Europe is in trouble because Europeans are not having enough children to replace themselves and most countries have opted for the migrant solution by welcoming the more fecund Africans and Middle Easterners to live in their countries expecting those younger ‘workers’ to care for the European old folks! (They really believe that!).
The Poles have taken another tack and needless to say, the PC police are hopping mad!
A still from the Polish health ministry video encouraging people to ‘breed like rabbits’. Photograph: Youtube
The Polish government is encouraging citizens to go forth and multiply – like rabbits.
The health ministry of Poland, which has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, has put out a short video praising rabbits for producing a lot of offspring.
The link to the youtube video embedded didn’t open, but you can search for the Polish language public service announcement and get the gist, even if you don’t speak Polish!..."
Finley: I wanted a gun, but got lesson instead
Finley: I wanted a gun, but got lesson instead:
"On the same day of the Texas church massacre, I stopped by a local sporting goods shop intent on purchasing a new shotgun.
...After the salesperson hit the send button, I noticed I had misspelled my last name.
So I had to start over.
And over.
And over.
And over.
Five times I tried to fill out the form correctly, and each time I noticed a mistake and had to start again from the beginning.
Nothing makes me lose my mind quicker than technology.
I was fuming. Muttering under my breath.
Stomping my foot.
Grimacing.
And yes, cussing.
The salesperson tried to help, but, as tends to happen when I blow my top, I curtly cut him off.
On the final failure, I threw up my hands and stormed away, declaring, “I don’t want the &%$@ gun this badly.”
I walked around the store until I calmed down and returned to the gun counter.
With some help, I managed to get the form right, and waited for the salesperson to take my credit card and deliver the shotgun.
Instead, he came back with the store manager, who eyed me with a worried look and asked why I had pitched such a fit earlier.
I tried to explain my computer frustration, but she wasn’t moved.
“We don’t feel comfortable selling you a gun,” she informed me.
“You were in such an agitated state, we just don’t want to take a chance.”...
Read on!
"On the same day of the Texas church massacre, I stopped by a local sporting goods shop intent on purchasing a new shotgun.
...After the salesperson hit the send button, I noticed I had misspelled my last name.
So I had to start over.
And over.And over.
And over.
Five times I tried to fill out the form correctly, and each time I noticed a mistake and had to start again from the beginning.
Nothing makes me lose my mind quicker than technology.
I was fuming. Muttering under my breath.
Stomping my foot.
Grimacing.
And yes, cussing.
The salesperson tried to help, but, as tends to happen when I blow my top, I curtly cut him off.
On the final failure, I threw up my hands and stormed away, declaring, “I don’t want the &%$@ gun this badly.”
I walked around the store until I calmed down and returned to the gun counter.
With some help, I managed to get the form right, and waited for the salesperson to take my credit card and deliver the shotgun.
Instead, he came back with the store manager, who eyed me with a worried look and asked why I had pitched such a fit earlier.
I tried to explain my computer frustration, but she wasn’t moved.
“We don’t feel comfortable selling you a gun,” she informed me.
“You were in such an agitated state, we just don’t want to take a chance.”...
Read on!
Baby Boomer Excess Led to Hubris, Cultural Decay | National Review
"Nonetheless, the so-called Baby Boomers have a lot to account for — given the sorry state of entertainment, sports, the media, and universities.
The Harvey Weinstein episode revealed two generational truths about Hollywood culture."
THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT DEFINED
Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT DEFINED: https://youtu.be/pOLmD_WVY-E Or to put it another way, “I…:
THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT DEFINED:
Or to put it another way, “I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director.”
(Via Maggie’s Farm.)Posted by Ed Driscoll at 5:14 pm
THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT DEFINED:
(Via Maggie’s Farm.)Posted by Ed Driscoll at 5:14 pm
History for November 16
History for November 16 - On-This-Day.com
Burgess Meredith 1908, Daws Butler 1916, Elizabeth Drew 1935 - Journalist
Marg Helgenberger 1958 - Actress ("C.S.I."), Oksana Baiul 1977, Maggie Gyllenhaal 1977 - Actress
1915 - Coca-Cola had its prototype for a countoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year.
1952 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown.
1957 - Jim Brown (Cleveland Browns) set an NFL season rushing record of 1163 yards after only eight games.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.
1981 - A vaccine for hepatitis B was approved. The vaccine had been developed at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research.
1998 - In Burlington, WIsconsin, five high school students, aged 15 to 16, were arrested in an alleged plot to kill a carefully selected group of teachers and students.
1998 - It was announced that Monica Lewinsky had signed a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with U.S. President Clinton.
2004 - A NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
LIBERTY REVIEW
LIBERTY REVIEW:
https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/11/november-15-2017-ribbons-and-trophies.html
Is anything surprising these days? We
have people in government, a shadow government and fellow countrymen
who are so focused on destroying the current president and his
administration that they will push false stories to create a
fictitious reality, at any cost, to meet their desired goal. What is
their desired goal? How well do you think it will work for our
country if it is dependent upon lies and deceit? When people prefer
false information, rather than the truth or the desire to find the
truth, we put our society and our country in grave danger.
As attempts are being made to bring us
back to a political center, a saying comes to mind. I have slightly
modified it to fit our current situation; hell hath no fury like a
blindsided progressive Left-wing Democrat. They were so sure that
the American people had jumped on board their train of delusion that
many of the young snowflakes, still holding their unearned ribbons
and trophies, melted on the spot upon hearing the news that their
candidate lost. Two visuals come to mind.......
https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/11/november-15-2017-ribbons-and-trophies.html
Ribbons and Trophies
By Tammy Derouin
Do we really prefer fiction over truth?
Are we prepared to live with the consequences of accepting false
stories to promote an agenda, while stifling the attempt to find the
truth? The desire to limit our freedom was pretty transparent under
the Obama administration. Attempts were made to rein him in but some
sort of invisible shield seemed to protect him and his politicized
governmental departments from truly being called on the carpet, why?
The Regulatory State Is the Enemy of Economic Mobility
The Regulatory State Is the Enemy of Economic Mobility
"Why are Americans less likely to move to better opportunities than they used to be? The Wall Street Journal reports:
"Why are Americans less likely to move to better opportunities than they used to be? The Wall Street Journal reports:
“When opportunity dwindles, a natural response—the traditional American instinct—is to strike out for greener pastures. Migrations of the young, ambitious and able-bodied prompted the Dust Bowl exodus to California in the 1930s and the reverse migration of blacks from Northern cities to the South starting in the 1980s.Yet the overall mobility of the U.S. population is at its lowest level since measurements were first taken at the end of World War II, falling by almost half since its most recent peak in 1985.In rural America, which is coping with the onset of socioeconomic problems that were once reserved for inner cities, the rate of people who moved across a county line in 2015 was just 4.1%, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. That’s down from 7.7% in the late 1970s.”
One particular problem with today’s immobility is that people find themselves in areas where jobs are dwindling and pay tends to be lower. Why don’t they move to where the jobs are? This comprehensive article for the Journal by Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg points to a few factors:
“For many rural residents across the country with low incomes, government aid programs such as Medicaid, which has benefits that vary by state, can provide a disincentive to leave. One in 10 West Branch [Mich.] residents lives in low-income housing, which was virtually nonexistent a generation ago.”
And then there are regulations that discourage mobility:
Read on!“...Another obstacle to mobility is the growth of state-level job-licensing requirements, which now cover a range of professions from bartenders and florists to turtle farmers and scrap-metal recyclers. A 2015 White House report found that more than one-quarter of U.S. workers now require a license to do their jobs, with the share licensed at the state level rising fivefold since the 1950s.”
charles hugh smith-Weblog and Essays
charles hugh smith-Weblog and Essays
"1. Shred the entire 2,700 page tax code and replace it with a 25-page code. As I explained in The Fetid Swamp of Tax Reform (November 10, 2017), the 2,700 page current tax code is a complexity thicket designed to hide tax breaks and subsidies for big political donors.
"1. Shred the entire 2,700 page tax code and replace it with a 25-page code. As I explained in The Fetid Swamp of Tax Reform (November 10, 2017), the 2,700 page current tax code is a complexity thicket designed to hide tax breaks and subsidies for big political donors.
Politicos give lip service to simplifying the tax code for PR purposes, but no politico actually wants radical simplification because this would eliminate the biggest grab-bag of political favors available to pass out to big donors.
Though radical simplification is politically impossible, it's the first and most important real reform.
2. Replace the entire convoluted mess of income tax for the bottom 99.5% with transaction taxes collected at the point of transaction. A transaction tax is similar to a value-added tax (VAT) or sales tax, but it's radically different in key ways: a transaction tax is levied on financial transactions, not just sales.
A transaction tax would be levied on every high-frequency stock trade, every loan that was sold, every financial transaction anywhere in the U.S. or any transaction anywhere in the world involving a U.S.-based entity or asset...
A transaction tax eliminates all tax returns, all accounting for income, deductions and expenses, and correlates to wealth/income. The working-poor household would pay a transaction fee when they buy something at a dollar store, but the fee would be much less than current state sales taxes. The point of the transaction tax is that it includes all the transactions of the wealthy class that aren't simple purchases of goods and services.
To insure a progressive tax structure, financial transactions above certain thresholds of size and frequency would be taxed at a higher rate...
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