Isn't that the plot of Footloose?Originally Posted by Anti Federalist
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Chris Christie signs in a new law to to enforce the existing ban on "coal roaling".
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf...d_by_chri.html
TRENTON — An odd facet of the culture war is now illegal in New Jersey.
Gov. Chris Christie today signed legislation (S2418) to ban the practice of "coal rolling," in which drivers modify diesel trucks to belch thick black smoke — often as a show of defiance towards environmental policies and technology. Well, NJ is a No-free speech zone. /root
"Coal rolling increases air pollution in New Jersey and creates unsafe driving conditions on New Jersey's already congested roadways," said Assemblyman Tim Eustace (D-Bergen). "By banning coal rolling, this law will build upon a history of environmental protection in our state."
Eustace, who drives a small electric car, got the idea for the bill from personal experience. While driving his Nissan Leaf, a raised pick up truck in front of him engulfed his car in a cloud of smoke. Or you could just not drive as close. /root
Videos on the internet show pick up truck drivers blowing the smoke at Toyota Priuses. Ok, while it is funny, this doesn't solve the Prius problem. Assuming nobody is in front of you, a Prius should never have enough acceleration to catch up to you. What we need is a non-aggressive way to get the slow Prius that is in front of you on a steep hill to speed up or get out of the way/root
The law, however, is somewhat redundant. State Department of Environmental Regulations say that vehicles "shall not emit visible smoke, whether from crankcase emissions or from tailpipe exhaust, for a period in excess of three consecutive seconds."
And the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said modifying trucks to belch smoke is illegal under federal law.
The new law bans "retrofitting any diesel-powered vehicle with any device, smoke stack, or other equipment which enhances the vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate emissions."
"It's to actually make sure we enforce the law. We have laws that lay fallow, I think, in some circumstances," Eustace said. "This doesn't come off as very important unless you've been coal-rolled."
Eustace said that he's also heard from a state trooper who was coal rolled while riding his bike by the side of the road and was temporarily blinded with it, and a woman who experienced it while driving young children on the Turnpike. Always gotta get that "for the children in /root
Under the law, it's up to the state DEP to set the fines. Of course/root
CANNABIS BANNED
MONROE — The City Council has banned recreational marijuana growing, processing and retail operations here.
The council unanimously decided to prohibit businesses operating under Initiative 502, which established a legal recreational marijuana system in Washington, after a public hearing last week. The ban takes effect Sunday.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201...WS01/150509926
http://www.newser.com/story/206530/i...whiteners.htmlIvory Coast Bars Skin Whiteners
(NEWSER) – Ivory Coast's health ministry has "forbidden" skin-whitening creams popular across West Africa over concerns that they may cause diabetes, skin cancer, and hypertension. The ban applies to all "cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams ... that de-pigment the skin," most of which contain mercury, cortisone, vitamin A, or more than 2% hydroquinone, reports AFP. "The number of people with side effects caused by these medicines is really high," a member of Ivory Coast's pharmaceutical authority says. Though it isn't clear how many people use the creams, they're typically favored by young women who believe lighter skin makes them more beautiful. Billboard advertisements for skin-whitening products can be spotted across Africa, though the creams are also used in Asia and the Middle East.
"What we see in the media is the lighter one's skin is, the better one's life," a dermatologist in Abidjan says, citing advertisements that feature models with pale skin. "This beauty standard ... pushes many girls to de-pigment their skin." A dermatologist in the UK tells the BBC it's the unregulated products that pose the most danger as they often contain ingredients, like steroids, "in much higher quantities than we would prescribe." She adds other side effects of the creams include high blood pressure, osteoporosis, weight gain, mood swings, acne, glaucoma or cataracts if used near the eyes, and a thinning of the skin. The ban on such products in Ivory Coast won't necessarily stop people from using them, however. Skin-whitening creams are still used in Gambia, despite a ban in that country.
The Bastiat Collection · FREE PDF · FREE EPUB · PAPER Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850)
- "When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law."
-- The Law (p. 54)- "Government is that great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
-- Government (p. 99)- "[W]ar is always begun in the interest of the few, and at the expense of the many."
-- Economic Sophisms - Second Series (p. 312)- "There are two principles that can never be reconciled - Liberty and Constraint."
-- Harmonies of Political Economy - Book One (p. 447)· tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito ·
I am so not surprised. This town has more police than Carter had pills, City police, County police, State troopers, not to mention a State penitentiary . A copsuckers paradise.
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"The Patriarch"
[QUOTE=Origanalist;5872742]I am so not surprised. This town has more police than Carter had pills, City police, County police, State troopers, not to mention a federal prison. A copsuckers paradise.[/QUOTE
i remember the days when Monroe had just a 2 lane hiway running through it. Now it looks like Lynnwood...the race track is the only reason i ever go to Monroe. That, and the best way to get to eastern Washington.
I have hopes Monroe will change for the better, but that won't until they get rid of all the tight ass mofo's running the place...
[QUOTE=JK/SEA;5872786]I moved out here in 1975, yeah, it was a small town and a fun place to live. Those days are gone forever I'm afraid.
"The Patriarch"
'We endorse the idea of voluntarism; self-responsibility: Family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion: It never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person; it can't make you follow good habits.' - Ron Paul 1988
Awareness is the Root of Liberation Revolution is Action upon Revelation
'Resistance and Disobedience in Economic Activity is the Most Moral Human Action Possible' - SEK3
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
...the familiar ritual of institutional self-absolution...
...for protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment...
Boyscouts Ban Waterpistols
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...er-gun-fights/
For water balloons, use small, biodegradable balloons, and fill them no larger than a ping pong ball.
'We endorse the idea of voluntarism; self-responsibility: Family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion: It never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person; it can't make you follow good habits.' - Ron Paul 1988
Awareness is the Root of Liberation Revolution is Action upon Revelation
'Resistance and Disobedience in Economic Activity is the Most Moral Human Action Possible' - SEK3
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
...the familiar ritual of institutional self-absolution...
...for protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment...
Everything worth living for is Banned.... I never even got see live on stage donkey sex....What's the point of life!!!!!!!!!!
*scratches Newquay off my list of potential vacation destinations*
Newquay Celebrates Success Of Mankini Ban
http://news.sky.com/story/1492081/ne...of-mankini-banSeaside resort Newquay says it is thriving after banning mankinis, the thong-type swimwear made popular by Sasha Baron Cohen's comedy character Borat.
Police and community leaders from the southwest town say the ban has led to less antisocial behaviour which, in turn, means the resort is booming.
In recent years Newquay had become better known as a place for boozy stag and hen parties than happy family holidaymakers.
But now, locals say, it is shedding the "Wild West" image it once had.
The change came after residents protested in 2009 after two teenagers fell separately to their deaths from cliffs during visits to the town.
The deaths were the last in a long line of troubles for exasperated locals.
They formed the Newquay Safe partnership to try to get rid of its increasingly poor reputation and "take back their town" from rampant party-goers.
Things have improved year-on-year since, with crime and antisocial behaviour figures falling.
Since the protests, reports of antisocial behaviour have dropped from 937 in 2009/10 to 485 in 2012/13.
Inspector Dave Meredith, the town's most senior policeman, said: "When you speak to anybody from patrol officers to PCSOs, partners in town, shopkeepers, everybody says Newquay has made a miraculous improvement.
"Did Newquay have a problem with its reputation five years ago? Almost certainly it did.
"Five or six years ago and more, Newquay was a little bit of a Wild West town. It had a bad reputation nationally.
"People expected to come to Newquay to drink a lot, behave irresponsibly; a lot of really young people came to Newquay and knew they had a good chance of getting drunk.
"Certainly we have clamped down on that and the image of Newquay now has certainly curtailed some of that."
Mr Meredith continued: "We have a really robust approach to alcohol-related disorder. That doesn't start when you arrive at a nightclub in Newquay - it starts at the marketing while they're at home.
"It's not completely the opposite now, but the town has successfully evolved into something which has a broader appeal to it."
At its worse, he said, problems would go "right the way through the night".
He said: "It would range from 16 to 18-year-olds mostly, at the younger end of the scale, but I wouldn't put all the blame on them.
"You're going up to 40 and 50-year-olds on stag nights - it was the stag culture of 'do what you like' - it was quite intense."
Resident Dave Sleeman, who helped organise the 2009 protests, is now the town's mayor.
He said: "I remember back in the 2000s you couldn't walk the streets on a Saturday without seeing someone wearing a mankini or what have you.
"But now they're not allowed in Newquay.
"The police will tell them to go home and get changed if they see them wearing one, and the guest houses and camp sites are pretty good at warning their guests about what's acceptable.
"I think we have turned the corner here."
'We endorse the idea of voluntarism; self-responsibility: Family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion: It never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person; it can't make you follow good habits.' - Ron Paul 1988
Awareness is the Root of Liberation Revolution is Action upon Revelation
'Resistance and Disobedience in Economic Activity is the Most Moral Human Action Possible' - SEK3
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
...the familiar ritual of institutional self-absolution...
...for protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment...
HB34?
xxxxx
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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you post to the internet can and will be used to humiliate you.
In the UK, It’s Illegal To Use Those Hoverboard Things In Public
...
The police referred people to updated guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service which makes clear that swegways are “not legal for road use”.
The CPS pointed out that because of some 19th-century legislation, you can’t ride a swegway on the road or on the pavement.
And if you do you might be liable to pay a Ł500 fine.
The only place it’s safe to ride them “is private property and with the landowner’s permission.”
There is separate legislation governing electric bicycles, but swegways don’t count because “they cannot be pedalled”.
The CPS also points out, in its guidance for the larger Segway vehicles, that self-balancing scooter users could be committing a separate crime of driving a vehicle without insurance.
...
lol
In NY a bicycle is illegal if you strap a small battery operated motor to it.
FREEDOM! YAY!
'We endorse the idea of voluntarism; self-responsibility: Family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion: It never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person; it can't make you follow good habits.' - Ron Paul 1988
Awareness is the Root of Liberation Revolution is Action upon Revelation
'Resistance and Disobedience in Economic Activity is the Most Moral Human Action Possible' - SEK3
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
...the familiar ritual of institutional self-absolution...
...for protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...a-9192298.htmlIs your name now 'banned' in Saudi Arabia?
The ban was also allegedly justified by the ministry because some of the names were deemed foreign or "inappropriate".
Other sets of forbidden names include those with royal connotations, such as Sumuw (highness), Malek (king) and Malika (queen).
Some on the list do not fit into any of these categories however, leaving the reason for banning them open to speculation.
The full list of forbidden names as reported in Gulf News is listed below:
Malaak (angel)
Abdul Aati
Abdul Naser
Abdul Musleh
Binyamin (Arabic for Benjamin)
Naris
Yara
Sitav
Loland
Tilaj
Barrah
Abdul Nabi
Abdul Rasool
Sumuw (highness)
Al Mamlaka (the kingdom)
Malika (queen)
Mamlaka (kingdom)
Tabarak (blessed)
Nardeen
Sandy
Rama (Hindu god)
Maline
Elaine
Inar
Maliktina
Maya
Linda
Randa
Basmala (utterance of the name of God)
Jibreel (angel Gabriel)
Abdul Mu’een
Abrar
Iman
Bayan
Baseel
Wireelam
Nabi (prophet)
Nabiyya (female prophet)
Amir (prince)
Taline
Aram
Nareej
Rital
Alice
Lareen
Kibrial
Lauren
They really take their reputation seriously.
Photos at link, I don't want to get in trouble with the UAE. I have enough problems with the "T" countries right now.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6932481.htmlStorm warning: It is illegal to post 'irresponsible' pictures of storms online, Dubai authorities say
It is illegal to post pictures of storms online, authorities in the United Arab Emirates have warned.
Posting negative images or rumours about the recent flooding could be punished under the country's cybercrime laws, the interior ministry said.
Damaging the country's reputation online is punishable imprisonment and a fine of up to 1m Emirati Dirhams (Ł189,500), the International Business Times reported.
Officials said people were "spreading rumours" and behaving "irresponsibly" on social media.
Heavy rain storms hit the gulf state earlier this week, flooding roads and causing flights to be cancelled.
Many have shared pictures of flooded roads and cars submerged in water.
I saw the title and thought it would be about AuH20. Free AuH20 from banning!
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The auto show banned the skimpily clad models, not the government.And so we begin RPF's most epic recount of the endless government bannings.
Banned today in China:
Auto News
Shanghai auto show bans skimpily clad female models
Published April 20, 2015Associated Press
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$#@!, Beijing would shut down without those things.
Speaking of banning, what the $#@! happened to my curse words??
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Cities in Colorado that have banned pit bulls:
Alamosa
Applewood
Arvada
Aspen – A favorite place to take the dogs for many people.
AURORA
“It [is] unlawful for any person to have, own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport, or sell within the city any pit bull or restricted breed of dog. “Pit bull” … is defined as any dog that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of any one (1) or more of the above breeds, or any dog exhibiting those distinguishing characteristics which substantially conform to the standards established by the American Kennel Club or United Kennel Club for any of the above breeds.”
Avon
Berkley
Berthoud
Black Forest
Boulder –VERY pit bull friendly.
Brighton – Several friends have pit bull type dogs here and report no issues.
Broomfield – No issues.
Brush
Canon City
Carbondale
Castle Pines
CASTLE ROCK
“It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport or sell within the town any pit bull.” (Castle Rock doesn’t actually have a working definition of what a “pit bull” is but you can bring your dog by so they can decide if it’s allowed in their city limits.)
Castlewood
Cherry Hills Village
Cimarron Hills
Clifton
Colorado Springs – Pit Bull friendly city. Home of Southern CO Pitbull Advocates.
Columbine
COMMERCE CITY
“Applies to pit bulls, defined as “American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of any one or more of the above breeds”
(a) [Prohibited.] It is unlawful for any person to own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport (except as permitted in subsection (g)(3) below) or sell within the city any pit bull except as provided herein.
(b) Registration.
(1) The owner of a pit bull shall be entitled to keep a pit bull only if such owner initially registered such pit bull with the city’s police department by November 1, 2005.
(2) Initial registration is not transferable.”
Cortez
Craig
Delta
DENVER
“It [is] unlawful for any person to own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport, or sell within the city any pit bull. A “pit bull” … is defined as any dog that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits of any one (1) or more of the above breeds, or any dog exhibiting those distinguishing characteristics which substantially conform to the standards established by the American Kennel Club or United Kennel Club for any of the above breeds. The A.K.C. and U.K.C. standards for the above breeds are on file in the office of the clerk and recorder, ex officio clerk of the City and County of Denver, at City Clerk Filing No. 89457.” ( Pit bulls may be brought into the city for exhibition purposes such as obedience, showing and other competitions with permission.)
Derby
Durango
Edgewater
Edwards
El Jebel
Englewood
Erie
Estes Park
Evans – Home of Colorado Pit Bull Advocates. Pit Bull friendly
Evergreen
Federal Heights
Fort Carson
Fort Collins – Home of us, ColoRADogs. Extremely pit bull friendly community.
Fort Lupton
Fort Morgan
Fountain
Fruita
Fruitvale
Glendale
Glenwood Springs – Pit Bull friendly
Golden
Grand Junction – Pit Bull Friendly
Greeley – Pit Bull friendly
Greenwood Village
Gunbarrel
Gunnison
Highlands Ranch
Ken Caryl
LA JUNTA
“It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport or sell within the City any pit bull as defined herein. (Ord. 1431 §1, 2006)
6.17.030 Exceptions.
(1) The owner of a pit bull who has applied for and received a dog license for such pit bull pursuant to Section 6.17.040 below, on or before December 1, 2006, and who maintains the pit bull at all times in compliance with the pit bull license requirements of Sections 6.17.040 and 6.17.050 below and all other applicable requirements of this Code, may keep a pit bull within the City.”
Lafayette
Lakewood – Pit Bull friendly
Lamar
Littleton – Place of largest Pit Bull Awareness walk in Colorado. Home of The HSSPV. Pit bull
friendly.
LONE TREE
“It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, possess, maintain or harbor any pit bull or transport pit bulls through the City, except as provided in this Article. (Ord. 2003-810 §1; Ord. 2004-828, Pt. 1)
Sec. 7-242. Definitions
For purposes of this Article, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed hereafter:
Pit bull is defined as any dog that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier or any dog displaying the majority of the physical traits of any one (1) or more of the above breeds, or any dog exhibiting those distinguishing characteristics which substantially conform to the standards established by the American Kennel Club for any of the above breeds.
Any Colorado licensed veterinarian may attest to whether or not any dog meets this definition.
Sec. 7-243. Exceptions.
(1) The owner of a pit bull, who has applied for and received a pit bull license from the City for such pit bull, in accordance with Subsection (d) of this Section and all other applicable requirements of this Chapter, may keep the licensed pit bull within the City. The license will replace the regular dog license required elsewhere in this Chapter.”
* Surprisingly enough, Lone Tree is one of the most oppressive cities when it comes to regulating dogs they perceive as “Pit Bulls.”*
Longmont – Home of Longmont Humane Society –Our favorite town next
to Fort Collins.
LOUISVILLE
“Sec. 6.12.160. – Pit bulls prohibited.
A. Prohibition.
It is unlawful for any person to own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport, or sell within the city any pit bull.”
(Like Castle Rock, Louisville doesn’t actually define what a “Pit Bull” is.)
Loveland – Pit Bull friendly
Manitou Springs
Montrose
Northglenn
Orchard Mesa
Parker
Pueblo
Pueblo West
Rangely– They emailed us just to let us know how much they love blockheads!
Redlands
Rifle – The Rifle Animal Shelter has contacted us and said they LOVE “Pit Bulls.”
Salida
Security-Widefield
Sheridan
Sherrelwood
Southglenn
Steamboat Springs
Sterling
Stonegate
Stratmoor
Superior
The Pinery
Thornton
Trinidad
Twin Lakes
Vail
Wellington – Pit Bull friendly
Welby
Westminster – Pit Bull friendly
Wheat Ridge
Windsor
Woodland Park
Woodmoor
Its illegal to have a boner in public in Indiana!
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
Google, facebook, twitter work with govt to ban people who speak about rape
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016...t-hate-speech/
Well damn, that precludes my 20 year old Avalon.
New Delhi will just havta try to get along without me. <pout>
Leaf blowers... My hometown too
http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/20...e_allowed.htmlThe township committee in Maplewood took a stance on the town-wide debate earlier this month when it voted unanimously to ban commercial leaf blowers in Maplewood between June 1 and August 31 of this year.
Jesus Christ I couldn't leave the house.
Thousands demand firework ban after ‘spooked’ dog drowns at sea
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a ban on the sale of fireworks in the UK after a dog who ran away at the sound of a firework was later found drowned at sea.
The online petition, submitted to the Government petitions website
, asks for Parliament to “ban the sale of fireworks to the public and only approve organised displays,” and has so far attracted more than 57,500 signatures.
The creator of the petition, Mike Old, told The Independent he launched the campaign after a dog in his local area was found swept up at sea after being “spooked” by fireworks set off by a group of youngsters on the beach on 17 October.
Mr Old, of Whitley Bay, said: “The initial reason was a dog called Shearer who was out with his owner having his evening walk down near St Mary’s lighthouse, a firework spooked him and he ran off.
“As he was a local dog the story gained momentum and hundreds of people searching the area. His owners set up a Facebook page which, as you can imagine, had an awful lot of followers.
“Shearer was found a week later, having been swept into the sea at Whitley Bay and being carried down to Redcar. That was the trigger. Since then I’ve posted the link on as many pages that I can, as have my supporters.”
Mr Old, 60, said the local feeling had been “overwhelming” for the deceased dog, which helped the petition gain momentum, adding that he also launched the campaign due to the dangers of fireworks to people.
He added: “The other reason is that, regardless of Government statistics, thousands of people, mainly children, are hurt by fireworks each year.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...=facebook-post
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