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Mental Health, Lack Of, Nanny State
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Psych Doc: 60% of College Students Have a Psychiatric Disorder
by Tammy on August 26, 2016That explains a few things. Or it could just be the normal pressures of life are now being considered “mental illness.” Wouldn’t the government love that! Classifying every person as mentally ill, giving special protections to students who are “unwell.” Yeah, what could go wrong? Via CBS Boston. New concerns arise about the mental health of students on college campuses all across the country. Dr. Gene Beresin, a psychiatrist and Executive Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital, says 50% to 60% of college students have a psychiatric disorder. “What I’m including in that is the use of substances, anxiety, depression, problems with relationships, break-ups, academic problems, learning disabilities, attentional problems,” says Dr. Beresin....
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Nanny State, Er, Feds Teach How To Shop for Food: Make A List
by Shifra on May 18, 2016Thanks, USDA, but you forgot to tell us: Should we use a pencil, a pen or a crayon to make the shopping list? (Fab idea, making a list, btw!!) Which kind of paper should we use? We await further instructions. Via Washington Examiner. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday tweeted out a link to a webpage that encourages people to think about the food they need for the week, make a list and then shop for that food at a store. USDA’s tweet linked to a page called “list your weekly meals” that said it’s best to “write down meals you want to make this week” before making a grocery list. Doing it in that order, the site says,...
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Canadian Mom Investigated for Letting Kids Play Alone in Backyard
by Tammy on April 23, 2016Yeah, the tyrany of liberalism continues to work overtime ruining peoples lives. Via Washington Times. A Canadian mother is upset after said she was investigated by child protection services for letting her children play alone in their fenced-in backyard. Jacqui Kendrick, a stay-at-home mom in Winnipeg, said a worker with Child and Family Services showed up at her home earlier this month after receiving a complaint about unsupervised children in her yard, The Canadian Press reported. “We’ve taught both the [older] kids so far that you look after each other. That’s kind of the point. The older ones should be looking after the younger ones,” Ms. Kendrick explained to The Press. “My 10-year-old is very responsible. We’ve taught the older...
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EU Wants To Teach Children To Love Big Government
by Pat_S on April 9, 2016The European Union governing block thinks there is too much “Euroscepticism”, i.e., EU citizens have a lack of understanding or—gasp!— oppose the EU. So, next week the European Parliament will consider a plan entitled Leaning EU in Schools to cultivate a positive view by teaching children good things about the EU. It is expected to be approved. EU trying to introduce mandatory classes about the bloc into school curriculum The “Learning EU in Schools” report, seen by the Telegraph, calls on member states to “encourage and facilitate high-quality training on EU topics for teachers, other educational staff, youth leaders and trainers” and the creation of a ʻEuro Teacherʼ label award. That “Euro Teacher award” rings familiar bells about Hero of...
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Nanny-State Alert: Starting Tomorrow, NYC Will Post Salt ‘Warnings’ On Restaurant Food
by Shifra on November 30, 2015This evening, I will be pouring extra salt on my dinner salad. Just because… Via CNS News: New York City begins a new era in nutritional warnings this week, when chain restaurants will have to start putting a special symbol on highly salty dishes. The first-of-its-kind rule, which takes effect Tuesday, will require a salt-shaker emblem on some sandwiches, salads and other menu items that top the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams — about a teaspoon — of sodium. It’s the latest in a series of novel nutritional moves by the nation’s biggest city, and it comes as health advocates, federal regulators and some in the food industry are trying to get Americans to cut down on salt. Experts...
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Feds: Happy Fourth Of July And Enjoy Your Pineapple Barbecue!
by Shifra on July 3, 2015Feds’ 4th of July message to us: Please enjoy your grilled pineapple. Our 4th of July message to Feds: Please mind your own business. Via Washington Examiner: Forget hamburgers and hotdogs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is pushing people to grill up pineapple slices, peaches, nectarines and other fruit for their big July 4th feast. “Throw some grilled pineapple on the grill & get ready to enjoy nature’s candy,” USDA’s “MyPlate” website tweeted out this week…. A4 Throw some grilled pineapple on the grill & get ready to enjoy nature's candy #TheGoldenGrill #TeamFNV pic.twitter.com/TdKk2JQ0ct — PHA (@PHAnews) July 1, 2015 And here’s another fab suggestion from the USDA busybodies: Turnip for what? How about for veggie burgers. Get the...
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FLOTUS Lunch Rules Trigger Kids’ ‘Black Market’ For Salt and Pepper
by Shifra on June 25, 2015Public school kids around the country are now dealing drugs salt and pepper. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Great job, Mooch! Via Free Beacon: Children are creating their own black markets to trade and sell salt due to First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules. During a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R., Ind.), a school administrator told Congress of the “unintended consequences” of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. “Perhaps the most colorful example in my district is that students have been caught bringing–and even selling–salt, pepper, and sugar in school to add taste to perceived bland and tasteless cafeteria food,” said John S. Payne, the president...
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The EPA Wants To Watch You Shower! (And What Maynard Is Going To Do About It!)
by Maynard on March 18, 2015The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants hotels to monitor how much time its guests spend in the shower. The agency is spending $15,000 to create a wireless system that will track how much water a hotel guest uses to get them to “modify their behavior.”...
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Feds Call For Plant-Based Diet, Monitoring of TV-Watching Time
by Shifra on February 20, 2015Remember Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts to ban large sodas in NYC? Well, as Al Jolson once said, “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!” Via Free Beacon: Feds: America Should Adopt ‘Plant-Based’Diet The federal committee responsible for nutrition guidelines is calling for the adoption of “plant-based” diets, taxes on dessert, trained obesity “interventionists” at worksites, and electronic monitoring of how long Americans sit in front of the television. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) released its far-reaching 571-pagereport of recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thursday, which detailed its plans to “transform the food system.” ….DGAC proposed a variety of solutions to address obesity, and its promotion of what it calls the...
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Food Fight==> FLOTUS Attacks the GOP…And White Potatoes
by Shifra on June 10, 2014In the spirit of giving credit where credit is due: The Dems truly are experts…in mud-slinging. Who could forget Harry Reid’s outrageous claim, said on the floor of the Senate (so that he could not be sued for libel) that Mitt Romney had not paid taxes for the last twelve years. And Nancy Pelosi, claiming the Republicans do not care about “poor, hungry children.” And now we have the always-annoying First Lady, Mooch, who says that Republicans want children to be obese. Via Wall Street Journal: The First Lady’s Calories One reason American politics is so polarized is the White House tendency to blindslide critics with personal attacks that misrepresent their views. This…school lunch drive-by is a classic of the...
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Poll: Americans Want Govt To Stop Banning Everything They Like
by Tammy on December 17, 2013I know, shocker! Via Daily Caller. Americans want the government to stop acting like their mother. According to a Reason-Rupe poll, Americans do not want government to ban trans-fats, e-cigarettes, online poker, violent video games or genetic testing kits. Many Americans are becoming frustrated with the government’s growing involvement in what they believe should be their personal decisions. For one, they do not want the government to be their personal nutritionist. The poll found that 71 percent of Americans oppose the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed trans-fats ban. Only 24 percent of Americans would support measures to outlaw the additive. The FDA also mandated that the genetic testing company 23andMe halt production of its DNA testing kits. The agency says...
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USPS To Destroy “Just Move” Stamps Over Safety Concerns
by Tammy on October 10, 2013Not. Kidding. And I really am curious– 1) Does the USPS really think kids look to stamps to determine how to do sports, and 2) What kid is using a stamp these days anyway? Truly peeps, we’ve gone down the rabbit hole here. No wonder kids are getting fat. It’s been deemed too “unsafe” to get off the couch. I actually think these stamps are smart, and the design very good. Here are the now destroyed stamps that have been deemed too ‘dangerous’ for kids to see: Via Postal News. Linn’s Stamp News reports that the US Postal Service will destroy the entire press run of a stamp series aimed at getting children to be more active. According to Linn’s...
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Did Nevada Give Hundreds Of Mental Patients One-Way Bus Tickets To California?
by rickh on August 22, 2013**Promoted from the TAM Wire, posted by rickh** Not enough funds to go all the way to Asylum Central- Washington, DC. Close enough for Govt Work. Via SF Chronicle. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is demanding that Nevada reimburse California cities and counties for treatment of about 500 indigent psychiatric patients who were given one-way bus tickets to the Golden State in recent years. Those costs include about $500,000 that Herrera says San Francisco spent on medical care, housing and other aid for 20 people shipped here in a practice sometimes called Greyhound therapy. In a letter to be sent Tuesday to Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, a draft of which was obtained by The Chronicle, Herrera threatened...
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NYC Super-Sized Sugary Drink Ban Goes Into Effect Tuesday, Starbucks Defying
by Tammy on March 11, 2013Freeeeeedom! **UPDATE: Judge Halts New York City Soda Ban**
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