Not so funny now, is it Nanny Bloomberg ?

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EVILDINOSAUR

Friday, May 3, 2013 3:26 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Bloomberg's ban doesn't prevent multiple servings, its solely related to the size of a single serving.

Which is a large part of what makes the ban so stupid. If someone still wants to drink 46oz or whatever, they'll just get multiple smaller servings. This doesn't stop anyone from doing anything, just puts an annoying speed bump in the way.

Rather than trying to ban things they should just make sure people are aware of the caloric content of these drinks, and then allow the people to decided what they want to do with their own bodies. For the record, I'm most certainly not a right-winger, if that was the implication.

NIKI2

Friday, May 3, 2013 3:30 PM

Amen.

But then, if we didn't have Rap to show us just HOW idiotic and stupid the extreme right can be, we might forget...er...no, I guess that's not possible, is it, given we get daily reminders:

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South Carolina Christian School Is The Source Of The Crazy 4th Grade ‘Science’ Test

The image above has recently been making the rounds on all the social sites. I first saw it last week and it was good for a facepalm or two but I was a little suspicious, as we all should be when this sort of thing pops up in the social media nowadays. After appearing in my feed a few times it faded away and I thought nothing more of it.

Today, it was in my Snopes report email so I clicked on the link to find out if my suspicions had been correct. I was surprised to find that the image was real. And there was another page to the test. So, it became legitimate news and here we are.

The test was purported to be a 4th grade quiz from a private school in South Carolina. After some digging by Snopes and others, and a confirmation from Answers In Genesis president Ken Ham, we now know that the school is the Blue Ridge Christian Academy in the Greenville area. More at http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/03/south-carolina-christian-schoo
l-is-the-source-of-the-crazy-4th-grade-science-test/

THAT IS NOT A JOKE. It's real.

STORYMARK

Friday, May 3, 2013 3:59 PM

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Originally posted by EvilDinosaur:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Bloomberg's ban doesn't prevent multiple servings, its solely related to the size of a single serving.

Which is a large part of what makes the ban so stupid. If someone still wants to drink 46oz or whatever, they'll just get multiple smaller servings. This doesn't stop anyone from doing anything, just puts an annoying speed bump in the way.

The whole point of the ban is to make people own up to their excess. If they want to chug a bucket-worth of soda, they can. They just have to get off their (likely fat)ass and get it a reasonable-sized serving at a time.

Im not saying its a good plan - but I at least appreciate the notion of making people look at their own habits.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

STORYMARK

Friday, May 3, 2013 4:02 PM

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Amen.

But then, if we didn't have Rap to show us just HOW idiotic and stupid the extreme right can be, we might forget...er...no, I guess that's not possible, is it, given we get daily reminders:
Quote:
South Carolina Christian School Is The Source Of The Crazy 4th Grade ‘Science’ Test

The image above has recently been making the rounds on all the social sites. I first saw it last week and it was good for a facepalm or two but I was a little suspicious, as we all should be when this sort of thing pops up in the social media nowadays. After appearing in my feed a few times it faded away and I thought nothing more of it.

Today, it was in my Snopes report email so I clicked on the link to find out if my suspicions had been correct. I was surprised to find that the image was real. And there was another page to the test. So, it became legitimate news and here we are.

The test was purported to be a 4th grade quiz from a private school in South Carolina. After some digging by Snopes and others, and a confirmation from Answers In Genesis president Ken Ham, we now know that the school is the Blue Ridge Christian Academy in the Greenville area. More at http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/03/south-carolina-christian-schoo
l-is-the-source-of-the-crazy-4th-grade-science-test/

THAT IS NOT A JOKE. It's real.

I wonder if they'll revise their complete bullshit now that it's been determined that that particular dinosaud never even existed anyway...?

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

NIKI2

Friday, May 3, 2013 4:17 PM

It didn't? Hah, what a joke...if ANY of that is "funny"). But of course it will change nothing. SCIENCE says that dinosaur never existed, but did the Bible?

Just for fun, here's the REAL story regarding this thread:

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‘No Pizza For You!’: Drudge Report Falls For Daily Currant’s Satirical Story About Mayor Bloomberg

The Daily Currant has fooled several members of the media into falling for satirical stories — from Glenn Beck and terrorist-contaminated pizza to Sarah Palin and Al Jazeera. On Friday, it fooled yet another: The Drudge Report. This time with a story about New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The Currant’s story said Bloomberg “was denied a second slice of pizza today at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn” after reaching his “personal slice limit.” It was meant to be a jab at the mayor’s effort to limit the portions of sugary drinks sold in the city.

The Drudge Report played it up thusly:

As the Atlantic Wire reported, the splash only stuck around for a few minutes, around 8 a.m. Eastern time, before someone realized the mistake and took it down. The tweet still exists.

To respond to the title on behalf of Bloomberg: Yes, it IS hilarious, thank you!

STORYMARK

Friday, May 3, 2013 5:19 PM

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Originally posted by Niki2:
It didn't?

Nope, it was the combination of a couple other skeletons which caused the confusion.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/brontosaurus-not-real-dinosau
rs-apatosaurus_n_3073842.html

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

NIKI2

Friday, May 3, 2013 7:13 PM

Pizmo, I could not agree more. Even when we lived in Afghanistan, '58-'61, every Afghan in the country who hadn't been here thought all Americans were rich--and we WERE, by their standards, incredibly rich.

To this day, when I walk into a supermarket I shudder...the rest of the European world at least has caught up to a degree, but we're still the Land of Incredible Excess, and our national obesity problem is the result. We have waaaaay too many choices, too much, and waaaay too much waste. So: "Amen".

Mark: That's funny...I wonder if anyone bothered to tell those idiots behind the "science" test. Or if they'd even care...

STORYMARK

Friday, May 3, 2013 8:15 PM

Ive been to Vegas a few times, and for all the fun it has to offer - every time, I end up looking at the seas of lights, and tremendouse fountains (in the fucki' desert!) and the sheer celebration of excess that pours from every inch of that place (not so much the residential areas, but the Strip and surrounding areas) - and I totally understand why people living in caves would want to blow us up.

Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.

"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

NIKI2

Friday, May 3, 2013 8:32 PM

Amen to both of you. Pizmo, you understand now why I keep saying I WISH every American could travel abroad--even just to Europe (tho' it's too much like us now)--just ONCE in their lives. I think we'd be a different country if they could.

No, of course I don't blame Americans themselves, they're the symptom, not the disease. But if we all WOKE UP... yeah, well, I can dream...

For me, even contemplating (much less SEEING) the amount of food we WASTE every day makes me want to hurl. Then I go to Safeway and see them double bag three items in plastic bags and it's all I can do to keep my mouth shut. Thank gawd S.F. has OUTLAWED plastic bags (take that, Safeway!!) and now you have to pay 10 cents for a paper one. In 2007, San Francisco was the first city in the nation to ban large chain supermarkets and pharmacies from using plastic shopping bags. Now San Francisco joins 49 other cities and counties in the country that require all retailers to use only paper - or, in some cases, compostable - bags and to charge for them.

We in Marin are tapping our toes, waiting to catch up. America is the land of plenty, and we continue to be the Land of Waste, far more than any country on earth. We have this gigantic, incredibly rich country, and all we do is squander it.

Ooops, I shouldn't have gotten started. Suffice it to say I'm glad you were able to see what you did; I wish everyone was.

America consumes more water per person than any other country on earth. ( http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts/could-fresh-water-become-scarce-u
s/])

As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world with 4.5 pounds (2.04 kg) of municipal solid waste (MSW) per person per day, fifty five percent of which is contributed as residential garbage. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_in_the_United_States])

Each year, over 3.2 million tons of electronic waste is put in US landfills. Over 100 million computers, monitors, and televisions are disposed of yearly in the U.S. (Same)

Americans waste more than 40 percent of the food we produce for consumption. ( http://www.wastedfood.com/about/)

And of course those of us who are awake already know about our consumption of the world's energy, natural resources, etc...

I won't go on. We are truly the Land of Plenty...of Waste.

AURAPTOR

Friday, May 3, 2013 11:22 PM

Niki - Bloomberg isn't any part of the 'extreme Right', so I'm lost as to what you're even yammering on about.

And all this proves is that I'm qualified to work at CNN or CBS. You know, just like Dan 'fake, but accurate' Rather.

Now, where's my life time achievement award ?

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