Month: February 2013

Blind weightlifting champ portrayed as ‘drunk’ by the ABC

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Blind weightlifting champ portrayed as ‘drunk’ by the ABC




How desperate is our nanny state industry to ignore facts in its quest for greater regulation? This desperate: Footage of Chamoun stumbling appears following a quote from NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas about the impact of alcohol-related violence on emergency services. “An enormous amount of effort and anguish is expended on people who have simply got themselves in such a drunken state that emergency services have to become involved to look after them or patch up the mess that they leave,” Mr Kaldas said. The problem? Malek Chamoun is legally…




US: Soft Drink Prohibition Proposed

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US: Soft Drink Prohibition Proposed




In the United States, the lead nanny state activist group, from which many Australian activists take inspiration, is the Center for Science in the Public Interest. A few days ago, they proposed to ban all soft drinks – including many juices! That’s right, actually ban them all outright: Today, food police from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)and potato scaremonger Walter Willettintroduced a proposal that would ban every regular soft drink in existence, whether it is a soda, a sweet tea, a lemonade, or a sweetened fruit drink. CSPI claims that sugar and…




The problem with minimum alcohol pricing

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The problem with minimum alcohol pricing




Australia’s not the only country looking to ban affordable alcohol, the UK government is looking at the same thing, and this blog post is well worth a read in full: Minimum Unit Pricing is probably the most regressive, illiberal, and outright snobbish policy being debated by parliament today, yet it enjoys near universal political support from the NUS and the Labour party on the left, to the Tories on the right. The problem is, the support is based on junk science, state-funded lobbying and outright prejudice against the poorest… The…




UK Parents can no longer be trusted to feed their kids | Freedomwatch

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UK Parents can no longer be trusted to feed their kids | Freedomwatch




Over the weekend a British government adviser recommended schools ban packed lunches that kids bring to school because of concerns they are fuelling obesity. According to a report in the UK’s Telegraph: [T]eachers should prevent pupils bringing their own lunches into school – and ban them from visiting fast food outlets – amid continuing fears over the state of children’s diets. via UK Parents can no longer be trusted to feed their kids | Freedomwatch.




Nanny Statists Ban Kids Blowing Out Birthday Candles

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Nanny Statists Ban Kids Blowing Out Birthday Candles




Further evidence that the lunatics have really taken over the asylum when it comes to nanny state health measures in Australia: KIDS will be banned from blowing out candles on communal birthday cakes, under strict new hygiene rules for childcare… The new guidelines state children who want to blow out a candle on their birthday should bring their very own cupcake – to avoid blowing germs all over a shared cake… The NHMRC said children who play in the sandpit must wash their hands with alcohol sanitiser before and after… Aren’t you glad your…