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The Mike Bloomberg Legacy: 12 Years of Little Tyrannies in 2 Minutes!

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“After 12 years, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves office on New Year’s Day, 2014.  His legacy goes far beyond his nanny state war on cigarette smoke, salts and fat, but into his use of the NYPD (which he described as ‘his personal army’) to spy on citizens and stop-and-frisk young men of color en masse, as well as his abuse of eminent domain to seize private property and hand it over to his fellow billionaire developers for massive vanity projects.  Reason TV takes a brief year-by-year look back at Mayor Bloomberg’s most outrageous assaults on freedom of choice and civil liberties.”

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What Does Government Do When People Start Living Healthier? Tax That

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“What happens when the government’s grand Nanny State plan works and people start living the healthier, more environmentally friendly lives city and state functionaries want for us? Will they start scaling back all these programs funded by those now-redeemed sinners? No, don’t be silly. They’ll start looking for new ways to tax them. Several states and municipalities are looking for ways to drag revenue off of bicyclists. A Chicago City Council member proposed a $25 annual tax for cyclists.  Oops.”

http://reason.com/blog/2013/12/27/what-does-government-do-when-people-star

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Reminder: A New Light Bulb Ban Kicks in on January 1

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“For those who are fans of the traditional, yellowish glow of an incandescent light bulb, the time has come stock up.  We’ve already seen the 75-watt variety ushered out with a ban on manufacturing or importing them starting in 2013, but Jan. 1, 2014, starts the same process with 40- and 60-watt bulbs.  Stores are allowed to continue to sell the incandescent bulbs until the supply runs out.  The move forces consumers to switch to LED, compact fluorescent light bulbs and others, which are currently more expensive than the Thomas Edison-invented incandescents but are billed to be more efficient with a longer lifespan.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/17/reminder-a-new-light-bulb-ban-kicks-in-on-january-1/

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UN puts rich nations on the hook for trillions in climate liabilities

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“Starting in 2014, the U.N.’s Green Climate Fund, a plan to divert an additional $100 billion per year from the treasuries of developed countries to those of developing nations to help them ‘take action on climate change,’ will commence operation. The heads of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are scheduled to take part in a launch ceremony for the GCF headquarters in South Korea on Wednesday.  A new international treaty in 2015 will force developed countries to spend untold billions more to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. The fine print in the negotiating text includes an escape clause for developing nations.”

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/12/04/harris-and-khandekar-blaming-the-developed-world-for-the-forces-of-nature/

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Operation Dead-Mouse Drop

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“A group of 2,000 dead mice equipped with cardboard parachutes have been airdropped over a United States Air Force base in Guam in order to poison brown tree snakes.  It may sound like the plot to an animated movie starring the vocal talents of Gilbert Godfried, but we assure you this is actually happening.  The hope is that the snakes, which are invasive to the area and cause harm to exotic native birds and the island’s power grid, will be drawn to the toxic rodents, eat them, and then croak.  The mice are dropped in a time sequence from low-flying helicopters. Each rodent is strung up to a tiny parachute made of cardboard and tissue paper.”

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/operation–mouse-drop-163310851.html

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EU seeks ‘ban on all currently available e-cigarettes’

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“The EU wants all electronic cigarettes removed from shop shelves because they ‘normalise the action of smoking’.   The bid to ban e-cigarettes drew anger from suppliers in Britain, where some 1.3 million of the current 10 million smokers have switched to the electronic devices.  François Digard, mayor of Saint-Lo in La Manche region of Normandy passed a decree this month outlawing electronic cigarettes, after receiving several complaints from residents.  ‘The e-cigarette is not neutral in the immediate environment. With it emitting odour and a bit of smoke it can really bother some people,’ Mr Digard told local radio station France Bleu Cotentin.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10481328/EU-seeks-ban-on-all-currently-available-e-cigarettes.html

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Volkswagen Ends Microbus Production Due To New Safety Regulations

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“Commonly associated with hippies, the lifespan of the Microbus was 63 years. For several decades, Brazil specialized in making the boxy vehicle, however the design element, which gave the van the classic shape, put the driver ahead of the front axle.  And that is now a major problem, as the country recently outlined new safety requirements which will be put into effect next year. Sadly, the Microbus can’t be modified to meet the new rules.  The proper term for the Microbus is the Kombi or Type 2 model, but it also received some nicknames over time. It was called the Minibus, Hippiemobile, VW bus, Weekender and camper.”

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Why This California Oyster Farm Just Went Belly Up

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“In 1962, President John F. Kennedy created the Point Reyes National Seashore with the understanding that some existing businesses, including the oyster farm, would have to leave within 50 years.  The cannery—which changed ownership several times over the years before being purchased by owner Kevin Lunny in 2004—had won high praise for its sustainability. And Bay Area foodies appreciated locally grown oysters.  But in November 2012, Ken Salazar, as Secretary of the Interior, decided that Drakes Bay Oyster had to go. And that’s when Lunny quickly found that politics makes for truly strange oyster-bedfellows.”

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/09/05/drakes-bay-oyster-company-ruling-california-point-reyes-national-seashore

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Mountain Man Arrested for Trying to Feed Himself

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“In a packed courtroom, 52-year-old Ernie Tertelgte told the judge ‘I am a living man protected by natural law and I have the right to forage for food when I am hungry… You are trying to create a fictitious, fraudulent action.’ Charged with fishing without a license and resisting the arrest for fishing without a license, Mr. Tertegte says he’s being wrongly prosecuted for trying to feed himself.  Tertelgte, 52 years old, was arrested on Monday and is accused of fishing without a license and then resisting arrest. He appeared before the judge via video from the Gallatin County Detention Center, and it was standing room only more than a dozen friends and family members filled the small courtroom.”

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=521_1384992875

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Spain’s solar police to kick in residents’ doors for generating free power

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“Whereas Spain once flung money at companies who set up solar power programmes in the country, it now plans to slap a fee on people who create their energy for personal consumption.  The PP’s plan is to raise cash to help pay off their ‘tariff deficit’, or the difference between the cost of operating the country’s electricity grid and the money it rakes in.  ‘Imposed by decree, the reform aims to raise money for tackling a €26 billion debt to power producers which the state has built up over the years in regulating energy costs and prices,’  Australia’s Business Spectator reported.  According to VozPopuli, the ‘payback’ to big energy companies has taken the form of this new Solar Energy Law.”

http://www.thelocal.es/20131112/spains-solar-police-to-kick-in-your-door

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