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The finalists for the 2010 Wacky Warning Labels award have been announced. Offered without comment: The Minnesota Department of Human Rights says “Ladies’ Night” discriminates against men by depriving them of the right to “full and equal enjoyment” of the establishments offering them. (Obscure Store and Reading Room) “A Dutch court has ruled that disclosing […] Again, no one should be surprised that “very intoxicated” appears in the next paragraph of this story: “A [Florida] man was arrested Friday after deputies said he called 911 multiple times to complain his mother took his beer away.” Also in Florida, the family of a 13-year-old home-schooled girl has filed an age discrimination complaint […] Breast enlargement is not a human right (at least in the UK). About 40 percent of the cases in the court system of the Central African Republic are witchcraft prosecutions. “A car insurer has asked a Canadian family to pay for repairing a broken bumper after their dog was struck by the vehicle and died.” […] Evidently not having read the “not stealing” part of the Ten Commandments, a British man is being sought for copyright infringement on hundreds of Christian books. The ads were/are annoying enough but Subway’s effort to trademark “footlong” ensures I won’t eat at any of their restaurants again. Probably not the headline you want about you […] Stupid Legislative Trick of the Week: U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman and a couple other idjits are introducing legislation to allow Americans to be stripped of their citizenship if the State Department (not a court) concludes they are associated with a terrorist organization. I doubt it’s coincidence that these guys — who evidently don’t remember McCarthyism […] |
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