Sex in your house with someone from outside of your household is set to become illegal today.
The government is introducing new lockdown measures in England that prevent people from socialising (or gathering) with one person from outside of their household in a private space.
I've no idea as to just how many laws and rules the politicians there have imposed, but clearly the busybodies haven't been busy enough.
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The city of Chicago has already seen 36 people shot and nine killed over Memorial Day weekend, making it the deadliest one since 2015. According to data tracked by the Chicago Tribune, the number of shootings this year is approaching 2019's total, despite the coronavirus lockdowns, severe storms, and added police units.
So what's mayor Lori Lightfoot doing? Why she sent a bunch of squad cars loaded with police to raid a church that was conducting Sunday services against her order. Way to address problems in the city, eh?
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Ten churches from around the state are suing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, arguing her coronavirus stay-at-home orders are unconstitutional. Lead attorney Ray Hacke said plaintiffs are all over the state.
“There’s a rising tide of churches and churchgoers wanting to push back against Governor Brown’s oppressive executive orders, and this case will hopefully remind her that she is not free to dispense with constitutionally protected liberties, even in emergencies,” Hacke said in a statement.
She's just being a Democratic. Name a state that's been under the thumb of Democratics for years that hasn't been run into the ground. In her latest move, she's declared a "drought emergency" and banned "dispersed camping" statewide. That seems to go against her whole "social distancing" schtick - and it's unclear if that applies to the population of bums, many of whom camp in Portland's Forest Park and elsewhere. It should, as the bums rarely (as in never) clean up after themselves, and they do start a lot of campfires.
CANBY, Ore. (KOIN) — One week after police shut down a restaurant in Canby for violating Governor Kate Brown’s executive order, dozens of customers flocked to the establishment with folding chairs to eat outside in a show of support.
How dare the owner of the tiny restaurant defy Kate? Well, unlike her, he has bills to pay; he doesn't collect fat paychecks with "free benefits" like healthcare and retirement, and he doesn't live on taxpayer money.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday began relaxing his stay-at-home order that was issued to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, while also announcing that the state has a staggering $53.4 billion budget shortfall.
Not that it's a problem, or anything; he and his fellow Democratics will just raise taxes again - and then complain about companies relocating to places like Texas. They don't seem to understand the relationship between cause and effect.
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So Trump ordered meat plants to remain open, but what's he going to do when the workers don't show up?
New York (CNN Business)Meat-processing plant workers are concerned about President Donald Trump's executive order that compels plants to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic. Meat plant employees are among America's most vulnerable workers, and some say they expect staff will refuse to come to work.
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Today, the Mayo Clinic, one of the most prestigious hospitals in the world, announced the furloughing or reducing of salaries for 30,000 employees, 40 percent of its employees nationwide. It’s not coronavirus shutting down these hospitals, because none of their locations, especially in Minnesota, are in particularly high coronavirus outbreak areas. It’s the arbitrary orders from governors to shut down numerous procedures and checkups for chronically ill patients, as well as the panic they have sown in the public, which is keeping people from seeking even medical care that has not been officially shut down by order.
85 percent of live organ transplants are not being done. That’s comparing this past 30 days to last year, the same 30-day period. It’s down almost 90 percent. These people needing transplants … that disease didn’t disappear. These are people who are near death.
And some folks want government-run healthcare. This is what you get.
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San Francisco was the first city in the United States to ban the use of plastic shopping bags in 2007, according to a story by SFgate.com at the time. San Francisco, one of the cities hardest-hit by the coronavirus, banned reusable shopping bags Wednesday in a set of beefed-up social distancing protocols as part of the city's extension of its stay-at-home order, meant to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, until May 3. Under the order, stores are not allowed to let "customers bring their own bags, mugs, or other reusable items from home" when they shop at or patronize a business.
Um, hey guys - go back to using those evil plastic bags, okay?
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But then, it's run by Democratics, so....
How desperate are they? You have to get a permit to stargaze, now. I am not making this up.
Here is a story that shows progressive policies to be not only destructive, but also depressingly stupid. New York State recently passed a law requiring citizens to obtain a permit if they wish to gaze at the stars in public parks. No, really. You read that right. In New York, you must pay for a license to look at the freaking stars.
Light pollution across the state of New York makes it hard for folks in highly populated areas to view the night sky. So, people who wish to gaze upon the stars at night have to drive many miles away to remote areas. Many of these remote areas are located in taxpayer-funded state parks.
What? You can't take a train or other public transit? You actually have to drive? Well, they need to put a stop to that, too. And they probably will. Anyway, on with the clown-show!
In their efforts to squeeze every dime they can from the tax farm, bureaucrats in New York have devised a scheme to extort citizens who wish to use public parks to gaze upon the night sky. This extortion comes in the form of a $35.00 “Stargazing Permit.” If you are from out of state and wish to gaze upon the night sky from one of these locations that fee jumps to $60.
It's one of a range of permits you have to buy, depending upon the activity in which you hope to engage; you can view a helpful list of some of them here. Note that if you bring a metal-detector along, you'll need a $40 permit for that as well, but you can do that during daylight hours, if you want. Now, if you want to go diving, you'll need an $80 permit for that - unless you're from out of state, in which case it'll set you back $125. One thing about all of their permits and fees: at least they're not out to nickel-and-dime you to death; they go for real cash.
Now for the irony and blatant statist hypocrisy. If you want to go after dark to look at stars on state land that you paid for through your tax dollars, you have to pay the government more money for a permit. However, if the government wants to take the most sacred land in the state and put a telescope on it to look at the stars, this is fine and dandy. If you try to protest the government’s construction of star gazing equipment on your sacred land, you can and will be kidnapped and caged.
Case in point: Mauna Kea’s summit is the most sacred of all the mountains in Hawaii to many of the indigenous people. In July, when those people showed up to protest the desecration of their land with the Thirty-Meter Telescope, dozens were arrested.
Maybe you could tell them that you're not star-gazing; you're bat-watching.
Or not - they probably have a permit requirement for that as well.
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And the city has demanded that they be removed and replaced with trees that they approve of. They tried that with me as well, a few years back. I told them to take a hike.
Officials required the small business owner pay a penalty, cut down his seven maple trees, grind out the stumps and plant new trees from a list approved by the city.
Urban forestry said staff is available to answer questions about tree care and the responsibility and rules for property owners. An agency spokesperson directed community members to call 503-823-TREE or email trees@portlandoregon.gov.
Additionally, the agency explained pruning must be conducted according to city tree pruning standards available online.
KGW requested an on-camera interview with Portland Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry spokesperson Mark Ross. In an email, Ross provided a one- word response, “No.”
Interestingly, that was my response to the demand by the city of Portland.
They may think they're important - I don't.
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In November 2018, the city of Portland voted to pass a ballot initiative called the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) that is basically Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s failed “Green New Deal” in a smaller, more localized package. In a few months, the city will begin finally investing the money they received.
It's a gross receipts tax on businesses, which are now essentially taxed twice one on stuff that they sell (gross receipts) and again on profits. No matter; the businesses won't pay it - their customers will. But it's a model for the nation, which is what counts as far as the erstwhile mayor of Portland is concerned:
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the tax and the use of subsequent funds, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler believes that the PCEF should inspire other large cities and perhaps even the entire United States. “It’s a model for the rest of the nation,” he said with pride. “A beacon and a testament to our community’s belief in doing things a different way.”
And the stupider, the better.
I stopped buying things in Portland years ago because of the mind-numbingly stupid policies the politicians foist on consumers. Things are less expensive in Washington County.
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