The State Of Insanity Strikes Again

[dmf01]

Here's Mick Jagger's interview filmed in September 1965. The conspicuous piece starts at 3:41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIaY...youtu.be&t=220

especially at 4:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIaY...youtu.be&t=270
where he's talking about prospects of a year 2019

Funny how expectations turn into reality

[PGT Beauregard]

California is seeking to pass a law that would fine and/or imprison waiters who give a plastic straw to any customer who has not requested it.

Do you allow me a bad joke: it's the straw that breaks the camels back

[Mountain Man]

Do you allow me a bad joke: it's the straw that breaks the camels back

[T. A. Gardner]

Do you allow me a bad joke: it's the straw that breaks the camels back

I'm sure that's just a Strawman argument!

[Hida Akechi]

[T. A. Gardner]

This is one California law that really sucks...

[Salinator]

What's next? The little umbrellas and the plastic sword skewers for the olives? How about the little doilies? The caps on racks or roasts?

[phil74501]

Do you allow me a bad joke: it's the straw that breaks the camels back

Do plastic straws only break the backs of plastic camels? Or do they work on the fur hump ones as well?

[Arnold J Rimmer]

You can now claim any gender you want on a state ID or driver's license. So, whatever makes you happy is now your official state gender

So if a guy declares he is a woman, and gets convicted of a felony (for one of the few offenses they still imprison for) will they put him in a female unit?

[Salinator]

So if a guy declares he is a woman, and gets convicted of a felony (for one of the few offenses they still imprison for) will they put him in a female unit?

California murder convict becomes first U.S. inmate to have state-funded sex reassignment surgery

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...106-story.html

[Arnold J Rimmer]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...106-story.html

Damn.

So if you want an expensive cosmetic surgery, you just kill someone...

[Duncan]

California is seeking to pass a law that would fine and/or imprison waiters who give a plastic straw to any customer who has not requested it.

The basis of this act of insane lunacy is to "raise awareness of environmental pollution".

Question of the century: if an illegal working as a waiter in a sanctuary city breaks this law, can he be punished?

Ian C. Calderon
@IanCalderon
I’d like to clarify that #AB1884 (Straws Upon Request) is (a) NOT a ban; (b) should it become law, it will NOT make it a crime for servers to provide plastic straws. My intention is simply to raise awareness about the detrimental effects of plastic straws on our environment.

[T. A. Gardner]

Well this is the state that ran Campbell's soup off for operating a biofuel generation plant...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...927-story.html

One of the reasons cited for this was the plant ran a biofuel generation plant that powered the factory. Basically, Campbell's was burning all their vegetable waste generated from soup making to power the factory. But California stepped in with their Carbon tax plan and was going to slap a big tax on the factory for generating carbon.
So, Campbell's closed the plant, fired the workers, and moved elsewhere.

Oh, did I mention the $500,000 in two orders I got while in the Navy to make "Shore power cable cradles?" These cost about $1500 in materials each and I was making them by the dozen. At one point I had a parking lot full waiting shipment.
Anyway, these were to store shore power cables (a giant extension cord to plug a ship in and power it electrically while in port). Reason? California didn't want the Navy dragging these around from the storage yard to the pier or on the piers. Their reasoning was small amounts of tiny rubber particles might be scrubbed off and end up in the bay (horribly bad for some reason).

I had to wonder why they were letting thousands of cars and trucks drive around the base on rubber tires... But then, insane people don't make rational sense...

[Bwaha]

One thing they don't seem to grasp is corrosion control. Witness the never ending paint job on the Golden Gate.

Now instead of using modern coatings they continue to use old products that pollute the environment. https://north-america.international-...in-focus/devoe

[Arnold J Rimmer]

Ian C. Calderon
@IanCalderon
I’d like to clarify that #AB1884 (Straws Upon Request) is (a) NOT a ban; (b) should it become law, it will NOT make it a crime for servers to provide plastic straws. My intention is simply to raise awareness about the detrimental effects of plastic straws on our environment.

So what exactly is the effect of the straws?