I sort of like this setup better. This way, you can get yesterday's news today and I can consistently post on this blog without finding myself cursing having to write while a freshly-minted trashy mystery novel waits patiently on my Kindle.
Without further ado, everything that happened...yesterday.
- If you need to learn anything before becoming a midwestern state legislator, it should be that you don't bring work to your Ne-Yo concert.
- Justin Bieber tried to broker a deal between the Israelis and Palestinians. Lucky for everyone, he failed miserably.
- Michelle Bachmann says that Planned Parenthood is the LensCrafters of abortion. Strangely enough, LensCrafters isn't happy about that.
- Bill Clinton misses the good old days when Times Square had hookers and crack.
- Illinois is halfway to making sure that you can't get fatty foods at its state facilities. Prisoners ready lawsuits.
Happy...um....Thursday!
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Tags: Bill Clinton, Illinois house, Indiana, legislators Illinois, Lenscrafters, Michelle Bachmann, Planned Parenthood, St. Louis, trans fats
On the transfats, after clicking twice and actually getting to the bill, it seems like you got it backwards.
The bill excludes government from the definition of "food facilities" and also states that it is the state's "goal" to eliminate them from state facilities and schools. There is actually a ban with regard to "food facilities," but not manufactured food.
Hence, the only real targets seem to be Harold's Chicken Shack and J&J Fish. I'm assuming that MickeyD's took the trans fats out of its fries, not that I eat them.
In the meantime, the legislature is still proving that it is up to the SOS: acting nanny while not taking care of real governance problems, and only passing stripped bills. We would be better off if they all walked out and hid in Massachusetts.