Bloomberg: What the hell is his problem?

nope

this kinda (very soft) health paternalism is pretty uncontroversial in countries where they accept that there's a social responsibility for health care provision / that maybe free market capitalism won't result in optimal decision making 100% of the time.

I'm all for ppl being healthier, but not nanny statism

democratic socialism inevitably requires something of a 'nanny state'. universal health care is nannystatism.

i feel a lot more comfortable having huge private for-profit beverage corporations dictate the conditions of my soda consumption than representatives of elected government

I know there's irony somewhere in there, max

no way, what is freedom if not making sure that multinational businesses always have more influence than the state

I think what Morbs meant to say is that we don't really care until it affects our alcohol-consuming convenience. Or that could just be me.

as long as mikedolf bloomler stays away from the booze, i'm good with his health agenda.

oh, missed the last revive. anyway this is pretty much otm and echoes one of max's points: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/08/13/120813ta_talk_surowiecki

I've been turning this over in my mind for a while, and I just can't help but think there is something deeply wrong with the new campaign to convince mothers to breastfeed, like there's something sick about it. I don't know if I can entirely justify this opinion, other than the fact that I'm a new father and see what a sensitive and difficult issue it is already.

Thanks to the revive, catching up on this thread's back catalog as a recent New York arrival. Holy shit did I LOL over the great "get away from windows during a hurricane" uproar.

i do like the idea of windowless rooms being the mark of the high class

― J0rdan S., Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:42 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"i finally knew i had made it when i could sit in a dark, small, windowless room during a tropical storm"

― J0rdan S., Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:43 PM Bookmark

saw this ad:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7740341158_f6e34f75fa_m.jpg

plastered on the side of a pepsi truck today

fight the power

straight from the NYT homepage:

New York City Approves Ban on Large Sugary Drinks
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM 29 minutes ago
The measure, which bars the sale of sweetened drinks larger than 16 ounces, will take effect in six months unless blocked by a judge.

Panel Decides to Regulate a Circumcision Ritual 2:27 PM ET

read that article morbs

saw this ad:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7740341158_f6e34f75fa_m.jpg

plastered on the side of a pepsi truck today

fight the power

― iatee, Thursday, September 13, 2012 9:32 AM (6 hours ago)

amazing

I've been turning this over in my mind for a while, and I just can't help but think there is something deeply wrong with the new campaign to convince mothers to breastfeed, like there's something sick about it. I don't know if I can entirely justify this opinion, other than the fact that I'm a new father and see what a sensitive and difficult issue it is already.

I haven't seen the specific campaign you're referring to, but as someone who also recently became a father, there is definitely a lot of pro-breastfeeding information presented to you by health authorities and others that you encounter on the road to parenthood. I don't think it was too over the top though I'm sure it annoyed some people. My wife and I intended to breastfeed though for various reasons things didn't work out that way.

xp I saw that sign in spanish, which somehow made it seem even more effective/ridiculous as faux-revolutionary propaganda

is there a thread in which we fight for our beverage choice

brb patenting a hat that holds 4 16 oz. cocaine colars

is there a thread in which we fight for our beverage choice

― dayo, Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:36 PM (22 minutes ago)

this one?

lol

http://i.imgur.com/eGuMm.jpg

LOS BUROCRATAS

speaking truth to power, god bless them

some linda mcmahon shit there

Quinn feelin' like a hundred bucks

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/nyregion/mayor-clinton-bloomberg-asked-her-to-consider-a-run.html?hp

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUGARY_DRINKS_LAWSUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-23-06-18-52

hmm

the thing is like, i totally get it, and i don't disagree with it completely. but like, i LOVE a jumbo size. i grew up with it. a deli means jumbo size to me. sorry that's just the way it is.

well the goal is for the next generation to not grow up thinking deli means 800 calories of sugar water

i would also get those huge "italian subs" on the reg so u can't go by me

but tbh i would get the jumbo half n half, not soda. altho i'm sure that's illegal now too

itt a strange man asks if you saw the ass on that one

http://nymag.com/news/features/christine-quinn-2013-2/index5.html

Later in the evening, the host interrupted me to point out that the mayor himself had just arrived. Did I want to meet him? Sure. My friend and I followed the host over, shook Bloomberg’s hand, and my friend thanked him for his position on gun control. Without even acknowledging the comment, Bloomberg gestured toward a woman in a very tight floor-length gown standing nearby and said, “Look at the ass on her.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/opinion/when-jim-crow-drank-coke.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/nyregion/coke-executives-give-christine-quinns-campaign-9750.html

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/03/11/judge-puts-cap-on-super-sized-soda-ban/]

FREEDOM LIVES IN AMERICA

http://abcnews.go.com/images/Health/abc_starbucks_mi_130311_wblog.jpg

Mary Elizabeth Quinn, left, said she doesn't agree with New York City's regulation of sugary drinks. Megan Guinan, right, supports the city's ban. (image credit: Karen Keller)

http://www.filmindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/run.jpg

http://abcnews.go.com/images/Health/abc_starbucks_mi_130311_wblog.jpg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39027000/jpg/_39027407_abfab-bbc-203index.jpg

Lol

so awesome, fuck you Granny Mike

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/12/174048623/mississippi-passes-anti-bloomberg-bill?ft=1&f=1128

"If you look at how menus have changed, whether it be in fast food or family dining, you are seeing more and more healthy options," Cashion says. "Not because of legislative mandates or regulatory mandates, but because of consumer demand. Our industry has always been one to respond to the marketplace."

http://www.theonion.com/articles/opposition-to-soda-ban-sad-proof-that-americans-st,31658/

time to start shaming instead I guess

ugh just learned about this, fuck this earth

Deal reached on paid sick leave over opposition of Mayor Whineberg, after Mayor-in-Waiting Pantsuit caves:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/nyregion/deal-reached-on-paid-sick-leave-in-new-york-city.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/03/slide-show-nina-bermans-stop-and-frisk-photos.html

http://gothamist.com/2013/03/27/cigarettes_must_cost_at_least_1050.php