Frozen face update: I’ve told you how Buffalo, NY taxpayers have been forced to pay for a cosmetic surgery rider
in union contracts for teachers.
For years, the pampered faculty
has been getting Botox, liposuc-tion, hair removal, and other
elective procedures such as facial
peels and microdermabrasions
— free. A service that has cost
taxpayers millions. Now The
Buffalo News reports that with
the system facing termination of
half the orchestra and band programs due to budget cuts, the
Buffalo School Board is calling
for the cosmetic surgery rider to be axed. The response
from union hacks: “Stick it where the sun don’t shine.” So
the Buffalo music program will be cancelled in city schools
because teachers refuse to give up their free anti-wrinkle
treatments. In blue states like New York, labor law and
union contracts trump the kids, every time.
Magician Marty Hahne had no idea what he was in for in
2005 when he posed for a photograph with the rabbit he uses
in his act. A zealous Animal Care inspector saw the photo, and thus began what has become an eight-year USDA campaign against the performer, as documented by blogger Bob McCarty. First came the
unannounced inspections of Hahne’s home-based “rabbit habitat.” Then came the citation for
Hahne’s lack of “Live Animal” stickers on his carry case. Then the threat of a felony charge when
Hahne dared make fun of the government rabbit regulations. Now Hahne has received an eight-page
letter from the USDA, requiring “a written disaster plan, detailing all the steps” he intends to take “to
help get [his] rabbit through a disaster” like a tornado or hurricane — plus a plan to care for the rabbit after said disaster. The written plan must be available for review by USDA inspectors by Sept. 28,
2013 — and Hahne and his wife, Brenda, must be “trained” to implement the plan as written. The
real trick: how to make these government busybodies disappear.
It’s not just
male Democrat
politicians letting it all hang out. As BuzzFeed
reports, an “intimate apparel boutique” called
“Naked Undies” is being run out of Democrat
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s house in Madbury,
NH. While Naked Undies is registered to
her hubby and Dem big roller Bill
Shaheen, it’s actually run by daughter
Molly Shaheen and her partner Rachel
Zimmerman. Conveniently, Naked
Undies is registered in business-friendly
New Hampshire, not in anti-business
California, though the website claims
that Molly and Rachel both reside in
Beverly Hills. (Even so, Molly voted in
New Hampshire in the last three elections,
according to The [Manchester, NH] Union Leader.)
At the Naked Undies website, Molly and Rachel are
featured on a pillow-laden divan with the slogan, “Get in bed
with us.” They tout Naked Undies as “timeless intimates that
go from the boudoir to pooch strolling.” And feature one $98
sweatshirt emblazoned with the message: “Keep it high and tight.”
In other words, the Democrat Platform.
BOTTOMS UP
NEWSDIGEST
Rabbit Run
FACE FIRST
Prescription peas? Yes, and peaches. It’s just what the
doctor ordered at health clinics in the Bronx and Harlem
in New York City, which has now launched FVRx — the
Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program. I kid you not.
Along with the doctors’ scripts, clinics also supply “Health
Bucks” to obese clients, to be used at “farmers markets.”
“Our vision for the Fruit and Vegetable Prescription
Program is that it will lead us all to view farmers markets
as pharmacies,” said one of the program’s organizers.
According to CTV News, a family of four who meets regu-
larly with a clinic doctor, nutritionist, and “com-
munity health worker” will be offered $128
in Health Bucks per month. That part
is covered by private donations, while
the clinic visits are funded by the
amazingly generous taxpayer. Why
can’t these patients — most of
whom already get food stamps —
just spend their EBT money on
fruits and veggies instead of on
soda and Doritos? Shut up,
you’re not supposed to ask that.
Doctored Food
