- Forbid patrons of your business to bear arms, become liable for their safety. (H/T Cat) (Update: See comment by Fred)
- “Washington’s Hollow Men” by Victor Davis Hanson. Another scathing indictment of the best, brightest, most incestuous, and most corrupt.
- Wow. Defend pit bulls. Write a book about them. And become a target of threats. (From jc2k in comments.) Fascinating interview about the “bad” breeds.
- On the death of Elie Wiesel. And Y.B. ben Avraham’s take on him at TZP.
- Okay, this is verrrrrry politically incorrect. And maybe not so funny. But I laughed anyhow: Nutz-R-Us. Guess what they own and operate?
- I hate to say anything good about Google. But when it comes to self-driving vehicles they’ve taken a more sensible path than Tesla. (But then, people aren’t drawn to Teslas because they’re “sensible.”)
- Gosh. What a pity that gun ownership is falling off. Yes, despite record numbers of background checks. Despite millions of new shooters (young, minority, female). Despite all that actual, you know, evidence.
I actually think Nutz-R-Us is a great name. To me, it projects a complete lack of shame and a healthy self-effacing humor. I never believed grim pity parties were productive; the subject is grim enough to start with.
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If only self-committed patients were accepted at the Nutz R Us mentally-ill facility, it would be OK and I can see the humor in it, but I would hesitate to endorse the name as it applied to enforced commitments. It may be “legal,” but it has a ’50s quality to it that rings my bell. It sounds as if the company itself doesn’t take the mental problems of the patients seriously. (This does not mean that I would try to force a name change.)
About “Nuts R Us” and any “deficiencies” noted by the state inspectors, etc. It isn’t clear if they accept any sort of Medicare or other government payments (I only speed read the article), but I can tell you from long experience in the medical field that such inspections of every kind have little or nothing to do with actual patient health or happiness… “safe” care or effective therapy. The medicare meddlers happen to be some of the worst, but that’s a thin line.
No, really. These inspectors are looking for things to disapprove, and the “rules” are so vague and even contradictory that they have no problem finding something. Add to that the very natural incentive to find things to justify their jobs. And perverse human nature that gives such people a sense of power which they are only too glad to exercise over their helpless victims.
Not that there are not facilities that do wrong or harm their clients, of course. Nothing is perfect, but people should know by now that the bureaucratic nightmare of government control has no solution for that… only providing more of the same.
And, naturally, it isn’t limited to psychiatric or medical facilities. My first husband and I were partners in a little independent grocery store forty five years ago. The “health inspector,” finding absolutely nothing legitimate to criticize, wrote a negative report because we were using empty cardboard boxes as trash cans in the restroom… “Refuse in refuse” was the complaint, and we were required to buy plastic trash cans…. Oh, he found something else the next time… and every time.
And a nursing home I once worked for almost lost their “license” because the inspectors found us using old pillow cases to collect soiled laundry from patient rooms. They required that regular canvas laundry bags be purchased….
As for the name of this place… sounds like they have a neat sense of humor. Why in the world it is anyone else’s business what name they use? Just more of the special snowflake crap about everything “offending” those bound and determined to control everyone else.
Claire, this is all over the internet. It’s NOT TRUE. The bill was gutted and amended.
Quoting John Harris’ remarks on Tennessee Firearms Association on Facebook:
” WARNING!!!!
There are posts all over FB tonight about SB1736 going into effect this week. That bill, as introduced, would have made a business owner liable if they banned permit holders from carrying on their property. That bill was gutted and rewritten to remove the provisions making the property owners liable for disarming lawful gun owners.
The “crap” that was substituted (with Sen. Brian Kelsey’s name on it) is in the following language that did pass:
SECTION 1.
Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, is amended by adding the following as a new section:
(a) A person, business, or other entity that owns, controls, or manages property and has the authority to prohibit weapons on that property by posting, pursuant to 39-17-1359, shall be immune from civil liability with respect to any claim based on such person’s, business’s, or other entity’s failure to adopt a policy that prohibits weapons on the property by posting pursuant to 39-17-1359.
(b) Immunity under this subsection (a) does not apply to a person, business, or other entity whose conduct or failure to act is the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
http://share.tn.gov/sos/acts/109/pub/pc0947.pdf”
Once again, Tennesseans have been deceived and cheated by Establishment Republicans. The chief scoundrels are Brian Kelsey aided by Sen. Dolores Gresham who apparently accepted the amendment and let it be carried in her name.
Tar feathers rails lampposts
Interesting about “gun ownership falling off” is the interpretation of recent surveys vs sales (NICS) data. (I know nics doesn’t equal a sale)
It seems to me that less gun owners are reporting that they own guns. This is hugely encouraging. I interpret that data to mean that gun owners are quickly learning that it’s time to deceive the deceivers. I take heart in this.
Tesla does NOT have self driving cars. They have “auto pilot” which is super cruise control. It’s cruise control, steady speed, AND lane correction. The guy in FL misused it. He was using it on a road (US 27) with side and cross streets. Nobody uses cruise control with or without lane correction in traffic. This is more of a “Darwin” story about one man than anything else. The driver, may he rest in peace, was a moron.
In a lighter vein:
Seagull drone poops sunscreen on kids
The Tesla approach to autopilot is at odds with the reality of human psychology and attention.
Failures related to automation have been the subject of intensive study for 70 years. We know that telling human operators to supervise automation results in progressive disengagement from situational awareness.
Put another way, if operators are not challenged by the task at hand, they will become distracted, bored, or make mistakes when surprised.
It is grossly unrealistic to tell a driver than they can let the car drive itself, BUT they must be ready to make life-or-death decisions at a moment’s notice. What is the driver doing while the car drives?
Tesla’s refusal to acknowledge this fact has now cost one life. It won’t be the last.
Don’t believe the bill will hold water. Argument will be one has no requirement to be there and if you don’t like the rules, go somewhere else.
Unlike the court system that requires one to report for jury duty under penalty of law and will not permit a licensed CCW from entering the premises while exercising their Constitutionally protected right.
And if something does happen, I’m sure one will be compensated for injuries. (Can’t do green font on this machine)
The law shall apply equally to all, without exception.
Wanna bet that will happen?
Govt. should stay out of it. If company doesn’t want you in their store, take your money elsewhere.
I read that the average miles driven per fatality is 90 million. Tesla autopilot went 130 million miles without a fatality – I’d say that’s an improvement.