{"id":85890,"date":"2020-09-29T18:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=85890"},"modified":"2020-09-29T18:28:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:28:38","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-september-28th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=85890","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, September 28th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, September 28th, 2020…but before we begin, this just in from the state too broke to be an independent republic but too large to be an insane asylum, as…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Berkeley is the first city in the US to ban junk food in checkout lanes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“Berkeley is gearing up to become the first city in the nation to ban\u00a0junk food\u00a0from the checkout line in grocery stores.\u00a0<\/strong>In a\u00a0unanimous<\/span><\/em> vote Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council passed the \u201chealthy checkout\u201d ordinance.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Come March 2021, when the measure is set to take effect, large<\/span> grocery stores<\/span><\/em> in the California city\u00a0will be prohibited from selling food and beverages deemed unhealthy<\/span><\/em> in a 3-foot radius from the checkout<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not really a ban, it\u2019s a nudge,\u201d co-sponsor of the ordinance\u00a0Councilmember Kate Harrison\u00a0told FOX Business. <\/span>\u201cWhat we<\/span> have discovered<\/span><\/em> is that this law enforces good behavioral economics and facilitates better choices<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Inquiring minds will have quickly noticed the “nudge” Ms. Harrison sponsored is based exclusively on the opinions of her and her like-minded…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…who, in a fashion similar to such would-be-fascists as Michael “Little Mike” Bloomberg, Michelle “Moochie” Obama and countless others of stunted development before them intent upon imposing their beliefs and feelings about how things ought to be<\/span><\/em> upon others, are only too happy to take whatever power the ignorant and misinformed willingly grant them.\u00a0 Which, if you haven’t figured it out by now, is what the majority of the Wuhan lockdown…<\/strong><\/p>\n