Nanny state news

[Big Money]

Obese children have been taken away by social workers after being overfed by their families.


Professionals say families' over-eating can be one of the factors that leads to their children being taken into care.


In 2006, ex-Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson warned that health chiefs would consider removing children from their families if they became super-sized, therefore risking their health.


The first reported case was an eight-year-old girl.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...children-parents-feed-much.html#ixzz2opYNxdDh

 

[Big Money]

A group of senators sharply criticized a comedy bit during the broadcast of the Golden Globes that featured actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus puffing on an electronic cigarette.



Senators Dick Durbin, D-IL, Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, Sherrod Brown, D-OH, and Edward J. Markey, D-MA — called on the the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC Universal to "take action to ensure that future broadcasts don't make light of the health risks associated with tobacco".




http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/14/22305171-senators-slam-golden-globes-for-glamorizing-e-cigarettes-during-show?lite

 

[Damocles]

It's not tobacco. I can't believe how stupid these people are about water vapor with nicotine in it. There's a high likelihood that she was using one without any nicotine at all.

 

[StormX]

I loved the false outrage from the democratic twits over e-cigs. No mention of the two drunk actresses walkiing on stage, one with a martini in her hand. With all the other problems we have, that is where they focused their attention.