Crushed by the Juggernaut

The one place in Columbus that refused to knuckle-under the outrageous statewide smoking ban, Zeno's, is being sued. Of course, the fact that anyone with half-a-brain knew that Zeno's allowed smoking means that the market should have worked the way it was meant to work: people who didn't like smoking in bars did not go to Zeno's.

I would not blame them for settling. Like Ayn Rand said:

A forced compliance is not a sanction. All of us are forced to comply with many laws that violate our rights, but so long as we advocate the repeal of such laws, our compliance does not constitute a sanction. Unjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom.

and:

One does not stop the juggernaut by throwing oneself in front of it. . . .

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UPDATE: Zeno's has countersued. Good for them.

Ruehl Closes

Probably because it was a pretentious, expensive piece of junk store, A&F closes "Ruehl", the underground bunker at Easton where you paid 200 dollars for jeans that look like they were dragged behind the delivery truck.

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Health Care Facts

I thought this was a solid video.

For the record, remember that whenever somebody throws out the "40 - 50 million uninsured!" label, they really mean that there are about 30-40 million of those who could get insurance, but do not want to. The "uninsurables" number about 10 million.

So, instituting that stalking-horse for single-payer, the "public option", for 5 percent of people, suddenly does not sound like such a great idea or, equally, nearly as urgent, does it?