Thank a lawyer. And there has not been any evidence of harm prevented by such Draconian regulation.
"Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.
The "Resale Round-up," launched by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, enforces new limits on lead in children's products and makes it illegal to sell any items that don't meet those limits or have been recalled for any other reason.
The strict standards were set in the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act after a series of high-profile recalls of Chinese-made toys.
The standards were originally interpreted to apply only to new products, but now the CPSC says they apply to used items as well."
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Police Scapagoated and Sued, Of Course. But Thank a Lawyer for Keeping this Freak Alive
It is the criminal lover lawyer that kept this freak alive to kidnap, rape, and murder this beautiful wife, mother, and daughter. The lawyer will continue to keep this freak alive as long as possible. Why? To generate lawyer jobs.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thank a Lawyer - Serial Killer Strikes at Will in South Carolina
Most serial killers are ordinary criminals also. Had this person been executed for repeat violent offenses, we would be four innocent people ahead. The lawyer protected and immunized him, likely from a young age.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
More Acne and More Suicide - Thank a Lawyer
Because acne is associated with a higher than expected rate of suicide, look forward to more acne and more suicide as Accutane is driven off the market by bogus lawsuits, and patients are taken off it in defensive medicine.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Thank a Lawyer: Soaring Rates of Bastardy
The lawyer loves bastardy. It generates massive social pathology. That increases lawyer employment. One may not even criticism the promiscuous conduct of the young female on welfare. One can only watch as she spawns a long series of illegitimate children, left with their grandmother as her partying goes uninterrupted.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Scalia Bounce - Thank the Lawyer
Criminal cult interests in rent seeking, in creating more lawyer jobs trumps all political affiliation or personal ideology. So Scalia led the attack on the Federal and state sentencing guidelines that resulted in a 40% drop in criminal victimization, starting in 1994. It takes about 10 years for law or law change to percolate to street level. The series of cases making guidelines advisory began 5 years ago. Expect the results to start arriving in the next 5 years.
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Suicide of Appellate Lawyer Mark Levy
There are very few things in medicine that come with a 100% written guarantee. This is one.
Once one's mood is less depressed, the person will be glad they did not hurt themselves.
The most successful suicide reduction program in history is that of the US Air Force. It was at no additional cost to government and consisted of training for one hour a year for all supervisors. Someone made a statement about suicide or depression. The trained supervisor made the person get ordinary treatment for the condition. Depression. Substance abuse. Rough stress. The difference in this program was the ability to coerce the person into ordinary treatment.
As a side benefit, the rate of murder in the Air Force also dropped a lot.
Corporations and large firms can easily read the manual and institute a similar program. Prevent a suicide of a mechanic, the Air Force saves a $million replacement cost. Save the life of a general, how much does that replacement cost save the Air Force.
Although I speak of arrests, executions, those are restricted to the hierarchy. The loss of such a skilled practitioner is a tragedy to his family, to his firm, and to the nation.
This is perhaps unseemly. However, I recommend that all lawyers attend a survivor meeting of the Suicide Prevention Foundation local chapter. You do not have to say anything, just listen. You will hear tales of desperate attempts to get a loved one into treatment, and the insurmountable roadblocks by the 1976 decision of the Supreme Court. People cannot be committed for necessity, but only for physical dangerousness, as if treatment were an abrogation of rights rather than the saving of a life. Thank the Supreme Court. Now, Mr. Levy qualifies for treatment.
Why did the Supreme Court take over psychiatric clinical care? Was there massive abuse of commitment? Were remedies in medical malpractice lawsuits and criminal prosecutions of any abusive psychiatrist not deterrent enough?
No.
They wanted to generate three jobs for lawyers before getting needed care to save a life. Now, we have a prosecutor who has to prove a mental illness and physical dangerousness, with a standard of proof of clear and convincing. A defense attorney will fight to prevent the care of the mental patient as if the Constitution were under attack. Then, a nutbag in the middle makes idiotic decisions that result in the murder of 2000 people by paranoid schizophrenics, and in 30,000 needless suicides a year.
Once one's mood is less depressed, the person will be glad they did not hurt themselves.
The most successful suicide reduction program in history is that of the US Air Force. It was at no additional cost to government and consisted of training for one hour a year for all supervisors. Someone made a statement about suicide or depression. The trained supervisor made the person get ordinary treatment for the condition. Depression. Substance abuse. Rough stress. The difference in this program was the ability to coerce the person into ordinary treatment.
As a side benefit, the rate of murder in the Air Force also dropped a lot.
Corporations and large firms can easily read the manual and institute a similar program. Prevent a suicide of a mechanic, the Air Force saves a $million replacement cost. Save the life of a general, how much does that replacement cost save the Air Force.
Although I speak of arrests, executions, those are restricted to the hierarchy. The loss of such a skilled practitioner is a tragedy to his family, to his firm, and to the nation.
This is perhaps unseemly. However, I recommend that all lawyers attend a survivor meeting of the Suicide Prevention Foundation local chapter. You do not have to say anything, just listen. You will hear tales of desperate attempts to get a loved one into treatment, and the insurmountable roadblocks by the 1976 decision of the Supreme Court. People cannot be committed for necessity, but only for physical dangerousness, as if treatment were an abrogation of rights rather than the saving of a life. Thank the Supreme Court. Now, Mr. Levy qualifies for treatment.
Why did the Supreme Court take over psychiatric clinical care? Was there massive abuse of commitment? Were remedies in medical malpractice lawsuits and criminal prosecutions of any abusive psychiatrist not deterrent enough?
No.
They wanted to generate three jobs for lawyers before getting needed care to save a life. Now, we have a prosecutor who has to prove a mental illness and physical dangerousness, with a standard of proof of clear and convincing. A defense attorney will fight to prevent the care of the mental patient as if the Constitution were under attack. Then, a nutbag in the middle makes idiotic decisions that result in the murder of 2000 people by paranoid schizophrenics, and in 30,000 needless suicides a year.
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