Walmart has already been known to secure things like razors and socks. Well, now they are going to to secure a new food item. I have a thought.
There seems to still be some sanity in Great Britain. Can this sanity spread a little.
And a brewery in Wisconsin F-ed around and found out.
Arrests Will Secure Things Too
According to the Post Millennial:
A California Walmart is drawing attention for attaching anti-theft devices to packages of beef.
A video posted by influencer Tony Bartleson, who goes by “Meatdad” online, showed packages of ribeye steaks and ground beef with wired security devices secured to them at a Walmart in San Jose. In the video, Bartleson held up a cowboy ribeye priced at nearly $16 per pound while sarcastically saying, “Welcome to California.”
The video also showed a three-pound package of ground beef wrapped with a security lock that would typically be used for more high-value products.
In a statement to The US Sun, Bartleson commented on how “seeing basic food items locked behind cages is sad.”
“My hope is that we can get to a point where measures like this aren’t necessary anymore—where people don’t have to steal just to eat, stores don’t have to lock up food, and everyone has reliable access to the necessities they need,” he said. “I think most of us want to live in a world where people can put food on the table with dignity, and I hope we continue moving in that direction.”
While it is unclear if this is just one store in California’s efforts to deter theft or a statewide policy, it comes as California continues to grapple with the issue of retail theft. The state has faced years of criticism over its handling of shoplifting following the passage of Proposition 47 in 2015, which reclassified most thefts involving less than $950 as misdemeanors. The change reduced the incentive for law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to devote resources to investigating lower-level theft offenses.
This Is How We Regain Sanity
According to Fox News:
A school chaplain in the United Kingdom who was fired and blacklisted after preaching a sermon on LGBTQ issues has reached a confidential settlement with his former employer, ending a seven-year legal battle.
The Rev. Bernard Randall, an ordained Church of England minister, worked for five years as chaplain at Trent College, an independent school for K-12 students in Derbyshire, England. In 2018, Randall grew concerned when the school partnered with Educate and Celebrate, an outside group whose stated goal was to “smash heteronormativity” and embed queer theory in school culture. The group has since dissolved.
“I objected to [it] at the time it started, and tried to discuss it with the senior leadership, [but] they weren’t interested,” Randall told Fox News Digital.
The following year, a student asked Randall why pupils were required to accept LGBTQ ideology at a Christian school. Randall said that question, along with similar concerns raised by other students and staff, prompted him to deliver a sermon on freedom of belief and conscience.
In his chapel address, Randall told his young students they were entitled to hold traditional Christian beliefs on marriage and biological sex, while emphasizing that they must show respect to those with whom they disagree.
Days later, school administrators summoned Randall to a meeting, interrogated him, suspended him and launched an investigation. He was also reported to local law enforcement and Prevent, the U.K. government’s counterterrorism program. Prevent ultimately determined he did not pose a terrorist threat.
In addition, the Diocese of Derby blacklisted Randall as a safeguarding risk to children.
Trent College eventually fired Randall for gross misconduct. He was reinstated on appeal, but under strict conditions that restricted his sermon topics and required prior administrative approval for chapel content. Furloughed during the pandemic, Randall was ultimately made redundant, or laid off, on Dec. 31, 2020.
Some things:
- Lawfare has been how the Left has been winning for decades. We need to take something out of theor playbook.
- Saul Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals has been an instruction manual for this type of warfare. And don’t kid yourself, this is a war.
- The reality is, there is morality in the world. Not that my truth bullshit. Real, objective morality. Even those that are lost and converting to evil know it.
- Truth is the greatest antiseptic.
- Even Christianity (and I don’t consider the Church of England true Christianity) is being corrupted.
FAFO
According to Fox News:
A Wisconsin brewery known for anti-Trump social media posts, including one promising a free beer promotion upon the death of President Donald Trump, has had its permit to operate in the state revoked by state officials.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday that liberal activist and brewery owner Kirk Bangstad is “vowing to fight ‘tooth and nail’ after receiving a letter from the state’s Department of Revenue revoking Minocqua Brewing Co.’s permit to operate in Wisconsin, according to a July 26 newsletter sent to his supporters.”
“As you can imagine, I’m not taking this lying down,” Bangstad wrote in a Substack post on Sunday. “We’re going to fight the state of Wisconsin tooth and nail, and once again, they’ll have to pry me out of my taprooms before I stop selling beer to thirsty progressives who come to visit us.”
Later in the article, we find what the real problem is:
The Sentinel reported that state regulators pursued revoking Bangstad’s alcohol license after authorities seized canned beer from his company in June, alleging it had been transported from Illinois without the required permits and taxes. The newspaper also reported that Bangstad criticized the proposed action as an excessive response, arguing the alleged tax violations did not warrant shutting down his business.
Some things:
- This is a state issue, not federal.
- This is an interstate violation and a tax violation.
- I know we want to make more out of this than it is.
- Trump or the federal government had nothing to do with this.
