Breitbart “News” Hack John Nolte Invents “Gag Order” Fake Outrage About Anti-Gay Oregon Bakery

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Breitbart “News” hack John Nolte is really cranking out the fake outrage posts lately. Today he’s raging and ranting about “overt fascism” because the fanatical Oregon bakery owners who wanted to refuse service to a lesbian couple are being subjected to what he labels a “gag order” by “the Left.” (Capital L Left.)

What’s really happening is that Oregon has a law prohibiting businesses from publishing or communicating that they plan to discriminate against people based on “race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status or age.” Here’s the law: ORS 659A.409 - Notice That Discrimination Will Be Made in Place of Public Accommodation Prohibited - 2013 Oregon Revised Statutes.

And that’s why Oregon’s Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries ordered the bakery owners to stop doing this. It’s not a “gag order.” They’re not being prohibited from speaking about the case, and they’re not being prohibited from “opposing gay marriage.”

They’re prohibited from boasting that they plan to discriminate against gay people. It’s that simple.

And it’s not “the Left” — it’s Oregon state law.

Nolte’s entire post is deliberately misleading, utterly ridiculous right wing grievance theater garbage. And to top it off, this is what he tweeted to promote it:

This guy is seriously twisted — and he’s one of the main writers at Breitbart “News.” The right is getting increasingly, dangerously deranged.

LGF contributor “thecommodore” has compiled some excerpts of the hundreds and hundreds of horrifyingly bigoted and hateful comments posted at Breitbart for this trashy article: “HATE WINS” - Breitbart.com’s Reaction to OR Ruling Against Baker Who Refused to Serve Gay Couple.

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1 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 11:19:10am
2 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 11:20:27am

Dana Loesch is firing up the Grift Machine for these douchewads.

3 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 11:27:19am

The river of stoopid is flowing wide over the plains:

Nine Iowa lawmakers think same-sex marriage violates the separation of church and state

A group of Iowa lawmakers released a statement this week saying they opposed a Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide because of the “separation of church and state.”

“Today a group of my colleagues and I sent out a press release in response to the baseless opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning marriage. We will have to stand up the the excesses of all three branches of our federal government,” Republican state Senator Jason Schultz wrote on his Facebook page.

Nine state senators and representatives signed the document, which proclaims that “the rights of mankind are anchored in Natural Law.”

The statement claims that same-sex marriage violates natural law because same-sex couples cannot reproduce.

[…]

4 Charles Johnson  Jul 3, 2015 11:29:08am

re: #3 freetoken

The river of stoopid is flowing wide over the plains:

Nine Iowa lawmakers think same-sex marriage violates the separation of church and state

Wow. They’re openly twisting and distorting the meaning of words now. This is a direct result of media letting the Christian right get away with redefining “religious freedom” as a license to hate and discriminate.

5 Dr Lizardo  Jul 3, 2015 11:30:40am

re: #3 freetoken

River of stoopid?

Shit, more like a tsunami of stoopid. It looks like this.

6 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 11:31:10am

#tcot is still umgebroyzelt over George Takei

7 Belafon  Jul 3, 2015 11:32:02am

re: #3 freetoken

And neither can old people.

8 jaunte  Jul 3, 2015 11:35:20am
Gay Reich Is On The Ascent. Gag Orders are Just the Beginning….

Nolte sounds almost hopeful.

9 goddamnedfrank  Jul 3, 2015 11:40:01am

Nolte’s argument sounds familiar.

10 jaunte  Jul 3, 2015 11:40:19am

Sad little authoritarians, calling “Nazi” at anyone or anything that interferes with their bigotry.

11 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 11:40:30am

re: #4 Charles Johnson

Along the lines of redefining words, note how “religious liberty” is now the euphemism for not doing one’s job because of bigotry:

Marriage equality and religious freedom collide in Granbury

[…]

Their struggle — which began when County Clerk Katie Lang refused to issue such licenses, citing religious reasons, and grew with their plan to file a federal lawsuit to get the license — reached a flashpoint Thursday in this small town about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

Religious freedom squared off against marriage equality Thursday as demonstrators for each stated their cases, at times loudly, on opposite sides of the historic courthouse in Granbury’s Town Square.

[…]

Commenters are taking the Star-Telegram terms to task.

12 piratedan  Jul 3, 2015 11:40:35am

well it’s great that Nolte is having his Nicholson moment over this, because we want him on that wall, nay, need him on that wall, else we’ll all be threatened with color coordination and innate good taste when it comes to our exterior landscaping. //////////////////////

13 A Cranky One  Jul 3, 2015 11:41:40am

My cake is sad because the bigoted bakers only got a fine. My cake believes in “cake or death”.

…

14 KiTA  Jul 3, 2015 11:41:50am

More reddit fun. One of the admins added himself to /r/pics’s mod list. (Pics is one of the default sub’s with a few million (8+) Subscribers.)

Well, after doing so, he set up an auto moderation script that automatically removes any mention of the fired woman that started this whole affair.

The revolution against the glorious Chainman Pao’s benevolent reign will not be televised.

15 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 11:45:06am

You know what would be really neat?

A tweet button for each comment. For example, gdf’s #9 - I would have tweeted that gladly if there was a twitter button on the post.

Possible?

16 jaunte  Jul 3, 2015 11:46:10am

re: #15 freetoken

If you click on the comment number, you can copy a link to the comment into a tweet.

17 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 11:47:46am

re: #16 jaunte

Well, me being the lazy person I am, I’d like a button to do all that, and to include one of those summary images that is a reduced size image of the entire message.

18 jaunte  Jul 3, 2015 11:48:07am
19 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 11:48:45am

re: #17 freetoken

Well, me being the lazy person I am, I’d like a button to do all that, and to include one of those summary images that is a reduced size image of the entire message.

Twitter only allows you to embed 4 images per Tweet.

20 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 11:49:43am

re: #19 The Vicious Babushka

Twitter only allows you to embed 4 images per Tweet.

Well, what about those snapshots of a page, obviously reduced in size?

21 team_fukit  Jul 3, 2015 11:50:16am

you just gotta pull yourself up by your grift-straps

22 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 11:54:34am

LOL wingnuts are boycotting All The Things
Now they can’t shop anywhere except Chick-Fil-A and Memories Pizza

23 thedopefishlives  Jul 3, 2015 11:58:25am

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

LOL wingnuts are boycotting All The Things
Now they can’t shop anywhere except Chick-Fil-A and Memories Pizza

[Embedded content]

I’d play the world’s smallest violin for them, but I’m afraid they’d boycott me.

24 Dark_Falcon  Jul 3, 2015 11:58:31am

re: #10 jaunte

Sad little authoritarians, calling “Nazi” at anyone or anything that interferes with their bigotry.

If they’d had to face actual Nazis during WWII, they’d have shit themselves. Actual Nazis had tanks like the one in this article and 88mm AA guns like this one:

25 wrenchwench  Jul 3, 2015 12:01:36pm
26 jaunte  Jul 3, 2015 12:03:05pm

re: #24 Dark_Falcon

The pensioner, in his 70s, had been keeping a number of guns and tanks in his home, including a 45-ton Panther battle-tank, a torpedo and a 3.5in anti-aircraft gun from the war.

That must have been a big house.

27 PhillyPretzel  Jul 3, 2015 12:07:17pm

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

Macy’s is having a July 4th sale. I cannot miss that. /half

28 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 12:09:30pm

#tcot still having ragegasms over George Takei.
BTW how many Republicans were opposed to internment of Japanese Americans? We all know of one who defends it to this day.

29 Dark_Falcon  Jul 3, 2015 12:09:49pm

re: #26 jaunte

That must have been a big house.

Yeah. No mention of any firearms so this guy probably wasn’t dangerous, but if the Panther is in running condition or can be restored to same, I do hope we get some footage of it on the move. It was a pretty impressive tank, although more on paper than in real life.

But seeing that Panther and that 88 remind us of how brave the US tankers who had to face them were. Both the 88 and the Panther’s 75mm 70 cal. gun could penetrate the US Sherman from any angle, and were longer ranged at that.

30 WhatEVs  Jul 3, 2015 12:10:23pm

re: #15 freetoken

You know what would be really neat?

A tweet button for each comment. For example, gdf’s #9 - I would have tweeted that gladly if there was a twitter button on the post.

Possible?

Totally agree! There’s been a lot of times I wanted to tweet a comment.

31 goddamnedfrank  Jul 3, 2015 12:13:05pm

re: #6 The Vicious Babushka

#tcot is still umgebroyzelt over George Takei

Somebody who was actually interred in a US concentration camp has a lot of leeway when it comes to talking shit about a Supreme Court Justice who deliberately dismissed the impact of that event.

32 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 12:14:49pm

re: #31 goddamnedfrank

Somebody who was actually interred in a US concentration camp has a lot of leeway when it comes to talking shit about a Supreme Court Justice who deliberately dismissed the impact of that event.

Shorter #tcot:
HURR HURR IF U SAY ANYTHING AGAINST A BLACK CONSERVATIVE U R TEH RACISM BUT HEAR IS ANOTHER PHOTOSHOP OF MOOCHELLE A WOOKIE!!!!!!

33 Charles Johnson  Jul 3, 2015 12:16:46pm
34 Ace-o-aces  Jul 3, 2015 12:19:23pm
35 funky chicken  Jul 3, 2015 12:22:27pm

Style/early morning recommendation/request:

Please don’t top the page with gawdawful full sized Breitbart images. I thought something had gone terribly wrong with my computer. It took 30 seconds and half a cup of coffee to figure it out. Shudder.

36 BeachDem  Jul 3, 2015 12:24:21pm

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

LOL wingnuts are boycotting All The Things
Now they can’t shop anywhere except Chick-Fil-A and Memories Pizza

[Embedded content]

I guess I’m behind the times. What did Kroger and Starbucks do to get their panties in a twist?

37 thedopefishlives  Jul 3, 2015 12:24:23pm

re: #35 funky chicken

Style/early morning recommendation/request:

Please don’t top the page with gawdawful full sized Breitbart images. I thought something had gone terribly wrong with my computer. It took 30 seconds and half a cup of coffee to figure it out. Shudder.

Yeah, I had to stare at it a minute before registering what it actually was. I thought some right-wing demons had infected the LGF hamsters or something.

38 wrenchwench  Jul 3, 2015 12:24:25pm

This story/ rant could have a whole bunch of titles like:

Being a decent fucking human
Using your white privilege responsibly
Do the right damn thing
Guidelines for being white and acknowledging racism in volatile situations

Well written.

39 Dark_Falcon  Jul 3, 2015 12:24:45pm

Here’s a fun story:

Morongo Tribe Rides to Colt’s Rescue

A business-savvy tribe of Native Americans, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, is riding to the rescue of Colt Defense LLC, the embattled gun maker caught up in a contentious bankruptcy case.

Private-equity owner Sciens Capital Management has been clashing with bondholders over control of Colt. Sciens had the upper hand, but bondholders then moved into the lead, offering to finance a turnaround via the chapter 11 proceeding that began June 14. At this point, the fate of the Connecticut company, which has roots that run back to the 19th century, is unknown.

After the initial dustups in the bankruptcy brawl, the Morongo tribe had its lawyers on the phone to everyone concerned, offering to open talks with the maker of the “gun that won the West.”

“We are the West,” said Drew Ryce, attorney for the Morongo tribe, which is based in Southern California near Palm Springs. “All we know is that the company failed and we don’t want that to happen. It’s an iconic American company. It shouldn’t fail. It shouldn’t go away.”

You gotta see the final paragraph:

For Colt’s Native American suitors, it’s not just business; it’s history, interest and commitment, their attorney said. “We have gone to great lengths to get our hands on Colts,” he said. “Just ask General Custer.”

40 Ace-o-aces  Jul 3, 2015 12:26:14pm

re: #36 BeachDem

I guess I’m behind the times. What did Kroger and Starbucks do to get their panties in a twist?

Well Starbucks gives all it’s employee’s healthcare, and you can get rainbow cupcakes at Kroger.

41 gwangung  Jul 3, 2015 12:26:32pm

re: #28 The Vicious Babushka

#tcot still having ragegasms over George Takei.
BTW how many Republicans were opposed to internment of Japanese Americans? We all know of one who defends it to this day.

[Embedded content]

Clueless white twits LOVE to lecture people of color about racism.

(Though, TBH, I’m far more likely to listen to folks from the African American community on this)

42 Teukka  Jul 3, 2015 12:26:57pm

re: #5 Dr Lizardo

River of stoopid?

Shit, more like a tsunami of stoopid. It looks like this.

[Embedded content]

Not tall enough Tsunami, doc, and not dirty enough. *ducks*

43 Kragar  Jul 3, 2015 12:29:11pm

Fucking anti-vaxers still in my mentions

Currently in the “JUST READ THIS!” phase, where assorted dumbasses all forward me the same bullshit articles over and over

44 Dr Lizardo  Jul 3, 2015 12:30:22pm

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

Here’s a fun story:

Morongo Tribe Rides to Colt’s Rescue

You gotta see the final paragraph:

For Colt’s Native American suitors, it’s not just business; it’s history, interest and commitment, their attorney said. “We have gone to great lengths to get our hands on Colts,” he said. “Just ask General Custer.”

That made me genuinely laugh out loud.

45 BeachDem  Jul 3, 2015 12:32:16pm

re: #40 Ace-o-aces

Well Starbucks gives all it’s employee’s healthcare, and you can get rainbow cupcakes at Kroger.

Ah. I get so confused. Moms Demand Action was boycotting Kroger because they wouldn’t come out and ban guns in the stores. (They’re the only store that carries frozen Skyline Chili around here, so I have to put on my dark glasses and sneak in when I’m having a craving.)

Now the wingers are going at Kroger from the other side—and yet The Kroger Co. reported 1st quarter 2015 earnings of $1.09 per share on 06/21/2014.

46 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 3, 2015 12:32:40pm

How does a gun manufacturer manage to go bankrupt when the gun industry has essentially become a fourth branch of the government?

47 De Kolta Chair  Jul 3, 2015 12:33:21pm
Robert Frank, “Fourth of July - Jay, New York,” 1954
48 Ace-o-aces  Jul 3, 2015 12:33:22pm

re: #34 Ace-o-aces

49 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jul 3, 2015 12:36:44pm

re: #45 BeachDem

Ah. I get so confused. Moms Demand Action was boycotting Kroger because they wouldn’t come out and ban guns in the stores. (They’re the only store that carries frozen Skyline Chili around here, so I have to put on my dark glasses and sneak in when I’m having a craving.)

Now the wingers are going at Kroger from the other side—and yet The Kroger Co. reported 1st quarter 2015 earnings of $1.09 per share on 06/21/2014.

Huh! We don’t have Kroger stores (with the name on them) but they bought out Fred Meyer a while back. It’s gone downhill considerably of course, but I know for a fact you could buy guns at Fred Meyer 35 and 40 years ago because I used to inventory them. Now that they’re owned by Kroger’s, you can’t. Kind of backwards….

50 sagehen  Jul 3, 2015 12:42:29pm

How I know my computer is WAY TOO GODDAMNED OLD and needs replacing…

Hulu won’t play anymore (as of the 1st of the month). I try to call up a video, it tells me it can’t load Flashplayers, gives a download link… and the FP needs a OS6 at a minimum, I’m on 5.8.

I was going to catch up on all kinds of shows this weekend, now I can’t.

I sad.

51 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 12:43:23pm

I’m quite fine with people wanting to boycott this or that.

Dollar votes - the real democracy.

But after a while I think one has to ask oneself if it really matters.

I wonder how much foaming by the religious right over the SSM thing will last. I bet not as long as abortion issues. 10 years from now abortion will still be an intensely fought battle, SSM not so much, I think.

52 Ace-o-aces  Jul 3, 2015 12:46:28pm
53 Charles Johnson  Jul 3, 2015 12:49:22pm

re: #52 Ace-o-aces

That guy who claims to “support SSM” is a hard core right wing nutcase and he’s probably lying. I blocked him months ago.

54 lawhawk  Jul 3, 2015 12:51:18pm

There is nothing dignified about being a slave. Nothing. Justice Thomas was wrong. Full stop. George Takei was absolutely correct to take on Thomas’ nonsensical ravings masquerading as a Supreme Court dissent. This is the same George Takei whose family suffered at the hands of the US Government’s interment program for Japanese Americans that was later found unconstitutional (but for which right wingers like Michelle Malkin think were legit and should be considered for Muslim Americans during the WoT). So, while FDR was a Democrat and his move was wrong, that doesn’t make all future Democrat actions wrong or immoral even as Democrats try to right wrongs against minorities, just as certainly as Lincoln’s actions to end slavery and defeat the insurrectionist Confederacy don’t give all successor GOPers a pass on the racism that they’ve come to fully embrace (or refuse to denounce, which is just as bad).

Meanwhile, there is nothing scientific about being anti-vax, or claiming that the immune system can’t handle the number of vaccines being mandated.

There is nothing fascist about being required to be vaccinated against diseases that are entirely preventable (see my Twitter feed for the ongoing anti-vaxxer claiming just that - where even her statements/claims are actually proof of need for vaccination, not a rebuttal). And don’t get me started that public health is somehow fascist - that’s a slap at anyone who actually suffered at the hands of fascists.

55 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 12:52:00pm

Meanwhile, over in supposedly progressive Denmark:

Science minister doubts Darwin: God created Earth

Esben Lunde Larsen - the new minister for education and research, who will be responsible for scientific research in Denmark - is making headlines due to his scientific scepticism and belief that God created the Earth.

When asked by Jyllands-Posten whether humans are descended from apes, the 36-year-old from the so-called Bible belt near Rinkøbing answered that there was a divine hand at play.

“I think there is a creator God behind it. How he has done it, I haven’t considered too much,” he said.

When asked whether the Earth was created in a Big Bang, the new minister appeared to favour the biblical version of events.

“I believe there is a creator God behind most things in the world, and how it was created is explained by the Bible on the one hand and by science on the other,” he said.

[…]

The last time Larsen made the headlines was last year when the politician publicly declared that he would only refer to black people as ‘negre’ - a term considered by many to be derogatory.

56 goddamnedfrank  Jul 3, 2015 12:53:31pm
57 Charles Johnson  Jul 3, 2015 12:53:42pm

Wow, the right wingers really are going after Takei with both barrels today, trying to force him into an apology.

And just as I was typing the sentence above:

58 wrenchwench  Jul 3, 2015 12:55:06pm

re: #51 freetoken

10 years from now abortion will still be an intensely fought battle

Not if Hillary is elected, I hope. I think it would change the discussion.

59 Dr Lizardo  Jul 3, 2015 12:55:21pm

re: #55 freetoken

60 lawhawk  Jul 3, 2015 12:56:35pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

62 WhatEVs  Jul 3, 2015 12:59:23pm

re: #22 The Vicious Babushka

LOL wingnuts are boycotting All The Things
Now they can’t shop anywhere except Chick-Fil-A and Memories Pizza

[Embedded content]

63 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 3, 2015 12:59:46pm

re: #24 Dark_Falcon

If they’d had to face actual Nazis during WWII, they’d have shit themselves. Actual Nazis had tanks like the one in this article and 88mm AA guns like this one:

[Embedded content]

That might be the last operational Panther tank in the world.

64 gwangung  Jul 3, 2015 1:00:35pm

re: #56 goddamnedfrank

[Embedded content]

“Democrats do that stuff” is a STUPID response. Republicans were right there leading with the pitchforks asshat.

Again, with the clueless white gits trying to lecture minorities on racism.

65 freetoken  Jul 3, 2015 1:01:04pm

re: #57 Charles Johnson

And the haters are now a-hating on his acknowledging that he was writing out of anger.

66 WhatEVs  Jul 3, 2015 1:01:38pm

re: #36 BeachDem

I guess I’m behind the times. What did Kroger and Starbucks do to get their panties in a twist?

My guess: guns.

67 wrenchwench  Jul 3, 2015 1:03:37pm

re: #61 CuriousLurker

Remember this from back in May?
Robert Doggart, Tennessee man who ran for Congress, pleads guilty to plotting attack on Muslims in New York State - CBS News

Six weeks later:
Ex-candidate who plotted Muslim massacre released because judge isn’t sure he’s a ‘true threat’

*sigh, smh*

Gee, I wonder why the judge does not feel threatened.

“When we meet in this state, the people we seek will know who we are,” Doggart said in one recorded phone call. “We will be cruel to them, and we will burn down their buildings. If anyone attempts to harm us in any way, our stand gunner will take them down from 350 yards away. The standoff gunner would be me.”

I guess he’s not one of ‘the people we seek’.

68 Odie Hugh Manatee  Jul 3, 2015 1:04:21pm

re: #49 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

Huh! We don’t have Kroger stores (with the name on them) but they bought out Fred Meyer a while back. It’s gone downhill considerably of course, but I know for a fact you could buy guns at Fred Meyer 35 and 40 years ago because I used to inventory them. Now that they’re owned by Kroger’s, you can’t. Kind of backwards….

Fred Meyer still sells guns here on the south Oregon coast. My wife has worked for them for way too long and she agrees that things have gone downhill considerably since Kroger bought them. I won’t even waste my time describing the mess Kroger has made of Fred Meyer but I will say that it’s one really fucked up place to work now.

We’re a small town with one big employer though so they pretty much don’t care how they run things there.

69 Ace-o-aces  Jul 3, 2015 1:05:16pm
70 jaunte  Jul 3, 2015 1:06:58pm

re: #69 Ace-o-aces

“My taxes were raised, but at least I’ve got my inherent dignity.”
—Quotes You’ll Never See From The Right

71 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 3, 2015 1:07:52pm

re: #36 BeachDem

I guess I’m behind the times. What did Kroger and Starbucks do to get their panties in a twist?

They don’t allow open carry

72 Dr Lizardo  Jul 3, 2015 1:13:29pm

re: #63 Aunty Entity Dragon

That might be the last operational Panther tank in the world.

That’s what I was thinking. It’s a museum piece, and it looks to be in damn good shape - and I’m pretty sure a military museum would be willing to fork over quite a pretty penny for that piece of hardware.

73 Timothy Watson  Jul 3, 2015 1:17:28pm

re: #33 Charles Johnson

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I feel compelled to point out the significance of Shatner defending Takei and Takei thanking him for it. As far as I know, those two have not gotten along real well for a long time.

74 Dark_Falcon  Jul 3, 2015 1:31:30pm

re: #72 Dr Lizardo

That’s what I was thinking. It’s a museum piece, and it looks to be in damn good shape - and I’m pretty sure a military museum would be willing to fork over quite a pretty penny for that piece of hardware.

Well, from what I read it was running back during the late 1970’s* but hadn’t gone out in recent decades. It seems restorable, though it must be noted that the Panther’s many mechanical problems mean restoring is harder than restoring a Sherman or a T-34 to running condition.

*: The BBC article mentions a ‘snow catastrophe’ in 1978. Chicago got buried as well that winter, and I’ve sen the photos of my parents taking me through Lincoln Park (I was just a baby at the time) so that snippet brought back memories of those photos.

75 BeachDem  Jul 3, 2015 1:39:09pm

re: #68 Odie Hugh Manatee

Fred Meyer still sells guns here on the south Oregon coast. My wife has worked for them for way too long and she agrees that things have gone downhill considerably since Kroger bought them. I won’t even waste my time describing the mess Kroger has made of Fred Meyer but I will say that it’s one really fucked up place to work now.

We’re a small town with one big employer though so they pretty much don’t care how they run things there.

Not that familiar with Fred Meyer. The Moms Demand Action boycott was about Kroger allowing people to open carry while shopping in the stores. They did a series of spots showing that things like ice cream cones and bare feet were not allowed in Kroger, but all kinds of guns were.

Shopping Kroger with both of his “babies”
76 BeachDem  Jul 3, 2015 1:40:12pm

re: #71 The Vicious Babushka

They don’t allow open carry

When did Kroger change?

77 CleverToad  Jul 3, 2015 2:17:34pm

Dead thread of course… The spousal unit just retired from 20 years at King Soopers — local Denver grocery chain that started in the 40’s, was acquired by Dillon and then swallowed by Kroger. Yep, things went downhill for the workers with every change. Contract negotiations coming up again soon, so we’ll get to hear them poor-mouthing about how they can’t afford to raise wages/maintain the healthcare benefits/et alia. There are ‘Hiring’ signs up at every store in our neighborhood because they’re having such a hard time keeping employees with the crap they keep pulling on employees.

78 TimJ  Jul 3, 2015 2:53:44pm

My fave goofball Rick Wiles of Trunews (ebola is coming!) claims he got a grand jury subpoena RIGHT AFTER the SC gay marriage ruling. He claims it is secret but was happy to talk about it on his show. Will he produce the evidence? Not likely.

79 BeachDem  Jul 3, 2015 2:57:49pm

re: #77 CleverToad

Dead thread of course… The spousal unit just retired from 20 years at King Soopers — local Denver grocery chain that started in the 40’s, was acquired by Dillon and then swallowed by Kroger. Yep, things went downhill for the workers with every change. Contract negotiations coming up again soon, so we’ll get to hear them poor-mouthing about how they can’t afford to raise wages/maintain the healthcare benefits/et alia. There are ‘Hiring’ signs up at every store in our neighborhood because they’re having such a hard time keeping employees with the crap they keep pulling on employees.

Even deader thread. In Ohio, Big Bear was a local chain that was in business for about 60 years before it got swallowed by Penn Traffic, which ran it into the ground in about 3 years. So sad.

A good grocery chain story (if you can keep the family names straight) is DeMoulas Market Basket in New England.

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