re: #129 Decatur Deb

On any given day NYC is both a traveling bacchanal and a repressive shithole. Always was—big town.

this was the other thing I mentioned…
Mayor Bloomberg’s grand vision to improve New Yorkers’ health by severely limiting sales of high-calorie beverages on city property is short-sighted and destructive, say blind vendors who operate stands in city-owned buildings.

The vendors were notified Monday that they can dedicate just two slots in their beverage machines for high-calorie beverages such as soda, iced tea and juice – and that the buttons must be “in the position of the lowest selling potential,” according to the new regulations.

Read more: nypost.com