Increasingly restaurants were just ignoring them. Another week and the rebellion would have been spreading like wildfire, putting a serious crimp in his dictatorship.
I can just imagine. My uncle's stories from out here in fly-over country were engrossing enough. He famously threw Yul Brynner out of an elevator for being rude to other guests. Still the stuff of legend in the local hospitality industry. It was a union gig so he could get away with stuff like that.
I had an uncle who was in charge of maintenance at a large hotel where lots of celebrities stayed. He had stories. Most of them were not very nice. Barbara Eden never stayed there but he always said Anita Bryant was the nicest celebrity who ever stayed there.
I’ve seen photos of Barbara Eden on a USO tour with Bob Hope that were so gorgeous they made my eyesight blur. And she was probably around 50 when they were taken.
She was the one living next door to you, when you came home on leave, would see her and think “Wow! She grew up...she isn’t that scrawny, irritating girl next door anymore!”
I grew-up next-door to one of those. Irrepressible tomboy who was a better athlete than most of the guys in the neighborhood. Grew up to be a VERY attractive adult woman.
Apparently the Legislature here in PA is in something of a Catch 22 as their terms officially ended on Nov. 30. From what I’ve read the only way they could meet to choose electors would be if SCOTUS ordered them to.
Sounds like the vaccine business is the greatest form of legalized theft out there.
Get billions in government subsidies, get total immunity from lawsuits that no one has, and never have to verify that your product actually does what you claim it will do.
I agree with you on checks and balances, but as a practical matter when one of our 2 parties has already gone so far off the reservation they have ceased to exist.
I’ve seem criticism on other boards (seemingly valid) that this ruling is based on equal protection when, in fact, religion is entitled to UNIQUE and SUPREME PROTECTION under the First Amendment.
Fears were expressed that government could still shut down churches by applying the shutdown equally to all parties (Walmart, Target, etc.)
Fortunately Walmart has tons of lobbyists so as a practical matter it will never happen. But it’s a judicial error that needs fixing.