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Shop bans pipe tobacco after court order (NH)
Union Leader ^ | Nov 17, 2009 | SCOTT BROOKS

Posted on 11/18/2009 8:50:19 PM PST by This_far

A Brookline business that lets customers roll their own cigarettes has banned "pipe tobacco" from its rolling machines in response to a judge's order, the shop's lawyers said yesterday.

The court order takes away only a portion of the business Tobacco Haven has been doing, but it is a portion that is of particular concern to the state. The state Attorney General's Office, which sued the retailer in August, alleges it is illegal for Tobacco Haven to stuff "pipe tobacco" into cigarettes unless the company pays taxes on it.

The state has also argued that "pipe tobacco" is singularly

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To: This_far

save for later.

sounds like bs to me....


21 posted on 11/18/2009 10:54:28 PM PST by mowowie
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To: This_far

I don’t know what the deal is now but I recall that chocolate milk was taxed while white milk wasn’t. Government just won’t miss a single chance to pilfer from your wallet.


22 posted on 11/19/2009 2:02:12 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

A tax on chocolate milk. That would be interesting to research.


23 posted on 11/19/2009 2:11:50 AM PST by This_far (Mandatory insurance! I thought it was about health care?)
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To: This_far

The idea was that chocolate milk is a snack item while plain milk is a food item.


24 posted on 11/19/2009 2:20:03 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Ohhhhhh yeah, that sounds familiar.

Chocolate milk in school: a necessary evil?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-chocolate-milk17-2009nov17,0,6868728.story

chocolate milk...ain’t nature wonderful!


25 posted on 11/19/2009 2:45:09 AM PST by This_far (Mandatory insurance! I thought it was about health care?)
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To: runninglips
‘This is all of our faults, we allow them to place the chains on our ankles and only howl, but we don’t bite.

Did you write that? Is it part of something longer?

26 posted on 11/19/2009 7:48:01 AM PST by ExGeeEye (P.U.M.A.--BC/BG!)
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To: ExGeeEye

I wrote it, is it great? (meaning my mind stil werqz)


27 posted on 11/19/2009 9:44:01 AM PST by runninglips (It was just time for this to come to a head.....)
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To: runninglips

Yes, reminds me of Kipling.


28 posted on 11/19/2009 9:51:30 AM PST by ExGeeEye (P.U.M.A.--BC/BG!)
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