Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.Course you could change the law and let people peacefully earn their money.
They probably weren’t paying their taxes.
I seeeeeee..............a striped suit ........in your future............
Dionne Warwick will be upset over this!
Show me a psychic, medium, palm reader, tarot reader or whatever, and I’ll show you either a nut job (in a few cases) or a liar and thief (in ALL the rest of the cases).
They should have seen that one coming.
All they have to do is get a sign saying for amusement only and post it at the door. That way they arent telling fortunes for mone they are providing an amusing interlude.
Thats pretty much what taro-cards and other things are good for anyway. Amusement. people who take such things seriously need to be committed.
I bet this is being done to acquire specific storefronts. Someone in the area should pay attention to who moves into the vacant storefronts.
Given the sky-high murder rate in Philly, it’s more than a little alarming that police think they have time to spend on this.
Fantastic news.
These pathetic con-artists and charalatans will have to seek more creative means to bilk the public. Perhaps they should run for elected office?
Yet, you never see "psychics wanted" ads in the newspapers. Why not? The psychics know where the jobs are and just go there.
I have no sympathy for these fakirs.
Two instances:
1) A friend of my wife went to a psychic and told her she needed to sacrifice money to clean her aura, shockra or whatever. My wife went along once and pointed out how she was doing cold reading and was basically a fraud. she still spent almost 5k.
2) A friend of mine and his wife were having problems. The wife went to a psychic and she told her the stars said she should never have had children, she had two kids. When her husband got home that night, she tried to make him listen to the recording and they got into a big fight and he left with the kids to go to his parents. She then killed herself.
Now he is in jail because they’re saying he faked her suicide. Now they always ask friends if the person was the type that could do that and I would definitely say no way, he was a big pacifist. Of course if they asked my friends that, they’d probably say, “Hell yeah, we’re surprised he didn’t do it sooner”.
True story:
I was taking care of some insurance business with my agent whose business was located near a “psychic’s” shop.
A pair of younger guys come in and ask the receptionist if she knows how to contact the psychic or when she would be open for business.
The receptionist replies that she had no contact info nor did she the hours of operation.
The more sceptical of the two guys turns to the other and says with a perfectly straight face, “Maybe we should go find another fortune teller. This one’s not too good, she didn’t know we were coming.”
Psychics should have seen this one coming!
Most so-called psychics, he said, “are not little old ladies with kerchiefs on their heads” but clever con artists capable of stealing large sums - even life savings - from grieving or otherwise vulnerable people.
Of course they shut them down..
That job reserved for Crooked Bankers, Lawyers, Judges, and Social Service Agencies.
Lol
Consider that these places of business, couldn’t (illegally) operate without a license. Who is the bumbling idiot in some tax payer funded position that issues a license for illegal activity? Blackbird.
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.But if proprietors are making verifiable claims and not delivering on the agreed terms of service, then yes, they should be sued by wronged clients, and forced by the government to abide by any civil court rulings, as per all other agreements pertaining to contract law (up to and including forfeiture of property if necessary to obtain monetary compensation). Should they be shut down by the government? No. If particular circumstances warrant it, they should be investigated to obtain formal evidence of coercion; under this condition, criminal and civil charges are appropriate.
Liberty is good, everyone should try it some time.
I knew that would eventually cause a problem.