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Bloomberg banned food donations to homeless shelters

By zzyzzx   Follow   Fri, 9 Nov 2012, 12:31pm   529 views   8 comments
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http://now.msn.com/hard-to-swallow-bloomberg-bans-food-donations-to-homeless-shelters

Mayor Michael Bloomberg in March instituted a ban on food donations to homeless shelters. No, not because of food contamination, but because the city can’t properly assess salt, fat and fiber in donated food and thereby ensure starving people are getting the optimal levels of nutrition.

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1. FortWayne Follow Befriend (13) 102 threads 3,759 comments

   1   12:34pm Fri 9 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   "CORRECTION: This story was corrected to show the decision by the Bloomberg administration occurred in March." Old story, that was way before the hurricane.

2. IDDQD Follow Befriend 22 threads 409 comments

   2   12:34pm Fri 9 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   FortWayne says Old story, that was way before the hurricane. Makes it only slightly less ridiculous.

3. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 49 threads 2,625 comments Premium

   3   12:37pm Fri 9 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Bloomberg is an out of touch despot, what else is new?

4. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 246 threads 4,658 comments

   4   1:04pm Fri 9 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Who needs fiber with an ego like that.

5. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,977 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   5   1:53pm Sat 10 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   It's more important to have healthy(ish) food sometimes than to have any food all the time.

6. Bap33 Follow Befriend (3) 12 threads 3,094 comments

   6   2:37pm Sat 10 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   makes it hard to explain why we see "EBT taken here" at the fast food places and not at the health food places.

7. Dennis Baughn Follow Befriend 1 threads 1 comments

   7   3:18pm Sat 10 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Bap33 says we see "EBT taken here" at the fast food places EBT isn't taken at any restaurants.

8. Bap33 Follow Befriend (3) 12 threads 3,094 comments

   8   3:24pm Sat 10 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   you must not live in mexifornia, I assure you that EBT is taken at fastfood joints here. http://www.chacha.com/question/what-fast-food-place-takes-ebt-food-stamps-in-southern-california