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Cato on Contraception Mandate: 'We Should All be Exempt'

As a companion must-read article to Tim’s column on the ObamaCare birth control mandate, John Cochrane of Cato explains why President Barack Obama’s proposed compromise to exempt church-related institutions misses the point:

Our nation is divided on social issues. The natural compromise is simple: Birth control, abortion and other contentious practices are permitted. But those who object don't have to pay for them. The federal takeover of medicine prevents us from reaching these natural compromises and needlessly divides our society.

The critics fell for a trap. By focusing on an exemption for church-related institutions, critics effectively admit that it is right for the rest of us to be subjected to this sort of mandate. They accept the horribly misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable…[more]

February 10, 2012 • 04:52 pm

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Thursday, July 23 2009

A Missouri man is suing Apple, the St. Louis Police Department, unknown agents of the FBI, a private investigator and an auto mechanic, accusing the defendants of conspiring with the Mafia to stalk, extort and torture the plaintiff.

Gregory McKenna claimed in his lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court in Missouri that after purchasing an iPod shuffle on eBay he discovered that the device was manufactured “with an illegal receiver as the Mafia proceeded to transmit extortion threats and audible harassment to it.” The alleged motive for the threats was that the Mafia wanted McKenna to work as a fashion model for them in New York. McKenna further claims that after purchasing a new iPod mini he realized it was bugged as well and would state “I'm about to kill him” in sync with a song.

McKenna said his calls to local police and the FBI field office were disregarded and that the private investigator he hired to search his home and car first claimed he found listening devices, but when later questioned by police about his findings, said he found nothing.

“Well if you have bugs you should call an exterminator, not the Police,” an officer reportedly told him before recommending examination by a doctor.

The lawsuit seeks $14.2 million in damages and trial by jury.

—Sources: news.cnet.com and macnn.com

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