Breakin' the Law, Breakin' the Law......

Hide Yo' Kids, Cause Dunkin Donuts franchise owners are being fined for child labor violations

BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has fined a pair of Dunkin’ Donuts franchise owners for violating child labor laws.

Timothy E. Cloe, 44, of Dartmouth, and his business partner Sebastian Agapite, 46, of Canton, and their five franchise locations have been fined nearly $6,000 for alleged violations at five locations.

"Many teens are trying to balance jobs with their education," said Coakley. “Our child labor laws are designed to protect minors from injury and ensure that working time does not unduly interfere with learning. We will continue to enforce these laws to make sure that teens' workplace rights are protected."

Responding to complaints, investigators in the AG's Fair Labor Division conducted an audit of the company's records and discovered that on numerous occasions during 2008, the franchises employed minors without work permits.

Minors were also working before the earliest permissible hour and after the latest permissible hour and more than the maximum number of daily work hours allowed under the Child Labor Laws.

The Massachusetts Child Labor Laws include restrictions on both the occupations in which minors may be employed, as well as the hours during which they may work. Another important safeguard in the law makes it illegal for minors to work past 8:00 p.m. without adult supervision.

Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/dunkin-donuts-fined-for-child-labor-violations-20110606?obref=obinsite#ixzz1ObSNwemc

I'm pretty shocked to find out that children were making my iced tea, I thought we lived in the USA, not in Bangladesh. But I have to say they did one hell of a job making my iced tea and donuts and I'm confident that America is in good hands with tiny Timmy and little Lisa in charge of our future. This story pretty much discredits those who say that kids today have no sense of responsibility and no work ethic. I guess the owners of this franchise subscribed to Mugatu's beliefs on Child Labor Laws. Truthfully, with one of them being named Sebastian, I'm not all that surprised:




-KC Jones

In the Words of KC Jones, "YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!"

Dirty Weiner Comes Clean

Truth be told, that pic makes me gag, but I digress.  Congressman Anthony Weiner of NY came clean yesterday, admitting that he tweeted his dong and stuff to chicks via twitter.  His first press briefing was great because he wasn't selling anyone on anything...

What if someone tweeted me a dong while I was blogging?  Would I spend the rest of the day responding to it?  You bet your ass I would.  Weiner then finally admits to sexting his dong pics...

I was surprised he was specific with the number of dong pics he has sent to various women and I give him credit for not going with the "I need help for a sex addiction" excuse a la Tiger Tiger Woods Ya'll, but I don't see what he was trying to accomplish.  Couldn't he have gone with the 'ol Garcia Vega in the intern?  This is the problem with Democratic sex scandals, they half ass it.  Clinton was cigar-baning a fat chick and Weiner was sexting his dong inside boxer briefs.  Republicans crush these things.  Remember the South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford, who went AWOL to hang out with his Argentinian soul mate?  He went all the way.  Remember Larry Craig, the Idaho Senator who was arrested for trying to bang anonymous dudes in a Minnesota airport?  That guy was going for the gold.

Go big or go home.

-Big Ran

*KC Jones says: With the last name Weiner, one would think he'd be careful to avoid these types of situations. But then again, I guess Weiner just couldn't contain his.

Really?

Rescuers Search For Missing Man In Collapsed Bunker On Cape

BARNSTABLE (CBS) – A massive search and rescue operation is underway in the woods of Hyannis Ponds in Barnstable, where a trench and tunnel network was discovered.

Police fear 29-year-old Jason Bryant of West Yarmouth may be buried inside after a portion of the trench collapsed, and now massive boulders are blocking entrance to the tunnels.

“This wasn’t dug in a few days, it was dug over the course of some time,” said Sgt. Sean Sweeney of the Barnstable Police Department.

Crews were seen at the site digging and passing buckets of dirt as they try to excavate the area. They spent considerable time shoring up the unstable walls of the trench made of soft sand.

The question “why was it constructed?” has been put aside for now. But they believe a missing West Yarmouth man is responsible for the bunker he apparently dug himself. His green GMC pickup truck was found in the area by dog walkers, along with personal items such as a backpack.

Police say a dog walker noticed Bryant in the woods as far back as early May, at one point carrying an axe along a trail, and the sounds of shoveling could be heard.

Bryant was gone from his family’s home over Memorial Day weekend, and when he didn’t return by Monday they grew concerned.

The discovery of the trench itself was called “bizarre.”

“You could probably put a small compact car in one of them, a tunnel goes off from that. A six-foot ladder drops into one of the pits,” said Sgt. Sweeney.

Crews sent in robotic cameras to get a closer look, but so far they have been unsuccessful. They now plan to bring in heavier equipment to move some boulders blocking access to some of the tunnels where they are desperate to search.

Now, don't get me wrong, I feel for this guy's family and friends, so I will ask this as gently as I can.  WTF is he doing digging tunnels and bunkers in the woods?  Does he think he's Steve McQueen in the Great Escape?  Listen, we've all heard the saying, "if you mess with the bull, you get the horns."  Well, if you dig tunnels underground, you're gonna get caved in on.


This dude obviously needs help beyond the rescue.  Let's hope he makes it and works long enough to pay the state back for his insanity.





-Big Ran 

Bruin Beatdown of the Canucks Makes it a Series

Obviously, everyone was debating activating Shawn Thornton and sitting Tyler Seguin because the thought was the Bs needed more offense.  Well, it turns out, Thornton was just what they needed.  He didn't have a single point, but clearly made the Canucks uncomfortable and seems to have set a tone for the Bs before they even stepped on the ice.  The dirty hit on Horton really opened the floodgates.

Overall, it was an amazing performance by the Bruins and it will be really interesting to see what happens in game 4.  Best hit of the night?  Thomas crushing Henrik Sedin and his fivehead in the third.  Now, Seguin will be activated for Horton and we'll have to see how the disciplinary hearing shakes out for Rome to see if the Canucks will be down a defenseman.

-Big Ran