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Title: Spiritual Organization Founded By Former Actor Raided For Serving Tea without a Permit
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/sp ... founded-actor-raided-kombucha/
Published: May 15, 2015
Author: John Vibes
Post Date: 2015-05-15 10:34:48 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2390
Comments: 19
Venice, California – Last week, undercover agents with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control raided a spiritual organization under suspicion that they were selling Kombucha which exceeded the legal alcohol limit. The Full Circle spiritual center on Rose Avenue in Venice is a holistic gathering place founded by former actor Andrew Keegan. According to police, an anonymous informant told them that the spiritual center was serving Kombucha, fermented tea, without a permit. In the raid last Friday, police confiscated several containers of the tea and issued the business a citation for serving alcohol without a liquor license. “We’re a complaint-driven agency, so when someone notifies us about what might be an illegal activity, we respond to it. They were cited for a misdemeanor for selling alcohol without a license,” ABC agent Will Salao told Argonaut News. However, members of the church say that the raid was unfounded and that the Kombucha is not an intoxicant. “They may be a complaint-driven agency, but we’re an intention-driven organization and our intentions are pure,” founder Andrew Keegan said. “Kombucha is something we’d never imagine to be an illegal substance, and it’s frustrating the system has that perspective. We’re certainly taking full responsibility for co-creating the event. We try to put our best foot forward. We wanted to raise money for Sea Shepherd as a community; that’s how Full Circle operates,” Keegan explained. The raid took place during a non-profit fundraiser, and although it is nearly impossible to get drunk off of their Kombucha, it is still fermented enough to where it is legally considered alcohol, thus requiring a licence for sale and distribution. The alcohol content of their Kombucha Dog tea is almost 0.5%, explains their website, and “it is not possible to get drunk by consuming even large quantities of kombucha in a short period of time.” As a comparison, soy sauce contains more than four times the alcohol of kombucha due to the similar fermentation process. Yet sushi restaurants aren’t being raided for distributing soy sauce to minors. Andrew Keegan is no stranger to police. In 2011 he was assaulted by LAPD on the 4th of July, handcuffed and eventually let go with no arrest. John Vibes is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture and the drug war. In addition to his writing and activist work he organizes a number of large events including the Free Your Mind Conference, which features top caliber speakers and whistle-blowers from all over the world. You can contact him and stay connected to his work at his Facebook page. You can find his 65 chapter Book entitled “Alchemy of the Timeless Renaissance” at bookpatch.com.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
WRONG! More yellow journalism. The tea contained alcohol and the police issued the business a citation for serving alcohol without a liquor license. Period. That's the story. Which is not a story at all, now is it?
Selective enforcement I suppose, right paulsen? The alcohol content of their Kombucha Dog tea is almost 0.5%, explains their website, and “it is not possible to get drunk by consuming even large quantities of kombucha in a short period of time.” As a comparison, soy sauce contains more than four times the alcohol of kombucha due to the similar fermentation process. Yet sushi restaurants aren’t being raided for distributing soy sauce to minors. Man you are so pathetic.
Not at all. There's no law against soy sauce. If you think there should be, talk to your Congressman.
There are many people today who think in silly, circular thinking. How many instances of arrest for using soy sauce have you read about?
The actor: "Andrew Keegan (born January 29, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in in television shows including Party of Five and 7th Heaven and in films such as 10 Things I Hate about You, The Broken Hearts Club (2000) and O (2001)." This is minor enough as an offense you might suspect some rival group is connected with local officials to cause this raid and prosecution. Since ancient times, cult rivalry has been fairly constant and often spills into politics and law.
Well, none. Using soy sauce is not against the law. Should it be?
The group funds radical marine conservation activism. Very few people would describe this group as a "spiritual organization", certainly not in the context of raising money for confrontational direct-action activism like Sea Shepherd.
Growing up in the Lutheran Church, it was common for teens to take communion, and by golly they used real wine too. Seems to me that no one called the cops or required a liquor license for the church. As a comparison, soy sauce contains more than four times the alcohol of kombucha due to the similar fermentation process. Yet sushi restaurants aren’t being raided for distributing soy sauce to minors. I sure don't want my kids taken by CPS for child abuse, so I had better stop taking the kids to any Chinese restaurants.
And don't give them NyQuil™ (10% alcohol).
Before the fascists are done soy sauce may be banned and people will be able to eat foods only on an approved list.
It's not the fascists. It's those who demand all or nothing. The simpletons. If serving alcohol in beverages requires a license, then by golly everything containing alcohol should require a license. Or none of them should. Yet they're the first ones to speak out against zero tolerance policies, saying that they leave no room for common sense.
Very few people would describe this group as a "spiritual organization" The first amendment protects Gatlin's right to worship Rick Perry too.
Yeah - I guess I can see you ratting out some mom for giving her kid could medication.
I was being somewhat facetious, but with the nanny-state we live in today it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility. I can see someone being concerned if kids are chugging bottles of NyQuil™ to get high, it is another thing altogether when a parent gives the proper dosage to their sick child.
Have you tried purchasing Maximum Strength Mucinex® D lately? "I can see someone being concerned if kids are chugging bottles of NyQuil™ to get high, it is another thing altogether when a parent gives the proper dosage to their sick child." Kids have learned how to abuse what seemed like the most innocuous over-the - counter medicines. Now I have to provide ID to my supermarket pharmicist to buy certain OTC medicines. But they do not ask me for anything when picking up prescribed naroctics or other potent drugs. They just take my word for it that I am the person for which the drug was prescribed, sometimes not even that if picking up a prescription for my wife, or for my daughter, son-in-law, or grandkids who live in a different state. The country has gone nuts.
потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
Well, sure seems like a very grievous violation. I'm sure the community feels much safer now. All of those LEO resources used for this?? Seems like a very big waste!
Si vis pacem, para bellum
The concept of religious liberty held by the Constitution’s framers included not merely the freedom to worship, but also the free exercise of conscience — carrying out one’s moral beliefs with conviction and action....are you still having trouble handling those?
Nope, but they sure have become suspicious when you buy more than a couple packs or bottles of Pseudoephedrine. I guess we can thank the nanny state for that too. The country has gone nuts. Can't disagree there.
I saw an episode of South Park about it which included mentions that you had to buy the nighttime formula of Robitussen and other cough medicines to get high from. The daytime versions don't work. So this is pretty common knowledge for the under-thirty crowd.
"Spiritual Organization Founded By Former Actor Raided For Serving Tea without a Permit"
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
The tea contained alcohol and the police issued the business a citation for serving alcohol without a liquor license.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
"Selective enforcement I suppose, right paulsen?"
#4. To: misterwhite (#3)
#5. To: Deckard (#0)
#6. To: Don (#4)
"How many instances of arrest for using soy sauce have you read about?"
#7. To: Deckard (#0)
Title: Spiritual Organization Founded By Former Actor Raided For Serving Tea without a Permit
Sea Shepherd uses direct action tactics to protect marine life. The organization was founded in 1977 under the name Earth Force Society by Paul Watson, a former member of Greenpeace, after a dispute with that organization over what Watson saw as its lack of more aggressive intervention.[2] The group has a strong focus on public relations to spread its message via the media. In 2008, Animal Planet began filming the weekly series Whale Wars based on the group's encounters with the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, a development which brought the group much publicity.
#8. To: Deckard, TooConserevative, Misterwhite (#0)
In the raid last Friday, police confiscated several containers of the tea and issued the business a citation for serving alcohol without a liquor license.
#9. To: Orwellian Nightmare (#8)
#10. To: misterwhite (#6)
#11. To: Don (#10)
"Before the fascists are done soy sauce may be banned"
#12. To: TooConservative, Gatlin, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#7)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#13. To: misterwhite, Orwellian Nightmare (#9)
And don't give them NyQuil™ (10% alcohol).
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#14. To: misterwhite, Don, Deckard, TooConservative (#9)
(Edited)
And don't give them NyQuil™ (10% alcohol).
#15. To: Orwellian Nightmare, Don, Deckard, TooConservative (#14)
I was being somewhat facetious, but with the nanny-state we live in today it's not entire outside the realm of possibility.
#16. To: Deckard (#0)
" Serving Tea without a Permit "
#17. To: hondo68, TooConservative (#12)
The first amendment protects Gatlin's right to worship Rick Perry too.
#18. To: SOSO (#15)
Have you tried purchasing Maximum Strength Mucinex® D lately?
#19. To: SOSO (#15)
Kids have learned how to abuse what seemed like the most innocuous over-the - counter medicines.
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