I'm old enough to remember when this was still a free country and kids weren't busted for selling lemonade to make a few bucks..

"Busted"? The kids were asked to stop because of a neighbor's complaint.

I'm old enough to remember that when a neighbor complained about what we kids were doing we stopped. We may have grumbled about it, but we didn't call our lawyer, run to the media, and make a fucking federal case out of it. And we sure as shit didn't tell our parents, because they would have given it to us double.

It's called respect -- for the rule of law, for the cop, for neighbors, for elders.

The kids were asked to stop because of a neighbor's complaint.

Uh no, it wasn't a "neighbor", someone from the nearby art show called police on her sons and complained.

I'm old enough to remember that when a neighbor complained about what we kids were doing we stopped.

The difference is that said neighbor would have worked it out with the kids, probably getting a free cup of lemonade for their trouble .

THAT'S how neighbors are supposed to act, not call the cops as you are so want to do when you see someone engaging in an activity which you disapprove.

Knowles set up a GoFundMe page for her boys to raise the money instead. As of Wednesday afternoon, they were already about halfway to their goal.

Happy now Gladys? Your not allowing the kids to earn money on their own has resulted in making them beg for money.

THAT'S how neighbors are supposed to act, not call the cops as you are so want to do when you see someone engaging in an activity which you disapprove.

Only if the kids act the way they're supposed to. More likely, today's kids would accuse the neighbor of cursing them, assaulting them, or even molesting them. And people would believe it and flood social media with the accusations.

Screw that. I'm calling the police every time. Ain't nobody got time for that.

When her children saw the police coming toward them, they naturally got scared.

Who's teaching them that they should be afraid of the police, mom?

After being shut down for selling lemonade without a license, Knowles did some digging and found out that there is actually no law explicitly prohibiting lemonade stands.

Well, no, there is no law explicitly prohibiting lemonade stands. The Denver city ordinance simply says you must have a pedder's license ($125 for a one day operation) to sell food and drink.

Now here's the kicker the story didn't disclose. The kids set up their lemonade stand right next to the Denver Arts Festival, where there was a lemonade vendor. The kids sold lemonade 2/ $1 while the licensed vendor sold it for $7 a glass.

"Knowles says they raked in about $200 for charity before police shut them down". Meaning they sold 400 glasses of lemonade. Meaning the licensed vendor lost $2,800. No wonder he was pissed.

Thanks mom. A real "business" lesson.

"Knowles says they raked in about $200 for charity before police shut them down". Meaning they sold 400 glasses of lemonade. Meaning the licensed vendor lost $2,800. No wonder he was pissed.

They should have gone for the license. They still would have cleaned up at $4 glass.

This goes back to what I was saying about a level playing field to compete for customers. The guy ripping people off for $7 lemonade had a lot higher costs. He probably had to pay the venue to have a stand. He had to have all the usual beverage/food safety items. Bathrooms and washing for employees, etc. And pay a minimum wage or more. And carry insurance. Et cetera, et cetera.

Knowles set up a GoFundMe page for her boys to raise the money instead. As of Wednesday afternoon, they were already about halfway to their goal.

They already raised a little more than their target.

See? Much easier to teach them to beg than to work for it.

Smart kids, now they know how to make money next year. Get busted, whine on the internet, beg for money.

They'll be experts at running their own griftathons in only a few years!

The guy ripping people off for $7 lemonade had a lot higher costs. He probably had to pay the venue to have a stand. He had to have all the usual beverage/food safety items. Bathrooms and washing for employees, etc. And pay a minimum wage or more. And carry insurance. Et cetera, et cetera.

"And how, indeed, are the Goyim to perceive the underlying meaning of things when their rep-resentatives give the best of their energies to enjoying themselves? For our policy it is of the greatest importance to take cognizance of this detail; it will be of assistance to us when we come to consider the division of authority, freedom of speech, of the press, of religion (faith) , of the law of association, of equality before the law, of the inviolability of property, of the dwelling, of taxation (the idea of concealed taxes) , of the reflex force of the laws..."

--Protocol No. 10

Somebody sure went through a lot of trouble to author that satirical commentary.

--Protocol No. 10

Ahem...

" Cops Raid Little Boys’ Lemonade Stand, Shut it Down for Not Having a Permit "

This story is amazing !

This story, and the comments from a number of the posters, shows that our nation has a serious deficit / lack of common sense !!!

Many of the posters should be ashamed of their statements displaying their low IQ's and lack of common sense !! I am rather surprised at the comments of some of the posters ! I had previously thought better of them !!

Based on the story, and many of the posters comments, if this line of thinking prevails across our nation, we are en route to bad times!

However, thanks to a see something say something neighbor, police were notified of the illegal lemonade venture.

Hero officers then swooped in to shut down the stand, citing local village law violations.

Ha! Gotta love the reporting.

The problem is with the idiot elected officials that craft such laws without writing in exemptions for those under 16 years of age, operating on private residential property.

Well, partially true...I'd also blame whomever gave the order to "immediately shut down" the stand and make a scene.

But given these "crafted-laws" and enforcement, how many technical "laws" aren't enforced and simple "courtesy warnings" issued instead? LE have leeway, you know that.

In my opinion, the treatment was too heavy-handed. Couldn't the cops have given some common-sense leniency, have quietly spoken to the parent(s) and asked politely to shut it down within a half-hour or so?

OTOH, cops in say Berkeley allow "the Law" to be broken by Leftist agitators. I guess what p*sses people off about this incident is a double standard by LE, equating "soft" laws with "hard" law, and the insensitive manner in which kids must be subject to direct LE interaction.

Should that [strict LE) be done for every last law, ordinance & regulation on every local, state and federal book?

Given the huge amount of bureaucracy Americans are faced with, that's simply not realistic. If a cop gets it in his head to pull over and cite everyone he sees not using a turn signal on a highway when changing lanes, is it still not the cops fault for "enforcing the law that's on the books"?

Exactly.

This is a matter of propriety AND priority; NOT for weaponizing LE for petty BS.

Now IF the tykes were hawking their wares on a weekly basis, then perhaps some LE action is warranted.

Surprised some of the posters did not demand summary execution on the spot !!

Surprised some of the posters did not demand summary execution on the spot !!

Well...They ARE breaking the Law.

;-)

See? Much easier to teach them to beg than to work for it.

Smart kids, now they know how to make money next year. Get busted, whine on the internet, beg for money.

They'll be experts at running their own griftathons in only a few years!

Sometimes I think your posts can be appreciated more.

" Hero officers then swooped in to shut down the stand, citing local village law violations.

Ha! Gotta love the reporting. "

Drama queens !!

Surprised some of the posters did not demand summary execution on the spot !!

I'm willing to consider it if they can't somehow curb these citrus terrorists!

I really can't believe people are arguing over lemonade. What is this, 1918? Do people imagine they're going to stroll in a straw hat down to the bandstand in the park to listen keenly to some favorite John Phillip Sousa tune while sipping some pink lemonade and wooing their best girl?

Yowza.

They should have gone for the license.

Of course. Then no one could have complained. And mom would have taught them a positive lesson about the responsibilities of running a business. Assuming that was her intent.

"They still would have cleaned up at $4 glass."

There you go! The importance of market research and competitive analysis. Mom really dropped the ball here.

And mom would have taught them a positive lesson about the responsibilities of running a business.

Also, not to be a gang of wee scofflaws.

NOT for weaponizing LE for petty BS.

These kids caused a legit lemonade seller to lose almost $3,000. That's petty BS?

He's probably got kids to feed. What about him and his family?

These kids caused a legit lemonade seller to lose almost $3,000. That's petty BS?

Not only that but the arts venue may have had a contractual profitsharing agreement with the authorized beverage seller and been entitled to a share of his profits. They may have been using beverage profits to subsidize their show and advertising and to try to monetize the looky-loos who were just going to stroll through but not buy anything.

So it probably wasn't just the authorized beverage vendor who had an incentive to rat them out to the citrus police.

Knowles set up a GoFundMe page for her boys to raise the money instead. As of Wednesday afternoon, they were already about halfway to their goal.

Does that goal include the $2800 worth of business they stole from the legitimate lemonade vendor? Are they going to make him whole?

Or don't you care about him and his family?

So it probably wasn't just the authorized beverage vendor who had an incentive to rat them out to the citrus police.

A small, local Arts Festival -- $2800 is a lot of money.

What's worse, the kids were not fined for violating the city ordinance and were allowed to keep the $200.

Well, children … what lessons have we learned today?

Well, children … what lessons have we learned today?

Violating the laws can be profitable despite those stinky cops trying to ruin it all and making us cry so our mama can whine about it on CreepBook and make a legit licensed arts festival look like a bunch of thugs?

So it probably wasn't just the authorized beverage vendor who had an incentive to rat them out to the citrus police.

Yes! Hell yes! What does David Hogg have to say?

He really could be posing for photos as a Hitler Youth leader. He's perfect for the part.

I agree. A good, little Nazi.

Now here's the kicker the story didn't disclose. The kids set up their lemonade stand right next to the Denver Arts Festival, where there was a lemonade vendor. The kids sold lemonade 2/ $1 while the licensed vendor sold it for $7 a glass.

"Knowles says they raked in about $200 for charity before police shut them down". Meaning they sold 400 glasses of lemonade. Meaning the licensed vendor lost $2,800. No wonder he was pissed.

Thanks mom. A real "business" lesson.

Ok, so this story does happen to touch on several facets of sub-stories, doesn't it?

I'm going to concede a point to you here -- thanks for revealing this pertinent un-reported, un-disclosed detail. Fair enough.

But for further fairness sake, exactly just how close was "next to the Denver Arts Festival"? Some of these fairs are YUGE.

The greed may cut BOTH WAYS. And the LE may still be over-officiously petty.

I also found the Mommy's claim about giving the proceeds to the Indonesian kid to be contrived BS. Moreover, Mommy then starts a Go Fund Me page??

ALL THAT SAID, there's GOT to be a better way to handle shutting down a kids' lemonade stand. In this case there is circumstantial evidence that Mommy is a slick one who knowingly exploited a situation. The kids don't know better and still shouldn't be subject to anything less than treating *them* with kid-gloves. (Speaking of that, do we know *what* the LEO demeanor was toward them?)

For demeanor, Heydrich. Or THIS man:

But for further fairness sake, exactly just how close was "next to the Denver Arts Festival"? Some of these fairs are YUGE.

I did wonder that myself. Maybe their house was just on a nearby street. It almost does look like they set up shop in a park or something which would make it worse than if they tried it on private property.

In this case there is circumstantial evidence that Mommy is a slick one who knowingly exploited a situation. The kids don't know better and still shouldn't be subject to anything less than treating *them* with kid-gloves.

Exactly. This was mama's idea and plan, from beginning to end. Kids who are 4, 5, and 6 don't really plot to have a lemonade stand if an adult doesn't put them up to it and help them do it. Are we to believe the tykes made those signs for the beverage list, provided the big glass lemonade dispensers, got the sodas and the bottles of water and the cups for the lemonade and all the ice needed? No way, they did not. That was all mama's doing.

I think mama used these kids as a shield for knowingly breaking the law. And it mostly worked. And she still monetized by begging on the internet.

And we'll never know if there even was a child in Indonesia or if they got any money from this.

Maybe posters will think they've have stumbled into the DU or ANTIFA hive site.

exactly just how close was "next to the Denver Arts Festival"?

Close enough for the legitimate lemonade vendor to feel the pinch and call the cops. He didn't do it to be mean -- he's trying to make a living.

Damn, like we didn't look like a bunch of old geezes already.

"It almost does look like they set up shop in a park"

From the article:

"... so why not have a lemonade stand across the street in the park,” Knowles said."

"And we'll never know if there even was a child in Indonesia or if they got any money from this."

I did wonder that myself. Maybe their house was just on a nearby street. It almost does look like they set up shop in a park or something which would make it worse than if they tried it on private property.

Yup. It's another missing detail. The media has been so fake and ideological, no story can be taken at face value anymore.

IF the kids are in the park, that does change the equation; A lemonade stand set up on a neighborhood corner or in front of a kids' house is a whole different animal, isn't it?

This was mama's idea and plan, from beginning to end.

Kids who are 4, 5, and 6 don't really plot to have a lemonade stand if an adult doesn't put them up to it and help them do it. Are we to believe the tykes made those signs for the beverage list, provided the big glass lemonade dispensers, got the sodas and the bottles of water and the cups for the lemonade and all the ice needed? No way, they did not. That was all mama's doing.

Yup. It was shameful to use her little kids like this. The deeper one digs into this story, the more Mama looks like...a Lemonade Pimp.

I think mama used these kids as a shield for knowingly breaking the law. And it mostly worked. And she still monetized by begging on the internet.

Sure appears that way. And tapping Go Fund Me for charity further indicts her. This fictional Indonesia kid ain't receiving a red cent. Mommy seems like a typical Dem-Socialist conveniently worked her inner-Capitalist.

The deeper one digs into this story, the more Mama looks like...a Lemonade Pimp.

Seems that way. Those kids look pretty average for 4-6yo, not a little gang of lemonade-huffing Einsteins, determined to become entrepreneurs.

I've seen that Jeselnik bit before, the whole comedy show. Pretty good stuff.

He's very good. Reminds me of Steven Wright.

And she still monetized by begging on the internet.

What's with that? Here she is taking credit for helping some kid in Indonesia … … with other people's money? "Oooh, look what I did. With your money. Aren't I a good person?"

Gotta be a Democrat.

Close enough for the legitimate lemonade vendor to feel the pinch and call the cops. He didn't do it to be mean -- he's trying to make a living.

There was an admission that Mommy helped set the lemonade stand up IN the park. She *could* have merely set up the stand just outside the park but didn't.

We still don't know just how "close" to the action it was, or whether patrons could clearly see the kids' stand. IF they could, then I empathize with the vendor, who as you remind us, is only trying to make a living. (Even IF he is ripping people off by charging $7.00 a pop for lemonade.)

Here's the local Denver Tee-Bee station reporting on the incident. They obviously took the side of Mommy, who is interviewed. Her account seems too slick, scripted and idealistic to be believed. Your impressions?

She claimed to be "teaching" her tots lessons. But exactly which ones?? Her "business model" seems to be modeled on the ChiCom slave-labor that undercut American business (see? we can ALL spin this the way we want.)

I'd love to know whether or not Mommy is a teacher. Or her political affiliation.

Major Hochstetter from Hogan's Heroes?

Of course!

Damn, like we didn't look like a bunch of old geezes already.

Time is cruel, ain't it?

What's with that? Here she is taking credit for helping some kid in Indonesia … … with other people's money? "Oooh, look what I did. With your money. Aren't I a good person?"

Gotta be a Democrat.

HA!!

What you said.

As I also suggested -- Mom has GOT to be a Dem, totally blind to the irony of her Marxist principle of taking OTHER peoples' money to redistribute. Then congratulating herself.