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07-26-12, 01:28 PM #1
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Feds Act to Stop Sale of Magnetic Buckyballs
Buckyballs are high-powered desktop magnetic toys for adults, but some young children are swallowing the tiny magnets and getting hurt. Teens also have accidentally ingested the magnetic balls after trying to mimic tongue piercings, leading the government to take steps to stop the sale of the product.
In an unusual move, the Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint Wednesday against New York-based Maxfield and Oberton, the manufacturer of Buckyballs. The desktop toys have small but very powerful magnets that are strong enough to mold into different shapes.
The safety commission says the company refused to recall the product. On another front, the agency said it was able to persuade about 10 retailers, including Amazon.com, to stop selling Buckyballs.
In a statement, Maxfield and Oberton called the agency actions "unfair, unjust and un-American." Company founder Craig Zucker said his products are marketed to people 14 and older and carry clear warning labels to keep them away from kids.
Since 2009, the CPSC says, at least a dozen children have swallowed the magnets. Some required surgery.
More here: Feds Act to Stop Sale of Magnetic Buckyballs - ABC News
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07-26-12, 01:31 PM #2
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What would we do without the feds thinking for us?
That which does not kill me, better start fucking running.
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07-26-12, 02:01 PM #3
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Well hell Jen, now I want those for my desk. Be a dear and find a good deal for me please.
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07-26-12, 02:18 PM #4
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No wai, you might ignore the instructions and swallow them!
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Well hell Jen, now I want those for my desk. Be a dear and find a good deal for me please.
Imagine trying to Chrisfit with this in your stomach! 
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07-26-12, 02:40 PM #5
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Meanwhile, fishing in Russia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkzV5AIK8iM
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." -- Frederic Bastiat
"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter." Ernest Hemingway
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07-26-12, 02:47 PM #6
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Originally Posted by Five-0
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07-27-12, 10:23 AM #7
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The one constant in all these warm fuzzy feeling bans of products children might encounter, from Lawn Darts (which saves a few who were exceptionally bad at physics) to Candy Cigarettes (ok, this one may have prevented a few Type II diabetics) to so called Buckyballs (this one finally going against a basic force of physics - surely gravity will be next) is children.
Ban children. It makes every bit as much sense. What could be safer?
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07-27-12, 07:47 PM #8
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I think Odd is onto something.
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07-27-12, 11:34 PM #9
Damnit, I'm hungry again.
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If Jenna is buying Five-0 some maybe she can get me some also
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07-28-12, 08:36 AM #10
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That would be pretty dangerous for someone whose tagline is "Damnit, I'm hungry again." Not only would you swallow them, but the worm in your stomach would also swallow them! Originally Posted by pgg
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07-28-12, 09:27 PM #11
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Originally Posted by jmur5074
Hmmm. Now that you mention it...Do not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me
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07-28-12, 09:42 PM #12
Damnit, I'm hungry again.
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Think of it as my progressive conversion. I want something and expect you to provide it for me. Originally Posted by Jenna
That would be pretty dangerous for someone whose tagline is "Damnit, I'm hungry again." Not only would you swallow them, but the worm in your stomach would also swallow them! 'Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a
delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly
promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end!'
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
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07-28-12, 10:01 PM #13
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But unlike what progressives provide, this would actually be bad for you! Originally Posted by pgg
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07-28-12, 10:23 PM #14
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name one thing progressives provide that is "good" for me? Originally Posted by Jenna
But unlike what progressives provide, this would actually be bad for you! 'Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a
delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly
promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end!'
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
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07-29-12, 08:37 AM #15
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Efforts to ban buckyballs. Originally Posted by pgg
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08-01-12, 02:33 AM #16
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I think PGG wants Jenna to make him a sammich, too. Originally Posted by pgg
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