CIVILIZATION ADVANCES – AT 8:22 P.M. ET:  As Western economies collapse, and Iran moves closer to a nuclear bomb, leave it to the European Union to maintain the greatness of our civilization with new, innovative practices.  From London's Daily Mail:

British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament.

For the first time, eggs and other products such as oranges and bread rolls will be sold by weight instead of by the number contained in a packet.

Until now, Britain has been exempt from EU regulations that forbid the selling of goods by number. But last week MEPs voted to end Britain’s deal despite objections from UK members.

The new rules will mean that instead of packaging telling shoppers a box contains six eggs, it will show the weight in grams of the eggs inside, for example 372g.

COMMENT:  Well, any concerns about the collapse of the West should now be eased.  This is the kind of change that guarantees our values for the next thousand years.

Okay, stop choking.  If the Obama crowd gets its way, we'll have this kind of federal regulation within the next few years.

June 26, 2010