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Posts made in July, 2012

Food Police Chief Presides Over Hot Dog Eating Contest

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, General in the War On Choice, is nothing if not inconsistent.  You can't decide how much salt to use in NYC or decide what size soda to buy, thanks to imperial fiat, but you can gorge yourself on hot dogs in public and be a bad role model for what Bloomberg considers the most gullible and unintelligent people in the world.Mayor Bloomberg does not want to look...

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Live Webcast of the CERN Higgs Announcement

Below is a live streaming webcast from the auditorium at CERN, where they will be revealing the latest news on the Higgs discovery. read...

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There’s A Reason Cats Go Blind On A Vegetarian Diet

Are you smarter than a cat?Not if you are a vegetarian. Cats know what is good for them and that is why cats are basically carnivores.  Cats can't produce taurine,  2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, which is vital for eyesight. Good luck getting taurine from a vegetarian diet. But mice and other critters?  Absolutely.Because being a vegetarian is unnatural, people in Norway are...

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Social Authoritarians Can’t Cure Obesity In America, But Science Can

What causes obesity?  Obviously ingesting more calories than a person burns leads to weight gain but what really causes obesity?Will banning Big Gulps, Happy Meals and Trans fats make people thin? (1)While a modern 'ban, legislate and micromanage' mentality about food has taken hold on the coasts of the US, obesity researchers in the middle, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine,...

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Labeling Genetically Modified Food Is A Solution In Search Of A Problem

The government has mandated labeling standards to warn consumers of potential hazards, like smoking's link to cancer and lung disease.But science illiterates (AKA progressive social authoritarians) are taking that example and insisting GM foods should also carry a warning label - despite no instance of them being harmful or unhealthy. 

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