Archive for September, 2011
Candy Chandelier?
Sunday, September 18, 2011 19:02 3 CommentsMy roving reporter on all things infantile, Skip Oliva, turned up another good one – the SweetHaus. There are whimsical touches throughout the store with jars of brightly colored candies, old doors and windows converted to banquettes and display cases, a candy mural, and my favorite chandelier of all time. So I was in love [...]
FDA’s Budget Hike to Keep You Safe
Sunday, September 18, 2011 17:48 3 CommentsHere’s a small note about the FDA that hasn’t received too much attention in the news: Senate Appropriators Pass $50M FDA Budget Increase, Mainly For Food Law. The Senate appropriations panel cleared the fiscal 2012 FDA budget bill late Wednesday (Sept. 7) to boost FDA funding by $50 million beyond this year’s level, with the bulk [...]
Big Pharma – Big Bill Gates
Thursday, September 15, 2011 22:44 6 CommentsFor effect, I only want to reprint the first paragraph of this article in the Wall Street Journal: A senior executive [Dr. Trevor Mundel] at the pharmaceutical company Novartis AG will join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as president of the philanthropy’s global health group, a position that can influence the health of millions [...]
Obesity Victimology
Thursday, September 15, 2011 22:29 9 CommentsA 300-pound, White Castle-eating guy just wants to sit in a normal-sized chair like a “normal person” with his abnormally obese body. He can’t, so he is suing White Castle for not accommodating his fat ass. The religion of victimology gains another voice. Martin Kessman, 64, filed a lawsuit against the fast-food giant last week [...]
Return to the Planet of “No Judgment”
Thursday, September 15, 2011 20:57 2 CommentsEarlier this year I wrote an article about the inane Planet Fitness chain and its commitment to making sure you don’t judge anyone within its walls. Planet Fitness advertises its “Judgment Free Zone” – a registered trademark, and don’t make me laugh – as a place where “members can relax, get in shape, and have [...]
Government Hates Good Health
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 19:41 2 CommentsHere is Lew Rockwell’s podcast with me about paleo, ancestral health, food freedom, and the state.
The Michigan Child Obesity Registry
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 7:25 No CommentsThe state of Michigan is going to force doctors to report the BMI of their child patients to the state. Gov. Rick Snyder plans to direct doctors in Michigan to begin monitoring the body weight of their young patients and provide the data to a state registry in one of the most extensive government efforts [...]
Red Square Show of Force
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 22:08 2 CommentsOn the LewRockwell.com blog, Laurence Vance mentions the parade in Richmond, Michigan that become the Red Square on 9/11. To quote from Vance’s blog post: There were the usual state police, county sheriff cruisers, SWAT vans, motorcycle cops, town cops, bicycle cops, dune buggy cops, and other assorted representatives of state sponsored terrorism; but then [...]
Raw Milk and Meddling Propagandists
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 20:11 1 CommentI like to cull raw milk propaganda off the web every now and then, if only for some quick laughs. Why raw milk? Because raw milk is under siege by the political powers and special interests probably more so than any other thing that I can think of within the last few years. Well, on [...]
German Medieval Folk Metal?
Sunday, September 11, 2011 20:26 10 CommentsCheck out this video from Subway to Sally, a German Medieval Folk Metal band.