The American: We don’t have a food system problem, but a problem of self-control. We can’t solve that with quinoa or locally grown, free-range chicken.
"We" can't solve that, period.
New study: A good breakfast makes you fatter.
Duh. The average American can live off his stored fat for months.
Chomsky: “The latest election....you could almost interpret it as a kind of death knell for the species."
The dude needs to chill. Or is he talking about the Snail Darter?
Brrr… Analysts Predict Freezing Winters in Europe Will Be the Norm For 20-40 Years
Warming will do that.
Our friend AVI is open-minded about Rolfing In The Rain Forest
Smells like quackery to me, AVI.
Vaccines: ...he was paid by plaintiff lawyers to “manufacture” evidence that would fuel lawsuits against the companies making those vaccines.
Sheesh.
Do the states need the feds to control themselves?
Fox guarding the henhouse.
What hath the greenies wrought? - Utopians have always been a potentially dangerous group of people.
Via Driscoll:
The Guardian recently published a wicked satire of moral relativism, a Swiftian send-up entitled “End human rights imperialism now” with the classic sub-heading “Groups such as Human Rights Watch have lost their way by imposing western, ‘universal’ standards on developing countries.” Brilliant! Hahahahaha! I didn’t know the Guardian had branched out into humor.
But about five minutes after my laughter subsided, a horrible suspicion dawned on me: Could it be that the author was serious?
The notion of human rights is about as Western as it comes.
Legal Ins:
"I'm not racist, I know people who voted for Obama, although I try not to talk politics with them because we'll just get into an argument and they'll accuse me of being racist when they're losing in order to end the discussion."
That should work like a charm.
No it won't, Prof. That sounds very racist to me. The below is just a figment of Vanderleun's imagination:
