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  • 28th November 2007

    On the Evils of Sugar - Did you know this?

    In the last 20 years, we
    have increased sugar consumption in the U.S. 26 pounds to 135 lbs. of sugar per
    person per year! Prior to the turn of this century (1887-1890), the average
    consumption was only 5 lbs. per person per year! Cardiovascular
    disease
    and cancer
    was virtually unknown in the early 1900’s.”

    To reiterate: prior to the 20th century, the average consumption of sugar per person, per year, was 5 pounds.

    Today it is 135 pounds!

    Sugar keeps us fat and happy and sick so that food companies (including Starbucks), pharmaceutical companies, and health care companies can continue to make astronomical profits.

    Does this sound like a conspiracy to you?

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    27th November 2007

    Words That I Have Been Stuck on Lately

    I have been using these words for awhile now and I decided to get them out of my head by writing them down randomly (connected only via ‘and’)

    nefarious Ron Paul methodology and Google Docs and online environment and social network analysis and online influence and oxymoron and Sony reader and firefox plugins and addons.

    there… I got them out of my head…. what words are in your brain?

     

    Une représentation de mon réseau social dans Facebook

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    27th September 2007

    Quiznos not Posting Nutritional Info? WTF?

    thanks to my wife for pointing out this one….

    hmmm…. why would quiznos not post nutritional info, but mcdonalds places it all over the place including fry boxes?

    a great post about this phenomenon is found here: (via rattlingthekettle.com)

    Baja Chicken Sub

    mmmmm delicious.

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    posted in modern madness, strange |

    12th September 2007

    Only in Florida - Sandals Causing Burns, Walmart Pulls Them From Shelves

    For some reason these things only happen in Florida….

    “Walmart says it has pulled thousands of cheap sandals that had of customers complaining about painful, lingering raWordPress database error Table 'constantskeptic.wp_wpv_display_option' doesn't exist for query SELECT post_id, column_count, display_text, display_thumbnail, display_align, display_vertical_align, target_thumbnail_size, target_image_size, display_table_border_color, display_table_border_style, display_table_border_width, cell_background_color, cell_background_color_hover, border_color, border_color_hover, border_width, name_font_size, name_font_bold, name_font_color, name_font_underline, comment_font_color, comment_font_size, image_display_background_color, image_display_border_color, image_display_font_color, image_display_name_font_size, display_table_width, display_table_width_unit, display_table_margin_top, display_table_margin_right, display_table_margin_bottom, display_table_margin_left, display_table_location, display_status FROM wp_wpv_display_option WHERE post_id = 811 made by getdisplayoptionfromdb WordPress database error Table 'constantskeptic.wp_wpv_display_option' doesn't exist for query SELECT post_id, column_count, display_text, display_thumbnail, display_align, display_vertical_align, target_thumbnail_size, target_image_size, display_table_border_color, display_table_border_style, display_table_border_width, cell_background_color, cell_background_color_hover, border_color, border_color_hover, border_width, name_font_size, name_font_bold, name_font_color, name_font_underline, comment_font_color, comment_font_size, image_display_background_color, image_display_border_color, image_display_font_color, image_display_name_font_size, display_table_width, display_table_width_unit, display_table_margin_top, display_table_margin_right, display_table_margin_bottom, display_table_margin_left, display_table_location, display_status FROM wp_wpv_display_option WHERE post_id = 810 made by getdisplayoptionfromdb WordPress database error Table 'constantskeptic.wp_wpv_display_option' doesn't exist for query SELECT post_id, column_count, display_text, display_thumbnail, display_align, display_vertical_align, target_thumbnail_size, target_image_size, display_table_border_color, display_table_border_style, display_table_border_width, cell_background_color, cell_background_color_hover, border_color, border_color_hover, border_width, name_font_size, name_font_bold, name_font_color, name_font_underline, comment_font_color, comment_font_size, image_display_background_color, image_display_border_color, image_display_font_color, image_display_name_font_size, display_table_width, display_table_width_unit, display_table_margin_top, display_table_margin_right, display_table_margin_bottom, display_table_margin_left, display_table_location, display_status FROM wp_wpv_display_option WHERE post_id = 746 made by getdisplayoptionfromdb WordPress database error Table 'constantskeptic.wp_wpv_display_option' doesn't exist for query SELECT post_id, column_count, display_text, display_thumbnail, display_align, display_vertical_align, target_thumbnail_size, target_image_size, display_table_border_color, display_table_border_style, display_table_border_width, cell_background_color, cell_background_color_hover, border_color, border_color_hover, border_width, name_font_size, name_font_bold, name_font_color, name_font_underline, comment_font_color, comment_font_size, image_display_background_color, image_display_border_color, image_display_font_color, image_display_name_font_size, display_table_width, display_table_width_unit, display_table_margin_top, display_table_margin_right, display_table_margin_bottom, display_table_margin_left, display_table_location, display_status FROM wp_wpv_display_option WHERE post_id = 723 made by getdisplayoptionfromdb WordPress database error Table 'constantskeptic.wp_wpv_display_option' doesn't exist for query SELECT post_id, column_count, display_text, display_thumbnail, display_align, display_vertical_align, target_thumbnail_size, target_image_size, display_table_border_color, display_table_border_style, display_table_border_width, cell_background_color, cell_background_color_hover, border_color, border_color_hoshes, WFTV in Florida reports.

    Kerry Stiles, whose graphic website about her raw and peeling feet first broadcast the issue, says she has received over 140 complaints from similarly afflicted Walmart flipflop buyers. Two months after getting injured, Kerry’s feet are still “raw and tender.” Walmart says they’re going to test the sandals. So is Kerry, as she is thinking about a lawsuit.”

    (original article)

    Keen

    It sounds like to me that by shopping at Walmart, you are risking your life with lead filled chinese products, and now sandals that are so acidic they burn… I guess if you want cheap, this is the risk you are going to have to take. It comes with the territory, like when I go yard sale and garage sale hopping on the weekends, you never know whether the people selling their goods are serial killers or sadistic or evil minded freaks…. they could have cursed all of their household items so that whoever buys them dies a horrible death…

    Remember, an old Chinese proverb states - you get what you pay for.

    – Florida Car Insurance (http://www.carinsurancerates.com/states/259-florida-car-insurance.html)

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    30th May 2006

    Students protest in India over new amendment for ‘backward classes’ caste reservation system

    The Anti-reservation protests 2006, currently taking place all over India, are in opposition to the 93rd Constitutional Amendment passed in the Parliament of India, which allows the government to make special provisions for “advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens”, including their admission in aided or unaided private educational institutions.

    In the year 2005, based on the recommendations of an independent political panel[citation needed], the Union government of India (the multiparty coalition United Progressive Alliance led by the Congress Party, under the Prime Ministership of Dr. Manmohan Singh) proposed to reserve 27% of seats in the the All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and other central institutions of higher education, for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in order to help them gain higher levels of representation in these institutions. This move is considered to discriminate on the basis of caste and has led to massive anti-reservation protests throughout India.

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    6th May 2006

    Only In Pennsylvania - Mother rewards son with pot

    Woman, 30, Faces Corruption Of Minor Charge

    HANOVER, Pa. — A 13-year-old Pennsylvania boy said his mother required him to do his homework first thing when he got off the school bus — then smoked marijuana with him as a reward.According to court documents, she’d been doing it since the boy was 11.

    Police said they searched Amanda Livelsberger’s home in York County last weekend and seized marijuana, drug paraphernalia and $600 in cash that she said belonged to a drug dealer. The 30-year-old woman was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Friday on charges of marijuana possession, corruption of minors and other offenses.

    Police said Livelsberger told them she also smoked marijuana with two of her son’s friends, who are 17 and 18.Police said the 18-year-old told investigators he bought heroin from her.

    jeez…. these people should be put on an island somewhere….

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