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Obesity Is Now A “Disease”
No surprise that diseases are political. What are we marching "against" this week? Never mind. What you might not have known is that how the word is applied is decided…
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Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat?
The title was taken from the CNS News story of the same name, which made ripples in the news yesterday (Drudge linked to it). The National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
Six Rules For Wearing Suits For Beginners
I was looking through the Fedora Lounge and somebody asked whether Details's "The Complete Guide to Suits: 57 Rules of Style" were of any use. I thought not. There were…
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Were Medications Responsible For The Connecticut Lanza Murders?
Some are speculating that the evil, and thank God dead, Adam Lanza was on SSRIs, which are medications designed to mess with your mind (in the pleasantest of ways), and…
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Firearm Homicides Dropping.: There Is No Need For New Gun Restrictions.
I rarely ask this, but please link, forward, email, and favorite this post as widely as possible. See below for copying permission. This post originally ran 16 January 2013 with…
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July 4th: It’s Summer And It’s Hot
[To be sung to the obvious tune] I have a sad story to tell you It might upset you a bit Last night I walked on the sidewalk And it…
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More Proof Music Is Growing Worse
New proof (which wasn't really need) that popular music is, as has long been claimed, been growing worse has arrived thanks to the diligent work of Joan Serrà and his…
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NASA Faked Moon Landing—Academic Psychologists Swoon, Tie It To Climate Change
One day a terrific psychological study is going to be written on the madness and mass lunacy which arose after climate change swam into the public's ken. I don't mean…
