Tag: banned
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#BingeAndPurge: Weight, Loss, Whooping Cough and more
HBO’s ‘Weight of the Nation’ Pounds Away at Obesity // TV Show ‘Girls’ Adds to the Muddle on HPV Testing // Obama Says Frackers Must Reveal Chemicals Used on Public Lands…but only after Drilling is Finished // How Sniffing Rosemary Could Boost Your Brain Power // Let Food Be Your Medicine and Medicine Be Your…
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#PopOcculture: Inspiring Message and Toxic Super-Freakouts
20 Signs of Complete Collapse of Common Sense In America // Twice This Month, Flight Officials Freaked Out on a Plane, Irrationally Rambling About 9/11, Crashing, Bombs, Al Qaida, and Telling Passengers to Say Their Prayers, “We’re Going to Crash” // Twilight Language: Flight 191s Bad Luck? / March 30th Cursed?
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Michigan to Destroy Ranch Livestock Based On Hair Color?
The state of Michigan is only days away from engaging in what can only be called true “animal genocide” — the mass murder of ranch animals based on the color of their hair. It’s all part of a shocking new “Invasive Species Order” (ISO) put in place by Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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Crackdown On Feeding the Homeless Goes Nationwide
from brasschecktv.com: All over the country, major cities are banning the feeding of homeless people. The excuses they use to ban the feeding of the poor range from assessing the nutritional content of donated food to beautifying downtown areas and neighborhoods. In New York, Mayor Bloomberg is worried about the sodium content. Really? No salt…
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Glow in the dark sushi made from genetically modified fish becomes the latest food craze to hit America
from dailymail.co.uk: Sushi that glows in the dark has become the latest must try food craze across America. Inspired by genetically modified fish first bred for scientific research, a video showing how to make the glowing sushi has become a huge hit online. The recipes use glofish, a brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent zebrafish…
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seattle school board may ease ban on junk food
seattle schools want back in the junk-food-dealing racket* from seattle times: The Seattle School Board is considering relaxing its ban on unhealthful food in high schools amid complaints from student governments that the policy has cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in vending-machine profits over the past seven years. The policy, approved in 2004…
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth straight month, united nations says may be ‘bottoming out’* 46 million on food stamps, up two-thirds* woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children* iowa…
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eu bans claim that water can prevent dehydration
from telegraph: Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration. EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact. Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail…
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attention surrounds foie gras as california ban looms
group says: widespread public support for ban on foie gras from aprl: As seen in today’s New York Times, the Animal Protection and Rescue League protested a foie gras dinner held last night to call attention to a statewide ban on force feeding and sale of products of force feeding the group helped pass, which…
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9/29 pop occulture: faith, guitars & church calendars
oregon jury convicts faith-healing hickmans of manslaughter* video: man steals guitar from green bay grave; diocese detective work gets it back to dearly departed* north platte, nebraska library defends freedom to read wicca, occult books–all books* video: men from mass. church bare it all in calendar*