Ban cooked vegetables!: “Cooking vegetables in certain ways can make them as acidic as tooth-eroding fizzy drinks, scientists say. Eggplants, green capsicums and zucchinis turn very acidic when roasted in the oven, while red capsicums become heavily acidic when stewed, a study at the University of Dundee in Scotland found. But the acidity level...
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FATHEADED STATISTICS Recent media coverage of levels of obesity among children in Britain continues to inflate the scale of the phenomenon by using statistical methods that are fundamentally flawed. Over the weekend, the Guardian, for example, claimed on the basis of data from the Health Survey for England (HSfE) that ’26.7 per cent of...
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German Hannibal the Cannibal to be Retried
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by Jim Kouri, CPP In a court case that shocked all Europe, killer and cannibal Armin Meiwes will be retried after being convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a mere eight years in prison after admitting he killed and ate a Berlin engineer he met on the internet. A German federal judge ruled the...
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On the April 26, 2006 edition of Politics & Religion, prophecy scholar Irving Baxter ” and Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily.com discussed the implications of the National ID Act. Interesting how, as barriers are being taken down to normalize illegals and allow any foreigner in that wants, that by 2008 actual Americans will be expected...
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THE HILDABEEST Taranto seems to have caught Hillary Clinton out. She said of her personal history: “So I wrote to NASA and said, ‘How do I sign up to be an astronaut?. And they wrote back very politely and said, ‘We don’t take girls.’. Taranto comments: But wait. Is that NASA story believable? First,...
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THE HILDABEEST Taranto seems to have caught Hillary Clinton out. She said of her personal history: “So I wrote to NASA and said, ‘How do I sign up to be an astronaut?. And they wrote back very politely and said, ‘We don’t take girls.’. Taranto comments: But wait. Is that NASA story believable? First,...
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Proving once again that the gay movement has little to do with with so-called ‘privacy’ rights, and much to do with gay advocacy, a Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would require California’s textbooks to include the contributions of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people to the state and nation’s history. Read: ‘Gay...
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If you’re a resident of New Orleans and you’re feeling a bit of anxiety and trepidation about the upcoming hurricane season — well, who could blame you? But honestly, you can relax now because Mayor Ray “chocolate city” Nagin and emergency officials have just outlined a broad plan to evacuate and secure the city...
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Mayor Nagin of New Orleans has had to face some real challenges these days. He’s had to face media and the public who questions his role in the Hurricane Katrina disaster. He’s had to answer for his quick comment on New Orleans being a “chocolate city.â€Â I believe Mayor Nagin has made some disastrous...
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In today’s America, women have entered the “man’s world†of journalism, business, science, and other professions in hearty numbers. Women are now the majority of those in law school.Modern female professionals often try to downplay their femininity by adopting a masculine or androgynous garb and manner. The “dress-for-success†suit of so many contemporary female...
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If you’re a resident of New Orleans and you’re feeling a bit of anxiety and trepidation about the upcoming hurricane season — well, who could blame you? But honestly, you can relax now because Mayor Ray “chocolate city” Nagin and emergency officials have just outlined a broad plan to evacuate and secure the city...
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While it really would have been more satisfying to me to see Moussaoui executed, that is really what he wanted, because he believed he would go to heaven as a martyr. So, in this situation, life in prison is actually the best sentence we could hope for. Zacarias Moussaoui claimed victory over America after...
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In the past, when writing about Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, I’ve used the word “compunction” in various ways. An online dictionary defines “compunction” this way: 1) A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt. 2) A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing. There are many reasons to believe...
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By Denise Noe Lawmakers in Mexico recently passed a bill that would permit people in that country to possess small amounts of some of the most common illegal drugs such as ecstasy, heroin, and cocaine, without criminal penalty. The bill will become law if President Vicente Fox signs it and it seems likely he...
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