An interesting study that links low BMIs with miscarriages.
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Being too thin causes risks of early miscarriage
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The AAP Speaks Out About Ads Targeting Children
The AAP (American Association of Pediatrics) released a statement indicating that there are so many advertisements bombarding our children that they fear for their health.
Not mentioned in the article; what does this say about our society and the evolution of consumerism and capitalism? . . . We are now raising a generation that has been bombarded with advertisements and conditioned to be such avid consumers. How will this affect the continuing degradation of our environment and our natural resources?
If we continue to condition people, from birth, that consuming is their prime directive, we will accelerate our current environmental, social, and economic problems. Moreover, we will be left with a populace that has been so highly conditioned to consume that they will be unable to change their behavior as they become adults and our next generation of leaders.
Can TV cause autism in young children?
An article sent to me by Yermo.
Who should really be apologizing for the fallout of Kerry’s gaff is Democrats
Unbelievable! Horrible! Worst thing that you could have done at this point in the campaign!
Kerry’s botched "joke" this past Monday? Nope. The fact that the Democrats cowered like spineless rats after the NeoCons went on the attack.They misssed their opportunity to take control of the final week in the campaign and remind everyone why they shouldn’t vote for the Republicans:
The completely botched war in Iraq
The Bush administration lying to the country about WMD
The Republican corruption in congress
The cover-up of a know pedophile in congress
The Republicans that have bankrupted our country
The torture of prisoners
The erosion of our civil rights and our constitution
. . . and I could go on and on . . .
If they had done it correctly, Kerry would be campaigning at every battle ground rally and using the aformentioned points to further erode any chance of Republican victory.
But, yet again, the Democrats run like scared children when the NeoCons go on the attack and they still haven’t learned the power of sticking together and staying on message.
PKU Heel-stick screening. What is it and why it’s important
Here’s a couple of links that explain PKU testing.
Possibly the Most Damaging Cover-Up in US History
It seems that vaccine industry, members of Congress, and the CDC may have colluded to cover-up what may end up being one of the nations great medical disasters: the thimerisol-autism link.
Bush’s Resolve Might Again Come Back to Bite Him
It seems that Bush’s resolve not only applies to policy but also to politicking.
This week Bush was out stumping for Republicans in Congress and is sticking to the playbook from the last two elections – national security, with a bit of tax cut talk.
I’m guessing that he hasn’t read the most recent NIE in which the 16 US intelligence agencies all agree that the war in Iraq has made the United States less safe.
Of course, he could just be hoping that if he says something enough times people will believe it regardless of it’s veracity like was done in ’04 regarding Iraq and it’s ties to Al Qaeda.
It could pay off for him, but it could also backfire horribly.
Hilarious Want Ad
$10,000
06′ Suzuki GSXR 1000
Farmington, UT 84025 – Aug 7, 2006
2006
Suzuki 1000. This bike is perfect! It has 1000 miles and has had its
500 mile dealer service. (Expensive) It’s been adult ridden, all
wheels have always been on the ground. I use it as a cruiser/commuter.
I’m selling it because it was purchased without proper consent of
a loving wife. Apparently "do whatever the f*** you want" doesn’t mean what I thought. Call me, Steve.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
— Helen Keller
The House approves legislation to shutdown horsemeat industry . . .
. . . and reveals blatant specism when it comes to animal rights.
One of the authors of the bill, Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., said, “What we are exposing today is a brutal, shadowy, predatory shameful practice that borders on the perverse. It reflects on our culture. It reflects on our priorities.”
Mr. Sweeney, I’m guessing that you’ve never toured a factory chicken, or hog farm, nor seen how they are slaughtered.
Oh, wait, I forgot that you probably don’t care much about the horses either, but about winning support from the horse racing folks in your district so that you can get re-elected this November.
The fact that Congress is wasting it’s time on this when we have so many other important issues to deal with, like a gay marriage amendment, and flag burning (I’m being really sarcastic) underscores the fact that you should be sent home this November and that we need some real leaders, not politicians, running the government.