Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Cholesterol is bunk
Have we been conned about cholesterol? by MALCOLM KENDRICK http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_articl e_id=430682&in_page_id=1774&in_page_id=1774&expand=true A leading researcher at Harvard Medical School has found that women don’t benefit from taking statins at all, nor do men over 69 who haven’t already had a heart attack.
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The world is under-nourished
Just to emphasise the point that much of the world is undernourished, I ranacross this article. http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=172&a=5326 There are lots of factors, but capitalism, unsustainable agriculture, droughts,energy shortages and ethanol production are all contributors. Global warmingis probably not an important factor so far. This is one of the reasons I worry less about climate change […]
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Obesity: science vs common knowledge
While we’re on the subject of obesity and science vs common knowledge, here are a couple of studies that go against the grain. http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=100704F
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Scientology is a cult
Scientology is a dangerous cult which aims to maximise power and wealth for itsinner circle, with no concern for who it hurts on the way. Stay well clear —it bites and the bite can be fatal. Now THAT’s what you need to know about Scientology. If you want the dirty details, start here. http://www.xenu.net/
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
In support of the ABC
In Australia we are truly lucky to have a strong, independent radio and TV service provided by the ABC. There is a very good reason not to watch news or current affairs on commercial TV — it’s heavily filtered. Not censored exactly, but filtered. Chomsky has written at length about this.
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Duty calls
One of the great web comics of all time. http://xkcd.com/386/ But aren’t they all?
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Hopefuls sign of moving away from coal
Nice article here about the USA quietly moving away from coal: http://www.celsias.com/2008/02/16/us-moving-toward-ban-on-new-coal-fired-power-plants/