Archive for February, 2013

Pandora’s Lunchbox: An Inside Look at Processed Foods

By Andy Bellatti | Organic Connections Youve heard of pink slime. You know trans fats are cardiovascular atrocities. Youre well aware that store-bought orange juice is essentially a scam. But, no matter how great of a processed-food sleuth you are, chances are youve never set food inside a processing plant to see how many of […]

Your brain on omega 3

     One of the major differences between our post-industrial diets and the evolutionary and traditional foods of our past is in the kinds of fat we eat. One huge change has to do with the polyunsaturated fatty acids (or PUFAs), which come in several varieties, but most commonly omega 6 and omega 3. PUFAs are […]

BEST OF THE WEB: The REAL source of cavities and gum disease

     Prehistoric Man Had Much Healthier Teeth and Gums than Modern Humans Our modern stereotype is that – until recently – people were plagued with rotting teeth, cavities and gum disease. But the truth is that prehistoric people had much better oral health than we do today. As NPR reports: Prehistoric humans didn’t have toothbrushes. […]

Seeking meaning in the earliest female nudes

     London – About 35,000 years ago, prehistoric artists across Europe suddenly discovered the female form – and the art world has never been the same. The explosion of voluptuous female figurines sculpted out of limestone, ivory, and clay directly inspired Picasso and Matisse. Researchers have debated the figurines’ meaning for decades. Now, two scientists […]

What was that mystery boom over Charleston? Even dispatchers aren’t sure

Kanawha emergency dispatchers were fielding dozens of Tuesday after a loud boom rocked several homes in Charleston and eastern Kanawha County. Dispatchers began receiving calls a little before 5:30 p.m. from concerned residents wondering about the sound. People in the Ariel Heights and Falling Run Road areas, both near Oakridge Drive, told dispatchers they heard […]

Where does our sense of time come from?

     In 1905, Albert Einstein published his theory of Special Relativity – showing that wristwatches of two observers in motion relative to one another will measure time differently. Since then, our human concept of time has gotten slippery. It’s no longer possible to think of time as ticking along at a constant rate since the […]

Cardinal George Targets School Closings, Staff Cuts To Save Archdiocese Budget

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Celebrating a Pope-Free World, A Great Day in History: The Pope is Gone!

Our Citizen Jurors will speak to the World This Saturday – Their Common Law Court evidence is broadcast to millions on American Television – and Plans to Arrest the Guilty Move ForwardLatest News, Reflections and an Important Leaflet from The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State and Kevin Annett In this Update: 1. Fifteen countries are […]

WashPost’s Farhi Laments Newspapers Caving in to Pressure, Backing Away from Publishing Gun Owner Lists

In a 19-paragraph story today, Washington Post staff writer Paul Farhi took a look at how various newspapers around the country are backing away from their initial requests for public records of gun owners. “For the third time in as many months, a newspaper has faced an angry backlash, including threats of violence, after it […]

NBC Allows 16 Seconds to White House Battle With Bob Woodward, Avoids Using the Word ‘Threat’

The Today show on Thursday allowed a scant 16 seconds, out of a possible four hours, to the claim by veteran journalist Bob Woodward that the Obama White House is trying to intimidate him and attack his coverage of the sequester cuts. The NBC program also avoided using the word “threat.” ABC’s Good Morning America […]

Andrew Sullivan Smears Pope Again

Former Time and Newsweek blogger Andrew Sullivan accuses the pope of being a homosexual. His evidence? The pope’s “handsome male companion [Archbishop Georg Ganswein] will continue to live with him, while working for the other Pope during the day.” Sullivan asks, “Are we supposed to think that’s, well, a normal arrangement?”   Speaking about what […]

Bashing Benedict: Networks Make Pope Butt of Jokes, Center of Scandal

Sadly for the gang at ABC, the church is nothing like a Dan Brown novel. On the bright side, they’ve been able to console themselves with the institution’s real problems – an opportunity the networks rarely failed to grasp. In the three broadcast networks’ 112 reports since Benedict resigned, there have been 122 mentions of […]

Longtime Dem Lanny Davis Also Reports White House Threat

I assume no one expected that Bob Woodward would be found to be the first and only ordinarily Democrat-friendly recipient of threats from White House officials over what he has written and said. Another such person has come forward in the name of Lanny Davis, who among other things was a completely insufferable defender of […]

Amid Growth of Evangelical Christian Movements, Support for Israel Follows

John Hagee. Photo: Paul Wharton. Amid the growth of Evangelical Christian movements worldwide, the clout of pro-Israel Christian groups is increasing, including some from non-traditional places. Today, Evangelical and Pentecostal Christian groups combine to number near 869 million globally, according to the Pew Research Center. This growth has been especially exceptional in the developing world […]

Nasrallah Denies Reports of Poor Health

Hassan Nasrallah. Photo: Wiki Commons Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah appeared on Lebanese television Wednesday to deny reports on his failing health and the successful attack on his deputy by Syrian rebels. “The rumors that have been spread and their effect on the region prompted me to quickly arrange an appearance before you to talk about […]

Simon Wiesenthal Center Criticizes Ban Ki-Moon’s Silence as Erdogan Calls Zionism a “Crime Against Humanity”

Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations. Photo: wiki commons. An official with the Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s silence at a UN conclave in Vienna as Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan charged that Zionism is “a crime against humanity,”equating it to racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Speaking Wednesday, Erdogan […]

Israel Making Efforts to Save Missile Defense Funding Ahead of Sequester

Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system in use against Palestinian rockets. Photo: IDF. Israel is making a last-ditch effort to save part of the military aid it receives from the US ahead of the latter government’s sequester, which comes into effect tomorrow. According to Globes, Israeli officials realize that the country will take a huge […]

PA TV Honors Terrorists Responsible for Massacre of Israeli Children

Poster honoring terrorists from Beit Shean attack in which 4 were killed: Text: “Glory to the heroes of Beit Shean, the pride of the Palestinian revolution.” Photo: PMW For the second year in a row official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a tribute to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) that included a […]

German unemployment steady at 7.4 percent

Associated Press – The Federal Labor Agency says Germany’s unemployment rate held steady at 7.4 percent in February and that the job market remains “robust.” The agency says Thursday that 18,000 more people were without a job in February over the previous month – largely due to winter seasonal factors. A total of 3.156 […]

South African police face inquiry over death of man ‘dragged behind van’

Guardian – South Africa’s police watchdog has launched a murder investigation after video footage emerged appearing to show a man being tied to the back of a police van and dragged along the road while bystanders looked on. Mido Macia, a 27-year-old taxi driver from neighbouring Mozambique, was found dead in a police cell […]

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