Salt, We Misjudged You

I had only vaguely heard of Gary Taubes and his books “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” and “Why We Get Fat,” but then I found this series, all of which are worth watching if you have the time. One night at work, I just put on my headphones and started playing each of the six videos. Very illuminating.

What If It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie? (Part 1 of 6)

Just as Cindy Munford mentioned upthread, the first crack in the wall was the Global Warming scam being exposed. It’s only a matter of time before a lot of other walls start coming down regarding the likely collusion and many decades worth of misinformation between the scientific/medical/drug/diet industries and the government.

PJ Emeritus on June 3, 2012 at 12:52 PM

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Wow . . . . I don’t know how sales taxes work in NY City , so you may well be onto something here.

That is an interesting take, and considering the person responsible for the decision, it’s not all that far-fetched.

Think about that. This is probably the REAL purpose for this insanity.

McLovin’! McDonald’s to Nanny Bloomberg: ‘We trust our customers’ | Twitchy
“McDonald’s took to Twitter to respond to Mayor Mike “Nanny” Bloomberg’s outrageous plan to ban sugary drinks.”

http://twitchy.com/2012/06/01/mclovin-mcdonalds-to-nanny-bloomberg-we-trust-our-customers/

So many tweets about this, LOL

PatriotGal2257 on June 3, 2012 at 10:57 AM

And they wonder why we don’t take everything they say as the gospel.

Cindy Munford on June 3, 2012 at 1:10 AM

Just came back to the thread from last night, and Cindy, you are absolutely right about the fallout from the Global Warming implosion causing ordinary people to be forever skeptical of whatever comes out of the scientists’ mouths.

We’ll have won an important victory over Libertarianism Gone Wild, a far bigger threat to society than even Sunkist Orange

Ah yes, that’s their real fear: that people will be able to make their own choices about how to live their lives, and will be responsible for the consequences of those choices. Oh, the horror! There is nothing more frightening to a liberal than liberty.

unseen on June 3, 2012 at 9:04 AM

I don’t know if I would go that far. He is certainly closer to the Rockefeller wing than the Reagan wing.

FloatingRock on June 3, 2012 at 2:58 AM

Awwwww

Mitt is more a bloomberg republican than a Reagan republican

unseen on June 3, 2012 at 9:04 AM

Really is that what you think? Never would have guessed.

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Broken effing record.

Flora Duh on June 3, 2012 at 8:41 AM

I did see it, and you are surely welcome. Sometimes I don’t know when to stop responding before the chit chat police start whining. I guess that would actually be a reason to drone on and on and on, annoying people can be fun.

Cindy Munford on June 3, 2012 at 8:37 AM

Yep. lol

I don’t know if you saw it, but I left you a thank you for the birthday greeting yesterday morning in Friday’s QOTD thread.

Try banning our Sweet Tea and the South Will Rise Again. And it won’t be purty.

Flora Duh on June 3, 2012 at 8:32 AM

To true, I might have to go stock in some more ammunition.

Bmore on June 3, 2012 at 8:02 AM

I know about Tangier Island.

Whats next..required gym memberships, eliminating bologna sandwiches, pizza (hello NY) corn beef, salami, Southern sweet tea,fried foods? How about the Starbucks on every corner? They have some pretty high calorie coffee drinks.

Stop the insanity!

bazil9 on June 2, 2012 at 11:14 PM

Try banning our Sweet Tea and the South Will Rise Again. And it won’t be purty.

Bmore on June 3, 2012 at 7:49 AM

I love the name of the town, you just know it is picturesque.

Bloomberg will go down in history as the first man in favor of smaller cup sizes.

I only drink maybe 6 sodas per year (Sprite), but when I get a cold drink from a convenience store or restaurant I always put more ice in my drink than beverage, so even if I purchase a 32 oz. drink I’m probably only getting around 16 ounces of beverage.

So Mr. Mayor, as a wise man once said, “…the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; its that they know so much that isn’t so.”