Illinois rewarded for misspending only $52 million on food stamps « Watchdog.org:
"Dabrowksi said Illinois saw its food stamp population jump 11.5 percent last year."
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Killer salt and other ‘scientific’ disasters
Killer salt and other ‘scientific’ disasters - Daily Inter Lake: Frank:
"Does this mean we are going to be seeing a spate of malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors who have been putting their patients on low-salt diets with as little as half a teaspoon of sodium per day?
Um, probably not, but it ought to at least teach us that “accepted science” is unbelievably fluid.
What science tells us is incontrovertible fact today may well be an old wives’ tale by tomorrow."
"Does this mean we are going to be seeing a spate of malpractice lawsuits filed against doctors who have been putting their patients on low-salt diets with as little as half a teaspoon of sodium per day?
Um, probably not, but it ought to at least teach us that “accepted science” is unbelievably fluid.
What science tells us is incontrovertible fact today may well be an old wives’ tale by tomorrow."
Kite Patch makes you invisible to mosquitoes
Kite Patch makes you invisible to mosquitoes | Crave - CNET:
"From $35, backers can send 10 patches to Uganda and receive 10 for themselves.
The patch is designed to be durable, affordable everywhere, and can be put not only on clothing but bags, baby strollers, or whatever else you're using.
"From $35, backers can send 10 patches to Uganda and receive 10 for themselves.
The patch is designed to be durable, affordable everywhere, and can be put not only on clothing but bags, baby strollers, or whatever else you're using.
DC Democrats Sell Minority Students’ Education Short
DC Democrats Sell Minority Students’ Education Short | FrontPage Magazine:
"But the notion that the U.S. spends too little on public education is a blatant falsehood. American taxpayers already spend some $600 billion per year on public elementary and secondary schools, with average per-pupil expenditures nationwide currently at an all-time high of about $11,000—a nearly fourfold increase (in constant present-day dollars) since 1961.
But even this figure is dwarfed by the $29,400 per-pupil cost of a public elementary and high-school education in Washington, DC.
That astounding sum is nearly as much as the yearly cost of an undergraduate education at Harvard.
But as evidenced by the dismal academic performance of DC students, American taxpayers are getting essentially nothing of any value in return for their enormous outlays."
"But the notion that the U.S. spends too little on public education is a blatant falsehood. American taxpayers already spend some $600 billion per year on public elementary and secondary schools, with average per-pupil expenditures nationwide currently at an all-time high of about $11,000—a nearly fourfold increase (in constant present-day dollars) since 1961.
But even this figure is dwarfed by the $29,400 per-pupil cost of a public elementary and high-school education in Washington, DC.
That astounding sum is nearly as much as the yearly cost of an undergraduate education at Harvard.
But as evidenced by the dismal academic performance of DC students, American taxpayers are getting essentially nothing of any value in return for their enormous outlays."
Lying as a Way of Life
Belmont Club » Lying as a Way of Life:
"Take for example, Chicago’s new crime-fighting strategy. “Chicago police are going to hand deliver letters to people suspected of committing or being victims of gun crimes in an effort to stem violence in the city, according to a new report. ”
This is a triumph of PR over policy, fiction over reality and madness over sanity. Yet all the same everyone will sign up to the letter scheme like it might actually work even though they know it hasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell. "
"Take for example, Chicago’s new crime-fighting strategy. “Chicago police are going to hand deliver letters to people suspected of committing or being victims of gun crimes in an effort to stem violence in the city, according to a new report. ”
This is a triumph of PR over policy, fiction over reality and madness over sanity. Yet all the same everyone will sign up to the letter scheme like it might actually work even though they know it hasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell. "
Mayor McGinn goes all out on Whole Foods over worker pay
Mayor McGinn goes all out on Whole Foods over worker pay | Local News | The Seattle Times:
"But the reason McGinn gave for coming out against the mixed-use development was unprecedented. It was that the anchor tenant for the complex, Whole Foods, doesn’t pay its workers enough.
“I’m setting a new standard here, that we are going to look at the wages they pay, and benefits, when a company wants to develop with land that involves public property,” McGinn told me in an interview.
“This is the first time anyone has used this justification when making these kinds of decisions,” he added.
McGinn contended in a letter that the nonunion Whole Foods pays “significantly lower” wages and benefits than other grocery stores, including some already in West Seattle. So the idea of allowing Whole Foods to go in there violates the city’s social and economic justice goals."
"But the reason McGinn gave for coming out against the mixed-use development was unprecedented. It was that the anchor tenant for the complex, Whole Foods, doesn’t pay its workers enough.
“I’m setting a new standard here, that we are going to look at the wages they pay, and benefits, when a company wants to develop with land that involves public property,” McGinn told me in an interview.
“This is the first time anyone has used this justification when making these kinds of decisions,” he added.
McGinn contended in a letter that the nonunion Whole Foods pays “significantly lower” wages and benefits than other grocery stores, including some already in West Seattle. So the idea of allowing Whole Foods to go in there violates the city’s social and economic justice goals."
Florida Gators LB Antonio Morrison arrested for barking at police dog
Florida Gators LB Antonio Morrison arrested for barking at police dog - ESPN: "GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida Gators linebacker Antonio Morrison has been arrested for the second time in five weeks, this time for allegedly barking at a police dog and resisting arrest, and will miss at least the first two games of the season after being suspended from the team Sunday.
Morrison's defense was the dog barked first, according to a police report."
Morrison's defense was the dog barked first, according to a police report."
Saturday, July 20, 2013
The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements
The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements - Paul Offit - The Atlantic:
"On October 10, 2011, researchers from the University of Minnesota found that women who took supplemental multivitamins died at rates higher than those who didn't.
Two days later, researchers from the Cleveland Clinic found that men who took vitamin E had an increased risk of prostate cancer. "It's been a tough week for vitamins," said Carrie Gann of ABC News.
These findings weren't new.
Seven previous studies had already shown that vitamins increased the risk of cancer and heart disease and shortened lives.
Still, in 2012, more than half of all Americans took some form of vitamin supplements.
What few people realize, however, is that their fascination with vitamins can be traced back to one man.
A man who was so spectacularly right that he won two Nobel Prizes and so spectacularly wrong that he was arguably the world's greatest quack."
"On October 10, 2011, researchers from the University of Minnesota found that women who took supplemental multivitamins died at rates higher than those who didn't.
Two days later, researchers from the Cleveland Clinic found that men who took vitamin E had an increased risk of prostate cancer. "It's been a tough week for vitamins," said Carrie Gann of ABC News.
These findings weren't new.
Seven previous studies had already shown that vitamins increased the risk of cancer and heart disease and shortened lives.
Still, in 2012, more than half of all Americans took some form of vitamin supplements.
What few people realize, however, is that their fascination with vitamins can be traced back to one man.
A man who was so spectacularly right that he won two Nobel Prizes and so spectacularly wrong that he was arguably the world's greatest quack."
McCain: I Don't Know How Many Passports We Let You Forge
McCain: I Don't Know How Many Passports We Let You Forge | CNS News:
"CNSNews.com followed-up, “Can you tell me why that would be part of the bill in the first place?”
McCain answered, “ I cannot tell you that it is part of the bill.""
"CNSNews.com followed-up, “Can you tell me why that would be part of the bill in the first place?”
McCain answered, “ I cannot tell you that it is part of the bill.""
Ouch! ‘Senate global warming hearing backfires on Democrats’
Ouch! ‘Senate global warming hearing backfires on Democrats’ — Boxer’s Own Experts Contradict Obama! — ‘Skeptics & Roger Pielke Jr. totally dismantled warmism (scientifically, economically, rhetorically) — Climate Depot Round Up | Climate Depot:
"‘Sen. Boxer’s Own Experts Contradict Obama on Climate Change’ -- Warmists Asked:
'Can any witnesses say they agree with Obama’s statement that warming has accelerated during the past 10 years?'
For several seconds, nobody said a word.
Sitting just a few rows behind the expert witnesses, I thought I might have heard a few crickets chirping'"
"‘Sen. Boxer’s Own Experts Contradict Obama on Climate Change’ -- Warmists Asked:
'Can any witnesses say they agree with Obama’s statement that warming has accelerated during the past 10 years?'
For several seconds, nobody said a word.
Sitting just a few rows behind the expert witnesses, I thought I might have heard a few crickets chirping'"
Detroit Gap Reveals Industry Dispute on Pension Math
Detroit Gap Reveals Industry Dispute on Pension Math - NYTimes.com:
"The greater the average annual investment returns, the less the city will presumably have to contribute.
Pension plan trustees set the rate of return, usually between 7 percent and 8 percent."
"The greater the average annual investment returns, the less the city will presumably have to contribute.
Pension plan trustees set the rate of return, usually between 7 percent and 8 percent."
Friday, July 19, 2013
Ingham County judge rules Detroit bankruptcy be withdrawn; Schuette appeals
Ingham County judge rules Detroit bankruptcy be withdrawn; Schuette appeals | The Detroit News
Prior to her ruling on Friday, the judge criticized the Snyder administration and Attorney General’s Office over its hasty move to outflank pension board attorneys.
“It’s cheating, sir, and it’s cheating good people who work,” the judge told assistant Attorney General Brian Devlin.
“It’s also not honoring the (United States) president, who took (Detroit’s auto companies) out of bankruptcy.”
Aquilina said she would make sure President Obama got a copy of her order.
“I know he’s watching this,” she said, predicting the president ultimately will have to do something to make sure existing city workers’ pension agreements are honored.
Detroit's bankruptcy battle likely to be long and painful
Detroit's bankruptcy battle likely to be long and painful:
"People have already fled Detroit in droves.
Forty percent of its streetlamps don't work.
Don't get sick there; you'll wait a long time for an ambulance.
There's even talk about stripping the art from the walls of the city's museums to help pay off more than $18.5 billion in city debt."
It's got the best hospitals in the world for gun shot treatment!
"People have already fled Detroit in droves.
Forty percent of its streetlamps don't work.
Don't get sick there; you'll wait a long time for an ambulance.
There's even talk about stripping the art from the walls of the city's museums to help pay off more than $18.5 billion in city debt."
It's got the best hospitals in the world for gun shot treatment!
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