News and Current Events - 2011

[morrobay]

**I kinda got used to it, and like it**

[doodler]

We got a nutter one!

[kathy]

^^ Was it hard not to hit that key twice at the end of your post up there?   

Well, I have to admit it was.

kathy     

[kathy]

**I kinda got used to it, and like it**

                     

[brokebacktom]

**Ditto, ditto, ditto!**

kathy                 

Dotto, ditto. 

remember who post this story first. Love your **.

[Cally]

Welcome to the new Kathy! 

I prefer unstarred, but we could have a new thread to discuss it LOL.  ( TOTW?)

[janjo]

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16140710

The murder of this poor young man on Boxing Day is absolutely terrible. I can't help but keep thinking of his poor family.

He died for what? Racial prejudice?

It is heartbreaking.

[oilgun]

A funny video from Iowa that was made in response to the National coverage that state has been getting. Well worth it!

IOWA NICE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkE_jEHfvA

[oilgun]

Harvard Declares Dairy NOT Part of Healthy Diet

The Harvard School of Public Health sent a strong message to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and nutrition experts everywhere with the recent release of its “Healthy Eating Plate” food guide.  The university was responding to the USDA’s new MyPlate guide for healthy eating, which replaced the outdated and misguided food pyramid.

Harvard’s nutrition experts did not pull punches, declaring that the university’s food guide was based on sound nutrition research and more importantly, not influenced by food industry lobbyists.  The greatest evidence of its research focus is the absence of dairy products from the “Healthy Eating Plate” based on Harvard’s assessment that “…high intake can increase the risk of prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer.”  The Harvard experts also referred to the high levels of saturated fat in most dairy products and suggested that collards, bok choy, fortified soy milk, and baked beans are safer choices than dairy for obtaining calcium, as are high quality supplements.

Kudos to Harvard for promoting greater consumption of vegetables and fruits, as well as healthier protein options such as fish, beans or nuts.  And kudos to Harvard for ignoring the lobbyists and showing the USDA what healthy eating is all about.



Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/harvard-declares-dairy-not-part-of-healthy-diet.html#ixzz1iJOTQH8V

It's about time.

[AZ.bbm]

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16140710

The murder of this poor young man on Boxing Day is absolutely terrible. I can't help but keep thinking of his poor family.

He died for what? Racial prejudice?

It is heartbreaking.

According to The Mail, the shooter had just tried to put the moves on a couple of the victim's female friends and had been rebuffed by them...
 
The Mail says that young Mr. Bidve was just "in the wrong place at the wrong time'...?! 

[AZ.bbm]

Welcome to the new Kathy! 

I prefer unstarred, but we could have a new thread to discuss it LOL.  ( TOTW?)

Must be a 'slow newsday'.... 

[AZ.bbm]

Happy New Year?

R.I.P. Bill of Rights 1789 - 2011
One of the most extraordinary documents in human history -- the Bill of Rights -- has come to an end under President Barack Obama. Derived from sacred principles of natural law, the Bill of Rights has come to a sudden and catastrophic end with the President's signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a law that grants the U.S. military the "legal" right to conduct secret kidnappings of U.S. citizens, followed by indefinite detention, interrogation, torture and even murder. This is all conducted completely outside the protection of law, with no jury, no trial, no legal representation and not even any requirement that the government produce evidence against the accused. It is a system of outright government tyranny against the American people, and it effectively nullifies the Bill of Rights.
[...]

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034537_NDAA_Bill_of_Rights_Obama.html#ixzz1iEYdwwVe

Yesterday was a sad day indeed. (It's beginning to smell a lot like Germany in the thirties)
I wonder if Obama had a good night's sleep after signing that horrific document. 

Obama is most certainly sleeping well. as did Mr. Bush, resting comfortably in the knowledge that by destroying our freedoms he satisfies his campaign financiers, the foreign power that hated the Third Reich so much they've turned into them.

As the election draws near look for Obama to spend even more time on his knees in front of the Lobby.

Just saying, is all.

[doodler]

Harvard Declares Dairy NOT Part of Healthy Diet

The Harvard School of Public Health sent a strong message to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and nutrition experts everywhere with the recent release of its “Healthy Eating Plate” food guide.  The university was responding to the USDA’s new MyPlate guide for healthy eating, which replaced the outdated and misguided food pyramid.

Harvard’s nutrition experts did not pull punches, declaring that the university’s food guide was based on sound nutrition research and more importantly, not influenced by food industry lobbyists.  The greatest evidence of its research focus is the absence of dairy products from the “Healthy Eating Plate” based on Harvard’s assessment that “…high intake can increase the risk of prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer.”  The Harvard experts also referred to the high levels of saturated fat in most dairy products and suggested that collards, bok choy, fortified soy milk, and baked beans are safer choices than dairy for obtaining calcium, as are high quality supplements.

Kudos to Harvard for promoting greater consumption of vegetables and fruits, as well as healthier protein options such as fish, beans or nuts.  And kudos to Harvard for ignoring the lobbyists and showing the USDA what healthy eating is all about.



Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/harvard-declares-dairy-not-part-of-healthy-diet.html#ixzz1iJOTQH8V

It's about time.

Man is the only animal that uses the milk of other animals.

[Ellen (tellyouwhat)]

Must be a 'slow newsday'.... 

oh no, the status of the asterisks is WAY more interesting than the Kardashians.

And we feel so powerless in the face of Obama's new powers, but at least we can make our own small resolutions to improve.

I support you, Kathy!

[Ellen (tellyouwhat)]

Man is the only animal that uses the milk of other animals.

Yes that's an interesting point, we are also the only ones who farm.  But then again, we're the only ones who can.

Not that I'm in favor of the dairy industry's scam via commercialism, but we should all remember that milk is the basis of cheese, a food that probably got Europeans* through a lot of winters.

Flexibility of diet is what makes us omnivores so successful.


*my ancestors!