April 24, 2005

More Crushing Of Dissent...

The BBC has become embroiled in yet another scandal.

The BBC was last night plunged into a damaging general election row after it admitted equipping three hecklers with microphones and sending them into a campaign meeting addressed by Michael Howard, the Conservative leader.

When will these people learn?

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April 20, 2005

My New Hero

Hanoi Jane gets a face full of tobacco juice!

At about 9 p.m., police said, a man who had been waiting in line for about 90 minutes, passed a book to Fonda and then spit a large amount of tobacco juice into her face.

I suppose this is small of me. Oh well!

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April 19, 2005

Once Again, The CDC Look Like Fools

This time it's obesity. Suddenly, the number of deaths attributable to obesity have dropped from 365,000 to 25,800.

The new analysis found that obesity — being extremely overweight — is indisputably lethal. But like several recent smaller studies, it found that people who are modestly overweight actually have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight.

But after a screw up this bad, how can you trust either number? My point exactly.

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