19 Apr 2005

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...about the new pope, since I don't have an informed opinion about the doings of the Catholic Church.

But I really didn't like the bit reported in the wikipedia article about him, where he used the phrase "a dictatorship of relativism."
firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
...about the new pope, since I don't have an informed opinion about the doings of the Catholic Church.

But I really didn't like the bit reported in the wikipedia article about him, where he used the phrase "a dictatorship of relativism."
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Seen elsewhere on my flist, passing it on.

Obesity Danger May Have Been Overstated (AP, by Carla K. Johnson). Excerpt:
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I'm very surprised (pleasantly so) that they admitted it. Of course, "the CDC is not going to use the brand-new figure of 25,814 in its public awareness campaigns and is not going to scale back its fight against obesity." (Because, I believe, that would take money away from the diet industry, who are used to having it.) But it's something.
firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
Seen elsewhere on my flist, passing it on.

Obesity Danger May Have Been Overstated (AP, by Carla K. Johnson). Excerpt:
Read more... )
I'm very surprised (pleasantly so) that they admitted it. Of course, "the CDC is not going to use the brand-new figure of 25,814 in its public awareness campaigns and is not going to scale back its fight against obesity." (Because, I believe, that would take money away from the diet industry, who are used to having it.) But it's something.

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