April 19th, 2005
Harlan Ellison would think I should keep my mouth shut...
...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."
But I really didn't like the bit reported in the wikipedia article about him, where he used the phrase "a dictatorship of relativism."
Today's bit of good news
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.
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.
