May 01, 2004
Dr Geof Rayner, the former chairman of the UK Public Health
Association (UKPHA), said that a national ban on television commercials
that promote junk food, such as burgers and fizzy drinks, would be
ineffective because of widespread and growing access to satellite TV.
His comments came after the Commons health select committee today
recommended a voluntary ban on TV commercials promoting unhealthy food
in a damning report on Britain's obesity epidemic.
He said: "In order to impose any limit on the amount of junk food
advertisements for children we must tackle it at the European level. In
Sweden they have a ban on marketing to children but a lot comes in
through satellite TV, so the food industry can usurp the national ban."
Dr Rayner, who sits on the UKPHA council, also called on the government
to address European Union (EU) subsidies for unhealthy foods. He said
that 48% of the European commission's budget went on subsidies to the
food industry, but this funding took no account of how healthy the food
produced was. "The EU shouldn't be subsidising fats and sugars.
Subsidies need to go towards those parts of the industry which are
producing healthy foods. The UK government could take the lead there
and conduct a health impact assessment on the European common
agricultural policy."
Fudge does not equal cigarettes.
{Mmmmm. Fuuuudddge}
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Dr Geof Rayner, the former chairman of the UK Public Health
Association (UKPHA), said that a national ban on television commercials
that promote junk food, such as burgers and fizzy drinks, would be
ineffective because of widespread and growing access to satellite TV.
His comments came after the Commons health select committee today
recommended a voluntary ban on TV commercials promoting unhealthy food
in a damning report on Britain's obesity epidemic.
He said: "In order to impose any limit on the amount of junk food
advertisements for children we must tackle it at the European level. In
Sweden they have a ban on marketing to children but a lot comes in
through satellite TV, so the food industry can usurp the national ban."
Dr Rayner, who sits on the UKPHA council, also called on the government
to address European Union (EU) subsidies for unhealthy foods. He said
that 48% of the European commission's budget went on subsidies to the
food industry, but this funding took no account of how healthy the food
produced was. "The EU shouldn't be subsidising fats and sugars.
Subsidies need to go towards those parts of the industry which are
producing healthy foods. The UK government could take the lead there
and conduct a health impact assessment on the European common
agricultural policy."
Fudge does not equal cigarettes.
{Mmmmm. Fuuuudddge}
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on in Hong Kong.
But nowhere in your litany of suggested improvements for prostitutes do
you mention that perhaps---ahem--- PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SELL THEIR
BODIES TO PAY THE GODDAMN RENT! Grrrrrr.
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on in Hong Kong.
But nowhere in your litany of suggested improvements for prostitutes do
you mention that perhaps---ahem--- PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SELL THEIR
BODIES TO PAY THE GODDAMN RENT! Grrrrrr.
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term "residual self image," doesn't it?
(hat tip: Jeff)
somewhere Carrie Ann Moss is laughing hysterically and
is saying, "Now you can slap on the patent leather catsuit, bitch, and
be the one to contract a yeast infection! Asshole!"
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term "residual self image," doesn't it?
(hat tip: Jeff)
somewhere Carrie Ann Moss is laughing hysterically and
is saying, "Now you can slap on the patent leather catsuit, bitch, and
be the one to contract a yeast infection! Asshole!"
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As in I dusted the Cake Eater Apartment earlier and when I was done, my dustrag was green.
*^%#@$% oak trees.
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As in I dusted the Cake Eater Apartment earlier and when I was done, my dustrag was green.
*^%#@$% oak trees.
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Sincerely,
Kathleen Nelson
Cake Eater Chronicles.
P.S. Wow? Great? Great? Wow?
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Sincerely,
Kathleen Nelson
Cake Eater Chronicles.
P.S. Wow? Great? Great? Wow?
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1. Bumper sticker spotted on a Hunter Green Chrysler Town and Country
(with all the trimmings)at 50th and Xerxes.
I'm Doing My Part to Piss Off Right Wing Radicals!Congratulations,
asshole. But, far be it from me to point out the fact you didn't
achieve that goal by the righteousness of your political viewpoint. You
did that by not turning on your turn signal and subsequently blocking
traffic because you were too busy pontificating with your hands while
you sat in the middle of the intersection.
Moron.
2. I live across a busy street from a Lutheran Church. They're big on
"community involvement," and since their church has a nice flow-through
driveway, they loan the front driveway out to whatever youth group from
the nearby high school that needs a spot to hold a car wash. They do
this on a regular basis during the warmer months. It's never a good
sign when there are kids over there on a Friday afternoon. This means
that Friday after school was the only slot available on the schedule.
Come tomorrow, there will be at least three different student clubs
holding car washes all damn day long.
We've lived here for five years. The pattern has become obvious. Three
things that make this an annoying addition to spring.
1. The kids scream their lungs out at cars that are flying by at 40
mph. There is no way in hell the cars can stop. If they would just go
two blocks down and did their thing at the stoplight, they'd get more
cars than they could handle. Apparently, though, they don't teach logic
at Minneapolis Public High Schools. 2. The cars that fly by at 40 mph
always honk when they see the nubile bikini-clad teenage girls standing
on the street, trying to lure customers like a hooker lures a john. And
they honk frequently and loudly.
3. The church apparently has NO issues with the fact that there are
nubile bikini-clad teenage girls out on the corner trying to lure
easily led men into their parking lot. Yeah, that's Christianity for
you. As long as it's all for a good cause. I need a glass of wine.
BADLY.
UPDATE Just walked to the drugstore and back. The student
organization du jour is the Track and Field team. No girls in bikinis
this time round: however, there are plenty of VERY skinny, very
shirtless teenage boys lining the street, their car wash signs placed
strategically to make it seem as if they're naked. It's a pedophile's
wet dream.
Don't they have @#@!#$! bake sales anymore?
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1. Bumper sticker spotted on a Hunter Green Chrysler Town and Country
(with all the trimmings)at 50th and Xerxes.
I'm Doing My Part to Piss Off Right Wing Radicals!Congratulations,
asshole. But, far be it from me to point out the fact you didn't
achieve that goal by the righteousness of your political viewpoint. You
did that by not turning on your turn signal and subsequently blocking
traffic because you were too busy pontificating with your hands while
you sat in the middle of the intersection.
Moron.
2. I live across a busy street from a Lutheran Church. They're big on
"community involvement," and since their church has a nice flow-through
driveway, they loan the front driveway out to whatever youth group from
the nearby high school that needs a spot to hold a car wash. They do
this on a regular basis during the warmer months. It's never a good
sign when there are kids over there on a Friday afternoon. This means
that Friday after school was the only slot available on the schedule.
Come tomorrow, there will be at least three different student clubs
holding car washes all damn day long.
We've lived here for five years. The pattern has become obvious. Three
things that make this an annoying addition to spring.
1. The kids scream their lungs out at cars that are flying by at 40
mph. There is no way in hell the cars can stop. If they would just go
two blocks down and did their thing at the stoplight, they'd get more
cars than they could handle. Apparently, though, they don't teach logic
at Minneapolis Public High Schools. 2. The cars that fly by at 40 mph
always honk when they see the nubile bikini-clad teenage girls standing
on the street, trying to lure customers like a hooker lures a john. And
they honk frequently and loudly.
3. The church apparently has NO issues with the fact that there are
nubile bikini-clad teenage girls out on the corner trying to lure
easily led men into their parking lot. Yeah, that's Christianity for
you. As long as it's all for a good cause. I need a glass of wine.
BADLY.
UPDATE Just walked to the drugstore and back. The student
organization du jour is the Track and Field team. No girls in bikinis
this time round: however, there are plenty of VERY skinny, very
shirtless teenage boys lining the street, their car wash signs placed
strategically to make it seem as if they're naked. It's a pedophile's
wet dream.
Don't they have @#@!#$! bake sales anymore?
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to start covering some stories they believe are underreported. They
have ten recommendations, just to get the media started.
Uganda: Child soldiers at centre of mounting humanitarian crisis
Central African Republic: a silent crisis crying out for help
AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa: a looming threat to future generations
The peacekeeping paradox: as peace spreads, surge in demand strains UN resources
Tajikistan: rising from the ashes of civil war
Women as peacemakers: from victims to re-builders of society
Persons with disabilities: a treaty seeks to break new ground in ensuring equality
Bakassi Peninsula: Recourse to the law to prevent conflict
Overfishing: a threat to marine biodiversity
Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation
While I will agree that these stories could use more coverage, I have a list for the media as well.
1. UNSCAM.
2. UNSCAM
3. Benon Sevon and the fact he's keeping his diplomatic immunity
4. UNSCAM
5. UN Peacekeepers horrible human rights record.
6. The UN's failure in Sudan. Darfur in particular and the UN's horrific policy of not letting those on foot enter refugee camps.
7. UNSCAM
8. Lakhdar Brahimi's latent pro-Palestinian position
9. Sudan's election to the UN human rights commission
10. UNSCAM
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to start covering some stories they believe are underreported. They
have ten recommendations, just to get the media started.
Uganda: Child soldiers at centre of mounting humanitarian crisis
Central African Republic: a silent crisis crying out for help
AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa: a looming threat to future generations
The peacekeeping paradox: as peace spreads, surge in demand strains UN resources
Tajikistan: rising from the ashes of civil war
Women as peacemakers: from victims to re-builders of society
Persons with disabilities: a treaty seeks to break new ground in ensuring equality
Bakassi Peninsula: Recourse to the law to prevent conflict
Overfishing: a threat to marine biodiversity
Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation
While I will agree that these stories could use more coverage, I have a list for the media as well.
1. UNSCAM.
2. UNSCAM
3. Benon Sevon and the fact he's keeping his diplomatic immunity
4. UNSCAM
5. UN Peacekeepers horrible human rights record.
6. The UN's failure in Sudan. Darfur in particular and the UN's horrific policy of not letting those on foot enter refugee camps.
7. UNSCAM
8. Lakhdar Brahimi's latent pro-Palestinian position
9. Sudan's election to the UN human rights commission
10. UNSCAM
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Iraq's Navy Sucks...

And The US Navy Rules!
HELLO SAILORS!
{BIG bonus points to Mr. H. for passing that one along!}
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Iraq's Navy Sucks...

And The US Navy Rules!
HELLO SAILORS!
{BIG bonus points to Mr. H. for passing that one along!}
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Don't piss me off.
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Don't piss me off.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has
sparked outrage in Australia with comments seen as attacking Islam.
"This is a vile culture and if you think for a second that it's willing
to just live in the sands of God's armpit you've got another thing
coming," Simmons said during an interview on Melbourne's 3AW radio
Thursday. "They want to come and live right where you live and they
think that you're evil." The Western world was under threat from
extremists and a culture that treated women worse than dogs, he claimed
in a segment of the interview that touched on the war in Iraq. "You can
send your dog to school to learn tricks, sit, beg, do all that stuff
— none of the women have that advantage," the 54-year-old said. Angry
Muslims flooded the radio station with calls, furious over Simmons'
comments.
Note to the radio producers in Melbourne: The guy's got a tongue the
size of Kilmanjaro. Did you honestly expect he was going to keep it
civil when he sat down for an interview? The sheer size of that monster
pretty much negates the possibility of keeping it quiet. It simply
can't be put on a leash. That said, Gene, this is the only thing you've
ever said or done that I've ever agreed with or liked. Way to Go!
Particularly enjoyed the bit about "living in the sands of God's
armpit."
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has
sparked outrage in Australia with comments seen as attacking Islam.
"This is a vile culture and if you think for a second that it's willing
to just live in the sands of God's armpit you've got another thing
coming," Simmons said during an interview on Melbourne's 3AW radio
Thursday. "They want to come and live right where you live and they
think that you're evil." The Western world was under threat from
extremists and a culture that treated women worse than dogs, he claimed
in a segment of the interview that touched on the war in Iraq. "You can
send your dog to school to learn tricks, sit, beg, do all that stuff
— none of the women have that advantage," the 54-year-old said. Angry
Muslims flooded the radio station with calls, furious over Simmons'
comments.
Note to the radio producers in Melbourne: The guy's got a tongue the
size of Kilmanjaro. Did you honestly expect he was going to keep it
civil when he sat down for an interview? The sheer size of that monster
pretty much negates the possibility of keeping it quiet. It simply
can't be put on a leash. That said, Gene, this is the only thing you've
ever said or done that I've ever agreed with or liked. Way to Go!
Particularly enjoyed the bit about "living in the sands of God's
armpit."
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