The “Cholesterol Con”– Eggs

In the past, I have written about the “cholesterol con” (part 1), the widespread  belief that high levels of “bad  (LDL)  cholesterol” can cause heart attacks. As I have explained (part 2), the myth has generated enormous profits for many commercial interests, including companies that peddle statins. (Please read both parts of the post.)   No
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August 22, 1964 "Do you mean to tell me that your position is more important than four hundred thousand black people’s lives? (to Hubert Humphrey)

  Almost 50 years have passed since that time. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was abandon by President Johnson, Reuther, and others. They were sold out to seat the white man’s party after Freedom Summer. It was an interesting time the sixties. I remember the west side of Chicago burning just before I left again
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Cantor’s Defeat—What It Does Not Mean

Shocked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s defeat in last week’s Virginia primary, many in the media have decided that this “earthquake” has re-shaped the political landscape. Immigration reform is dead, they say, and tea party radicals are far stronger than many suspected. Meanwhile, the alarmists warn, political polarization has divided the country, poisoning our
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Reads for a Sunday

HT: Buddy McCue, Commenter at Crooks and Liars Bernie Sanders on The Koch Brothers Goals: A partial list. To see the rest, < href=”http://crooksandliars.com/2014/04/bernie-sanders-exposes-koch-brothers-goals” target=”_blank”>Crooks and Liars; Bernie Sanders Exposes Koch Brothers’ Goals</a> •We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.” •“We favor the
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Obamacare Enrollment Heads for 17 million

Charles Gaba, who has become the “Nate Silver” for Obamacare enrollment numbers; now predicts that by April 15, 17 million Americans will have purchased their own healthcare coverage. His back-of-the-envelope estimate includes “a nice round 8 million”  who buy policies in the government marketplaces. In parentheses, he suggests:  Perhaps a little higher (1M even?) and
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Obamacare Enrollment Hits 7 Million, Putting Downward Pressure on 2015 Premiums; Word-of-Mouth Spreads the Truth

Maggie Mahar at The Health Beat Blog has been tracking the progress of enrollment in the PPACA. As she initially pointed out, many people did not sign up for Romneycare till almost the end of the allotted signup time.  As the “train wreck” called Obamacare pulls into the station it’s becoming clear that some 7
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No Money from Old Men

During the late sixties, myself and a bunch of other older teenagers 18 years and older arrived at McAfees on Van Buren in Chicago, IL. Quite a few of us were drafted. I enlisted in the USMC at the age of 19 without knowing completely what my life was going to be like for the
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How A CBS Video About An Obamacare Victim Misled Millions – Part 2 (What the ‘Victim’ Revealed in Our Final Interview)

run75441: This portion of a report by Maggie Mahar at The Health Beat Blog is a masterful piece of investigative reporting doing much of the groundwork which CBS should have performed well before going to broadcast or publication. You can begin to see how much of the news concerning the PPACA is being manipulated and
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