Who dies first? The chicken or the egg – or you?
Where does salmonella come from? Maybe your Egg McMuffin? McDonald's Egg McMuffin ain't what it's cracked up to be. Because there are dead chickens in the hen house – and rats and flies and bugs. And the egg producers (not McDonald's), recycle the dead birds into the feed, which goes into the chicken, which goes into the eggs, Read more...
Read this book – before you vote for anybody!
You may never again vote for an incumbent Want solid insider information, a great mea culpa and a view from the confessional – all in one book? Read Jack Abramoff's book: Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Politics From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist. This book rips the veneer off the sleazy, money-grabbing, all-for-me, screw-the-American-people underbelly of politics. Read more...
Exercise is great for the brain – really!
Better body, better brain. That’s what the research is saying. We kind of knew it, but now a number of studies have shown that people who exercise regularly actually learn faster, remember more, think clearer and are less prone to depression and cognitive decline. So stop with the crossword puzzles and get on that treadmill Read more...
Number of states with the death penalty? It’s worse than you think.
Just to clarify – I misstated. I gave them too much credit. My mistake. In this morning's blog I stated that 37 States had abolished the death penalty. Wrong! Very wrong! Where I found that fact, it was referring to "37 jurisdictions" – whatever the hell that means? Other than it sounds better for the rabble who think Read more...
Michele Bachmann to meet with Dalton McGuinty on how to sign political pledges and lie and get away with it
Michele Bachmann, a GOP candidate for the U.S. Presidency, and Dalton McGuinty, Premier (like a Governor in US) of Canada’s largest Province, Ontario (a little like Texas), have both made pledges to the people and it is rumored that they are getting together to discuss the Read more...
“My friends and I have been coddled long enough … It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.” – Warren Buffett, Aug. 14, 2011, New York Times
Wow! Finally! Reality! A leader cuts through the gobbledygook of trickle down economics and tells it like it is. Warren Buffett may stand alone among the rich but he is standing up for what matters – although he may be a tad late in coming to the rescue. “The Oracle of Omaha,” as he is Read more...