Twinkies may be on the chopping block this next election, if OSPIRG has its way. This morning, Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group members petitioned to cut as much as $30 billion from federal government subsidies that lower prices on unhealthy food. Along with general national health, OSPIRG hopes to target childhood obesity, which has […]
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Do Not Feed Donuts to Your Obese Children…
…feed ’em Mars Bars and Snickers instead: Children and adolescents who eat candy tend to weigh less than their non-consuming counterparts, according to a new study published in Food & Nutrition Research, a peer-reviewed journal. This is potentially important news given the current state of the childhood obesity epidemic. But lead researcher Carol O’Neil, PhD, […]
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Inside the Drained (Urine-Free!) Mount Tabor Reservoir
Ever wonder what a nearly 8 million gallon municipal reservoir looks like without any of its water? No? Well, here’s your chance anyway. The O sent a reporter out to check on the reservoir city officials decided to drain after a drunk fellow peed into it earlier this month. It’s short. Unlike the duration of […]
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Washington Hippies Kill More Children Than Oregon Hippies
Goldy, up at our sister blog Slog, posted this interesting rant today, and I thought I’d share because it concerns YOU, too. Washington state is filled with stupid fucking Jenny-McCarthy-worshiping, anti-vaccine hippies, according to a new study published in the Centers for Disease Control’s widely respected (but awfully named) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. According […]
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“I’m Gonna Puke!”
I’m sick today. In lieu of a post I put any effort into, I submit to you the best cinematic vomit scene of all time.
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Yoga Boogaloo
I’m a bit of a free yoga connoisseur—you say, “free and/or cheap down dog,” and I’m there. So this March event at Sound Roots School of Music is super tempting, but a few red flags are bursting bright in my control center. Read on, yogis. You have never done yoga like this before! This mixed […]
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Jesus Christ, What Did Peoples’ Bones Ever Do to Steven Seagal?
Over at the always-delightful FilmDrunk, editor Oliver Noble has painstakingly assembled (eh? EH?) a nearly four-minute-long video that contains every bone that’s ever been broken by Steven Seagal. In movies, I mean. I imagine if this video included all of Seagal’s real-life bone-breakings, it would go on for like three hours. All of its cracking, […]
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Questions for a Monday Morning
A Canadian writes… I came across a website that a woman created to promote a contest she is running. She’s having a raffle for people who donate money to her best friend’s sister, who has liver cancer, to cover the cost of her astronomical cancer-related medical bills. These bills are just for drugs and copays, […]
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Your Morning Relaxation
Here, in glorious slow motion, set to soothing calming music, is a tubby guy getting shot in the gut 50 times by a Mach 11 style airsoft gun. It’s like dew drops falling on the lake of your soul, guys! via
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Mental Health Pros Can Take Your Kids
Did you know that if your child exhibits suicidal tendencies or other mental health issues that health officials can put that child in a psychiatric care for 72 hours without parental consent? I didn’t and neither did this mother in Los Angeles: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Is […]
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RE: The Briny Kiss of Death
As David so succinctly mentioned earlier, salt is poppin’ a cap in our national ass! And while I generally agree with everything he has to say on the subject (although there is no reason in the world to do anything but lightly butter, add a smidgen of grated parmesan or THIS to steamed broccoli), I […]
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The Briny Kiss of Death
Recently I’ve been confronted by a wave of “health reports” decrying America’s dangerously excessive salt intake. (Long story short: Salt’s already in everything and then we add it to everything and our HEARTS EXPLODE.) These reports were often linked to other health reports supplying tips for how to reduce one’s salt intake. I enjoy not […]