A law firm claims that Taco Bell is serving Vegetarian Beef in their tacos. According to the suit, it doesn’t contain enough beef to be called ‘beef’. It is made of “binders and extenders” mostly. So the US has a law that specifies how much beef must be in beef for it to be called [...]
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Freedom Spill
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Health and Environment, In the News, Welcome
If the Federal Government doesn’t let journalists see the damage BP has caused… “… done little to curtail the obstacles, harassment and intimidation tactics journalists are facing by federal officials and local police, as well as BP employees and contractors, while covering the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history.” If the police are used to [...]
Tags: america·bp oil spill·democracy·obama·people
“Settlement will reduce carcinogens in potato chips”
August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · In the News
AP News: “Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney general’s office.” Should I be happy for this, or think about all the chips that I had already eaten?
Backward society
July 20th, 2008 · No Comments · In the News
Thieves steal our cars. What do we do? Punish them enough to stop them? Working on catching them? NO! Instead we pay more money to invent car alarms that are not that successful, and we raise our insurance. Burglars break into our homes. Do we eliminate them? Do we punish them enough so that it [...]
The Ranks of the Richest
September 20th, 2007 · No Comments · In the News
So Forbes has the ranks of the richest Americans. The top 400! Of course #1 is William Gates III. Then there’s Warren Buffett, and Sheldon Adelson, etc…. I want to know where do I rank! I want the whole country to be ranked. All 300 million Americans! I want to know if I’m the 10 [...]
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