Being Human

Remember back in 2006 when the bumble bees started disappearing? Well, it seems we might have an answer. Mass Bee Colony Collapse Linked To High Fructose Corn Syrup. Yeah, that's right. High fructose syrup. -CDR M

So between being largely responsible for the diabetes epidemic and killing bees the progs still want to ban REAL SUGAR while allowing this crap, largely made with massive government farming subsidies, to be used in our food? -BlueFalcon in Boston

It was not a sugar ban per se, but ridiculous tariffs on imported sugar, to protect less than 100,000 producers in the U.S. It would not be a silver bullet, but allowing Haiti to export sugar to the States would sure relive a lot of economic pain in the country. -logprof

The specific breed of corn used to make HFCS is subsidized (to make food production cheaper) in addition to the protectionism of the US Sugar market.
Mind you if we had free market sugar there would be no financial incentive to produce HFCS or use it as a sugar substitute.

HFCS is utter crap on the dietary scale. Makes people crave even more sweets, without the satiation of real sugar, so everyone loads up on more calories and the rockets up glycemic index. Billions of dollars worth of healthcare would probably be saved from people not being overweight and suffering from diabetes from unconsciously overeating if HFCS wasn't replacing sugar in almost everything we eat.

Another big example of government intervention causing all sorts of unintended consequences. -BlueFalcon in Boston

High fructose corn syrup is real sugar. Same molecular composition, just a different ratio of isomers. The jury still seems to be out as to whether or not it is metabolized differently. -Y-not

203 #183, HFCS is the equivalent of highly processed sugar. It is more quickly absorbed into your blood stream than regular sugar. It's like comparing highly bleached white flour to whole grain flour. Anything overly processed is metabolized too quickly for our physiology to feel satiated and know how to use the calories. People wind up overeating processed foods with highly refined flours and sugars, compared to less refined flours sugars, because they still feel hungry even though they've consumed more calories than the less processed alternatives. -BlueFalcon in Boston

223 @203
I think you are over-reacting and misinformed. It's a mixture of glucose and fructose. I've read that there are some isomers that are produced during processing that may be metabolized differently, but the last time I check the scientific literature that was not proven.

But if you're afraid of it, don't eat it. -Y-not

275 #223, I'm stating all of this having spoken to a nutritionist and some sort of metabolic researcher at a Boston hospital. There's a big difference with how the body treats calories from refined vs. raw materials. Not all calories are as equal as was once though. It's not just how the body digest these things but the way the brain perceives what has been digested. It's part of the reason why some people keep storing large amounts of fat while their brains are telling to keep eating because their brains perceive the body as starving. -BlueFalcon in Boston

The core problem is shaving cream itself, and the solution is a radical one: throw it out and never buy it again. It is destroying you and making your skin weak and sickly.

These exercises are often called "evacuation drills" or "relocation drills" and they are more than a little disturbing. Sometimes parents are notified in advance where the kids are being taken and sometimes they are only told that the children are being taken to an "undisclosed location". In the years since 9/11 and the Columbine school shootings, there has been a concerted effort to make school emergency drills much more "realistic" and much more intense.

"Russell Hobby, of the National Association of Head Teachers, confirmed some schools were adopting best-friend bans."

By the same logic, romantic relationships will be banned, on the pretext that feelings will be hurt if they don’t work out.... A slave’s only meaningful relationship should be with his master: Big Government.

Cartoon Network’s new film, “Stop Bullying: Speak Out.” As its name suggests, the movie aims to teach kids to speak out when they witness bullying — and to not bully other children themselves. One of its many prescriptions: Don’t call classmates words like “stupid,” “fat” and “jerk.” "...But just saying, ‘Stop it! You know, you’re being a jerk!’–walk away, get away from this person can make a huge amount of difference.”
[h/t J on Moonbattery]

Possibly the world’s only pop mathematician, Einstein said, “Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.” Einstein lives.

Washington County Election Board officials are inviting all voters in Washington County to participate in a public mock election slated for second week of January. [The cynic might cry, "Oh, the irony! Aren't they all mock elections?]

[Portrait of the first black American Senator and Congressmen]

Time lapse animation of the demolition of 660 W. Division, one of the last remaining buildings within the Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago.

Washington is among eight big-city metropolitan regions in which minorities became a majority in the past decade, according to a new analysis of census data showing white population declines in many of the largest metro areas. Along with Washington, the regions surrounding New York, San Diego, Las Vegas and Memphis have become majority-minority since 2000. Non-Hispanic whites are a minority in 22 of the country's 100-biggest urban areas.

Scientific evidence for popular dietary supplements, showing tangible health benefits when taken orally by an adult with a healthy diet

A bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS virus has left an HIV patient free of infection for nearly two years, German researchers.

Rush Limbaugh: The Republican leadership is operating out of fear. I want you to think, to transfer that to your personal life, and I want to ask you to consider: Whenever you do anything out of fear, how does it turn out? Doing anything from the perspective of fear is disastrous, or potentially so. And that has been the position of the Republican leadership and the inside-the-Beltway so-called conservative media. Fear. Fear of being blamed, primarily. But fear of other things. The age-old fears, the fears rooted in the mentality of being consistent, constant losers. ... Winners do not compromise. Winners do not compromise with themselves. The winners who do compromise are winners who still don't believe in themselves as winners, who still think of themselves as losers. And you and I are finished with supporting people who think of themselves as losers, or in the minority, or we don't have the power, or we don't control all three branches, or what have you. ... The Tea Party is putting country before party. They can't be bought off with committee assignments or with campaign re-election funds. They can't be bought, and Washington can't understand this.

I found this blog awhile back and haven't missed a Daily Grudge since. Keep on doing what you are doing, because it is working. For so long, I thought I was alone, now I know I have patriot brothers and sisters all over the nation…it has inspired me and strengthened me to do things I never imagined. [Commenter blessed2beme3]