You have to understand something. Neither Republican nor Democrat politicians actually want smaller government. They want enough government to manipulate and use. Only if a smaller government would be easier to manipulate do they actually want that. Most times, it's easier hiding what they want to do among the funds for countless departments, funding proposals, studies, etc.
And earmarks are the fancy way of saying "I'm bringing home the money in droves. All it takes is fucking over the people in the other 49 states, but we know they aren't as American as the people in my state!" (The problem is, this is being repeated in every other state.)
And, for Khamenei, that's a great system, because it keeps him from being the heavy. Ahmadinejad is starting to become a bit unpopular with his own people because of their economy not improving as much as he promised, and they've had to start rationing gasoline because they don't have the refining capabilities to meet their needs. (And note, some Iranians are picking up to the fact that if he hadn't been all pissy about this nuclear power/possibly nuclear weapon thing, they might have been able to attract companies to build more refineries a few years ago...)
Ahmadinejad knows he's little more then a puppet for Khamenei and he's just trying to make a mark before he has to leave office.
Hey, it's not like the U.S. is that much better. Here, you can have a shitty driving record, be speeding and kill a man, but get 100 days in jail and be immune to being sued, but only if you're Bill Janklow.
*shrug* Might not be his real name. Even if it is, well, how many Yang Zhou's are there in China? For all I know, it could be the equivalent of John Smith.
Yeah, well, Bush and his cronies haven't helped at all, but they're hardly the only administration to blame. Basically, we're looking at the results of at least one generation (more likely two or three) of neglect by the federal government, the corporate sector, and our own education system.
Bush is no more the sole responsible party for this then Clinton was, or Bush the Elder was, or Reagan was.
Yeah, but that's Chicago. When humanity evolves to a higher form of life and puts behind it the petty bigotries of race, religion and sexual orientation, there will still be voter fraud in Chicago.
You know, if someone has such a thin goddamned skin that they're going to instigate lawsuits because someone was mean to them on the Internet... maybe that's a sign that they shouldn't be a politician.
Would explain the wikipedia entry on him being just a stub (and edit-locked).
Okay, unless I'm reading this wrong, he's suing the writer of Blog A because it was linked to Site B which then further linked to Site C which may contain information of a defamatory nature?
No, seriously, what the fuck?
How is that even actionable? I mean, if that's "acceptable", then this guy should be suing Google, Yahoo!, the New York Times, hell, just about everyone.
I'm sure it would have some sort of adverse effect, even if it's nothing more being bad teeth and potential diabetes and obesity problems.
The thing is, the article is FUD. They don't quote any numbers at all. They don't tell us anything about the experiment used on the yeast cells, such as what the equivalent number of sodas a day would be for a typical human being. Or, for that matter, do they explain why yeast cells were used.
Is soda bad for you? Well, just ask most parents. Yes, it is. Is it going to give you cancer and/or kill you? Seriously doubt it.
Of course, if you're chugging 50 Cokes a day, yeah, you're going to see some ill effects, but that's almost certainly from the other ingredients in Coke, not the sodium benzoate. (I'm sure the caffience and the sugar would be doing wonderfully bad things to you at that point.)
Just about every mass-marketed drink is going to have something in it that's unhealthy for you. Trying to avoid sodium benzoate? Okay, drink Gatorade. Whoops.... 1-32 oz. Gatorade has about 20% of your sodium intake for the day. But it doesn't have sodium benzoate. How about bottled water? Well, actually, depending on the company, that will have sodium benzoate in it too. Tap water? Hope your area's water filtration system is good or you can spring for a Brita filter.
Everything can be harmful if you take too much of it. My problem with the article is that they don't tell you how much is too much, or even how much is 50% of too much, or even anything useful at all other then trying to scare the pants off of people.
I'm saying that instead of treating this like "OMG! Coke is gonna make me die and my kids will all have cancer by age 15!", you should actually have... I don't know... some numbers to go with the article?
Does the article say what amount of sodium benzoate was used in their tests? Why, no.
Does the article give any numbers at all, referring to the FDA figures I quoted? Why, no.
How about the amount of sodium benzoate in certain sodes? (Information I provided.) Why, no.
So, can we, from the article, extrapolate how much soda we would have to drink to see the same reaction in our mitochondria as in the yeast cell mitochondria? Why, no.
So, in summary, is the article long on scare tactics and short on actual information as to how much soda could be bad for you?
The acceptable FDA levels for caffiene consumption is 200 mg/day. (please note the lack of any determination of this based on how much you weigh.)
The acceptable FDA levels for aspartame consumption is 50 mg/kg of body weight. The more you weigh, the more you can acceptably consume. (The American Diabetic Association disagrees, and puts the acceptable levels at 17 mg/kg of body weight.)
The acceptable FDA levels for sodium benzoate consumption is 340 mg/day. Again, note the lack of any change in this based on your body weight.
Now, sodium benzoate is what the article is about, right? So, how much sodium benzoate is in a soda?
So, if you're a Dr Pepper "junkie" like me, you'd have to drink almost 300 cans a day before you would have to worry about being above the FDA guidelines.
Now, yes, of course, it's possible that the FDA data is out of date. Yes, it's possible that there hasn't been enough study and maybe the acceptable levels of sodium benzoate need to be adjusted.
Even if they're off by a factor of 10, how many people do you know that drink 30 Pepsis a day?
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Your universe, maybe. Mine's a lot older.
You have to understand something. Neither Republican nor Democrat politicians actually want smaller government. They want enough government to manipulate and use. Only if a smaller government would be easier to manipulate do they actually want that. Most times, it's easier hiding what they want to do among the funds for countless departments, funding proposals, studies, etc.
And earmarks are the fancy way of saying "I'm bringing home the money in droves. All it takes is fucking over the people in the other 49 states, but we know they aren't as American as the people in my state!" (The problem is, this is being repeated in every other state.)
I'm not fat! I'm pleasantly plump.
And, for Khamenei, that's a great system, because it keeps him from being the heavy. Ahmadinejad is starting to become a bit unpopular with his own people because of their economy not improving as much as he promised, and they've had to start rationing gasoline because they don't have the refining capabilities to meet their needs. (And note, some Iranians are picking up to the fact that if he hadn't been all pissy about this nuclear power/possibly nuclear weapon thing, they might have been able to attract companies to build more refineries a few years ago...)
Ahmadinejad knows he's little more then a puppet for Khamenei and he's just trying to make a mark before he has to leave office.
It's not part of the mainland, but just what region would it be classified as part of? South America?
Hey, it's not like the U.S. is that much better. Here, you can have a shitty driving record, be speeding and kill a man, but get 100 days in jail and be immune to being sued, but only if you're Bill Janklow.
*shrug* Might not be his real name. Even if it is, well, how many Yang Zhou's are there in China? For all I know, it could be the equivalent of John Smith.
I live in the Columbia area of SC
I'm.... I'm so sorry. That's a horrible place to live. I should know.
Yeah, well, Bush and his cronies haven't helped at all, but they're hardly the only administration to blame. Basically, we're looking at the results of at least one generation (more likely two or three) of neglect by the federal government, the corporate sector, and our own education system.
Bush is no more the sole responsible party for this then Clinton was, or Bush the Elder was, or Reagan was.
Yeah, but that's Chicago. When humanity evolves to a higher form of life and puts behind it the petty bigotries of race, religion and sexual orientation, there will still be voter fraud in Chicago.
Obviously, those cuddly babies were up to something.
I was about to say... I mean, I thought the article looked familiar, but lately, I've been seeing things on Yahoo! news before Slashdot...
Yes, but (1) it's far more time-consuming to download a movie and (2) if you wait six months and it will be on sale at Wal-Mart.
Hell, I've seen the entire trilogy of LotR at CVS for $6.99 per movie.
But David Beckham is playing in the U.S. now! David Beckham!
Oh wait, still don't care.
......
You know, if someone has such a thin goddamned skin that they're going to instigate lawsuits because someone was mean to them on the Internet... maybe that's a sign that they shouldn't be a politician.
Would explain the wikipedia entry on him being just a stub (and edit-locked).
how the silly fuck can this guy expect to win?
Okay, unless I'm reading this wrong, he's suing the writer of Blog A because it was linked to Site B which then further linked to Site C which may contain information of a defamatory nature?
No, seriously, what the fuck?
How is that even actionable? I mean, if that's "acceptable", then this guy should be suing Google, Yahoo!, the New York Times, hell, just about everyone.
99 million more, and you'll match where the iPod sales are now.
I'm sure it would have some sort of adverse effect, even if it's nothing more being bad teeth and potential diabetes and obesity problems.
The thing is, the article is FUD. They don't quote any numbers at all. They don't tell us anything about the experiment used on the yeast cells, such as what the equivalent number of sodas a day would be for a typical human being. Or, for that matter, do they explain why yeast cells were used.
Is soda bad for you? Well, just ask most parents. Yes, it is. Is it going to give you cancer and/or kill you? Seriously doubt it.
Of course, if you're chugging 50 Cokes a day, yeah, you're going to see some ill effects, but that's almost certainly from the other ingredients in Coke, not the sodium benzoate. (I'm sure the caffience and the sugar would be doing wonderfully bad things to you at that point.)
Just about every mass-marketed drink is going to have something in it that's unhealthy for you. Trying to avoid sodium benzoate? Okay, drink Gatorade. Whoops.... 1-32 oz. Gatorade has about 20% of your sodium intake for the day. But it doesn't have sodium benzoate. How about bottled water? Well, actually, depending on the company, that will have sodium benzoate in it too. Tap water? Hope your area's water filtration system is good or you can spring for a Brita filter.
Everything can be harmful if you take too much of it. My problem with the article is that they don't tell you how much is too much, or even how much is 50% of too much, or even anything useful at all other then trying to scare the pants off of people.
Actually, some sodas do list it on the cans/bottles.
e rs/2003/JScaffeine.pdf
Sprite, Dr Pepper and A&W Root Beer do.
I guess it varies from company to company.
Oh, and as where I got my info... http://www.valpo.edu/organization/psme/labs/teach
And yes, I know it's referring to 1999 data. I can't see the amount of sodium benzoate in sodas going up horribly since then, though.
I'm saying that instead of treating this like "OMG! Coke is gonna make me die and my kids will all have cancer by age 15!", you should actually have... I don't know... some numbers to go with the article?
Does the article say what amount of sodium benzoate was used in their tests? Why, no.
Does the article give any numbers at all, referring to the FDA figures I quoted? Why, no.
How about the amount of sodium benzoate in certain sodes? (Information I provided.) Why, no.
So, can we, from the article, extrapolate how much soda we would have to drink to see the same reaction in our mitochondria as in the yeast cell mitochondria? Why, no.
So, in summary, is the article long on scare tactics and short on actual information as to how much soda could be bad for you?
Why, yes. Yes, it is.
Okay, here's some numbers for you...
The acceptable FDA levels for caffiene consumption is 200 mg/day. (please note the lack of any determination of this based on how much you weigh.)
The acceptable FDA levels for aspartame consumption is 50 mg/kg of body weight. The more you weigh, the more you can acceptably consume. (The American Diabetic Association disagrees, and puts the acceptable levels at 17 mg/kg of body weight.)
The acceptable FDA levels for sodium benzoate consumption is 340 mg/day. Again, note the lack of any change in this based on your body weight.
Now, sodium benzoate is what the article is about, right? So, how much sodium benzoate is in a soda?
All of these are for 12 oz. cans.
Pepsi: 1.15 mg
Mountain Dew: 2.3 mg
Diet Mountain Dew: 2.5 mg
Dr Pepper: 1.15 mg
Coke: 1.15 mg
Diet Coke: 2.5 mg
So, if you're a Dr Pepper "junkie" like me, you'd have to drink almost 300 cans a day before you would have to worry about being above the FDA guidelines.
Now, yes, of course, it's possible that the FDA data is out of date. Yes, it's possible that there hasn't been enough study and maybe the acceptable levels of sodium benzoate need to be adjusted.
Even if they're off by a factor of 10, how many people do you know that drink 30 Pepsis a day?
More research, less scare tactics. Thank you.
Cool, you can eat the fungus growing in your food. Me? I'll take the risk of a little sodium benzoate.
Because you know, I was just thinking, what we're really lacking is another copyright PAC.
You couldn't be more wrong. 2+2=5, but you need to use sufficiently large values of 2.
Why is broadcast getting the special treatment?
Because Congress decided that they did.
And like any of the money is actually going to get back to the artist....