Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. declared that the failure by Congress to raise federal judges? salaries in recent years has become a ?constitutional crisis.?
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Many of those who passed Gerald R. Ford?s casket said they came to pay overdue respect to an overshadowed leader.
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Gazprom struck a deal to supply gas to Belarus for the next five years, averting a price dispute that threatened to disrupt supplies to Europe.
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Thousands in Romania and Bulgaria celebrated the entry of the two former Soviet bloc countries into the European Union.
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Critics are accusing President Jacques Chirac of using the country’s museums to promote France?s political and commercial interests abroad.
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President Bush’s legacy is sure to be defined by his wielding of U.S. military power in Afghanistan and Iraq, but there is another, much softer and less-noticed effort by his administration in foreign affairs: a dramatic increase in U.S. aid to Africa.
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A disturbing number of people seem obsessed with
obesity, saying
things are just getting worse and worse, and that our kids are all
getting fatter and fatter. In the US, this idea seems particularly
prevalent in baby boomers living around LA, though it continues to be
adopted by too many people globally and in every generation. It’s an
excuse for telling other people how to run their lives, after all, and
that sort of thing is never unpopular.
More disturbing is that ani-obesity is also
the AMA party line. Remember, for every person who is obese and
has serious medical problems as a result, there are plenty who don’t.
This notion that obesity is getting worse this seems strange to me.
I’m in my late 30s, and seen a generation or three. Each one seemed
less obese and more fit to me. The
most obese of all, of course, was the one that’s voiced the most
intolance and grumbles the most about obese kids.
When I was a kid, my friends and I didn’t work out or get all much
exercise compared to today. Very few tummies were taut. There were
exercise programs, but they were ill-considered; the running program
was so severe few could handle it. Plus, I and many other kids had
limited activities because of asthma problems we now have good, cheap
drugs for.
The first stage was broad exercise programs that really work. That’s
huge. I see plenty of non-thin kids, but few with flabby tummies.
And I think it’s staying fit that’s the big difference-maker for
health, more than not weighing much or being fashionably thin.
Today, I’m seeing a higher and higher percentage of kids clearly into
serious exercise, and seriously muscled in a way that was very rare
when I was a kid.
There is a some widely-circulated evidence that obesity
is getting worse. The statement is that obesity levels are higher
today than in the ’70s. But the test they use to decide who’s
obese has changed rather decidedly since then. Therefore, this
fails as evidence. It disturbs me that big groups like the WHO,
who have tons of evidentially trained people, have failed to notice
that detail.
Oh, and let’s face it, the evidence that HFCS is contributing
noticeably to obesity isn’t even close to there yet. You need to
show actual results, not just potential mechanisms. Me? Yeah, I hate
HFCS, too, but let’s be honest on what this is about. Most HFCS
hatred is actually because we wish for better, oh yeah, better cookies
and soda. That’ll help reduce obesity so much. Hmm. And the
correct target of that hatred should be Congress and ADM, for
subsidizing corn and lobbying for the subsidies, respectively. Note
that Congress, unlike greed, can be lobbied (tell ‘em you want your
sugar cookies made of sugar!).
Appropriate societal action on obesity is to warn people of the
medical dangers, especially people with conditions truly statistically
linked to obesity (not just by fashion). Action and statements beyond
that amount to intolerance just as bad as any other kind that falls
short of shooting people.
And I have a message for all those anti-obese out there. I accuse you
of having fun telling all us fatties how bad we are. You know
that’s not allowed!
Disclaimer: I’m very nearly obese under official standards, since I have
a stocky frame, and spend alot of time biking.
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Six in 10 say they think U.S. will be attacked by terrorists; 70 percent say a natural disaster could strike in U.S., likely the result of global warming.
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Outgoing Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman says he thinks his panel should go on a retreat to come up with advice for President Bush before the president decides more troops to Iraq.
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Iowa governor and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate says a surge of troops in Iraq will do nothing to make the country safer.
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Outgoing Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman questions wisdom of adding new troops, suggests talks with Iran and Syria should be left on the table.
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The nation honored Gerald R. Ford in funeral ceremonies Saturday that recalled the touchstones of his life, from combat in the Pacific to a career he cherished in Congress to a presidency he did not seek. He was remembered as the man called to heal the country from the trauma of Watergate.
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About 100 mourners gathered at the flag-draped grave of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein who was buried Sunday in Awja, near Tikrit.
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Events are highly classified in the suite of offices used to keep track of high security ‘situations’ around the world.
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Hundreds file into Capitol Rotunda to view President Ford’s flag-draped casket
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It is one of the most vexing questions about last month’s elections in Silicon Valley. Urban and suburban voters outnumber rural voters by a 15-1 ratio in Santa Clara County. The region has far more registered Democrats than Republicans, and a steady track record of supporting environmental issues.
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Bad break DOWNSLOPE FOR ARNOLD: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger breaks his leg on a skiing trip but is expected to fully recover. The lowdown: After a year filled with good breaks, the governor ends the year with a bad one. But don’t fret. He’ll be back on that motorcycle in no time.
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When movie production crews for “The Kite Runner” descended on the East Bay last week, stopping in Fremont would have seemed to be a no-brainer.
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The Millbrae family whose baby Jesus figurine was stolen from a front yard Nativity scene is still in search of the Savior. “We did get the new one in the mail,” Katherine Perkins said. “But we haven’t put it out. I don’t think we’re going to.”
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It is one of the most vexing questions about last month’s elections in Silicon Valley. Urban and suburban voters outnumber rural voters by a 15-1 ratio in Santa Clara County. The region has far more registered Democrats than Republicans, and a steady track record of supporting environmental issues.
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With questions rampant over whether the war in Iraq should be fought, American tolerance for deaths to U.S. soldiers is increasing proportionately to toll.
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Recollections of the public and private Gerald Ford. A NEWSWEEK exclusive.
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Hundreds file into Capitol Rotunda to view flag-draped casket of former president who has been celebrated as a healer for the nation.
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2008 presidential contender says he’d pick investment over the end of deficits if forced to make a choice.
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More lawmakers are refusing to accept travel after scandal took down several members of Congress, number of work days grows.
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