Enough!
I've had it with all the sniping back and forth. Look, I know feelings run high, but can't we finally put an end to this debate? Community standards around here have gone down the tubes. I mean...
View ArticleMMMMMM, Benzene
Are you like me? Do you drink diet soda? Or maybe you have a good metabolism and you drink regular, good for you. While the media concentrates on former Marines who turned to preaching and freaking out...
View ArticleThe VA and Soda on a Counter.....Prosecution!!
Don't really have the time, nor the inclination to write this up better, but I just paid a visit over to Harpers magazine site, and this is what I first saw: Unexpected Consequences from a Mug of Soda...
View ArticleThe VA and Soda on a Counter = Federal Prosecution!!
{re-posting from last night with a few changes for those who had missed this as well as contact information to take some action, don't you think they're wasting enough of our money!} I paided a visit...
View ArticleNY's Looming Black Market Mountain Dew Trade
It's pretty basic economics. When the price of a good or service is artificially inflated beyond its market value, alternative providers will begin to provide that good or service at lower costs....
View ArticlePepsi Natural - Is Cane Sugar Much Better Than Corn Syrup?
Pepsi gives toast to its sugar days In a nod to the early days of cola, Pepsi will release this year some soft drinks using sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. In select cities, Pepsi is rolling...
View ArticleSome Taxes I'd Like to See
In the following Article, there's a great recommendation: add a tax to sugared sodas. To quote from the article: The average American consumes roughly 250 calories more today than they did two or...
View ArticleWorst. Diary. Ever.
As a follow-up to my earlier diary, Best. Diary. Ever., I would now like to turn to the Dark Side of The Force (duh... duh... duh..., DUH duh-duh, DUH duh-duuuuuuuh) and present a list of "worsts,"...
View ArticleHey redhead lady whining about soda tax - I can't stand you
Every time I see that damn commercial featuring the redheaded lady unloading groceries and literally bitching to me about a soda tax making it too expensive to feed it to her family I WANT TO KICK MY...
View ArticleSoda Drinkers Should Die!
I admit to getting a bit over emotional and reacting too strongly to things I dislike or disapprove of from time to time. But I have to admit, the degree of passion that is being shown against soda...
View ArticleI pay 10% tax on soda
I pay 10% tax on soda and junk food. Well, actually I pay 10% tax on all groceries in Birmingham, AL. Whether I'm getting a 12 pack of our wonderful locally produced Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale or a...
View ArticleNurse Kelley Sez: NOT! Bad, bad, soda edition
NOT! (Nursing Open Thread) is a community forum hosted by Nurse Kelley to provide folks with a regularly-scheduled interactive place to discuss their health problems, share remedies that have worked...
View ArticleWeekly Pulse: Bloomberg Shaking up Soda Pop with Politics
by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger
View ArticleWe're gonna keep losing—and blaming each other—until we change the rules
We spend a lot of energy here on Daily Kos — and in a lot of other places — fighting about whether Obama deserves support or opposition. The problem is, both sides have valid points. Without the...
View ArticleA Better Way to Fight Obesity
Last week’s decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to deny New York City’s request to ban soda purchases in the city’s Food Stamp Program (now known as SNAP) may have been a blessing in...
View ArticleDeath by Healthy Doses
Looking for ways to develop a nutritional diet? Satirists and novelist Walter Brasch explains why bit can't be done.
View ArticleHBO studies obesity in America and why “Big Government” needs to intervene!
Update: Some comments seem to be in line with this ad paid by an industry group called Americans Against Food Taxes, I wonder why? Cross-posted at Immizen.com with obesity charts. Obesity is...
View ArticleWhat the hell, New York City?
I thought I was reading a satrical article as I read in the NY Times that Mayor Bloomberg is banning the sale of soda drinks larger than 16 ounces in an effort to 'fight' obesity. What the hell? I...
View ArticleSoda Ban? Nah, Soda Scam
Mayor Bloomberg proposes soda ban in New York over health concerns. So here is what's going to happen: Soda over 16 ounces gets banned, therefore causing an increase of demand for sodas that are 16...
View ArticleA New Front in the Soda Wars
This is the first in (hopefully) a new series taking a look at the intersection of corporations and politics. First up are the 3 main soft drink companies.
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