The New York Supreme Court today declared NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s sugary drink law “arbitrary and capricious.” The law, which would have forbidden the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 oz., was to take effect tomorrow. It’s high time somebody put their foot down on ridiculous “food police” laws. Did it really take a state supreme court to see how absurd this law was? … Comments »
My apologies to those who may have come looking for a Daylight Saving Time post that I had up very briefly this morning. It was a reblog of an earlier post of mine, the first time I’d tried a “self reblog,” and I discovered several shortcomings I didn’t like. I could add a comment only at the end; I’d have preferred an introductory comment. The comment I added was restricted to one paragraph; paragraph breaks were automatically stripped out. The original “featured image” (the one that appears on the home page) did not get picked up as such, so I had to go in and manually designate it. And finally, the categories assigned to the original post were stripped out, as were any new ones I tried to insert manually. All in all, unacceptable. WordPress Reblog fails again.
… Comments »During World War II, a German fighter pilot chose not to shoot down a crippled American B-17 and instead escorted it to safety outside of German air space. The two pilots found each other after the war and became good friends. It’s a true story of the warrior’s code in action, told by CNN writer … Continue reading Will the ‘warrior’s code’ survive the war on terror?
I came across this a few days ago and am just now getting around to posting it. I thought I had a reasonably good understanding of the wealth inequality in America. I was wrong. Continue reading Wealth inequality in America (video)
The previously reported Sweet Sistine has reached its Final Four. Canadian Marc Ouellet is facing off against Brazilian Joao Braz de Aviz, while Milan’s Angelo Scola is up against Nigeria’s John Onaiyekan. Choose your favorites now. No word on when this round closes. Continue reading Sweet Sistine reaches Final Four
Every state has its unique celebrations and events, and Colorado is no different. We have Frozen Dead Guy Days. Seriously. This weekend is the twelfth annual Frozen Dead Guy celebration in Nederland, Colo. Nederland (elev. 8,234 ft.) is a small mountain community (pop. 1,500) just 17 miles up the canyon west of Boulder. It retains much … Continue reading Storm won’t stop Frozen Dead Guy Days
