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This makes sense. If we’re going to tax alcohol, cigarettes, and other unhealthy things, we might as well tax fatty foods.
Government unit ‘urges fat tax’
Plans for a tax on fatty foods such as cakes and biscuits are being considered by government advisers.
The Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit is considering increasing duties on some food and having a sports drive to fight obesity, according to the Times.
The newspaper claims a document urges a fatty food tax as a “signal to society” because the number of obese British people has risen sharply in 20 years.
I really, really, really hate PETA. They bring new meaning to “asinine”.
PETA Urges Hamburg, N.Y., to Change Name
“HAMBURG, N.Y. – A national animal rights group has offered Hamburg officials $15,000 to change the town’s name to Veggieburg.”
PETA urges towns to change name
“HAMBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — An animal rights group says it will donate $15,000 worth of vegetarian patties to area schools if officials change the borough’s name to Veggieburg. “
Hamburg invited to become ‘Veggieburg’
By Dave Graham
“HAMBURG (Reuters) – The German port of Hamburg has been offered $10,500 to change its name to ‘Veggieburg’ by animal rights activists who are unhappy about the city’s association with hamburgers.”
It’s not my fault – I was programmed to eat a bucket of KFC at every meal!
What Your Genes Want You to Eat
By BRUCE GRIERSON
“A trip to the diet doc, circa 2013. You prick your finger, draw a little blood and send it, along with a $100 fee, to a consumer genomics lab in California. There, it’s passed through a mass spectrometer, where its proteins are analyzed. It is cross-referenced with your DNA profile. A few days later, you get an e-mail message with your recommended diet for the next four weeks. It doesn’t look too bad: lots of salmon, spinach, selenium supplements, bread with olive oil. “
