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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Set aside justice, then, and what are kingdoms but great bands of brigands? For what are brigands’ bands but little kingdoms? For in brigandage the hands of the underlings are directed by the commander, the confederacy of them is sworn together, and the pillage is shared by law among them. And if those ragamuffins grow up to be able enough to keep forts, build habitations, possess cities, and conquer adjoining nations, then their government is no longer called brigandage, but graced with the eminent name of a kingdom, given and gotten not because they have left their practices but because they use them without danger of law. Elegant and excellent was that pirate’s answer to the great Macedonian Alexander, who had taken him; the king asking him how he durst molest the seas so, he replied with a free spirit: “How darest thou molest the whole earth? But because I do it only with a little ship, I am called brigand: thou doing it with a great navy art called emperor.”
— , City of God, Book IV
health
Bent Out of Shape
I'm listening to the Marty Minto show right now (M - F, 3PM - 6PM on
101.5 WORD-FM in Pittsburgh) and he's about to have a coronary because
a day care
center is teaching yoga to kids. He's yelling for people to repent
and generally carrying on like a corner apocalyptic preacher. I […]
Portly Protesters
"Obesity is not a disease. All this does is open the door for the diet and bariatric surgery industries to make a potentially tremendous profit." - Allen Steadham in "Fat activists start mass protest"
Riiiiight…and smoking isn't bad for you either. The campaign against smoking is just a front for extortion by a hippocratic […]
Dance Marathon
Games to get kids off the couch
Some of the new video games on the market make children move more than their thumbs - they get the kids off the couch and get them to exercise. With television and video games often blamed for contributing to the growing problem of obesity in children, video […]
Common Sense Diet
The
Smoke and Mirrors of Food Labeling
By SHERRI DAY
"Food companies - including some that have pledged to act in the face of rising
obesity rates - routinely exploit labeling laws that allow them to make their products
seem less fattening than they really are, according to […]
Fat Tax
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 […]
