Showing posts with label debbie downer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debbie downer. Show all posts

06 April 2012

bon appétit! i wouldn't eat that if i were you.

It's been a bad few weeks for food.  Get read to not enjoy anything anymore.

A new study indicates that sugar, in the quantities most Americans consume it, may be as toxic as alcohol and cigarettes.  A scientist at UC Davis has shown that excessive consumption of sugar and high fructose corn syrup overwhelm the liver, which then converts the extra fructose into fat that can clog arteries as LDL cholesterol plaque.  Whats even more alarming is that a professor at Harvard believes that some forms of cancer have "evolved" to grow by feeding off of the excess sugar in our systems that would normally be absorbed by fats and muscle.   The problem with all of this is that sugar has been added to pretty much everything we eat including many thing we don't usually consider unhealthy sources of sugar, such as breads, yogurt, fruit juices and peanut butter.  So basically, that tumor inside of you is just going to continue to grow until consumes you.

Now that sugar is essentially the same as rat poison, you might be thinking you'll continue finding joy in your life through food by eating delicious fatty red meat (after all, it's that sugar giving you heart disease).  Well, think again; basically, your life gets shorter every time you consume red meat.  It's also going to give you heart disease and cancer.

But that's okay, because you can always chow down at chik-fil-a even if you're gay, right?  Ehhhhhh, I wouldn't if I were you.  The US Agricultural Department is planning to expand a pilot program that allows poultry processors to manage their own inspections.  But whistle blowers are warning that the plan has some major and seemingly obvious problems.  For instance, USDA documents released under the freedom of information act show that processing facilities in the pilot program were missing "defective" birds at high rates.  In this case, defective means diseased or covered in feces.

Oh, and let's not forget about pink slime.

24 November 2010

happy thanksgiving eve.

this ran in harper's weekly 150 years ago. from the DISUNION blog. click2enlarge.
Winslow Homer’s editors asked him for an illustration to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday that week. They may have gotten more than they’d bargained for. (via)
i'm thankful that i don't live in a mid-nineteenth century tenement. what are you thankful for?

10 May 2010

well, that was a success.

omg betty white was sooooo cute on snl this weekend, and it was amazing to have all the ol' girls back on the show as well. jicymi, we got an extended cast including tina fey, amy poehler, maya rudolph, rachel dratch, ana gasteyer, molly shannon, and probs a bunch more. they did some classic sketches, and it was just so much fun. i'll try to narrow down a few faves for you.







and here's one they made just for the internet i guess...

16 February 2010

Cancer Blows

Roger Ebert can't talk anymore but he is still writing. This makes me happy and sad. Here's an article about it.



















05 June 2009

remember this?


rachel dratch was on jimmy fallon last night and they were reminiscing about this.
 
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