Monday, December 02, 2019
Eliminating Food Deserts Doesn't Help Poor Americans
Eliminating Food Deserts Doesn't Help Poor Americans
"...Many think that a key cause of nutritional inequality is food deserts – or neighborhoods without supermarkets, mostly in low-income areas.
...The data tell a strikingly different story.
...Although many people began shopping at the new local supermarket after it opened, they generally didn’t buy healthier food.
We can statistically conclude that the effect on healthy eating from opening new supermarkets was negligible at best.
We calculated that local access to supermarkets explains no more than about 1.5 percent of the difference in healthy eating between low- and high-income households.
How could this be?
...In other words, people don’t suddenly go from shopping at an unhealthy convenience store to shopping at the new, healthy supermarket.
In reality, people go from shopping at a faraway supermarket to shopping at a new supermarket that offers the same types of groceries.
...But the data show that healthier eating is not one of those benefits...."
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"...Many think that a key cause of nutritional inequality is food deserts – or neighborhoods without supermarkets, mostly in low-income areas.
...The data tell a strikingly different story.
...Although many people began shopping at the new local supermarket after it opened, they generally didn’t buy healthier food. We can statistically conclude that the effect on healthy eating from opening new supermarkets was negligible at best.
We calculated that local access to supermarkets explains no more than about 1.5 percent of the difference in healthy eating between low- and high-income households.
How could this be?
...In other words, people don’t suddenly go from shopping at an unhealthy convenience store to shopping at the new, healthy supermarket.
In reality, people go from shopping at a faraway supermarket to shopping at a new supermarket that offers the same types of groceries.
...But the data show that healthier eating is not one of those benefits...."
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What if there is no Climate Emergency ? | Watts Up With That?
What if there is no Climate Emergency ? | Watts Up With That?
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- What if there is no Catastrophic Risk from Man-made Global Warming ?
- What if Man-made CO2 emissions are not the “Climate Control Knob” ?
- What if Man-made CO2 emissions really are a non-problem ?
- But what if there is a real Global Cooling Catastrophe in the offing ?
It is the propaganda of Catastrophic Global Warming / Climate Change alarmists that has illogically conflated Carbon Dioxide, the beneficial trace gas that sustains all life on earth and which may cause some minor warming, with real and dangerous pollutants to create the “Great Global Warming Scare / Climate Change Scare / Climate Emergency / etcetera”, with their “we are all going to fry in the next few years” narrative”.
...For the last 3 millennia, since 1000BC, cooling has been progressing at a rate considerably higher than during the earlier Holocene that encompassed the highest temperature of the Holocene Climate Optimum..."Read all.
Massachusetts GOP: Warren Running Campaign 'Based Upon Envy'
“It’s a point I’ve made since my very first campaign: Nobody in this country got rich on their own. They relied on infrastructure we all paid for, employees we all paid to educate,” she wrote.
“So if you’re successful, good for you—now pay it forward so everyone has a chance at success,” she added:
Buzzfeed Crew Shocked To Learn They Have Low Testosterone Levels
Buzzfeed Crew Shocked To Learn They Have Low Testosterone Levels"The normal testosterone level for an American male is a range anywhere from 270 to 1070 ng/dL with an average of 679 ng/dL.
When a crew from Buzzfeed got their testosterone levels checked as part of an investigation into male attractiveness, 3 out of 4 were apparently low..."Read all.
Lots of talk, get some facts.-----Five Common Misconceptions About the Electoral College - The Atlantic
Five Common Misconceptions About the Electoral College - The Atlantic"...Below, I identify five common mistakes made in arguing for the preservation of the Electoral College.
Mistake Number 1: Many supporters of the Electoral College assume that the debate about presidential selection at the Constitutional Convention, like the debate today, focused on whether the president should be chosen by the Electoral College or by a nationwide popular vote.
But as tempting as it is to read history in the light of contemporary concerns, the debate at the convention focused on a different issue: Should Congress choose the president?...
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Obama made Americans buy insurance, but judge stops Trump rule that immigrants do the same - WND
Obama made Americans buy insurance, but judge stops Trump rule that immigrants do the same - WND:
The great irony, of course, is the fact that Simon was an appointee of a president who felt that Americans needed to buy insurance whether they needed it or not.
In fact, that was the whole point of the Obamacare individual mandate: If you didn’t get healthy people to pay into the program by buying coverage they didn’t need, premiums would skyrocket.
The great irony, of course, is the fact that Simon was an appointee of a president who felt that Americans needed to buy insurance whether they needed it or not.
In fact, that was the whole point of the Obamacare individual mandate: If you didn’t get healthy people to pay into the program by buying coverage they didn’t need, premiums would skyrocket.
Are you SURE you're prepared to live with the Green New Deal?-----Fans of Best of the Web Today
Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Hurd
More than 340,000 German households had their electricity turned off last year because they couldn’t pay their electricity bills. A mother [pictured above] is sitting with her son in her darkened apartment in Hanover (Source: DPA)"
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CNN’s pre-Thanksgiving civility lesson: Trump defenders ‘Should Be Laughed at, Ridiculed, and Scorned’ - American Thinker
CNN’s pre-Thanksgiving civility lesson: Trump defenders ‘Should Be Laughed at, Ridiculed, and Scorned’ - American Thinker
"When you consider the vast number of people forced to watch CNN as they waited at their gates for delayed airline flights on the busiest travel day of the year, one marked by weather delays in most of the country, this call for harsh derision could affect a lot of Thanksgiving dinners today.
Ridicule and scorn do not fit well with the theme of giving thanks for the blessings we receive as Americans, but then again, CNN, in the ratings tank and discredited for its repeated fake news incidents, has less to be thankful for than most Americans, enjoying higher incomes and lower taxes.
"When you consider the vast number of people forced to watch CNN as they waited at their gates for delayed airline flights on the busiest travel day of the year, one marked by weather delays in most of the country, this call for harsh derision could affect a lot of Thanksgiving dinners today.
Ridicule and scorn do not fit well with the theme of giving thanks for the blessings we receive as Americans, but then again, CNN, in the ratings tank and discredited for its repeated fake news incidents, has less to be thankful for than most Americans, enjoying higher incomes and lower taxes.
Watch as CNN legal analyst Elie Honig responds to anchor Brooke Baldwin saying, that the main defense of “I know nothing” is “dead.”
At about 1:40 below:
At about 1:40 below:
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope nobody at your Thanksgiving table was stuck in an airport departure lounge yesterday."
Video of 6-Foot-2, 220-Pound Transgender Crushing Female Athletes Shows How Unfair Trans Movement Is to Women
Video of 6-Foot-2, 220-Pound Transgender Crushing Female Athletes Shows How Unfair Trans Movement Is to Women
...the first day of “Transgender Awareness Week,” according to LGBT athletics blog Outsports.
...And this trend finds no better example than that of Hannah Mouncey...
Another male athlete claiming female “gender identity,” Mouncey made international headlines last fall when he withdrew his professional draft nomination for the women’s Australian Football League because of perceived discrimination, according to The Independent.
Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing in at approximately 220 pounds, Mouncey, who had competed on the men’s national team for handball in 2016, was crowned a hero by the LGBT community for attacking the AFL’s “Gender Diversity Policy” — a policy he claimed was too restrictive..."
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...the first day of “Transgender Awareness Week,” according to LGBT athletics blog Outsports.
...And this trend finds no better example than that of Hannah Mouncey...
Another male athlete claiming female “gender identity,” Mouncey made international headlines last fall when he withdrew his professional draft nomination for the women’s Australian Football League because of perceived discrimination, according to The Independent.
Standing 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing in at approximately 220 pounds, Mouncey, who had competed on the men’s national team for handball in 2016, was crowned a hero by the LGBT community for attacking the AFL’s “Gender Diversity Policy” — a policy he claimed was too restrictive..."
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Mark Your Calendars. This Will Be The Biggest Day Yet For Impeachment Legal Fights | The Daily Caller
Mark Your Calendars. This Will Be The Biggest Day Yet For Impeachment Legal Fights | The Daily Caller:Two three-judge panels will hear back-to-back arguments on two separate matters. The first is a dispute over a House Judiciary Committee subpoena for grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The second involves another House subpoena compelling the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn.
Study Shows Electric Cars Become Practically Useless In Cold Weather
"According to recent studies, cold temperatures significantly reduce the performance of electric cars, especially when it comes to battery life.
One study by AAA suggested that cold temperatures can reduce the range of the batteries in most electric cars by over 40 percent.
It was also noted that the performance can be even worse when the interior heaters are used..."
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History for December 2
History for December 2 - On-This-Day.com
George Seurat 1859, Alexander M. Haig 1924, Edwin Meese III 1931 - Attorney general in the U.S.
Lucy Liu 1968 - Actress, Britney Spears 1981 - Singer, TV judge ("The X Factor"), Aaron Rodgers 1983 - Football player
1942 - A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr. Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago.
1997 - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an independent counsel investigation of telephone fund-raising by President Clinton and Vice President Gore. She had concluded that they had not violated election laws.
Sunday, December 01, 2019
Clarence Thomas Says ‘The Modern-Day Liberal’ Tried To Stop His Career | The Daily Caller
Clarence Thomas Says ‘The Modern-Day Liberal’ Tried To Stop His Career | The Daily Caller:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas doesn’t blame white supremacists for trying to derail his career — he points his finger at “the modern-day liberal,” a group that includes former Vice President Joe Biden.
Thomas expounds on this theme in the upcoming documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words,” a copy of which was obtained by ABC News Thursday. He spends a lot of time talking about his still controversial confirmation to the Supreme Court by the Senate Judiciary Committee — whose chairman at the time was Democratic Delaware Sen. Biden.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas doesn’t blame white supremacists for trying to derail his career — he points his finger at “the modern-day liberal,” a group that includes former Vice President Joe Biden.
Thomas expounds on this theme in the upcoming documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words,” a copy of which was obtained by ABC News Thursday. He spends a lot of time talking about his still controversial confirmation to the Supreme Court by the Senate Judiciary Committee — whose chairman at the time was Democratic Delaware Sen. Biden.
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