Archive for October 2014
Civil Asset Forfeiture Is Modern Day Animal Trials
I was amused to learn, some decades ago, that this fucktarded shit actually took place. In legal history, an animal trial was the criminal trial of a non-human. Such trials are recorded as having taken place in Europe from the thirteenth century until the eighteenth. […] Animals, including insects, faced the possibility of criminal charges…Read More
Podcast Interview With Melissa Curtiss of Fat to Fit my quest
I really like people like Melissa. A bit seasoned in age, recognize a problem (I was about 47), do something about it. For most of us, complete reversal might prove to be a futile quest. For most of us, diminishing returns eventually present themselves and you just have to recognize you’re way better off, and…Read More
I’m Your Quotidien Iconoclast
Iconoclast: a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions. Duh. It’s fucking dessert for me. Ask my parents. There is literally nothing I love more than to goad or demonstrate to anyone—even my parents—that their lives have been a complete waste, intellectually. The cool thing about iconoclasm is that it does’t deal in the practical. You can…Read More
My Idea of Chicken For a Football Game
You take leftover rotisserie chickens from you local market, from the fridge. No, I can’t really bring myself to lie and give you faux shit over how they’re labelled; so long as they taste good. Indeed it was the case they taste awesome, and you can enhance. I sourced from two caracas. Just punch them, break…Read More
Random Monday Hit & Run
Yesterday wasn’t enough. 1. William F. Buckley, Jr. Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views. 2. Bill Maher and Sam Harris demonstrate in excruciating detail just how much of a Fucktard Ben Affleck is. This is painful to…Read More
Random Sunday Hit & Run
I’m thinking this will be a regular Sunday deal and I may even do a “hump day” random as well. Let’s jump right in. I’ll start doing it in numbers instead of bullets for easy referencing in comments. 1. Deleting all Facebook: Enormous Relief. Note that 100% of the 48 comments are supportive. One thing of…Read More
Squinting At A Specifically General View of the Gut Microbiome
This was my very first post of more than 100 by now, April of 2013, that began my evolution in thinking about the gut microbiome: Prepare for the “Resistant Starch” Assimilation; Resistance is Futile. Yes, the narrative was initially somewhat hyperbolic, silver-bullet, miracle cure and all. I’ll cop to all of it. I am primarily an…Read More
The Swedes Look Beyond Vilhjalmur Stefansson’s NYT Obituary, to The Science He Ignored
Back a bit, Duck Dodgers and I got into a kerfuffle with Dr. Mike Eades on Twitarded, of all places. It was in response to this post: One Thousand Nails in the Coffin of Arctic Explorer Vilhjálmur Stefansson, and His Spawn. It resulted in Mike posting this: Beware the confirmation bias. Resoundingly, in at least my own…Read More
15-Minute Broiled Salmon With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Rice & Bean Salad
Well, you’ll need to have made your Rice & Bean Salad previously, but this demonstrates its versatility as a side dish right from the fridge. So, get salmon filets, obviously. Get your hands on a frying pan big enough for them. Set your oven rack on the second position from the top (about 6″ from…Read More
Physiological Insulin Resistance = Low Carbohydrate Diet Induced Insulin Resistance
I’ll admit to breathing a sigh of relief back in October of 2007, when Peter at Hyperlipid posted about “Physiological insulin resistance.” Curiously, looking at the post again, I note that he didn’t capitalize the second two words—as though it’s not a proper name for a specific condition. Back in mid summer 2007 there was this…Read More