Archive for 2016

THE REPUBLICANS WHO WEREN’T THERE: Which Republicans?

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S, EAT FISH. Well, maybe. But there’s a catch: “Eating seafood is linked to a reduced risk of dementia-associated brain changes in people who carry the ApoE4 gene variation, which increases the risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Eating seafood was not linked to similar changes in those who carried other forms of the ApoE gene.”

I notice that “eat more fish” is a default headline trope, even when the evidence is sketchy.

SO DOES THIS MEAN HE ALWAYS WINS HIS AGE CLASS? Meet The World’s Oldest Competitive Powerlifter.

At Yale Law School they used to have — and maybe still do, I don’t know — a 5K race called the “Race Judicata.” (Slogans: “A Parade of Horribles,” “With All Deliberate Speed,” etc., etc.) I remember Charlie Black used to run in it, and always won his division: “Medicare Eligible.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

To young girls and women across the country, I say: do not let others define you. Do not listen to anyone who says you have to vote a certain way or for a certain candidate because you’re a woman. That is not feminism. Feminism doesn’t shut down conversations or threaten women. It is not about ideology. It is not a weapon to wield against your political opponent. A feminist is a woman who lives the life she chooses and uses all her God-given gifts. And always remember that a leader is not born, but made. Choose leadership.

Carly Fiorina Suspends Her Campaign, Blasts ‘Feminism’ In Farewell Statement.

Curiously though, no fire-and-brimstone eschatological statements that women would be going to Hell for not supporting her, or for choosing a different ideological path.