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Ridley's Believe It Or
Not--February 27, 2014: Again, almost skunked as the shadow
of St. Patrick's Day continues to dominate, but
managed to find these gems. Hope you enjoy the holidays, factoids and
quote for the day and are enjoying your cake and chili and wondering how much
guilt over sugar you may face when the new food labels proposed by the FDA are
implemented:
1. International Polar Bear Day (Thermostat Challenge)--observing
not the polar bears, cute as they may be in Coke commercials during the
Christmas holidays, but the need to reduce carbon emissions by lowering or
raising thermostats by five degrees depending on season or where you live
although a tough sell in the US Midwest freezing in 15-30 degree below normal
temperatures and bracing yet another winter Arctic Vortex.
2. National Chili Day--celebrating a great meal
during a freezing day in the winter; join the debate on whether you should or
should not add beans to your recipe.
3. National Chocolate Cake Day--celebrating, what else,
chocolate cakes and thumbing one’s nose at the FDA's new calorie and sugar
labeling proposals.
On this day in:
a. 1828 the first Mardi Gras was held in New Orleans; Mardi
Gras is an event that should be on everyone's bucket list.
b. 1878 saccharin (C7H5NO3S) was discovered in the Johns Hopkins
University laboratory of Ira Remsen, a professor of chemistry; ironic that 136
years later today the FDA proposes new labeling on calories and highlighting
added sugar in all the food products we buy as the "War on Obesity"
picks up steam.
c. 1922 the US Supreme Court in Leser v. Garnet rejected a
challenge to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right
to vote (can only imagine the frosty reception at home Oscar Leser, the
plaintiff, must have faced from his wife Annette after filing his case. A thought on why the FDA proposals make sense: “Some of the largest companies are now using brain scans to study how we react neurologically to certain foods, especially to sugar. They've discovered that the brain lights up for sugar the same way it does for cocaine.” Michael Moss, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of the book Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. If you have any doubts on this, watch how quickly a temper tantrum erupts in a supermarket when a small child is told by a parent to put a candy bar or sugar laced cereal back on the shelves.
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to honor Bode Miller and the human spirit just posted; an original poem for
Cupid on Valentine's Day; an original poem to honor Cory Remsburg, and
original poem to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Just posted for your enjoyment
on Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times poems on the
Potomac fever infecting the Governors’ Conference; the Cal Ripken, Jr.
equivalent in the House, John Dingell after almost 60 years announcing his
retirement; FCC plan to investigate diversity of news coverage to the great
concern of the media (now shelved due to outrage in the media); Nebraska judge
saving Obama by enjoining Keystone XL; Kerry calling global warming the
new weapon of mass destruction; chaos in the Ukraine; OC Sheriff's Deputies
getting paid for donning and doffing their uniforms; the FAA grounding
drone delivery of Valentine's Day Roses; Chairman of OC Board of Supervisors
double dipping; a Perfect Gift for Valentine’s Day; Arctic Vortex slamming the
U.S to join a great list of comments on the newsworthy times, in rhyme of
course.
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27, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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