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Wednesday, October 29th, 2003
On RTE this morning the presenter said a publican at last night's meeting of the VFI had said words to the effect of "Let's be frank, we're the ones who run the country" in arguing that publicans should not implement the new smoking ban. I'm not really surprised at the ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
The much heralded regulations banning smoking in Irish workplaces have been signed into law. While publicans in several counties don't plan to enforce the regulations, it is a major step forward, and should make socialising a much more pleasant experience for the 2/3 of the population who don't smoke....
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Monday, July 14th, 2003
On the Daily Mail:
Its lead story is dear to its readers' hearts: "Junk food could be as addictive as cigarettes or heroin ... snacks high in fat or sugar can cause changes in the brain similar to those seen in people hooked on smoking or drugs." No calls yet to ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2003
The Guardian has an article today about a British medical journal editorial on Cannabis. I had started writing a post accusing the authors of scaremongering because of this quote (from the Guardian coverage):
The authors, from Imperial College London and St Mary's hospital, London, argued that 120,000 deaths are caused among ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2003
The current edition of McSweeney's has quite a funny parody of Chomsky and Zinn analysing the Lord of The Rings. Choice quote:
Chomsky: How do you think these wizards build gigantic towers and mighty fortresses? Where do they get the money? Keep in mind that I do not especially regard anyone, ...
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