“People do not understand what happens in a disenfranchised community,” said Councilwoman Perry, who represents neighborhoods in the area. “The fact remains, there are not a lot of food choices in South L.A.”

Since there is not much land left to develop in the area, the moratorium will allow city planners time to determine what kinds of businesses would be best in an area where rates of obesity and diseases related to it are disproportionately high.

“Anybody who believes fast food is the source of all dietary evil is, of course, being naïve,” she said. Other facets of modern life contribute to obesity. People drive more than they walk. Children play video games more often than stickball. And daily life has become saturated with opportunities to eat.

Hard to believe you have a grasp on current health problems when you refer to antiquated past-times like "stickball." Suddenly South Los Angeleans can't drive outside the city limits for a hamburger from a freshly minted fast food joint? And what about the existing 45% of restaurants that are fast food joints? I just don't see how this is going to get to the roots of the problem like few grocery stores and sit-down restaurants (which, for some reason, the council thinks have much better food choices).

-janelane

Los Angeles Stages a Fast Food Intervention - NYTimes.com

You can achieve similar results by following these nine commandments of hypermiling.

I agree with all of them except maintaining accelerator pressure even going up and down hills. I want to ACME mallet people who go 20 mph uphill and 60 mph downhill in a 45 mph zone. No matter how much fuel you might save, that's not safe or in the best interest of traffic flow.

-janelane

Get 50 mpg -- in your own car - MSN Money

Those of us who pay lip service to green living can now be more genuinely P.C. — with the Dell Studio Hybrid PC, a fashionably curvy computer with special power-saving features.

And it's a hybrid of what, exactly? I don't see a gasoline or biodiesel engine anywhere. And in what configuration? Series? Parallel?

I think the answer to those questions is bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.

-janelane, anti-greenwashing

A Green PC That’s Easier on the Electric Bill. The Bamboo Case Is Optional. - NYTimes.com

"We believe federal action agencies will err on the side of caution in making these determinations," the proposal said.

Let's see, what ELSE could Bush fuck up before leaving office? I know, those liberals using the ESA to protect ES from global warming. While he's at it, be sure to weaken the rules and rely on self-regulation by federal agencies to determine what harms species and what doesn't.

Yeah, cause that worked so well last time.

-janelane, won't this guy LEAVE ALREADY?

Bush could weaken Endangered Species Act - CNN.com

Beautiful!

Awesome Slow Motion Lightning Bolt

"duraweld keel cooler" yields just 3 results. Luckily, the first one does the trick.

-janelane

fewest results on google so far

Eighties-tastic!

YouTube - Killer Clowns From Outer Space

They had even intensively questioned his adopted children, Andrew and Amanda, now both 24, with the authorities telling his son that he might be able to collect the $2.5 million reward for solving the case and buy a sports car, and showing his daughter gruesome photographs of victims of the anthrax letters and telling her, “Your father did this,” according to the account Dr. Ivins gave a close friend.

As the investigation wore on, some colleagues thought the F.B.I.’s methods were increasingly coercive, as the agency tried to turn Army scientists against one another and reinterviewed family members.

One former colleague, Dr. W. Russell Byrne, said the agents pressed Dr. Ivins’s daughter repeatedly to acknowledge that her father was involved in the attacks.

“It was not an interview,” Dr. Byrne said. “It was a frank attempt at intimidation.”

Dr. Byrne said he believed Dr. Ivins was singled out partly because of his personal weaknesses. “They figured he was the weakest link,” Dr. Byrne said. “If they had real evidence on him, why did they not just arrest him?”

Now I hope he was guilty so that the FBI didn't drive an innocent man to suicide.

-janelane, against questionable tactics

Pressure Grows for F.B.I.’s Anthrax Evidence - NYTimes.com

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The civil lawsuit was filed after the disclosure of the sex scenes in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, released in 2004. The existence of the scenes, accessible to knowledgeable players using third-party software, drew fierce condemnation from lawmakers and sparked a frenzy online. The suit accused the game’s makers of defrauding buyers by failing to disclose the scenes.

"Wag of my finger" to the designers for putting in the sex scenes, and another "wag" to the purchasers for not expecting the absolute worse that the designers could dish out.

-janelane, all my games are rated T

Settlement Over Sex Scenes in Grand Theft Auto Hits a Snag - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog