Women are inferior. Conservatives are criminals. Homosexuals are sinners. Catholics are doomed to hell. Homeopathy is sham. What! Hold on! Homeopathy is a sham? (Nod to Woodshed for the opening-line inspiration.) I’m a little surprised at the degree of medico bigotry rearing its ugly head wrt homeopathy. I can understand
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Herbinator: Margarine, healthy yet again.
Holly shit! Margarine (aka shortening and hydrogenated oil) is a health food again. Two little babies, lying in bedOne was sick and the other ‘most deadSent for the doctor and the doctor said“Give those children some shortnin’ bread.” Mammy’s little baby loves short’nin’, short’nin’,Mammy’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread. Probably
Continue readingHerbinator: Homeopathy and CBC’s Marketplace
I watched CBC’s Marketplace show on homeopathy entitled Pro or Con. It was a hatchet job. I am no believer in homeopathy. Still, I do not show distain for those choosing it in health matters. Choice in health care is a fundamental human right which has been severely suppressed in
Continue readingHerbinator: We can recognize Lebanon!
Hey, now that the nasty terrorist organization, Hezbollah, has resigned from the Lebanon government we are finally free to recognize the country.; ) .
Continue readingHerbinator: Fluoridation, again
Calgary may once again have a chance to get added fluoride out of our water supply. I found this to be a good site arguing against fluoridation. I don’t have much to add except that I’ve noticed that ALL the countries with longer life expectancies (the gold standard in health
Continue readingHerbinator: Alberta Election
I am starting to look forward to the upcoming Alberta provincial election in 2012. Of particular interest to me are the candidates who will emerge in support of Green Principles. In a manner similar to the American Tea Party movement, Visionary Greens …
Continue readingHerbinator: Herbal Medicine may be risky for kids
Herbal medicine may be risky for kids, says a CBC headline. “Perhaps the most serious harm occurs when effective therapies are replaced by ineffective alternative therapies,” he said. “In that situation, even an intrinsically harmless medicine, …
Continue readingHerbinator: X-spouse from Hell
I have been reading up on the new 2010 changes to family law in Australia. Apparently significant changes have been made there with respect to family law and child rights.
Specifically, what tickled my fancy was:
A Child Has the Right to Spend Substan…
Herbinator: Control Group
I want somebody to pay me a million bucks to state the obvious. I can prove that black is darker than white, for example. Or that cars can go faster than turtles. Or that a “Healthy diet tied [is] to longer life in 70s” … oh, wait, somebody did that …
Continue readingHerbinator: Savage Review of Alberta Health Care
Enlightened Savage wanted some debate on these points.
Not enough experienced and trained medical professionals, incl. family doctors
Misuse/overuse of the system for non-essential services
Lack of care for the poor
Limited access to non-trauma Urgen…
Herbinator: CSIS influence
Canada’s spy agency suspects that cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, CBC News has learned.This sounds very McCarthyesk. I wonder if CSIS is under the influence of an affluent foreign government..
Continue readingHerbinator: Body World
I will not be going to Body World … an exhibit of plastinated human bodies.An Alternative health practitioner respects the human body. There is no gainful reason for me to view human indignities..
Continue readingHerbinator: Protecting rights
Imposing our values on others: dirty job but somebody has to do it. Perhaps when we are done converting Afghanistan into a fleshier state we can invade the Amazon and convert it to a clothier state. Gotta teach the world how to get the balance right…
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