Old Diet Reanalysis
lundi 24 avril 2017 à 02:00Reanalysis of old diet studies casts doubt on the idea that saturated fats lead to heart disease.
This supports the idea that the cause of the increase in heart disease is sugar.
Site original : Richard Stallman's Political Notes
Reanalysis of old diet studies casts doubt on the idea that saturated fats lead to heart disease.
This supports the idea that the cause of the increase in heart disease is sugar.
The absurd trial of Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour.
Arabs in Israel are prosecuted for "incitement" under very loose criteria, while Israelis are never prosecuted, not even for specific death threats.
Because Kemal Hawwash has endorsed a boycott of Israeli products, Israel will never again allow him to visit his relatives in Palestine.
The Palestinian campaign for BDS is a nonviolent, political response to the violence of the occupation. Israel's refusal to let its supporters visit Palestine, just like its refusal to let them visit Israel, is a violation of their human rights.
One effect of expensive rents is that people are invited to pay the rent in sex.
Agreeing to sex as rent is a solution for one person, in the sense that person obtains lodgings for less money. However, when you look at society as a whole, this doesn't make the situation any better. If X obtains lodging this way, some Y becomes homeless.
To improve the housing situation for everyone in the short term, we need either rent control or a lot of new housing construction. A lot of new housing construction will drive rents down while making space for more people. Rent control won't increase the amount of space available, but it will enable all the renters to get food as well as housing.
In the long term, having fewer children will help tremendously.
I am looking for people to help webmasters of various sites (not related to me or GNU) make simple but substantial changes in their web sites — for instance, to use the GNU Project's recommended terminology.