Archive: May 2005

Chappell’s Show Over For PETA

The game of cricket is a big deal to millions of fans around the world, so People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) knew it would earn a good…
PostedMay 31, 2005 at12:00 am

Internal CDC Documents: Researchers Apparently Knew 400,000-Obesity-Death Study Used ‘Wrong Formula’

Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Center for Consumer Freedom, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has…
PostedMay 27, 2005 at12:00 am

Fat Wars: The Obesity Empire Strikes Back

Feeling a disturbance in the obesity force, a cabal of dark side research clones — who hype the problem of obesity — attempted to…
PostedMay 26, 2005 at12:00 am

Pop Goes The Junk Science

As legislators in Connecticut consider a bill banning soda and snacks from schools, a new study has added to the growing body of evidence…
PostedMay 24, 2005 at12:00 am

Scientific American: Obesity-Death Stat Dubious, Erroneous, And Outdated

Last week we told you about a bombshell article in Scientific American critiquing a study that found obesity is set to substantially shorten Americans’ life expectancy. Senior science reporter…
PostedMay 23, 2005 at12:00 am

‘Back-Of-The-Envelope’ Obesity Hype

Just when they probably thought things couldn’t get any worse,the cabal of "obesity warriors" on a crusade to hype fear of fat has taken yet another blow. An…
PostedMay 20, 2005 at12:00 am

CCF Tells Senate: PETA Supports Terrorism

The Center for Consumer Freedom testified today before the Senate’s Environmental and Public Works committee that highly visible tax-exempt groups including…
PostedMay 18, 2005 at12:00 am

Nestle Utters Curdled Kernel of Knowledge

“I don’t think dairy is an essential nutrient at all. Cows don’t drink milk, and they make bones. The calcium story is complicated.”…
PostedMay 17, 2005 at12:00 am

Brownell Admits ‘We Don’t Know’ If Twinkie Tax Would Work

“You can have it your way, but your next burger may come with a tax,” warned CNN’s Jack Cafferty last week. Referring to a proposed…
PostedMay 16, 2005 at12:00 am

Florida Neuters HSUS Funding

While leading animal rights groups spend top dollar trying to steal meat off our tables, they spend precious little in the way of directly helping animals. As we've…
PostedMay 13, 2005 at12:00 am