"The Calories In/Calories Out Myth" - This Is Sad

finkicare · 2012-05-25T19:42:09.213896+00:00

jaebigdong · 1 day

Did it suddenly become illegal to buy things outside the country?

KazamaSmokers · 1 day

PhD at 24. sigh

toxicbrew · 1 day

I just can't fathom how he could build something on land that he doesn't own--and not only that, it was city owned property! And when that came to light--what did he say regarding it? 'I think it's better this way?' I'm genuinely curious because it baffles me.

JCraigXI · 1 day

I don't necessarily disagree with the concept of privatizing the meters, but the way it was handled was a total disgrace, and reeks of somebody getting a kickback (unproven allegation, I know). Daley gave them a whopping three days from proposal to voting on this deal which would bind the city and its residents for the next 75 years. A monumental decision that should be properly thought and and debated. No reasonable business would ever do such a major deal so quickly.

JCraigXI · 1 day

It didn't auction for more because City Hall pushed it through in 3 days. Literally, the Council got the 3 page (!) report and voted on this 75 year contract 3 days later, at Daley's insistence. An absolute travesty.

JCraigXI · 1 day

Not really--they had plenty of options. It wasn't as though the city would be bankrupt the next day. They could have floated a bond using future revenues of the meters as collateral. Very similar, but the city keeps the rights to revenue. They could have contracted out operation of the meters but still owned them. Really anything but what they did would have been better.

toxicbrew · 1 day

I always wondered how he can get away with the things he did. Blocking off the park for years and claiming Homeland Security said he could? Building a second pier without permission? Closing off a road and (from what I've heard) building some of his duty free building or pumps on city land? And the most bizarre of all, building the duty free pumps on land earmarked for a truck access road--all of which were finally torn down after a year and rebuilt a little bit further away, away from the road. Those pumps were built at least 3 years ago, but only now the access road opened, just two months after MDOT took over the whole project and fast tracked it. I hate Maroun more than anyone, but I wonder how he got away with illegally building things so egregiously without government permission for so long, and everyone knew about it. What's his excuse for that?

adephagia · 1 day

Well...I'm pretty sure the standard of living is much higher in Norway than in Burundi, all inclusive.

fightbcicantfly · 1 day

Very interesting, thanks for the info. From what I've heard of Alexander, he too was similar to Ceasar in that he would offer a city a chance to be 'free' under him, but if they didn't want it, well, prepare for war. Although I never quite understood the purpose of destroying a city--wouldn't you want it to be useful to you?

As for your point on morality--good point--it's amazing to look back and think, 'What were they thinking?' But at the time, it was accepted, and our values today are not what they were then.

tt23 · 2 days

I would have thought Japan would have shut those down long ago, considering its 2145 there.

fightbcicantfly · 2 days

Wait..something called 'horse porn' exists?? wtf..

fightbcicantfly · 2 days

Dude, get on that.

fightbcicantfly · 2 days

WTF did the children do to deserve that? And the regular people who were attacked, who were they and where did they come from?

tt23 · 2 days

Slightly off topic, but since Japan's 16(?) nuclear reactors are all down, how are they powering the country?

thuglaq · 2 days

Isn't it taxed heavily by the states, and subsidized by the central govt?

birdFEEDER · 3 days

Because the police held the line.

birdFEEDER · 3 days

The march had no authorization to go east of Michigan and Cermak, and there was no chance of that happening with dozens of leaders in that secure zone. The trouble only happened when people tried to push through the police lines to get to McCormick Place.

JDawn747 · 3 days

You run the @LostTheShow twitter account? status update here

Joe_12265 · 7 days

Can you explain this in layman's terms?

Mr-Skin · 7 days

I was under the impression the clip length was limited to 30 seconds. Which is why song previews on iTunes are 29 seconds.

rokstar66 · 7 days

Where is the traffic going the other way?

cx0der · 7 days

If they allow a certain percentage or reasonable amount, then it would be ok. In the US, while there is no strict percentage allowed, you are allowed to have a slight tint in the front windows, as long as you are viewable from the outside.

toxicbrew

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