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By Dave Hitt on Jul 14, 2007 in Junk Science, Nanny Nation | 0 Comments
Most medical journals have eagerly swallowed the junk science and outright lies of the anti-smoker crowd. This makes it nearly impossible for the opposition to be heard. One exception is the American Council on Science and Health. Michael McFadden and Dave Kuneman authored a very comprehensive study that shows the conclusions of the widely publicized […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 14, 2007 in Junk Science | 0 Comments
I warned about this more than seven years ago. The only surprise is that it took this long. Susan McBride, a whiny bitch from Detroit, is suing her employer because people wear scents to work. She imagines this violates her rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. She wants all her co-workers to stop wearing […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 11, 2007 in Bad Business, Politics, Pop Culture, QH Podcasts | 3 Comments
As promised there is now a Quick Hitts podcast that provides an extensive review of Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” It’s the Moore Nonsense” episode (#56) and you can find it here.
By Dave Hitt on Jul 10, 2007 in Political Correctness, Politics | 0 Comments
“When correctly viewed Everything is lewd” – from “Smut” by Tom Lehrer The City of Keizer, Oregon, put up cement posts to protect pedestrians from traffic. But some residents are complaining that they look like. . . boys things. The solution – they’re going to fit them with collars and connect them with chains. No, […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 4, 2007 in Cigars, Nanny Nation | 2 Comments
There is something almost magical about the social aspects of Cigars and Pipes. The simple act of lighting one changes your demeanor, relaxes you, and makes you more willing, hell, more able, to consider other points of view. Conversations among cigar and pipe smokers are different and better then most smoke free conversations. As […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 4, 2007 in Big Brother, Nanny Nation, Pop Culture | 0 Comments
America no longer exists, but the United States is still a pretty cool place, so the Fourth is still worth celebrating. Big fireworks displays are great fun, but they’re still a passive experience, and Lee Greenwood sucks. So be sure to blow off some of your own fireworks. Make some noise. Blow stuff up. It’s […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 2, 2007 in Politics, Pop Culture | 2 Comments
There is much to despise in Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” Like all MM films it features a plethora of half truths and misleading numbers, a few outright lies, and it completely ignores many very important facts. Sometime in the next few days I’ll have an extensive review of it, along with a podcast. But I couldn’t […]