Tag: sugar

Lahaina: A Failure of Blue Land Use Policy

 

The Lahaina inferno has drawn out the conspiracy theorists, touting everything from laser rays to artificial fuels. Add in the Gaea cult assigning it to global warming. The truth is likely even more tragic because prosaic. It’s the foreseeable consequence of readily observable folly, lacking only the right conditions to set things in motion. This photo (cribbed from the AP) tells the tale:

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Senator Corey Booker, (D, NJ) is on a campaign. He has stated that he will eliminate all sugar from his diet between now and the election. He has further declared that sugar is the cause of the obesity epidemic currently plaguing the US. Something is afoot here, but I do not think it is sweetness. […]

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Well for me this was a first.  This morning I took the wife for her initial visit to a neurosurgeon, his hair was just beginning to gray.  He has a good reputation, is part of the Vanderbilt system, and his medical questions and the way he conducted the exam I appreciated.  His plans for follow-up and […]

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Oof. Seattle Sugar Tax Raises Soda Prices by 75 Percent

 

Seattle residents started the new year with a bad case of sticker shock followed by a sugar crash. A new tax of 1.75 cents per ounce was added to all sweetened beverages sold in the city. The move had public support in June when it was passed 7-1 by the Seattle City Council, but images of regret have been hitting social media as the bill came due Monday.

The prices at an area Costco showed that the tax increases the price of Gatorade by 65 percent and Dr Pepper by 75 percent. To avoid complaints from outraged customers, the discount chain posted an explanation of the steep price increase.

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Most of you will remember New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ill-fated attempt to ban sugary drinks of a certain size in NYC restaurants. The ban was sold as a response to a public health crisis surrounding sugar consumption and obesity. It was eventually struck down by the NYC court of appeals on the grounds […]

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