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  • CDC is Protecting Illicit Marijuana While Trying to Pin this Outbreak on Traditional E-Cigarettes

    09/14/2019 12:35:38 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 36 replies
    The Rest of the Story ^ | September 8, 2019 | Dr. Michael Siegel
    It is clear to me that in its investigation of more than 400 cases of acute respiratory failure tied to the vaping of certain products, the CDC is doing everything it can to undermine the proven connection between most of these cases and illicit marijuana vape carts, while exaggerating a potential, but completely unproven connection with traditional electronic cigarettes. This was highlighted last Friday with the complete split between the FDA and CDC with respect to their public communications and warnings regarding the disease outbreak.
  • New Study Finds that Average Diacetyl Exposure from Vaping is 750 Times Lower than from Smoking

    12/11/2015 4:51:25 PM PST · by Eric Blair 2084 · 13 replies
    The rest of the story ^ | December 10, 2015 | Dr. Michael Siegel
    When statists get desperate, they resort to science by press release. Relying on the stupidity of the American people much like Gruber did with Obamacare. You can spend any news story. For example in the 1980s if the USSR lost to America in a Olympic sport final Pravda would report it as... Soviets finish second, America finishes second to last.
  • All new South Park: Episode 1909 “Truth and Advertising”

    12/02/2015 3:07:50 PM PST · by Eric Blair 2084 · 12 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | December 2, 2015 | Parker and Stone
    PC PRINCIPAL DISAPPEARS WITH TWO STUDENTS ON AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK” PREMIERING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 AT 10:00 P.M. ET/PT ON COMEDY Central NEW YORK, November 30, 2015 – The latest news in the school paper sets the boys on a search to find their two missing classmates on an all-new episode of “South Park” titled “Truth and Advertising” on Wednesday, December 2 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. Being the crack reporter that he is, Jimmy sets out to learn everything he can about what makes Leslie tick. Meanwhile, Principal Victoria and Mr. Garrison return to a South Park...
  • New South Park episode: "The Magic Bush"

    10/29/2014 6:16:28 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 22 replies
    South Park
    Cartman and butters obtain a drone and take it for a spin around the neighborhood.
  • New South Park episode: "Gluten free Ebola

    10/01/2014 4:54:41 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 25 replies
    South Park ^ | October 1, 2014 | Parker and Stone
    Gluten Free Ebola Stan’s parents panic to clean out all the “bad" food from their kitchen.
  • New South Park season starts tonight

    09/24/2014 6:51:29 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 15 replies
    South Park
    New season starts in eight minutes
  • New South Park Season: Episode 1701 Let Go, Let Gov Press Release

    09/23/2013 6:30:03 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 51 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | September 23, 2013 | Trey Parker and Matt Stone
    CARTMAN INFILTRATES THE NSA ON THE 17TH SEASON PREMIERE OF “SOUTH PARK” ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 AT 10:00 P.M. ET/PT ON COMEDY CENTRAL ——– All-New Season 17 Episodes Available in HD Exclusively on XBOX Live, iTunes, Sony Entertainment Network, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, and Samsung Media Hub New Episodes Also Available on SouthParkStudios.com ——– NEW YORK, September 23, 2013 – Cartman wants to hold the government accountable for secretly monitoring all of his personal information in an all-new episode of “South Park” titled, “Let Go, Let Gov,” premiering Wednesday, September 25 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL. When Cartman...
  • Climate Panel Cites Near Certainty on Warming

    08/20/2013 9:04:17 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 54 replies
    New York Times ^ | August 19, 2013 | JUSTIN GILLIS AND GRANT JUNKIE
    international panel of scientists has found with near certainty that human activity is the cause of most of the temperature increases of recent decades, and warns that sea levels could conceivably rise by more than three feet by the end of the century if emissions continue at a runaway pace. SNIP The draft comes from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of several hundred scientists that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, along with Al Gore. Its summaries, published every five or six years, are considered the definitive assessment of the risks of climate change, and they...
  • Federal Tobacco Program Under Fire: Did the CDC use stimulus funds for restrictive tobacco laws?

    03/08/2013 4:46:10 PM PST · by Eric Blair 2084 · 4 replies
    CSPNews | March 4, 2013 | By MELISSA VONDER HAAR, MITCH MORRISON
    ATLANTA -- Stimulus. The mere mention opens up a debate about whether federal funds were necessary to ensure our nation's economic recovery. But are these funds having a direct effect on retailers' tobacco business on a local level? Perhaps. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allotted $650 million to carry out clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services enlisted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to allocate these funds through an initiative known as the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW). "Communities Putting Prevention to Work was a...
  • E-cigarettes: no smoke without ire

    01/09/2013 7:06:47 PM PST · by Eric Blair 2084 · 55 replies
    The Guardian ^ | January 5, 2013 | Lionel Shriver
    I've long been a decorative smoker. One daily roll-up hasn't imperilled my health much, and it's rescued me from the ranks of the self-righteous. I've relished the dash of badness, but my indulgence has come at a price: complicity. My more heavily addicted husband has smoked from the age of 19. So long as I join him in the odd postprandial drag, I'm a bad influence. Last month I switched to an e-cig. I'm a convert. Sleek, black, and easily confused with a fine-point felt-tip, this newfangled "nicotine delivery system" is dead cool. The gently warm vapour ingeniously replicates the...
  • Lincoln, Liberty and Two Americas

    11/24/2012 4:41:35 PM PST · by Eric Blair 2084 · 50 replies
    New York Times ^ | CHARLES M. BLOW
    The gap is growing between liberals and conservatives, the rich and the not rich, intergenerational privilege and new-immigrant power, patriarchy and gender equality, the expanders of liberty and the withholders of it. And that gap, which has geographic contours — the densely populated coastal states versus the less densely populated states of the Rocky Mountains, Mississippi Delta and Great Plains — threatens the very concept of a United States and is pushing conservatives, left quaking after this month’s election, to extremes. Some have even moved to make our divisions absolute. The Daily Caller reported last week “more than 675,000 digital...
  • Was Hurricane Sandy A Sign Of The “New Normal”?

    11/03/2012 11:25:57 AM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 21 replies
    Energy Tribune ^ | November 2, 2012 | Art Horn
    In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy people with no meteorological training at all are climbing high atop media soap boxes, proclaiming that Hurricane Sandy is part of a “new normal” of extreme weather. Robert Puentes, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program said “Since we keep seeing large scale storms — the derecho this summer, Irene, Isabel — it may be wise for transit and infrastructure planners and officials to think of these as part of a new normal,” This claim is based on the often repeated warning that the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide is causing...
  • South Park New Episode

    10/17/2012 6:28:50 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 12 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | October 17, 2012 | Parker and Stone
    Episode 1611 Press Release Oct 14, 2012 From tomorrow's Comedy Central Press Release: BUTTERS GOES NATIVE ON AN ALL-NEW "SOUTH PARK" PREMIERING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL All-New "South Park" Episodes From This Season are Available in HD Exclusively on Xbox LIVE, iTunes, Sony PlayStation Network, Amazon Instant Video and Vudu, and Samsung Media Hub Episodes are Also Available on SouthParkStudios.com -------- NEW YORK, October 15, 2012 - Butters' outrageous behavior is a sign. It's time for him to begin a journey where he will follow in the path of his ancestors on an all-new...
  • All New South Park; Episode 1610 "Insecurity"

    10/10/2012 4:20:04 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 10 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | October 10, 2012 | Trey Parker and Matt Stone
    Episode 1610 "Insecurity" Press Release From tomorrow's Comedy Central Press Release: HOW MUCH IS YOUR FAMILY’S SAFETY WORTH? ON AN ALL NEW SOUTH PARK PREMIERING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL -------- All-New “South Park” Episodes From This Season are Available in HD Exclusively on Xbox LIVE, iTunes, Sony PlayStation Network, Amazon Instant Video and Vudu, and Samsung Media Hub Episodes are Also Available on SouthParkStudios.com -------- NEW YORK, October 8, 2012 - Kyle is convinced that his mom is having an affair with the UPS delivery man in an all-new episode of "South Park" titled,...
  • All New South Park: "Raising the Bar"

    10/03/2012 4:26:21 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 11 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | October 3, 2012 | Trey Parker and Matt Stone
    All New South Park tonight. Episode 1609 "Raising the Bar" Cartman is tired of being ashamed of his weight. Honey boo boo tries to pick out a pig with a sassy heart.
  • All New South Park, Episode 1608 "Sarcastaball"

    09/25/2012 5:45:59 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 15 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | September 23, 2012 | Trey Parker and Matt Stone
    Episode 1608 Press Release From tomorrow's Comedy Central Press Release: SOUTH PARK ELEMENTARY TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS FOOTBALL’S CONCUSSION CRISIS ON AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK” PREMIERING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL -------- All-New “South Park” Episodes From This Season are Available in HD Exclusively on Xbox LIVE, iTunes, Sony PlayStation Network, Amazon Instant Video and Vudu, and Samsung Media Hub. Episodes are Also Available on SouthParkStudios.com. -------- NEW YORK, September 24, 2012 - Randy’s attitude toward new safety rules in the game of football CHANGES THE SPORT IN A BIG WAY in an all-new episode...
  • Big Pharma Sponsored Front Groups Try to Kill Electronic Cigarettes in the Womb

    04/24/2012 7:06:21 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 13 replies
    The Rest of the Story ^ | APRIL 20, 2012 | Dr. Michael Siegel
    The American Legacy Foundation released a policy statement on electronic cigarettes, in which it called for the removal of these products from the market. The statement was entitled "The FDA Should Take Electronic Cigarettes Off The Market Until It Is Satisfied That They Are Safe and Effective." According to the statement: "While we remain open to promising products that can help smokers quit smoking, a consideration of all of the available evidence combined with important unanswered questions strongly supports our call on the FDA to prohibit the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes unless and until the FDA is satisfied that...
  • ALL NEW SOUTH PARK: Episode 1607 'Cartman Finds Love'

    04/24/2012 6:19:40 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 18 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | April 25, 2012 | Trey Parker and Matt Stone
    LOVE IS IN THE AIR ON AN ALL-NEW "SOUTH PARK" PREMIERING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL -------- All-New Season 16 Episodes Available In HD Exclusively On Xbox LIVE, iTunes, Sony PlayStation Network, Amazon Video On Demand, Vudu, And In SD On Samsung Media Hub And InDemand New Episodes Also Available On SouthParkStudios.com -------- NEW YORK, April 23, 2012 - Cupid runs rampant in South Park in an all-new episode titled, "Cartman Finds Love" premiering Wednesday, April 25 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. There's a new girl in school and everyone wants to know...
  • All New South Park: Episode 1605 "Butterballs"

    04/09/2012 9:26:06 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 30 replies
    South Park Studios ^ | April 11, 2012 | Trey Parker and Matt Stone
    NEW YORK, April 9, 2012 - Bullying has become a national health epidemic and South Park Elementary is not immune in an all-new episode of "South Park" titled, "Butterballs," premiering Wednesday, April 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. Stan wants to raise awareness about the dangers of bullying by shooting a big dance video. Will he able to handle the pressure that goes along with the notoriety of taking on such a worthy cause?
  • Reporting tobacco use by ballplayers is now just an easy online form away

    04/09/2012 8:08:24 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 16 replies
    Yahoo! Sports ^ | Apr 3, 2012 | Kevin Kaduk and Grant Junkie
    Under the terms of baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, big league ballplayers, managers and coaches will no longer allowed to use chewing tobacco during televised interviews, autograph signings and team-sponsored events. They are also not allowed to carry any tobacco packaging in their uniforms on the field — which eliminates any need to explain to your inquisitive eight-year-old that his favorite pitcher is carrying a tin and not a hockey puck in his back pocket. And lest you think that policing over 700 ballplayers a day in 15 different cities is an impossible challenge, Hardball Talk writes about a group...