Michael Milken is everything Ivan Illich warned us about in his two books about (1) medicine and (2) education ... 1) Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health, 1973, 1974 2) Deschooling Society, 1971 <> Peter Greene ("Watch Out: K12 Has Changed Its Name," Curmudgucation, Jun. 8, 2021... Read More

Hydrogenated cottonseed oil is 94% saturated fat after hydrogenation, invented in 1910 or so, and marketed as Crisco® in 1911, but liquid David Wesson polyunsaturated cottonseed oil was already being sold legally in 1899 and illegally as early as 1857. Armour and Company — the same company tha... Read More

Re: Why don’t we have the same functionality with our abdomen as the ancients? Some of our ancestors had better guts than others. Diets varied from keto to vegan, depending on the environment. Many American Indians had taken up farming till European settlers forced them back into a hunter... Read More

According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) ... "How can there be any karma if you live NOW?" <> Re: Well, there's the whole reincarnation thing. Re-incarceration, according to some. <> Re: The Lords of Karma guilt panel meeting after death. A common meme. Two of my closest frie... Read More

According to Radio Boston ("'To Keep Its Stock Pure': A History of Eugenics at Harvard," Mar. 8, 2016) ... "That man who championed the forced sterilization of the so-called 'feeble-minded,' and called for 'the suppression of moral defectives' was named Charles William Eliot. He also happened to ... Read More