As a vet, please listen when I say Trump can order the military to execute terrible operations & they HAVE to carry them out unless it is illegal or they will be relieved of duty for insubordination. This means honorable generals are stuck in a no win situation: follow Trump/Bannon’s orders to do terrible things as […]
Liberals need to know why Trump’s Yemen catastrophe was a BFD
As a vet, please listen when I say Trump can order the military to execute terrible operations & they HAVE to carry them out unless it is illegal or they will be relieved of duty for insubordination. This means honorable generals are stuck in a no win situation: follow Trump/Bannon’s orders to do terrible things as … Continue reading
Why I’m Not at McDonald’s Shareholders Meeting
In 2014 and 2015, I attended the McDonald’s shareholders meetings and asked that they stop using Ronald McDonald – the Joe Camel of fast food – to market to kids. I was prepared to disrupt their dog and pony show again this year, but the fast food giant wants to shut out those who speak truth to power. As Sriram Madhusoodanan … Continue reading
Healthy Food America
I’m happy to announce that I’m joining Healthy Food America (HFA), a new nonprofit advocacy, research, and education organization founded by Dr. James Krieger. With a national network of collaborative partners, HFA is focused on reducing the burden of obesity and chronic disease by promoting healthy food consumption and accessibility while reducing exposure to and consumption of … Continue reading
Tell Clinton Foundation to Cut Its Ties to Junk Food Corporations
Seeing these pictures promoting Ronald McDonald at the Clinton Center’s Coca Cola exhibit inspired me to start a Change petition: Tell the Clinton Foundation to Cut Its Ties to Junk Food Corporations! I hope you’ll consider signing and sharing it with your contacts. Text of my Change petition: The Clinton Foundation has partnerships with junk food … Continue reading
University Backpedals on Chocolate Milk Concussion “Study”
On January 7th, I wrote about a press release promoting an unpublished University of Maryland (UMD) study that recommended a chocolate milk drink to help high school football players recover from concussions. The press release mentioned that, as a result of the study’s findings, some schools are now giving the drink to all their athletes. In the … Continue reading
Got Concussions? Chocolate Milk Marketing Mania
Give yourself diabetes while you’re trying to fix brain damage? That’s the question that came to mind reading this press release from the University of Maryland titled “Concussion-Related Measures Improved in High School Football Players Who Drank New Chocolate Milk.” It touts a product called Fifth Quarter Fresh, a milk-based “post-workout recovery drink” which has 42 grams of sugar per … Continue reading