Interesting Links, February 1, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on February 1, 2012:

Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women’s Health for All – The Komen foundation is pissing money away on pink marketing and pandering to conservatives. Tell them to take a hike and support the people and organizations who put their money to work helping women.
Not Just For Emergencies – I take the stairs for 2-3 flights whenever I can find them (and they're not scary). How about you? Great way to burn off some calories.
B&N Hits Amazon Where It Hurts: Authors – Thank you, B&N!

Interesting Links, January 31, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on January 31, 2012:

Susan G. Komen charity cuts off grants to Planned Parenthood – "The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will no longer give hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to Planned Parenthood." Sure. Why help people plan for their families and prevent unwanted pregnancies? Dumb and pregnant — that's how Republicans want their women.
A new book takes down Breast Cancer Awareness Month – "In 2006, researchers concluded that "for every 2,000 women invited for screening throughout 10 years, one will have her life prolonged and 10 healthy women, who would not have been diagnosed if there had not been screening, will be treated unnecessarily." Though you'd never know it from reading the Komen Foundation's materials, the consensus in medicine now is that early mammograms are of questionable benefit." This is what scares me about mammograms — they might identify a non-existent problem.
More God, Less Crime or More Guns, Less Crime? – Extremely interesting comparison of two books and two lectures. it isnt what you might think.

Here are links I found interesting on January 26, 2012:

Detox therapy death spurs questions on self-help group – It's the Sedona sweat lodge case all over again, with a Canadian twist.
Rick Santorum: Left uses college for "indoctrination" – Just more proof that the GOP wants Americans uneducated and uninformed.
Do the weather forecasters used by the Daily Mail actually exist? – This is pretty weird. "Just who are the mysterious women who produced Positive Weather Solutions' forecasts and were quoted in the Mail?"
SOPA, PIPA, Good Intentions And The Road To Hell – Jim Wright on the drug war, SOPA, and PIPA. surprisingly, they have a lot in common.
PaperPort Notes adds Dragon Dictation to iPad app – THIS is VERY cool. just deleted all my other note-taking apps.

Here are links I found interesting on January 10, 2012:

Controversy Swirls Around Harsh Anti-Obesity Ads – Controversy or not, it's good to see someone doing something about the childhood obesity problems in this country.

Here are links I found interesting on December 30, 2011:

Debunked Science: Studies Take Heat In 2011 – 2011 may go down as the year of the retraction in the scientific world.
‘Outrage’ Over Verizon’s Plan For $2 Payment Fee – I don't see the "convenience" here. Right now, I pay via electronic billing from my bank. Not sure if this would affect me, but frankly, I think this policy is a HUGE mistake.
The Fat Trap – Once we get fat, it's nearly possible to lose weight and keep it off.