tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post7497300231448897563..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: "Great Barbecue"Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-69347561987540096152011-02-04T12:18:23.973-06:002011-02-04T12:18:23.973-06:00Practically anything a collectivist says, be it an...Practically anything a collectivist says, be it an insult OR a compliment ends up being, on some level, a confession of ignorance. Let 'em keep on flapping their gums!<br /><br />Government warnings about food have been both a source of warning fatigue AND needless (and fatiguing) alarm for decades. <br /><br />Regarding the latter, I generally side with John Ioannidis and <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/" rel="nofollow">ignore</a> advice that purports to be what the latest scientific studies show. This isn't to say that science <i>can't</i> help us learn better ways to eat, or that some approaches may be on the right track, of course.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-74458851077050974702011-02-04T11:19:15.261-06:002011-02-04T11:19:15.261-06:00I'm amazed that anyone can say "The Peopl...I'm amazed that anyone can say "The People's" anything with a straight face, considering the jokes about "The People's Republic of Berkeley" and all. I sincerely hope the statists continue insulting people, since it can only help us.<br /><br />Speaking of warning fatigue, I reached my limit of patience for meat safety warnings while cooking dinner last night. A thermoform package of hamburger had one in large letters on a green starburst. I'll never go back to vegetarianism, no matter how much they try to scare me!kelleynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765375080995281395noreply@blogger.com