Eric Scheske

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Treadmill While You Eat Big Macs

> McDonald's Corp. says it is sponsoring a physical education program that will appear in one-third of U.S. public elementary schools, the chain's latest move to combat critics who blame its burgers and fries for expanding kids' waistlines. Link [http://money.cnn.com/2005/

"Five Stars" for Mickey

> Against the fairytale backdrop of Sleeping Beauty's Castle, the Communist Party official and guest of honor stood Monday alongside Disney executives Michael Eisner and Bob Iger to cut the red ribbon officially opening the $3 billion theme park. > Also present at the ribbon-cutting was Hong Kong

I Just Don't Get It

I don't object to the nudity. I object to the absolute stupidity and vacuity of it all: > Almost 1,500 men and women stripped naked in the name of art in the French city of Lyon. > They gathered before dawn to join the latest nude photo

Debit Cards

I've heard the stories of people using Red Cross debit cards to shop at luxury stores like Neiman Marcus. Now, WSJ's James Tarano has re-produced an interview with one of the recipients. I love the man's reference to deserving a debit card. That statement

Placating the Implacable

> Advisors appointed by Tony Blair after the London bombings are proposing to scrap the Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day because it is regarded as offensive to Muslims. > They want to replace it with a Genocide Day that would recognise the mass murder of Muslims in Palestine, Chechnya and Bosnia

Tough Choice . . .

. . . once you put yourself in the position of playing God: > Doctors working in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans killed critically ill patients rather than leaving them to die in agony as they evacuated hospitals, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. > With gangs of rapists and looters rampaging through wards in

Hey, It's Nawlins. What Do You Expect?

> A group of female hurricane survivors were told to show their breasts if they wanted to be rescued, a British holidaymaker has revealed.Ged Scott watched as American rescuers turned their boat around and sped off when the the women refused. Link [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/06092005/140/

Overview

If you, like me, skipped the telethon last night for other things (like sleep), the Washington Post has run an overview of last night's fundraiser. Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/10/AR2005091000080.html?nav=rss_nation/special] . Excerpts: > "George Bush hates

Q News

The "queer Dan Rather"? Yikes, that's like wanting to be the tuberculous Stalin. > Back when he was a field reporter at Orlando's Fox affiliate, Josh Fountain says he mostly stayed in the closet when it came to his sexuality. > As of this

Blessed Are the Chinese Poor

> Local authorities yesterday seized a rural activist who has been leading a high-profile legal campaign against the use of forced sterilization and abortion in China, in an apparent effort to block him from meeting with senior government officials who had expressed support for his cause. > The detention of