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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ground beef

vendredi 25 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Ground beef generally has bacteria all through it, and some of them can make people sick. Consumer Reports found that US ground beef, unless it is from 'grass-fed organic beef', often contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Wearing makeup to appear Asian (or black)

jeudi 24 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Is it wrong for Caucasian actors to wear makeup to appear Asian (or black)?

The article presents an incoherent mixture of perceived insult, lack of Asian role models on TV, and loss of work for Asian actors. Any or all of those issues might be valid, but they are all different, and mixing them up produces only confusion.

If it is a matter of work discrimination, how about making up nonwhite actors up to appear Caucasian? All actors' race would cease to matter.

If it is a matter of visible role models on TV, that's a matter of appearance only. Why does it matter what the actor's real skin color or appearance is, beneath the makeup?

If you feel insulted, please explain why an actor's makeup constitutes a statement about Asians, because I don't see that.

Physical search instead of body scanning

jeudi 24 décembre 2015 à 01:00

The TSA may stop some passengers from requesting a physical search instead of body scanning.

I don't object to the millimeter-wave scanners now in use, but I still consider this change dangerous. What if they move to another machine that is potentially dangerous, as the x-ray scanners were?

Tax loophole

jeudi 24 décembre 2015 à 01:00

A tax loophole encourages US companies to increase pay to their CEOs.

Geneva conventions

jeudi 24 décembre 2015 à 01:00

Increasingly, wars involve bombing cities full of civilians, as countries ignore the Geneva conventions.