Global Security Watch > Fat: The Terror Within

[Concurring Opinions] That's because, as Saletan alludes to, but my co-blogger Dan Filler has nailed, obesity is an example of a "risk society panic," with no clear moral victims, but more importantly, no folk devils to focus society's ire. Thus, whatever strategy activists come up with in the battle against fat, to justify uprooting the libertarian background rule, we'll need a villain.

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http://fairwhether.blogspot.com [Fair Whether] solving illegal immigration: “...On May 5, 1987, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) began one of the most complex and time-sensitive tasks of its almost-100-year existence. Among its several provisions, the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of November 6, 1986, authorized two separate but related programs (popularly called “amnesty”) to identify and then legalize illegal or undocumented migrants who could document both entry into the United States prior to January 1, 1982, and “continued physical presence” in the US since the passage of IRCA.

http://wayneandwax.blogspot.com [Wayneandwax.blogspot.com] wayne&wax: And when, in 1968 or so, a new style seemed to emerge - a style which, with its popping organs, echo-laden guitars, and hard, "one-drop" drums, seemed to embody the ragged, rugged character of the place that produced it (thus, according to some, earning the tag reggae, a local slang term) - Studio One again stood at the forefront, producing some of the earliest recordings and riddims now identified retrospectively as fitting, if not setting, the reggae mold. In the decades since, despite being challenged by many studios which followed suit, Studio One's legacy has only been strengthened by the degree to which the songs and riddims Coxsone recorded there in the late 60s continue to inform reggae style.

http://blog.technolawyer.com [Blog.technolawyer.com] TechnoLawyer Blog: Entertainment/Hobbies/Recreation: In this issue of Fat Friday, S.L. Polsky discusses her experience searching for a laptop bag for professional women, Roy Greenberg explores the benefits of speech recognition software, William Hinkle shares his biggest legal vendor Web site gripe, Ronald Cappuccio reviews Phoneslips for case management and e-mail, and Grace Fuentes reviews AOL Radio, which now includes some XM channels.

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http://www.fontcraft.com [Fontcraft.com] DIABLOG.US: Now all of a sudden people have noticed that there are a hell of a lot of illegal immigrants in the United States, something they've been turning a blind eye to for 30 years because having them here was expedient.

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