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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Cheat Sheet - The American Heart Association's Junk Science Diet

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May 22, 2014
EAT YOUR HEART OUT
The dogma that saturated fat causes heart disease is crumbling after a Cambridge University analysis of 76 studies found no evidence that low consumption of total saturated fats cases heart disease. Yet, the American Heart Association is holding fast to the notion that low-fat diets are necessary for a healthy heart. Why? The quick answer, says cardiologist Barbara H. Roberts, is money.
LET IT GO
As America comes to terms with its racial past, it's time to look ahead. John McWhorter writes that we don't need a "national conversation" on race. We have that every day. We need reading programs, no War on Drugs, and other concrete solutions.
TOO QUIET
Thailand's military seized power in the country's 19th successful or attempted coup on Thursday. The new junta says it will restore law and order. Lennox Samuels reports from the eerily quiet streets of Bangkok, where locals and tourists are scrambling to hunker down before the 10 p.m. curfew—and critics are shutting up for fear of military reprisals.
SORRY, SNOOPERS
In a 303-to-121 vote on Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to limit the National Security Agency's power to collect metadata in bulk. The version of the reform bill that passed, however, was watered down after lobbying from the intelligence community and Obama administration. The weaker bill angers some technology companies and advocates. "If House leaders had backed up their members and stood behind the bill that passed unanimously out of two committees, rather than caving to the intelligence community's list of demands, a much stronger reform bill would have passed the House this morning," said the policy director at the Open Technology Institute. Meanwhile, civil liberatarians are asking for patience: "While we share the concerns of many—including members of both parties who rightly believe the bill does not go far enough—without it we would be left with no reform at all," said the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington legislative office.
MR. HONEST

The owner of the Dallas Mavericks has something in common with the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers: they're both prejudiced. Mark Cuban said in an interview with Inc. magazine: "I know I'm bigoted in a lot of different ways. If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street," he said. "And if on that side of the street, there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face—white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere—I'm walking back to the other side of the street." Cuban said he thinks the NBA commissioner had to ban Sterling for racist remarks but "it's a slippery slope," adding, "You can't keep that ugliness out of the league. There's no law against stupid—I learned that a long time ago."


FINALLY
FBI: $500M in Stolen Art Spotted
Boston's 1990 Gardner heist.
YOU DON'T SAY?
Pentagon: Snowden Damage 'Staggering'
To U.S. intelligence capabilities.
ON A ROLL
Louisiana Passes Abortion Limits
Could force three of five clinics to close.
ZUT ALORS!
France Buys Trains Too Fat for Stations
Mixed up older and newer station dimensions.
OH MON DIEU
Le Pen: Ebola Could Solve Immigration
'In three months.'

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