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The Spiral Of Silence

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Frank Davis

Hat tip to Tony for drawing attention to The Spiral Of Silence. “It has long been established that when people are surrounded by those who are likely to disagree with their opinion, they are more likely to self-censor.” These findings … Continue reading →

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Escape Velocity

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Frank Davis

Smokingscot has his own blog, on which he periodically writes thoughtful essays. His latest starts with a telling observation: I’ve often pondered what the real difference is between people who are unemployed and those who are “exiled” (to quote Ms … Continue reading →

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Stop Smoking Services

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Frank Davis

Simon Clark: Stop smoking services under threat as funding comes under pressure Around forty per cent of local authorities in England are cutting budgets to stop smoking services according to a new Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) report published … Continue reading →

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Slash ASH Cash

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Frank Davis

The Independent reported last night that: Oliver Letwin, the Tories’ policy chief, has spent the campaign in Whitehall drawing up proposals to merge quangos and slash Government regulation. The Department of Business and the Department of Energy and Climate Change … Continue reading →

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One Anti and One Pro

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Frank Davis

Meet Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: RWJF targets smokers, drinkers, and fat people. H/T Bob Johnson on Facebook for RWJF: Behind the Neo-Prohibition Campaign. The stated mission of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is to … Continue reading →

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Skinflint Billionaires

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Frank Davis

Via Zero Hedge: A new Oxfam report indicating that the wealthiest one per cent possesses about half of the world’s wealth has left the richest people in the world “reeling with disappointment,” a leading billionaire said on Tuesday. Speaking to … Continue reading →

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Turmoil in the Markets

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Frank Davis

I don’t know about anyone else, but there seem to me to be a lot of things happening in the money world. The price of oil has crashed to something less than $50 a barrel, making fracking and North Sea … Continue reading →

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Buying America, Town by Town

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Frank Davis

H/T Harley for this eye-opener about the ruckus in Westminster, Massachusetts, where the town Board of Health has proposed banning the sale of tobacco: For well over a decade the Massachusetts Municipal Association has run something called the Tobacco Control Technical … Continue reading →

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Keep Following The Money

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Frank Davis

As criticism of the WHO mounts, H/T Sheldon for this Daily Mail article: Champagne, caviar and salmon carpaccio … and we might talk about Ebola: World Health Organisation spent £1 million on lavish conference hosted by Putin as number of … Continue reading →

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Follow The Money

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Frank Davis

As two US nurses are declared Ebola-free, a new case crops up, this time in NYC. Authorities in New York confirmed on Thursday night that a doctor who had recently returned to his home in Harlem after working for Doctors … Continue reading →

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