First Lady Expands Anti-Obesity Campaign to Museums, Zoos

michelle obama and kid_0 First Lady Michelle Obama has expanded her anti-obesity campaign to museums, enlisting them to offer “healthy food options,” and change their menus. Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative is now calling for museums, zoos, gardens, science and technology centers to “join the call to action,” to decrease obesity among children. The first lady is recruiting these [...] Continue Reading

GOP Links ObamaCare, IRS Scandal in Address

an-internal-report-says-the-white-house-had-no-hand-in-the-irs-scandal House Republicans on Saturday touted their recent vote to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act, tying it to the unfolding IRS scandal and a member of President Obama’s cabinet under fire for fundraising. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) used the Republican weekly address to highlight a report released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee this week [...] Continue Reading

Government to Spend $146,944 Texting Low-Income People with Depression

aaa2_570 The federal government is spending $146,944 in taxpayer funds to research sending automated text messages to people with depression to remind them to take their medication and monitor their mood and thoughts. The text messages will “prompt patients to monitor mood, thoughts and behaviors.” It will also “provide medication and appointment reminders,” and send personalized [...] Continue Reading

Pivotal Moment Hit in Battle Over Genetically Enhanced Food

genetically-modified-food-1 The decades-old fight over genetically modified food has reached a fever pitch in Washington. The Obama administration and Congress are weighing the safety of technological advances that seem ripped from science fiction, including salmon that can grow to full size in half the normal time and strains of crops engineered to resist powerful herbicides. Critics [...] Continue Reading

CDC’s Warning: Majority of Pools are Contaminated

boy-swimming-100722-02 There’s poop in public pools, according to a new report. That’s not a surprise. The surprise may be how many pools have poop according to the study. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found genetic material from E. coli bacteria in 58 percent of public pools they tested during the summer of 2012 according to [...] Continue Reading

Sebelius Spends Your Taxes On Community Organizations

kathleen-sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius was criticized last week for soliciting private contributions to Enroll America, a non-governmental organization run by former Obama campaign operatives. The real monkey business is what the secretary is doing with taxpayers’ money — pouring it into community organizations. The pretext is that community organizations will do [...] Continue Reading

Congress to Consider National Anti-Infanticide Bill

800px-US_Congress_02 Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona announced Friday afternoon that he will introduce a bill that would ban abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy (20 weeks after conception) nationwide–with exceptions for when the life or physical health of the mother is at risk. Why 20 weeks? Franks’s bill points out that the child in utero is very developed at [...] Continue Reading

HHS:’Telework’ Gives Gov’t Employees More Time for ‘Planning and Preparing Healthy Meals’

6716241159_23a5786ab4_m The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it wants as many as 20 percent of its workers to “telework,” use an “alternative work schedule,” or do both, in order to “reduce green house gas emissions,” decrease “employee stress,” and give these government workers more time for “planning and preparing healthy meals.” So says [...] Continue Reading