How Big Business Made Brazil Fatties

Nations that once struggled to have enough food for survival are now experiencing an entirely new food-related problem of obesity, and large corporate food chains could be responsible, The New York Times reports. In excess of 700 million people worldwide, with roughly 108 million of them children, are now clinically classified as obese, according to research published in September from The New England Journal of Medicine.

Here’s What Trump And Clinton Voters Watch

If a viewer favors watching dark comedies or programs that feature non-traditional families, the viewer more than likely voted for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016, the LA Times reports . On the other hand, if a viewer likes to watch shows that depict traditional family values and programs that have strong male leads who often do the right thing, that person likely voted for President Donald Trump.

Cuba’s Castro dictatorship is making devasting impact of Hurricane Irma worse

Despite the propaganda coming out of Havana and dutifully disseminated by the media, the Castro dictatorship has made things worse in Cuba after Hurricane Irma. As readers already know, Hurricane Irma hit Cuba several days ago, and because most places are still without power, I had to cross Havana to write this piece.

Trump Moves Toward Drilling In Arctic Wildlife Refuge For First Time In 30 Years

President Donald Trump is moving toward allowing energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for the first time in several decades, according to a report Friday from The Washington Post. Interior Department officials are modifying decades' old regulations that have traditionally prevented the agency from conducting seismic studies seen as the first step towards drilling, the report notes .

EU’s Top Energy Official Claims Trump Has Decided Not To Pull Out Of The Paris Climate Deal

The Trump administration allegedly said Saturday the country is going to re-enter the Paris climate accord, according to the European Union's top energy official. "The U.S. has stated that they will not renegotiate the Paris accord, but they will try to review the terms on which they could be engaged under this agreement," European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias CaA ete told reporters Saturday.

NYT Furious GOP Doing Exactly What NYT Wanted Dems To Do In 2013

The New York Times editorial board ripped into the GOP Friday for trying to prevent Democrats from obstructing the appointments of federal judges after supporting Democrats' efforts to do the same in the past. "Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, are itching to eliminate the last remaining tool the minority party has to influence a president's picks for the federal courts - the so-called blue slip."

Witch Hunt – Mueller Hires 17th Left-Wing Lawyer to Probe Trump …

Since they are unable to find any evidence of 'Russian collusion', they just keep adding liberal activist lawyers to spy on a Republican administration while collecting a paycheck on the back of taxpayers. According to Politico , Kyle Freeny just joined the pack of wolves on Mueller's team investigating Trump for a crime that has yet to be named as the Stalin-like hunt continues.

Trump’s Weird Threat to Colombia

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening that he may decertify Colombia as a partner in the war against drugs unless the South American nation reverses a record surge in cocaine production. The shock rebuke for Washington's staunchest ally in Latin America came Wednesday in the White House's annual designation of nations it deems major drug-producing or drug-transit zones.

It’s Not Just Bannon=

Following Steve Bannon's highly anticipated interview with Charlie Rose on 60 Minutes Sunday night, professional photographer Peter Duke published a video explainer on how CBS may have used color adjustments to make the Breitbart News boss "look bad" on television. Peter Duke is a photographer and he explained with video proof how CBS used color correction and grading to make Steve Bannon look dark, drunk and sinister in his interview with "60 Minutes."

Berkeley Agitators Say Orthodox Jew Ben Shapiro Is A ‘White Supremacist’

Left-wing agitators have falsely labeled conservative commentator Ben Shapiro a "white supremacist," in an apparent attempt to inflame tensions ahead of Shapiro's speech at the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday. Shapiro, the editor in chief of The Daily Wire, is an Orthodox Jew and a vocal opponent of the alt-right and other fringe white nationalist groups.