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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
I finished the Dr. Oz profile today. Seems like he's turned into a bit of a snake oil peddlar himself. Too bad. :(
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 08, 2013, 11:22:51 pm ---I finished the Dr. Oz profile today. Seems like he's turned into a bit of a snake oil peddlar himself. Too bad. :(
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His is a familiar face on Facebook, in ads hawking unrealistic diet plans. For example, I just went there now and quickly saw this:
Dr.Óz Diet: Lose 27 lbs Monthly
Its beén called the hollywood diét and it rapidly melts belly fat like nothing else ! DrÓz
(Not sure why all those accents aigus appeared.)
Rachel Ray is on there a lot, too, in ads claiming she lost tons of weight with this one little secret.
Jeff Wrangler:
Over lunch today I started to read Jon Lee Anderson's article in the Jan. 28 issue about Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. The part early in the article about the rise and fall of Caracas really made me sad. :(
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 07, 2013, 03:51:42 pm ---Last night I sat by the fire and read about the female mass shooter Amy Bishop.
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I read that article over the weekend. What a tragedy. :(
Jeff Wrangler:
Today I finished Ian Frazier's article on Staten Island after Sandy. I was struck by his use of a comment about the beeping of trucks backing up as a kind of refrain.
Of course I've also greatly enjoyed Kelefa Sanneh's article on Islay scotch. I'm sure I'll never find any Bruichladdich in a Pennsylvania liquor store (the sale of spirituous liquors is a state monopoly here).
(Feb. 11 and 18 issue, the annual anniversary issue)
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