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SidneyR

(246 posts)
2. I can't help but wonder if we're in a new period of an ideological Temperance Movement.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:59 AM
16 hrs ago

Where "evidence" is manipulated to support their agenda.

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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking! Ray Bruns 16 hrs ago #1
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking! Initech 14 hrs ago #17
I can't help but wonder if we're in a new period of an ideological Temperance Movement. SidneyR 16 hrs ago #2
It does make you wonder....our healthcare industry is full of nuts at the highest levels. walkingman 16 hrs ago #3
The current administration is PRO alcohol Miguelito Loveless 16 hrs ago #4
MAGA people consume more alcohol than anyone else on planet earth. Initech 14 hrs ago #19
Is it the alcohol consumption or the pressures /causing/ the consumption? eggplant 16 hrs ago #5
Good question Bayard 16 hrs ago #6
Astute. It's never one thing in isolation. Its always concomitants. littlemissmartypants 15 hrs ago #9
Maybe they like having a few? GenThePerservering 15 hrs ago #12
Seems to me that: "Health Risks of Alcohol Accelerate After One Drink a Day, Study Finds" chouchou 16 hrs ago #7
Denial of distasteful scientific data is remarkably widespread. DavidDvorkin 15 hrs ago #8
Here are findings published in Science Daily LtTx 15 hrs ago #10
Here we go... GenThePerservering 15 hrs ago #11
As an old person myself, I find that one glass of lower alcohol wine daily with dinner is fine... CTyankee 15 hrs ago #13
It's probably accurate. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #14
I would suggest it's sitting on their asses too much nt GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #15
Somewhat. maxsolomon 14 hrs ago #18
Yes, gobs of ultra-processed foods PatSeg 14 hrs ago #21
After 50 years, cirrhosis hit. BidenRocks 14 hrs ago #16
I haven't had anything to drink for about 25 years, but when Trump is no more I plan to go to the liquor store Vinca 14 hrs ago #20
Ethanol metabolism does produce toxic compounds (acetaldehyde). BadgerKid 12 hrs ago #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Talitha 12 hrs ago #23
Check the conversion. One liter is just over a quart. mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago #24
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