If you really wanted to avoid trans fats, you'd stop eating at JJ's so much.

If you really wanted to avoid trans fats, you’d stop eating at JJ’s so much.

The FDA is getting ready to ban trans fats, a major contributor to heart disease, saying that they should no longer be “generally recognized as safe.” No doubt there will be public outrage over this seemingly innocuous regulation. (New York Times)

Here’s a list of foods that would have to change. (Washington Post)

“He repeatedly struggled to remember why he was aboard the plane and where he was going.” After years of head injuries, more NFL stars are having brain troubles. (Kottke)

“I thought it would generate a healthy exchange of ideas on gun rights…I was wrong, and I ask your forgiveness.” The editor of Guns & Ammo magazine apologizes for publishing an op-ed arguing that some gun control could be reasonable. (Advertising Age)

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