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Alberta teen suspended after selling Pepsi soda

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Alberta teen suspended after selling Pepsi soda from his locker


Business | 206855 hits | Sep 17 5:49 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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The entrepreneurial skills of an Alberta teenager are making headlines after he was suspended for selling non-diet pop out of his school locker.

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  1. by avatar Benn
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:06 am
    ....meanwhile in the back parking lot of the school some kid is possibly getting sold crack....

  2. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:34 am
    "Benn" said
    ....meanwhile in the back parking lot of the school some kid is possibly getting sold crack....


    But, that's okay because the kids buying it are just making one teeny weeny bad choice that, when it inevitably leads to poverty, addiction and health issues will be championed by the same social engineers who are banning Pepsi in schools. :roll:

  3. by Thanos
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:08 am
    He got a somewhat-severe talking-to an afternoon's suspension, not sent to the gulag, fer chrissakes. Just because it's a minor, and admittedly very stupid rule, doesn't give him the right to break it willy-nilly when the mood strikes him. Accept the consequences like a man, pal, because at age 17 you're less than a year away from running out of free passes.

    Anyone remember the good ol' days when the parents of some delicate little snowflakes didn't go running to the media when the meanies in charge of the school made their sweet babby cry? Sweet flyin' fuck, people are turning into bigger idiots with every passing day. Armageddon must be getting nearer judging by the way the rampant dumbness and incessant whining keeps accelerating. :roll:

  4. by avatar Hyack
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:43 am
    "Thanos" said


    Anyone remember the good ol' days when the parents of some delicate little snowflakes didn't go running to the media when the meanies in charge of the school made their sweet babby cry? Sweet flyin' fuck, people are turning into bigger idiots with every passing day. Armageddon must be getting nearer judging by the way the rampant dumbness and incessant whining keeps accelerating. :roll:


    It's not too often I'll agree with Thanos, but it would seem he hit the nail dead on the head today. Too much of this kind of shit happening every day, and getting worse with each and every passing day!

  5. by Thanos
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:48 am
    You should agree with me more often. I'm usually right all the time. My mom says I'm a pretty cool guy too. :mrgreen:

  6. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:04 am
    So , the school board's business decisions trumps this kid's right to an education? I don't think so. Wait for the law suit.

  7. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:27 pm
    "Jabberwalker" said
    So , the school board's business decisions trumps this kid's right to an education? I don't think so. Wait for the law suit.


    It's probably not a business decision, but a health one.

  8. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:59 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    So , the school board's business decisions trumps this kid's right to an education? I don't think so. Wait for the law suit.


    It's probably not a business decision, but a health one.

    Not likely. They still permit diet pop on the premises. Not exactly a healthy alternative.
    I have a real problem with schools thinking they can decide what food or drink kids can have on the premises, outside of genuine allergy concerns.
    If the school doesn't want to sell regular pop that's their choice, but to ban it completely from the premises while permitting equally unhealthy diet pop is bullshit.

  9. by avatar andyt
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:05 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said

    If the school doesn't want to sell regular pop that's their choice, but to ban it completely from the premises while permitting equally unhealthy diet pop is bullshit.


    It is, but school boards are stupid. Just as laws that prohibit cell phones but not hands free ones.

    Artificial sweeteners may exacerbate, rather than prevent, metabolic disorders such as Type 2 diabetes, a study suggests.

    In Wednesday’s issue of the journal Nature, researchers report that artificial sweeteners increase the blood sugar levels in both mice and humans by interfering with microbes in the gut. Increased blood sugar levels are an early indicator of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease.

  10. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:19 pm
    "andyt" said

    If the school doesn't want to sell regular pop that's their choice, but to ban it completely from the premises while permitting equally unhealthy diet pop is bullshit.


    It is, but school boards are stupid. Just as laws that prohibit cell phones but not hands free ones.

    Artificial sweeteners may exacerbate, rather than prevent, metabolic disorders such as Type 2 diabetes, a study suggests.

    In Wednesday’s issue of the journal Nature, researchers report that artificial sweeteners increase the blood sugar levels in both mice and humans by interfering with microbes in the gut. Increased blood sugar levels are an early indicator of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease.


    That study was just released a few days ago. It wasn't available when they made the decision to not sell pop with regular sweeteners. But this one was:

    The Evidence: Soft Drink Consumption Is Rising and Harms Health

    Sugary drink portion sizes have risen dramatically over the past 40 years, and children and adults are drinking more soft drinks than ever.

    Before the 1950s, standard soft-drink bottles were 6.5 ounces. In the 1950s, soft-drink makers introduced larger sizes, including the 12-ounce can, which became widely available in 1960. (11) By the early 1990s, 20-ounce plastic bottles became the norm. (12) Today, contour-shaped plastic bottles are available in even larger sizes, such as the 1.25-liter (42-ounce) bottle introduced in 2011. (13)

    In the 1970s, sugary drinks made up about 4% of US daily calorie intake; by 2001, that had risen to about 9%. (14)

    Children and youth in the US averaged 224 calories per day from sugary beverages in 1999 to 2004—nearly 11% of their daily calorie intake. (15) From 1989 to 2008, calories from sugary beverages increased by 60% in children ages 6 to 11, from 130 to 209 calories per day, and the percentage of children consuming them rose from 79% to 91%. (16)

    On any given day, half the people in the U.S. consume sugary drinks; 1 in 4 get at least 200 calories from such drinks; and 5% get at least 567 calories—equivalent to four cans of soda. (17) Sugary drinks (soda, energy, sports drinks) are the top calorie source in teens’ diets (226 calories per day), beating out pizza (213 calories per day). (18)

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionso ... act-sheet/

    But I agree, all pop or no pop. And 'no pop' also means iced tea, gatorade, juice from concentrate, chocolate milk - all that crap with added sugars.

  11. by avatar andyt
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:51 pm
    The idea that artificial sweeteners are associated with increasing obesity has been out there for quite a while. I think this new experiment just nailed down how it actually works.

  12. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:06 pm
    "andyt" said
    The idea that artificial sweeteners are associated with increasing obesity has been out there for quite a while. I think this new experiment just nailed down how it actually works.


    Not quite - the study was on mice, and a few humans. And not all sweeteners were tested, it just used historical data for saccharine. It's not definitive until a larger study on people shows the causal relationship. But you are right, it shows a cause for what has been suspected for a long time. We just didn't know that the artificial sweeteners actually caused a higher blood glucose than natural sugars, we thought they had no effect on blood glucose.

    But given the information the schools had, I think they were trying to protect students' health, not giving an economic advantage to Pepsi.

  13. by avatar andyt
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:18 pm
    "DrCaleb" said


    But given the information the schools had, I think they were trying to protect students' health, not giving an economic advantage to Pepsi.


    I agree, they were just being stupid. Just ban it all, except water and natural juice. With juice i dilute it by 50%. Less sweet, more refreshing but still has some taste. be nice if bottlers produced a product like that.

  14. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:19 pm
    "Thanos" said

    Anyone remember the good ol' days when the parents of some delicate little snowflakes didn't go running to the media when the meanies in charge of the school made their sweet babby cry? Sweet flyin' fuck, people are turning into bigger idiots with every passing day. Armageddon must be getting nearer judging by the way the rampant dumbness and incessant whining keeps accelerating. :roll:


    About fifteen years ago I helped finance a lawsuit against the Elk Grove Unified School District when two students from Elk Grove High School were suspended for bringing Bibles to school. And things are just getting worse. Now kids get suspended and expelled for things they say and do outside of school - like target shooting and hunting.

    It's no wonder to me that the younger cops (35 and under) are acting like petty tyrants because they received their educations from petty tyrants.



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