Ruby Tuesday

“The Establishment is also shielded by the deflection of popular anger directed at those at the bottom of society, rather than those at the top. Low-paid workers are encouraged by the media and politicians to envy the supposedly luxurious conditions of benefit-claiming unemployed people, rather than resent their employers for paying them insufficient wages. Private-sector workers with no pensions are encouraged to envy public-sector workers whose pensions are still intact. Those who cannot get council housing – because governments have refused to build it – or get secure jobs – because politicians of all stripes have allowed them to be stripped from the economy – are encouraged to envy immigrants supposedly getting what is rightfully theirs.”
― Owen Jones, The Establishment: And how they get away with it

“Much of what we’ve been taught about metabolism is incorrect. The ‘eat less and exercise more’ versions of diets are dinosaurs that ignore the current known facts about how our bodies actually function.”
― Sara Givens, Leptin Resistance: The Leptin Reset: Discover How To Fix Your Fat Hormones And Reboot Your Fat Burning Engine Into First Gear Again

“Legal analysts said the entertainer’s significant support for the family would inevitably cast some doubts on their denials of any molestation.”
― Carl Toms, Michael Jackson's Dangerous Liaisons

“Brett’s mother, Marie Lisbeth, added to the ever-growing picture of mothers around Jackson who struck trial followers as overly star-struck, trusting and uncritically devoted to their idol and benefactor.”
― Carl Toms, Michael Jackson's Dangerous Liaisons