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• Americans as fat as ever. Obesity rate stuck, CDC finds

  Tue Jan 17, 2012
  • There is no secret about childhood obesity or adult obesity for that matter. In about 1850, the average per capita consumption of sugar was something like 5 lbs/yr. In 1900, it was 50 lbs/yr; in 1950 it was 100 lbs/yr and in 2000, it was 150 lbs /yr.

• Republican voters know GOP when they see it

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • It's easy to tell who are Rebubs - they don't smile! Did you ever seen the Senate minority leader smile? I haven't.

• $25 million lawsuit filed in Reno air race crash

  Tue Nov 1, 2011
  • "Why can't something just be an accident."

• Ten vanishing American restaurant chains

  Fri Oct 14, 2011
  • I don't eat out much but the places mentioned on the program "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" sounds like a pretty good idea. The food is fresh cooked, they do have their specialties, but usually have customers for a generation or two. Usually family owned so the food is GOOD.

• Cancer spike, mainly in men, tied to HPV from oral sex

  Mon Oct 3, 2011
  • If all boys were circumcised, there would be no problem.

• Alzheimer's link yet another reason to fear diabetes

  Mon Sep 19, 2011
  • I made a mistake in the numbers I used, somehow I used 21% instead of 27%. Sorry about that!

• Alzheimer's link yet another reason to fear diabetes

  Mon Sep 19, 2011
  • Converting to a non meat diet would necessarily produce a significant increase the amount of carbohydrate one must eat and thus the amount of insulin needed.

• Alzheimer's link yet another reason to fear diabetes

  Mon Sep 19, 2011
  • 35%? They got this by dividing 21% by 20% which measures the difference in percent. Last I heard, the was not acceptable because it exaggerates the real difference which is 7%. What the data says is that 21 out of 100 [this is what % means] with diabetes got Alzheimers while 20 out of 100 didn't.

• Vote: Weigh in on Palin's reaction

  Wed Jan 12, 2011
  • I thought it was interesting that the shooter was brought down while trying to RELOAD his weapon. So Sarah probably did have an effect on the mind of this very distrubed man. remember that she said: "Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!" Sarah Palin, March 23, 2010

• Vote: Weigh in on Palin's reaction

  Wed Jan 12, 2011
  • Palin said: "Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!" Sarah Palin, March 23, 2010