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mudvillegazette.com - 2/12/2009
Iraq vets are fat
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I linked to this story the other day now James Taranto takes issue with it. Not with me, the story I linked. He picks apart this article with facts and ends up with more questions than answers and now it seems the U.S. Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center got back to him with a ...
thisiswhyyourefat.com - 2/10/2009
This is why you're fat.
— thisiswhyyourefat.com — The Garbage Plate A combination of either cheeseburger, hamburger, Italian sausages, steak, chicken, white or red hots, a... grilled cheese sandwich, fried fish, or eggs, served on top of one or two of the following: home fries, fries, beans, and ... (more) This is why you're fat.
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/10/2009
Fat and muscle
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Matthew Yglesias says most of what needs to be said here. Yesterday Claire McCaskill and others were... talking about how great the centrists' intervention was. Today Sen. McCaskill asks whether the Senate stimulus, as negotiated, is better than ... (more) Fat and muscle

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justoneminute.typepad.com - 2/9/2009
The Father Of The Surge
— justoneminute.typepad.com — Victory has a thousand fathers but Gen. Ray Odierno is credited by the WaPo with paternity for... the surge in Iraq:Sent back to Iraq in 2006 as second in command of U.S. forces, under orders to begin the withdrawal of... (more) The Father Of The Surge

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Victory Caucus -- All Content — I linked to this story the other day now James Taranto takes issue with it. Not with me, the story I linked. He picks apart this article with facts and ends up with more questions than answers and now it seems the U.S. Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center got back to him with a link to that study on corpulence in the corps and analyses it here.... read ...

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