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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 mac salad. The plate is adorned with optional ...
Iraq vets are fat
mudvillegazette.com — 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 ... (more) Iraq vets are fat
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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The perfect metaphor for Washington’s generational theft recipe
Michelle Malkin — Hey, have you heard of This Is Why You’re Fat? It’s a new website that launched today highlighting photos all sorts of heart attack-inducing foods. Mile-high stacks of Oreo cookies. Double bacon hamburger fatty melts. You get the idea. There was one concoction that struck me as the perfect metaphor for Washington’s generational theft recipe. The perfect metaphor for the desperation-drenched, larded-up “stimulus” vehicle. Even better than Crap Sandwich Supreme. It’s ...

Wednesday Odd Links
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] Boy, 7, breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc . The Chinese driver's licence test. The Human washing machine . Valentine's Day present for women in cold climates . 10 Illustrated Versions of Evolution . Seven of the Biggest Beasts of All Time . Here's a tutorial that shows you how to infuse vodka with Skittles . Farmer named Bangladesh's top rat killer with 39,000 kills. I'll bet there was beer involved . This is why you're fat . 1709: The year that Europe froze . Fifty years of ...

This Is Why You're Fat
The Daily Dish | By Andrew SullivanDeliciously gross food.

Horrifying, Yet Strangely Awesome
SlublogMmmmm...bacon... (h/t: Hot Air)

Good eats
The Monkey Cage — ... said, behold this non-cake, non-pie masterpiece: This oh-so-yummy-looking creation, known as “The Sandwich of Knowledge,” consists of a bottom tier with eight strips of bacon, six sausages and four burger patties; followed by a second tier of black pudding; topped by a third tier consisting of two diced chicken breasts and six fried eggs. Be still, my heart (an apt metaphor, you must admit). For more of these tasty delights, click here. [Hat tip to Eric Lawrence]

scattered, like ashes
Bitch. Ph.D. — ... know that Dr. B is giving up the blog-posting for Lent? Yea. She even started early because of the implicit competition that is always running here at Casa de Bitch about who is the best Catholic. Not willing to be bested by such a strategy, I have decided, after much meditation about maximizing privation, to give up my job. That just won't take effect until May. But don't worry, I am thinking about it all the time in preparation. I am also giving up treats, so I am making this my new home page to help keep the appetite low. I also wanted to point out that the ...

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO (SHORT VERSION)
Bad Example — ... that's not near the pouring station, and possibly a second person helping with pourings. Depending on attendance, these might become necessities next time. Around the internet, a few discoveries: Cake Wrecks - "When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong" (via Dave of Sheldon Comics ). Bacon-flavored vodka . My First Dictionary - really wrong (via Lynn of Violins & Starships ) Bacon sandwich cures hangover . This Is Why You're Fat - Hard-core calorie porn (via Lynn of Violins & ...

I have a new favorite food blog
doubleplusundead — I have a new favorite food blog This is why you're fat is a fascinating collection of photos that range between bacony goodness and sheer horror... That bad boy is "The Smoker," which falls into the former category. It's described as: A half pound ground ribeye, sirloin, prime rib patty topped with Havarti cheese, seven pieces of maple bacon, sauteed onions and smoked pepper mayo. Want like burning. ( ...

NATIONAL JUNK FOOD DAY: What's Your Favorite No-No? (POLL)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... The top five ice cream flavors are vanilla, chocolate, butter pecan, strawberry and chocolate chip mint More than 90% of households in the U.S. consume ice cream Not into candy or desserts? The U.S. has 12,804 McDonald's restaurants Let us know what you think: What did we leave out? Let us know in the comments. And if you totally can't decide what to eat on this special day, get some inspiration from This is why you're fat. Follow HuffPost Style on Twitter and become a ...

Perfect: Fake doctor at Dem’s town hall was invited by Che-loving Obama volunteer
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... I’m not sure what the connection’s supposed to prove — was Che into using people with fake credentials at rallies? — but no righty blogger can resist a recipe with ingredients like this. It’s the political equivalent of a “This Is Why You’re Fat” concoction. Che + Obama + health-care sockpuppet = ...

CAN I GET SECONDS?
Bad Example — CAN I GET SECONDS? Most of the stuff I see on This Is Why You're Fat doesn't even look appetizing, but this one has me intrigued: cookie cake pie.jpg ...

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