Month: June 2017

REASON: Tapeworm eradication programmes.

REASON: Tapeworm eradication programmes.

Back in the 1980s Jane Fonda famously sported a tapeworm that measured 15.23 metres! People these days are so prissy about such things.

Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky

“A given person, in 2006, eating the same amount of calories, taking in the same quantities of macronutrients like protein and fat, and exercising the same amount as a person of the same age did in 1988 would have a BMI that was about 2.3 points higher. In other words, people today are about 10 percent heavier than people were in the 1980s, even if they follow the exact same diet and exercise plans.”

The explanation is unknown and was not part of this study (though the article gives a bunch of theories anyway).

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/why-it-was-easier-to-be-skinny-in-the-1980s/407974/?single_page=true

Via Jeremiah Junken​

Via Jeremiah Junken​

Originally shared by Donald Petersen

Paul Street reviews Daivd J. Garrow’s “Rising Star : The Making of Barack Obama” a well documented 1078 page (1400+ if you count the end notes) biography which helps explain the roots of Obama’s neo-liberalism, failure to pursue the more progressive agenda that he campaigned on, and collapse to the banksters’ demands. Mr. Street adds fuel to the fire by incorporating other sources which Mr. Garrow failed to include. If you supported Obama and were disappointed or were to the “left” of Obama to begin with, this is a “must read”.

H/T to Brando LeHood for sharing.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/02/obama-a-hollow-man-filled-with-ruling-class-ideas/