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March 18, 2014

Oh Boy: Big Decline In Childhood Obesity, Lauded By Michelle Obama As Proof of Efficacy of Let's Move Campaign, May Have Just Been... A Statistical Error
— Ace

We are well and truly in the very best of hands.

In late February, a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that obesity rates among children aged 2 to 5 had declined by 40 to 43 percent in the past eight years, a dramatic and encouraging finding. But researchers are now saying that the good news may have been a statistical mistake.
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The CDCÂ’s study relied on a set of government-collected data thatÂ’s considered highly reliable, but wasnÂ’t ideal for this comparison: The study looked at over 9,000 Americans, but just 871 were between 2 and 5, and just a small proportion of them are obese. The margin of error, in fact, was wide enough that itÂ’s statistically possible there was no decrease at all.

This Reuters article explains why there's doubt:

If the news last month that the prevalence of obesity among American preschoolers had plunged 43 percent in a decade sounded too good to be true, that's because it probably was, researchers say.
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In fact, based on the researchers' own data, the obesity rate may have even risen rather than declined.
"You need to have a healthy degree of skepticism about the validity of this finding," said Dr. Lee Kaplan, director of the weight center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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In some research 871 would be considered a large number. But when the obesity rate is fairly low, having a sample of a few hundred makes it easier for errors to creep in through random chance.
"In small samples like this, you are going to have chance fluctuations," said epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
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The 13.9 percent obesity rate among preschoolers reported for 2003-2004 had a large enough margin of error that the actual rate could range between 10.8 percent and 17.6 percent, the CDC authors acknowledged. The 8.4 percent rate in 2011-2012 reported could range from 5.9 percent and 11.6 percent.

There are no other studies suggesting what this study claims. A WIC study (with 200,000 kids in it) found a small downward decrease in obesity rates, but nothing like 43%.

As I mentioned yesterday, the scientists involved in finding gravitational waves actually discovered, they thought, evidence of the waves three years ago. They spent the last three years amassing more evidence, and checking their math.

The video here shows one of the researchers coming to a scientist's house to inform him they'd determined the evidence had been proven to be very statistically sound. "5-sigma, 0.2 r," the researcher tells the scientist, which means nothing to me, but it means a lot to the scientist.

We have nowhere near this kind of rigor in the so-called "soft sciences," obviously. People just crank out study after study. Tiny, shaky findings of correlation are trumpeted as being very meaningful.

It's really pretty embarrassing.

A 43% drop in preschool obesity, with no other data supporting such a thing, and no plausible mechanism explaining such a sharp drop, shouldn't really have been reported.

Posted by: Ace at 01:23 PM | Comments (284)
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1 All those skinny kids.

Posted by: fluffy at March 18, 2014 01:24 PM (Ua6T/)

2 Facts are racist.

Posted by: Furious George at March 18, 2014 01:25 PM (yFb77)

3 which is why we need to spend more on food stamps, which come in a basically untraceable form

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:25 PM (bJm7W)

4 Soft like McDs ice cream science. Mushy even.

Posted by: fastfreefall at March 18, 2014 01:25 PM (HN4m+)

5 I don't know. I just think of Michelle and it puts me off my feed.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 01:25 PM (Hx5uv)

6 no fat chicks

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 18, 2014 01:25 PM (V4CBV)

7 I'll bet the fat orgy people are relieved. The children are the future!

Posted by: pep at March 18, 2014 01:26 PM (4nR9/)

8 re 2: sexist, too.

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:26 PM (bJm7W)

9 Manhattan Fatty Parties hardest hit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 01:26 PM (8ZskC)

10 . "5-sigma, 0.2 r," the researcher tells the scientist, which means nothing to me, but it means nothing to the scientist.

Hmm?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at March 18, 2014 01:26 PM (ligos)

11 Yeah, but it made the Mooch look good, amiright?

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at March 18, 2014 01:26 PM (V40IZ)

12 Never mind.

Posted by: Michelle Litella Obama at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (yFb77)

13 I sure haven't dropped in size.

Posted by: Mooch's Ass at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (Aif/5)

14 I said this at the time. But seriously, a majority (majority!) of published scientific findings are false. It's an industry.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (ZPrif)

15 When the Zombie Apocalypse comes, we want chubby pre schoolers. Me, I'd roast them. None of this eat them "tarter tarter" shit. Wrap them in tin foil, cover them with coals Maybe, throw some corn on the cob in there, too. Mmmmmm

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (r7mtu)

16 I suspected it was like everything else coming out of this admin. It was a lie. Personally judging from the kids I see playing around my neighborhood, I don't think there is a problem with childhood obesity to begin with.

Perhaps there is a problem in the urban areas where kids are babysit by the TVs and do nothing but eat snacks and watch TV all day.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (T2V/1)

17 Anyone seen Meghan McCain of late? Tell her I be lookin' fer her.

Posted by: Capt. Ahab at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (8ZskC)

18 They want the children fat, makes it easier for the reintroduced wolves to get a meal.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (YEelc)

19 Dr Varno, but fat bottomed chicks make the world go round. We dont want to float off into space bro

Posted by: fastfreefall at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (HN4m+)

20 Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2014 05:26 PM (ligos)
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I think that means something like you got to read between the lines or something because....ewok

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at March 18, 2014 01:27 PM (V40IZ)

21 Q: What do you call a 900-pound woman with a yeast infection? A: A whopper with cheese.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (V4CBV)

22 You can always have 100% trust in government numbers - they are unbiased and produced by the best experts.

Posted by: GDP, Unemployment, and Sales figures, as you like them at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (eoeps)

23 Maybe, it's "tar tar"? I don't know. Raw. No more raw. I want my babies roasted.

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (r7mtu)

24 so maybe it's because the rotten Obama economy has forced more two to five year olds away from their video games and out on the streets to sell newspapers and flowers and matches. Another triumph for our Glorious Presnident.

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (bJm7W)

25 Don't eat chicken strips, eat chicken wraps! You need the extra 35-45 grams of carbs!

Posted by: Michelle Obama at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (Aif/5)

26 "5-sigma, 0.2 r," the researcher tells the scientist, which means nothing to me, but it means a lot to the scientist. The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache. Snoopy likes his doghouse.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (xZxMD)

27 The nation has a 43% reduction in obesity every time Mooch goes on a foreign vacation.

Posted by: imp at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (L9AnB)

28 You can hardly make a meal out of a skinny one.

Posted by: Hairy Reed at March 18, 2014 01:28 PM (8ZskC)

29 re 21: yuck.

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:29 PM (bJm7W)

30 Wait--those fat children aren't going to Guam, are they?

Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson (D, Georgia) at March 18, 2014 01:29 PM (yFb77)

31 A: A whopper with cheese.

Instant bulimia, thanks.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 01:29 PM (YEelc)

32 Speaking of obesity, I saw on Twitter that the WH pastry chef is quitting b/c of Michelle's War On Pastry.

Posted by: Moriarty at March 18, 2014 01:29 PM (zDsvJ)

33 17 Anyone seen Meghan McCain of late? Tell her I be lookin' fer her. Posted by: Capt. Ahab at March 18, 2014 05:27 PM (8ZskC) Chubs moved back to LA. Probably was the cause of that 4.4, yesterday.

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (r7mtu)

34 1. Establish a rule that a finding is significant if it only has a 1 in 20 chance (5%) of being caused by chance. 2. Do 20 studies. 3. Publish the inevitable bullshit 1 that tests positive by chance. Burn the rest. 4. Repeat 1-3 until tenured. 4. Profit!! Secure job for life!! Affairs with 24 year old grad school chicks into your 50s! Fuckin A!!!!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (ZPrif)

35 Do not take the brown acid. It makes you see crazy things!

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (V40IZ)

36 They're not obese. They're gravitationally-enhanced.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (8ZskC)

37 Fat children are more difficult to harvest

Posted by: Templar Organ Collector at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (eoeps)

38 Ugh, Moriarty sock off. Here's the tweet I mentioned: @CaptYonah 1h Don't let them eat cake. RT@FrankLuntz: White House chef resigns over Michelle Obama's anti-pastry campaign http://nyti.ms/1kFNO18

Posted by: Y-not at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (zDsvJ)

39 Heh, Yesterday's class was, somewhat interstingly on Stats in science (or as I call it "abuse") Pretty much every person in class was like "well we should report confidence intervals, but then it won't get published." Well there you go. Science isn't science anymore, it's just a mechanism for getting grant money. And you do that with shitty statistics.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (HDwDg)

40 Anyone who would even suggest that this is anything other than an innocent mistake is wildly irresponsible.

Posted by: MSM at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (IN7k+)

41 Chubs moved back to LA. Probably was the cause of that 4.4, yesterday. ------- Fell off the couch after a bong hit. My bad.

Posted by: Meghan McCain at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (Aif/5)

42 I have been losing weight steadily. I quit eating. I now simply drink alcohol and take a multivitamin. Speaking of which, I have Cuervo Gold in the freezer. Open your USB port I'm standing ya'll a round of shots...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (vHRtU)

43 Anyone who believed that number had to really really want to believe it.

Posted by: forest at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (stMuz)

44 If you don't like this study, I can fund another study more to your liking.

Studies are like a**holes; everyone's got one. And we have enough of your money to give everyone at least two.

Posted by: Washington, D.C. at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (1CroS)

45 Was there not something in the sidebar a while back about a program that produced scientific sounding papers that were pure nonsense? Several of which got peer reviewed if I recall.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (kxSZr)

46 >>4. Repeat 1-3 until tenured. Isn't the bogus stats thing from the CDC, not a university?

Posted by: Y-not at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (zDsvJ)

47 Dammit, I like them chubby!

Posted by: Harry Reid at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (DrWcr)

48 Remember in the 70s chubby folk were described as husky? Wtf was that?

Posted by: fastfreefall at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (HN4m+)

49 Speaking of obesity, I saw on Twitter that the WH pastry chef is quitting b/c of Michelle's War On Pastry.

If she comes out as ghey, can he be sued and forced back to work?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (YEelc)

50 John Schindler ‏@20committee "I don't want to harm my government," says Ed, to TED, from Putin's Russia from his FSB safehouse. Ok then...http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/edward-snowden-ted-2014/ Â…

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (ZPrif)

51 I quit eating. I now simply drink alcohol and take a multivitamin.

Switch out the alcohol for meth. The pounds will melt right off, along with your incisors.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (8ZskC)

52 The pastry chef is gay. Moochelle shit canned him because Barry was spending too much time in the kitchen. Where's the gay mafia now????

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (r7mtu)

53
Fat children are more difficult to harvest

Posted by: Templar Organ Collector at March 18, 2014 05:30 PM (eoeps)

Nah. Zombieland Rule #1

Cardio.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (TIIx5)

54 Speaking of which, I have Cuervo Gold in the freezer. Open your USB port I'm standing ya'll a round of shots...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 05:31 PM (vHRtU)

USB port open. Hit me!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (DrWcr)

55 Did I just see a clam post disappear?

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 01:32 PM (0FSuD)

56 A lot of the food children eat is unhealthy. And the parents are often too overworked or undereducated to care. Maybe Leftists could spend more time "nannying" children instead of everyone else. You know, "for the children."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (jhfwW)

57 This isn't newsworthy, even though Michelle's announcement was. Up next: a 2-hour special on Bridgegate.

Posted by: MSNBC at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (yFb77)

58 32 Speaking of obesity, I saw on Twitter that the WH pastry chef is quitting b/c of Michelle's War On Pastry. Posted by: Moriarty

He kept insisting that PopTarts and Funyums aren't really health food.

Posted by: pep at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (4nR9/)

"5-sigma, 0.2 r," the researcher tells the scientist, which means nothing to me, but it means nothing to the scientist.

5-sigma is five standard deviation units from the mean (making it way down the skinny bit of the bell curve), and correlation is measured in R^2, so I'm going with "0.2 r is somehow correlated with correlation, or other measures of correlarity".

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (JtwS4)

I don't believe anything coming out of govenment offices or anyone that works for government offices. Too many lies. Too much propaganda.

I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap.

If anyone finds flight 370, wake me up.

Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (sx5Tc)

61 re 34: it's a well known fact that government sponsored studies are triple distilled, just like Georgi.

Anyway, I don't trust someone who'd name her kids Shashlik and Malaria.

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (bJm7W)

62 Liberals come up with a theory and then force the statistics to fit. See Global warming

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (t3UFN)

63 Remember when Moochelle said that fat kids were a national security threat? Good times.

Posted by: votermom at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (GSIDW)

64 Wake me when they invent a low calorie bourbon.

Posted by: John Boehner at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (Cs2tJ)

A 43% drop in preschool obesity, with no other data supporting such a thing, and no plausible mechanism explaining such a sharp drop, shouldn't really have been reported.

Tapeworms.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (DrWcr)

66 I was under the impression that science was no longer done with proofs, but by reaching a consensus. I don't see the documentation of the vote on this theory.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2014 01:33 PM (eoeps)

67 If anyone finds flight 370, wake me up. Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2014 05:33 PM (sx5Tc) DUCK

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 01:34 PM (t3UFN)

68 Hmmm..... would kinda look like a Downward pointing... hockey stick... Anyone know Mann's whereabouts? New job doing Health Research?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 18, 2014 01:34 PM (84gbM)

Reality: math has no bias, does not lie.

Liberal logic: Math is raaacist!!

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 01:34 PM (sQ0LB)

70 They're getting skinny because of Michelle's school lunch program. The kids would rather starve than eat that crap.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 18, 2014 01:34 PM (oMKp3)

71 The Obama's are liars. They think they will get cover no matter what they say. Because, racist.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2014 01:34 PM (IXrOn)

72 Social studies are often lacking. No one with any degree of cognitive acumen goes into the "social sciences."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:34 PM (jhfwW)

73 Liberal logic: Math is raaacist!! Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 05:34 PM (sQ0LB) have you seen the new math? Or the common core math? You would not recognize it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 01:35 PM (t3UFN)

74 But 43% will be the new narrative. All the Media outlets will push it relentlessly until the LIV's accept it as fact.

Truth no longer matters.

Posted by: Null at March 18, 2014 01:35 PM (xjpRj)

75 Common Core math problem. Timmy is 3 years old and fat. Clara is 4 years old and fat. How many Timmys and Claras will it take to weigh the same as Moochelle Obama's ass?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:35 PM (DrWcr)

76 And there's always the "minitru effect."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:35 PM (jhfwW)

77 maybe instead of calling them "chubby" we can call the "Bossy"

don't know if that would fix anything but it might be funnier.

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:35 PM (bJm7W)

78 If she comes out as ghey, can he be sued and forced back to work? Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 05:32 PM (YEelc) HE is ghey....his husband's name is Charlie.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 18, 2014 01:35 PM (bCEmE)

79 We have nowhere near this kind of rigor in the so-called "soft sciences," obviously.

We do, we do. But people who won't settle for anything less than 99 or 99.9 confidence intervals don't get the headlines or grant money, while those settling for 90 or, dear God, I've seen 80 hitting the news, get all the attention.

Posted by: JSchuler at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (ashPd)

80 5-sigma is five standard deviation units from the mean (making it way down the skinny bit of the bell curve), and correlation is measured in R^2, so I'm going with "0.2 r is somehow correlated with correlation, or other measures of correlarity".

And as we all know, correlarity is a synonym for colorectal. IOW, pulling it out of your ass.

Posted by: pep at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (4nR9/)

81 The government statistics on who is overweight are bullshit anyway.Most government statistics are bullshit.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (zqvg6)

82 Not only do they fit well, but his jeans look divine . . .

Posted by: Reggie Love at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (yFb77)

83 obesity rates among children aged 2 to 5 had declined by 40 to 43 percent in the past eight years

I BLAME BUSH

Posted by: Pres**ent Barack “Unexpectedly Hoser” Obama at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (e8kgV)

84 "I've been unfairly maligned about my jeans," Obama said Friday in an interview with radio host Ryan Seacrest. "The truth is, generally I look very sharp in jeans This man is the President of the United States of America and he is talking about how he looks in jeans? No wonder the rest of the world does not take him seriously. What an embarrassment.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (0FSuD)

85 I like to roll children in flour and lightly saute them in butter. Taste just like morel mushrooms. Delish!

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (r7mtu)

86

Â“I am thrilled at the progress weÂ’ve made over the last few years in obesity rates among our youngest Americans,Â” said Michelle Obama. Â“With the participation of kids, parents, and communities in LetÂ’s Move! these last four years, healthier habits are beginning to become the new norm.Â”

CDC Press Release February 25, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/mw3zge3

At best, "Derp!"
At worst, "The children are starving. Tres amuse!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (kdS6q)

87 Facts? We don' need no steenking facts!

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (GrtrJ)

88 HE is ghey....his husband's name is Charlie.

Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2014 05:35 PM (bCEmE)

You should see how well he frosts my cake!

Posted by: Charlie at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (DrWcr)

89 He wears mom jeans because they're easier to get off.

Posted by: Kal Peen at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (Aif/5)

90 Well if those kids didn't drop that weight, where did all that the fat on Mooch's ass come from? Answer me that.

Posted by: Dirks strewn at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (77F0w)

91 Really, bureaucrats don't actually care about the children. They are motivated by other considerations.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (jhfwW)

92 Common Core math problem. Timmy is 3 years old and fat. Clara is 4 years old and fat. How many Timmys and Claras will it take to weigh the same as Moochelle Obama's ass?

Whoa, there Leibniz, we don't get into exponents until 5th grade.

Posted by: pep at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (4nR9/)

93 I can't figure out who to blame in this shit actually. Definitely the CDC PR department. If I'm reading this right the researchers did report the confidence intervals, and then the marketing department ran with the straight up average.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (HDwDg)

94 No wonder the rest of the world does not take him seriously. What an embarrassment. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 05:36 PM (0FSuD) Da.... you show... you do not talk....

Posted by: Shirtless Vlad Putin riding a Bear... at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (84gbM)

95 36 They're not obese. They're gravitationally-~~enhanced.~~ burdened.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (RJMhd)

96 Nor do social scientists.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:38 PM (jhfwW)

97 is being a cynic a bad thing? ps i used to be a positive polly.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 18, 2014 01:38 PM (Gq4PC)

98 Of course it was a lie. now what isn't a lie is that fact that Mooch has run off of the White House pastry chef. He's quitting because of her.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 18, 2014 01:38 PM (KrBYw)

99 I see a rise in Big Beautiful Women orgies. See Airbnb for details.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 18, 2014 01:38 PM (IXrOn)

100 But, "for the children" is a good meme. An efficient meme, at least.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (jhfwW)

101 "A 43% drop in preschool obesity, with no other data supporting such a thing, and no plausible mechanism explaining such a sharp drop, shouldn't really have been reported."

We beg to differ.

Posted by: The Fan Club Masquerading As A Press Corps at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (gqT4g)

102 I knew it was a lie just from the fact that Michelle said it. I don't need a two-tailed t-test to tell me she's full of $hit.

Posted by: Dirks strewn at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (77F0w)

103 ps i used to be a positive polly. Posted by: concrete girl at March 18, 2014 05:38 PM (Gq4PC) ************** How you doin'? Let me be the fire that steels your concrete!

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (RJMhd)

104

Let's face it: leftists ruin everything. And I mean everything.

They'll solve this obesity issue by food shortages. Wait and see...

Posted by: prescient11 at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (tVTLU)

105 No wonder the rest of the world does not take him seriously.

What an embarrassment.

No, embarrassment was 4 years ago. The damage is done. I actually like such incidents, because it makes the libs break their cool demeanor and defend this flatulent fool.

Posted by: pep at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (4nR9/)

106 HE is ghey....his husband's name is Charlie.

So, what, he can counter-sue to remain unemployed?

I can't keep up with who the courts are ordering to work for who anymore.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (YEelc)

107

Pretty much every person in class was like "well we should report confidence intervals, but then it won't get published."

You know what nobody, anywhere, ever!, talks about? Confidence intervals. Everyone likes to get all smart and say "margin of error", but there are TWO measures of uncertainty in statistics. That's nearly twice as many as one.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 01:40 PM (JtwS4)

108 at least the people behind Project ORCA are still getting work

Posted by: The Dude at March 18, 2014 01:40 PM (bStrg)

109 Has he thrown out a first pitch since that pathetic performance?As thin skinned as he is these criticisms really hurt him.We need to redouble our efforts on that front.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 01:40 PM (zqvg6)

110 omg--I'm getting grossed out by my own sock puppet. Adios amigmas!

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at March 18, 2014 01:40 PM (RJMhd)

111 A malnourished population is easier to control. Dr. Stalin and Dr. Tse-Tung did amazing population studies on this, but somehow the MSM has failed to pick up on the significance of this.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 01:41 PM (sQ0LB)

112

ps i used to be a positive polly.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 18, 2014 05:38 PM (Gq4PC)

I used to be positive. Then I gained a few electrons.

Posted by: Sad Ion at March 18, 2014 01:41 PM (DrWcr)

113 109 Has he thrown out a first pitch since that pathetic performance?As thin skinned as he is these criticisms really hurt him.We need to redouble our efforts on that front.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 05:40 PM (zqvg6)

He throws like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:41 PM (DrWcr)

114 re 73: anyone besides me remember the "new math" of the 1960s?

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:41 PM (bJm7W)

115 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Â— Witnesses said a woman set a man's car on fire in Jacksonville after he refused to buy her a McFlurry at McDonald's.

Posted by: Gloria Steinem at March 18, 2014 01:42 PM (e8kgV)

116 Don't worry. Obama will unilaterally redefine the definition of obesity and make it true.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 18, 2014 01:42 PM (SY2Kh)

117 Sure, it was a 43% drop in obesity, but that's because they re-defined obesity to mean "at least 450 pounds overweight."

That cut 43% of 'em, right there.

Seriously, though, they might as well have gone full Orwell and told us that we've always been at war with Eastasia. That's how securely the propaganda class is tethered to reality nowadays.

Posted by: Phinn at March 18, 2014 01:42 PM (i5GO4)

118 1977 called, it wants it's metric system back...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 01:42 PM (vHRtU)

119 now what isn't a lie is that fact that Mooch has run off of the White House pastry chef. He's quitting because of her. -- Overwork? Baked goodies on demand every hour 24/7?

Posted by: votermom at March 18, 2014 01:42 PM (GSIDW)

120 Ronald Reagan caused 9-11.

Posted by: RINOs Fight Back!!! at March 18, 2014 01:43 PM (tVTLU)

121 Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 05:40 PM (JtwS Yeah I'm not gonna lie, I hate stats. I was glad when I was in biochem the lab had a "nothing more complicated than a t test" policy. The idea being "either it's not working or you're doing it wrong." But then I worked in fairly straight forward mouse model. If I had anything more complicated, I'd probably pay a stats person to figure it out for me so I didn't fuck it up.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 18, 2014 01:43 PM (HDwDg)

122 I guess i should read more than a dozen comments before throwing out my own... always get beat to the punch. I'll take that Cuervo now, OG.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 18, 2014 01:43 PM (KrBYw)

123
Related at Daily Caller: Premiums rise faster under Obamacare than previous 8 years COMBINED.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2014 01:43 PM (0Kobm)

124 So the BBW Orgy is still on for the weekend, right?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (hFETg)

125 109 Has he thrown out a first pitch since that pathetic performance?As thin skinned as he is these criticisms really hurt him.We need to redouble our efforts on that front. Posted by: steevy I always figured Obama for the type of guy behind the plate that does the catching of the pitches. IYKWIMAITYD. Not that I think he can catch a ball any better than he throws one.

Posted by: Dirks strewn at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (77F0w)

126 Grifters gotta grift, liars gotta lie, moochelle gotta control the lobster and Waygu beef populations...for the children.

Posted by: Alf767 at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (5UnZF)

127 Obesity should be the main problem we are all worried about, so put down those Cheetos and Lays and cake and listen to Mooch.

If we all lose weight we can hide better and be faster against the coming invasion of whoever stole or helped the 777 also known as Triple Seven in more sophisticated circular firing squads.

In the camps we will be so thin we can escape through the razor wire! All along she has been trying to help us, while having second and third helpings of wagu beef and mousse swilled down with the finest of wines in the WH. What you don't eat is more for her! While Marie Antoinette was falsely credited with "let them eat cake," our first Clydesdale has been known to say, "we nag you because we love you," and "eat your peas." Also that Barry has really bad breath and his feet stink, but that is beside the point except for the dietary aide to put you off your feed and "let's move!"

In the meantime she alone is helping young future voters to vote against Democrats by taking fish sticks and tater tots and cookies off their menus. I remember what I ate in school cafeterias and it sure was not vegetables that were green and smushy. I had chocolate milk, cake, and whatever did not look like it would make me upchuck in the cafeteria, which is what I did one time in front of my then boyfriend, Billy, which ended that toot sweet. I ate fine at home and, in spite of the chocolate milk and cake, I still went on to be fabulous and have a figure to die for (which is more than Mooch can say...although some probably do die if they don't photoshop well).

I knew, as soon as I saw the "stats" that she would take credit for decreasing obesity. snorting like Lily Tomlin...Now let's start a rumor that food stamps are ending due to this program and see which way cookie crumbles. Oh, and I do blame my added poundage and hips on this regime. So, in reality, they have caused my personal weight gain as well as possible liver damage.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (baL2B)

128 The pastryt chef could no longer tolerate President Choad-Load sneaking into the kitchen at night, drinking all the cream and cheez-whiz...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (vHRtU)

129 Mohawk: wow, that is pretty damn crazy.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (tVTLU)

130 re 79: isn't the official word on global warm or climate change that they have a 90 percent confidence level that man very likely has something to do with climate change? As opposed to a 99.9 percent confidence level that people like John Kerry won't be eating burgers and fries at those international "save the world" conferences?

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (bJm7W)

131 "A 43% drop in preschool obesity, with no other data supporting such a thing...." This was an undeclared beneficial consequence of Obama's election. Just like the sea level dropping, the world liking us again, etc. It need not have supporting data for it to be true.

Posted by: Pigilito at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (AW99N)

132 124 So the BBW Orgy is still on for the weekend, right?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 18, 2014 05:44 PM (hFETg)

The HazMat team is still cleaning up from the last one.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (DrWcr)

133 Purely anecdotally, but I've noticed the number of chubby kids at my daughters' elementary school has declined - and our school is the poor one in the district that the neighboring, closing poor school from another district was merged into.

Tangentially, I'm pleased that our school has at least three Downs kids - they've literally had genocide waged against them via abortion in the past decade or so.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (vgIRn)

134 "109 Has he thrown out a first pitch since that pathetic performance?As thin skinned as he is these criticisms really hurt him.We need to redouble our efforts on that front. Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 05:40 PM (zqvg6)" Heh. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (jhfwW)

135 Obama is the first president to allow people in the Oval office not in a coat and tie. The picture of him in jeans trying to talk Putin out of butt fucking him was the worst, and NO MSM said a thing about it. Thug.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 01:45 PM (0FSuD)

136 > A 43% drop in preschool obesity, with no other data supporting such a thing, and no plausible mechanism explaining such a sharp drop, shouldn't really have been reported.

I like my victims chubby.

Posted by: Harry Reid, Alleged Pederast and Searchlight Strangler at March 18, 2014 01:45 PM (ZWvOb)

137 no plausible mechanism explaining such a sharp drop, shouldn't really have been reported. You're kidding, right?

Posted by: MSM® Now, with Glycerin Vibrafoam! at March 18, 2014 01:45 PM (79yL2)

138 Maldives Islanders reported a Â“low flying jumbo jetÂ” at around 6:15 on March 8.
The residents said it was a white plane with a red stripe.

Posted by: Dairy Farmer at March 18, 2014 01:45 PM (e8kgV)

139 "111 A malnourished population is easier to control. Dr. Stalin and Dr. Tse-Tung did amazing population studies on this, but somehow the MSM has failed to pick up on the significance of this. Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 05:41 PM (sQ0LB)" The population is actually pretty malnourished. It's just not undernourished.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:46 PM (jhfwW)

140 The main problem with obesity is that it makes it much harder to stick it in their pooper.

Posted by: Butt Man at March 18, 2014 01:46 PM (vHRtU)

141 Me too, OG. I have my own lime and salt, thank you!

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at March 18, 2014 01:46 PM (V40IZ)

142 by the way, Superbowl Sunday is the most dangerous night of the year for women. Proven fact. You're a sexist if you think otherwise.

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 01:47 PM (bJm7W)

143 President Barack Obama hit back at critics calling him out for his "mom jeans. "I've been unfairly maligned about my jeans," Obama said Friday in an interview with radio host Ryan Seacrest. "The truth is, generally I look very sharp in jeans. There was one episode like four years ago in which I was wearing some loose jeans, mainly because I was out on the pitcher's mound and I didn't want to feel confined while I was pitching, and I think I've paid my penance for that. I got whacked pretty good. Since that time, my jeans fit very well." Wow, that's like a Neutron Star of Gay. I'm not sure you can even parse all teh they out of that. Please feel free to imagine these sentences as read by Truman Capote: 1) ..."I've been unfairly maligned about my jeans" 2) ...The truth is, generally I look very sharp in jeans... 3) ...There was one episode like four years ago in which I was wearing some loose jeans... 4) ... I was wearing some loose jeans, mainly because...I didn't want to feel confined while I was pitching.... 5) ....I think I've paid my penance for that. I got whacked pretty good... 6) ... Since that time, my jeans fit very well. Yep. Gay. Or so effeminate that all that stands between Obama completely becoming a woman is one, tattered lonely molecule of testosterone in his bloodstream.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2014 01:47 PM (0cMkb)

144 "112 ps i used to be a positive polly. Posted by: concrete girl at March 18, 2014 05:38 PM (Gq4PC) I used to be positive. Then I gained a few electrons. Posted by: Sad Ion at March 18, 2014 05:41 PM (DrWcr)" Heh.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:47 PM (jhfwW)

145 I will repeat again what I was getting at last week when discussing the gay porn/southern states "study." People will take and skew results to fit their own needs. Science is supposed to work from hypothesis to result to conclusion based on results, but way too many in science, especially social sciences start with the conclusion and twist the results to fit that instead of good scientific method.

It makes a person in the science field want to pull their fucking hair out.

Posted by: DangerGirl at March 18, 2014 01:47 PM (GrtrJ)

146
anyone besides me remember the "new math" of the 1960s?
Posted by: Mallfly

What the hell is this "Base 10" crap? Good 'ol sexagesimal in Cuneiform on clay slabs for me.

Poated by: Ur-Vic

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 01:47 PM (kdS6q)

147 NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- State police are searching for an unlikely suspect in a western Pennsylvania hit-and-run accident: the driver of an Amish buggy.

Troopers from the Mercer barracks say the buggy twice hit a passenger vehicle at a crossroads on Route 158 in Wilmington Township, about 6 p.m. Sunday.

The buggy then left the scene and its driver has yet to be identified.

Posted by: Field Marshal Von Rundstedt at March 18, 2014 01:47 PM (e8kgV)

148 We have nowhere near this kind of rigor in the so-called "soft sciences," obviously. People just crank out study after study. Tiny, shaky findings of correlation are trumpeted as being very meaningful. It's worse in the soft sciences but it's an issue in the hard sciences as well. No, I don't mean "climate research", I mean in biology and the like. Remember that big splashy you guys you guys we totes can make any cell a stem cell with this one simple trick study? Yeah. Apparently it turns out to be full of errors and no one can replicate it. Which brings us back to that study about how the Right doesn't trust Science. No, we don't trust scientists because they are human and because publish or perish breeds massive temptation to cut a few corners.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 18, 2014 01:47 PM (VtjlW)

149

Yeah I'm not gonna lie, I hate stats.

I don't love *doing* stats. I haven't correlated an R^2 value since B-school. But it's useful to have some training behind you for the calling out of BS.

Related ace-bait: one of the phrases by which I learned French was " la culture c'est ce-qui reste quand on Ã¢ tous oubliÃ©".

Culture is what's left when you've forgotten everything.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (JtwS4)

150 "113 109 Has he thrown out a first pitch since that pathetic performance?As thin skinned as he is these criticisms really hurt him.We need to redouble our efforts on that front. Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 05:40 PM (zqvg6) He throws like a fag and his shit's all retarded. Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 05:41 PM (DrWcr)" On the other hand, he's fabulous.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (jhfwW)

151 In Michelle's defense, it makes intuitive sense that the kids would actually have lost weight. The schools have been starving the fk out of them since she got involved.

Posted by: Dirks strewn at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (77F0w)

152 111Â A malnourished population is easier to control. Dr. Stalin and Dr. Tse-Tung did amazing population studies on this, but somehow the MSM has failed to pick up on the significance of this. Posted by:Â Conservative CrankÂ at March ________ Perhaps they'll pay attention to the Chavez / Maduro model of government mandated dietary guidelines going on right now?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (KrBYw)

153 With all the stories of kids refusing to eat the Moochelle mandated crap, I kinda could buy it.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (9Bdcz)

154 Math be hard, yo!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (o3MSL)

155 I'm not fat. I have big bones. Like a brontosaurus.

Posted by: Mooch at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (hvg/s)

156 Cuervo comin up...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (vHRtU)

157 The fat kids are a lot harder to stuff into the chute.

Posted by: A Message from the Obamacare Death Panels at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (8ZskC)

158 142 by the way, Superbowl Sunday is the most dangerous night of the year for women. Proven fact. You're a sexist if you think otherwise. Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 05:47 PM (bJm7W) Also, at half time half the toilets in the country blow up or something.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 01:49 PM (0FSuD)

159 Priorities ...

Secretary Kerry: U.S. To Send Scientists To Discuss Homosexuality With Ugandan President

Â“Maybe we can reach a point of reconsiderationÂ” on UgandaÂ’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Kerry said during a forum at the State Department.

Posted by: LBGTXYZ at March 18, 2014 01:49 PM (e8kgV)

160 147 NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- State police are searching for an unlikely suspect in a western Pennsylvania hit-and-run accident: the driver of an Amish buggy.

Troopers from the Mercer barracks say the buggy twice hit a passenger vehicle at a crossroads on Route 158 in Wilmington Township, about 6 p.m. Sunday.

The buggy then left the scene and its driver has yet to be identified.

Posted by: Field Marshal Von Rundstedt at March 18, 2014 05:47 PM (e8kgV)

Officer, I saw him! He was wearing black and had a beard!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:49 PM (DrWcr)

161

Data in able hands are like clay. Give me a measurement, it can probably be gamed.

Operational definition is very important and often missed.

Posted by: The Jackhole at March 18, 2014 01:50 PM (nTgAI)

162 anyone besides me remember the "new math" of the 1960s? Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 05:41 PM (bJm7W) Yeah, but I don't remember what came before it so, it was all new to me.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 18, 2014 01:50 PM (79yL2)

163 Chicago style: Obama to Hispanics: We won't deport relatives if you enroll... Barky must be getting desperate.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 01:50 PM (Hx5uv)

164 Oh give me a fucking break. Mr. Yosses has also been inspired by the White House garden, where he has chosen from a cornucopia of strawberries, blueberries, rhubarb, figs, papaya, carrots, sweet potatoes and herbs like lemon thyme flowers, lavender and pineapple sage. Nearby is honey from the White House beehives. The result Â— oatmeal bars, baked apples and pear-quince cobblers, among many others Â— will have a lasting impact on his eating habits, as will Mrs. Obama. Â“She has done it with humor and good will, without preaching, just the way you would hope the Â‘Mom in chiefÂ’ would do,Â” Mr. Yosses said. He called her Â“definitely an inspiring boss, a combination of spontaneity and seriousness.Â” Nonetheless, Mr. Yosses has hardly turned his back on his old, sweet life. Â“I donÂ’t want to demonize cream, butter, sugar and eggs,Â” he said.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 01:50 PM (zqvg6)

165

Â“Maybe we can reach a point of reconsiderationÂ” on UgandaÂ’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Kerry said during a forum at the State Department.

---

Losing the West, or harassing a country about homosexual laws, yeah I can see the conundrum of trying to decide which is more important. Fkn idiots.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2014 01:50 PM (eoeps)

166 What the hell is this "Base 10" crap? Good 'ol sexagesimal in Cuneiform on clay slabs for me.

Poated by: Ur-Vic

And enough with the multimedia cave drawings. Stick figures were good enough for my proto-hominid ancestors, and they're good enough for me.

Posted by: Ur-Vic contd at March 18, 2014 01:51 PM (4nR9/)

167 > With all the stories of kids refusing to eat the Moochelle mandated crap, I kinda could buy it.

My wife works as an on call kitchen aide at a school district, and she said the amount of food in general, but especially veggies, that gets thrown away every day due to mandates that make them serve things kids don't want to eat is incredible. Kale, jicama, I wouldn't have eaten that when I was 7 either.

Posted by: Harry Reid, Alleged Pederast and Searchlight Strangler at March 18, 2014 01:51 PM (ZWvOb)

168

Posted by: Lemm at March 18, 2014 01:51 PM (ZWvOb)

169 Sock off.

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at March 18, 2014 01:51 PM (ZWvOb)

170 Secretary Kerry: U.S. To Send Scientists To Discuss Homosexuality With Ugandan President

I'd love to see the powerpoint presentation on that one.

Posted by: A Message from the Obamacare Death Panels at March 18, 2014 01:51 PM (8ZskC)

171

Or so effeminate that all that stands between Obama completely becoming a woman is one, tattered lonely molecule of testosterone in his bloodstream.

That's the thing on his nose. The masculine molecule is trying to escape.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 01:52 PM (JtwS4)

172 143 Or so effeminate that all that stands between Obama completely becoming a woman is one, tattered lonely molecule of testosterone in his bloodstream. Posted by: naturalfake My theory is that the only molecules of testosterone in Obama are up his ass.

Posted by: Dirks strewn at March 18, 2014 01:52 PM (77F0w)

173 "117 Sure, it was a 43% drop in obesity, but that's because they re-defined obesity to mean "at least 450 pounds overweight." That cut 43% of 'em, right there. Seriously, though, they might as well have gone full Orwell and told us that we've always been at war with Eastasia. That's how securely the propaganda class is tethered to reality nowadays. Posted by: Phinn at March 18, 2014 05:42 PM (i5GO4)" 'We've always been at war with Russia and determined to bomb every last European country into Full Gayness/Political Correctness.'

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:52 PM (jhfwW)

174

Kale, jicama, I wouldn't have eaten that when I was 7 either.

Who would want to eat that shit, at any age?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:52 PM (DrWcr)

175
I don't love *doing* stats. I haven't correlated an R^2 value since B-school.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch

You know what gets me? It's usually after you stop taking stat classes that you find out how much actuaries make and how in demand they are.

But at that point, too late to hop on that gravy train.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 01:52 PM (kdS6q)

176
Or so effeminate that all that stands between Obama completely becoming a woman is one, tattered lonely molecule of testosterone in his bloodstream.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2014 05:47 PM (0cMkb)

Did he really say that or is this April' Fools day at headquarters? wow.

I can throw a baseball better than that twit. And I could do it in tight jeans.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 01:52 PM (baL2B)

177 He probably would have stayed if Michelle hadn't forced him to especially demonize the egg whites.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 18, 2014 01:53 PM (ZshNr)

178 Lemm to the Barrel

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 01:53 PM (0FSuD)

179

It may just be me but I have never noticed a high amount of obese 2 to 5 year olds. Get up to age 10 and beyond, yes.

This is like the claim from the administration that deportation of illegals has significantly increased during the "O" years. What they don't tell you is that they include people that are turned away at the border trying to get in to the US in this so called fabulous number.

Posted by: Cheri at March 18, 2014 01:53 PM (G+Wff)

180

chi, I'm sure that any bad outcomes from those diets will be blamed on raaacist Rethuglicans, who are probably beholden to Jewish bankers and our reptilian overlords.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 18, 2014 01:53 PM (sQ0LB)

181 I could get into bringing back the dinosaurs. Sure, the meat eaters maybe a problem but the veg heads would make a good attraction. So, let's bring Dino back, now!

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 01:53 PM (r7mtu)

182 the little fat fucks in my neighborhood are still fat fucks, just taller & more of them.

thank G*d for WIC & EBT or they might starve away to normal weight.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 18, 2014 01:53 PM (q+fqH)

183 Unprecedented.

Posted by: Stu-22 at March 18, 2014 01:54 PM (AiYlm)

184

The margin of error, in fact, was wide enough that itÂ’s statistically possible there was no decrease at all.

**Spoiler Alert**

There was no decrease at all.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 01:54 PM (fsLdt)

185 More of this sickening trip from the beginning. WASHINGTON Â— The first lady, Michelle Obama, is soon to lose her executive pastry chef, Bill Yosses. And she is partly to blame. She has piqued his interest in the relationship between food and health, he said in a recent telephone interview, so the man who made the Hawaiian chocolate-malted ganache for the White House state dinner for the president of France is now headed to New York with an aim to teach children and adults about eating better. In the meantime, he has given up his usual breakfast doughnuts for a smoothie made with apple, kale, spinach and ginger Â— from time to time.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 01:54 PM (zqvg6)

186 In Uganda dey eat da poo-poo! Keeps 'em thin. Well, that and HIV.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (vHRtU)

187 O/T Great, NYC gets what the deserve. City settles seven year old bull shit suit against fire dept hiring. To pay out $100 MILLIONin back pay You guessed it RACIST!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (0FSuD)

188 "120 Ronald Reagan caused 9-11. Posted by: RINOs Fight Back!!! at March 18, 2014 05:43 PM (tVTLU)" By not bombing every Arab/Muslim country despite what happened in Lebanon? By winning the Cold War? By being too nice to Hispanics?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (jhfwW)

189

Lemm to the Barrel

Is Lemm an 'ette? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Hentai Squid at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (JtwS4)

190
I wouldn't be surprised if obesity drops by the way food prices are going thru the roof.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (0Kobm)

191 Based on the range of both data points reported in the second pull quote, the actual number of fatties could have actually tripled. I think we should all just wait for Snowden to release the real numbers before rendering judgment.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (+lsX1)

192

he has given up his usual breakfast doughnuts for a smoothie made with apple, kale, spinach and ginger

At least it will look the same coming back up as it did going down.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (DrWcr)

193 @184 It was Reagan's fault all those kids got fat in the first place. Told 'em to put on a sweater, turn down the thermostat, and lay about all day.

Right before he got his ass kicked by that monster rabbit.

Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (5ikDv)

194

Has this thread turned into a fat flame war yet?

And if not, why not?

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (fsLdt)

195 The success level of Mooch's anti-obesity campaign still kicks the living shit out of Barky's Annenberg Challenge program fiasco.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 01:56 PM (8ZskC)

196 195 Has this thread turned into a fat flame war yet?

And if not, why not?

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 05:55 PM (fsLdt)

Fuck you and your stupid-ass questions.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:56 PM (DrWcr)

197 Just trying to get it started...

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (DrWcr)

198 They spent the last three years amassing more evidence, and checking their math. Yeah, well, this is *social* science. Which is all of the former and none of the latter. "5-sigma, 0.2 r," the researcher tells the scientist, which means nothing to me, It means they set a very high threshold for error, if I understand what they mean. At least what "5-sigma" means. In a typical bell curve (standard normal) 84.1345% of the distribution is less than one standard deviation (sigma) above the mean. Meaning, for random chance, the probability of being more than 1 S.D. (sigma) above the average is less than 16%. Being more than 2 S.D. above the average is less than 2.27% Being more than 3 S.D. above the average is less than 0.13% Being more than 4 S.D. above the average is less than 0.003167% Being more than 5 S.D. above the average in less than 0.000028665% So, the bottom line is... ...they could still be wrong. We have nowhere near this kind of rigor in the so-called "soft sciences," obviously. People just crank out study after study. Tiny, shaky findings of correlation are trumpeted as being very meaningful. Do NOT get me started.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (T0NGe)

199 And if not, why not? -------- Fuck you!!!!

Posted by: RINO at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (Aif/5)

200 Bethselamin is a fabulously beautiful planet which attracts billions of tourists each year. Unsurprisingly, cumulative erosion is a serious concern of the local authorities. The solution is to calculate the net imbalance between the amount of matter eaten and the amount subsequently excreted by each visitor, and remove the weight difference through amputative surgery. Thus it is vitally important to get a receipt after every trip to the lavatory while on the planet.

Posted by: Bethselamin Visitor's Authority at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (AymDN)

201 And if not, why not? Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 05:55 PM (fsLdt) Too many North Carolina Krispy Kreme lovers here.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (0FSuD)

202 You know what I don't see much of here in Texas, all respect to King of the Hill?

Fat kids. Little bastards are in shape, at least. And polite.

Too polite.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (XO6WW)

203 "121 Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 05:40 PM (JtwS Yeah I'm not gonna lie, I hate stats. I was glad when I was in biochem the lab had a "nothing more complicated than a t test" policy. The idea being "either it's not working or you're doing it wrong." But then I worked in fairly straight forward mouse model. If I had anything more complicated, I'd probably pay a stats person to figure it out for me so I didn't fuck it up. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 18, 2014 05:43 PM (HDwDg)" Stats is never explained properly.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (jhfwW)

204 Fat hobos make the best jerky. Hard to find though...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (vHRtU)

205

Fuck you and your stupid-ass questions.

Hey now......

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (fsLdt)

206 It must be tough for Barack and Michelle to be such colossal failures. In everything.

Posted by: Seems legit at March 18, 2014 01:57 PM (A98Xu)

207 Libs have faith that Michelle's Let's Move Campaign works!

Posted by: Hepcat at March 18, 2014 01:58 PM (Q4mug)

208 Being fats not too bad as long as you don't mind not being able to see your dick.

Posted by: Chris Christie at March 18, 2014 01:58 PM (Aif/5)

209

Has this thread turned into a fat flame war yet?

Fuck you. You're too fat. Or too thin. Your weight is not 100% optimal for your frame, so get the fuck out of the party, RINO.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 01:58 PM (JtwS4)

210 Can we have Mooch fly the same route as 370 to China, and see what happens?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (vHRtU)

211 The most transparent administration, ever.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (YI6/M)

212 Mr. Yosses has also been inspired by the White House garden, where he has chosen from a cornucopia of strawberries, blueberries, rhubarb, figs, papaya, carrots, sweet potatoes and herbs like lemon thyme flowers, lavender and pineapple sage. Nearby is honey from the White House beehives. The result Â— oatmeal bars, baked apples and pear-quince cobblers, among many others Â— will have a lasting impact on his eating habits, as will Mrs. Obama.

That's some rich nougaty bologna. The White House garden has soil contamination. Ever since the Clinton years when someone put ComPro on the lawn. There are also high levels of lead, possibly from lead paint used on the White House in times of yore.

He may have been inspired by the garden, but he didn't choose from the garden.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (P7Wsr)

213 65 I was under the impression that science was no longer done with proofs, Science was never done with "proofs". Mathematics is done with proofs. Science is done with evidence. Theoretical physics uses proofs, but their results are meaningless if it doesn't match with the experiments. However, so much of their results are derived mathematically, that they need the proofs. The basis of their axioms need to be verified by observation.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (T0NGe)

214 "123 Related at Daily Caller: Premiums rise faster under Obamacare than previous 8 years COMBINED. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2014 05:43 PM (0Kobm)" Redistribution must always entail winners and losers.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (jhfwW)

215 Ronald Reagan championed healthy eating, Ronald Reagan is Michelle Obama.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (ZshNr)

216 Someone with wild internet skills needs to put Christie's face onto Chris Farley doing the male stripper routine.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (eoeps)

217 Anyone who has walked the streets of a city knows there is 0% chance that obesity rates have decreased.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 18, 2014 01:59 PM (0LHZx)

218

Fat hobos make the best jerky. Hard to find though...

How's the marbling?

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 02:00 PM (fsLdt)

219 Losing the West, or harassing a country about homosexual laws, yeah I can see the conundrum of trying to decide which is more important. Fkn idiots. Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2014 05:50 PM (eoeps) Hmmmm.... send SEALS to help Ukraine? Nah... they are too busy seizing Tankers full of oil for Libyans...

Posted by: Romeo13 /facepalm at March 18, 2014 02:00 PM (84gbM)

220
Has this thread turned into a fat flame war yet? And if not, why not?
Posted by: eleven

We were waiting for King Douche to show up.

Oh, you're here.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 18, 2014 02:00 PM (kdS6q)

221 I am on a fucking diet, so all of you can EAT ME. I am too fat for my fat boy pants. Can't afford any more, so it's diet for me. As he drinks another fucking diet tea.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 02:00 PM (0FSuD)

222 Stats is never explained properly. Bullwinkles! Either something will happen, or It won't happen. 2 possible outcomes == Everything has a 50 / 50 chance. QED, duh!

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 18, 2014 02:00 PM (qoKTg)

223

If Mooch were really serious about her War On Fat...

She would apply the same draconian restrictions to EBT card purchases that she has to school lunches.

But then...school kids don't vote.

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2014 02:00 PM (Xs26g)

224 219 Fat hobos make the best jerky. Hard to find though...

How's the marbling?

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 06:00 PM (fsLdt)

Exquisite. You have to brine them for a few days first to get the Sterno taste out, though.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 02:01 PM (DrWcr)

225 He may have been inspired by the garden, but he didn't choose from the garden.

But was he of the garden?

Posted by: pep at March 18, 2014 02:01 PM (4nR9/)

226 Lets see.... Study comes to a conclusion even without enough data to make an accurate decision... In many ways... this is the story of Obama...

Posted by: Romeo13 /facepalm at March 18, 2014 02:01 PM (84gbM)

227 Pouring your shots now, enjoy! Yes Moo Moo, you can have one too.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 02:02 PM (vHRtU)

228 nood brackets

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2014 02:02 PM (8ZskC)

229 Yes Moo Moo, you can have one too.

RINO

Posted by: pep at March 18, 2014 02:02 PM (4nR9/)

230 Forest, trees. You know the drill

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 18, 2014 02:02 PM (eoeps)

231 Hey now...... Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 05:57 PM (fsLdt) Don't Dream, It's Over ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 18, 2014 02:03 PM (qoKTg)

232 Fuck this weather. It's warming in NYC than Charlotte. Give me a fucking break.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 02:03 PM (0FSuD)

233 It's worse in the soft sciences but it's an issue in the hard sciences as well. No, I don't mean "climate research", I mean in biology and the like. Biology ain't hard science. It is, however, a "natural science" and, yes, we do expect a bit more from them.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 18, 2014 02:03 PM (T0NGe)

234 Reverse Hockey Stick! If you look at the peer reviewed scientific literature, the debate is over. My stomach has a fevah!

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 18, 2014 02:04 PM (Djwm9)

235 NYC is headed detroit way. Di Commie is handing out money to his ilk like candy. The City will never recover from it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 02:04 PM (t3UFN)

236 I have a theory on why no one is doing crap about Pootin...they have the goods, probably from the Clintons, on this buffoon in the Oval office. I mean, the goods that the media ignored in 2008. Oh, to be a fly on the wall that occasionally lands on Baroque's lip, thinking he is mating with the facial mole.

There has to be hand-wringing and "Ach du Lieber!" (in reality he just says, "Justin Bieber!" and California dreamin') by all. Barry, the cool one, simply stays fried on whatever Val will give him as that is what she carries with her and is with him at all times. She is his right-hand marm and pharmaceutical dispenser. Where was I?

Oh, yes, the goods by Putin. The KGB does not fool around with Nobel Prize winning putzes. A few choice words, on stage (during the last "body language seminar they had) took care of anything but a few "I'll Sanction!" empty threats and stompy pigeon-toes. Read Putin's lips (although it is pretty hard, he is practically a ventriloquist): "You are a squeeky bathhouse wheel" translated from Russian to mean: ghey. "You are not a US citizen, Bill C. gave me the goods." Translated to mean: You make one move and I will reveal all, you Mom jean wearing putz, and it will be a Constitutional crisis to make your Founding Fathers spin in their graves."

So: Ukraine today, rest of Europe tomorrow (just wait, please, until I am not there! Thanks!).

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Bossy Redneck Queen at March 18, 2014 02:04 PM (baL2B)

237 "135 Obama is the first president to allow people in the Oval office not in a coat and tie. The picture of him in jeans trying to talk Putin out of butt fucking him was the worst, and NO MSM said a thing about it. Thug. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 05:45 PM (0FSuD)" And yet Putin still ended up "dissing him." Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 18, 2014 02:05 PM (jhfwW)

238 You too can achieve your dream. I am living proof. BEEFCAKE! BEEFCAKE!

Posted by: Cartman at March 18, 2014 02:06 PM (AymDN)

239 Based on his evaluation that the United States isnÂ’t going to do anything to frustrate the Iranian nuclear program, Defense Minister Moshe YaÂ’alon said Monday heÂ’s changed his mind and now leans toward supporting unilateral Israeli action against Iran. Â“We had thought the ones who should lead the campaign against Iran is the United States,Â” said YaÂ’alon, speaking during an event at Tel Aviv University. Â“But at some stage the United States entered into negotiations with them, and unhappily, when it comes to negotiating at a Persian bazaar, the Iranians were better.Â” If Israel had hoped others would do the job for it, this is not about to happen, YaÂ’alon said: Â“Therefore, on this matter, we have to behave as though we have nobody to look out for us but ourselves.Â” [...] YaÂ’alonÂ’s criticism of ObamaÂ’s foreign policy didnÂ’t stop with Iran. The minister repeated a number of times during his address that Washington has been showing weakness everywhere in the world. Â“The moderate Sunni camp in the area expected the United States to support it, and to be firm, like RussiaÂ’s support for the ShiÂ’ite axis,Â” YaÂ’alon said. Â“I heard voices of disappointment in the region. I was in Singapore and heard disappointment about China getting stronger and the U.S. getting weaker. Look whatÂ’s happening in Ukraine, where the United States is demonstrating weakness, unfortunately.Â” Spot on

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 02:06 PM (t3UFN)

240 AtC the international Godzilla trailer has some new footage.I'll post a link.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 02:06 PM (zqvg6)

241 new math
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIWaJ0sy03g

Posted by: Mallfly at March 18, 2014 02:07 PM (bJm7W)

242 Hmmmm.... send SEALS to help Ukraine? Nah... they are too busy seizing Tankers full of oil for Libyans...

Posted by: Romeo13 /facepalm at March 18, 2014 06:00 PM (84gbM)

I bet an opposition party could make hay with this!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 02:07 PM (o3MSL)

243 Who wants another round?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 02:09 PM (vHRtU)

244 243 Hmmmm.... send SEALS to help Ukraine? Nah... they are too busy seizing Tankers full of oil for Libyans... Posted by: Romeo13 /facepalm at March 18, 2014 06:00 PM (84gbM) I bet an opposition party could make hay with this! Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 06:07 PM (o3MSL) Yeah.... someone smart would start talking about 'War for oil' or something...

Posted by: Romeo13 /facepalm at March 18, 2014 02:09 PM (84gbM)

245 217Â Someone with wild internet skills needs to put Christie's face onto Chris Farley doing the male stripper routine. Posted by: Vashta Nerada -------------- It's been done, only better - google "Rob Ford videos"

Posted by: shredded chi at March 18, 2014 02:10 PM (Z+1b9)

246

237 I have a theory on why no one is doing crap about Pootin...they have the goods, probably from the Clintons, on this buffoon in the Oval office.

I agree, ChrisyB.

Putin called him an "illegitimate president" right after he was elected in 2008.

Then...after Barky went over and had a 2 hour, closed door meeting with him...Putin has been getting whatever he wants from him.

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2014 02:10 PM (Xs26g)

247 Here's the Godzilla international trailer that shows a few new things. http://youtu.be/KzYEtymUvr8

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 02:10 PM (zqvg6)

248 I thought you'd never ask, OG. And screw that "diet iced tea" crap Nip Sip... I'm drinking a deuce of something called Twisted Tea right now, and it's pretty darned good stuff.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 18, 2014 02:12 PM (Z+1b9)

249 SEALS need VBSS missions to keep the edge. It's not all skittles and Pakistani compounds you know.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at March 18, 2014 02:13 PM (vHRtU)

250 A chef that makes it to a White House gig no matter what her or his speciality is, is already an expert in all kinds of normal and exotic fruits, vegetables, spices, and cooking styles and types from all over the world. This would include all types of vegan and speciality recipes for those with allergies. I call BS on this whole Mooch inspired him story.

Posted by: Cheri at March 18, 2014 02:13 PM (G+Wff)

251 247 Meanwhile our press shirked it's constitutional duty to cover for and support the chocolate jesus.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2014 02:14 PM (zqvg6)

252 NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- State police are searching for an unlikely suspect in a western Pennsylvania hit-and-run accident: the driver of an Amish buggy. Troopers from the Mercer barracks say the buggy twice hit a passenger vehicle at a crossroads on Route 158 in Wilmington Township, about 6 p.m. Sunday. The buggy then left the scene and its driver has yet to be identified. Posted by: Field Marshal Von Rundstedt at March 18, 2014 05:47 PM (e8kgV) Like you couldn't chase down a horse and buggy while driving a Lexus....c'mon. What is the most damage an Amish buggy could do, a wheel rub? Horse got out of control and ran a shaft into the side? I can't believe someone would call the cops over this......Except it says Mercer PA....mmmm, that does explain a few things.

Posted by: Jen at March 18, 2014 02:14 PM (JqB3t)

253 Yeah.... someone smart would start talking about 'War for oil' or something...

Posted by: Romeo13 /facepalm at March 18, 2014 06:09 PM (84gbM)

But on the bright side, it is not our oil, it is not in the US itself, we will never see a drop of that oil, and we won't make a dime off the recovered oil, so it is a win-win for progressive Team Obama!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 18, 2014 02:15 PM (o3MSL)

254 The Amish buggy was being bossy.

Posted by: votermom at March 18, 2014 02:16 PM (GSIDW)

255

252 247 Meanwhile our press shirked it's constitutional duty to cover for and support the chocolate jesus.

Yep, steevy...and declared it "rasisst!" to even ask any questions about his mysterious past.

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2014 02:19 PM (Xs26g)

256 But on the bright side, it is not our oil, it is not in the US itself, we will never see a drop of that oil, and we won't make a dime off the recovered oil, so it is a win-win for progressive Team Obama!>>

What is Obama got some deal going like Richard Pryor's character in Brewster's Millions?

Do they call it Bamster's Trillions?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 18, 2014 02:21 PM (tf9Ne)

257 So, does this mean that their Obamacare enrollment numbers may be bad also?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 18, 2014 02:22 PM (aDwsi)

258 Re the Obamacare "enrollment" numbers, the fact that they refuse to release the info on how many of the applicants actually _paid_, i.e., actually enrolled, should tell you a lot.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 18, 2014 02:28 PM (gqT4g)

259 135 Obama is the first president to allow people in the Oval office not in a coat and tie. The picture of him in jeans trying to talk Putin out of butt fucking him was the worst, and NO MSM said a thing about it. Thug. Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 05:45 PM (0FSuD) Thug? No, punk.

Posted by: rickl at March 18, 2014 02:29 PM (sdi6R)

260 Math is hard.

Posted by: DemocRatz at March 18, 2014 02:31 PM (nbGZj)

261

258 So, does this mean that their Obamacare enrollment numbers may be bad also?

As bogus as their numbers on it were that told us How Much It Will Cost.

In fact...everything this administration tells us is bogus.

That's why they engage in the constant propaganda.

They know that propaganda starts to wear off, when the truth starts seeping out...so they have to keep a constant stream of it going.

Posted by: wheatie at March 18, 2014 02:31 PM (Xs26g)

262 Lately I noticed my shoe shine boy was getting a little plump around the edges. From now on, no more tips for extra spit.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2014 02:34 PM (PnMCP)

263 'I don't want to demonize cream, butter, sugar and eggs': White House pastry chef quits because of Michelle's healthy eating campaign http://goo.gl/boniQB Bill Yosses has had to bake fewer breakfast doughnuts, sometimes replacing them apple, kale, spinach and ginger smoothies Who doesn't want a fucking spinach smoothie.

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 02:38 PM (r7mtu)

264 Decimal points are racist.

Posted by: jd at March 18, 2014 02:41 PM (HuzS0)

265 Lately I noticed my shoe shine boy was getting a little plump around the edges. From now on, no more tips for extra spit. Posted by: Fritz for you , the spit is free.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 02:42 PM (rDidD)

266

The CDCÂ’s study relied on a set of government-collected data...

Well there's your problem right there.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at March 18, 2014 02:43 PM (fb100)

267 yeah pretty sure ther real reason he quit is one word - "doughnut-kini"

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 02:43 PM (rDidD)

268 The CDCÂ’s study relied on a set of government-collected data... Well there's your problem right there. Posted by: Ray Van Dune accidentally linked in to a spreadsheet of employment numbers.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 02:44 PM (rDidD)

269 so not more punctuation of color? gonna work about as well as everything else obama does.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2014 02:46 PM (rDidD)

270 The only thing on tonight is From Dusk to Dawn and Justified!

Posted by: Zombie Pug at March 18, 2014 02:47 PM (r7mtu)

271 I'll give money to whichever of the primary candidates promises that his wife will not be crusading across the country with some preachy project. Nobody voted for Michele (quit eating tasty food) or Hilary (socialize that medicine) or Nancy (just refuse). I'm sick to death of these bossy bitches.

Posted by: kathysaysso at March 18, 2014 02:48 PM (6H6o8)

272 Well, it looks like we may be taking a little less than the usual ration of bullshit from the Math!Firsters! who want to ban literature and history.

You can lie with math. It's done all the time. There is nothing uniquely true or even truthful about it. Trotsky was a math major. And David Dinkins.

Not that it isn't worth studying. But I'm not taking any shit about it any more.
Incidentally, excise and burn with fire the branch called "statistics," and you're on much firmer ground. But statistics is the worship, the weapon, the commie tool.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 02:48 PM (xq1UY)

273 When you think about it, fat kids mistakenly deemed to be fit is pretty much the story of Obama.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at March 18, 2014 02:57 PM (dvRYt)

274 140 The main problem with obesity is that it makes it much harder to stick it in their pooper. Posted by: Butt Man at March 18, 2014 05:46 PM (vHRtU) Beat me to it...

Posted by: Harry Reid, accused, not convicted at March 18, 2014 02:58 PM (yrEz0)

275 Statistical Error that's what children are to the "efficacy" Obamas Hm, Moocher believed her own self aggrandizement, wearing her too big to fail too big to jail inflated "little" black dress. Does it make her look fat? Did Moocher use her same inner circle of brainfart tech computer program gurus, from ACA to Let's Move? Hopenchange by any other word ...

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 03:03 PM (/vO0r)

276 Not a statistical error -- a lie. This administration and everyone in it lies, all the time, even when they do not need do.

And with all the blatant dishonesty, no way in hell do they get the benefit of the doubt.

Posted by: acethepug at March 18, 2014 03:05 PM (6PkNI)

277 This fool woman is an idiot. At best. Just like Duh!1 is....

Posted by: backhoe at March 18, 2014 03:07 PM (ULH4o)

278 273 Stringer Davis One death is a tragedy; one million a statistic. Stalin quote re: death's numerical significance; the more who are killed, the less meaning attached to their lives/deaths. As if "all things being relative" makes all the difference...

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 03:08 PM (/vO0r)

279 They know that propaganda starts to wear off, when the truth starts seeping out...so they have to keep a constant stream of it going. Problem is, all politics all the time has a tendency to wear on reasonable people...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 18, 2014 03:24 PM (vd7A8)

280 Moochelle couldn't find her (big) ass with both hands, so it's not surprising that there's a "statistical error" here. Sort of like the statistical error that represents the number of dead Democrats who vote early an often in every Chicago election.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at March 18, 2014 05:17 PM (wdHk6)

281 Whaddya mean, no plausible causal explanation? Obama, man, Obama! Omnipotent Michelle Obama is an Obama. That's an explanation.

Posted by: D1st at March 18, 2014 05:36 PM (fIkHQ)

282 Actually, the social sciences use similar criteria (at least two sigma, indicating no more than a .05 probability of capitalizing on chance associations in the data, for anything other than highly -- and identified as such -- exploratory research), and enough of an adjusted r-squared (percentage of variance explained by the model parameters) to pass the "so what?" test.

Posted by: A message at March 18, 2014 05:42 PM (fFh95)

283 This is why I'm marrying a Russian bride: Americans are too fat and nasty these days. Before I enlisted, I thought that Americans had hearts of gold. Then once you've been in a couple seasons, you realize what a decadent self obsessed people we've become. At least most European women stay skinny, unlike most American chicks. (Yes, this thread is about childhood obesity. But every time I see trends like this I can't help but worry about adult obesity. That we as a society have decided to tell pretty little lies about "every body type is beautiful" and "skinny=anorexic" goes to show how far we have fallen.)

Posted by: Danny at March 18, 2014 09:09 PM (WKpR0)

284 no blah blah balh

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 21, 2014 07:36 PM (V4CBV)

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