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Fatties are smokers

Fatties are smokersStep 1Indoctrinate into the health issues of being overweight.Step 2. Socialize medicine so everyone bears the cost.Step 3. Use step 2 to claim moral authority to control what you eat.Step 4. Sit back and smile as a nation full of useful idiots go along with your plans to...

Tags: Vertical industries, fatty, BMI, Fatties

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Fatties are just food addicts

Fatties are just food addictsPossible explanations for drug side effectsInteresting. This might explain the fact that many people who take neuroleptic drugs for schizophrenia, Tourette's syndrome, bipolar syndrome, etc., gain weight. Neuroleptics are commonly developed starting with compounds which block D2 dopamine receptors, then going through steps to tweak the...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Neuroleptics, Fatties, food addict, food

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

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News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Risk rating for fatties?

Risk rating for fatties?But where are the exceptions?My wife went on heavy steroids when she was treated for acute leukemia. That changes your shape pretty fast - guess you could call it a bloating side effect.Actually, I prefer the tax on "fat food", including sugar based drinks, to build...

Tags: Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance company, government, insurance, health care, fatty

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Risk rating for fatties?

There is no difference, in fact, between government refusing care based on your lifestyle and a private insurer raising its rates through the roof on you for the same reason. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Government, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Silverlight 3 to launch July 10

Silverlight 3 to launch July 10That's fantastic newsMicrosoft are really moving quickly with Silverlight - and version 3 ramps up it's relevance for Line of Business applications - this is where it will really outshine the competition in my opinion.Mobile is the missing link though - I am still hopeful...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight 3, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

News to know: Pawned browsers; IE 8; Sun and IBM, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari CanSecWest: Caution, community at play Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sam Diaz, Netbook, IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets, Security

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Fatties are smokers

The headline here is that the risks of weight are similar to those of smoking. If your BMI is 30 your lifesspan is cut by roughly 2-4 years, the study says. Get up to 40 and your life is cut short by up to a decade. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Study, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-18

The Gupta choice

The Gupta choiceWe are doomed.Why stop at an obesity tax? Why not a risky sex tax? You know, all those questions they ask you when you give blood? (Have you ever, even once, had sex with another man?)We could have a risky behavior tax. Do you...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, thought police, tax, cigarette, obesity tax, fatty, risk

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Fatties are just food addicts

Get more pleasure out of each bite you take, pay attention to the quality of your food, and learn that hunger is the best appetizer. Train the dopamine receptors you have and your genes won't get in the way of your jeans. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Food, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Dana Blankenhorn, Stice

Blog posts 2008-10-17

Study: Internet use in U.S. homes dips

Study: Internet use in U.S. homes dipsGee wonder why?Could it be they are fed up with the following:1 - Virus issues2 - Spyware3 - Pop-up ads4 - Privacy invasion5 - Loss of personal datadid I miss anything?RE: "Study: Internet use in U.S. homes dips"I don't understand why this should be...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, homes dip, Internet-use, fiber, computer

Discussion threads 2005-03-18