More in the International Battle of the Political Trophy Wives plus Some Science

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, vote in Paris

Photograph: Thibaud Moritz/IP3/Getty Images


Jethro:  hot damn, Ed Earl!  Vive Marseilles!


Nicolas Sarkozy demonstrates once again the principle, money won't buy you love but it will damn sure buy you hot models.

Ed:  they're supermodels!

Yeah, yeah, they're bleedin' models and big ones are never going last in that game.  Of all the mindless portmanteaus floating about, that one is the most idiotic.

Ed:  plus size is beautiful!

Maybe to a New Guinea cannibal, Dagwood.  They see a plus size model coming and their only thought is hot damn, that mama will feed the tribe for a month.

Ed:  you insensitive fuck!

Sure, I am.  Science Daily:  Obesity is top cause of preventable life-years lost, study shows

Overweight is much worse than smoking so, sure, go ahead and patronize the plus size models; they won't be around that long anyway.

Based on this preliminary work, the team found the greatest number of preventable life-years lost were due to (in order from greatest to least) obesity, diabetes, tobacco use, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. However, researchers also noted that some individuals may have needs that are very different than those of the broader U.S. population. For an obese and alcoholic patient, for example, alcohol use may be more important to address than obesity, even though obesity has a greater impact on the population.

- SD

Tobacco only rated #3 so tell me again about the beauty of plus size.  How about if Hot Mama is chain-smoking Camels.  Is she still hot?  Her behavior is less destructive than if she were overweight so she must be at least a little bit hotter, right?


Any woman I have known well has felt cursed by overweight.  As far as I can tell, it becomes the same with men but not until later when the doctor tells them, "Lose weight or you're going to die."

That's usually when they assess just how much damage they've done to themselves and that often does it to start weight loss.  The feigned tolerance for fat people is cynical marketing bullshit.