Disturbing Video - 600 lb mother paid to eat

Below is a video of a 600 lb mother in the USA who was paid by men to make videos of her eating. The phenomenon is known as feeders and chubby chasers.

Eventually she reached a point where she was confined to a bed and couldn't walk any more, so she finally decided it was time to try and lose weight. So now she can walk again, but it will be a long and hard road for her to travel in America, a country which celebrates gluttony and "bigger is better".


In related news a friend of mine in Canada recently got his personal training certification from Elite Trainers. Congratulations!
And myself I am working on my weightlifting and yoga routine, trying to find new ways to jazz it up. (Maybe I should exercise while listening to jazz music???)
My point is for those seeking to lose weight and eat healthy, if you can find the motivation, then do it. Just do it and then stay motivated. You will live longer, be healthier, and be able to enjoy life more fully.
Because quite frankly being stuck in a bed or a wheelchair is something nobody should wish for.

Religious fanatics killing each other only serves to make the atheists happy

Religious fanatics killing each other only serves to make the atheists happy.

Confused?

Let me explain:

#1. Religious fanatics killing each other means there are less religious fanatics going around, spreading their fanaticism.

#2. Normal people see the idiocy of the situation and become disenfranchised with god and decide to become atheists.

Together these two factors only serve to swell the numbers of atheists. In recent years the number of people who identify themselves as "no religion" has risen to 16% world wide, surpassing Hinduism in popularity.

If religious wackos want to keep killing each other, serving as negative role models for the religious, it will only serve to boost the atheist and non-religious numbers.

Conclusions

If people adopted religious tolerance and pacifism, this wouldn't be a problem. We could all live peacefully and respect one another's beliefs.

However since mankind's resources (oil, water and food) are also at stake people are going to continue to use religion as both an excuse and as a weapon of war. Thus this guarantees that people will continue to have wars, and continue to use religion in such a foul way. This will doubtlessly continue to swell the numbers of atheists and non-religious people globally as religious people kill each other off and serve as negative role models for new generations.

So while I will continue to preach pacifism (and agnosticism: the belief that we don't really know if there is/isn't a god, the nature of that god, or even whether he cares about us) the atheist numbers will continue to grow until eventually atheism surpasses Islam (27%) and Christianity (33%). I would like to be hopeful that it would also swell the numbers of agnostics who are more willing to say "Meh, there might be a god, but even if there is, god certainly doesn't care about us anyway."

Food for thought for both the religious, the atheist and the agnostic... and also the war-monkeys and the pacifists.

:)

Maine and Maryland approve same-sex marriage by popular vote

The president of the USA is still on the job today, but that isn't what I want to talk about. There are also lots of other votes going on during an election day in the USA, including electing the Senate, the House of Representatives and lastly various laws that need to be approved in state by state votes.

For example:

Maine and Maryland has approved same-sex marriage by popular vote.

Maine and Maryland have become the seventh and eighth states to allow same-sex couples to marry. Some states also allow "civil unions" but it just isn't the same as being "married".

In another gay-rights victory, Minnesota voters defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would banned same-sex marriage in the state. So that isn't happening, thankfully, which basically means that gay marriage is still legal in Minnesota.

Washington state also voted on a measure to legalize same-sex marriage, though results were not expected until later today.

The outcomes of the marriage votes could influence the U.S. Supreme Court, which will soon consider whether to take up cases challenging the law that denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages, which means the USA could end up allowing same-sex marriages on a federal level (which it already de facto does, because people can just go and get married in a state which allows gay marriages, and that marriage will be recognized when it comes time to pay federal taxes).

Below is a map I found and modified to represent the new changes thanks to last night's historic votes.