http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ste ... caa4d61c29

Now this is a commendable cause.

Stephen Hawking, distinguished English scientist, recently filmed a public service announcement to address one of the largest public health problems facing humanity today: Obesity.

“Millions of lives are in danger,” Hawking says in the video produced by Gen-Pep, a Swedish non-profit organization which promotes health for young people and children. “As a cosmologist, I see the world as a whole and I am here to address one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century.”

The obesity rate in the United States alone is staggering. More than one third of the adult American population ― 38 percent ― is obese, according to the most current Robert Wood Johnson State of Obesity report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that one in three adults could have type 2 diabetes, one of the most common complications of obesity, by the year 2050.

The simple ad features Hawking alone in a room. Toward the end, Hawking ― who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which causes paralysis ― remarks about mankind’s tendency to sit too much, move too little.

“For what it’s worth, how being sedentary has become a major problem,” Hawking says and then pauses, “is beyond my understanding.”

Watch the rest of the short PSA below:

You have to click the link to watch the PSA video.

It's not terribly surprising; it's not like anyone expected him to stand up for fat people.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

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Is Stephen Hawking active? Seems like a hypocritical position (notice I didn't say "stance").

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No.

Kind of a shitty thing to do for no apparent reason.

Obviously not a stand up guy.

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So what's the deal w/ DBs avatar anyway?



I can't tell if it's supposed to be:
(a) Idealized Hitler;
(b) Donald Trump as Hitler;
(c) Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump as Hitler; or,
(d) Mr. Humphries from Are You Being Served as Hitler (Sind Sie frei? Ich bin frei!)

Gonna need a ruling.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Anybody catch the recent Big Bang Theory with the remote control Stephen Hawking toy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FxmRmyGkx0

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Yeah in the last week or two.

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Elections have consequences.

Forget it, he's rolling.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

He is a scientist. As a scientist he is right. Science doesn't need to worry about feelings. Save that for Catholic school.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Wait until Big Fat Red finds out.

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