Shots In The Dark
Monday, August 13, 2024
  We're Not Number One
First, the news that American life expectancy has tumbled relative to that of other nations, from 11th in the world to 42nd.

Now it turns out that we're no longer the tallest people in the world. The Dutch have passed us by about two inches.

"We conjecture that perhaps the western and northern European welfare states, with their universal socioeconomic safety nets, are able to provide a higher biological standard of living to their children and youth than the more free-market-oriented U.S. economy," Komlos wrote in one of his latest papers, published in June in the journal Social Science Quarterly.

I blame George Bush....
  6:58 AM  
Comments:
I blame McDonald's.
# posted by Anonymous : August 13, 2024 5:56 PM
 
I blame the Globe.
# posted by Anonymous : August 13, 2024 5:56 PM
 
I blame yo mama.
# posted by Anonymous : August 13, 2024 6:48 PM
 
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