Good

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn his name from consideration to be Surgeon General. For reasons noted here and here, I'm pleased that he withdrew.

(Although I'm not remotely convinced that the next candidate will be better. Which is not a commentary on Obama's nominating skillz, but a commentary on how entrenched fat-hating and misogyny is even within the medical community.)

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