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QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 01:53 PM) Im not surprised at all to see a story like this. Its hard to have 3 or 4 girls together and have them not do stuff like this but a whole house is just insane. I cannot imagine wanting to live with that many other girls. My senior year of college I lived with 3 other women (all fairly laid back, nice, sweet people), but it still got nasty around there. Seriously, anyone that wants to live with that many college women is nutso. And good for DePaw for kicking that sorority out.

Mental health care for soldiers. Disturbing.

Come on, that could have happened to anyone!

How in the heck has the actor who plays Dr. Cox not won an emmy yet? Seriously.

Conservapedia

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 11:38 AM) They had something on the news last night about her again, something about a new job she was given. Anybody know what it is? I believe it was a spokesperson contract with a cosmetics company.

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 12:14 PM) I think President Bush will pardon him. Really? Why?

Should be interesting. . .

Yikes, that's scary, I hope he gets well.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 12:16 PM) I wonder if bottled water without flouride is causing more dental problems for kids. Fluoride, today's snake oil. One of the professor's at my school is actually on the national panel and he has found some pretty detrimental effects of fluoride--as well as arguing that it's only minimally effective against cavaties and tooth decay.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 12:12 PM) I realize not many here are doctors but I figure I will give this a shot anyway since it's a weird thing to search for on google. Just about everyday I wake up with facial pain and a slight headache. Really makes no sense at all. Anyone got any clue wtf that might be? Where is the pain? Do you have a history of sinus problems/allergies? Are you under a lot of stress?

I saw Breach last night. It was decent. The first half of the movie was a little slow for me, but it picked up near the end. The acting was pretty good (although I wish Laura Linney would pick better roles, I think she's better than this movie). The story was good, and it was a little tense and suspenseful at the end. I would say this movie is slightly better than average, a good popcorn movie.

I'm too lazy to start a new thread, so here's this. Does religion make you more aggressive? Yes. No. A couple of interesting papers. Thought I'd pass along to you all.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 1, 2007 -> 02:29 PM) Unless it's Sodom and Gomorrah stuff from the OT. That you have to take with a pillar of salt. He'll be here all week folks! Don't forget to tip the waitresses and try the veal!

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 02:15 PM) Which one is pregnant? /green, sort of I was thinking more along the lines of meth. But preggers is a good guess too. . .

This reminds me of a movie. Teenage cheerleaders with masks robbed something. Anyway, what dumb kids.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 11:15 AM) That is true, I misrepresented all of Christiandom as being wrapped up with the fate of the corporeal body. Those people aren't the folks up in arms about the claims made by this film though. For my part, I think the claim that the tomb has anything to do with a historical living Jesus is a crock, despite the filmmakers' statisticians who say there's at least a 600 to 1 chance the tomb and remains are Jesus'. I agree with you. I think it's just a money making scheme (James Cameron for crikey's sake!). Anyway, if it was real I HIGHLY doubt it would have waited this long (close to 25 years, right?) to be disclosed. It would have been exploited YEARS ago. Just another fast buck shroud of Turin.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 10:20 AM) Perhaps not, but rising from the dead or not is not some minor Bible trivia quibbling point like when Jesus turned the water into wine was it merlot or shiraz. Died. . . rose. . . will come again. . . t's sort of the central tenet of Christianity. Actually, Flaxx, there is a rather large contigent of (admittedly, the more liberal denominations) Christians who believe that the resurrection was spiritual, and that the bodily resurrection was simply a metaphor. See: Marcus Borg

So, what does that mean (I know what a drop means, but I'm thinking more globally and more big picture)? Is this a blip or the start of a trend?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 11:40 AM) So wait, are you trying to tell me that there was no message behind the movie, lectures, speeches etc? All of that wasn't meant to elicit a change in people's behavior? All of this stuff is what, entertainment? Forget it, I'm with NSS, I'm not having a "discussion" with people who would rather form a knee-jerk opinion about something instead of actually watching the movie or doing some research. Why watch the movie when you can just b**** about it and hate on Al Gore?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 11:27 AM) The messages are the same from both groups. I know what is best for you, and you should live your life this way. The actions of both groups are the same as well... Do as I say, not as I do. Why are they treated so differently? I know no one will get what I am talking about, and I didn't expect anyone would. Its different, its always different. I understand, your basic premise. BUT where has Al Gore told people to change? Can I please have a source where he lectures about that? Like I said, that is NOT the focus of the movie. In fact, most of the movie centers around the SCIENCE of global warming. At the end of the movie there's a montage about what people can do, most stuff about writing letters and changing your light bulbs and unplugging unused appliances. Seriously, have you seen the movie? Have you seen a single speech Al Gore has given on this topic? Have you read anything of his? Or is this just information from a second hand source? Oh, and I forgot, that all of us democrats were rabid catholic haters. . .Thanks for the reminder though. (One hyperbole for another, fair, right?)

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 11:07 AM) I'll bet you could write the exact same article about pretty much every Catholic priest who molested a child over the last 50 years. As far as I have ever seen or read, they do a ton of good works outside of their nasty little habit which just happens to be against everything that they have ever taught. No one seems to be out writing up rebuttal op-ed pieces for these guys, why is that? No one seemed to have a problem with the "liberal media machine" picking up the story and running with it. Why were their no replies about how many soup kitchens they served in, or how they tithed, or the marriage couseling they did, or the comfort they brought to people who lost loved ones, or how they were crippling churches by taking these priests away etc, etc? I guess the "conservative media machine" must have really dropped the ball on protecting the "religious right" or they still have some lessons to learn... It just really drives me nuts that this kind of thing is OK in one instance, but it isn't in this case. I read tons of editorials just tearing the Catholic Church and organized religion apart for this kind of thing, yet when it happens here, we shouldn't worry about that, just worry about the message. Enviornmentalism is like a cult as I see it anymore. Everyone must assimilate or get destroyed by it. If you question this, there is something wrong with you, and the entire media machine crucifies you. People lose their jobs for questioning the envornmental machine. If people do reseach on this that contradicts the accepted facts, it is dimissed summariliy as "junk science" or worse, and the media machine kicks into high gear. Its not that the message gets ignored, its that you ignore the messenger or get ran over by him. I can't wait until Al Gore shows up at my door in his Borg outfit with his laser pointed in my eye, for questioning his authority. Actually, I would argue you have it backwards about the science. The Media makes a big deal about the ONE experiment that doesn't support the global warming hypothesis. Why? Because those uncommon studies are what is noteworthy. I'm also not clear of the analogy between Al Gore and a pedaphilic priest is. So, a priest who does good things but molests children is the same as Al Gore who isn't the most energy efficient person on the planet, but who preaches the importance of environmentalism. And Kap, HAVE you seen the movie? Honestly, the only time there was really a focus on changing behavior was a montage played at the end of the film with the credits. Most of it was, really, just Global Warming 101 and more about the science than do this or die. Seriously, if you are so offended by the movie, I would try watching it AND then slamming it.

Addressing most of the claims (spurred from the USA Today editorial). I appreciate Al Gore's message and the dedication he has consistantly shown to the environment throughout his life. I actually SAW the movie, and it really wasn't that political (except when talking about his run in 2000). Al Gore's no saint or a hypocrit, but he is someone I look up to as trying to be the best steward of the earth as possible. Denounce the messanger all you want, but in 50 years ask your kids about how right the message was.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 01:45 AM) Well, the problem is that my son is in second grade, so work ethic isn't exactly his thing. I actually think that schools expect a little too much of kids too early now, but that's a separate issue. I do his homework with him every night (check, not do). Unfortunately, if I give him his homework and walk away, when I come back ten minutes later, he'll have done nothing. The same thing has been happening in his class. The teacher gives an assignment, and when she goes to collect it, there's nothing (or little) done. He's not hyper (though he was as a toddler), but he just can't seem to pay attention. For instance, I'll tell him to get dressed or brush his teeth in the morning, and he'll walk away for a few minutes and come back and will not have done anything. It's extremely frustrating, and I know he's not doing it on purpose. I structure his morning the same way every day, but I still have to get his clothes and bring them to him and constantly tell him every single thing that he has to do to get out the door to school. My sister is a special ed teacher, and most of her classroom is kids with very severe ADHD. If you want, I can ask her what she recommends for young kids in terms of behavioral techniques. She also isn't huge on meds, so she might be able to help you out. I don't want to sound all scientology, but I agree with you and Flaxx about trying to hold off the meds. Ritalin is, basically, crack for kids. Pharmacologically it acts the same. It also is kind of a problem here on campus, it's sold and taken either as a party drug or as a "study aid" (though I've heard it's not that effective on that front).

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Feb 27, 2007 -> 08:39 AM) it wasn't an overall great show, but "Just Shoot Me" had a few good episodes, and one was when David Cross played the photographers brother who pretend to be retarded so he could keep living with his mom and be taken care of. Chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee