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Comment Right on (Score 1) 625

More research is needed for this horrible disease.

It is progressive with symptoms of irritability as well as illusions of grandeur.

Unfortunately (or luckily for the pre-onset non-symptomatic) it has a 100% mortality rate.

We thought this Methuselah guy almost had it beat, but no such luck.

I think money would be better spent searching for this fountain of youth, why stop aging when you can reset your age and then re-age over again in perpetuity?

Comment Re:A cynic's view (Score 1) 637

It's these social wedge issues they use to rile their base "I don't care if rich people pay less taxes as long as you stop the gays from corrupting Christianity!"

The Republicans want rich people to keep more money under the guise of helping small businesses/job creators. They want to offset it by spending less (you know except on the things they want).

Democrats want the rich to pay more, and for that money to be used to solidify education and infrastructure.

The infrastructure boom during and after WW2 made America what it is. If it is not improved and at the very least brought up to and maintained at modern standards, bad things will start to happen.

Many Republicans don't understand without our infrastructure their companies would be worthless.

Comment Re:Yet another anti-Obama article (Score 1) 258

Clone Hitler!

Neo-Nazi embryologist found the piece of his skull.

Or

Actual Hitler!
His suicide before the battle of Berlin was a ruse, and VonBraun actually had a pact with aliens (like that Star Trek) which ferried Hitler, Eva and some other Aryan women to make a Nazi Hitler army! The first global television broadcast was Hitler's speech at the Berlin Olympics, maybe they liked what they saw?

Comment Re:or Obama could follow the laws he proposes (Score 2) 258

For some of those there is a different between prioritizing enforcement.

The other day when I looked at deportation stats, I saw that criminal illegals were being deported in increasing numbers while non-violent/young kids who have lived here their whole lives were being deported less.

Another one with increasing numbers - people who had been deported before.

Now the NRC is obviously flouting the law but they'll be forced to change their ways.

In other things Obama talked about not raiding medicinal cannabis places if they following state law, he then carried out far more raids than Bush ever did.

As far as the coup goes, by not declaring it he has leverage - by using that money to prevent summary executions and extended military rule, as well as forcing them to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to compete in subsequent elections.

Comment Re:A cynic's view (Score 1) 637

Awesome run down. I'd just add the whole war on women thing with many R. candidates. Most of the comments on that subject were offensive to men and women.

I agree with the first sentence as well. I'm 25 and more and more disillusioned with the Democrats, it just comes down to the Republicans being nuts. The only other candidate I liked was Jon Huntsman Jr., far better Mormon canidate then Romney. He spoke about believing in evolution and letting science guide policy, odd for republicans. He also declared a "Dream Theater Day" in Utah.

Comment Re:Need to Do More (Score 1) 321

And yet I love the never ending posts about how America is the ONLY country which is a threat to liberty. It certainly is pushing at the boundaries of crazy but at least it is still ostensibly legal to download that manual.

FTFY. But republicans (and democrats, but less explicitly) are working hard to "fix" that.

These programs are thrust on us, and we have to really complain for even the slightest hope of the patriot act to not be renewed.

Money is the root of all problems. Best action is to reduce its influence: http://www.wolf-pac.com/

If we stumble we may drag everyone to the ministry of love with us.

True, and a really scary thought.

I'm glad someone got what I was saying. I was surprised to be modded a troll for an exhortation against authoritarianism.

It must be by these Euro fanatics who think the European countries are God's gift to the world and the US is the only threat to liberty. It certainly is a threat, and our immense financial and military power makes it a quite pertinent one.

But these people act like it is the only one. They gawk while ignoring France's own little panoptican.

I agree completely about the money. Absolute power may corrupt absolutely, but so does money.

Even if citizens united is constitutional, it shouldn't be. It is about time to breath life into our living document.

Either we all must be free, or none of us.

Comment Re:Need to Do More (Score 1, Troll) 321

Under UK Law, downloading this could result in a prison sentence.

And yet I love the never ending posts about how America is the ONLY country which is a threat to liberty. It certainly is pushing at the boundaries of crazy but at least it is ostensibly legal to download that manual.

I was reading part of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and memoirs and two quotes struck me which were written just a few months before the outbreak of the revolutionary war:

"Try on your fetters and if you don't like them, then we can talk."

And

"Either we must all be free, or none of us."

(I may have missed a word, but meaning is exact).

The former the attitude we are faced with. These programs are thrust on us, and we have to really complain for even the slightest hope of the patriot act to not be renewed.

The latter the attitude we must have not only regarding our fellow Americans, but with all of our allies who have traditionally been beacons of liberty. If our allies stumble, we fall. If we stumble we may drag everyone to the ministry of love with us.

Comment Re:Noobs. (Score 2) 169

It's called a "Threat Narrative". It's why there were no WMDs. There never was even suspicion of WMDs. There was only the need for a Threat Narrative to convince the people to let the armed forces off it's chain.

Vietnam? Threat Narrative. McCarthyism? Threat Narrative.... The Holocaust? Threat Narrative.

Require Evidence before belief -- That's rational. Always disbelieve the Threat Narrative.

Don't Fall For It, not even once.

I'm sorry, but you're implying the holocaust was a sham used to justify our entrance into WW2?

If so, you're a moron on several levels.

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