Whether he committed the crime is a matter for a jury.

"Decide what to do"? You don't get to decide what to do when you're looking at a murder charge. You get yourself a lawyer (which I assume he has), turn yourself in, and clam up. That's what you do.

Read what I said again. I know Reagan sold weapons to Iraq. We were propping up Saddam at the time to keep Iran in check.

Iraq wasn't an enemy of the state at the time he supplied them.

Not true.

Well, two things:

1) IIRC, Saddam Hussein still had chemical weapons as late as the 90's, so it's not as if Reagan sold Iraq all of them in the 80's, and they were mothballed after then.
2) You're using the present tense when you shouldn't be. We were at war with Iraq. Once four years after Reagan left office, and again ~ 13 years after. But we weren't at war with them when he sold them, and that's the point. At the time, Hussein was our guy, because he was keeping the power of the Iranians in check (which we seem to be having some trouble with, now that he's gone).

It's disturbing, but it's a pretty common occurrence. The thing that nauseates me about it is he puts himself forward as a champion of the people.

1) It doesn't matter what percentage of the time he's right. If he's got this particular position, he's a moron. It's like being smart other than thinking the moon is made of Gouda cheese.
2) Thank .
3) 100% insanity doesn't matter. As we see here, 1% insanity goes a long way.
4) See #1
5) Ron Paul thinking he's not nuts should tell you something.
6) Crazy people can often do quite well for themselves. Look at Jesse Ventura.

... and the commonality is idiocy. In a just universe, Kucinich and Burton would both be stripped of their seats and set adrift on a large barge with the other anti-vaccine imbeciles. I hope anyone who voted for those two asshats sees the error of their ways, now.

I don't think this is NASA's fault. Not entirely, anyway.

NASA has never announced, "OMG, you guys! Life on Mars!!! We think we found it!" What they've done is release significantly lower-key findings that got themexcited (much like GodInHell says).

It looks like people want the one, big, "Holy crap! Little green men!" announcement. That's not going to happen. What'll happen (if it turns out that there's microbial life on Mars, or even was microbial life on Mars) is that the evidence will amass slowly. Even if they were to find a green, pulsing mass of Andromeda Strain goodness, scientists would still have to argue for a long time about just what it means.

Melting isn't the same as dissolving, is it? Your saliva will dissolve a Starburst, for example, but it doesn't exactly have a melting sensation. :)

I think you're missing an important point of physics: If it won't melt at 104F, it won't melt at 98.6F, either, which is the problem. :)

That's a breathtakingly broad statement, and incorrect as it stands. There are many systems of the body that are very well-understood. There are other things, like the brain and nervous system, that we have significantly less of a handle on. If you go to your doctor with a broken leg or an infection, the doctor will have a good idea of how to treat you, and, barring any complications, your chances of a full recovery are good. If you seek help because you're schizophrenic, you can still get treated, but your prognosis, and even how the drugs you're prescribed work, exactly, are much less well known.

But the thing to remember is this: It's the scientific method that gives us the progress that we've had. The fact that science doesn't have every answer (and may never have adequate answers to some things) doesn't mean you should be reaching for the magic beads.

1) "Stupid science fanboi's"? What would you suggest replacing science with? Wishful thinking? Prayer? Magic beans?

2) Not observing an effect doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist, but before you give the "remedy" to patients, you'd better make damn sure it does exist. If I've got a choice between a bottle of expensive magic water that hasn't been shown to do anything, and a pack of Pez, I'm going for the Pez. It doesn't work, either, but at least it's cheaper. And in fact, I usually have the option of taking medications that work significantly better than Pez or magic water.

Here's the harm that homeopathy and similar snake oils cause: They delay people from seeking out actual treatments. People die from that. If Steve Jobs had sought out conventional treatment before he went to alternative therapies, he would've had a much better chance of living.

That's not to say that people shouldn't seek out alternative treatments. But alternative treatments are just that: alternatives, to be tried when conventional medicine can't help you. Because, at that point, what's the difference? But a person's first line of attack should be a well-studied, evidence-backed treatment. These days, it's not very hard to find the information out there about clinical studies. A treatment that isn't subjected to that kind of scrutiny shouldn't be anywhere near the top of the list for anyone with a serious illness.

Not necessarily. There's nothing to say that the genes which grant the naked mole rat their seeming invulnerability to cancer would be useful (or possible) in humans. In humans, the p16 gene could do something horrific. And at any rate, this is a gene that occurs naturally in the naked mole rat. It doesn't exist in humans, so humans would still get cancer, unless we were going to go the genetic engineering route and eradicate cancer that way (which would involve ethical problems we're not even close to addressing.)

But okay, granted. If we did genetically engineer human beings, a la Brave New World, then sure, cancer (among other nasty diseases) could be eradicated, with lots of good luck. But it's a practical impossibility. Look at the problems we have getting people to do something as simple as getting their kids vaccinated. We'd have exponentially greater problems getting people to sign on to a breeding/genetic engineering program.

You spoke up in support of "homeopaths, Chinese doctors, nutritionists and spiritual healers", and (just as importantly) against "huge pharmaceuticals and the legions of sheep that take their drugs". That's essentially the same thing (i.e., defense of con artists).

Let me explain to you how it works: Double blind, randomized controlled trial, or the effect didn't happen.

And here's how we know there's no quantum entanglement going on: There's nothing to get entangled. Once you get it diluted to the point we're talking about in homeopathy, there's nothing of the original substance left in the mixture. Molecules can only be so small.

Want to know how effective homeopathy is? Ask Steve Jobs. (I hope you have your Resurrection spell handy.)

Oh, and to your quantum entanglement theory:

I suggest you start .