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How many Libraries of Congress is that?

We're still looking for one of those.

'Nazi' ought to have a capital 'N' as well. It's the proper name of a political party. Grammar Nazi should be probably be capitalised in any case, like New Labour or Blue Dog Democrat. Shouldn't the term be 'national socialist' rather than 'national socialistic'?

I believe you are being mislead by the word 'friend'.
It is supposed to be a person whose company one enjoys and who is there in good times and bad to give advice and encouragement as a confidant(e) and a sounding board. Not the 400-odd people who you may have met once in a long-forgotten party and have collected like baseball cards.

It's not so much a matter of political correctness as scientific accuracy. Many autistic people are better at processing and interpreting information at a vastly superior speed and accuracy than the average (hence, this article). Define 'retarded'. If we're trying to evolve into, say, Vulcans, they may well be ahead of the curve.

Although I agree political correctness can often be over-the-top, I do think it should be unacceptable to vilify someone who has their abilities differently distributed due to random factors entirely beyond their control, and is, by some definitions, more intelligent.

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how do you screen for one amino acid that may keep popping up in a hundred different foodstuff in various amounts? Unless you took a daily dose of something to chelate out that one a.a. from the body. Hmm....

Afghanistan is not in the Middle East. New Rule: No invading a country if you can't pronounce it and can't place it on a map.

And you wonder why half the world thinks America is an arrogant brat with a sense of entitlement exceeded only by the size and span of its overbuilt military. Caesar can do wrong.

Buddhists, especially the laity, are permitted to eat non-vegetarian food with the exception of certain sources of meat. It is the killing of an animal for the sole purpose of eating it that is prohibited. Monks are allowed to accept meat given to them (Buddhists monks are required to live almost completely on charity), unless they suspect the meat was slaughtered specifically for their benefit. Buddhist vegetarianism is more a cultural and personal initiative than a religious dictum. Karma and reincarnation have nothing to do with it. The Buddha himself died after consuming contaminated pork.

Or an if-then statement....

I don't think the animals' suffering is what is keeping religious people from eating beef or pork - it's the species. If it comes ultimately from a cow, most Hindus will still consider it forbidden. If it comes from a pig, it's still haram to Muslims and treif to Jews.