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Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study - Yahoo! News This wont end any debates, and probably start many more. I'm tired of how often this argument flip-flops. I swear it makes no sense when you have studies like the above vs. studies like this: Pot Smoking Not Linked to Lung Cancer because it's still inhaling burned shit into your lungs, yet a bunch of people swear up and down that it's true and present a slew of High Times articles assuring us that this is so, tied to hypothetical reasons why pot isn't appreciably carcinogenic when burned and sucked in the lungs (including the base radioactivity of soil that tobacco is planted in). And then more studies come out saying the exact opposite. Seriously, I could understand some small disparity in study conclusions but this is a veritable empirical gulf.

Some People Never Learn - TFOT Okay, it's not stupid, per se. But it IS the inability to learn from your mistakes.

God dang, I am freezing my ass off lately. Its no longer walking around in a t-shirt and jeans when its 30-40 degrees out. Now I am learning the joys of layering...

[Rant] For the woman that recently came back into my life, What happened to all the nice guys? The answer is simple: you did. See, if you think back, really hard, you might vaguely remember a Platonic guy pal who always seemed to want to spend time with you. He'd tag along with you when you went shopping, stop by your place for a movie when you were lonely but didn't feel like going out, or even sit there and hold you while you sobbed and told him about how horribly the (other) guy that you were fucking treated you. At the time, you probably joked with your girlfriends about how he was a little puppy dog, always following you around, trying to do things to get you to pay attention to him. They probably teased you because they thought he had a crush on you. Given that his behavior was, admittedly, a little pathetic, you vehemently denied having any romantic feelings for him, and buttressed your position by claiming that you were "just friends." Besides, he totally wasn't your type. I mean, he was too fat and basically be or do any of the things that your tall, good-looking, fit, rich, stylish boyfriend at the time pulled off with such ease. Eventually, your Platonic buddy drifted away, as your relationship with the boyfriend got more serious and spending time with this other guy was, admittedly, a little weird, if you weren't dating him. More time passed, and the boyfriend eventually cheated on you, or became boring, or you realized that the things that attracted you to him weren't the kinds of things that make for a good, long-term relationship. So, now, you're single again, and after having tried the bar scene for several months having only encountered players and douche bags, you wonder, "What happened to all the nice guys?" Well, once again, you did. You ignored the nice guy. You used him for emotional intimacy without reciprocating, in kind, with physical intimacy. You laughed at his consideration and resented his devotion. You valued the aloof boyfriend more than the attentive "just-a-" friend. Eventually, he took the hint and moved on with his life. He probably came to realize, one day, that women aren't really attracted to guys who hold doors open; or make dinners just because; or buy you a Christmas gift that you mentioned, in passing, that you really wanted five months ago; or listen when you're upset; or hold you when you cry. He came to realize that, if he wanted a woman like you, he'd have to act more like the boyfriend that you had. He probably cleaned up his look, started making some money, and generally acted like more of an asshole than he ever wanted to be. Fact is, now, he's getting laid more often, and in a way, your ultimate rejection of him is to thank for that. And I'm sorry that it took the complete absence of "nice guys" in your life for you to realize that you missed them and wanted them. Most women will only have a handful of nice guys stumble into their lives, if that. So, if you're looking for a nice guy, here's what you do: 1.) Build a time machine. 2.) Go back a few years and pull your head out of your ass. 3.) Take a look at what's right in front of you and grab ahold of it. I suppose the other possibility is that you STILL don't really want a nice guy, but you feel the social pressure to at least appear to have matured beyond your infantile taste in men. In which case, you might be in luck, because the nice guy you claim to want has, in reality, shed his nice guy mantle and is out there looking to unleash his cynicism and resentment onto someone just like you. If you were five years younger. So, lady/ladies please: either stop misrepresenting what you want, or own up to the fact that you've fucked yourself over. You're getting older, after all. It's time to excise the bullshit and deal with reality. You didn't want a nice guy then, and they certainly don't fucking want you now!! [Rant] I feel better now...:hurray:

yup.........

Nude buttocks may cost ABC $1.4 million - Yahoo! News is this crazy? Really...WTF?! all of the male stars have been put through the "get your butt ready for it's close up, Mr. Demille."

methinks the kid was taking a very detailed mental picture. God help his first gf...

because I cannot stop giggling at this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknoN-mZAFE&feature=related]YouTube - Herve Sings "Why Do People Have To Fight"[/ame] It's Tattoo from Fantasy Island... singing... about love, or something. I discovered this an hour ago and I can't stop the laughing...

Organs to be taken without consent - Telegraph Organ donations have been the news recently. Most alarmingly, the new policy in Great Britain that allows hospitals to take organs without consent. This is wrong on more than one level, but without getting into these specifics at this time I want to propose an alternative: Organ selling. For starters, let's talk kidneys. Currently, sixteen people die in the United States every day while awaiting a kidney transplant. Good kidneys are not, and should not be, rare to find. Everybody is born with two good ones, and only one kidney is necessary to sustain life.So,yeah, there's all these spare parts walking around and no really good reason for sixteen deaths everyday. The issue then, is not one of limited supply, but one of supply and demand. Generally, some healthy soul assumes room temperature, and then the medical staff comes out, like vultures circling a fresh kill, and attempts to persuade the grieving family to part with some parts: "So sorry your child is dead. Can we have this?" or, "Before we pull the plug, we want something for nothin." Morbid. If families, or even individuals, were allowed to sell their kidneys, more kidneys would become available. Money is a great motivator. How many surviving families could be benefitted if they could get a sizable lump of cash after Daddy dies in a tragic accident,leaving his kids without the support of a father? Or, somebody struggling in poverty could offer up one of their spare kidneys to somebody with the means to save themselves while also helping out another? Now, before you go and turn all "Two Americas" on me about how 'the rich' will benefit off 'the poor', let me inform you: our current system of donation already favors the wealthy and the famous. Celebrities routinely move to the front of the organ line. This is not a not a secret to the mildly informed. And the wealthy, but not so famous, travel to third world nations like India to receive organs on the open market. I don't know about you, but if a family member could procure an organ for a price, I wouldn't hesitate to drain my savings and mortgage my home to save their life. Add in the charity factor of neighbors, co-workers, or church groups, and nobody will go without. As it stands now, I am forbidden from doing so as I do not have the means to go abroad, or a government that will allow this basic freedom. Right here, right now, in what is bragged of as the freest of nations, everybody makes money from organ donations except for the supplier of the organs. We need to change this. Sure, we could adopt the European-socialist-serfdom model that says you and your body are not your own, but wards of the state instead, to serve a greater good according to, and defined by, the The Powers. Or we could solve our organ shortage in a manner that respects individual freedoms and personal sovereignty.

Holy Crap! I must have been absent when they taught us that!!! You don't say! and this absolve me of my right to piss and moan...how??? it was quite cathartic actually, for me anyway. :tt1::biggrin::frown: ......................... /´¯/) ......................,/¯ ..// ...................../... ./ / ............./´¯/'...'/´¯ ¯`·¸ ........../'/.../..../... ..../¨¯ ........('(...´(..´...... ,~/'...') ........................ ../..../ ..........''............ . _.·´ ........................ ..( ........................ ...

Election Results I think they call this a landslide, also known as 'obama drilled a hole in south carolina and made it his bitch' and 'obama put some coffee in their cream' I want to vote for Ron Paul but he won't win and I can't vote for him anyway becuase I am a registered democrat... I may be voting for Obama, the more I study him them ore I like the guy. I do not agree with him on more than a few things but what politician are you ever on a 100% agreement with. And he is bitch-slapping the clintons and that makes me warm and fuzzy inside...

meat. "Boys" exclude GIRLS. "Little" is a slur against the "vertically challenged". Did I miss anything? Hell, just rename the book "The Three Israelis and the Palestinian S.O.B.". (But the third Israeli was wise and built his wall with cement and razor wire, backing it up with machine guns and mortars....)

*begins playing worlds smallest violin*

QFT!!! *Joins Jack in the standing ovation*

Yes It makes the world more respectful of American power. I have no problem whatsoever with the idea of an American "Empire". If we are going to fall like the romans did (somthing I hear moonbats screech about all the time) then I say let us go out just like them! after 500 years of world domination!!! Your latent liberal racism is showing through. What makes a woman or black a "better" person to run this country? Shouldn't we have the best person for the job? Didn't I already explain this? I am no economist but doesn't the economy have its ups and downs? and for the past 7-8 years we have had an extremly strong economy with the Dow reaching record highs. Just like in the 90's Your president as well my dear, you arean American are you not? I assume you are speaking of the enron scandal, if so I remind you that the fraud was perpetrated throughout the 90s and many democratas were up to thier ears in the scandal as well. one of the hallmarks of a good economy mean that people get MORE money? I understand this is hard for you to understand but is IS pretty basic Eco. 101 a throughly bipartisan effort so I fail to see what your problem is. Yes

Post your fav. music from the 90's when we were just little 'uns!! with a youtube link for us to listen to. :tt1: [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=o6d7libPt6Y]YouTube - Follow Me[/ame] Follow me - Uncle kracker [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=087pjPX3z_8]YouTube - semi-charmed life - third eye blind[/ame] Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=jy7tiCwDHQQ]YouTube - Barenaked Ladies - One Week[/ame] Barenaked Ladies - One Week [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=9z7t-Ox3XvU]YouTube - Los Del Rio - Macarena[/ame] Los Del Rio - Macarena [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=iTW8oUV8Aq0]YouTube - Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch[/ame] Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch

I believe this is actually old news. The bill discussed was H.R. 6054, The Military Commissions Act of 2006. It was brought before the House in August of 2006. The status of that bill is dead. Another version of the bill, H.R. 6166 was also introduced in 2006. It was voted on and passed by a republican majority House of Representatives in Sept 2006, however neither bill was ever voted on by the Senate, and neither became law. If you don't believe it, Google it

remember a seriously bad economy, under a guy called Jimmy Carter. I don't need to cite polls about how people "think" things were, we had the "triple doubles" to look at -- unemployment, interest rates, and inflation all above 10%. THOSE, folks, are how you demonstrate an economy is in the toilet, not simply saying that "it must be bad if they keep saying it's good" People aren't ready to admit that the late 90's economic boom was a facade marked by an super inflated stock market (Can anybody explain Yahoo! stock selling at close to $400 a share?), dot.coms that were employing numerous people, many of which were drowning in red ink, and companies that reporting profit margins held up by fancy pyramid schemes. All of that came crashing down in 2000 and it will take awhile for it to recover.

Some one hit wonders for your enjoyment: [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=mKTCW4oxS6I]YouTube - Dee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart[/ame] [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=41APzy5kqBU]YouTube - Sir Mixalot - Baby got Back ( I like big butts )[/ame] [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=BnrLloO7nFQ]YouTube - Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is Remix)[/ame] [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=qmVn6b7DdpA]YouTube - Blind Melon - No Rain © 1993 CAPITOL RECORDS[/ame] [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddgyg_5FF_0]YouTube - Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe[/ame] [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=_lJIjdajBww]YouTube - Chumbawamba - Tubthumping[/ame] [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=CKl_7zK3fbI]YouTube - Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy[/ame] [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ybhfOmrj63w]YouTube - Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5 (A little bit of...)"[/ame]

Poooooornographic Pneumonic Penitentiary!!!

Seconded!!!

Shrillary is so obviously over her head, you almost want to throw her a rope. Sorry, Shrillary: The 1990s are over, and so are you.

who let the old-timer in?

I am from S. Oregon

I would love to read that paper if you happen to have a copy on hand. I did my Jr. project in High School on the role of Sophism in early democracy. I focused on the cultural and psychological role Sophism played in Athenian democracy.