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• Commented on Is Crohn's disease on the rise because we've eliminated hookworm infections?
  I read of a study -- serious one -- on pig worms in Crohn's patients. They used pig worms because they had a three month survival time in human tracts. If I remember correctly, Crohn's symptoms vanished in most subjects,...
• Commented on Personal Freedom, by State
  I was responding to #5, CICADA. CICADA, do you really think that taking away someone's ability ("freedom") to, for example, buy a house or get a job, just because of that person's orientation/religion/race, is quashing freedom? Another, personal, example. I...
• Commented on Personal Freedom, by State
  Personal freedom can be taken away by the government. It can also be taken away by individuals, corporations, general societal chaos, etc. Your freedom is hindered if you're robbed, assaulted, fired because of some non-work-related factor (you're gay, black, a...
• Commented on Personal Freedom, by State
  That's right, #1, that's the exact assumption this graph is meant to put in your head....
• Commented on Debt is not a good product
  Is this something we want to be doing, turning complex and chaotic situations affecting our lives, into simplistic bumpersticker blurts? Right or wrong, you're basically trying to jerk the chains of people who don't understand what's going on....
• Commented on Life at Wal-Mart
  Some of the reasons unions are against Wal-Mart are some of the reasons my very conservative, very anti-union relatives (who own a retail establishment) are against Wal-Mart: It sells foreign-made crap and crowds out local retailers....
• Commented on Failin' Palin. (UPDATED: As Putin rears his head.)
  We're not doomed. But we have a VERY clear choice to make....
• Commented on Monks video from 1966
  Search for "Monk Chant" from the same show. It's freaking amazing. Like looking back into an alternate history of rock....
• Commented on Bush administration: Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to domestic military operations
  Get involved in the mainstream political system (Nader or Paul don't count -- literally). They're betting that you will be cynical and frustrated and apathetic. And/or that you'll all split up your power into a half dozen fringe candidates and...
• Commented on Boing Boing's Moderation Policy (Archived)
  I'm upset that this site that I look at at least once a day has content that I'm not 100% interested in. Sometimes I see things that offend me, or I just think are stupid. And when I comment, I...
• Commented on CEO of subprime mortgage broker fined $29,000 for dropping 73 f-bombs during deposition
  I just wonder, who is going to stand up for the rich and powerful, taken advantage of by people they gave mortgages to? Who? (single tear rolls down cheek)...
• Commented on America's new subprime shanty-towns
  After the orgy of fingerpointing is done, can we all agree that something broke, and is still breaking, and needs to be fixed? #116 -- societies aren't run by Darwin. Though in the long run, you could say they are....
• Commented on Mother Jones on TV's Solitary
  It's horrific, but not as creative as what was forecast by the BBC's "Time Trumpet." I think it will be around 2012 when "Rape an Ape" becomes a huge hit. Contestants enter a cage with the goal of forcing themselves...
• Commented on Clips from cult movie Rat Pfink a(nd) Boo Boo
  Misfits got "Rat Fink" from Allan Sherman. Twas the flipside to "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh."...
• Commented on TED 2008: Crow vending machine maker Joshua Klein
  This is a great way to make money. Although crows are smart, they aren't smart enough to know that a couple peanuts are not worth a quarter....
• Commented on American waterboarding in times gone by: the Philippines water cure of 1901
  I don't care what your argument is. If you say it's okay for America to torture, I feel the need to put your head in a vice and slowly turn the crank until you pop like a melon. Oh, call...
• Commented on XKCD comic on Internet arguments
  (psst... it was a joke. I no fall for Paul.)...
• Commented on XKCD comic on Internet arguments
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• Commented on Jonestown death tape: audio from the last hours of a mass suicide
  I swear I heard it on TV not long after the event. My mom walked in, horrified. It did me good, I think -- made me NEVER follow anyone blindly....
• Commented on Worst food in America: Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing
  The Outback is definitely an authentic Australian restaurant chain. You know it's authentic because they give you cartoonishly large knives with your silverware. We all know that Australians eat using only huge knives....
• Commented on Radio volunteer sets station on fire over playlist dispute
  I'd have to say, pretty big mistake in calling this a jazz show when the majority is blues. I can't believe any informed individual would look at his playlists and call it jazz. But then, things like this are very...
• Commented on Tipping-point skeptic says that super-Influencers are overrated
  This is fascinating, but the example of Madonna in 1983 doesn't fit. I remember suddenly seeing on every episode of a music video show in 1983 "Borderline" repeatedly. Madonna had been seen as a potential star, so she was promoted...
• Commented on Scrabble Gram suggests naughty answer
  The first I thought of was SEXBUTT and now I can't stop tittering....
• Commented on HOWTO Make a magic fireball (flaming oily rag) -- UPDATED
  Let the people learn. Pain is the best teacher....
• Commented on Pinball Hall of Fame in Spirit Magazine
  #4 -- I had the same thought. Remember the game in the little pool room at the Galesburg House, 1972. But then, I also remember my dad saying that those quarters were all going to The Mob....
• Commented on Music producers mixing for MP3
  All I know is that I love listening to mp3s of pre-hi-fi music. If it sounded good enough for AM radio, it sounds good enough for my iPod....
• Commented on What waterboarding feels like
  I don't believe in Jesus because of Christians who believe in torture. My brain just can't handle the hypocrisy any more. Merry Christmas. May you have a soul your God would be willing to have mercy on....
• Commented on Chicago police ask you to report people using maps or taking notes in public
  If you live in chicago, carry around the flyer. Anytime you see someone taking notes or using a camera, do as the flyer says -- CALL 911! If the cops accuse you of abusing the 911 system, show them the...
• Commented on Amusing firing range targets
  If I had kids, I'd just want to hang up the dude and child hostage one just as a daily reminder. "Look, it could be worse. So get those dishes clean!" And that's why I don't have kids....
• Commented on Wax cylinder xmas music MP3s
  The Eddie Cantor is a great track, but it definitely ain't from a wax cylinder. Sound is too clean, and Depression era lyrics and references to the brewing European war put it around 1938. Cylinders then were as cassettes are...