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• Commented on Taste Test: natto, gooey fermented soy beans
  The texture looks kinda yummy to me. Like marshmallow. I hate root beer. I am intrigued by vegetable soda, where can I buy cel ray?...
• Commented on Sapolsky's outstanding Stanford lecture on "The Uniqueness of Humans"
  I find him extremely hot....
• Commented on Kfetch
  meh, not so racist....
• Commented on Computopia, a circa 1969 vision of the future from Japan
  I'm curious about the hitting while learning. I'd always been taught that hitting increases stress responses that decrease ability to learn. But its not like Japanese schools are known for producing poor learners......
• Commented on They Shoot Porn Stars, Don't They? Susannah Breslin on recession and adult biz
  the first page is going to haunt me...
• Commented on Arts, Crafts and Hoo-has
  Even if vaginas and penises ever become un-naughty, they'd still be a little more rev/ferential then a spleen. I hope....
• Commented on Asgarda
  Ukranian Van Dykes!...
• Commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
  I was really appalled a with the response Angelica Houston gave about the victim being "one of those" young girls....
• Commented on The American Burqini, and modesty throughout the ages.
  FGM=total straw man There is a failure in the discussion to demonstrate that a burqa is oppression....
• Commented on The American Burqini, and modesty throughout the ages.
  The whole "this clothing is because she feels shame" shpiel, is the same thing as the "she wanted it because she was wearing next to nothing" crap....
• Commented on The American Burqini, and modesty throughout the ages.
  I would SO wear this, just sayin. and this is an awesome blog....
• Commented on Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Burqini
  @77 "I'd rather wear one of these than be stared at by gross old men when I swim at the gym." I'm tired of being stared at by the gross young women too. Remember :women don't dress for the men...
• Commented on The blog of Philip Garrido, serial rapist and kidnapper: "sound control" gadget hallucinations.
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/28/jaycee-lee-dugard-kidnap-suspect-garrido-speaks "but the core group consisted of two girls about 4 years old, one girl about 11, another girl about 15 and a young woman about 25. They were all blonde," where. are. the. other. girls....
• Commented on Video of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan
  link...
• Commented on Video of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan
  @ 20 Never quote from Wikipedia unless you know how to research, you can read your own reference, and you can read the thread in which you are posting. The use of dumb in this context of being Deaf and...
• Commented on Video of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan
  What a great video. Thanks for posting it. It gives me pause however, considering how much work Helen did towards social justice, how she was affected by the idea that she was dumb [like an animal] if she only used...
• Commented on Slate's Dear Prudence: "Should I score pot for my diabetic sister-in-law?"
  All he has to do is introduce her to someone who deals pot. give her some ideas on how she could meet someone. Then its all on her. There's enough evidence to at least try it as a therapy. If...
• Commented on Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede, one of the all-time great American comedy sf novels, will be a movie
  Sorry, but where's the posts on Les Paul?...
• Commented on Sex Education for the mentally handicapped
  I wonder how this objective is handled in other countries....
• Commented on Two-year-old has a pack a day habit
  Pretty advanced oral motor work for an 18 month, and although I can't be sure, he seems to speak pretty well for a two year old....
• Commented on Death by Chocolate (no, really): worker dies in hot cocoa mixing vat
  Really. do you even know what a "concern troll" is or is your definition as solipsistic as your sense of humor....
• Commented on Sarah Palin, via Twitter: God told me to sue the internet
  Takuan, wha? Are there lights shining in your eyes?...
• Commented on Sarah Palin, via Twitter: God told me to sue the internet
  @ #17 KeithIrwin Thank you....
• Commented on Michael Jackson -- unrecognizable motivations and constant ruination
  Lost all interest when the author treated the accusations as guilt. What happened to Michael Jackson's children, they didn't go to his family did they?...
• Commented on Michael Jackson likes what he looks like and doesn't have to change at all.
  Wow he was so very talented....
• Commented on Open source lawyer in charge of Obama's Patent and Trademark Office
  This is a possibly a wonderful thing, but not enough to take a way the chill of protecting a big corporation from prosecution for selling our rights to privacy away....
• Commented on Justin (aka "Tsimfuckis," aka "Tsimfuckus," aka "chick3n little.")
  no more a freak show then any one of us...
• Commented on Telecom Spy Suits Dismissed / UPDATE: EFF, ACLU Plan Appeal
  @sum zero I did! but I didn't think anyone would get it also J...
• Commented on Telecom Spy Suits Dismissed / UPDATE: EFF, ACLU Plan Appeal
  this is not a wonderful thing...
• Commented on "We did not know that child abuse was a crime," says retired Catholic archbishop
  @Antinous # 71 We agree that it is an act of violence and not sex. Consider that if a nine year old looks good, its also probably not *just* from a decade of repressed rage. The reason that celibacy as...