Good Old Neon

So much for the idea that religion is required to live a moral life. From Andrew Sullivan: Some terribly depressing news. Here's the poll result: More than half of people who attend services at least once a week -- 54 percent -- said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is "often" or "sometimes" justified. Only 42 percent of people who "seldom or never" go to services agreed, according the analysis released Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. So Christian devotion correlates with approval for absolute evil in America. And people wonder why atheism is g

A healthy distrust of what our government puts out there as truth can be found in the likes of Noam Chomsky (a hero of mine), however, you

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Cool, I loved (still love) that movie - thanks for sharing.

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Unless you have evidence to the contrary, by the time this outbreak was widely reported, international tourists had already been in and out of Mexico countless times

You are, essentially, referring to two separate scenarios. As has been reported by the WHO (who, yes, is probably just some sort of front for US imperialism), given the porosity of our borders, vis a vis international travel and what not, there

Thank you, I'm a moron.

For the sake of scientific accuracy - the nearest star is located light years beyond the moon. Near the moon would probably land you in some sort of earth junk strewn debris field. Edit

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Ok, but is he winning?

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Does that Sham Wow guy repeatedly barking at me w/r/t the benefits of his steroidal paper towels on my channel 13 this morning count - ? - like a broken record that guy.

Last night, Geraldo Rivera was referencing Steven King

Dude, assuming the worst, quarantining folks is the only viable way to contain the spread of a virus. As for the avian flu, its mortality rate hovers around 60% - think about that, 60-fucking-% - what would you have the government do in the (unthinkable) event that it evolves into a strain that jumps readily from human to human? Christ, and I thought I was cynical.

You're welcome - the following blog has lots of great, soberly reported info as well. http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/

Yep

The following Slate article tries to answer some as to: Why does the swine flu seem to be more deadly in Mexico? http://www.slate.com/id/2217019 As for me, well, I'm outfitting meself for the apocalypse.

Well, it sounds as though lots of folks will no longer be getting any Pontiaction.

PopMatters (glowing) review: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/72769-...american-flags/

So, should we start placing bets on the likelihood that our resident paranoids will claim or maybe just sort of