Shrooms prove to be genuine medicine for cluster headache sufferers

phenomenalgat

The whole website sounds really sketchy. "Jerome Douglas, citizen journalist"? ...please. Medical use of mushrooms has been reported on in legitimate medical periodicals, so I don't see the need to post garbage from pseudo-news sites.

phenomenalgat

In fact, deaths have been linked to mushroom intoxication.

The word "intoxication" makes it sound like someone was killed by the toxicity of the substance, which is certainly false. More likely, they are (I hope) referring to people who have used it and did unsafe activities, like people have been doing with alcohol for thousands of years.

phenomenalgat

I heard an anarchist once argue that third parties such as the Libertarian Party (USA) are counterproductive because they draw out what few small-government advocates there are in the mainstream parties, and transfer that talent to third parties that are incapable of overcoming the barriers third-party politicians face in overcoming what is effectively a two-party system in America.

Throughout U.S. history, third parties usually either die, or become one of the two parties (crowding the existing one out), and this usually happens in a fairly short period of time.

Thus, it seems more wise to have friends of small-government working within the mainstream parties (Paul-R, Kuchinich-D) rather than outside. Outsiders certainly play a vital role in educating the public and driving dialogue, but it's hard to change policy without insiders.

phenomenalgat

Some pistols, however, do fire a chambered round even if the magazine is out.

phenomenalgat

Nice try, Senator Lieberman.

phenomenalgat

Ron Paul obstinately refuses to acknowledge that you have to actually use politics if you want to get things done.

Let me get this straight. The guy who's been elected to ten terms in office refuses to use politics to get things done? The libertarian who chooses to be part of a mainstream party (Republican) in order to work within the system instead of outside of it is refusing to play by the system's rules?

phenomenalgat

Wow, way to be a sensationalist little shitball, n0t_5hure. It quotes the guy right in the article as saying that the shooting was wrong:

[Terry] says the gunman was wrong to kill Tiller, but that abortion opponents bear no responsibility for the action. Terry says Tiller was "a mass murderer and horrifically, he reaped what he sowed."

Saying that he "reaped what he sowed" is not a condoning of the shooting.

phenomenalgat

I've got a BA in economics.

Took a web developer job right after graduating two years ago.

Make $31k per year... if you count benefits, it's $43k.

So between $16 and $22 per hour.

phenomenalgat

I wonder how many butter-churning kids those anchors and professors have. I bet the ratio is comparable to that of U.S. Senators with kids in the military.

phenomenalgat

make the damn browser use less RAM

YES

phenomenalgat

Even Canada is going down the shitter.

phenomenalgat

Wyoming's unemployment rate is lowest in the nation at 4%.

phenomenalgat

"Waiting for the Man" by the Velvet Underground

phenomenalgat

Prohibition I'm sure, and to some extent the disapproval of society, parents, etc.

phenomenalgat

I breathed in huge amounts of second hand smoke by just leaving my dorm because there was always a pack of 20 or so people right in front of the doors

Cue violin.

phenomenalgat

I don't know if it really works or not, but whatever.

Kind of like "you'll get higher if you cough!"

phenomenalgat

I heard a statistic recently that more people expect to become wealthy by winning the lottery or inheriting money than by saving and investing. I think the point is that wishful thinking has a tendency to supplant objectivity, and that the lines probably get more blurry the more desperate you are.

phenomenalgat

So? Much contrary to the notion that voting third-party (or no party) is a "wasted vote", a real wasted vote is one for a candidate who is opposed to fundamental values you hold. Some even go so far as to say that if you disagree with all candidates (or the concept of the state/government itself), that you should refrain from voting, so as not to support the lesser of two evils, or to avoid lending legitimacy to the voting process.

phenomenalgat

You must have misunderstood what I was saying. I did not say that anyone who voted for Obama is a hypocrite, as you seem to assume.

I know that you and many other voters have many other issues you consider when evaluating a candidate. If drug legalization is not as important to you as these other issues are, and you voted for Obama because of his positions on those various issues, that's perfectly fine, and this is not hypocrisy in the least.

However, it seems there are a lot of people who thought that because Obama smoked weed in college and is not a Republican, that he must be a supporter of drug legalization. Undeterred by his firmly stated opinions opposing legalization, these people nevertheless voted for him expecting federal drug policy to do an about-face. It hasn't, and now these activists whine about how Obama cheated us and won't stand up for principles that he never claimed to have. This is hypocrisy -- to vote for a candidate who opposes your view, and complain when he does exactly what he said he would.

I encourage people to complain about this issue as loudly as possible -- I'm in that chorus too. But to say that Obama did a bait and switch is dishonest and ignorant. We got exactly what we voted for -- a president who has flatly and consistently stated that he does not support legalization of marijuana.

phenomenalgat

For the last time: he stated his opposition to marijuana legalization in the campaign and has not wavered from that ignorant position. Anyone who values the right to smoke but voted for him anyway is the true hypocrite in this situation.

The way I see it, it's unfortunate that he does not support drug legalization, but it's downright upsetting that he can dismiss the issue with a condescending chuckle without even discussing the issues involved. In the campaign, he addressed the race and political issues surrounding Jeremiah Wright with tact and grace, but when it's time to talk about drug policy, he just says "Sounds like somebody's been smoking too many joints!" for laughs from the audience, then move on to another topic.

phenomenalgat

Reminds me of one I saw that read, "Be careful with an open mind: something might fall out!"

phenomenalgat

SWEET ODIN'S RAVEN!

phenomenalgat

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