MeFi comment:
"Yes, it has medicinal value.. but no doctor in his right mind would tell his patient to inhale burning particles of plant matter. Marinol has been available for prescription 1986, but medical proponents will rarely address this little-prescribed..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by kryptondog, Pope Guilty
14 minutes ago
MeFi comment:
"Vorfeed, I don't understand this statement, at least in terms of this definition of substitute goods.
I'm thinking of goal-based action as our original "good". There was a time in this country in which people earned money and bought..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by TheOnlyCoolTim
An hour ago
MeFi comment:
"Pot is the ultimate substitute good.
There are several people in this very thread who've mentioned that people tend to quit at some point, and that those who end up smoking for life tend to function just fine in society. This would seem to refute..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by notashroom, Drexen
2 ¾ hours ago
MeFi comment:
"This was also the first year since 2002 in which Congress let the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment (which would prevent the DEA from carrying out these kinds of raids) expire without a vote. However, there's still H.R. 5842, which..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by notashroom, oaf, wendell, Meatbomb, JDHarper, Kato, Blazecock Pileon, lalochezia
Almost 4 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Maybe this is just my personal hobbyhorse, but at this point I just don't see lot of value in somebody taking an existing, beloved property and tweaking it to make a lame little point. Basically, I think Family Guy strip-mined that practice so..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by liza, papafrita, aeschenkarnos, damn dirty ape, JBennett, JHarris, Dr-Baa
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"It seems to me is that you want the individual states of the United States to have the same rights as sovereign nations, with none of the same responsibilities.
No, I want the US, as a sovereign nation, to have the sovereign right to manage its..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by oaf, rtha
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"As for the book, I think honesty is generally a good thing. Good for the people who refused to give in to the censors; this'll be a much more useful manual thanks to their courage.
we're learing important surgical techniques as well! War's fuckin'..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Megami, turgid dahlia, LoriFLA, BitterOldPunk
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Uhh...justice isn't when you achieve good ends by dubious means.
The treaty in question was not ratified by Texas. I don't see what's "dubious" about a state failing to obey a treaty which it never signed in the first place. I'm with the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kadin2048, bitterpants
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"It also implies nothing about the worth of blanket anti-war sentiments.
We'll just have to agree to disagree about that; it seems to me that the inevitability of war implies a great deal about the worth of blanket anti-war sentiments. Namely, that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bitterpants
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"We could help advance our knowledge of medicine and have fewer wars with one simple rule: Upon declaration of war, congressmen and their children are the first ones in.
It's funny, but you're describing exactly how war used to work; you know,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by bitterpants, benzenedream, enn, orthogonality
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Turtles all the way down is right; people don't tend to become addicted to opiates taken to relieve pain, at least not nearly as often as they would with recreational use. It seems that relief of pain involves a different brain pathway than the one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bitterpants
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Everyone should be anti-war; we should always try to find nonviolent methods of resolving a situation.
I reservedly agree that the latter is a valid philosophical guideline, though it doesn't always work. There are many situations in which trying..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DLWM
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"But Joe Bloggs being able to order it through Amazon and show it to his buddies at parties, I think that runs a strong risk of propagating a false meme.
No, I did not misunderstand you at all -- not if you want to keep this book out of the hands..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by drjimmy11
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"more about structure and organization than equipment
That, right there, is the way to "Military Advantage in History". Unfortunately, it seems our military has been somewhat deaf to this, at least since the fifties -- we're ever-quick to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Talanvor, nooneyouknow
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I understand your point. It sounds good, but how would you like to go about this?
I suggest that we go about it the same way we went about making the good food expensive and the bad food cheap: subsidies and sanctions. These are the underlying..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by not_that_epiphanius, Kadin2048, tkchrist
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Inning someone who is dead and was out is a function of utterly misplaced sensitivity, rooted in well-intentioned but incontrovertible homophobia.
In this case, though, there seems to be some question as to whether or not Maj. Rogers was actually..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What do you get at the bottom of a heavy metal scene? Cigarette butts and Jack Daniel's empties?
No, you get heavy metal music. Without that, it may be a scene, but it's not a metal scene. In contrast, there is no one thing that you can take from..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kigpig, nicepersonality, nooneyouknow
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The main problem I have with hipsterism is that there's no love in it. I dress like a metalhead, I go to metal shows, and I run a metal website and distro, because I fucking love heavy metal music. The peripheral trappings of "being a..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by The Card Cheat, a louis wain cat, Snyder, nasreddin
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"We can educate on proper nutrition and even limit access to fast food, but can we change a family's habits? A habit of convenience? A habit of that addictive mouth feel of too much fat and salt? Not unless you banned every single restaurant and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think there's a lot to what Sukiari is saying. Gun control is one of the primary issues which the Democrats consistently lose votes on, and the belief that this is due to the nigh-magical influence of a single "gun-manufactures and sellers..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
7 days ago
Ask comment:
"This happens all the time. Like others have said, there's a good chance that you can negotiate better benefits or the like, based on the salary you gave them. Debaser626's raise idea is good as well. If you are making significantly less than others..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by harkin banks, crazycanuck, Sweetie Darling, ourobouros
8 days ago
Ask comment:
"Curries freeze really well, and it's easy to make a ton of curry at once. I recommend Vindaloo, Saag Chicken, and Rogan Josh for freezing, but anything that's saucy and heavy on meat and/or lentils will freeze wonderfully. The drier curries (like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vegetableagony
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I don’t even think gun control is possible in America, but really people who are for maximalised gun ownership really ought to man-up and own this kind of thing as the cost of the societal settings they advocate.
Sure, so long as people who are..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by iminurmefi, sondrialiac, Big_B, mountain_william, oncogenesis, Kadin2048, anansi, bitterpants, electrasteph, Crabby Appleton, It's Raining Florence Henderson
9 days ago
Ask comment:
"Chick-Fil-a is owned by a very outspoken Christian man. Knowing that, would you choose not to eat there for that reason?
I would. There's a sandwich shop here which prints a Jesus fish on the menus -- I don't eat there, ever. There's a coffee shop..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ten pounds of inedita
10 days ago
Ask comment:
"The Wing Commander movie was an "homage" to Das Boot, right down to the casting of Jurgen Prochnow and the scene where "we all have to be really, really quiet in the submarine spaceship because otherwise the Allies Kilrathi will hear..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ShawnStruck
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I've got absolutely no problem with people using marijuana for purely recreational purpoes. The sanctimonious "help grandmothers with cancer" crap that passes for debate in San Francisco is starting to piss me off, though.
You should..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by drjimmy11, Blazecock Pileon, agregoli
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Hence our current state of ambivalence about a putative right that seems to kill many more than it benefits.
What? There are about 30,000 people killed by guns each year, over half of them suicides. There are another ~70,000 people seriously..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If you really want to fight tyrrany, stock up on diesel fuel, fertilizer and remote triggers.
Guns are great fun, but they're fucking worthless against governments.
Well, I was going to have our cell knock over a couple of Party-run liquor stores..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, consider me schooled! Should have done my homework before I said that, I guess. Still, I've always gotten the vibe from NRA workshops and booths (at the county fair, for example) that guns are primarily for home-owning white folks protecting..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Does the NRA hold marksmanship classes in, say, inner-city Detroit? So that the Patriotic Citizens of Detroit can, you know, potentially protect themselves from the tyrannical boot-heel of dictatorship?
Well, actually, they do, throughout the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Kadin2048, By The Grace of God, nasreddin, Balna Watya
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This is nothing but a gun owner fantasy. I don't care how poorly the military have done in Iraq, fat guys armed with hunting rifles they bought from Wal-Mart and whose only experience with them is sitting in a little hi-chair and waiting to plug the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"and you'll have to wait three days after you purchase the gun to actually take possession of it from the gun shop
This is not true in this case, as waiting periods vary by state. There is no handgun waiting period here in NM, and there isn't one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anansi
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Honest question: How would an expert cryptologist go about determining that a particular passage is actually written in a very difficult code, and is not merely a random assortment of characters?
I'm not an "expert cryptologist", by any..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by regicide is good for you
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I took a probability course in college. I highly recommend it, if you're interested in questions like these. Here is a bit about the probabilities involved with the lottery.
Personally, I buy one Powerball ticket per week. I look at it a little..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by rlef98, cst, spaceman_spiff, gt2, drezdn
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"So why would someone give up a situation you know is good because there is a possibility it may not be good at some potential point that may not even happen?
It sounds to me as if it could be fear of success. This is pretty common, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jurate
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Bah. Who needs cutesy little cities and a complex trading system when you can have a free Diablo-alike such as Gladiatus? Join server 4 and message me!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sciurus
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Not that it matters, but I think there are actually more people dressing up as anime/manga characters than US SF ones these days.
And in turn, the cowboys and indians thing is big in Japan! I have some friends from Japan who moved to Santa Fe..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flamk
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"By the way at the risk of being pointed at and laughed at even more, I would like to posit that as sin in general is more and more accepted, tolerated and even celebrated in America, our economy is going more and more in the toilet,(gas prices,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by marble, quin
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The obligation to refuse to compromise one's moral beliefs trumps any obligation to an employer.
So, what, does this mean I can take a job at Blackwater and then get paid to do nothing for the rest of my life, suing if I ever get fired? Come on...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Solomon
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"It's not a matter of being offended. It's a matter of being forced to violate one's religious convictions. Which is discriminatory toward said religion.
"Do X or you're fired" is not the same as being forced to do X, especially not if X..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tyllwin
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"oaf: what, do you really think people's jobs never change? People are commonly required to take on new job responsibilities; "waah, that's not how it was when I was hired so I won't do it" is typically not a valid excuse for failing to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tyllwin
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not sure how that would have helped in either of the incidents described (would you have your gun on your lap during dinner? I guess maybe that would help in that no one would eat with you)
Assuming you had a gun with you on the trail, then..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by tehloki, Kadin2048, mrbill, Seamus
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I predict a rise in gun suicides following the recent SCOTUS decision. Get back to me in a couple of years and let me know if I was right, and how many more people died.
You predict a rise in gun suicides (of which there are only about 15,000 per..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dreama, arto
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm sure you'll tell me that I'm being naive, but I very seriously doubt that that's true in my neck of the woods.
Washington is the fifth state on the list when you examine the percentage of adults with concealed-carry permits. There's a full..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Um, the problem seems to be that overall crime went down but (oh, noes!) more middle class and up people were exposed to it
No, overall crime went up: "While crime rates in large cities stayed flat, homicide rates in many midsize cities (with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wittgenstein
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Cowering with fear when you see people with machetes and AK-47s is only a temporary condition. [...] All things pass. But death is permanent.
What, do you think the guys with AK-47s and machetes never actually use them? Death is permanent, so we..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Class Goat
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Vorfeed: Any idea about what percent of cases in which guns were reportedly used defensively were situations that involved armed assailants or direct threats of gun violence?
Because if just chasing off some neighborhood teenager who's rifling..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the other side
Last month
MeFi comment:
"vorfeed, I imagine a hate crime is when the perpetrator goes the extra mile to antagonize the victim, so writing "asshole" on your neighbors house is just vandalism, even if everyone knows you just don't like their race, but writing a..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Goofyy, BrotherCaine, adamdschneider
Last month
MeFi comment:
"We can't even agree on a single definition for these kinds of concepts socially, much less in law, so I'm not sure what this guy is going on about...
Oh, wait: "My research in courts' approaches to determining "heinous" crimes has..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by JHarris, spaceman_spiff, adamdschneider, The Power Nap
Last month
