MeFi comment:
"Eggs have a pretty negligible impact on lipid profiles. Genetics and exercise have a lot more to do with it. In all likelihood the extra protein helps ward off hunger and subsequent snacking. Breakfast, like 8 glasses of water a day, is over-rated..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by saraswati, finite, melissam, peacheater
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think that Cafferty piece may need to be archived in the Smithsonian, regardless of the election outcome. For a moment I felt something akin to relief...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by olya, Mick
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"My sense in all this is that the same core 20% of the country that still thinks W shits rainbows are priapic over the current state of affairs in the GOP. It seems pretty obvious that any number of principled conservatives who aren't simply fundy..." [
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favorited 30 times, recently by sephira, MikeKD, Penks, blueberry, glycolized, Turtles all the way down, ChuqD, redfisch, Mick, agregoli, RussHy, schyler523, contessa, Durn Bronzefist, mothershock, readery, AsYouKnow Bob, The Card Cheat, zardoz, shitcock, lord_wolf, madamjujujive, Pope Guilty, effwerd, clarahamster, Divine_Wino, KokuRyu, Rumple, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, Balonious Assault
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Wait, hold on - is the Right somehow trying to tie this to the fact that she has a kid with Down syndrome?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Docpops must not be an obstetrician.
No konolia, I'm a Family Practicioner. But for three years in the last decade I delivered over 200 infants, and a large part of my residency was spent practicing prenatal care in an inner city clinic which was..." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by Hildegarde, ceri richard, mygothlaundry, Reverend John, weebil, BrotherCaine, blueberry, Anything, bitter-girl.com, dejah420, jayder, bowline, lodurr, peacheater, gamera, frenetic, hhc5, glycolized, The Bellman, Mick, cashman, scody
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This thread is still here? Sad, disgusting, but sadly not surprising. I expect it's keeping the mods on their toes, though.
You know, you might as well try to debate the merits of breathing air or a blend of helium and argon.
Every week I..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by BrotherCaine, rockhopper, Wavelet, The Gooch, Mavri, Atom Eyes, onlyconnect, zarq
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I think he is the only one qualified to tell us if she was being an ignoramus or simply following doctors orders.
posted by konolia at 1:25 PM on August 31 [+] [!]
No, I suspect he would defend his decision. That doesn't make it any less open..." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by biggity, MikeKD, BrotherCaine, blueberry, lodurr, shitcock, peacheater, clarahamster, glycolized, Mick, ltracey, scody, cashman, torticat, lord_wolf, Cool Papa Bell
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'll out myself as a male "Sex and the City" fan, unwise as that may be in terms of opening myself up for ridicule. I'd love to say I only watched it so I could have an activity to share with my wife, but that wouldn't explain why I watched..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ifjuly
4 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"AskMe is a very good venue to remind people that they are not alone in the universe with their obscure neuroses, oddly pigmented genitals, mercurial bowel habits, inapropriate erotic thoughts, or inexplicable fear of claymation. In that way it is..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by mygothlaundry, h00py, anifinder, spaceman_spiff, Nattie, misha, Rock Steady, Cool Papa Bell, jedicus
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"also, konolia, I'm hoping with all my heart that they do keep her. You couldn't create this sort of freakshow if you hired Pixar." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lunasol
Last month
MeFi comment:
"And if this election and the last eight years didn't literally have a direct impact on the possible future of the planet, I'd tend to agree with the comments that this is a stupid place to be dwelling. Alas, it is not so. Thus there is no detail..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by stenseng, the dief, nikitabot
Last month
MeFi comment:
"And I think the rumor that this woman hid her daughter's pregnancy by pretending to be pregnant is about the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my entire life.
But konolia, it isn't stupid at all, and the available evidence strongly supports it...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by stenseng, BrotherCaine, troy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"....so, tell me again, why didn't the Democrats nominate Hillary? She had more experience than anybody...
posted by konolia at 9:40 PM on September 3 [+] [!]
Good question, fair question, all smartassery aside. My take? If she had said just..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by blueberry, glycolized, RussHy, shiu mai baby, clarahamster, Balonious Assault
Last month
MeFi comment:
"flying and not reporting the leaking of amniotic fluid is, according to my wife and other mothers, an act of astonishing negligence that indicates poor judgment.
I didn't even go there because I assume she flew charter, but yeah, motherfucking..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Coatlicue, scody
Last month
Ask comment:
"If your friend has an interest in a healing art, pick what seems most intriguing and run with it. Alternative health practitioners are better equipped than traditional docs for a whole lotta stuff. See, most of what really bothers people would be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
MeFi comment:
"A known fluid leak typically sets the clock ticking for delivery within 24 hours, after which the risk of infection goes up. Someone who is aware of a rupture, or even if it might just be urine, is taking chances that seem unusual and/or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, lodurr
Last month
MeFi comment:
""The governor's labor began while she was in Texas, and I do know that she got on a plane and landed in Anchorage late last night," said Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow.
-From the Anchorage Daily News, April, 2008.
For me, this is the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by dejah420, lodurr, blueberry
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If there had been a more honest approach to Vioxx we might still be prescribing it, albeit more along the lines of other drugs such as DMARDs (disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs) such as Enbrel. The times I prescribed Vioxx, as well as when I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mister_A
Last month
Ask comment:
"Seems like a better bet to sue the person who gave you herpes. If that was your first outbreak, you were probably infected in the month previous. If someone gave it to you knowingly, you may have a case against that person. Of course, IANAL.
This..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dolukhanova
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I still think the closing montage to Season 2 (Steve Earle singing 'I Feel Alright') is one of the best ever filmed." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by moxiedoll
Last month
MeFi comment:
"As measured by the all-important "obscenities/minute" metric.
Not even close. In fact, it's hard for me to really even recall swearing as an element of the Wire dialogue. I just remember countless times sitting in front of the TV..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mental Wimp
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Who gives a flying fuck?" [
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favorited 18 times, recently by ArkhanJG, etaoin, fourcheesemac, matteo, lupus_yonderboy, howrobotsaremade, brevator, nanojath, cj_, brundlefly, fleetmouse, Mayor Curley, Midnight Rambler, zardoz, plexi, Busithoth, dog food sugar, jrockway
Last month
Ask comment:
"when my wife or I have gone in for minor ailments, we've both had the experience of doctors shotgunning our diagnosis: i.e., half-attentively listen to our problems, do a cursory check of the lungs and ears, not do any more physical checks, then just..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by buka, elfgirl, iminurmefi, drpynchon, Wilder, scody, yath, SNWidget, flying kumquat, 6:1
Last month
Ask comment:
"candida albicans will routinely colonize small fissures or areas of skin to skin contact, with much higher frequncy in diabetics (yeast like sugar). Those areas look red and inflamed. Not sure if that's what you are seeing, but it sounds like you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
MeFi comment:
"It's refreshing to see someone into something traditional. I was afraid animals or vacuum accesories were going to be involved." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pxe2000
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I can say the worst part of that link was having to see another "wow, just wow" sitting several comments below like a trite, warm turd. I wish NPR had interviewed someone like Dee last night instead of the guest they had on. In two..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by dejah420, Rumple, nasreddin
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not sure how one defines satire as successful. Is it unsuccessful if people don't find it palatable? Satire is subjective, of course, but you don't get to call yourself a champion of free expression and then turn around and vilify it's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by juiceCake
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've been a reader for a decade. Anyone that doesn't immediately see the point of this, i.e. to make the unceasing poorly-veiled race-baiting and/or ideology misdirection out to be the fodder of cloven-hooved inbred chromosomally under-funded..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It takes some impressive stones to be in such a public role with the sorts of chronic illnesses he faced. I'd be hard pressed to come up with too many other conditions that rival the misery of inflammatory bowel disease. Really, at this point, the..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ummmm.... Nope, I figure that after they finished beating their wives, sexually abusing their children, and in general acting exactly the same as all the other Compound Christians it makes perfect sense that they'd abuse animals.
The only reason..." [
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favorited 7 times
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Here's why this post is important:
These nutcases walk amongst us. They pass themselves off as sensible, rational people. Seeing these clips reminds me that as much as I think the world mostly operates on sensible, rational principles (assuming..." [
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favorited 20 times
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Maybe someone can help me understand the link a little better? Is this about puppy mills (bad!), the Amish (curiously obtuse, possibly enlightened, maybe just a little fucking crazy, need to be taken down a peg) or the ne plus ultra - an AMISH PUPPY..." [
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favorited 4 times
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, if one could snap a finger and jump ahead a generation or two to some system, any system, that guarantees a minimum level of care to all people, those kids would look at our system with the same horror and embarrassment as we do with Jim Crow..." [
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favorited 2 times
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Talk about it all you want, wring your hands in anger and frustration, etc. Really, this subject like so many others will get its ten minutes of indignation but shit-all will change because the same squalid hospital infrastructures will remain, the..." [
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favorited 5 times
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Someone needs to be blamed for this because clearly, with our current societal emphasis on treatment of mental illness, the poor, and minorities, this should never, ever happen...." [
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favorited 5 times
3 months ago
