Coralized link to save your bandwidth.
This is just more war on drugs nonsense. You need MASS amounts of psuedoephedrine to make meth. Simply controlling who buys this stuff in large amounts (which actually has been working) was doing fine, until activist politicians began pressuring drug companies to switch to a much less potent chemical which does not work at all as far as I can tell. Also, I think the fear of potential lawsuits from previous meth abusers, their families, and even the government has scared a lot of these companies "straight." Vicks has also stopped using psuedoephedrine.
The aggressive advertising probably has a lot to do with people complaining about ths superior old formula. Nasal passages are not emptying out like they used to, so these companies probably feel playing up the war on drugs morality card will stop complaints. Might work. I doubt theyre going to go back to psuedoephedrine now anyway.
This will hurt the small labs but will have little to no effect on the larger labs which produce meth in mass quantities. Enjoy your war on drugs over-the-top ads/hysteria and less potent medications.
Im getting a little concerned over the FDA and the government pushing more and more mostly safe OTC medicines into the verboted category. There's really nothing wrong with ephedra, but some junkie baseball players takes more than the sane limit and its an excuse to pull the stuff. I wonder what drug is next. This all stinks of some serious nanny state stuff that I'm not comfortable with. Proper labeling of the products and quality control should be more than enough.
Id love to see some proof in a year that these measures will effect meth prodution, but I have a feeling it wont. This is like outlawing small indoor plant lights and expecting pot to cease to exist.
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows?
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you....
Lets see, in the past 150 million years this planet has had two meteor strikes which wiped out a significant portion of both land and water based animals. Humans have been around for a very short amount of time and have yet to explore the galaxy. The real question is (and this is addressed by the Drake equation) is it even possible to have a civilization that can last long enough to do reach "star trek" like scenarios? I seriously doubt it. I also seriously doubt there were be many humans left in a thousand years and they certainly will not be able to shoot down asteroids or avoid global conflict when they best tools they have are sticks and stones.
Its such an optimistic idea to even pretend to begin that life (which is by its nature competitive and dangerous and short) can achieve such sci-fi dreams of galactic exploration and travel. Toss in the severe limitation of the speed of light and here we are.
Everything in science is "just a theory." Gravity is a theory. They are purposely misusing the term to discredit the concept. Theories are based on facts and observations.
I really wish the media would explain this simple concept and the whole 'just a theory' meme would die out, but I'm not holding my breath.
Wow, the looney left is tripping over itself to find any way to criticize Bush using this horrible disaster as their platform. Talk about a lack of ethics.
I dont like the guy either, but this whole "generosity" ranking crap and picking some arbitrary government function and comparing it to the aid are really low blows and you guys are just using dead people cheap political kicks. Did it ever occur to you that nations closer to the event itself will pitch in more? Or there's no real guide to work with on these matters? Or that there's a chain of command for doling out huge amounts of money? Its like there's this global poker bet and "we gotta beat them japs!" Pathetic really. I'm glad aid agencies are out there and working and volunteers aren't just sitting around and bitching about how Bush is Satan.
If it wasnt the inauguration, it would be the war, or missile defense, etc. Sigh. No wonder you guys can't get anyone in office.
This was part of comedy central's best of 2004 special. My tivo recorded it accidentally and after seeing how badly Norm McDonald has aged (both in person and his humor) this was very refreshing. I didn't even know Andy Dick even made comedy anymore.
>I really like how we know virtually nothing about gravity.
Actually, we know a great deal about gravity. The neat part of science is that its self-correcting. If Anderson does find something new then it will make our understanding of gravity even stronger.
Just like Einstein overwrote some of Newton and Quantum Physics overwrote some of Einstein.
This is the process.
It's extemely gimmicky then again so is Van Halen. Reminds me of the guy or gal through the magic of MIDI plays rock guitar on a violin. Well, if you're so outside the range and design of the instrument maybe you'd be happier with a different instrument? Say, a guitar!
There is a line between stretching things to their limits/unorthodox techniques and plain old gimmicks.
>(damn lousy band sites...)
Shame you can't deep link into flash sites.
That was published in 2001. Flew is some kind of Deist or Solipist now. At 81, he's really giving into cowardice or perhaps Pascal's Wager, imho. Then again if mortality and death were easy to face we wouldnt have a need for religion and its myths.
Google has been hurting you for quite some time. How about a never expiring tracking cookie for starters?
posted by skallas 18 years ago
In "I probably shouldn't do this..."
Coralized link to save your bandwidth. This is just more war on drugs nonsense. You need MASS amounts of psuedoephedrine to make meth. Simply controlling who buys this stuff in large amounts (which actually has been working) was doing fine, until activist politicians began pressuring drug companies to switch to a much less potent chemical which does not work at all as far as I can tell. Also, I think the fear of potential lawsuits from previous meth abusers, their families, and even the government has scared a lot of these companies "straight." Vicks has also stopped using psuedoephedrine. The aggressive advertising probably has a lot to do with people complaining about ths superior old formula. Nasal passages are not emptying out like they used to, so these companies probably feel playing up the war on drugs morality card will stop complaints. Might work. I doubt theyre going to go back to psuedoephedrine now anyway. This will hurt the small labs but will have little to no effect on the larger labs which produce meth in mass quantities. Enjoy your war on drugs over-the-top ads/hysteria and less potent medications. Im getting a little concerned over the FDA and the government pushing more and more mostly safe OTC medicines into the verboted category. There's really nothing wrong with ephedra, but some junkie baseball players takes more than the sane limit and its an excuse to pull the stuff. I wonder what drug is next. This all stinks of some serious nanny state stuff that I'm not comfortable with. Proper labeling of the products and quality control should be more than enough. Id love to see some proof in a year that these measures will effect meth prodution, but I have a feeling it wont. This is like outlawing small indoor plant lights and expecting pot to cease to exist.
posted by skallas 18 years ago
In "The Dune Of Alexandro Jodorosky"
So Feyd is a woman in this version or just some kind of transexual?
posted by skallas 18 years ago
In "The 30 Most Spoken Languages in the World"
Not really surprising at all. These are primary languages. English is the most popular second language. The linked list sounds old and I think this one seems more recent: http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/toptens/languages/languages4.html
posted by skallas 18 years ago
In "Interview with Frank Herbert from 1969"
Neat. Saw this on my blog two days ago :P
posted by skallas 18 years ago
In "Kintana:"
Blows my mind that locals are killing an endangered animal because of superstition. I wonder if they kill ugly children too for good luck.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "Today is Yuri's Night"
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles I’m feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows? Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit’s dead, there’s something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you....
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "American Scientist wonder, 'Where are the aliens?' "
Lets see, in the past 150 million years this planet has had two meteor strikes which wiped out a significant portion of both land and water based animals. Humans have been around for a very short amount of time and have yet to explore the galaxy. The real question is (and this is addressed by the Drake equation) is it even possible to have a civilization that can last long enough to do reach "star trek" like scenarios? I seriously doubt it. I also seriously doubt there were be many humans left in a thousand years and they certainly will not be able to shoot down asteroids or avoid global conflict when they best tools they have are sticks and stones. Its such an optimistic idea to even pretend to begin that life (which is by its nature competitive and dangerous and short) can achieve such sci-fi dreams of galactic exploration and travel. Toss in the severe limitation of the speed of light and here we are.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "US Judge orders removal of anti-evolution stickers"
Everything in science is "just a theory." Gravity is a theory. They are purposely misusing the term to discredit the concept. Theories are based on facts and observations. I really wish the media would explain this simple concept and the whole 'just a theory' meme would die out, but I'm not holding my breath.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "If I had just married a supermodel, I would have protected her from the rain. Or the panic caused thereby."
>i am hesitant to check out the other strips lest they be lesser. Do not miss the Ebert strip.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "As if Google wasn't awesome enough..."
This is great, I've blogged some of the better ones I've found here.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "New Year resolutions;"
This year I'm really going to try the uberman sleep cycle. Maybe. Otherwise known as polyphasic sleep. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "Under political pressure, "
Wow, the looney left is tripping over itself to find any way to criticize Bush using this horrible disaster as their platform. Talk about a lack of ethics. I dont like the guy either, but this whole "generosity" ranking crap and picking some arbitrary government function and comparing it to the aid are really low blows and you guys are just using dead people cheap political kicks. Did it ever occur to you that nations closer to the event itself will pitch in more? Or there's no real guide to work with on these matters? Or that there's a chain of command for doling out huge amounts of money? Its like there's this global poker bet and "we gotta beat them japs!" Pathetic really. I'm glad aid agencies are out there and working and volunteers aren't just sitting around and bitching about how Bush is Satan. If it wasnt the inauguration, it would be the war, or missile defense, etc. Sigh. No wonder you guys can't get anyone in office.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "The Speechalist"
This was part of comedy central's best of 2004 special. My tivo recorded it accidentally and after seeing how badly Norm McDonald has aged (both in person and his humor) this was very refreshing. I didn't even know Andy Dick even made comedy anymore.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "Something funny "
>I really like how we know virtually nothing about gravity. Actually, we know a great deal about gravity. The neat part of science is that its self-correcting. If Anderson does find something new then it will make our understanding of gravity even stronger. Just like Einstein overwrote some of Newton and Quantum Physics overwrote some of Einstein. This is the process.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "Witch & Famous Cruises,"
Are they going to name it, "A ship of credulous fools?"
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "Eddie van Halen saw this and started spinning"
It's extemely gimmicky then again so is Van Halen. Reminds me of the guy or gal through the magic of MIDI plays rock guitar on a violin. Well, if you're so outside the range and design of the instrument maybe you'd be happier with a different instrument? Say, a guitar! There is a line between stretching things to their limits/unorthodox techniques and plain old gimmicks. >(damn lousy band sites...) Shame you can't deep link into flash sites.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "Antony Flew, "negative atheist," responds to Internet rumors that he's found God."
That was published in 2001. Flew is some kind of Deist or Solipist now. At 81, he's really giving into cowardice or perhaps Pascal's Wager, imho. Then again if mortality and death were easy to face we wouldnt have a need for religion and its myths.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "A Little Perspective on $191 billion for Bush"
So that's what inflation looks like. If the government is going to treat money as paper so will others.
posted by skallas 19 years ago
In "This guy is angry...."
A black hitler? Oh great, someone has been playing with the illuminati time machine again...
posted by skallas 19 years ago
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