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I don't buy that "players know the risks" and neither should anyone. Our understanding of football and its relationship to CTE has really only come about in the last few years. Besides, the NFL has been lying and covering up evidence of brain trauma for over a decade.
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Eulogistics posted:I had to get away from HuffPo because they're SO liberal. I'm liberal on just about every issue, but they're hardcore bleeding-heart and it's about as hard for me to read as Fox News. I also have a big issue with their format of "DRAMATIC FRONT PAGE ARTICLE TITLE IN BOLD BLOCK LETTERING ON WHITE BACKGROUND!!!!". It just got to me after a while. If I want my news now, I generally go to talkingpointsmemo. They're not actually liberal, just gossip column trash. Ariana Huffington is another swine in the mold of Bill Maher who trades on liberals' smug sense of self-regard to rake in ratings and cash. Both of them also trade heavily in anti-Vaccine and "natural" healing bullshit that gets people killed. Mother Jones is a much better liberal news source and much less tabloid-y if you're looking for something better.
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jackofarcades posted:I don't buy that "players know the risks" and neither should anyone. Our understanding of football and its relationship to CTE has really only come about in the last few years. Besides, the NFL has been lying and covering up evidence of brain trauma for over a decade. It's absurd anyway. It's not like a chemical plant can just have open containers lying around and then claim the employees knew the risk since they walked by them during HR initiation meeting.
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Zeroisanumber posted:They're not actually liberal, just gossip column trash. Ariana Huffington is another swine in the mold of Bill Maher who trades on liberals' smug sense of self-regard to rake in ratings and cash. Both of them also trade heavily in anti-Vaccine and "natural" healing bullshit that gets people killed. Haven't there been sizable outbreaks of diseases previously thought to be destroyed since people are refusing to get their kids vaccinated?
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Pretty liberal but disgustingly bourgeois. They're on my list of sites I check, but so is Breitbart.com. I don't trust either to provide anything remotely resembling news.
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Business Gorillas posted:You know, I usually agree with the liberal new health bullshit (I tend to avoid HFCS over regular sugar, buy organic when I can, etc), but the one thing I don't understand is the apprehension towards vaccines. The modern incarnation of anti-vaxx nuttery is mostly ill-informed anti-corporate sentiment taken to an absurd place.
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There's a difference between "I'm not getting the flu shot" and "my child has autism because of the childhood inoculations!!" Conspiracy theories aren't limited to a single political affiliation. Fluoride in the water, however...
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Maybe we should start a SA/goon news site!
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Phone posted:There's a difference between "I'm not getting the flu shot" and "my child has autism because of the childhood inoculations!!" Conspiracy theories aren't limited to a single political affiliation. I see a consistent pattern between anti-vax cursaders and Austin Treehouse coordinators. These crowds are related and equally dangerous.
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Aliquid posted:I see a consistent pattern between anti-vax cursaders and Austin Treehouse coordinators. These crowds are related and equally dangerous. Never heard of this and my Google-fu hasn't brought anything up. What is this exactly?
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jackofarcades posted:I don't buy that "players know the risks" and neither should anyone. Our understanding of football and its relationship to CTE has really only come about in the last few years. Besides, the NFL has been lying and covering up evidence of brain trauma for over a decade. Yeah, and even with the things they do know you just can't reasonably hold young men fully accountable for making major life choices and doing so with all the necessary wisdom and foresight. Even these guys who do understand the risks aren't thinking 10 or 15 years ahead to what life will be after the sport with no job skills, no outlet for their competiveness and aggression, and sore bones, health problems, brain damage, and drug addictions. Kids don't worry about the future and in a lot of ways this system takes advantage of that ignorance.
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Mitchicon posted:Maybe we should start a SA/goon news site! How will import tariffs on Asian electronics influence the cost of Hentai Games? AzureFluttershy reports...
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I can't help but think this was a troll on Limbaugh's show that just failed to get him to say anything beyond the disingenuous nonsense it comes off asquote:RUSH: Paul Krugman is an Obamaite, he's an economist, he's a Nobel Prize winning economist, folks, which tells you everything you need to know about the Nobel Prize. The New York Times columnist, economist, took a few questions at a lecture that he gave last week, took a few questions from the audience. And one question was on America's massive and rising national debt. And Krugman admitted that the debt will pose a problem, eventually, not yet. Not until we get the next Republican president will the debt be a problem. And he said he admitted it's gonna be tough to pay for entitlement programs with an aging population and increasing health care costs. quote:CALLER: I wonder if these initial panels will take into consideration your party affiliation.
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Mmm yes. Trump is going after Rove now. Trump: Karl Rove is 'a total loser’ Things are getting quite amusing!
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kik2dagroin posted:I can't help but think this was a troll on Limbaugh's show that just failed to get him to say anything beyond the disingenuous nonsense it comes off as Sarah Palin wasn't even the one who came up with 'death panels' rhetoric. It was Betsy McCaughey.
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quote:Imagine you being able to choose whatever doctor you want to go to, for whatever malady. Imagine you being able to choose your doctor or your provider based on the best price you can get. Imagine there not being a death panel denying you treatment because of your age.
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# ? Feb 8, 2013 02:17 |
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There are already "death panels", such as it is. My grandmother died under Hospice care with a morphine drip and it was the most humane thing imaginable. It was wonderful in its way. My grandmother always said she wasn't afraid of dying, she just afraid of how it would happen, and when the time came she passed painlessly and peacefully because of the "death panel" set up by the doctors (who had done everything they could do) and the (Medicare funded) Hospice care available. Hospice even offered free grief counseling for me (and my wife) for one full year, any time we needed it. If Sarah Palin wants to call what happened to my grandma and the decisions I made with my medical directive, the wishes my grandma was able to express when she knew she was ready to die and was still cognizant enough to make them and the choices I made as a result a "death panel" and a government takeover of healthcare, then she should kindly go gently caress herself.
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EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND WE CAN NEVER LET PEOPLE DIE WITH DIGNITY This isn't directed necessarily at the right wing media, but overall the American media: The Arkansas 'Heartbeat' abortion bill. This comes on the heels of the Indian woman who died in Ireland because there was a fetal heartbeat, even though the baby was going to be a stillborn. I would love to see either side pick up this angle and go with it because it's disgusting that a bill like this is even being considered.
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Phone posted:EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND WE CAN NEVER LET PEOPLE DIE WITH DIGNITY Was that Irish doctor ever identified/charged?
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No idea, but here's a terrible article about how a termination probably wouldn't have worked: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Similar-death-to-Savita-Halapannavar-ignored-in-the-mainstream-media-189989071.htmlquote:A woman dies in a Galway hospital after a termination that may well have contributed to her death. Result: A twitter storm outrage, worldwide condemnation and calls for Ireland to scrap or change its regime of legal protection for unborn children. LIEberals
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From the thread about the LA Cop who has begun targeting police officers and their families:Anus Dei posted:When I heard he'd made a positive comment about Michelle Obama (and her bangs), I wondered how long it would be before the rightward leaning blogosphere (and ultimately Fox News) declared him a Democrat. This should be spectacular to see metastisize.
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Just when my brain felt clearer for deleting twitter I learn there is a website called 'Twitchy' by that lady arguing we should put arabs into internment camps. ungh
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Phone posted:
You would think this, but I know of at least one guy who is very hardcore left wing and he goes in for the fluoride in the water poo poo, which as much as he is a friend of ours, me (since I also lean very hardleft) and my more center leaning friends make fun of him for it/ feel very sad and confused bout why he keeps going on about it. But much like the antiVaxers hes coming at it from an insane anti-corporate angle. Asking me why I support these big pharma business when I'm very anti-capital. So anti-Fluoride stuff is beginning to jump from the Birchers to others. Hell bull poo poo like Natural Heath News and other poo poo that spout this nonsense seem to be trying to get the anti-vaxers on their side as well.
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Michele Malkin Why the pretty ones gotta be so crazy?
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Crasscrab posted:Mmm yes. Trump is going after Rove now. Trump is an intellectual lightweight whose entire arsenal of comebacks consists of variations on, "No, you."
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Zuhzuhzombie!! posted:Michele Malkin She's got that "true believer" stare whenever she is being interviewed that is downright frightening.
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# ? Feb 8, 2013 19:25 |
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A new Fox BIAS ALERT (click for the story):
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# ? Feb 8, 2013 19:33 |
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Walter posted:Trump is an intellectual lightweight whose entire arsenal of comebacks consists of variations on, "No, you." While this is true he's always been amazingly amusing to watch. The man is a living, breathing joke.
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Aatrek posted:A new Fox BIAS ALERT (click for the story): That headline just has me imagining Sharpton farting out a sort of mist that forms into a little greybeard God figure on TV.
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Aatrek posted:A new Fox BIAS ALERT (click for the story): This man CLAIMS to be a Christian, but doesn't explicitly hate vulnerable groups of people!
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Goatman Sacks posted:This man CLAIMS to be a Christian, but doesn't explicitly hate vulnerable groups of people! I remember having an argument with that guy on twitter after he claimed that Mitt Romney simply hiring a gay man onto his campaign was a "move to the left," just to give you an idea of how big of a shithead this guy is.
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MaxxBot posted:I remember having an argument with that guy on twitter after he claimed that Mitt Romney simply hiring a gay man onto his campaign was a "move to the left," just to give you an idea of how big of a shithead this guy is. What would a move to the right for someone like that be? Just murdering gay folks?
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Crasscrab posted:Mmm yes. Trump is going after Rove now. Do conservatives even like Trump anymore?
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nachos posted:Do conservatives even like Trump anymore? Trump is the kind of rich person that stupid people would act like if they were rich.
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Phone posted:EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND WE CAN NEVER LET PEOPLE DIE WITH DIGNITY One of the worst things about the Death Panels debacle is that it poisons the well for any sort of top down promotion of end of life treatment/planning, which is important in a bunch of ways.
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AsInHowe posted:Trump is the kind of rich person that stupid people would act like if they were rich. There are plenty of stupid rich people and Trump is one of them.
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Boxman posted:One of the worst things about the Death Panels debacle is that it poisons the well for any sort of top down promotion of end of life treatment/planning, which is important in a bunch of ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8PNzA2S6EY
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This is loving hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTUcz23Oi30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4IPh1JEdFg Basically, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huOKpv4GYUI Bill, you have sprinkles on your face.
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Holy poo poo this is horrifying. So is this supposed to be a satire or is this some kind of product that this guy is actually trying to market?
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Crasscrab posted:Holy poo poo this is horrifying. Japan
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