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12 years ago @ Big Journalism - Thursday Crib Sheet: R... · 2 replies · +6 points

Andrew will be missed. A real fighter. I notice that Salon's Alex Pareene has a smear piece up already at http://www.salon.com/2012/03/01/what_andrew_breit...

I tried to paste some quotes from the article but it was auto-deleted here (shows how bad it must be).

12 years ago @ Big Journalism - In Memoriam: Andrew Br... · 1 reply · 0 points

He will be missed. A real fighter. I notice that Salon's Alex Pareene has a smear piece up already at http://www.salon.com/2012/03/01/what_andrew_breit...

I tried to paste some quotes from the article but it was auto-deleted here (shows how bad it must be).

12 years ago @ Big Journalism - In Memoriam: Andrew Br... · 0 replies · -1 points

I see that Salon has a smear piece up though...

12 years ago @ Big Journalism - In Desperate Attempt t... · 0 replies · +2 points

"...Over their own bodies"? Tests show that the foetus has it's own DNA and cell structure which does not change over the lifetime of her son or daughter - it is NOT part of the woman. It is a separate and unique person.

12 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Like A Boss: Springste... · 4 replies · +48 points

The "Glory Days" he sings about were actually Reagan's 1980s

12 years ago @ Big Journalism - Cenk Ugyur Lies About ... · 0 replies · +14 points

OK, so - by showing those news quotes, Cenk is actually agreeing that there were Occupy rapes?
Doesn't that prove Andrew's whole point, and the reason in asking them to stop raping? Or at least reporting them to police.

12 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Out of Touch Again: Ho... · 1 reply · +3 points

Also, don't forget Eight Maps <a href="http://(http://www.eightmaps.com/)" target="_blank">(http://www.eightmaps.com/). This site is still up, and was created by Liberals as a Google Maps mash-up that shows the address (pinpoints it exactly) of those who donated to Prop 8. Liberals then went and harassed these people at home and work - causing some to get fired from their jobs.

I ask you - if Conservatives had created a map that showed the addresses of gays and pinpointed gays on a map, would that site still be up? No way - gays and progressives would have screamed the house down by now.

Really, whose business is it to put up your name and address because you donated to something you believe in?

As Orwell wrote - all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

12 years ago @ Big Journalism - MMfA Mocks Natural Fam... · 1 reply · +6 points

It sounds like the method you use is the symptothermal method? (STM)
According to an article at arstechnica (yeh go figure, I thought they were all about sound systems), this natural method may be as effective as the Pill. (Yes, I am a guy).

The symptothermal method (STM) uses two measures—a woman's temperature and observations of her cervical secretions—to accurately identify the fertile period of a woman's cycle. What the researchers found was that when done correctly, this method resulted in a rate of 0.4% and 0.6% of unplanned pregnancies, depending on whether the couple abstained from sex, or used a barrier method during fertile periods. Out of the 900 women who participated in this study—including those who had unprotected intercourse during their fertile period—an overall rate of 1.8 per 100 women per year became unintentionally pregnant. A number that rivals what is seen with hormonal contraceptives.

According to Prof. Frank-Herrmann, the study's lead author, "The women or couples who want to learn the method have to buy a book, or attend an NFP course, or get some teaching by a qualified NFP teacher. Learning STM is usually no problem. There are precise rules that work." While it has similar effective rates as other methods, it does require a larger time commitment. Women needed to measure and keep track of their body temperature and cervical secretions to be able to accurately identify when they are beginning and ending their fertile periods. However, when used 100 percent correctly, it resulted in only 0.4 unintended pregnancies per 100 women per year, a rate on par with chemical methods. While not a new method, this large-scale study of women following a detailed fertility awareness-based method of family planing (arguably the oldest form of family planning known) showed that it can rival its modern chemical counterparts for effectiveness.
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2007/02/7152....

So, MMfA, what say you to that? Scientific research says it's as effective as the Pill.

12 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Trailer Talk: New 'Ama... · 1 reply · +1 points

As far as Sam Raimi's Spiderman, the second movie with Doc Oc was wonderful!
It has so much gravitas in it, about the meaning of being a hero, sacrifice, etc. When Spidey stops the train, and he's in front of it doing the 'Cross' pose, eg, willing to give his life for those on board and then they save him from falling.

So much in that movie. Numbers 1 and 3 I could take or leave.

Ps, does the cop in this trailer look like William Defoe who played the Green Goblin in the first movie? He has the gap in the teeth and everything...

12 years ago @ Big Government - 3rd Time's the Charm. · 0 replies · +5 points

Is Mr Muir drawing himself in the strip? And does his wife really look like that?