8th March 2008

Climb out of the bottle

A rational scale to assess the harm of drugs. Data source is the March 24, 2007 article: Nutt, David, Leslie A King, William Saulsbury, Colin Blakemore. Image via WikipediaAnd pick up with Acid, X, and weed.

A new study of recreational drug use out of the UK has reached some startling conclusions. The study headed up by professor David Nutt of Britain’s Bristol University and his colleagues have proposed a new framework for classifying recreational drugs and harmful substances. Within this new framework alcohol and tobacco were listed higher on the danger scale then other more notorious drugs like: LSD, Ecstasy and Cannabis (more commonly referred to as marijuana). Here is the list of the twenty harmful substances with the number one spot and title of most harmful drug going to Heroin.

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5th March 2008

I am not feeling the love

She did. Six times. Won it in an auction. Or maybe sold it in an auction. Either way I’m not feeling much sympathy for anyone involved in this mess. Not the girl. Not the guys. Not the site that hosted the sale.

A woman in Germany who became pregnant after an online sex auction has won a court battle to force the Web site that hosted the sale to reveal the names of the winners, so she can find out who’s the father.

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3rd March 2008

I kill children

I kill children
I love to see them die
I kill children
And make their mamas cry
Crush ‘em under my car
I wanna hear them scream
Feed ‘em poison candy
To spoil their Halloween

Dead Kennedys

I can’t quite figure out when it became OK to kill kids in the name of “gettin’ the job done”.

The U.S. launched a military missile strike Monday targeting a terrorist suspect in a Somali town held by Islamic extremists, officials said. Residents and police in the town said a home was destroyed and at least eight people, including four children, were seriously injured.

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3rd March 2008

This is not my Country: March

Welcome to the March 1, 2008 edition of this is not my country.

Once again I am too busy to breathe and so once again the carnival is somewhat raw. But enjoy.

Freddie L. Sirmans, Sr. presents COLD STEEL RAW BUCK NAKED ECONOMICS 101. posted at CAN US ECONOMY SURVIVE DOOMSDAY?.

DrGizmondo presents The puppet masters: Who’s pulling the strings behind the Presidential contenders? posted at Cerebral Black Hole, saying, “This article takes an in-depth look at the history of the people behind the presidential candidates, the advisors. Leaving to stone unterned and no candidates out, Cerebral Black Hole highlight the dirty little secrets of the “puppet masters”.”

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2nd March 2008

Reactions to the Candidates?

I was contacted a couple of days ago by a PhD. candidate from Stony Brook University asking if I’d help promote a survey that is to become part of a dissertation. Sure. Why not?

I’ve also been asked to disable comments on this post and I understand why, so comments are disabled for this post.

Immediately below is the official survey teaser text and a link to the survey itself.

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