Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Buy Gravity – PlanetPOV Spring Fundraising & Membership Drive Just gave a small donation. Keep up the good work. » Posted By Caru On April 10, 2012 @ 12:57 pm Nice round-up, Kalima. Sarkozy’s political death-throes are becoming more desperate, though I doubt anything could top the absurdity of the Halal scandal a while back. 🙄 As an Irish person, my European political hopes are essentially pinned on Hollande, as he actually seems to have a clear understanding of the situation and actually appears to care about such things. On principal even! 😯 As to your quiz question, I can think of a few who might have invented the cocktail, but I’ll narrow it down to Hunter S. Thompson or Ernest Hemmingway. As it’s just a coin toss between them for me on this, I’ll actually flip a coin: Heads for Hemmingway, tails for Thompson. Heads! » Posted By Caru On May 3, 2012 @ 2:46 am Remarks by the President at the A.P. Luncheon Just click on the TO/OT graphic in the Features box above recent posts. » Posted By Caru On April 4, 2012 @ 3:49 pm I stumbled across the Tao Te Ching a couple of months ago, during an impromptu visit to a book market. The book itself only cost a few euro, so I decided to buy it, partially so I could figure out how to pronounce the title. 🙄 As I read the book, a lot of the ideas seemed familiar to me. I think, largely due to my cursory understanding of ancient Hellenistic philosophies – Roman History is kinda my thing at the moment – and my love of Japanese anime. An odd combination. However, a great many of the ideas were entirely new to me. Some were entirely welcome, others not so. I may not have been affected by its ideas as you were, KT, but, even so, the Tao Te Ching was a fantastic read. » Posted By Caru On March 26, 2012 @ 1:42 pm Huffington Post Openly Launches Campaign to Attack Obama Huffington is a fair-weather fiend. If the US once again gets swept up in Obama fever and the President is re-elected, expect her tone to change to match. Then, watch her slowly revert to her usual diet of bile. » Posted By Caru On March 20, 2012 @ 10:39 am A Psychiatrist’s Perspective on Obama: “His work is not done. Our need is still real.” That there were no social safety nets is a very important point, KT. I believe that humans are inherently altruistic. Even if a statistically small number of a aberrations exist, the vast majority of people harbour not only ill will to others, but will actively seek to help them. Unfortunately, a great number of factors dampen the effects of this nature. Many are environmental, but most are of our own making, due to our own ignorance. It is an unfortunate fact that when the number of people a human being knows exceeds the range 100-150, it is physically more difficult for that person to actually care about those extra people. This is why creations such as social security in the US and the Welfare State in the UK are so marvelous. They bypass this limitation and extend basic altruism to a vast number of people. These systems are not near perfect, but their very existence points to my earlier stated belief that most people are fundamentally altruistic. Any attempts to destroy – specifically those to wreck, not ill-fated attempts to improve upon – can be explained by only two things: Greed, or active malevolence. » Posted By Caru On March 19, 2012 @ 2:45 pm Hey, MTS! “It turned out not to be so. We have certainly experienced an increase in cases of clinical and situational depression, but that increase has been less than ten percent. This has been the experience across the country. Why? I want to suggest that Barack Obama and the ‘Spirit of Hoped-For Change’ is the key.” Your Psychiatrist acquaintance puts forward a very interesting hypothesis. While it is possible that the President’s promotion of the theme of hope has something to do with the less than expected increase in suicide, there are multiple other factors at play that likely have a larger effect. Such as: i.) The Great Depression was far worse than the “Great Recession”, which accounts for a higher rate of suicide as a result of the former. ii.) Medical facilities, especially those psychological in nature, are, while not perfect, far better now than they were during the time of the Great Depression, which could account for a lesser rate of suicide today. iii.) People are more likely to become active, even in small ways, in politics nowadays, which leaves them less isolated and less likely to contemplate suicide out of desperation, even if their situation is terrible. The internet certainly would be a underlying element of this factor. There are many more factors besides those above that could be listed, all of which could play their part in this reduced rate of suicide or very few of which could play a role. However, it is very unlikely that there is only one factor behind this effect and if the President’s message plays a role, then it is probably part of a much larger cast. I would love to see a good study done on this and hope that psychiatrist friend’s research goes smoothly and well. » Posted By Caru On March 19, 2012 @ 1:45 pm Giving Limbaugh the Bum’s Rush Wow, I didn’t know she was an ignoramus. » Posted By Caru On March 5, 2012 @ 3:06 pm Nice work, Murph. What does anybody think about this: I’m a little sceptical about whether this will achieve anything. » Posted By Caru On March 5, 2012 @ 1:55 pm Amusing and Little Known Trivia about American Presidents AdLib, where do you come up with this stuff? 🙂 » Posted By Caru On February 23, 2012 @ 6:24 am Never let the good get in the way of the self-interest and greed. » Posted By Caru On February 8, 2012 @ 3:09 pm A Quick Win For Romney May Damage Him Most If it becomes any more pronounced, I think his nose will fall off! » Posted By Caru On January 10, 2012 @ 2:10 pm Don’t sell yourself short. Your post would have been a worthy article in its own right. » Posted By Caru On January 10, 2012 @ 2:09 pm You may be right, but I’d say that it’s just as likely that the media, in general, will follow him around as if were in heat. No doubt the usual Republican suspects will pop up to create some non-issue, which the media will ask Romney his opinion of. » Posted By Caru On January 10, 2012 @ 12:10 pm How Mitt Romney Could Be Lockblocked As the level of craziness within the GOP race increases, the clarity of the outcome approaches zero. » Posted By Caru On January 6, 2012 @ 12:10 pm Free to Assemble- Not in Indiana; A GOP Tactic at Work I haven’t been able to find the square footage of the building, but considering the sheer size of the building, as shown below, I think that the 3000 number is a low-ball estimate as to how many people the building can safely hold. [img]http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/02/84802-004-EA0579DF.jpg[/img] Also, what about the grounds of the building? Are they limiting the number of people who can gather there too? » Posted By Caru On January 2, 2012 @ 5:40 pm VOTE NOW: The Biggest Political F#%! Up of 2011 Most of these are different kinds of fuck-ups, so it’s difficult to choose between them. However, since you specified political fuck-ups I’ll pick those that had the most negative political impact on those involved. 1.) It was inevitable that the Tyrants of Arabia would be at the top of this list. Their monumental cruelty and stupidity is what has led to their undoing. Obviously, none of them ever read the Evil Overlord List. 2.) Governor Walker’s anti-union rampage has to be on this list. Not only has it negatively impacted his political career – recall, anybody? – but it has damaged the conservative anti-union movement by galvanising the public against them. 3.) I dislike putting Anthony Weiner’s rather ridiculous sexting scandal so high on this list, but it cannot be denied that it had an immediate political impact. Namely, by destroying his mainstream political career. I haven’t heard of him since the scandal except as the butt of jokes. 4.) Rick Perry forgetting which agencies he would abolish put the final nail in the coffin that was his campaign. One could say that the entire GOP race is just a competition to see which vampire makes it out of the funeral parlour. 5.) Though Michele Bachmann never really had a chance in the race for the GOP nomination, her singular inability to not make things up firmly put her out of the running. P.S. An dishonourable mention must go the the GOP’s stance on payroll tax cuts, just for sheer ironic value. » Posted By Caru On January 2, 2012 @ 9:24 am PlanetPOV Music Night Tribute to the Incomparable Etta James The parents were at a concert by her last night. I have to say I was kinda jealous. She’s brilliant. » Posted By Caru On December 17, 2011 @ 4:37 pm George Orwell: Notes on Nationalism Lol. No problem. 🙂 » Posted By Caru On December 17, 2011 @ 9:37 am ‘Twas The Newt Before Christmas – A Political Parody AdLib, you’ve certainly got a knack for this! » Posted By Caru On December 13, 2011 @ 1:18 pm Behold and writhe in despair! Ayn Rand Dating Site http://www.theatlasphere.com/dating » Posted By Caru On May 17, 2012 @ 2:32 pm What is it they say about a fool and his money? ———————————————– “An Australian billionaire plans to build an ”unsinkable” version of the Titanic, 100 years after the original sank after hitting an iceberg.” http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0430/australian-billionaire-to-unsinkable-build-titanic-2.html » Posted By Caru On May 3, 2012 @ 2:19 am [img]http://ifolderlinks.ru/files/U1/ed/0f/30/dlya_elfika_happy-easter-postcard.jpg[/img] » Posted By Caru On April 8, 2012 @ 5:23 am @KT: That’s very true. “Captain Kirk is climbing a mountain…” 😀 » Posted By Caru On April 4, 2012 @ 4:19 pm I can’t picture Shatner as anything but a large ham. » Posted By Caru On April 4, 2012 @ 4:07 pm I still haven’t watched the original show. Unusual, since I’m a bit of Sci-Fi geek. 8) » Posted By Caru On April 4, 2012 @ 3:56 pm There’s a bit of a myth going around in the UK, mainly England, that Scotland is somehow a fiscal drain on the Union. The Tories are promoting it, of course. » Posted By Caru On April 4, 2012 @ 3:51 pm This is very interesting: “Young Children Learn About Prejudice by Instruction, Older Children by Experience” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319111823.htm » Posted By Caru On March 21, 2012 @ 10:01 am I just found out what grits are… » Posted By Caru On March 10, 2012 @ 4:33 pm This is very interesting: “Nasty People in the Media Prime the Brain for Aggression” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120307145428.htm Although the study does not mention the current state of the news media, it’s easy to connect their findings on relational aggression to forceful, simplistic, and abusive rhetoric of many pundits. » Posted By Caru On March 8, 2012 @ 5:21 amComments Posted By Caru
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