Saying one thing and doing another

On Saturday evening I told myself that I would put off the drinking and partying for at least a few weeks.

I lasted an entire night. ;)

This song is going to have a whole new meaning for me some time within the next year...

Why Are Young People Liberal?

Two National Review regulars debate why young people are liberal:



As a young person myself (but not a liberal) let me say that these guys are both totally wrong about nearly everything here.

Why are young people liberal? Answer: because nobody will fucking hire us! It's that simple. Older conservative employers would go a long ways toward fixing the situation simply by offering us jobs with decent benefits.

Unfortunately, most young people don't understand that the government (especially with our current fanatical anti-business president) is the problem. All they know is they can't get a job or pay the bills, and that only the Democrats are addressing those concerns in any way, shape or form. Yes, their solutions are garbage but they're at least providing young people with the delusion that they care about it. Republicans are more interested in calling us lazy.

Gee, it's such a mystery why young people don't vote for Republicans...

Against Intellectual Monopoly (by Michele Boldrin)

Against Intellectual Monopoly

"The Sleeping Giant"

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Brewing TV

Thinking about home brewing? Brewing TV is here to help and provide inspiration...

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How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time

Doctors: Homeopathy is witchcraft

Hundreds of members of the BMA have passed a motion denouncing the use of the alternative medicine, saying taxpayers should not foot the bill for remedies with no scientific basis to support them.

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Now, the annual conference of junior doctors has gone further, with a vote overwhelmingly supporting a blanket ban, and an end to all placements for trainee doctors which teach them homeopathic principles.

Dr Tom Dolphin, deputy chairman of the BMA's junior doctors committee in England told the conference: "Homeopathy is witchcraft. It is a disgrace that nestling between the National Hospital for Neurology and Great Ormond Street [in London] there is a National Hospital for Homeopathy which is paid for by the NHS".

The alternative medicine, devised in the 18th century by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann, is based on a theory that substances which cause symptoms in a healthy person can, when vastly diluted, cure the same problems in a sick person.

Proponents say the resulting remedy retains a "memory" of the original ingredient – a concept dismissed by scientists.

Latest figures show 54,000 patients are treated each year at four NHS homeopathic hospitals in London, Glasgow, Bristol and Liverpool, at an estimated cost of £4 million.-Homeopathy is witchcraft, say doctors

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Ron Paul in Iowa: Freedom is the Answer!

Recent changes in the Iowa Republican Party leadership could make it easier for Ron Paul there in 2012.

If you had mentioned Ron Paul’s name at a Republican state central committee meeting in 2007, the response you would receive in return would have not been flattering. Paul did participate in the Straw Poll, attended the Reagan Dinner, and met the criteria of the Fox News Debate that never came to fruition. Still, party insiders never embraced or really understood Paul’s campaign.

The make-up of the Republican State Central Committee changed dramatically at the last district conventions that were held on April 29th and May 1st. Of the 15 district representatives, only five were re-elected. Of the ten new faces, four of them are associated with the Campaign for Liberty, a group who shares many supporters with Ron Paul.

The block of four votes makes for an immensely powerful coalition inside the Iowa GOP. To put that in perspective, it takes nine votes to elect someone as chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa. In addition to electing party leadership, the central committee is also heavily involved in organization of the Iowa Straw Poll and the caucuses.-The RPI Revolution?

The Liars Club

I guess this means we can't trust anything politicians and corporate executives say. Hey, I already knew that!

Little fibbers could grow up to be big players. Children who learn to lie at an early age have better developed brains, marking them out as potential executives and leaders, say researchers.

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Lying involves multiple brain processes, such as integrating sources of information and manipulating the data to their advantage.-Kids who fib get to the top of the pile

Sweden's March Towards Capitalism

Bergh says that despite popular mythology, Sweden is not a socialist success story but instead owes its economic growth to the lowered tax rates and deregulation of the early 1990s, which allowed innovation and investment to flourish. Bergh also discusses how Sweden's national voucher program revitalized the country's educational system and warns that Americans who are hoping to emulate Swedish success by growing the public sector are learning the wrong lessons from Sweden.

via The Commentator

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