tinypliny - 02/23/11 04:33
As with any human trait, the function of the immune system also has a normal distribution. And under this distribution 99.9% of kids will have regular immune systems that are incapable of defending themselves against invasion and subsequent infection by pathogenic species specifically targeted by the handful of mandatory childhood vaccines.

Jenny probably has no idea about what a normal distribution is. So yes, I wouldn't want to listen to her.

metalpeter - 02/22/11 19:21
If your baby has a suppressed immune system for some reason then you put that baby in grave danger with shots..... Once that child is fully developed the best thing for them is to get germs and then there body fights them off and when they go to day care or school at 5 they don't get sneezed on and die...... Babies aren't human pincushions ..... Jenny Isn't crazy she has her idea (not that I agree with them) oh but wait they haven't found a cure or a way to stop Autism so until they do she has a valid view..... I don't know if old wives tails travel faster or slower over the net I think slower cause people can find legit sites but not sure on that......

tinypliny - 02/21/11 17:28
I agree with this post 105%. And I rarely do that. :-)

metalpeter - 02/22/11 18:38
You are on there to look at all my Bandits and Bandettes Pictures....

I have a real life Facebook example.......

I go to the New Years Eve Party and Take Pictures .... Now some people I meet briefly and some people I don't know so I post the pictures here and on face book. One of the people not sure if she has a page here or if she does her user name Is Lara.... So I post pictures and then she winds up tagging them and there is a friends request.... She posted about a party at a bar.... I thought about going and should have but I didn't want to take the chance of only knowing her.... But it is connections like that that I think drive facebook really....

Another story is last year after Pride and the Dyke March went to see The Stripteasers and took pictures and have one person who was watching them as friends and the ladies who perform... This doesn't mean I know the Stripteasers or anything really there is just that connection.......

tinypliny - 02/21/11 17:38
I just like writing too much. :-)

paul - 02/21/11 15:35
My face is on there because I signed up to get a developer account. Then as (e:enknot) also discovered, it was during a time period of flux in their developer API and the info was up and down, outdated and full of broken links. My very minimal interest faded completely.

I doubt I would ever really use it. All of the people I neglected to keep in contact with are fine just where they are in my life.

I find it totally strange that so many estrip people are friends on there and then never publish here anymore. I guess facebook provides you with a false sense of security that the real internet just doesn't. I am really not sure. Maybe its that coupled with a sprinklling of friends and family.

In general, I guess blogging just lost out to simple status messages that fade off into nothingness. I guess I am old fashioned but I am pretty sure I will keep blogging. I have been a journaler since 3rd grade (e:paul,39689) afterall ;)

flacidness - 02/21/11 14:56
This site is alot more intimate, you kinda feel theneed to reveal more on here than you would on facebook. Facebook is to much like high school.atleast on here you know that there are alot more people on the same page as you.

uncutsaniflush - 10/28/10 21:14
I think that there are frightening (to me, at least) parallels between what is happening in the U.S. right now that the Wiemar Republic a few years before Hitler came to power. Many people are frightened that their traditional values are being discarded and they will grasp at anything that gives lip service to their traditions and values. If you think about it, isn't the tea party movement all about "Kinder, Küche, Kirche" ("Children, Kitchen, Church" in German)

As society changes there is often a reactionary backlash. With modern media and technology, both information and hate can spread quickly around the country and around the globe.

As homosexuality, itself, comes out of the closet, I think were are in the midst of an anti-gay backlash. 40 years ago a farmer in the rural U.S. South probably didn't hear much, if anything, about gays and lesbians. So the farmer wouldn't have thought of them as threats to his way of life. But nowadays, news and entertainment about gays and lesbians is commonplace. Homophobes are frightened by the fact that they live on the same planet as homosexuals. For some reason, they are threatened by the mere existence of homosexuals. And fear breeds violence and hate. I hope someday that there will be no homophobia but I think at the moment it is on the rise in certain segments of our country.

metalpeter - 10/28/10 17:04
They aren't going to be in a museum any time soon!, Sorry. Most people aren't this bad as this guy. That being said there is a very large % of people who do think this way. If one truly believes that homosexuality is a sin then it follows that anything that comes from it is the sinners fault. If that is you mind set of thinking that killing your self is a sin then why should that be celebrated? It shouldn't... I don't agree with this guy but I get the thinking pattern. This pattern is so often linked from "The Church".

I'll give a real life example of some of my thinking to show the same kind of thinking. You have a drug addiction or are just a thug and break into a house to steal stuff. Someone is home they have a right to shoot you (legally unless you are in no danger or they are leaving this is ok) or stab you to protect them selves and there home and their family (even if it just the dog they love). Once you decide it is ok to hurt someone else like that any thing that happens to you is fair game. You run down the steps and trip over broken sidewalk and smash your head open to bad you got what you deserve....

I'm not saying I agree with the guy, cause I don't at all. What I am saying is at first it looks crazy, but it isn't at all..In terms of how one thinks.....

jason - 10/28/10 10:08
I don't get mad at these people, even though it's easy to be mad. I am satisfied that people like that are going to be museum relics in our lifetime. We are going to bring our kids to a museum, point to this asshole and say "Can you believe people like this used to exist?"

tinypliny - 10/29/10 23:24
Also, Muslims have the best sartorial skills on the planet. I would NEVER trust an Indian Hindu or any of the other zillion religious/idealistic/non-religious/way-of-life Indian sects for making any garbs whatsoever.

tinypliny - 10/29/10 23:21
How is a muslim garb different from an arab garb?

PS: heh, all the top bollywood stars and starlets are muslims btw.

heidi - 10/29/10 21:59
What is "Muslim garb"? :::link:::

jason - 10/28/10 10:06
Juan Williams got fired for two reasons: First, and I think foremost, it was because he consistently went on Fox News Channel. This was a source of annoyance for his bosses. Secondly, it was because he was in a sanitized, politically correct, left-leaning company culture epitomized by that condescending bitch Schiller, that cannot come to terms with the fact that millions of people just like Juan Williams have suffered trauma because of the successful (and unsuccessful) attacks by Muslims on airplanes. The backlash was predictable and justified.

I won't say NPR violated his free speech rights. Only the government can do that. Some are arguing because of the government dollars being spent it does constitute a free speech violation, but I doubt that would be a successful argument in court. Juan Williams doesn't have a right to a job. If he wanted to be employed with NPR he had to be a good boy and stay on board with the company culture (as Libertad has already said). In the end he's making more money with a better company, and his reputation is only diminished in the eyes of hard core left wingers. All's well that ends well, and he'll be fine.

People are pissing and moaning over 2-3 million dollars (allegedly). I think they can do without it and let their moneyed, left-leaning demographic pick up the slack. For that matter, I think state sponsored news and political coverage is an awful, ill conceived idea. It's actually worse in the UK because you are forced to pay a license fee for the privilege of consuming nakedly biased, condescending coverage. If NPR were to keep the tax money, I wish they would focus on children's programming, educational and cultural programming. That's what I love most about NPR and PBS. I'm willing to pay for that.

libertad - 10/23/10 11:29
I don't see anything wrong with the firing of Juan Williams. This is definitely not a violation of free speech. I think that NPR and any other news agency is within its right to hire and fire the type of journalist that fits their programming. Their rationale for firing him is completely reasonable.

"His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR," the statement read. :::link:::

jbeatty - 10/22/10 20:22
They used to play the BBC World News Hour on NPR. I really enjoyed it. But it was always on at odd hours, I think around 11pm or midnight even.

tinypliny - 10/22/10 19:15
Meanwhile, across the pond, they are trying to cut funding and support to the BBC World Service - my favourite news source (apart from Google News).

metalpeter - 10/22/10 17:48
I can't believe I'm going to say what I'm going to say about Palin.

1st. You can't fire someone for something they say there is this thing called freedom of speech. Well except for Bill Maher and "Nappy Headed Hoes" . But you really shouldn't be able to... Lets say you can.

2nd. People are hired for how they speak and how they convey things. That is why you hired them you shouldn't get rid of them when they say something you don't agree with. Again you are in the MEDIA the truth is 1st.

What happened is that NPR doesn't like fox so he went on fox not npr so they fired him.

Every media person has a slight bias or in some cases a strong bias. Most shows or channels have a biased as well. O'reily fits in with fox and the way in leans.

Now I agree with Sarah Palin NPR should lose its funding, well or some or maybe the show he was on. They are trying to control what people say. If it isn't what they believe to be the truth they can fire you. Who says that they haven't made other people do what they say. The Media should be held to a certain standard.

The Problem with the news is that how news is covered has changed. News used to be just one part of the media and yes sometimes it did go along with government lines. Yes sometimes it was part of the propaganda machine. But it was about the truth. It wasn't about making a profit and having ratings. See when ratings come into it, you can't get into great discussions and different views of what is going on, you have to have catch phrases and quick little bits with no details and talking points and crap like that and people yelling and not really talking......

libertad - 09/01/10 20:53
People are so fucked up. It really disgusts me sometimes. Today I went to my barber on Grant, only to find he wasn't open. I continued down Grant to Amherst to get some sausage and this guy yelled out his window "black people are crazy!" I was really annoyed being that he was yelling it at me as he was driving by. It is such a cowardly thing to do to yell out hateful comments while in a vehicle knowing that nobody can catch you. I wanted to do something but I couldn't.

paul - 09/01/10 19:35
That's freaking awesome.