ralis
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Does this ruling address licensing and testing for STD's? I am all for making the profession legal but there must be protections for public health. Nevada law requires that all women working in brothels be tested once a week for STD's. There has never been one case of HIV in Nevada brothels. However, in Las Vegas, where brothels are illegal, there are many prostitutes with HIV. Last count was somewhere between 300-400.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUPjteIxLZE
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Very sobering interview with Dr. Guy McPherson Professor Emeritus University of Arizona. Interview ranges from global warming, economics, problems of overpopulation and so forth. Will comment more tomorrow.
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The Red Green show was on PBS here for around eight or nine years. A parody on home improvement shows, the men's movement and other Canadian humor.
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Why fly to Canada when there are legal brothels in Nevada. Plus, there is plenty of gaming! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brothels_in_Nevada
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He is using 'empty' bait.
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Too tempting to resist.
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That didn't take long for RongzomFan to take the bait. Buddhists invariably grab the hook and want more. Fishing is fun!
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I wonder when the resident Buddhists will chime in on this one. Of course 'no self' must be part of this discussion.
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What you are offering is not truth but your own personal point of view. Your point about my ego being a problem is not well taken and borders on ad hominem. Furthermore, the above statement by you is condescending and is not a reasonable response to my critique of the OP. Why not back up your arguments with facts as opposed to your own agenda. I take issue with sweeping generalizations as you so state here. To leap from a personal experience and make judgments as to why you think society is obese is a non sequitur. Such statements are not based on statistical evidence but personal conjecture. My question is who are 'they'? What can't 'they' handle? Your statement about millions of suicides is preposterous. You have no evidence to back up such a statement. -
A very insensitive remark! I guess poor people have a choice when they barely have enough money to feed their children? There are at least 40 million here in the U.S. that are on food stamps. Many of those children go to bed every night hungry. Many of those children only eat what is provided for them in school. I suppose in terms of your world view, everyone makes clear conscious choices whether to eat organic chard or canned beans. I would surmise from your narrtive that poverty and being obese are conscious choices. High fructose corn syrup is added to sodas and many processed foods. There is much evidence as to the harm of such additives. The OP generalized from comfort food to that is the reason society has an obesity problem. Very poor logic.
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I forgot to mention medical issues such as diabetes.
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To associate persons with weight problems, as being unfeeling, not in touch with emotions, is conjecture at best. Such unfounded statements are not based in fact but seem to stem from a lack of asking critical questions as to the underlying cause of weight and obesity problems. Furthermore, there are myriad reasons as to why some have this problem. Cultural, minimal or no education in proper nutrition, genetics, psychological, poverty and the food industry. If the OP has a need to speak for his or her self, then fine. However, to make blatant generalizations is being unreasonable.
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l-arginine or any other amino should be pharmaceutical grade. That way one can be assured of a pure product with no fillers. Nutrabio.com manufactures pharmaceutical grade which I highly recommend. Since they sell to the public with no middleman, their prices are very reasonable. A 150 gram jar of l-arginine ethyl ester is less than 20.00 which lasts me 4-6 weeks. I only take 3 grams/day. The ethyl ester is stronger than basic arginine. Nutra Bio is a licensed FDA pharmaceutical manufacturer.
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A terton is a human using his or her imagination to create a so called enlightened being to worship. The Vedic rishis made the same claim. Visual art and poetry as opposed to some exalted divine being/realm. To claim otherwise is being disingenuous.
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Is the Libertarian Party the closest thing to Anarchism the U.S. political system has?
ralis replied to Aaron's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Another example as to why Libertarian/Tea bagger/Ayn Rand objectivism which encourages selfishness is antithetical to cooperation. http://www.salon.com/2013/12/10/ayn_rand_loving_ceo_destroys_his_empire_partner/ Once upon a time, hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert was living a Wall Street fairy tale. His fairy godmother was Ayn Rand, the dashing diva of free-market ideology whose quirky economic notions would transform him into a glamorous business hero. For a while, it seemed to work like a charm. Pundits called him the “Steve Jobs of the investment world.” The new Warren Buffett. By 2006 he was flying high, the richest man in Connecticut, managing over $15 billion thorough his hedge fund, ESL Investments. Stoked by his Wall Street success, Lampert plunged headlong into the retail world. Undaunted by his lack of industry experience and hailed a genius, Lampert boldly pushed to merge Kmart and Sears with a layoff and cost-cutting strategy that would, he promised, send profits into the stratosphere. Meanwhile the hotshot threw cash around like an oil sheikh, buying a $40 million pad in Florida’s Biscayne Bay, a record even for that star-studded county. Fast-forward to 2013: The fairy tale has become a nightmare. Lampert is now known as one of the worst CEOs in America — the man who flushed Sears down the toilet with his demented management style and harebrained approach to retail. Sears stock is tanking. His hedge fun is down 40 percent, and the business press has turned from praising Lampert’s genius towatching gleefully as his ship sinks. Investors are running from “Crazy Eddie” like the plague. That’s what happens when Ayn Rand is the basis for your business plan. Crazy Eddie has been one of America’s most vocal advocates of discredited free-market economics, so obsessed with Ayn Rand he could rattle off memorized passages of her novels. As Mina Kimes explained in a fascinating profile in Bloomberg Businessweek, Lampert took the myth that humans perform best when acting selfishly as gospel, pitting Sears company managers against each other in a kind of Lord of the Flies death match. This, he believed, would cause them to act rationally and boost performance. -
Here is a new interpretation of the first amendment. He is reacting to the Satanist monument. A complete laughable joke! http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/11/right-wing-radio-host-bryan-fischer-says-first-amendment-only-protects-christians/
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Who will be next for their own religious monument? Hindus want a statue of Hanuman. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/11/hindus-join-satanists-demanding-equal-placement-on-oklahoma-capitol-grounds/
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I am not a Mahayana Buddhist so stop trying to fit me into your neat little limited categories.
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The joker is an ancient archetype.
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There are two posting here that seem to spend all their free time on this thread. Very strange.
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Perhaps I am beyond meditation?
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This thread will continue ad nauseum with no absolute answers. There are none. As for me I am going on vacation and enjoy the natural world.
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Has anyone see the giant crosses? I have seen several while driving across Texas and Oklahoma. Such structures can be seen from 20 miles away. I imagine very few complain in those states.
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Oklahoma state lawmakers claim Oklahoma is a 'faith based state' and the Satanic monument is not allowed. I wonder if this will go eventually to SCOTUS. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/10/oklahoma-lawmakers-no-satanist-monument-because-this-is-faith-based-state/
