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BEWARE of what gas you purchase. If a gas price is too good to be true, it probably is. A lot of gas stations are filling their tanks with Ethanol mixes. Yeah it sounds great, until you realize Ethanol burns up 2x faster than normal gasoline. You aren't really saving money. I think there is a law in this state that you have to list the %. My local Chevron has 10% stickers on all its pumps, and they went up this week. 30% or higher is not worth the cheaper price per gallon.

The smoking purchase age is 19 in some states now. There actually is no age limit to use tobacco products. A 14 year old can smoke legally and not get in trouble, and the parent could not be punished either.

From what I've read and have heard from Europeans, there are many countries over there that have drinking limits 16 to even younger and some without limits all together. They don't have half the problem we do in this country with underage drinking. Teen do it, because you aren't allowed to. So its cool. I don't drink half as much as I use to because it really isn't all that special. Of course it'll be a culture shock at first, but overtime I think we'd see a decline. I don't think people should be able to drive by themselves until their 18 anyways.

Did you know:

Dark and Light Beer protects bone density because it contains high levels of an ingredient which allows the deposit of calcium and other minerals into bone tissue

Dark beer contains antioxidants that help prevent clogged arteries.

2 beers a day can keep the stroke away

http://www.allaboutbeer.com/features/233beer&health.html

Alcohol After a Heart Attack

The April 18, 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that found that drinkers of alcohol had a lower risk of dying from a heart attack. The study, led by Dr. Kenneth J. Mukamal of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, studied 1,913 patients at 45 hospitals between 1989-1994. Each patient had been hospitalized with a heart attack. The report concluded that moderate drinkers had a 32 percent lower risk of dying from a heart attack than those who didn't drink alcohol. Moderate drinkers, according to the researchers, were defined as people who drank at least seven drinks a week. Light drinkers (less than seven drinks a week) had a 21 percent lower risk. The findings were similar for men and women.

As in other studies, Dr. Mukamal's team found that alcohol helps prevent heart disease by boosting levels of HDL cholesterol and by thinning the blood or reducing insulin resistance.

This comes from askmen.com, I can't post the link because some of the pictorial advertisements. *cough* lol

Wine vs. Beer

According to Mr. Jim Anderson, wine connoisseur, "When you compare the raw ingredients that go into wine and beer, you'll find that wine, on one hand, is made purely from grapes, water and yeast. Grapes are a fine source of sugars, fiber and chromium, but few of those things survive the fermentation and filtering process. Yeast has loads of complex B vitamins, but again, they do not appear in the final product due to filtering."

Beer, on the other hand, is made from grains, water and yeast. Grains commonly used are barley and wheat (with cheaper, mass-produced beers relying on corn and rice), both of which are loaded with a variety of vitamins that survive the fermentation and filtering process. And the vitamin value of the yeast is conserved in the hundreds of unfiltered beers that are on the market -- both on tap and in bottles.

Single malt whiskey has more ellagic acid than red wine. Ellagic acid helps absorb rogue cells that can cause cancer.

I don't drink wine, but I'll defend Beer and Whiskey to the DEATH!!! X'D

again...

It certainly brings concern to the M rated category.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_el_pr/palin_troopergate

Report clears Palin in Troopergate investigation

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin violated no ethics laws when she fired her public safety commissioner, the state personnel board concluded in a report released Monday. "There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with these matters," the report says.

"Gov. Palin is pleased that the independent investigator for the Personnel Board has concluded that she acted properly in the reassignment of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan," her attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said in a statement.

An earlier, separate investigation by the Legislature found that Palin had abused her office.

Monegan said he felt pressure from Palin, her husband and her staff to fire a state trooper who had gone through a nasty divorce from Palin's sister. Palin denied the claim, and said Monegan was fired last July because she wanted the department to head in a new direction.

Monegan told The Associated Press on Monday that he was "perplexed and disappointed" by the report. It was prepared by Timothy Petumenos, an independent investigator for the Alaska Personnel Board.

"It conflicts with the first investigation and then casts doubts on both of them. So, it doesn't really resolve anything," he said. "If it did, then I could walk away. It does seem to fly in the face if circumstantial evidence."

A separate legislative investigation recently concluded that Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, abused her office by allowing her husband and staffers to pressure Monegan to fire the trooper. However, it upheld the firing because Monegan was an at-will employee.

Alaska Personnel Board investigations are normally secret, but the three-member board decided to release this report, citing public interest in the matter given Palin's status as a candidate for national office. Election Day is Tuesday.

Palin had earlier waived her privacy rights, but others in her administration did not and Petumenos sought to keep the matter from playing out in the media.

Documents released Monday did not include transcripts of separate depositions given by Palin and her husband, Todd.

That deposition was the only one given by Sarah Palin. She was not subpoenaed to answer questions in the Legislature's investigation, though her husband, Todd, gave an affidavit in that probe.

Petumenos said that during her deposition given under oath, Sarah Palin denied Monegan's claim — also given under oath — that she had two conversations with him about the trooper.

"Both of those conversations were denied in their entirety by the governor," Petumenos said.

Palin initially said she would cooperate with the Legislature's probe. But after she became John McCain's running mate, she said the investigation had become too partisan and filed an ethics grievance against herself with the personnel board.

Telephone messages left with state Sens. Hollis French, who led the legislative investigation, and Sen. Kim Elton, chairman of the Legislative Council, were not immediately returned.

http://kotaku.com/5075163/wall-street-journal-to-disney-buy-ea

The Wall Street Journal has some advice — we're guessing unsolicited — for Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger: Maybe it's time to buy Electronic Arts. Why? Well, the price might be right (right now) given that EA's stock has taken a pretty serious hit lately, partly due to general economic turmoil and on second quarter corporate earnings from the Madden publisher that WSJ calls "disappointing." Why does it makes sense?

WSJ notes two potential "win-wins." First, the Disney-owned ESPN, which could benefit both the sports cable channel and the Madden NFL series. Second, WSJ argues that Disney could save at least some of the "$200 million it spends annually to develop its own games" at Disney Interactive Studios. The internal Disney studio currently works on properties like High School Musical and Tinkerbell.

Snatching up EA could also mean plenty of new, internally developed intellectual property for Disney and all of its subsidiaries. Properties like Mirror's Edge, Dead Space and Army of Two could be future Disney Pictures projects. As Dante's Inferno could have. We suppose Disney could send property the other way, too, with future Pixar titles going to EA instead of where they're currently housed at THQ.

It would be one big orgy of commercial appeal for both parties.

The Wall Street Journal points out that EA's market cap is at $7.7 billion, a serious drop from the $19 billion of a few years ago. That's a bargain, it says, one that maybe Disney should go for. We'd seriously hope that, if they did, they'd retain all those smart EA people turning the company's image and quality around.

So... EA buys up all the small developers to create a monopoly of gaming, and now Disney is going to own all of that...

I THINK drinking everyday will have a worse effect than smoking everyday, but don't quote me on that, it's just an assumption. There're always exceptions like adults are advised to have a glass of wine after dinner for health purposes, etc. which are medical exceptions.

Kids should not be smoking or drinking.

Drinking in moderation everyday has no ill effects and is actually good for you. In fact a glass of wine a day is good for you.

Smoking every day, is not, even in moderation.

I honestly believe the drinking age should be lowered to 16. If kids can do it, then its not cool anymore. I think you'd see a decline over the next decade.

Check out the Hulk, Its really good, but people aren't really giving it as good of a chance because of that last debacle. There is another surprise cameo at the end.

Because the last Punisher sucked. Good movie, but it wasn't the Punisher.

Its partially the consumers fault too, No one wants to hear "Just go home, drink fluids, and get some rest". They demand meds, even if they don't really need them, then again who could blame them? You cant afford to miss a days work anymore.

I bought the entire series off ebay for $198, It wasn't a boxset, it was just all individual DVDs. If you can find a powerseller, you might can find a deal.

With how bad the economy is, we are going to have a lot of left over candy at my store, which means tons of discount candy.

Someone needs to put a boot up the FDA's ass. They are getting paid off to approve shit not ready for the public. I see commercials every day about suing a drug manufacture because it caused ill effects or death. FDR is turning in his grave.

You could fight the system and win. I knew a guy in my class that did so and won, because it never stated in the code that a boy couldn't wear a skirt. It depends on how the code is worded.

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This post is declining steeply. There is more ignorance and bigotry in the last round of posts than you'll ever see on Capitol Hill. Lets stick to posting facts and not slurs. No anti-chirst, no Wack Jobs, no Rich White Guys, these people have names. Respect them, each other, and yourselves.

...Metal Gear?!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_sc/sci_mercury

Slideshow contained in the link

WASHINGTON – Earth's first nearly full look at Mercury reveals that the tiny lifeless planet took a far greater role in shaping itself than was thought, with volcanoes spewing "mysterious dark blue material."

New images from NASA's Messenger space probe should help settle a decades-old debate about what caused parts of Mercury to be somewhat smoother than it should be. NASA released photos Wednesday, from Messenger's fly-by earlier this month, that gave the answer: Lots of volcanic activity, far more than signs from an earlier probe.

Astronomers used to dismiss Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, as mere "dead rock," little more than a target for cosmic collisions that shaped it, said MIT planetary scientist Maria Zuber.

"Now, it's looking a lot more interesting," said Zuber, who has experiments on the Messenger probe. "It's an awful lot of volcanic material."

New images of filled-in craters — one the size of the Baltimore-Washington area and filled in with more than a mile deep of cooled lava — show that 3.8 to 4 billion years ago, Mercury was more of a volcanic hotspot than the moon ever was, Zuber said.

But it isn't just filled-in craters. Using special cameras, the probe showed what one scientist called "the mysterious dark blue material." It was all over the planet. That led Arizona State University geologist Mark Robinson to speculate that the mineral is important but still unknown stuff ejected from Mercury's large core in the volcanic eruptions.

That material was seen with NASA's first partial view of Mercury by Mariner 10 in the 1970s. It was spotted again in Messenger's first images of Mercury's unseen side earlier this year. The latest Messenger images, added to earlier photos show about 95 percent of the planet, and the blue stuff was in many places, more than astronomers had anticipated.

Although Robinson described the material as "dark blue," it only looks that way to special infrared cameras. In normal visible light, it would have "a soft blue tinge and it would be less red" than the rest of Mercury, he said.

It's too early to tell what that material is, but it may have iron in it, Robinson said. That would be a surprise because Mariner 10 didn't find much iron, he said.

They they'd probably rape you on labor costs. Probably best to get a new one. They're saying HD tvs and blu-ray players are gonna get big discounts this holiday season because of the market. Who knows what that means for the rest of the electronics market.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_el_pr/skinhead_plot

WASHINGTON – Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.

In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people — 14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.

The spree, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, "shooting at him from the windows," the documents show.

"Both individuals stated they would dress in all-white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt," the court complaint states. "Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt."

An Obama spokeswoman traveling with the senator in Pennsylvania had no immediate comment.

Sheriffs' deputies in Crockett County, Tenn., arrested the two suspects — Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark. — Oct. 22 on unspecified charges. "Once we arrested the defendants and suspected they had violated federal law, we immediately contacted federal authorities," said Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce.

The two were charged by federal authorities Monday with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer, and threatening a candidate for president.

Cowart and Schlesselman were being held without bond. Agents seized a rifle, a sawed-off shotgun and three pistols from the men when they were arrested. Authorities alleged the two men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal more.

Jasper Taylor, city attorney in Bells, said Cowart was arrested Wednesday. He was held for a few days in Bells, then moved over the weekend to another facility.

Until his arrest, Cowart lived with his grandparents in a southern, rural part of the county, Taylor said, adding that Cowart apparently never graduated from high school. He moved away, possibly to Arkansas or Texas, then returned over the summer, Taylor said.

Attorney Joe Byrd, who has been hired to represent Cowart, said in a written statement that he was was investigating the charges against his client and would have no further comment. Messages left on two telephone numbers listed under Cowart's name were not immediately returned.

No telephone number for Schlesselman in Helena-West Helena could be found immediately.

The court documents say the two men met about a month ago on the Internet and found common ground in their shared "white power" and "skinhead" philosophy.

The numbers 14 and 88 are symbols in skinhead culture, referring to a 14-word phrase attributed to an imprisoned white supremacist: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children" and to the eighth letter of the alphabet, H. Two "8"s or "H"s stand for "Heil Hitler."

Court records say Cowart and Schlesselman also bought nylon rope and ski masks to use in a robbery or home invasion to fund their spree, during which they allegedly planned to go from state to state and kill people. Agents said the skinheads did not name the African-American school they were targeting.

Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville, Tenn., field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, said authorities took the threats very seriously.

"They said that would be their last, final act — that they would attempt to kill Sen. Obama," Cavanaugh said. "They didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying."

He added: "They seemed determined to do it. Even if they were just to try it, it would be a trail of tears around the South."

An ATF affidavit filed in the case says Cowart and Schlesselman told investigators the day they were arrested they had shot at a glass window at Beech Grove Church of Christ, a congregation of about 60 black members in Brownsville, Tenn.

Nelson Bond, the church secretary and treasurer, said no one was at the church when the shot was fired. Members found the bullet had shattered the glass in the church's front door when they arrived for evening Bible study.

"We have been on this site for about 120 years, and we have never had a problem like this before," said Bond, 53 and a church member for 45 years.

The investigation is continuing, and more charges are possible, Cavanaugh said. He said there's no evidence — so far — that others were willing to assist Cowart and Schlesselman with the plot.

At this point, there does not appear to be any formal assassination plan, Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren said.

"Whether or not they had the capability or the wherewithal to carry out an attack remains to be seen," he said.

Zahren said the statements about the assassination came out in interviews after the men were arrested last week.

The Secret Service became involved in the investigation once it was clear that an Obama assassination attempt was part of the plot. Obama received a Secret Service detail in May 2007, the earliest a candidate has ever been assigned protection, in part because of his status as a prominent black candidate.

"We don't discount anything," Zahren said, adding that it's one thing for the defendants to make statements, but it's not the same as having an organized assassination plan.

Helena-West Helena, on the Mississippi River in east Arkansas' Delta, is in one of the nation's poorest regions, trailing even parts of Appalachia in its standard of living. Police Chief Fred Fielder said he had never heard of Schlesselman.

However, the reported threat of attacking a school filled with black students worried Fielder. Helena-West Helena, with a population of 12,200, is 66 percent black. "Predominantly black school, take your pick," he said.

If Obama wins, I'm pretty sure he will be the 5th president in our history to ever be successfully assassinated. I don't even think McCain can survive through a term in office. Keep that in mind when you vote, because this is the first time when the VP has a high percentage chance to become president unexpectedly.

Just be careful with those video cards or other computer hardware that says on the inside of the box: "Do not return this product to the store!" and then it has warranty crap on it about getting a replacement from the manufacturer. What a joke. I'll never fall for that shit again. To get a replacement product for most of these returns, you have to ship the original product to the manufacturer, plus a check (that they'll cash!) to cover the cost of the new product they'll ship back to you, until the broken one you send in gets to them and they process it. WTF ever. I didn't return it at all, I just chucked the damn thing in the garbage and swore off the brand.

Thats why you take it to your nearest wal-mart and tell them you need to swap it out, even if you didn't buy it there, they are to stupid to know that you didn't and that they aren't suppose to take it back. Its not like its wrong to rip off the most evil corperation on earth.

Yeah I catch this show a lot at my friends place. The auto shotgun with the 140 shell drum clip is wicked. X'D

They have yet to prove that they can make a film that stays true to the original story.

Buy an Xbox 360. $300 will heat your home all winter... at least the room you are playing it in. X'D That thing is a furnace if you play it more than an hour. Playing Rock Band for hours in my friends apartment is torture. Playing Call of Duty in my small room is pure hell. the PS3 does so as well. The room will even stay warm for hours after you turn it off. It just sucks in the summer. x_X