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Top 10 Songs Over 10 Minutes Long

Well, Sigur Ros isn't technically sung either. (see comment)

Obama says pointed abortion query “above his pay grade”

What, no grandiose and inspiring speech to get people's minds off the issue at hand? (see comment)

Obama says pointed abortion query “above his pay grade”

1st US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval

Georgia under Cyber Attack [Not The One In The USA]

First It Was Song Downloads. Now It’s Organic Chemistry.

Well in the case of the book referenced here (McMurray's Organic Chem 7th ed), this book is really, really popular. We use it here, and I have yet to find a school that doesn't. Some books are really standard in their field. (Halliday Resnick and Walker f … (see comment)

4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths, and Just a Handful of Images

No, this is the understanding of my girlfriend's father, a captain in the SVA at the time. (see comment)

Trans-fats banned in California

GoatMonkey: Freedom means having the option to do something that someone else doesn't agree with. If it doesn't directly affect anyone else, and you're of able mind, you should be free to do it. (see comment)

Trans-fats banned in California

They should have forced them to admit that it's not 100% meat (as not doing that would be tantamount to false advertising), but people should still have the option to consume sawdust-laced sausage if they want to. This kind of loose-handed government act … (see comment)

Trans-fats banned in California

I'd be satisfied with a ridiculous warning label. But litigating them out of existence, you must agree, is not the answer. As far as Palmfruit goes, I really don't care whether or not there is an alternative to trans fats. My argument is about a person's … (see comment)

Trans-fats banned in California

So the next step is forcing everyone to distill their own Whiskey, because whiskey is bad for your liver. Don't worry! You can still get some if you make your own! You just can't try to sell them to others at the liquor store. Why doesn't that make me fee … (see comment)

4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths, and Just a Handful of Images

So we pulled out of Vietnam and left hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese to be killed by the NVA. But at least we didn't have pictures of that, so it's out of mind. Wonderful. My girlfriend's father fought in the South Vietnamese Army. The way he te … (see comment)

4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths, and Just a Handful of Images

Correction: This is what people who care more than you do volunteer for. And before you get all bitchy-moany: I intend to enlist as a marine. (see comment)

Trans-fats banned in California

OK, Fine. Pass a law that says that all restaurants must label food that contains Trans-Fats as WARNING: CONTENTS DEADLY. I have less of a problem with that than I do with banning the products outright. Or you could, you know, just rely on people to know … (see comment)

Trans-fats banned in California

@TheMachine1: Then force the manufacturers to put a warning label on the packet of Doritos. WARNING: CONTENTS DEADLY. Even that would be preferable to banning them outright, if only because it would be indefensibly absurd. Your heart is in the right plac … (see comment)

Trans-fats banned in California

@Enigmocracy: Fuck yes. People have the right to pay a hooker to step on their balls if that's what they're into. (I can't say that I am, personally.) But you don't see the city council jumping up and down trying to ban testicle stepping. Probably because … (see comment)