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A suburban Chicago high school crowns a 17 year-old girl with Down syndrome their 2008 Homecoming Queen.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/people/Girl_with_Down_syndrome_voted_Homecoming_Queen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-down-syndrome-queen_18oct18,0,970777.story
Who Won The Last Debate? Obama Dominates By Largest Margins Yet.John McCain didn't just fail to get the game-changer he needed -- he was trounced in this third and final debate, if the instant post-debate polling provides any indication.
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Who_Won_The_Last_Debate_Obama_Dominates
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/15/who-won-the-last-debate-o_n_135066.html
Our son Joseph was born in 2003 with Tetrasomy 8p - an extremely rare genetic condition (only 13 cases worldwide) impacting Chromosome 8. All previously reported Tetrasomy 8p cases were mixed with normal cells. However, Joe has Tetrasomy 8p mixed with Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21). He is therefore the only person ever reported worldwide to have both of these conditions together. Mosaic genetic conditions are rare. For example, only 2 to 3% of people with Down Syndrome have mosaic Down Syndrome. Most web sites discussing mosaic Down Syndrome assume the mosaicism is with normal cells - not a second chromosomal issue. Mosaicism can sometimes lessen the impact of a genetic condition, due to the presence of normal cells. However, in Joe's case, he has no normal cells. Joe has had other medical issues, including agenesis of the corpus callosum, heart surgery, and fundoplication surgery. We will be uploading other videos on how he was taught to eat and walk. The enclosed video (Part 1) is the inspirational story of his life from birth to age 5. His story is a message of hope to those who may be struggling with a prenatal diagnosis - especially for rare conditions and multiple disabilities. The Little Joe Story: A diagnosis is not always a prognosis. This was our first ever video. If you'd be interested in future Joe videos, hit play, then click the yellow "subscribe" button and you'll get auto-notified when we post one.
Human evolution is grinding to a halt, according to a leading genetics expert. The gloomy message from Professor Steve Jones is: this is as good as it gets.
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/general_sciences/Humans_will_not_evolve_further_says_geneticist
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/humans-will-not-evolve-further-says-geneticist-953723.html
Joe Biden did more for the equality of the sexes with his honest display of paternal emotion during the vice presidential debate than Sarah Palin's presence on the executive ticket has or will ever do. Biden visibly teared up when he rebutted the that "just because I am a man" he didn't understand what it was like to wonder whether a child wouFull Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Joe_Biden_s_Tears_the_Political_Power_of_Paternal_Love
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leah-mcelrath-renna/joes-tears-the-political_b_131460.html
But she steadily started gaining weight as a teenager because of an under-active thyroid gland. By the time she graduated from college her weight had ballooned and she wore a U.K. dress size 26-28.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Woman_goes_raw_loses_more_than_half_herself_2
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/26/weightloss.angela.stokes/index.html
WARNING, INCOMING BOSS!!! Perfect cell by choujin. remember him from rugal_E's initiation? he's back for payback. Much like most DBZ ais, he tends to leave himself widely open when he powercharges. but in a basic standpoint, he's a boss with SNK boss syndrome; high damage, priority, and speed. also the AI disables damage dampeners if you didn't know; when the player uses cell, he gets damage dampeners, much like the way Rikard's Sachiel has a player mode which disables most of the boss features. as for cell himself. well he's your stereotypical villian. evil, and a complete asshole who's better than everybody. His imperfect form (level 1 before he tail-swallows android 17) is scary, seriously, no DBZ character other than imperfect cell has creeped me the hell out. (if you want to see imperfect cell, check Shinryuu82's current profile image) he temporarily lost his perfection when lvl2 gohan beat the shit out of him so much, it cause him to puke 18 up- losing his perfection. but after that, two deus-ex machinas are pulled off- lvl 2 cell attempts destroy the world by "thunder" style suicide ("thunder" is from the movie "big trouble in little china"). so goku lamely sacrifices himself willingly, and king kai unwillingly to let cell blow himself up. first off, this doesn't guarantee a "true death", goku comes back int the buu saga, and second thing, he's be better off GTFOing but no, he has to make it "dramatic and tearful" even though death in DBZ lacks the "impact" because they can resurrect with the dragonballs or life-sacrifice; as witnessed in the Buu saga. but by deus ex machina #2 cell comes pack, perfect because of "all the power he gained when he regenerated from one single fucking cell" and he even went on a long winded speech to describe it fully. then gohan & cell squared off again, but it takes a sneak attack by vegeta to bring cell to his doom (and then gohan disintergrates cell with a giant kamehameha wave- which is basically the same as hadou) STAGE: Reborn in flames BGM: Writhe in Pain (Millia's theme) - Guilty Gear series
NBC compares the tax plans of Barack Obama and John McCain, and finds that Obama's plan would lower taxes for the vast majority of Americans, while McCain's tax cuts for the wealthy would drastically increase the federal deficit.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/NBC_Obama_s_Plan_Means_Lower_Taxes_For_Middle_Class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITT75RROgQ8
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Yesteday, more news broke that says our favorite plant’s favorite chemical, tetrahydrocannibinol (THC), is getting closer to a medical breakthrough. Turns out that compounds in the drug have antibacterial properties that might even defeat antibiotic-resistant germs like MRSA. But that’s not all, of course—weed has applications that go far beyond.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/More_Proof_That_Marijuana_Is_A_Miracle_Medicine
http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/09/08/more-proof-that-marijuana-is-a-miracle-medicine/
Why do many people continue to believe that there is a link despite overwhelming evidence? The answer is something that has more credibility than the best scientific study: personal experience. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Autism_and_Vaccines_Why_Bad_Logic_Trumps_Science
http://www.livescience.com/health/080905-bad-autism.html
McCain's campaign likes to herald the independence of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which has been pushing for a legal vote on whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the U.S.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Fringe_Alaskan_Independence_Party_Palin_was_a_Member
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html
Wrote Voddie Baucham, for example: "She put her child at risk, not for an official, necessary, or emergency duty as the Governor of Alaska, but because she simply `was not going to miss out on that speech.' A speech!"Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Not_All_Evangelical_Conservatives_are_Thrilled_with_Palin
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/31/1469/85335/817/580901
Sarah's 4 month old son, Trig, is actually her grandson. Trig's real mom, suggests the internet underbelly, is Sarah's teenage daughter, Bristol. Bristol was taken out of school for 4 or 5 months because she got "mono," ... Would a 44-year-old woman with four kids out of diapers, embarking on her first governorship, really get pregnant? Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/We_re_Going_with_The_Rumor_Sarah_Palin_is_not_Trig_s_mother
http://www.236.com/news/2008/08/30/were_going_with_the_rumor_sara_1_8598.php
Selecting Sarah Palin as its choice for a vice presidential candidate is perhaps the worst such choice in American History. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Robert_J_Elisberg_The_Worst_Vice_Presidential_Nominee_in_U
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/the-worst-vice-presidenti_b_122491.html
If you didn't vaccinate your kids, you too could find yourself partly responsible for the resurgence of a disease thought eliminated in 2000Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Measles_is_back_Because_your_kids_aren_t_vaccinated
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=measles-is-back-and-its-because-you-2008-08-22&sc=rss
She said, "I couldn't let him die alone. And so I held him for the 45 minutes that he moved. He moved a little bit. Of course he didn't cry." Ms. Stanek says she was horrified and went to work in Christ Hospital thinking because of its name, abortion and such other practices would not be tolerated.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/INFO_A_bill_designed_to_protect_infants_after_live_births
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=20018853
LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge (born July 19, 1985, in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional basketball player with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. He is a 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) power forward/center. Aldridge was drafted 2nd overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls, only to have his draft rights traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for their pick, Tyrus Thomas and Viktor Khryapa, shortly after. The Bulls acquired the pick from the New York Knicks in the 2005 Eddy Curry trade. Aldridge missed the first seven games of the 2006-07 NBA season due to off-season shoulder surgery, but returned ahead of schedule due in part to an injury to fellow rookie teammate Brandon Roy. Aldridge made an immediate impact on offense, averaging 8.4 points on 54% shooting from the field through his first 14 games. After the loss of starting center Joel Przybilla in February of 2007 to season-ending knee surgery, Aldridge was awarded the starting center position and improved his scoring to 14.7 points alongside 8.0 rebounds per game in the month of March. This placed him second in the voting for the Western Conference Rookie of the Month to Roy. On March 31, 2007, in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers, Aldridge was taken to Providence Hospital in Portland for shortness of breath and irregular heartbeat. He was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome on April 9, 2007, and missed the remaining eight games of the 2006-07 season. He is expected to make a full recovery. Aldridge was one of six players named to the 2007 NBA All-Rookie first team; he tied for fifth place along with Toronto Raptors player Jorge Garbajosa. Aldridge increased his play in his sophomore year, with career highs in points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals, and finishing third in voting for the Most Improved Player award.
Yesterday, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly agreed with McCain and argued that it was fair for insurance companies to cover Viagra but not birth control because “birth control is not a medical condition” Although O’Reilly may not know it, preventing unwanted pregnancies is not just another “choice.” It is “central to good health care for women.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/O_Reilly_Why_Should_I_Have_to_Pay_for_Your_Birth_Control
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/18/oreilly-dinner-viagra/
Smoking can help boost memory and concentration, say scientists. The discovery offers hope of a nicotine pill that mimics these effects to treat Alzheimer's disease.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Smoking_is_good_for_your_memory_and_concentration
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1034701/Smoking-good-memory-concentration.html?ITO=1490
"I’ve been blogging for about five years now and I’ve always been commended for my honesty. On one hand it’s accurate because I don’t lie in my blog and I readily admit things that really don’t cast me in the greatest light! But on the other hand… There’s a lot I just don’t say because I’m too ashamed. And I am so fucking tired of being ashamed."Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Life_at_530_Pounds_A_Brutally_Honest_Account
http://thesugarmonster.livejournal.com/114631.html
It is almost certain that the 56 percent of California voters who approved Proposition 215 in an attempt to legalize medical use of marijuana did not intend for employers to discriminate against persons who take advantage of the law they passed. It's clear the court majority reacted with a knee-jerk against any kind of pot use.
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/No_Good_Reason_For_Anti_Medical_Pot_Decision_Against_Voters
http://www.theunion.com/article/20080707/OPINION/983988061/1026&parentprofile=1056
CAFCASS and the 'Voice of the Child' The Times, July 23, 2005 A big lie that destroyed a boy's trust By Alexandra Frean ANTHONY DOUGLAS was eight years old and in the middle of a game of off-ground tag in his street when he discovered his family's big lie. "Get down, you bastard!" one of his playmates shouted. When he later asked his parents what this meant, they explained that he had been adopted at the age of seven weeks. "That was a defining moment. I realised that the whole street knew, but not me. It was such a terrible breach of trust and I don't think I ever recovered. Perhaps some of my passion about consulting children comes from that moment," he says. It had never been a happy home. His father, whom he now believes had Asperger's syndrome, bullied and beat his mother but maintained an outward front of respectability. Young Anthony counted down the days to his 16th birthday when he could leave the unhappy couple, imagining every time the doorbell went that it was his "real mother" coming to get him. Reflecting on what a Cafcass officer might have made of his childhood situation, he says: "I hope she or he would have started by asking me. "I like to think I would have talked freely, if I thought they cared and understood." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article547004.ece From The Times LEADER July 23, 2005 The mouths of babes It would be unwise to ask children to choose between their parents. There are rarely true "winners" from any divorce but children are often the greatest losers. It is right that this fact and their interests are awarded a very high priority when arrangements for custody are determined. The precise weight offered to their preferences as to whom they might live with remains, however, a matter of controversy. This argument will be further stoked by the candid views put to The Times today by Anthony Douglas, the chief executive of the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service. Mr Douglas believes that, with a number of exceptions, children from the age of 7 should have the primary voice in deciding their future. He has previously written that the judicial system should "listen to children first and last". He contends that, on the whole, children have the insight and maturity to know what they want and that those insights should be respected by the courts. He has cited his own extremely difficult circumstances as a child — the adopted son of two parents where the father had come to "hate and detest" the mother — as an illustration in favour of his position. Mr Douglas is an able public servant, passionate about his work and a staunch advocate for children. He recognises some of the challenges that a shift in the presumption of the law in this area might bring. He may, though, underestimate their impact. There are three powerful reasons against moving in the manner that he suggests. The first concerns the age of the children he would empower. The level of maturity of those aged not merely 7, but up to the early teens, varies enormously. The difference is not just personality, but by gender and, for example, whether the child is the eldest, youngest or in the middle and the size of the family. Then there are the strengths or not of the broader family network. It would be an unwelcome step for the courts to assume that children at anywhere close to this age are the best judges of their own interests. The second consideration is the damage that could be done to the already fragile relationship between separating parents. There is the danger of creating a competition for the affections of children that would be utterly destabilising. Parents might seek to shower their children with favours and treats or, worst still, poison them against the other partner. Divorce is bad enough without any extra conflict. Finally, while it is clear that reform in this area is necessary, it has not been shown that the change required is that which Mr Douglas has suggested. The principal complaint made against the current system — and by sensible people and bodies, not merely aggrieved fathers dressed in silly costumes calling for "justice" — is that there remains a bias against awarding men the custody of children. Those children may also suffer as a consequence if denied proper contact with fathers.. Family law often lags behind social trends. In time more fathers will be awarded custody. Both the issues of access and alimony need to be policed more effectively. The change that Mr Douglas supports, nevertheless, would be a step in the wrong direction. 'even Toddlers Need Fathers' 'Helping fathers sustain a parental relationship with their child or children through the courts'. Kingsley Miller is the author of 'even Toddlers Need Fathers'. Website: http://www.eventoddlersneedfathers.com
The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves. Suicides accounted for 55 percent of the nation's nearly 31,000 firearm deaths in 2005...Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Fact_Half_of_gun_deaths_are_suicides
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/gun_deaths_suicide
There are over a dozen people working at our fair Gizmodo, but as a Windows user, I'm in a definite minority. I still rock XP, and I'm pretty happy with that. Why haven't I switched to Macs? Plenty of reasons, not least of which being that I'm just too smart to switch to a Mac.That's right, I'm too smart for Macs. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/microsoft/Why_I_Still_Use_Windows_Despite_the_Peer_Pressure
http://gizmodo.com/5018985/why-i-still-use-windows-despite-the-peer-pressure
After years of using prescription antidepressants that offered no relief for her anxiety disorder, Patsy K. Eagan experiments with her drug of choice- marijuanaFull Digg post: http://digg.com/general_sciences/The_Best_Cure_for_Anxiety_Disorder_Marijuana
http://www.elle.com/beautyspotlight/14013/marijuana-anxiety-disorders.html?cid=192
The belated questioning of fluoride in the most unlikely of places stems partly from unsettled questions—some new, some old—about possible links to cancer and thyroid and kidney problems if too much fluoride is ingested. But the push here mirrors a spreading nationwide awareness and re-examination of the health impact of a variety of chemicals.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Fluoride_s_glory_may_be_cresting
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/chi-fluoride-jones_23jun23,0,5451396.story
The cost of care for preemies is sky-high—some 15 times the expense of full-term infants and rising. Is there such a thing as too young?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Million_Dollar_Babies_7
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_25/b4089046084131.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
The Wests belong to a generation of parents who decades ago relinquished their disabled children, usually at the urging of physicians or other authorities. From the 1930s into the 1960s, tens of thousands of these children entered state facilities, which offered services that local communities lacked. Many never saw their families again.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/arts_culture/Family_Gives_Up_Disabled_Child_Tracks_Him_Down_40_Yrs_Later
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121218278041833793.html?mod=fpa_editors_picks
What have we done, and when will it end?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Oil_vs_Food_A_not_so_funny_cartoon
http://www.zcommunications.org/zgraphics/2661
If mainstream media has made one thing clear, it’s that we the people crave the bizarre. And sometimes, the bizarre is beyond what anyone could have imagined. Such is the case with certain rare and crazy diseases -- disorders that seem to defy reality. Unfortunately for the many sufferers out there, some diseases, however are very real.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/5_Crazy_Diseases
http://www.askmen.com/sports/health_150/189_mens_health.html?FLASH
For Hillary Clinton, Florida has nothing to with principle. It's just another power play.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Hillary_Clinton_Blows_Another_Hole_in_Her_Florida_Argument
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/05/hillary-clint-5.html
Clearly, you fail to understand why the Second Amendment was written. While it's become popular to say it has nothing to do with duck hunting -- and that's true as far as it goes -- very few people understand that it has nothing to do with defending yourself from muggers, burglars, or rapists, either, although that's a surely welcome side-benefit.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Second_Amendment_clearly_explained_to_a_cop
http://www.jpfo.org/smith/smith-leo-straight.htm
Decided to take on Gill one-on-one. He's just as tough as he was in Street Fighter 3, if not tougher thanks to him being a bit faster. He's the most dangerous when you're close to him, but, even at a distance, he can be devastating. I wasn't sure who to do this with, but chose Gambit to make this short. Gambit is made by M. Ken and Gill was made by GM. Gill's stage, from Street Fighter 3: Second Impact, was made by Caddie, and the music is Gill's theme from Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. Well, enjoy. "The mark of my deity shall scar thy D.N.A."
As of 2005, $758 million was spent on lobbying Washington since 1998 by big Pharma. More than any other industry. There are 2 pharmaceutical lobbyists for every one member of Congress. Twice as much money is spent on Marketing than on R&D by the biggest pharmaceutical companies. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Pharmaceuticals_When_the_Common_Good_Takes_a_Backseat
http://www.betterbodyjournal.com/health/pharmaceutical-drug-companies-marketing-and-policy-making
Every decade since 1980, deaths related to drug overdose have doubled. This huge increase in people dying is not because of a heroin or crack epidemic. It’s not young, black people who are dying either. This increase in deaths is happening in the middle-aged, white demographic. Why? Read on to find out how big pharma companies are causing this.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Big_Pharma_Companies_Legally_KIlling_Middle_Class_Americans
http://www.betterbodyjournal.com/health/pharmaceutical-drug-companies-killing-middle-america-legally-while-robbing-you-blind
Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to the Zoological Society of London. Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%. Humans are wiping out about 1% of all other species every year in one of the "great extinction episodes" in Earth's history.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/environment/Wildlife_populations_are_plummeting_at_a_shocking_rate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7403989.stm
In doing so he can now turn over all the pledged delegates he's won to Obama.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/JOHN_EDWARDS_ENDORSES_OBAMA_2
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/14/edwards.obama/index.html
"The antivaccination movement purports to try to save children. Instead, if it is successful it may be condemning millions of them to terrible ailments, and a significant fraction of them to death.
It is that simple."Full Digg post: http://digg.com/general_sciences/Vaccines_do_not_cause_autism
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/05/12/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/
Microsoft is still toiling away at the Zune, but there isn't a whole terrible much to show for it so far in regards to market impact. They just broke the 2 million mark, almost a year after they hit 1 million in May 2007. That means growth has hardly accelerated since the second-gen players hit the scene. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/microsoft/Zune_breaks_2_million_sold_stealing_market_from_Creative
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/10/zune-breaks-2-million-sold-stealing-market-from-creative-not-ap/
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...a huge impact in their first Premier League season last term. "This hasn't happened over a game a two - it is second season syndrome to a large extent," he told Sky Sports News. "The second season, every team around us knows what we are about - they have...
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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3531939,00.html
In an overwhelmingly overweight nation that worships thinness, many describe prejudice against the obese as one of the last socially acceptable biases. Advocates for the plus-sized, particularly activists in the "fat acceptance" movement, want obesity to become a category legally protected against discrimination, like religion, race, age and...Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Is_there_a_legal_right_to_be_obese
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-fatapr28,0,125356.story
The prospect of iPods that can hold millions of songs and PCs being able to turn on instantly, rather than taking minutes to "boot up", comes much closer today.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/general_sciences/Scientists_unveil_revolutionary_racetrack_computer_memory
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/04/10/scimem110.xml
He hadn't seen her in years, not since she left home for good. Then he found her — in the pages of a porn magazine.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/people/My_Sister_s_Secret_Life_as_a_Porn_Star
http://www.marieclaire.com/life/sex/advice/secret-life-porn-star?src=digg
A Mother's Confession. Kids' disorders...ADD to autism. Personal story by former CNN Sr writer/producer on her kid & social pressures to accept disorder diagnosis/treatment for son she doesn't feel are appropriate. In end, she caves--like a lemming, she says, weak, fearful to stand up. Piece is smart, heartfelt & at times humorous.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/My_Kid_Doesn_t_Have_ADD_Etc_But_I_Had_Him_Labeled_Anyway
http://www.burbia.com/node/1688
Big oil made it up.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/Our_gas_shortage_is_a_LIE_Businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/apr2008/bw2008041_945564.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives#=rss
At a town-hall meeting, Obama was asked if he would tap the former vice president for his Cabinet to handle global warming. "I would," Obama said. "Not only will I, but I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in us figuring out how we solve this problem. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Obama_I_d_Hire_Gore_2
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/02/obama-says-hell-consider-_n_94683.html
"I've become dependent on this drug, and I'm thriving." It's my Adderall too.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/people/I_m_21_and_addicted_to_pot_but_I_m_doing_just_great
http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/02/pot_smoker/
Talk about some bad luck!!Full Digg post: http://digg.com/pets_animals/Sunbathing_Woman_Killed_After_Stingray_Jumps_Into_Boat
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=65844
Click on one of the pictures to see the toll meth has on it's users. Some are quite shocking.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Faces_of_Meth_12
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/photo_8.html
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