Via
Boing Boing we have yet another volunteer journalism account of waterboarding from the Straight Dope message board:

It seems that there is a point that is hardwired in us. When we draw water into our respiratory tract to this point we are no longer in control. All hell breaks loose. Instinct tells us we are [...]

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Here’s a good example of why I don’t take “islamofacism” seriously. Whiskeyfire quotes one presenter’s experience with Muslim renegades in the audience who apparently
whispered too loudly and didn’t stay in their seats enough.

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Atrios says:

Any time there’s a horrible school shooting there’s talk of changing security as if there’s something schools can or should be doing. It’s stupid. We live in a society where lots of people have very easy access to guns. People who aren’t too concerned about getting caught or killed, as is usually the case, [...]

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I mean, seriously. Insurance is a bet: it’s a bet that you’ll pay more for the insurance over the long run than the insurer will have to pay out. Renters insurance, auto insurance, even life insurance — it’s how they make money.
But medical insurance? You’ve got to be kidding me. The only way you can [...]

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So, why have government-funded health care anyway? Here’s Dave Haxton:

But the most important reason to oppose this plan is the same reason I oppose tax breaks for office parks, food stamps, farm subsidies and the war for oil in Iraq: if you want to contribute your hard earned cash to any of those “worthy” causes [...]

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