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Found an article that summarizes this study and several others: http://www.newsmax.com/US/spanking-studies-children-spock/2010/01/07/id/345669 Weirdly, this author compares studies like the one above to the climategate emails, but the comparison is not to say that both are wrong but that both are ri...

I am personally 100% against physical punishment of any kind. I see it as only contributing to violence, teaching children that hitting is okay, abusive, etc. Therefore, this pro-spanking article has me confused. "The Science and Statistics Behind Spanking Suggest That Laws Allowing Corporal Pu...

I want to say "Hooray, Obama will WIN in 2012!" But then I remember that (a) one of these crazies could well win given the craziness of America at the minute; and (b) Obama is himself so far to the right that him winning again is only a victory inasmuch as it keeps the power away from them .

I think one thing missing here is the role of religion. Conservatives don't just want people to be happy or unhappy, they want people to be moral and religious. They also believe in hierarchy and in following rules. Progressives, on the other hand, don't like hierarchy and don't like rules and would...

I've used test banks before, but from an instructors standpoint. Those things have HUNDREDS of questions. The one I used had 40 questions for each chapter, and the professor used one chapter a week. In most cases, a professor would pull maybe five questions for each week. In other words, in order fo...

That and it's only a matter of time until one of them gets shot, or makes a situation worse. Police are identified as police and trained as such for a reason.

Sarevok wrote:Am I the only who assumed the article must be satire based upon the title ?

No, that's what Surlethe thought when I read him the title and first couple of sentences. He thought it was the Onion or something.

Oh, wonderful. Now they're going to place even more emphasis on fucking worthless exams, I bet. Good. Other than the term papers, most of the written assignments in University are bullshit make-work projects anyway. And seeing how I had several final exams which were worth 100% of the course grade,...

[quote "Liberty"]And after the latest show, I'm still iffy about the portrayal of the mother, Steph. She's definitely an empowered woman, but she readily admits that before she got powers, she let her career get in the way of taking care of her children. First, the implication is that it ...

Freecycle? Freecycle is like Craig's List only everything is free. You just post stuff you don't want anymore, and people also post stuff they want, and if you see something you want that someone is offering, or if you realize you have something you don't need that someone wants, you just send an e...

At least you've made two little creatures very happy! Do you have freecycle, or anything like it? You can advertise the kittens and see if anyone wants them. Just a thought.

It's like a live-action version of 'The Incredibles'. My thoughts exactly! When I was trying to convince Surlethe to watch it with me (he thought it was a chick flick or something, because apparently if I like something it must be a chick flick), I described it as a cross between The Incredibles an...

Okay, NOW this is making me mad. If those article snippits are accurate, this whole thing is complete bullshit! And all those tea partiers are still crying about the "lamestream" media, which is supposedly in the liberals' pocket! What the fuck?

This is the first election I've really paid attention to the media, so I don't know how it usually is, but his diatribe against all the tea party candidates was pretty...well let's just say he was in no ways indirect. And then the right picked up like a million seats, including candidates he ranted...

I am not a conspiracy theorist, but this does appear to be convenient timing. Convenient in what way? Why would MSNBC be "looking for an excuse"? Did he do something else that was untoward but not strictly censurable? Has he been losing money/viewers for the network? Did his decision to s...

What shit. I mean he shouldn't have violated the policy, but this sucks. I wonder what his explanation is? Did he not know about the policy? Did he forget? That seems like something to know and remember.

I am not a conspiracy theorist, but this does appear to be convenient timing.

The way I see it, there are today two fundamentally different conceptions of what America should be: The extreme right wants a libertarian free market business centered theocracy that ensures both public morality and unbridled capitalism. They emphasize personal responsibility and are therefore agai...

The melodrama isn't really necessary. Yeah, this is ugly, but the Dems still control one house and Obama has his veto pen even if they don't. You might have noticed, in 2004, the GOP controlled the House and Senate, and had managed to get some kind of talking monkey into the White House. You might ...

Damn. It appears we're losing our house race. Yep, that means that I will be represented by Todd Young the teapartier in Congress. And Coats the carpetbagger in the Senate. I must say though, I've studied enough history to know that this isn't the end of the world. Elections come, and elections go. ...

Polls start closing at 7 PM eastern. Nothing will be called before then. For all the election year hoo-ha, my own race is fuck-off boring. I'm still registered in 1st New Jersey, so my congressional race is between a longtime Democratic incumbent who will win easily and a bunch of sacrificial mooks...

When's the results for these sort of elections expected to be called? It depends on how close they are. If the results are fairly obvious, it's not uncommon for one candidate to concede anytime after 9:00 pm or so (for example, of 50% of the vote is counted and one candidate has 80% of the vote). T...

Oh yeah, and another one I forgot:

New York State Governor (Paladino v Cuomo)

And of course I'm attached to my congressional race (9th Indiana), but there are way too many congressional races to keep track of them all.

Which elections do you guys feel are the interesting ones to watch? So far I have: Delaware Senate (Christine O'Donnell's going to lose, and watching should be interesting anyway) Nevada Senate (My god Angle could win! Polling has been close!) Kentucky Senate (Rand Paul will probably win, but it's s...

As per usual I will stop by the liquor store to buy a bottle of Jack after work. I will then proceed to the polls to cast my vote to keep Kasich as far away from the Governorship as I can. After the baby goes to bed I will crack open the bottle and then either wallow in misery or relaxed contentmen...

Why don't you have elections in either summer or spring? And lol, is it actually stipulated you have to vote on tuesdays and not any other day? How about - the weekend? The constitution states that elections will be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Don't ask me why. I v...