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• See the New Batman ‘The Dark Night Rises’ Trailer Everyone’s Talking About — Notice Any Occupy Themes?

  May 1, 2012 at 10:28am

  In reply to Duey2000.

  I agree that Nolan is taking a stance against the actions of the rioting masses b/c I‘ve seen more than just this trailer and read a little into what the plot is so I am not commenting on things that I don’t really know about, unlike some who have said things without knowing the full plot. For those of you who hadn’t considered it, the story of this film was written in very early 2010, well before the OWS stuff went down. This story is eerily similar to real life events and it was written before most of this stuff really came into the public eye. The movie is going to be worth seeing and I think it will buck against the communist themes that many of you are mistakenly believing to be pro communism.

• Couple Catch Foul Ball & Fail to Give it to Heartbroken Child, TV Announcer NOT Pleased

  April 27, 2012 at 2:37pm

  In reply to APROUDVETERAN.

  Look at those pictures closely (especially the one claiming that the woman is rubbing it in the kids face) and you will see a very different story. The woman is holding the baseball in the kids direction but it just so happens that between the screaming child and the woman holding the ball is her fiancee holding his camera phone to take a picture of her holding the ball they just caught. People need to get real and stop assuming that every danged person is a jerk these days. Give people the benefit of the doubt and get the facts before jumping to conclusions. I wouldn’t notice a screaming child next to me at a baseball game b/c there are screaming children all over the place in public these days b/c many parents don‘t know how to parent and don’t know how to read up about it, it would seem. Maybe the couple thought the child was crying b/c of all the commotion that just occurred w/ a bunch of adults (including my dad) lurching for a ball. That’s the first thing that would come to my mind if I were them and I am a father of three kids. Another thing is I‘ve read many people saying that there’s a rule among fans at baseball games to give a caught ball to a nearby kid. Maybe this couple doesn’t go to a lot of baseball games or know this rule b/c I sure as heck don’t go to baseball games and never would have thought about that. I also think that you shouldn’t give a screaming child the shiny new thing they want- it‘s a little thing called positive reinforcement and it’

• 150 Afghan Schoolgirls Poisoned in ‘Anti-Education’ Attack

  April 17, 2012 at 12:46pm

  In reply to HPC172ERTAV.

  It’s funny to read people who post that those who are doing this sort of thing are inhuman and are behaving like wild animals. I wonder if you feel the same way about the white slave owners in the south during the first 100+ years of this country. Were they subhuman animals? There were similar intimidation practices used by the slave owners. Ya, they maybe didn’t use poison but any slave caught trying to learn to read or become educated in any form was beaten. The principle is the same. Knowledge is power and the wicked men behind this attack on these unfortunate young women and girls know this and fear it – just as slave owners feared an educated slave. If the two situations are different in your mind ask yourself why that is. Is it b/c one group was “Christian” and the other is from a religion you do not accept? If anything, those who professed to be Christian and committed such heinous acts should outrage you even more. And don’t for a minute try to say that it is different from what Muslims are doing b/c they do it in the name of their God and religion b/c there were plenty of Christian preachers and literature being written saying that it was morally fine to have a slave and treat them as you had to in the south as well.

• Female High School Soccer Player Charged With Assault After Beating Opponent During Match

  March 30, 2012 at 12:13pm

  I sure am feeling the love from all the posters on this story. Think about it – four years ago none of you would be as infuriated about this story but since Obama and his AG Holder have done/said relatively racist things, you all are getting angry about a story that really may not have a single thing to do with racism. For anyone that has said this girl needs to be charged with a hate crime, you need to relax… a lot. We all need to relax and just calm down, imo. Think rationally and wisely and vote Obama asap.

• ‘I Suggest It to All Moms’: Mad Men Star Touts Health Benefits of…Placenta Eating

  March 27, 2012 at 12:35pm

  In reply to cookcountypatriot.

  Chill out people. The placenta is dehydrated and encapsulated and so all that’s left of it is the protein and hormones it was producing to keep mother and baby (but mostly baby) healthy. After a woman gives birth her hormones are out of whack for a while and placenta pills are quite helpful in supplying hormones that your body is struggling to recover to make. Placenta encapsulation is also regarded as a very effective way to help women with postpartum depression which is thought to be caused by deficiencies in certain hormones/neurotransmitters. Ever heard of people with hypothyroidism? Guess what medication they were given for over 100 years and some people still use them – dessicated animal thyroid (sheep or pig thyroid, I believe). Just because you haven‘t heard about it doesn’t mean it’s wrong or bad. Just relax and think about it a bit… gee whiz.

• FreedomWorks President Tells Beck: Romney ‘Has the Numbers on His Side’ Against Obama

  March 8, 2012 at 3:24pm

  In reply to EthicsGirl.

  There is probably a lot of info in that book about how to get organized in a more basic level which is what FW is mostly about. Yes, Alinsky was all about nasty tactics but as GB has been saying (and he’s not the first one to acknowledge this), those groups that are the most organized usually end up on top. We need to get organized and move as a united voice for freedom and truth and all the ideals that founded this nation.

• ‘We Are the Real Muslims’: Recap of the Rally Held in Support of NYPD Monitoring Program

  March 6, 2012 at 5:53pm

  In reply to mike_trivisonno.

  /Ignore Mike_Triv, he’s a troll or a lib posing as a conservative and acting out his views of conservatives as hateful, bigoted idiots when there are plenty of those on both sides of the political spectrum with more in between. Islam has plenty of peaceful and good adherents and I know many of them so lumping an entire population into the “terrorist” plot is about as dumb as you can get. Mike, do yourself a favor and be a productive member of society instead of a drain on your parents and develop some self respect.

• Cheer Coach Removed for Screaming at Students and Calling Them ‘Heifers’

  February 14, 2012 at 10:49am

  In reply to OhSuzieQ.

  So what if these girls are overweight? That means they should be called heifers? Maybe some of you don’t realize it but being a teenager these days is a lot harder than it used to be and if you are overweight you can compound the difficulty factor. The last thing these girls need is an adult yelling at them about how horrible they are. If they need to improve, stop yelling and be a coach and figure out a solution. Some of you will say that that’s what coaches do is yell. Well, my high school basketball coach never yelled but we knew if we didn’t listen or perform like we should that we would pay for it by running the stairs of the football stadium w/ a 45lb weight. An effective leader doesn’t need to yell or belittle to get results. Some of you are a little callous in your assessment of this situation and others. Yeah, there are a lot of spoiled punk kids out there but tough love is what they need, not just the “tough” part – that’s where prison comes in. This coach didn’t seem to be helping these girls understand that she cared about them b/c this yelling was a common occurrence it seems.

• What Sort of Monster Is Swimming Beneath the Frigid Waters of This Icelandic Lake?

  February 7, 2012 at 2:16pm

  In reply to BonnieBlueFlag.

  Gotta disagree w/ you on that Bonnie. If it was floating on a current it wouldn’t be making those undulating movements that are characteristic of a swimming snake or crocodile tail. That takes muscle and bone attached to that muscle to produce that. It is slow moving but it‘s in freezing water and that isn’t conducive to moving quickly. If you watch the video closely on the close ups of the “head” you can see it is going against the current so it is definitely not floating debris.

• Michigan Senate Candidate Criticized for Allegedly Racially Insensitive Super Bowl Ad

  February 6, 2012 at 9:38am

  In reply to barrymustgo.

  I take offense to your comment BarryMustGo. How many different languages do you speak fluently and if you speak any language fluently how many hours in school did you spend for each language? I fully understand that you can learn to speak a language by immersing yourself in it but that’s not how these people you speak w/ on the phone learn English. They spend a few hours a day speaking English in school – maybe – and at home they speak their native language. So, according to your comment, if I can’t speak Spanish, or Russian or Mandarin fluently I’m an idiot? You say the people you speak on the phone w/ are idiots b/c they can’t speak English very well. I say you are an idiot if you unrighteously judge another human being based on the way they speak your language.