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Membership seems to not have changed much. The site looks kind of dead in regards to activity. It seems to be more of a personal blog of what Maciamo wants to discuss, more so than a dynamic place where many come to discuss a variety of topics that interests them. Maciamo, what are you doing to...

Wow! Ultramarathon runner Serge Girard has completed a cross-continental run from Paris to Tokyo without ever taking a full day`s rest. Quite an amazing accomplishment! Apparantly it has been done before but Serge`s run has broken the previous record. Serge accomplished the 19097.3 km run in...

Janez Drnovsek, the current president of Slovenia, is a vocal champion of vegetarianism. In fact, he is a dedicated vegan. In an interview last year he gave to The Society for the Rights and the Liberation of Animals to coincide with the World Protection of Animasls Day (Oct 4) he simply but...

I am starting this thread for members to post on true stories depicted in some form of screen drama. Please, when describing the film you are talking about, don`t give away the endings -- unless of course the story is so famous everyone knows about how it ends (e.g. Flight 93)...

Sometimes I will go back to older threads I posted in and read some of the posts I wrote. That is when I usually come across writing errors that I am always embarrassed about when they pop up. I try to type fast and I geuss that and a failure to proof read my posts are the main reasons for my...

In the last year there have been several news articles on the efforts of scientists and researchers in growing meat without the life of an animal involved. From what I`ve read it appears that the technique involves growing thin layers of meat cells and then once that is perfected, the layers...

There is an old saying that one should never discuss "sex, religion, or politics" at the dinner table. In fact, some say those topics should always be off the table for discussion any time, any place. I disagree. As for the dinner table, that is usually the only chance many modern families get...

It used to be that when I got my newspaper I would spend a fair amount of time reading most of the articles at least enough to get a good understanding of what is going on the world. However, these days, due to the internet, I usually get the exact news article on Yahoo`s main page about a day...

This thread springs from Do the French deserve their reputation as weak-kneed? When a person makes a joke about a black person based on the general grouping of black people, it is definitely racist. But, what about jokes targeting nationalities? Are those jokes racist, and are they to be...

In the U.S. the French are the butt of jokes. Often they are depicted as just simply the weakest or most cowardly in the world. I am not saying that is an accurate description or that it is even deserved. I am just stating that as how they are depicted in U.S. popular culture -- especially in...

Bush and Gang keep the war machine in Iraque going. Bloody, bloody. This will be a huge black spot on America`s history, as sure to be written by future historians. Bush`s lust for blood parodied: BLOODY SUNDAY DANCE MIX SONG BY GEORGE W. The whole gang is in attendance.

When is violence justified? As terrorism and news of it dominates our informational lives more and more, people put forth the in-vogue ideas of non-violence and civil disobedience of Martin L. King and Ghandi. As everyone knows, those are two leaders who used non-violent resistance to change...

Will the EU ever create a united standing military that overshadows in size and strength the individual militaries of each respective member nation of the EU? The EU seems to be wanting to head in the direction of a United States of Europe, with each member country still weilding a large degree...

I am against forcing animals to fight for entertainment. It is a barbaric practice, and the only joy I can derive from it is when on rare occasssions I hear justice is served -- a bull gets lucky and gores its tormentor. O`le! No excessive blood in image nor matadore's identity able to be...

As communication media brings the world together more and more, we are seeing English come out on top as the lingua franca. It may not last forever, but I think English will remain the language of communication for the near future. I also think it will consolidate that position as more and more...

Like Americans from time to time may feel we are being swamped, drowning in a tide of Mexican immigrants, Europe, too, must feel the strains -- albeit from Africa and Islamic nations. Surely, it is expensive to integrate foreignors into the fabric of society. There are health costs, educational...

After WW2 Jews were given a land in Palestine so as to make their own country. However, Palestinians were already living there. Surviving European Jews, Russian Jews, and even U.S. Jews began arriving in order to build a country they could call their own. Until recently I almost always felt...

I do. I luv 'em. If so, how do you usually eat them? With buttter, cream cheese, both, plain? Do you split them and put the cheese or butter in the center or just spread it on top? I`ve even seen people use the bagel cut in half as a sandwich bun with lettuce and whatever lunch meat they...

Man, I am sweating here. We`ve made a pledge to not use the AC often this year and have been doing realy well at keeping that pledge. But, the heat is brutal -- and it is only June 20th. I hope we can at least hold off in using it until July. Hot hot hot.

Even after promising to pump millions of dollars in aid to countries in hopes of getting them to vote sympathetically with Japan`s position on lessening restrictions on commercial whaling, Japan's ship came away with a hole in it -- losing by two votes to get things going their way. Looks like...