Whats up with the Chancellor of Germany?

Did a family member die? Did she lose an election? Just sit on a whoopy cushion?



Nah... she's being linked to the US invasion of Iraq in a "smear" campaign. Ha ha. Thats what the rest of the civilized world thinks of Bushy's war in Iraq. Just being linked to it can do some serious political damage.

Now thats a look that says "distraught"

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An ounce of prevention...

is worth a pound of cure right? Yah, in principle its a lot easier to prevent something than deal with it later.

If you disagree with that stop reading and pray to your god for more brain power or something.

Lets assume there are 10 ounces in a pound. 10 to 1 ratio.

Why don't we spend just as much (or more) on cancer prevention as we do on cancer treatment?

Lets say every $100,000 saves a cancer patient. That same money could have been used to prevent 10 people from getting cancer in the first place! Or any other disease for the matter. Believe it or not, your life choices can lead to or from disease.

The simple, sad, true, cynical answer of course it that there's no money in preventing disease. But there's lots of money in treating it.

Do you donate money? I think about how much farther my money would go if it went into prevention. Any cancer charity that does not list cancer prevention as a major goal does not get my money. Its not that I don't care, in fact the opposite.

BoringBack Mountain

I went to see Brokeback Mountain on friday. I wanted to see what all the hype was about.

The hype I heard was things like being nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor type shit.


Best Picture? Well here is an official synopsis, which should have warned me:
"Two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love"

Anything with "provide a testament to the endurance and power of love" sounds pretty fucking wishy-washy to me.



I didn't see alot of this power of love though, unless you mean sneaking out a couple time a year for a mountain fling is a testament to love.


The one dude didn't want to risk moving in with the other guy cause he thought they'd be murdered. uh... wouldn't risking your life be a better testament to love than sneaking around behind your wife's back?


Not much of a story, they have unhappy marriages, and don't seem to have many friends. Wow real interesting and brave material.


As for best actor? Nothing wrong with either of their performances except nothing is easier to pretend to be than a typical retard cowboy! Just grunt a few words under your breath and thats it. Kissing a guy takes guts, but I dont think they hand out oscars for that...

or do they?