How to become more thick headed.....

The immediate question which should be raised is whether the study was prospective or retrospective. If, as I suspect, it was retrospective, it would be biased by the overrepresentation of people with preserved cognitive function in the meditation group (presumably dementing people at some stage stop being able to meditate?)There might be other confounders - I would expect meditators (i.e. people who buy into a less carnivorous, less substance abuse lifestyle) to be people somewhat less likely to eat an atherogenic diet, be less obese, less alcoholic.Only a prospective study with well matched meditation and control groups would be acceptable evidence for a specific benefit from meditation.




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Waveland Mississippi, where the eye of Katrina came ashore.

I'm talking about Sir Mick Jagger having two songs censored by American TV networks during
Sunday's Super-bowl, for fear they would upset the country's dominant Christian right.
Did he call Jesus gay or Mary a whore? No. He mentioned a grain-eating farmyard animal.

This is the line deemed so offensive in the land of BLEEP* that it had to be taken off screen:
"Once upon a time I was your little rooster, am I just one of your cocks?" And if you think
stopping a rock-and-roll pensioner saying "cocks" is nothing to worry about, think again.

These are the same TV networks who decide what their people see whenever BLEEP*
sends troops on a foreign military adventure.


* I have censored the use of the US President's name
because it can be construed as a term for female pubic hair.



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More Angry Leftists

More Angry Leftists


Uh oh, better tell the Beltway Quilting Bee and Ladies Circle Jerk Society that the Angry Left is at it again. One of them infiltrated the annual Republican Decency In Public Discourse Convention and reported on their confidential internal discussion. These leftist barbarians have no shame:


Before an overflow crowd of at least 1000 young right-wing activists, Coulter took her brand of performance art to new heights. Afterwards, I caught up with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to ask him about Coulter's characterization of Muslims as "ragheads." Before I reveal his indignant response, here are a sampling of Coulter's most memorable lines.

Coulter on Muslims:

"I think our motto should be post-9-11, 'raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'" (This declaration prompted a boisterous ovation.)

Coulter on killing Bill Clinton:

(Responding to a question from a Catholic University student about her biggest moral or ethical dilemna) "There was one time I had a shot at Clinton. I thought 'Ann, that's not going to help your career.'"

Coulter on moderate Republicans:

"There is more dissent on a slave plantation then amongst moderates in the Republican party."

Coulter on the Holocaust:

"Iran is soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. So far, only Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, and the NY Times have made submissions."

Coulter on the Supreme Court:

"If we find out someone [referring to a terrorist] is going to attack the Supreme Court next week, can't we tell Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalito?"

After Coulter's speech, I approached Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in the CPAC exhibitor's hall. I asked him what he thought of Coulter's characterization 15 minutes earlier of Muslims as "ragheads." HIs reply? "I wasn't there so I better not comment."


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