MG, As far as quality of supplements, if you buy from reliable brands that use good manufacturing practices and test their products, quality is not an issue. For example (no commercial interest) Jarrow and Now brand make good products.  Iherb.com has fairly good prices on numerous suplement companie...

we pay some ridiculous amount of money every month for substandard cable, internet, and phone service.  This is because the telcos got together and realized that if they bribed congressmen for X (where X = $millions) they could get a return on their investment of Y (where Y = $billions). They compl...

Again, there is no doubt in my mind that most sources of this media are in the tank for Obama and I believe that they are skewing the polls intentionally (more than they usually do) to invigorate Obama's base and suppress the Romney support. +++ All they have to do is assume as many democrats will ...

Stone you have no idea how unwilling most docs are to accept anything new.  Look at the history of the cause of ulcers.  Forget the guys name but he had really good data showing that a certain bacteria causes ulcers.  No one believed him till he drank the bacteria infecting himself and then they sta...

Am I being naive in understanding that as soon as something has been shown to work then, by definition, it becomes conventional medicine rather than alternative medicine? It can become conventional medicine only if it works via a paradigm/model that conventional western medicine is comfortable with...

Silly question: what does MMR stand for

Doode, If you say that warming of the globe is bad (assuuming humans can cause this which is unlikely), than what is the ideal temperature?  What the globe is now?  5 degtrees cooler?  5 degrees warmer?  how did you decide this? Hubris seems to be a common sin amount those who would impose their wil...

I'm new enough at all this to not be sure of what that means in real world practical terms, but this could easily be used (not saying that most of you believe this) to say that Thatcher's comment: The problem with socialism is that you run out of other people's money doesn't apply to the US and we c...

There were a number of people (not I) on the old mind and muscle forum who tried this and there were a number of threads.  You could try to see if the mindandmuscle (dot.net I think) forum still exists and if so their search engine might have the old threads.  ALternatively google sometimes has stor...

Storm based on the democrats track record "fully paid for" means smoke and mirrors.  The democrats have zero credibility that they are capable of ever actually decreasing spending on almost anything.  They are however really good at making it appear as if they have so ads your like yours c...

  100% of GDP does not mean that debt is not serviceable. Thanks to the folks here I understand why you say that, but: A. is there really no upper limit to levels of debt that are servicable for the US? B. Is it really a good idea to keep adding large amounts to the debt e.g. if Obama adds as much ...

stone wrote:
If we showed ourselves to have some humanity and respect for other people then IMO we would be more likely to get the same back in return.

Didn't Obama just show how well that works?

North Korea has [nuclear weapons] and we are still here. I can't imagine you need me to point this out, but the difference is that martyrdom has no apeal for north koreans and Iran has repearedly stated that they will wipe out isreal.  Perhaps Iran won't actually do it, but if you were in charge in...

While I no longer think these worth the bother, I played on and off with many of these and was on several boards in which these were discussed for years.  A few thoughts: 1.  Individual responses vary, A LOT.  Piracetam, and most of the other racetams never did anything for me even at HIGH doses.  T...

http://cronychronicles.org/2012/08/23/v ... e-a-crony/

Starts with kids voicing traditional aspirations, then kids who've learned lessons from more recent times.

LInk from drudge report works fine, but when I copy link here, it takes you to a page the requires registration, so I pasted less than 1/2 of article below.  Hope that is OK. Article is FT.com Republicans to embrace gold standard By Robin Harding and Anna Fifield in Washington The gold standard has ...

How about gov't regulations?  Energy policy e.g. pipeline?

I think you are overstating things, or at least I hope Romney is not another Bush.

Then you should be glad that Ryan is not the one running for president, and that Romney will be the one deciding on the exact details of the budget plan that will be proposed. 

I'm sure it will compare favorably to the budget plan passed by the current administration :-)  Oh wait....

Storm wrote:   Europe is showing us what happens when you try austerity in the face of a depression.

Has Europe really tried austerity i.e. spending less, or only the tax you more, but keep spending the same version of austerity?

FYI: elevating dopamine can have adverse consequences. Specifically drugs which elevate dopamine e.g. parkinson's drugs can result in what is called "decreased impulse control" i.e. these people can be more prone to doing impulsive things e.g. sex, drugs, gambling, alcohol etc. This is mor...

and like Bush will probably ...leave office with the country's finances in worse shape than when he arrived. MT, What makes you say that about Romney?  he is far from perfect, but he has been a successful businessman, and is seeing what is happening in Mass to the costs of his health care program. ...

Ryan may not be perfect, but this is a pretty good performance on video from awhile back Ryan taking on Obama/Obamacare:

http://nation.foxnews.com/paul-ryan/201 ... -6-minutes

My feeling is that Ryan won't attract the middle too much, something that Romney needs to win. Ryan has won in a district that is heavily democratic and if you look at the stats from the last election, a number of people in his district must have voted for Obama and Ryan. Ryan is honest, and articu...

2. Begin the following supplement regimen: L-Tyrosine, Rhodiola Rosea, and Yohimbe.  Adjust dosage as needed.  All three of these items are believed to help increase dopamine levels. MT, 1. Tyrosine and Rhodiola will not hurt you and may have beneficial effects on you in general (I used to sometime...

MT, "There is also the option of coming up with some more robust coping skills, right?" Sure, it is possible.  The advantage you have is that your body is giving you feedback so you'll know if you are sucessful. "To a degree, I think that the problem is with me.  I don't think that th...