Bah I haz to wait for 2 days we don't get it in Australia until the 7th of March :P

I could not agree with you more. The other problem with people deciding to make a change is that many of them have been socialized and educated to believe the exact opposite of how wealth is actually created and the working of an economy. Sadly, I just don't see enough people taking the initiative to educate themselves properly on business, wealth, and the economy to counter balance and overcome all the false information being spewed by the government, wall street, and the media.

ZOMG! Super Excited for Tomorrow!

Congratulations to the both of you! You two are amazing and I'm glad to have you guys as friends. 17 years and many more to come. :cheer:

You can sigh, "Well, that's just how it is" all you want. One of the points the video makes is that most people believe that what is, is wrong. And we've been convinced to castrate ourselves and point fingers at each other, we at the bottom of those curves, and to wallow in mediocrity, so that we've completely convinced ourselves that we can't do a gd thing to change anything. And when people do try to make a change, the puppetmasters pull our strings to mock the changemakers.

Our only hope for this species is generations down the road, if we manage to get that far. This generation is lost.

Our country wasn't founded on the notion of equality of results it was founded on the notion of equality of opportunity. So for income disparity to exist is not inherently evil or a flaw of our system, it's simply a reflection of human nature. However, having said that the current income disparity being suffered is a direct reflection of several competing interests, both special and mundane that have led us to the economic disaster we now face. Good intentions and all that.

Hee, thanks for the clarification. I was on an LGBT message board that banned userpics of couples for this very reason. (They also banned shared accounts, for that matter.)

It's not just the US, other places just have the intellectual honesty to iggnore the pretence of equality. Reminds me of John Winthrop's “A Modell of Christian Charity” 1630 God Almighty, in his most holy and wise providence, hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, as in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity, others mean and in subjection.

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I'm always amused at the lame arguments people regurgitate from the mainstream media when it comes to the simple facts of what is actually happening here. In American politics, it is never "my party's" fault.

This is not about industry vs. individuals and who gets the greater burden of taxation, or the BS about "Makers versus Moochers." The media distracts us enough while the real tyrants make off like bandits.

Fox News, for one, should put this in its "We built that" pipe and smoke the sh*& out of it. But fabricated opinions are worth more money.

I weep for my nation.

/endrant

Sadly this is gonna get worse.

Jacien: Yeah, these are the countries that will benefit most from this discovery, if it holds as viable. It should definitely be pursued and explored with all due haste for this reason alone.

Saint: Yeah, that's about what it is. There are several standard antiretroviral drug cocktails which can be administered to combat HIV and it's becoming very clear that the sooner they are administered after infection, the less likely the virus will be able to gain a sufficient foothold for AIDS to manifest.

However, these drug cocktails have only really been tested on adults, and even then there are some side effects. However, they're temporary and well worth it to stop an HIV infection. I don't believe their effect on infants is known, especially if the infant is having to continually take them for a period of time.

I saw this makes me gag

This video was uploaded in November of 2012, but is just now going viral. Pretty informative video. I wish we could make the US more like the ideal equality.

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Apropos of nothing, I've always wondered which one of you in the pic is the actually MrIzzy.

LOL! I am the one on the right. I do need to upload some new pics, but I don't like taking pictures. There are not very many to choose from. I just had a photo shoot with my dog, I will post up some of those when I get them!

From the NPR report it's not to different from the HIV cocktail they give to rape victims

If the treatment is viable it's a tremendous boon to African nations.

Just e-mailed my stuff to you (2 e-mails) I forgot the ship designation as well. Going to put it here so I don't inundate you with a barrage of e-mails.

Ship designation: U.S.S. PHANTOM NX-91367

This is a very promising treatment. However, there are some important caveats, of course.

1. This is likely only applicable to newborn infants that were infected while in the womb. This will have little impact in the United States, where infant HIV infections are relatively tiny, but it has massive implications for countries experiencing widespread infant HIV infection.

2. It remains to be seen if there are developmental side effects to pumping a 30-hour-old infant with retroviral drugs. While HIV/AIDS is a terrible condition, this will be a less viable treatment method if it causes significant physical or mental development problems.

Still, this is pretty amazing news. Of course, since this has been done in only one child, it's unknown how effective this is at large.

A baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, doctors say.

The Mississippi child is now two-and-a-half years old and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21651225

Awe, very touching :)
Congratulations to you both on 17 (wow!) years!
Wishing you both lots of happiness on your aniverssary! :D