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General / Re: "Revolution" sucks

« on: November 16, 2012, 07:43:06 PM »

The patriotism is hilarious. I'm liking the show so far, but I couldn't help notice how backwards it is. The US Flag somehow represents rebellion. The symbol of an established government is being used to show rebellion to the established government. Aside from the "Militia" and lack of electricity, society looks like it's better off without government.

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The Polling Pit / Re: Demographics - Smoking?

« on: November 13, 2012, 09:08:48 PM »

Apparently there is no correlation between smoking marijuana and lung cancer. It looks like THC does not cause cancer but helps prevent it.

Something in marijuana might reduce cancer risk. I've seen studies that seem to show a dis-correlation. It shouldn't be assumed to be the THC. That would be as over-simplified as associating lung cancer with nicotine when there are so many other harmful chemicals in the tobacco that most people smoke.

Meanwhile, there's even more evidence that marijuana smoke is (at least) not particularly tied to causing lung cancer. This makes me wonder if lung cancer is more about the tar. As I understand it, the substances in pot smoke are water soluble unlike the tar from cigarettes so they don't stay gunked up inside your lungs, or something like that.

I apologize for not linking to them in my original post, I will search and return some links if you'd like. The reason I mentioned THC is because the studies done after that Kaiser one point directly at THC for inhibiting tumor growth.

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The Polling Pit / Re: Demographics - Smoking?

« on: November 10, 2012, 04:27:30 PM »

Here's some supporting info

http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/smokestudy.html
http://paranoia.lycaeum.org/marijuana/facts/mj-health-mythology.html


Essentially... The best you can hope for while breathing in pot, is to slow your onset of lung cancer.

All that said... Nobody lives forever ... Just don't delude yourself.

I know this is old but I didn't see this study anywhere in this thread, apologies if I missed it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html

Apparently there is no correlation between smoking marijuana and lung cancer. It looks like THC does not cause cancer but helps prevent it.

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The Show / Re: Why do you continue to pursue the "conpiracy theory" vendetta?

« on: November 03, 2012, 03:51:43 PM »

I think some missed the point on why that call was so bad. Not only did he call over something he didn't believe, he wasn't able to entertain the idea, either way. He proposed an idea (putting chemicals in plane fuel that would somehow survive the burning and release via the exhaust), and when he was asked about it he just kept repeating that he wasn't a conspiracy theorist and didn't believe it himself. I would personally have been annoyed and frustrated talking to the guy.

It is possible to entertain a thought without accepting it. He could have said, well maybe there are certain chemicals that would survive combustion, or, I didn't think of it that way, or, ya got me there! But no, it was a radio standstill and the guy just kept saying he didn't believe it himself. This is why the call was dropped, they gave him a chance and there was nothing more.

That being said a lot of the other points here are valid. I personally think FTL is kind to conspiracy theorists because they give them a chance and of course ask them a few questions. The glaring truth here, though, is that the majority of conspiracy theories have no real evidence to back them up.

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I thought I'd add, I'm an 'average' person and never really thought about these 'ideas of liberty' as much as I do now. I started listening to talk radio about 2 months ago when I found NPR and thought it was great to have a source of news that is not the mainstream media lying to me. I always knew the mainstream media was full of it but could not stand how they were intentionally ignoring Ron Paul. I started sharing posts about what I was hearing such as the drone strikes in Yemen or how our rights are being stripped away - so a friend recommended Free Talk Live to me via Facebook. After a few podcasts I was hooked, I no longer listen to anything but FTL when I am driving. It's been about two weeks since I started listening to FTL and I felt compelled to be an AMPer. Now I'm enjoying ad free podcasts and couldn't be happier. (I didn't mind the catchy Quantum Vibe jingle at first but after listening to it about 15 times it's become a variation of 'Chinese water torture'.)