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  1. Re:Already happened... on ATMs Susceptible to Windows Viruses · · Score: 2, Funny

    Crap. My bank was bought up by this bank. Not that I wasn't susceptable to viruses before... but now my naive innocence is shattered. I guess I'll have to start storing my money in my mattress. :(

  2. Re:Agreement with previous ?, and Stem Cell ? on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1

    I'll look into it. I've heard of it. I just don't know how much fat I can get rid of and still enjoy eating. ;)

  3. Thank you! on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1

    Thanks for your concern. Though I'm so much better off than others with MS, I'm feeling pretty good about the way I'm feeling now. I'm just concerned about the future.

  4. Agreement with previous ?, and Stem Cell ? on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1

    I have to agree with this, on more than one level, as I have Multiple Sclerosis, and there are studies (albeit small ones, but it's nice to have hope for a "no-cure, yet" disease) that support that medicinal THC (the active ingredient in pot), actually helps MS...

    Here's the URL:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3247571.stm

    My question however (I'm 27)... When will the Stem Cell lines be expanded to include more lines for public research? Going on what another poller has asked, how can with the separation of church and state, morality be an issue in the greater public good? Especially since most of the ways that new lines would be created, would be through disposal of excess embryos from infertility treatment and abortions. Someone like me, a young person with a potentially debilitating disability could draw hope from getting stem cell lines to repair damage to my brain and spinal cord, making me have the potential for never getting a disability and for being a productive member of society until I die.