Just plain rad.

I saw the Axe Cop tradepaperback at a Fry's the other day, flipped through it and was kinda blown away. I might have to go back and pick it up...

Did it. You gonna tell us what the most popular drugs sifters use are?

That was some hard core micro skills. I'm still having a hard time with the macro...

Wow. Someone send his ass back to basic frosh science class. Damn near everything he touched on was explained to me by my 9th grade science teacher.

And yeah, his theology is lacking too, which doesn't surprise me.

It could be a Poe, which wouldn't surprise me. But I dunno.

>> ^geo321:

Even though I've heard countless statements and sentiments to this errect. It's still unbelievably shocking to me. It's cutting close to bragging about being corrupt.


Yeah, to us it does. Then again, we choose to use our brain.

To the mindless fucks he's courting, the "undecided GOP voter," they just don't have a clue. If they had enough brain cells to rub together some logic, they wouldn't be registered Republicans.

Heartless, clueless, amoral assholes. That's all the GOP has sent up the last few decades. Cute catch phrases, prideful ignorance... it seems as those are all it takes to get noticed nowadays...

>> ^doogle:

In what situation would I need to do this?
That would be helpful. Apart from "for fun".


Watch the video again, from the beginning, where it says "Indications." What follows is a list of situations in which this procedure is "indicated" (or "prescribed," or whatever layman's term for "you only do this when this situation occurs.") I can break them down for ya.

If you are ever in a situation where you find someone unconsious, with a pulse, but no signs breathing, you need to establish why they are not breathing. There are training videos and classes on this sort of thing, and I highly recommend everyone not only do so, but stay on top of new data and findings. Even just recently CPR guidelines have changed - mouth-to-mouth is only really necessary for drowning victims. Cardiac arrest is usually the cause of most instantaneous medical emergencies, and keeping steady chest compression rhythm to manually pump the heart is more important to saving the brain and oxygen-dependent tissues M2M breaths should only be administered once or twice every 30 compressions or so.

Anyway, to break things down:

"Severe Maxilofacial trauma" Nasty wounds to the jaw and mouth that prevent mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-airbag contact.

"Severe Bleeding to the airway/oropharynx" Just another big word for hole on everyone's face that is their mouth extending back into their vocal chords. Blood and/or clotting is preventing breathing. CPR would force blood into the lungs in a bad way.

"Foreign matter in upper airway" They've got something lodged in their throat, far enough in that you can simply pull it out with your fingers, or you can't get them to a position to "heimlich" them (not that we use the Heimlich maneuver anymore - there's a similar, more modern-science-informed method).

"Edema secondary to burns to the face and airway" Edema is another word for swelling. Again, you can't mouth-to-mouth or to-airbag over burn wounds, and sometimes your throat can swell shut from burns, be they burns from fire or chemical.

The last couple should be self-explanitory.

What then follows are a list of "Contraindications" or situations in which you should AVOID this procedure. In medicine, these are important. For example, massaging someone's swollen legs after they just landed from an airplane flight is contraindicated, as leg swelling is a sign on deep-vein thrombosis. Failure to identify and accommodate contraindications will could lead to patient death exposing you to legal and civil liability. And the guilt of knowing you killed someone you were trying to help.

I'm not a doctor. I'm just a certified massage therapist with over 600 hours of training in massage-oriented anatomy, physiology, pathology and ethics, among other important lessons. I have no authority to make diagnoses.. But my massage school gave me enough information to know when I could potentially harm someone, and how to identify those situations should they arise in my practice.

>> ^quantumushroom:

As long as he doesn't burn millions of taxpayer dollars for fat-assed vacations on Soul Plane 1, go robo!


You vile racist hack.

Clearly with your short attention span, you've forgotten that Bush II spent more vacation time than any other president, or burned through our biggest budget surplus with his corporate welfare programs and handouts to the rich. Clearing brush on his ranch in Crawford, TX, was a greater priority to him than bringing to justice the man responsible for thousands of US deaths and probably securing his second term.

So screw you, you morally-bankrupt retard. No, it's an insult to the mentally challenged to liken them to you - you have no excuse as to why you don't use all your brain. You're going on /ignore, and no amount of private pleading will help your case this time.

Remember, the US is the only western country to ban alcohol. Religious Nutjobs always seem to get their way here.

Kilborn kept his "5 Questions" segment when he was hosting The Late Late Show (After Tom Snyder, before Craig Ferguson - oddly enough, Jon Stewart was a common stand-in for Tom Snyder).

It seems Kilborn can't keep a job because he tends to be rather tactless in interviews when talking about his writers.

This is NOT the embed I originally posted. Yes, Pantera is (was?) awesome, and Helsing is a pretty cool anime too, but there is no Bleach in this AMV, and the timing of the changes in that particular amv was why I posted it in the first place...

*sigh* I would have rather this remained dead than see things like this. But whatever, chick got his power point, this finally got published, the sift goes round...

I miss my bronze star...

I shit you not - I went to high school with her. We were in Advanced Drama A together freshman year. Ani DiFranco's brother was a substitute teacher at our high school, as well.

Damn, cool song too. Very Bjork-esque.

The look on the Booze industry shill at the end of that segment was just pure awesomeness. I swear I think he shit his pants. Prolly went to go drown his sorrows with some booze.

She raises a lot of good points about modern music, though...

I think it is *dead