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Tag was last used: Feb 17, 2009

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Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Jan 26, 2009	BEWARE OBAMA’S TROJAN HORSE
By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann: Now that Obama is the president, fasten your seat belts. During his first year in office, and particularly during his first hundred days, we are about to witness the most prodigious output of legislation since 1981-2 (under Reagan), 1964-5 (under Johnson),...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Dec 12, 2008	Sugar Is the New Heroin
By Tom Jacobs: Chocoholism may no longer be a joke. A Princeton University psychologist yesterday presented new evidence that sugar can be physically addictive. Bart Hoebel, whose research focuses on behavior patterns, addiction and the functioning of the nervous system, has been...... [view]

Posted By: nursheikha Posted On: Aug 12, 2008	Under the weather with counterfeit medicine?
magic pills Originally uploaded by chowjh I think if I ever tried marijuana, heroine or cocaine (which thank god I’ve never done, don’t need to and never will), I’d probably be the first to overdose because my body just simply can’t take it. Not even...... [view]

Posted By: zephyr Posted On: Jun 18, 2008	The Plague Of Prostitution In The Bahamas And Caribbean
Prostitution rings a growing problem: By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: More than two dozen illegal immigrants have been arrested and deported in the past six months for suspicion of prostitution, but officials admitted yesterday that it is just a glimpse...... [view]

Posted By: Morphix Posted On: Jun 7, 2008	The Shifting Revel
Aside from my Achievement addiction , I have a profound love of Magic: The Gathering . Over the years I have abandoned the game, stayed away for several years, and then come back to it, each time harder than before. The last time I seriously got into playing Magic was during the Odyssey...... [view]

Posted By: Morphix Posted On: Mar 25, 2008	Anatomy of Addiction
I’ve recently introduced my girlfriend to a little game called Civilization 4. Having sunk countless hours into both it and its predeccesors over the years, I’d put the game down in favor of more recent fare. While the game is not really new, I’ve been thinking more about...... [view]

Posted By: Morphix Posted On: Nov 2, 2007	More Gaming Crack
In the previous post I discussed the fact that addiction and enjoyment are not the same thing, and I cited several games who have the addiction (if not also the enjoyment) down square. What I did not talk about is how exactly you go about making that happen. Casinos have boiled one...... [view]

Posted By: Morphix Posted On: Nov 2, 2007	Good vs Addictive
Here’s a fun experiment that you can all do at home. Get a small rodent and a degree in Neurophysiology. Then pop the rodent’s head open and put a few cuts on the ventromedial hypothalmus. If you haven’t botched the job and killed the poor thing, what you will discover...... [view]