Please feel free to discuss anything else that you'd like.
:)

Honor the Constitution of the United States of America.

God knows it's been pissed on for 6 yrs.

you know sort of like buying in bulk?

to me.

Couldn't resist.

:evilgrin:

Hey, at least I didn't mention You-Know-Who. :)

- as

Who advertisers on his show?

Don't you, DON'T YOU!


:::humming smileyface:::"you're so vain"

So, I heard...No...

Umm, Did you know that Obama....nooo..that won't work either....

I just saw on CNN that the coa--...

DAMN...I got nuthin'.

:-D

I have nothing to hide.

Natracare? Kleenex Moist Towlettes? Cottonelle?

2-0-0-0, party over oops, out of time..... (Do you think Prince was predicting the 2000 election with those lyrics:shrug: )

:headbang:

made ya look :rofl:

Now you tell me - just got back from there.

I have a story up today for those who enjoy very quick fiction. It's here: http://canadian-writers-collective.blogspot.com/2007/04/danny-boy.html

Check it out!


(You said anything, right?)

*grin*

But I've been using it a whole lot in the last couple days. Sure, the guy's a douchebag, but I'm getting sick of the arguing going back and forth! DUers, cant we all get along here?

in our neck of the woods!!

Lots and lots of salad and breadsticks.

Therefore, smaller portions of main course can be served.

Customer walks aways full, but with a vague sense of being cheated.

Returns the next week anyways.

So far I found it MORE to my liking than their entrees(sp?) I do not go there very often but when I do, I have no problem filling up on their salad. They can keep their Seafood Portifino. As to the breadsticks...meh... breadsticks are breadsticks and really do nothing more for me than being there to gnaw on AFTER eating salad and while having a beer. There was a time that the company I worked for treated us to dinner there twice a month. I did not mind the place at all...I've been to better and worse places.

else. And it is served on the side. The whole set-up makes it hard for the waitstaff to screw up an order. I like the salad, though. A fresh salad is always a good thing.

The bread was as boring as a dog biscuit, IMO, and so was my meal.

...although I confess to never having tried a dogie biscuit. My dog would be far happier not sharing.

I am not sure, but I thought there was some kind of vinegar and oil dressing that came with the salads. I don't mind that so much, a light coating of ranch or blue cheese is not so bad either. I also agree that the main courses were forgettable.

I worked for a 4 star Italian gourmet restaurant for a number of years and sadly I am now a bit jaded here. I am no snob though, I do not expect a 4 star time in a 1 or less star establishment.
I generally go for salads in places like OG, basically because I find them to be the tastiest thing on the menu...so far Olive Garden has never let me down there.

ps: I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning and I am supposed to fast prior to going...all this talk about salads is not doing me any good right now! :cry:

I am winding down for the night now...that old standby Cream of Chicken soup is relaxing.

I've been to an Olive Garden exactly once.

And it's the salads I remember.

The rest of the meal? Not so much.

They usually hide a few fresh pepperoccinis(sp?) in each bowl too... (also goes well with beer).

I just got done posting to another here that I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning and I am supposed to fast for 12 hours prior...all this talk about food is not doing me any good. I find myself craving salad now...The OG bar may see this hippie tomorrow AFTER seeing the doctor.... Yep beer and lotsa salad and maybe a dogie biscuit...um I meant bread-stick. (If only they could set up a big screen TV showing some sporting event, I don't care which...well maybe not curling....)

I'll have you know that I was the Curling champion of the University of Toronto in 1980.

Or was it 1981?

Please forgive me here...my step kid is absolutely fascinated by that sport. I confess I do not understand it and find it about as entertaining as...well let's just be PC here and say I don't get it.... that said, I know better than potty mouthing ANY sport. So should I contact AL Sharpton?

btw: I am into frisbee golf...we have hopes of that becoming as popular as pro golf some day. Real golfers think we are being silly. I know curling is an Olympic event...I know it has lots of fans...I am just not one of them. I would choose to watch it over auto racing though, while eating a salad that is.

I like watching pool on TV...you can pick on that if you like...

But I get you point... it is boring for the non-participant. "Compared to curling, bowling is like a flamethrower fight between naked movie stars on motorcycles", as one wag put it.

My step kid is going to college in southern California. He caught on to curling during the last Olympics and is truly fascinated by it. He tried to get me into it but I have never been into watchin any ice sports outside of (womens) figure skating...

AP Hollywood, CA 4/11/07 4:00 PM

Nationally syndicated radio host Stephanie Miller, age 56, has been picked
by MSNBC to replace Don Imus. Ms. Miller's agent was seen leaving her Hollywood
Hills home with what appeared to be a contract and several empty boxes of wine.
Her agent said Ms. Miller was considering her options and was unavailable to the
press at the current time.

Reports out of New York City that Keith Olbermann is seeking a stronger restraining
order against Ms. Miller.

Neighbors and paparazzi are shopping pictures and video of Ms. Miller singing
"New York, New York," to her puppy Max as delivery truck from the local "Liquor
Barn" dropped off a new skid load of boxed wine.


:hi: Steph You still love me? Don't ya? :rofl:

is this legit news?

.... it is on the "internets" so it has to be true.

:bounce:

woo hoo

:bounce:
:rofl:

rock and roll is annoying. Something soothing and relaxing is far more apropos... :evilgrin:

yum

and order a pizza, dammit! and some bread sticks! :hi:

HOLY BIRTHDAY-CAKES BATMAN that Imus guy is the preferred topic there too right now... Please Mike Malloy, don't do it, I begs ya DON'T FRIGGEN DO IT. Focus on the bfee please!!! Don't make me smash my head through my monitor Mike...save my computer, it's the only one I have dude!

:argh: :banghead:

The four horsemen of the Venom-Mouthed Apocalypse.

It's my favorite line from Network.

he da bum!!

Better get 'em quick! :patriot:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Hope Offered through Principled and Ethical Stem Cell Research Act' or the `HOPE Act'.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

It is the purpose of this Act to--

(1) intensify research that may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions; and

(2) promote the derivation of pluripotent stem cell lines without the creation of human embryos for research purposes and without the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a human embryo or embryos other than those that are naturally dead.

SEC. 3. HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL RESEARCH.

Part H of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 498C the following:

`SEC. 498D. HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL RESEARCH.

`(a) In General- The Secretary shall conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, or testing of stem cells, including pluripotent stem cells that have the flexibility of embryonic stem cells (whether or not they have an embryonic source), that may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions, provided that the isolation, derivation, production, or testing of such cells will not involve--

`(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or

`(2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a human embryo or embryos other than those that are naturally dead.

`(b) Guidelines- Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, after consultation with the Director of NIH, shall issue final guidelines that--

`(1) provide guidance concerning the next steps required for additional research, which shall include a determination of the extent to which specific techniques may require additional animal research to ensure that any research involving human cells using these techniques would clearly be consistent with the standards established under subsection (a);

`(2) prioritize research with the greatest potential for near-term clinical benefit;

`(3) consistent with standards established under subsection (a), take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research; and

`(4) in the case of research involving stem cells from a naturally dead embryo, require assurances from grant applicants that no alteration of the timing, methods, or procedures used to create, maintain, or intervene in the development of a human embryo was made solely for the purpose of deriving the stem cells.

`(c) Reporting Requirements- Not later than January 1 of each year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report describing the activities carried out under this section during the fiscal year, including a description of the research conducted under this section.

`(d) Rule of Construction- Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering the policy in effect on the date of enactment of this section regarding the eligibility of stem cell lines for funding by the National Institutes of Health.

`(e) Authorization of Appropriations- There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

`(f) Definitions- In this section:

`(1) NATURALLY DEAD- The term `naturally dead' means having naturally and irreversibly lost the capacity for integrated cellular division, growth, and differentiation that is characteristic of an organism, even if some cells of the former organism may be alive in a disorganized state.

`(2) HUMAN EMBRYO OR EMBRYOS- The term `human embryo or embryos' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under part 46 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as of the date of enactment of this section, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.

`(3) RISK OF INJURY- The term `risk of injury' means subjecting a human embryo or embryos to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under section 46.204(b) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, and section 498(b) of this Act.'.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL AMNIOTIC AND PLACENTAL STEM CELL BANK.

(a) In General- The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine for the conduct of a study to recommend an optimal structure for an amniotic and placental stem cell bank program and to address pertinent issues to maximize the potential of such technology, including collection, storage, standards setting, information sharing, distribution, reimbursement, research, and outcome measures. In conducting such study, the Institute should receive input from relevant experts including the existing operators of federal tissue bank programs and the biomedical research programs within the Department of Defense.

(b) Report- Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Institute of Medicine shall complete the study under subsection (a) and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of such study.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00128

I'm drinking Stella Artois tonight, what'll you have?

Thanks! :toast:

And what kind of moron is Howard K. Stern for letting his girlfriend get knocked up by some other guy? Was he that convinced that she would get all that loot?

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whoops, what was the title of this thread?

crap that's going to get talked to death (deserving or not).

the NE Patriot who was laid out by Jack Tatum and broke his neck in a 1978 pre-season game.

He was 55; he hung in there and wasn't bitter.

Great guy. The funeral was yesterday. Didn't know where else to fit this in.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/cs-0704110053apr11,1,6627123.story?coll=cs-football-print

People, there's some bad acid going around, just look out for each
other, man. That is all.

:evilgrin:

so what in the name of hell happened to AS Roma the other night?? 7 to freakin' 1 !!!!???

kittens in your future

:)

As CEO of major Military contractor, he duped investors caused a stock collapse...THEN plotted to kill his estranged ex-playboy bunny super model wife...unborn child was not his! And if that is not enough....!! HE LIED to Federal investigators after divulging undercover CIA agents identity while filming another episode of "Hot CIA chicks gone Wild!"....!!

It is all featured on FOX NEWS...!!!

I can't stand it!
I have to drive to F***king Wyoming to get real beer or any kegs.
:mad: :mad: :banghead: :banghead:

OMG!!!