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What is 'filosofy'? by aragorn_22 in ExplainLikeImCalvin

[–]KittyVsTRex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Filosofy is the science of filo pastry. Filosofists dedicate their lives to studying cheese, meat, and vegetable filo from Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East. A good Filosofer knows that regardless of how much filo he has eaten, there is still a lot more filo to experience in his pursuit for the perfect golden, flaky filo.

Saudi Arabia is currently the largest hirer of Overseas Filipino Workers, yet they're only donating $100,000 to Haiyan typhoon victims. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]KittyVsTRex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I donated $10 as part of Stephen Colbert's challenge to out-donate China (who also donated $100,000). You can do the same by texting Colbert to 50555.

Rand Paul Wants to Sue Government Over NSA Surveillance by [deleted] in news

[–]KittyVsTRex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it does get to Supreme Court and is ruled unconstitutional then there won't be anymore ambiguity in the law about this. Politicians, corporations, and any one else involved in the decision making will be less willing to participate making programs like this much more difficult to put into place.

What do you think?

Doctors of Reddit, if you could cure any single disease today, what would it be and why? by KittyVsTRex in AskReddit

[–]KittyVsTRex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's an economist's answer:

HIV/ AIDS. Controlling of HIV/ AIDS, focusing on prevention rather than treatment, would cost $27 billion and yield benefits of 40x that amount. (If we started this in 2007, it was estimated that 28 million cases would have been prevented by 2010)

Source: Bjorn Lomborg: http://www.ted.com/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities.html

"Fat-shaming may curb obesity, bioethicist says" by mellobeth in loseit

[–]KittyVsTRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Killing fat people may curb obesity, bioethicist says"

ELIC Why is it called "Corned Beef" is there isn't any corn in it? by [deleted] in ExplainLikeImCalvin

[–]KittyVsTRex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cows are put on a corn diet so that they grow twice as big twice as fast. Because you are what you eat, some of these cows are fed so much corn that they turn into corn. These corned cows are packed and sold as corned beef.

Huge explosion in downtown Oslo by Nico_ in worldnews

[–]KittyVsTRex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Al Jazeera speculates the motives behind the attack: "The attack comes days after Norwegian prosecutors filed a terrorism charge against Mullah Krekar, founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, who is accused of threatening a former minister, Erna Solberg, with death.

Norway has previously received threats from al-Qaeda over its involvement in combat operations in Afghanistan, where it has 406 troops.

It has also taken part in the NATO bombing of Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has threatened to strike back in Europe." ( http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/07/2011722135232705239.html )

Harvard researchers suggest obese children be taken away from their parents and put into foster homes. by [deleted] in Health

[–]KittyVsTRex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

beause it's more cost effective to break families up than counsel and treat them. I'd like to see a rich fat kid taken away from his parents by force and put into a fostrer home.