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LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
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#108026: Jan 4th 2016 at 7:06:52 PM

Just cut off the TV signal. Realistically, how long will they be able to last without it?

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
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#108027: Jan 4th 2016 at 7:33:50 PM

Meh on that report. I highly doubt even the greenest survivalist type wouldn't have showed up without at least a few MR Es or something.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#108028: Jan 4th 2016 at 7:42:48 PM

I actually just did some looking into Ben Carson: remember that conjoined twin surgery he did?

Well apparently the twins became unable to properly care for themselves, became wardens of the state, and one died. Carson didn't succeed in jack shit when he separated them. Great surgeon my ass.

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#108029: Jan 4th 2016 at 7:49:22 PM

[up]Not that I care for Carson or his politics, but to be fair, no surgeon bats a thousand. Especially for high risk surgeries. They are called such for a reason.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#108030: Jan 4th 2016 at 7:53:00 PM

Isn't Carson a neurosurgeon? Why was he separating twins?

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#108031: Jan 4th 2016 at 7:56:44 PM

They were conjoined in the brain, I think.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#108032: Jan 4th 2016 at 7:58:40 PM

Ah. Well I won't hold this against him. It was probably a pretty risky operation.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#108033: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:00:47 PM

Yeah, but people act like Carson was a hero for something that was unsuccessful in the end anyways is my point.

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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#108034: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:03:57 PM

To be fair, he also developed a new way to treat seizures, IIRC.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#108035: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:09:03 PM

[up][up]I don't know if it applies in this case but you can be a hero even if you fail. There is something to be said for trying your best in a difficult situation.

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
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#108036: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:17:35 PM

Mmm, even with his failures, he's still one of the most successful neurosurgeons of his day (and highly respected for that even among the most liberal doctors I've known). It's a damn shame he became such a sellout later on. To a lot he seems to be something of a Fallen Hero for that nowadays.

edited 4th Jan '16 8:18:01 PM by carbon-mantis

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#108037: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:22:23 PM

If nothing else it proves that being a genius in one area doesn't mean you're competent in another.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#108038: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:26:41 PM

He stopped being a neurosurgeon because he wanted to quit while he was at the top of his game, apparently. I mean, feels kind of selfish to do it for that reason, to me.

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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#108039: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:34:27 PM

When deteriorating skills mean the difference between life or death, I'd say it's fairly sound.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#108040: Jan 4th 2016 at 8:42:29 PM

The way he worded it seemed a bit egotistical, but you have a point.

Why do people not like Ben Carson, again? I mean, other than that weird thing about the Pyramids (and him saying the Jews should have been armed in Nazi Germany).

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
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#108041: Jan 4th 2016 at 9:04:39 PM

A lot of his proposed policies are pretty much the same crap spouted by Trump, only he's not as loud about it. That and his creationism pushing.

edited 4th Jan '16 9:05:47 PM by carbon-mantis

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#108042: Jan 4th 2016 at 9:13:58 PM

He seems pretty quiet, to be honest.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#108043: Jan 4th 2016 at 9:20:38 PM

Comparing Obamacare to slavery was sort of a turn off.tongue

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#108044: Jan 4th 2016 at 9:22:35 PM

Carson isn't like Trump as much as he is like Herman Cain. He has no grasp of foreign policy whatsoever; he had to be trained repeatedly to find anything except the United States on a map. His tax proposal mirrors that stupid "nine nine nine" thing that Cain pushed. He's uber anti-science and anti-knowledge, which is really odd for someone whose trade is medicine. He's the kind of fundamentalist that Ted Cruz might be if he skipped theology and Sunday school and just went off the cuff from a layman's understanding of the Bible.

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#108045: Jan 4th 2016 at 9:48:54 PM

Didn't Richard Dawkins say on CNN that he met Carson and hit it off with him or something? I saw Dawkins on CNN once saying that the Republican candidates are only throwing their religious beliefs around because they're trying to appeal to people, and how they didn't need to do that (never mind the fact that I'm pretty sure most of them are just that idiotic in their beliefs).

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#108046: Jan 4th 2016 at 9:54:56 PM

Yeah, but people act like Carson was a hero for something that was unsuccessful in the end anyways is my point.

Somewhere around 10-20 years ago, Carson was also a bit of an icon in the black community because he was seen as proof that you really could get ahead with hard work and by being really good at what you chose to do, no matter where you started from.

Now, of course, he's turned into your basic half-senile, ultra religious, out there great uncle at the Thanksgiving table that leaves the whole family praying he won't do anything too crazy when they get together for the holidays.

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#108047: Jan 4th 2016 at 9:56:02 PM

One, Ben Carson IS quiet. To the point that a lot of people joke about him being asleep on stage during the debates.

Two, Dawkins doesn't seem to realize that "appealing to voters" means appealing to certain kinds of voters that want officials whose religious beliefs lines up with theirs. "Don't need to do that" doesn't mean it's not profitable to them to do it.

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#108048: Jan 4th 2016 at 10:13:59 PM

Hey, Dawkins is a pretty good evolutionary biologist, and yet he's one of the most stuck up racist hypocrites I've ever seen. It wouldn't surprise me that he and Ben Carson would be friends, the only difference between them is religions.

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#108050: Jan 4th 2016 at 10:22:27 PM

He's incredibly Islamophobic. I think that counts as racist.

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