The problem with accounts of abuse is the false memory syndrome. Therapists can accidentally implant false memories into their patients. Some people are highly suggestible especially if they are under a lot of mental stress. Unfortunately those memories can become fixed even if it can be proved they never happened.

No, there is no chance whatsoever.

Things that are possible might have happened. Things that are not possible could not have happened. The CIA might have used the homeless or mentally ill to test new surveillance technology on. But no, you were not teleported to Mars to meet alien Barack Obama being prepared to run as a Manchurian candidate for…

No, no racist frat boys.

Yes to this. Don't know what his commitment w/ Sherlock is now. He'd have to leave that I think. He'd be great but I doubt it will happen.

Saint Francis of Assisi was considered a divine messenger from god because he could read without moving his lips. He would give performances where he would open the Bible and everyone stood around in shocked amazement while he read silently to himself. Clearly a man with such awesome powers was closer to god than us…

"You do have to be an atheist to be a marxist" — That's simply not true. There are plenty of Marxist Christians. However you do have to be a Marxist to be a member of the Communist Party. Marxism is at bottom an economic critique of capitalism. It succeeds in some places and fails in others. But economic or political…

It is absolutely hilarious to watch the New Athests here try to pretend China is not an officially atheist nation or that Marxism is not atheistic.

Mexico, Portugal, the UK, Norway, Cuba New Zealand, Brazil.... all not listed?

The Lathe of Heaven

Is not fiction, is current events.

In the Torchwood episode with fairies they are described as ancient elementals who kidnap a child to join them. There is no way Capt. Jack can fight them, they're too powerful so he convinces to parents to just accept the young girl's fate.

It is always cheaper to buy in bulk rather than a la carte. It is always cheaper to treat medical conditions as early as possible rather than wait. Group insurance amortized over long periods of time is always cheaper than individual plans.

"They pay huge taxes in order to have that walk-in ability"

I wasn't advocating it. I think it's a really dumb thing to do. Just describing from their point of view.

But it didn't eat her. It didn't even harm her much. It was like feeding a dog and pulling the meat away. It wanted more and gently, by dolphin standards, grabbed her arm so it wouldn't go away.

Hippies don't exist anymore. That was a cultural phenomenon of the late 60's to the 70's. What exist today are people who are not right-wing reactionaries or Christian fundamentalists and who hold a number of non-standard religious beliefs. They were not geeks or jocks growing up. They are just ordinary people of…

"Hippy" = not a fascist. So there ya go.

What's healing for these people is the feeling they are connected to nature. They then project those feelings onto the dolphins. So, it's healing the way the placebo effect is healing.

People seek connection with nature. That is what most religions are. People want to feel connected to the world so they anthropomorphize well..... just about everything. I think animist or spiritualist beliefs are sort of the default human condition. It's very comforting to believe that everything around you, even the…