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'The Message'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Nov 13, 2012 6:43:18 am PST #647 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oooh, check out Paula Broadwell's high school prom picture. She's totally got the Liz Lemon High School perm.

Whatever, she looks good for 1991! (I graduated high school in 1991.)

I don't understand you guys.

Americans don't need James Bond. We have.... Reagan? That doesn't seem right.


Jessica - Nov 13, 2012 6:44:33 am PST #648 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Americans don't need James Bond. We have.... Reagan? T

Lord, that's just about the most depressing sentence I've ever read. Go watch some James Bond!


DavidS - Nov 13, 2012 6:46:57 am PST #649 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Whatever, she looks good for 1991!

I like that look! It's very Molly Ringwald.


Burrell - Nov 13, 2012 6:47:57 am PST #650 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Seriously, all of the studies in this article were funded by the manufacturers of the drug. HOW IS THAT NOT SKETCHY?!?

Ah but the real question is how many studies were not published because they had contrary results?

Actually I have wondered on occasion who funds the drug studies that aren't funded by the manufacturer. The FDA?


Consuela - Nov 13, 2012 6:49:34 am PST #651 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

HOW IS THAT NOT SKETCHY?

it's totally sketchy. Steph, have you heard about that new book that just came out, exposing all the sketchy research in the pharmaceutical industry?

I have the writer on my twitter feed, he's Ben Goldacre, and it's called Bad Pharma. [link]


Jessica - Nov 13, 2012 6:51:39 am PST #652 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Actually I have wondered on occasion who funds the drug studies that aren't funded by the manufacturer. The FDA?

Mostly universities, I think.


Jesse - Nov 13, 2012 6:51:44 am PST #653 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Lord, that's just about the most depressing sentence I've ever read. Go watch some James Bond!

I know, I know. OK.


Burrell - Nov 13, 2012 6:52:13 am PST #654 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oo, that looks like something I should get. Thanks, Suela.


Jesse - Nov 13, 2012 6:53:21 am PST #655 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Mostly universities, I think.

Universities do the research, but it's mostly federal money, no?


Burrell - Nov 13, 2012 6:54:54 am PST #656 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Mostly universities, I think.

I know they tend to run the studies, but do they actually fund them? University researchers and professors generally bring research money in from outside.