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Ive driven one the x635 the turbo diesel and Clarkson is right it's rubbish - doesn't know whether it wants to be a sports car or 4WD and ends up being neither. The engine has good torque though but as Clarkson says why does it need to be so big and heavy? For the money (in Australia) there are b...

Psychiatry had homosexuality in the DSM in the early 1970s...it remains a work of fiction.

@SmellyButton82 Because we care about the future of our children. ADHD is a set of undesirable behaviours and learning difficulties - it is a condition for which A MEDICAL CAUSE has NEVER been established. I don't have children but if I did and anyone tried to drug them with amphetamines i'd take...

@MsXtiddlesx, the whole the issue is how the diagnosis is made. An illness or disorder is valid if it can be evidenced by a blood test, an Xray or a brain scan. What Professor Spillane is saying is that it is dangerous to medicate without a medical pathology. Undesirable behaviour is not a suffic...

You're going the right way about it. If you enjoy the water he'll learn to as well. I've lost count of the number of times that I've seen knuckleheads trying to drag there dogs into the water at the beach.

@onesimplevoice, agreed! Pharmaceutical companies don't want guys like Breggin being a voice of reason and influence - it's bad for their profits. The chemical imbalance hypothesis masquerading as fact (correlative but not causative) is a dangerous lie, with destructive consequences for human life.

@Gostwriterindisguise the onus is on you to negate the science he mentions regarding how these drugs effect the brain. Breggin is no quack he knows better than almost anyone the destructive effects that drugs have on the brain. He's one of few psychiatrists with the integrity to follow where the ...

How does boosting serotonin levels (if that could be causally linked with "mental illness") repair unresponsive SSRI receptors? What tests are done pre diagnosis to determine if a person has a "mental illness"? NOTHING. It is presumed that they have a chemical imbalance based on behaviours which ...

at a point in time. A reduced level of serotonin etc does not validate the "chemical imbalance" model as our brain chemistry is constantly changing (it might be evident if patients have already begun taking psychiatric drugs) . These toxic substances create tolerance and damage neurotransmitter ...

If you're intelligent you attack the argument not the person. Resorting to the "you're a Scientologist" line is nauseating and shows that you haven't closely examined the many documented cases of pharmacological abuse. There is abundant evidence that, contrary to the multi billion dollar cash cow...

Briliant, courageous, hardworking CFA. If he didn't have the credibility to make the SEC take notice - who did?

There is a distinction between Madoff and Hank Paulson and Wall St. The mortgage crisis showed disgusting conduct on the part of those who lent to people who clearly couldn't afford to repay their mortgages. Those mortgages were securitised "CDOs" and sold by Wall St for hefty fees. Many CEOs fai...

What did the SEC do when they audited his firm? Have a chin wag, tick some boxes then leave? Red flags everywhere - which they had been alerted to...but still they didn't do their jobs...

there's no doubt this owner doesn't have control of her dogs...its illogical to conclude that all Ridgebacks are dangerous based on this encounter. My Ridgeback cross Kelpie (Kelpie is a sheep herding dog) lets my two year old (terrible twos) niece sit astride him like a horse, she hits him and p...

SMG changes gear much faster than a human can but it takes away the joy of driving...a car like the M3 is best enjoyed as a manual.

Thanks Tony for putting all these games up. I'm a Wallabies supporter but think the Kiwi front row will make it very difficult for us at the World Cup. But if Polota Nau isn't injured and Alexander stops capitulating maybe the advantage will be limited...looking forward to the World Cup!

Season 1 was awesome and appealed to different age demographics - my eighty year old grandad watched the show and liked it. Put it on SBS. Don't be STOOGES!