Cuddle Fish!

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Why We Don't Need Socialized Medicine

Why we don't need economic illiterates trivializing the dangers of socialized medicine and spouting abject nonsense on YouTube.

This is a rebuttal...

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The "dangers" of socialized medicine is illustrated by the providing countries that generally have better health statistics than the US. Such economic ideologies is not "how the world works", and trivializes real problems of human beings that do need to be tackled and in a better way than it is n...

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  Why We Don't Need Socialized Medicine

  Why we don't need economic illiterates trivializing the dangers of socialized medicine and spouting abject nonsense on YouTube.

  This is a rebuttal...

  159,541 views

  zeplinair said:

  Right from near the beginning of the video about how "badly" government runs things: the idea that public schools are failing is a myth-when data properly corrects for student socio-economic conditions, a variable known to effect student performance, and something public schools cannot filter fro...

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  Rick 'Fairy' Perry enters the Youtube Hall of Fucktards (Strong)

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  zeplinair said:

  @itsGagaBitch the video it is parodying is much more disturbing and far more gross.

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zeplinair commented 2 months ago

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Penn and Teller - Holier Than Thou (Full Episode)

I hope the sound is better on this one! I didn't have to put it through my crappy software in order to cut out any of the scenes (at least I hope I...

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zeplinair said:

@ronaldcorreatv Sorry, but as a demagogue bullshitter, the Dalai Lama doesn't hold a candle to our homegrown religious demagogue bullshitters.

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  Penn and Teller - Holier Than Thou (Full Episode)

  I hope the sound is better on this one! I didn't have to put it through my crappy software in order to cut out any of the scenes (at least I hope I...

  12,627 views

  zeplinair said:

  @impofhighnoon many of the charges in Bullshit on the Dalai Lama are outdated and not in historical progression. And having fled Tibet as a teenager, he can hardly be blamed for the medieval system of government he was installed in as a child. Nor do I see a rejection by him of the modern. With e...

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  Penn and Teller - P.E.T.A. (Full Episode)

  I don't believe in extremes. You don't have to be a vegan in order to believe in some form of animal rights, within the bounds of reason. I use my ...

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  zeplinair said:

  @hronbubberd Being humane and animal needs is always the issue. But the "plant screaming" experiments are scientifically discredited. Not everything we can call alive has feelings. Animals (and humans) with nervous systems have the physiology brought about by natural selection to have feelings an...

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  Richard Dawkins explains how the gay gene was preserved

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  My opinion (try it as a fourth option) is that gene influenced homosexuality is collateral to the "genes" giving a reproductive success gain in one condition, as in expressing in a female, that net outweighs the loss that may occur when expressed in a male. Not everything is adaptive. What is the...

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zeplinair commented 2 months ago

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Richard Dawkins V Dr Phil

Richard Dawkins debates Dr Phil about various life issues.

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@DJPC991 I think this is a very funny video. But on the record,( -Do you torture small animals? -Yes) and as the ethologist (study of animal behavior based on natural environment) he is, Dawkins is against boiling lobsters. Without a metaphysical soul to validate experience, a nervous system tak...

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  I think this is very very funny (and took alot of work). I am a Dawkins fan(woman), stark raving secular humanist (and atheist)-and I do have a sense of humor.

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zeplinair commented 2 months ago

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Richard Dawkins smacks some sense into Ray Comfort

Ray Comfort is a tool...and if you think he's not then you're clearly a tool too. Let's all agree to forget about people like Ray, I think it would...

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zeplinair said:

@Janusha pot kettle black...and a whole lot transference (mentally projecting one's own qualities or foibles onto another). Not mad, just amused, bemused, shaking my head.

• zeplinair commented 2 months ago

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  Richard Dawkins smacks some sense into Ray Comfort

  Ray Comfort is a tool...and if you think he's not then you're clearly a tool too. Let's all agree to forget about people like Ray, I think it would...

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  zeplinair said:

  @Alexus2990 The separation of interbreeding groups of individuals (how genetics sees species) and a whole lot of time. And provided they do not go extinct, all groups of interbreeding individuals alive today continue to evolve and will never stop evolving. How DNA replicates (with occasional erro...

• zeplinair commented 2 months ago

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  Richard Dawkins smacks some sense into Ray Comfort

  Ray Comfort is a tool...and if you think he's not then you're clearly a tool too. Let's all agree to forget about people like Ray, I think it would...

  424,110 views

  zeplinair said:

  The "fish"(not the "bony fish" we know today) that evolved to exploit the air (richer in oxygen) and land, evolving into amphibians had both gills and a primitive lung. It continued as a lung. In the other set of descendents that became the teleost fish so many love to hook, that lung became a sw...

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zeplinair commented 3 months ago

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SNAILS ON A MISSION - LOVE scene, uncensored

The uncensored SNAILS ON A MISSION with the famous DELETED LOVE SCENE.

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Next episode-she comes after him for support for 1000+ eggs.

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  AUTISTIC GOLDFISH WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER

  TORMENTED GOLDFISH, GOING NUTS

  Music: Gold by Serachi. Sub him here: http://www.youtube.com/user...

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  zeplinair said:

  @natija08 ditto. It gets annoying, since people tend to be "autistic" (ie, mindblind) when it comes to fish, that they pass off distress as entertainment.

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  AUTISTIC GOLDFISH WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER

  TORMENTED GOLDFISH, GOING NUTS

  Music: Gold by Serachi. Sub him here: http://www.youtube.com/user...

  For more CONFUSED LITTLE ANIMALS or ...

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  zeplinair said:

  @MuttleeCrew The multiple images are from refraction from the point of view of the camera. It is not what the fish sees. In this case, the fish has a clear view out and sees no distinct reflection.

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  AUTISTIC GOLDFISH WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER

  TORMENTED GOLDFISH, GOING NUTS

  Music: Gold by Serachi. Sub him here: http://www.youtube.com/user...

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  zeplinair said:

  @AveryMilieu Goldfish tend not to be aggressive. Unlike betas, they are a very social fish. The fishes behavior is from stress. The multiple images are from refraction from the point of view of the camera. It is not what the fish sees. In this case, the fish has a clear view out and sees no disti...

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  AUTISTIC GOLDFISH WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER

  TORMENTED GOLDFISH, GOING NUTS

  Music: Gold by Serachi. Sub him here: http://www.youtube.com/user...

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  zeplinair said:

  @AllAboutMeerkats 3, 6, 12 (or whatever #) second memory is a totally scientifically busted myth. Even the Mythbusters busted it. Scientifically, it has been tested up to three months. Anecdote by those who do fish science, places that at up to a year (Introduction in "Fish Cognition and Behavior...

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zeplinair commented 4 months ago

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Does Shyamalan care about Airbender's bad reviews?

Director of The Last Airbender addresses the criticism his film has received. Submit your videos at http://itn.co.uk/itndirect.... . Follo...

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Beware the fan lynch mob. I've yet to see the animation, and I enjoyed the movie. I like the grace of Kata and dance moves, and I watched this as a simple fantasy film. So I was initially puzzled as to the lambasting (hey, the dialogue and acting was far more insulting to me in the last couple St...

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  Twin Spin Dancers

  The spinning dancer gets a partner -another variant on Noboyuki Kayahara's original concept. Now the visual ambiguity is doubled because each dance...

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  zeplinair said:

  @FritzDeGamer There is not enough data to determine the direction of spin of either. See 'solution' (watch?v=i-yhtXAzYwc&NR=1) that draws white lines on two parallel dancer examples. It is this sort of "information" the mind lacks that it self-creates to come up with a perceptive decision. Despit...

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  which way is the dancer spinning??

  if it's spinning clockwise, you're right brained

  if it's spinning counter-clockwise, you're left brained

  believe it or not it can spin both ways ...

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  zeplinair said:

  @TheBoggypolarbear Too bad I can't make her spin like and up/(or down) quark.

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  Hollow Face Mask Effect Explained(2)

  Three objects - a fruit crate, a face mask in relief and a hollow face mask - are illuminated alternately from above and below. This demonstrates h...

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  zeplinair said:

  The problem is you are viewing complex vs simple shading. At no point do I see see the local rules of highlight vs shading contradicting what looks convex. the comparison of fruit crate vs face mask is apples to oranges. In the Charlie Chaplin mask examples, I find the illusion works just as well...

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  Thunderf00t and the Mountain Lion

  The sun was fully down and the full moon just risen (12 Aug 2011) when I was up by the tripod some 10 meters from the car. The camera was running ...

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  I taut I saw a puddytat!

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zeplinair commented 4 months ago

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Potassium Explosion (8 GRAMS) -slow motion

There's a reason why I started with 250 mg (1/4gram) of potassium. When dealing with potentially hazardous stuff, you need to have a good feel of ...

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"This video was made with material purchased with donations"...

People donated so you could blow things up?!

.....COOL!!!!

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  Westboro Baptist Church Gets Pwned - VideoDart.com

  http://videodart.com Targetting the Web's Best Videos!

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  zeplinair said:

  I am an Atheist, but don't mistake these people as a valid example of religious intolerance. This so called "church" is mostly the family of the delusional and abusive Fred Phelps (as attested by family who escaped). His daughter, the heir of her father's insanity. A real horror is they have thei...

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  Westboro Baptist Church family disowns daughter — 20/20

  Visit Lauren Drain (the daughter's) Facebook:

  http://www.facebook.com/Lau...

  A 24-year-old girl who was born into the Westboro Baptist Churc...

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  zeplinair said:

  I am an Atheist, but don't mistake these people as a valid example of religious intolerance. This so called "church" is mostly the family of the delusional and abusive Fred Phelps (as attested by family who escaped). daughter is the heir of her father's insanity. A real horror is they have their...

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  Westboro Baptist Church RAGE-QUIT (tfoot interview teaser)

  Sigh, wheres broadband when u need it!

  The whole interview (merely 1Gb) is saying itll need 4 hrs to upload.... That's not happening today!

  Well ...

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  zeplinair said:

  Don't mistake this as a valid example of religious intolerance. This so called "church" is the family of Fred Phelps, a delusional abusive man(as attested by family who escaped). That woman must be his daughter, the heir of her father's insanity. The real horror is they involve their children in ...

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zeplinair commented 5 months ago

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delivery under the water!!!

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zeplinair said:

@invicibleskyadora cool. Thankfully waterbirth/labor is less an outlandish idea than it once was-even some hospital birth centers are now offering the use of birth/labor pools.

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  delivery under the water!!!

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  @partynpink239 However, a good relaxed water birth is very beneficial to both mother and baby. And if mother and baby are not at perceivable medical risk from ordinary, a birth pool at home with an attendant (usually midwife) experienced in home births (NO "doctoring"-you want to protect the norm...

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  delivery under the water!!!

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  @partynpink239 I do not recommend the dolphin since I am concerned about their welfare, especially when there is financial incentive in having the animal be in and behave in certain ways (that is not the animal's personal whim or agenda). This has also made for bad encounters. Though seemingly ma...

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  delivery under the water!!!

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  zeplinair said:

  @DJestify No drown-water births are not unusual these days. Even many hospitals now offer use of birth pools. Pressure change and temp change cue the breathing reflex-out of water. Most bring baby out quickly, but with an unclamped cord, some babies have been kept under, eyes open and peaceful wi...

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  delivery under the water!!!

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  zeplinair said:

  @stealerofthesoulkat Unlikely to eat the baby with that kind of intense (but not food anticipatory, if I accurately read the body language), directed curiosity. Dolphins are member of the "passed the MSR (mirror self-recognition) club" and thus probably can be expected to be very socially (and so...

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  delivery under the water!!!

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  zeplinair said:

  Humans do the oddest things, abstracting (non-existent) metaphysical significance. But as a member of the "passed the MSR (mirror self-recognition) club", the dolphin appears very curious. He/She was seemingly intensely and directly interested, not in a mere agitated sense, which makes it interes...

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