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Did you mean biblically http://www.google.ca/search?as_q=bi...ny&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=offeyeofthedragon said:
You spelling farktard
(No homo)
toughb said:
That statement being that Time Magazine has dropped all pretence of not being an openly-biased leftist rag. Its one thing to disagree with and even hate GWB. Quite another to state he is not influential. He would of course be short-listed for the top spot on any rational, non-biased survey, for obvious reasons.
It could be argued that he is a lame duck president at this point. The Democrats won the last election and many in Bush's own party do not support his policies. As a result he is not able to wield the same power he once had.CapitalGuy said:
shack said:
The entire planet is on the edge of its seat to see what he will do with Iran and Iraq and Afghanistan North Korea, among others. He has the power to plunge us into devastating wars with immense global repurcussions, to wreck economies, or to bring peace. If Bush were to say "Let's leave Iraq", 30-some countries would alter their foreign policy by withdrawing their troops from Iraq as well. There sure as heck aren't 99 other people on the planet who wield that degree of influence.
Now try and pay attention Esco...
Esco! said:Mister Tough B , you're an idiot no matter what!!!!!!
I so dont like you!!!!!!!
And I hope I never ever meet you, face to face!!!!
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Drinking Alcohol Shrinks the Brain
02/05/2007 9:33:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, May 2 - While it might help your heart, drinking even moderately could shrink your brain, U.S. researchers say.
Drinking Alcohol Shrinks the Brain
"A small amount of alcohol is beneficial for the heart," noted lead researcher Carol Ann Paul, "but there is a continuous negative correlation between alcohol consumption and total brain volume. It seems that there is not a beneficial effect of even small amounts of alcohol on brain volume."
Paul was scheduled to present her findings at this week's annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, in Boston.
In the study, Paul and colleagues looked at MRI brain scans of 1,839 people ages 34 to 88. The people were classified as non-drinkers, former drinkers, low drinkers (those who drank one to seven drinks per week), moderate drinkers (eight to 14 drinks per week), or high drinkers (more than 14 drinks per week).
The researchers found that the more alcohol people drank on a regular basis, the smaller their brain volume. People who had more than 14 drinks per week had an average 1.6 percent reduction in brain volume compared with people who never drank.
Paul's team found that brain volume decreased 0.25 percent for every increase in drinking category.
Brain shrinkage was slightly greater in female drinkers than in male drinkers and had the biggest impact on women who were in their 70s and were still heavy drinkers, the researchers found.
That's not a surprise, Paul said, because women's bodies tend to react differently to alcohol. "Women are more sensitive to alcohol 1/8than men 3/8 and absorb it faster," she said.
Paul stressed that brain volume will decrease naturally throughout the life span. "There is a normal decline in brain volume. Some people seem to be unaffected by it, but some people are not," she said. "Alcohol seems to be accelerating this normal decline."
One expert believes the study shows a clear, negative effect of drinking on the brain.
"This study corroborates a building story about the detrimental effects of alcohol on brain structure and function," said Dr. James Garbutt, a professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
According to Garbutt, studies have also shown that alcohol has negative effects on brain functioning and cognition. "However, there haven't been studies that show how brain volume and cognition are related and whether alcohol has any effect," he said.
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"I so dont like you!!!!!!!" Who cares!!!!!
