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My beef with Target is that they allow pharmacists to interfere with medical decisions made by patients and their doctors. A Target pharmacist is allowed to simply not dispense medication that the pharmacist has a personal issue with.

thanks. I doubt kids will change my opinions about Target and Walmart, because aren't parents supposed to be teaching their kids morals? How are you setting a good example for your child if you're willing to sacrifice your principles to save a little time or money?

I usually just run fishing line through my piercings if I need to take them out for some reason. That, or you can also get clear plastic jewelry that's either hard plastic or flexible. Your piercer can order it for you if you can't find it. Plastic jewelry has worked just fine for things like x-rays, EKGs and Echocardiograms.

What does asking businesses to refrain from advertising on a network that promotes political views that you disagree with have to do with the first amendment? The first amendment is to prevent the government from interfering with your free speech, not to prevent private individuals from calling companies, voicing their opinions, and refraining from spending their money. I've called Target and Wal-Mart to voice my disappointment with some of their policies. I don't shop there anymore because of those policies. Am I somehow interfering with their ability to have whatever policy they wish? No. Their policies are their choice. I just let them know that as a customer, I'm not happy with what they're doing, and therefore, will not shop there anymore. My money, my choice.

Didn't Tonks and Lupin die in the last battle?

It may be $510 more in taxes, but how much are people already paying out? That $510 would be in lieu of what they're paying already, right? Your state is already funding Medicare and BadgerCare, which costs Wisconsin around $4 billion. So, if you subtract what your state is already paying out, and take into account what people are already paying for private health care... In Wisconsin, the average health care monthly premium is $182.11, plus whatever people pay out of pocket for things such as copays, prescriptions, etc... keep in mind, this is average plan, and most plans are less than comprehensive in their coverage. So, say that someone is on four prescriptions per month at a $20 copay each, or maybe taking 2 name brand drugs at $40 copay each. That's $80 per month. Then, maybe one doctor visit at $20 copay. That's an extra $100. So, you're now up to $282.11 out of that $510 figure you quoted. After that, you'd need to subtract what your state and local governments are already shelling out for medicare, badgercare, and unpaid hospital bills, since the money to fund hospitals has to come from your state and local budget. Wisconsin hospitals provided $578 million dollars in uncompensated care in 2004. That $578 million has to come from somewhere. It either comes from county and state taxes that are funding the hospitals, or it is passed on to other hospital users who do pay. Regardless, it comes out of workers' pockets in one way or another. So, we've accounted for $282.11 per month out of a potential $510. Once we subtract the $4,578,000,000 that the taxpayers are already shelling out one way or another, you're probably pretty darn close to accounting for the remaining $227.89. Then, you need to look at how much preventative care could lower bills. A $10 vaccination means kids don't get sick and run up thousands of dollars in hospital bills, so you may end up with indirect savings from there, also.

ROFL! You just made me spew coffee all over my computer monitor.

I am so sick of shit like this landing people on the sex offender registry. There are people on that list for streaking across a college campus as a frat prank. The list should be reserved for people who actually commit a sexually based crime such as rape, molestation, etc, and are violent offenders who are likely to re-offend. Right now, the damn list is so big it's not doing anyone any good. The list was meant to allow law enforcement to track people who are dangerous, not children smacking other children, and frat boys streaking.

I think it was Justice Stewart.

1) What constitutes cheating? Is it only sex? If you wouldn't do it with your SO in the room, you probably shouldn't be doing it at all. 2) Under what circumstances MUST one confess? (and if you do confess, should you tell them who with?) I'd probably confess pretty much anything, but I wouldn't cheat to begin with, so it's never been an issue. 3) "What happens on the DZ, stays on the DZ..." Is this a true sentiment? Hell no.

Here's a collection of the state laws for the US regarding child pornography. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has some great resources. http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1346

m-w.com says it's "dike" if you're talking about a wall that holds back water, and "dyke" if you mean a somewhat derogatory term for a lesbian, if you're in the US, and "dyke" in the UK can mean either.

Wouldn't gravity prevent that? I could see might be possible for it to become hot enough for all the water to become gas, but I don't think it'd go floating off in space.

From my cousins, and the Lost episode I watched a few days ago: What's black and white and red all over? a penguin with a sunburn. Why did the cactus cross the road? because it was stuck to the chicken. What's red and green and goes 100 miles per hour? a frog in a blender what's red, green, and brown and goes 100 mph? the same frog a week later.

I have no idea. I've only ever seen crime-bail-crime happen with felonies, so I'm not sure how they treat a misdemeanor.

Ah... I just found it at m-w.com. apparently the "y" spelling is British, so I'm not sure what it's doing on the US version of CNN.

Is this a valid alternate spelling I don't know about, or does this d-word not mean what they think it means? http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/china.floods.reut/index.html

Find your candles and flashlights now while the lights are still on. =)

I wonder if there's any sentence enhancements... Is she still on bail for her last DUI, or did she plead out? I know there was a sentence enhancement for committing another crime while on felony bail, but I think her first one was a misdemeanor, so I wonder how it would affect her sentence.

Get it in writing.

I don't care what religion someone is. So long as they uphold the constitution in its entirety, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Pastafarian, I don't give a damn.

Are you sure about that? I think a doctor would have to do that, and unless the child agrees, thae parent's would not be privy to the diagnosis. No, parents are usually privy to a child's medical records with certain exceptions. In Parham v. JR (US Supreme Court, 1979), the court held that parents could commit a child against the child's will, because the interest of the parent to make sure the child gets treatment is stronger than the child's liberty and privacy interests. The case was still valid as of 2004, but I don't have a way to check it further right now. However, many states view a commitment by a parent to be "voluntary" even if it's against the child's will.

But someone underage could be committed involuntarily by parents, not the courts.

Not necessarily. Depends on the law of the state, because the box said "have you ever been found mentally defective or committed to a mental institution." she may have been obligated to write "yes" without actually being disqualified. I looked up the Florida law, and it says that the law requires a judicial finding of "mentally defective" or an involuntary commitment. People are admitted to institutions for all kinds of reasons that wouldn't disqualify them from a gun purchase, and voluntary commitments don't count. For example, if someone is committed to an institution for anorexia as a teenager, should that prevent them from buying a gun twenty years later? Provided the newspaper quoted the question on the form correctly, some people could be required to answer "yes" but still be legally eligible to purchase.

00 buck will go right through my wall and into my neighbor's place, probably.