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    In Twist of Fate, Fat May Shrink Brains

    The Unemployed's Newest Enemy: Cheap Credit Reports

    Naked Children Terrorizing America's Olds and Gays

    Was Nick Kristof's Wife a Goldman Sachs Layoff Victim?

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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    08/23/09

    In reply to In Twist of Fate, Fat May Shrink Brains
    What are the dietary implications for zombies?
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    Image of Purple Umpteenth Purple Umpteenth
    08/24/09

    @Smitros: if a zombie hipster, make sure to throw the hotdog down their hall
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/23/09

    In reply to In Twist of Fate, Fat May Shrink Brains
    just throw a hotdog at 'em
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/23/09

    In reply to In Twist of Fate, Fat May Shrink Brains
    This should be a piece about bad science reporting. What the study shows is that there's a correlation. Beyond that, they know very little at all, much less what controls what, or whether some third unconsidered variable controls both.
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    Image of CParis CParis
    08/23/09

    @MissNormaDesmond:
    The sample was pretty small, too - 94 participants.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/23/09

    @CParis: I think it was even smaller than that, after they controlled for diabetes.
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    08/24/09

    @CParis: That sample size sounds small enough to be almost meaningless.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    08/23/09

    In reply to In Twist of Fate, Fat May Shrink Brains
    Disorganized onslaughts are both (A) the story of my life and (B) the way I eat a cheeseburger. I really, really, really need to cut back.
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    Image of John Eff Kennedy John Eff Kennedy
    08/23/09

    In reply to In Twist of Fate, Fat May Shrink Brains
    You know what else is bad for frontal and temporal lobes? Bullets, that's what.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    08/23/09

    @John Eff Kennedy: [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of John Eff Kennedy John Eff Kennedy
    08/23/09

    @BookishLookish: God, I love home movies. That's a lot better than that killjoy Shona Laing (rocking a classic Bowie chick mullet).
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    08/24/09

    @John Eff Kennedy: Blecch. Alladin Lame.
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    Image of looselushlucile looselushlucile
    08/23/09

    In reply to In Twist of Fate, Fat May Shrink Brains
    Does this mean that the "Death Panels" can euthanize the fats as well as the olds and the tards?
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/23/09

    @looselushlucile: we'll be left with nothing but inbred skinny people
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/23/09

    I screwed this one up 'cause I'm inbred.
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    08/23/09


    @if_i_only_had_a_heart:
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    Image of The Recession Is Over The Recession Is Over
    08/24/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: Is there a seedling coming out of the back of his head?
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment Edited by The Recession Is Over at 08/24/09 5:20 PM The Recession Is Over was starred The Recession Is Over was unstarred
    Image of EastChestnut EastChestnut
    08/07/09

    In reply to The Unemployed's Newest Enemy: Cheap Credit Reports
    Credit Reports are a great to figure out if you're going to pay BACK borrowed money.
    They do not indicate at all whether you are liable to steal money.
    I mean, if you were willing to steal money, wouldn't you steal the money NOW so you don't have to go into default later?
    Employers are believe this shit because Experian got SHRM (Society For Human Resource Management) to shill credit reports as lie detector tests.
    It's not a credit score anymore... now employers see it as an "ethics score"
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    Image of Magister Magister
    08/07/09

    In reply to The Unemployed's Newest Enemy: Cheap Credit Reports
    Should we expect identity thieves to move from lurking around mailboxes to middle management?
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    Image of Adah Adah
    08/07/09

    In reply to The Unemployed's Newest Enemy: Cheap Credit Reports
    Or, you know, if you're unemployed you could consider cancelling your cell phone in order to save money...
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    08/07/09

    @Adah: I don't know about some other people, my my cell phone is my only phone.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    08/07/09

    @Adah: Wouldn't they tack on some sort of cancellation fee? I'm assuming you're still under the 2-year contract that they got you to sign up for by dangling a cheap phone in front of you. (second sentence needs editing)
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    Edited by CaptainFantastic at 08/07/09 9:14 AM CaptainFantastic was starred CaptainFantastic was unstarred
    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    08/07/09

    @Adah:
    I hope you're being sarcastic. I honestly can't tell.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    08/07/09

    @katekate is squared: Raises hand as well.
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    Image of cmd cmd
    08/07/09

    @The Real JR: Only the olds still have a land line.
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    Image of cellardoor cellardoor
    08/07/09

    @cmd: Or people who live in apartments who need landlines to buzz in visitors through the security gate. Or run a business from their home and need a fax (yes, major corporations still use faxes to communicate with consultants). Or those who live in earthquake prone areas and need a hardwire landline. :-)
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    08/07/09

    @cmd: I'm not an old, and I have a landline. No way in hell I'm giving up my 212. Also, when it rings, I know it's either my mother or a telemarketer so I don't even bother answering.
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    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/07/09

    In reply to The Unemployed's Newest Enemy: Cheap Credit Reports
    It's called loss prevention. The question of whether those who are tempted to steal are tempted because they are in dire financial straits. Possibly stealing everything from pens to customer packages.



    See if you are in shipping where there is no money, you can still divert customer orders so you can sell them on ebay.

    In other words, every employee deals with money, if you realize that assets can be sold for money

    Like that computer at the empty cubicle next to you? $300 when you sell it.


    Thinking that you have to be handling dollar bills for it to be the purview of loss prevention is so 1980's.

    It has been going on for 15+ years. Johny come lately's.

    *punch* *punch*

    Not every article is "new" news, right Gabriel?
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    08/07/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: Forgive me for going all libertarian here, but it's actually called invasion of privacy. There is a difference between screening for criminality and screening for credit worthiness.
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    08/07/09

    @son of spam: I believe you sign away part of your privacy when you fill out that application with your SSN# and sign the back so they can have their way with whatever info they can find with what you've signed away to them.
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    08/07/09

    @The Real JR: Understood. But that doesn't make it right. Employers should be held to stricter "need to know" guidelines, in my opinion.
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    07/16/09

    In reply to Naked Children Terrorizing America's Olds and Gays
    So the current coddled brats in their 20s who are making life annoying for us Olds are one day going to have to figure out how to work alongside young whippersnappers who keep flinging off their clothes. Awesome!
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    07/16/09

    In reply to Naked Children Terrorizing America's Olds and Gays
    So let's just all agree that we won't let them run around naked until they're teenagers, okay?
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    Image of Shelwood Shelwood
    07/16/09

    In reply to Naked Children Terrorizing America's Olds and Gays
    The olds may not have needed conversion to accept this horseshit. I vividly remember the summer of '73, when my 8-year-old little girl self was sternly informed by an aunt that I was now too old to play outside shirtless. Somewhere along the line since then, it has became horrific for a female child to ever expose her completely undeveloped torso in public, so it seems going commando is the equivalent alternative.
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    Image of Astroblack Astroblack
    07/16/09

    In reply to Naked Children Terrorizing America's Olds and Gays
    I'm opposed. In general I get tired of parents letting their little demon spawn run all over the place, while also trying to act hyper-protective. If you're going to micromanage your monsters, then keep those fuckers away from me. I don't want to talk to them, and don't want them talking to me because I don't want you turning around blaming me for shit if something goes wrong.
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    Image of SanchaliBrocchus SanchaliBrocchus
    07/16/09

    In reply to Naked Children Terrorizing America's Olds and Gays
    I think it's about the moment. If you're going around the city on a Saturday afternoon with a naked child, then something must be wrong with you. That's just inviting perverts.

    However, you may just be home and maybe it's hot and maybe your kid only wants to wear a t-shirt. That's a completely different situation that I totally support. At the beach? I'd say it depend on which beach, but still, I wouldn't judge those parents.

    I'm all for bareness.
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