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Science Pricktion
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USA
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 Posted - 06/26/2009 : 21:49:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Simon
Originally posted by Science Pricktion
Elvis did it. Why couldn't MJ? |
Hmmm... Yes, of course. Why not Jackson, if Elvis did it...
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Not "if". Elvis DID.  |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/26/2009 : 22:21:04 [Permalink]
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What's that supposed to prove?
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/26/2009 : 22:30:39 [Permalink]
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I guess it is supposed to be a picture of Elvis, taken after his death.
Of course, a) We don't know that it was taken after his death.
b) We don't know that it is Elvis. Especially as the picture is of poor quality. Even then, it could only be a look-alike. I think to remember Elvis coming from a large family, one could imagine a brother of him looking quite similar.
c) If anything, the picture does actually look like Elvis in his prime, not Elvis at the time of his death when he was severely overweight. The person on the picture does not seem that overweight to me, although it is difficult to know, the picture being of such bad quality.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 06/27/2009 : 02:00:24 [Permalink]
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| Hey guys, where's your sense of humour? Science Pricktion is just joking. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 06/27/2009 : 03:07:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Hey guys, where's your sense of humour? Science Pricktion is just joking.
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Perhaps, but why is Mary peering through the glass while lying on the floor? I think I liked her better burned into the stale sandwich.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 06/27/2009 : 13:09:27 [Permalink]
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Holy shit!
Michael Jackson's death has lifted a veil on the sinister underbelly of fame, with associates of the pop icon hitting out at celebrity-dazzled doctors who funnel powerful narcotics to the stars.
Jackson, who died Thursday aged 50 after collapsing at his home in Beverly Hills, had a long history of prescription drug use, stretching back to 1993 when allegations of child abuse were leveled at him.
Reports that Jackson had been injected with a powerful painkiller by a personal physician shortly before his death triggered speculation that the star had a ready supply of prescription medications. Days after his death, reports indicated that Jackson took a daily cocktail of Demerol, Vistaril, Soma, Dilaudid, Vicodin, Zoloft, Prilosec, Paxil and Xanax.
Further autopsy results are expected in six weeks. The first evaluation of Jackson's remains did not indicate any foul play or illness. His family said on Saturday they may seek a second autopsy to answer lingering questions about the pop star's death.
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I don't think there are very many "lingering questions." Jackson was killed by his physicians.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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and Crypto-Communist!
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Dave W.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 13:58:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
The toxicology report is what's going to take four-to-six weeks.
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Yeh, and I suspect it'll be a doozy! If this article is anything like accurate, he had doctors all over Hollywood prescribing for him. The human body simply has not yet evolved to handle that much modern chemistry on a daily basis.
At the risk of sounding redundant: Holy shit!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/27/2009 : 17:15:23 [Permalink]
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Demerol is the only drug on that list that I've had administered, and that was while in a hospital bed recovering from a laparotomy (medical-talk for lap removal). Demerol is a very serious opiate. I can't imagine a person trying to to carry on a "normal" life while stewed to the gills with a Samuel Taylor Coleridge-class opiate like Demerol, let alone that cocktail of antidepressants and such.
CNN.com has been little but a Michael Jackson commemorative site for these last several days. CNN and other "news" outfits have given the hardliners in Iran an unearned respite from serious world coverage of their repression as a result.
People should come to grips with the fact that Michael Jackson, whatever his talents, was a seriously deranged man, who for a very long time was a severe danger not only to himself, but to innocent young children. News coverage hasn't helped, but they soon will be focusing on all Jackson's woes and foibles just as whorishly as they have been hailing his genius for days. After all, what is news these days, if not entertainment?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 06/27/2009 : 17:16:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Hey guys, where's your sense of humour? Science Pricktion is just joking.
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If so, that just goes to show the inherent difficulty of humor.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/27/2009 : 18:23:01 [Permalink]
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Science Pricktion
New Member
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 19:12:05 [Permalink]
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| Demerol a serious opiate. Now thats funny. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/27/2009 : 19:17:26 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Science Pricktion
Demerol a serious opiate. Now thats funny.
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Well, you have to be on it to get the joke.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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dglas
Skeptic Friend
Canada
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Posted - 06/27/2009 : 19:39:25 [Permalink]
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| I'm sorry, was MJ convicted of pedophilia and I missed the ruling? |
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Science Pricktion
New Member
USA
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Posted - 06/27/2009 : 20:02:47 [Permalink]
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| No, you just missed the part where he paid the family of a young boy millions of dollars to keep quiet and go away after molesting him. |
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Michael Jackson dead
