2006-09-12

thewayne: (Default)
2006-09-12 09:47 am

I saw a review for Tarantino's The Protector *No Spoilers Here*

The reviewer quite liked it, but said it was badly cut. It would seem that Quentin (or the studio, who knows which) decided to cut a lot of the Thai cultural elements out, so the theatrical release suffers. Apparently the DVD is available now and is un-cut.

The link has spoilers in one of the comments, but there is a warning and they are easily skipped.

http://angryzenmaster.com/2006/09/11/the-protector/
thewayne: (Default)
2006-09-12 10:11 am

"There is no such thing as Gulf War Syndrome"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_he_me/gulf_war_illness_1

Now, they have a valid point. There is no "one set" of symptoms, but there are many common symptoms. So basically they seem to be describing fibromyalgia. But there are far too many seriously sick veterans for tthis to be ignored.

""There's no unique pattern of symptoms. Every pattern identified in Gulf War veterans also seems to exist in other veterans, though it is important to note the symptom rate is higher, and it is a serious issue," said Dr. Lynn Goldman, of Johns Hopkins University, who headed the Institute of Medicine committee that prepared the report.