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Some health plans have their own pharmacies for their members. If you belong to one of those health plans, some of the advice in this topic may not apply to you.
Trying to make some changes in your lifestyle might help reduce your need for medicines. Many chronic illnesses, including diabetes, high blood pressure, and low back pain, require fewer medicines if you can increase your activity level, lose weight, and improve your diet. Also, counseling, support groups, and other therapies may help with illnesses such as depression.
Generic medicines are less expensive copies of brand-name medicines. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you can take a generic equivalent for the brand-name medicine that you take now. Generic equivalents are made according to the same strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards as brand-name drugs. So generics have the same quality, strength, purity, and stability as their more expensive brand names.
Unfortunately, generic equivalents are not available for every brand-name medicine. If there is not an equivalent, ask your doctor if there is a similar medicine in the same class that may be less expensive or that has a generic equivalent.
Shop around for the best deal on medicines. The retail cost can vary widely from pharmacy to pharmacy. Some pharmacies match the price that other pharmacies charge. Finding a good deal is important, but be sure that your pharmacist (or pharmacists) knows your medical history, including all the medicines you take�both prescription and over-the-counter (nonprescription) drugs as well as dietary supplements and herbs�even if you didn't get them at that particular pharmacy. That way he or she can provide valuable advice about any potential for drug interactions, side effects, or other problems.
Also, compare costs of buying medicines online. Some large drugstore chains have websites that offer savings. See a complete list of websites on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) site at www.nabp.net. Look for websites that display the NABP VIPPS (Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites) seal, which means they meet state and federal requirements.
If you decide to buy your medicine on the Internet, be a smart shopper and learn how to buy drugs safely online.
Pill splitting is another strategy that can help you save money without losing drug effectiveness or safety. Some tablets are available at double the dose and at the same or almost the same cost as lower doses. By splitting the larger dose, you can essentially get two doses for the price of one. But many medicines should not be split, including timed-release pills and capsules.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if any of your prescription medicines are sold at higher dosages and if it's possible to split them. Talk to your pharmacist about how to split pills with an inexpensive, easy-to-use pill splitter.
Buying prescriptions in bulk can also save you money. Ask your doctor to write a prescription for several months' supply of medicines that you take consistently. Keep in mind that your insurance company may limit the amount of medicine you can get at one time. Sometimes the price for a 3-month supply of medicine is less costly than if you were to pay an insurance copay each month for three months. Mail-order services can often save you money on large orders. But be sure to use only trusted, reliable pharmacy websites.
If you are trying a medicine for the first time, don't get more than a 30-day supply. That way, if you have concerns about side effects, you can talk to your doctor about trying another medicine. And you may save money by not getting more than you needed.
For more ideas about how to pay for medicines, how to remember to take them, and when to call your doctor, see Quick Tips: Taking Medicines Wisely.
Take time to find out about how your medical insurance or managed health care plan covers medicine costs. Some insurance companies cover only generic medicines if they are available. With some insurance plans, you may have to pay more for medicines that are not on the plan's list of preferred medicines (also known as a formulary). Some insurers cover medicines that are bought only at participating pharmacies. Your insurance company also may not pay for certain medicines such as weight-loss and hair-growth drugs. Ask the customer service representative whether your medicines are covered, whether you need to buy at certain pharmacies, and about your copayment. Many insurance companies also list this information on their websites.
If you have a choice between plans, check what your copayment for prescription drugs will be, the maximum amount the plan will pay in a year, and other details. Choose the plan that best suits your needs. When you buy medicines, find out which payment option will be the least expensive. Some things to consider include whether there is a generic version of a preferred medicine and whether an over-the-counter equivalent costs less than your copayment. Bring a copy of your health care plan's list of preferred prescription drugs to your next doctor appointment. And keep the list with your chart. That way, you and your doctor can see which medicines cost the least on your plan. Remember, having the right information can save you time and money.
To learn more about insurance, see the topic Understanding Health Insurance.
There may be an over-the-counter alternative for your prescription medicine. For example, nonprescription naproxen (Aleve) is a fraction of the cost of the prescription equivalent Naprosyn. (Generic versions of over-the-counter medicines can save you even more money.) Often nonprescription equivalents of prescription medicines come in lower strengths, so get instructions from your doctor or pharmacist on how to take them.
In the case of antibiotics, research has found that they are not always needed. For example, up to two-thirds of people who have acute sinusitis improve on their own without antibiotic treatment. Your doctor might advise you to take a 1wait-and-see approach before you buy expensive antibiotics.
The answer to the first question is "Yes." Many brand-name prescription medicines, either over the Internet, by mail order, or in person, cost less from Canadian pharmacies than from their U.S. counterparts. Whether it is legal to buy them remains controversial.
The FDA warns that the safety of drugs bought from other countries cannot be ensured. But many doctors say that Canada also demands safety and efficacy for medicines. These doctors say they would rather have their patients buy medicines from Canada than skip doses because they can't afford their medicines. U.S. citizens have been buying medicines in Canada for years, although federal law prohibits the practice.
Talk to your doctor if you decide to import your medicines. And be sure to buy only from licensed Canadian pharmacies and wholesalers.
To get your doctor to help, tell him or her that your prescription medicine bill is a financial burden. Ask for drugs that are less expensive but that work just as well. Often, a condition can be treated with one of several different medicines, and your doctor may be able to prescribe one that costs less.
You might ask your doctor if he or she has medicine samples, vouchers, or other resources for you, especially when you are trying out a new medicine to see whether it will work.
The Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit began in January 2006. For the most current information about what the Medicare Part D Act means for you, go to www.medicare.gov or call 1-800-MEDICARE. Your doctor, pharmacist, or social worker may also be able to help you know about your Medicare benefits.
See whether the pharmaceutical company that makes your medicine has a patient assistance program. Some companies offer free or discounted drugs for people who cannot afford them. These companies often require that your doctor contact them first about your case. Your doctor will need to be involved, and the application process can be complex. You may need to provide documentation to verify your income. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance provides doctors and other health care providers with the information they need to access these programs. You can find out more at www.pparx.org.
Some states have programs for seniors and people with disabilities or low incomes.
If you have a rare disease, you may qualify for a National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) medication assistance program. NORD's assistance programs help people with rare diseases whose income is too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to pay for their prescribed medicines. For more information, visit www.rarediseases.org/patients-and-families/patient-assistance.
Most veterans know that the Veterans Administration offers prescription drug coverage for retired veterans. But many people don't know that the same service is available for their families and survivors. Call the VA Health Revenue Center toll-free at 1-877-222-VETS (8387), or go to www.va.gov/health.
Some organizations offer special discounts on prescription drugs for their members. For example, AARP and AAA offer savings. Many pharmacies offer some form of a discount plan for seniors. Community health clinics or programs may have low- or no-cost prescription drugs for those who qualify. Also, some pharmacies offer a set price for some medicines�for example, $5 for a 30-day supply of certain generic medicines.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A baby delivered after his parents were killed in a Brooklyn hit-and-run accident died early Monday, a community spokesman said.
Isaac Abraham, who serves as a spokesman for the family's Orthodox Jewish community, said the child died around 5:30 a.m.
Police were searching for the driver of a BMW and a passenger who fled on foot after slamming into a livery cab, killing the young pregnant woman and her husband.
"This guy's a coward and he should pay his price," said Abraham, adding that the community wants a homicide prosecution.
Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were looking forward to welcoming their first child into their tight-knit community of Orthodox Jews.
The horrific crash happened in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn as the couple headed to a hospital.
The engine of the livery car ended up in the backseat, where Raizy Glauber, who was seven months pregnant, was sitting before she was ejected, Abraham said. Her body landed under a parked tractor-trailer, said witnesses who raced to the scene after the crash. Nachman Glauber was pinned in the car, and emergency workers had to cut off the roof to get him out, witnesses said.
The Glaubers both were pronounced dead at hospitals, and the medical examiner said they died of blunt-force trauma. Doctors had delivered the baby by cesarean section.
Neighbors and friends said the boy weighed only about 4 pounds. The Glaubers' livery cab driver was treated for minor injuries at the hospital and was later released. Both the driver of the BMW and a passenger fled and were being sought, police said.
Meanwhile, police said the registered owner of the BMW, who was not in the car, was charged with insurance fraud. Police said Takia Walk, 29, was arrested Sunday. They did not have any details regarding the charge.
On Saturday, Raizy Glauber "was not feeling well, so they decided to go" to the hospital, said Sara Glauber, Nachman Glauber's cousin. Abraham said the Glaubers called a car service because they didn't own a car, which is common for New Yorkers.
The Glaubers were married about a year ago and had begun a life together in Williamsburg, where Raizy Glauber grew up in a prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbinical family, Sara Glauber said.
Raised north of New York City in Monsey, N.Y., and part of a family that founded a line of clothing for Orthodox Jews, Nachman Glauber was studying at a rabbinical college nearby, said his cousin.
Brooklyn is home to the largest community of ultra-Orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000. The community has strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world. Men wear dark clothing that includes a long coat and a fedora-type hat and often have long beards and ear locks.
Jewish law calls for burial of the dead as soon as possible, and hours after their deaths, the Glaubers were mourned by at least 1,000 people at a funeral outside the Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar synagogue.
Afterward, the cars carrying the bodies left and headed to Monsey, where another service was planned in Nachman Glauber's hometown.

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CUPERTINO (CBS / AP) -- Apple's blockbuster revenue growth is slowing drastically, as iPhone sales plateau and the company finds itself lacking revolutionary new products.
The company's warning, issued Wednesday as part of its financial results for the holiday quarter, sent Apple Inc.'s stock plunging by more than 10 percent, wiping out a year's worth of gains.
Analysts said the warning suggested Apple can no longer sustain its growth without some completely new products. Its last revolutionary creation, the iPad, was launched in 2010. Co-founder Steve Jobs, who was the engine behind the creation of the iPod, iPhone and iPad, died in 2011.
"It has been an overriding concern with Apple that they would not be able to generate revenue growth just rolling out new versions of old products," said Jeff Sica, president and chief investment officer of SICA Wealth Management. "Now they've proven it in their numbers."
On a conference call with analysts, Apple CEO Tim Cook rebutted that idea, but as usual, gave no details.
"We're working on some incredible stuff. The pipeline is chock full," he said.
Before he died in 2011, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs told biographer Walter Isaacson that he had figured out how to create a groundbreaking, easy-to-use TV set. Since then, company watchers have been waiting for the company to bring out something in that vein to re-energize sales. Cook said the company was still working on it.
"I tend to believe that there's a lot we can contribute in the space, and so we continue to pull the string and see where it leads us," he said.
Apple said it expects sales of between $41 billion and $43 billion in the current quarter, which ends in March. That would usually be little cause for concern, even though analysts were expecting $45.6 billion, because Apple usually lowballs its forecasts. But Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said the company is changing its practices and providing a reasonable range rather than a single, easily achievable number.
That means Apple is looking at sales growth of about 7 percent from last year's January to March quarter, a striking number for a company that's posted double-digit increases in every quarter except one since 2008.
Apple's stock fell $55.58 to $458.43 in extended trading, after the release of the results. The shares are down 35 percent from their all-time high, hit Sept. 21, when the iPhone 5 launched.
Fueled by earlier versions of the iPhone, Apple's market capitalization decisively overtook that of Exxon Mobil in early 2012, making it the world's most valuable company. With Wednesday's drop, Apple is worth just 5 percent more than Exxon.
Apple's enviable profit growth also hit a wall in the October to December quarter. It said net income in the fiscal first quarter was $13.1 billion, or $13.81 per share, flat with a year ago. That still beat expectations, as analysts polled by FactSet had forecast earnings of $13.48 per share.
Revenue was $54.5 billion, up 18 percent from a year ago. Analysts were expecting $55 billion. Sales were held back by the fact that the latest quarter had 13 weeks, one less than the corresponding 2011 quarter.
Apple shipped 47.8 million iPhones in the quarter, about 1 million less than analysts were expecting, and 22.9 million iPads, also about 1 million short.
Most surprisingly, Mac sales were also 1 million short, at 4.1 million. That's a 22 percent drop from shipments a year ago. Oppenheimer said this was because Apple couldn't get the new iMac desktops out before December.
Cook said iPhone supplies were short too, and the company could have sold more of both the iPhone 5 and older iPhone 4 if it had been able to make more.
Most technology companies would be ecstatic if they posted 18 percent sales growth and $13 billion in profit for a single quarter, but Apple is held to a high standard, set by the shocking, iPhone-propelled success of the last few years.
"Apple has been growing tremendously and that level of growth can't be sustained by any company," said Sarah Rotman Epps, senior analyst at Forrester Research.
Investors have already been concerned that Apple's strategy of keeping the price of the iPhone high means it's losing out on sales, particularly overseas. Consumers are instead opting to buy cheaper smartphones running Google Inc.'s Android software, which has propelled South Korea's Samsung Electronics to the world's largest maker of smartphones. The average wholesale price of the iPhone is $640, hundreds of dollars more than smartphones with comparable hardware.
There's speculation among company watchers that the company will produce a cheaper iPhone, but that would cut into its profit margin and could tarnish the company's image as a purveyor of premium products.
Apple had warned that the holiday quarter's profits would be lower than Wall Street was initially expecting, because it had so many new products coming out, including the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini. New production lines are more expensive to run and yield more defective products that need to be redone or thrown out rather than sold.
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Is Harry Reid a racist? It depends on what the meaning of racist is:
If by "racist," you mean somebody who feels antagonism toward black people, then Harry Reid isn't a racist. Harry Reid thinks we are racists.
If by "racist" you mean somebody who would use other people's feelings about race in a purely instrumental way to amass political power, then Harry Reid is a racist.
ADDED: To fight the charge of Type 1 racism, the Democrats are rolling out their Type 2 racism in all its virulence.
AND: Eugene Volokh responds to this post:
Does the term "racist" indeed normally mean "somebody who would use other people's feelings about race in a purely instrumental way to amass political power"? I don't think I've ever heard it used this way; and while I certainly recognize that words can have multiple standard meanings, I'm skeptical that the second meaning Prof. Althouse suggests is indeed standard.The reason why I put it that way is not because I saw that as a standard meaning. It is intended to express what I think is exactly what Reid was doing. The clause begins with "if." Seen that way, I'm saying: If what Reid did is racist, Reid is a racist.
Now, it's a separate question whether racism should be defined like that. Perhaps a narrow definition of "racist" is desirable. The word is so inflammatory, you might want to reserve it for those who think people of a particular race are inferior and deserve to be treated differently. But maybe our understanding of the word should be refined so that it covers those who use race in other ways that we disapprove of. My post was intended to offer the suggestion that we ought to disapprove of what Reid did with race and for that reason we ought to adopt it as the definition of racist.
Volokh says that if my proffered use of "racist" isn't "standard"...
... then it seems to me a bad idea to try to redefine "racist" this way, because of the substantial possibility that (1) listeners will misunderstand...I disagree. I want to challenge people to think about what is "racist," not save the word for the meanings that have already been established. Let's use it in ways that are useful. And let's talk about and develop the meaning of this powerful word, not just try to make life easy for listeners.
... and (2) will misunderstand in a way that is unfair to Sen. Reid, because it might lead listeners to think that Reid is actually being called a definition-one racist (a normal meaning of "racist"), since that's a more standard definition.I'm not willing to dumb down the conversation like this. I said quite clearly that Reid wasn't a Type 1 racist. I think there is something else he was doing that was bad, and I'm using a proposed redefinition of the word to inspire critical thought about how bad it is.


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Fritters are definitely one of my favourite foods! There is just something irresistible about a savoury vegetable cake that is fried until golden brown and crispy! One of the things that I like so much about them is that you can make them with all sorts of different vegetables and and over the last few years I have been experimenting with different vegetables. One vegetable that I had never even considered using to make a fritter with, one of my favourite vegetables, was asparagus and when I came across the idea of asparagus fritters on Kalofagas recently I knew that I would have to try making some. What's more is that these asparagus fritters use some of my favourite Greek flavours including lots of fresh herbs and feta, a flavour combination that I have used in spinach fritters and zucchini fritters in the past.
These fritters are pretty easy to make, you simple grate or food process the asparagus, mix up the batter and fry in oil until crispy. Given how simple they are to make I often like to server fritters for a lazy brunch on the weekend though they also go well as appetizers. This time I made the meal a bit heartier by topping the fritters with a poached egg and some avgolemono sauce where avgolemono sauce is a lemony sauce that makes for a nice lighter alternative to a hollondaise sauce .
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- 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
- 2 green onions, chopped
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- 1 egg
- salt and pepper to taste
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- Grate or process the asparagus in a food processor.
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Several hundred mourners gathered for the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker's funeral near his hometown on Long Island. The 25-year-old Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend on Dec. 1, then drove to the Chiefs' practice facility and committed suicide in front of team officials.
At Upper Room Christian Church on Wednesday, relatives wore black - and red, the Chiefs' color. Pastor Dawn Mixon shared that Belcher's mother, Cheryl Shepherd, described him as a "humble, kind young man." He had a soft spot for children and loved cartoons.
"We may not understand the reasons why we are here or understand what caused this tragedy," Mixon said.
At a celebration of Belcher's life, there were hints of the way it ended. A photo slide show played on a large screen above the stage, with images from Belcher's childhood through his football careers at nearby West Babylon High School and the University of Maine.
Then appeared the words "In loving memory of" Belcher and Kasandra Perkins, the mother of his 3-month-old daughter. After a series of pictures of Perkins and baby Zoey came the message, "Keep this little girl in your prayers."
"The legacy we pass on to her will be good," said his uncle, Davin Miles.
Next to an open casket were collages of photos and mementos from Belcher's playing career. An array of flowers spelled out W.B. for his high school.
Chiefs players and staff attended a memorial service for Belcher in Kansas City last week. His locker at their practice facility had been left intact after his death -- his helmet, pads, laundry and shoes still sitting there the way he left them. As the Chiefs returned from an off day Wednesday, it had finally been cleaned out.
On a Saturday morning, the day before the team's game against the Carolina Panthers, Belcher shot the 22-year-old Perkins multiple times at their home. Police said Belcher and Perkins previously had been arguing.
Belcher then drove to Arrowhead Stadium, where he thanked coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli for all they'd done for him. As police arrived, Belcher slipped behind a car and put the gun to his head.
Bishop Stephanie Green described Belcher as "a man who did some awesome things - while other young men his age were out hustling, slinging and doing other things, he chose an education."
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After eight days of fighting, "Operation Pillar of Defense" came to a close, and now all that can be done is wait for the results.
During the night following the Israel-Hamas cease-fire announcement, there was sporadic rocket fire for several hours after the 9 p.m. deadline went into effect, but none after midnight. In all, 12 rockets were fired into Israeli territory after the deadline. The Israel Air Force has ceased all activity in the Gaza Strip. If the calm holds, reserve soldiers called up to prepare for a potential ground invasion will begin to be sent home in coming days.
On Thursday morning, residents of southern communities heard warning sirens indicating incoming rockets, but no rockets were found. Officials believe that several rockets may have exploded inside Palestinian territory.
As far as the cease-fire agreement goes, Israel will seek to end the smuggling of weapons and ammunition from Sinai into the Gaza Strip. Hamas will seek a removal of the naval blockade on Gaza and the opening of all border crossings.
The man behind the agreement was Mossad head Tamir Pardo, who traveled to Cairo, presented the Israeli position and returned to Jerusalem with a list of understandings to be presented to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The three convened the Forum of Nine senior ministers and formulated an outline for the cease-fire agreement.
The Forum of Nine was scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, but the bombing of a Tel Aviv bus disrupted that plan. Netanyahu and the ministers were furious, and the mediators immediately called U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. For a moment it seemed that the cease-fire agreement was doomed, and that Netanyahu would launch an Israeli ground invasion in Gaza. But then Clinton exerted pressure, and U.S. President Barack Obama also called Netanyahu and asked him to give the truce a chance. You have to give your citizens a normal life, Obama reportedly said to Netanyahu, and it worked.
It was decided that the announcement regarding the cease-fire would come out of Egypt, in order to give the Egyptian leadership the credit and to cement Egypt's involvement. Egyptian Foreign Minister Kamel Amr said at a joint press conference with Clinton on Wednesday that "Egypt succeeded, after much effort, to achieve understandings that will make a ceasefire possible."
"This is a critical moment for the region," Clinton said as she welcomed the agreement. "Egypt's new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership that has long made this country a cornerstone for regional stability and peace."
The Forum of Nine was not in full agreement. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and Interior Minister Eli Yishai argued that a truce would be a mistake. Sources at the Prime Minister's Office said that throughout the discussions there was never a vote on whether or not to launch a ground invasion.
The political echelon in Israel explained that this was a calculated move. For Israel, this operation shifted the command over Hamas from Iran to Egypt. Israel is not entirely pleased with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, for failing to stop the trafficking of mid-range Fajr rockets from Sinai into Gaza. But still, there is hope that Egypt, too, will abide by the new rules that have been set.
Lieberman said Wednesday that the operation had been waged on three fronts: military, diplomatic and public opinion. On the military front, it emerged that the Israel Security Agency has very good intelligence capabilities. The assassination of Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari was a baptism by fire for ISA Director Yoram Cohen, and he came through with flying colors. IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz also passed a test, and it was clear that he shared the views of Netanyahu and Barak. The army proved itself once again with a speedy reserves call-up and effective intelligence work, and effective consultations with close legal advisers.
In Israel it was agreed that there were no surprises on the diplomatic front. The European Union did not support any Israeli operation that was anything but surgical, but provided a general moral backing. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon represented the U.N.'s position that Israel's actions should be examined closely, and that it did not matter what the target was, it only mattered what, or who, ultimately was hit. Ban arrived in Israel and confronted Netanyahu while drawing comparisons between Gaza civilian casualties and Hamas rockets.
As far as the prime minister is concerned, he oversaw the diplomatic front as well as the military front and the home front. His approval for every step was constant, and daily. He held 20 conversations with world leaders, four conversations with Obama, and ultimately made a decision that ran contrary to the public's sentiments.
The Palestinians, as expected, declared a "massive victory" on Wednesday.
The head of the Hamas political bureau, Khaled Mashaal, said in Cairo: "Israel was defeated, and has yielded to our demands. The enemy leaders' adventure is one of the worst and most unusual failures in the history of the Zionist entity. We are committed to the agreement as long as Israel is committed to it."


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It is all the rage to be critical of the scientific enterprise as a route to knowledge. Even pre-eminent scientists, rather than state the obvious that many scientifically corroborated claims disprove many of the claims made by the religious, take great pains to assure us that science and religion are compatible. See the recent Edge discussion, and also note Sam Harris' clear take-no-prisoners answer. Here's a simple way to think about it: Do religious doctrines make claims about what is alleged to be true? Clearly, they do. Does science make claims about what is true? Clearly it does. Do the claims about reality that religion makes ever differ from the claims about reality from science? Yes. So religion and science are not compatible—end of story.
But back to the question of this elusive non-scientific knowledge. Lots of people feel quite confident that science does a fine job at producing some knowledge of the world, but what it can't do is lay claim to be able to know everything there is to know. There are truths, we are assured, that are beyond the scope of science. There are things we know that science can neither confirm nor disconfirm. So all that there is to know cannot be known through science alone. There are a number of candidates. In the philosophy of mind, anti-reductionists insist that there is something "it is like" to be a bat, or me, or Abraham Lincoln. There is some irreducibly subjective, first person experience to be had from inside that gives the experiencer knowledge of a special sort. And since this knowledge cannot be rendered into anything empirically observable or scientifically testable, it follows that there is some knowledge that is beyond science. Another obvious candidate is some special knowledge of God that people claim to have that science, no matter how hard it tries, cannot, even in principle access to confirm or disconfirm. Maybe knowledge of moral truths, or truths about beauty, or knowledge of special experiences like love belong on the list of special non-scientific knowledge. The list could go on.
To put this set of claims in perspective, consider a ridiculous example: "Science cannot know everything there is to know because science cannot account for my special knowledge of the future that I acquire from looking at my crystal ball. Nor can science account for my special body of unicorn knowledge. There are a great many things that I know from my crystal ball. And there are many things about unicorns, like that they are real and that they have real magical powers, but they are invisible and undetectable through any normal empirical methods, that I know that science cannot explain. Therefore, science's claims to be able to know everything there is to know are dogmatic and exaggerated."
What's happened here is some serious question begging. The issue, it would appear, is whether or not his crystal ball does in fact give him any knowledge of anything. The issue is whether or not there actually are any unicorns. Those claims don't achieve the status of knowledge just by proclamation. If they are known, then they must be true. And if they are known, then they must be justified. Without justification, one won't be entitled to call them knowledge. Claiming that there are more ways to know that merely through science is one thing. Actually producing is another. Unless there are some extraordinary circumstances and some rather substantial burden of proof has been met, our objector here isn't entitled to claim that these non-scientific claims are known. That's not a scientific bias. That's not scientific dogmatism. The need for justification in order to achieve knowledge is a demand of reason itself. Science has provided us with one resoundingly successful model for acquiring knowledge. We gather data, form hypotheses, make predictions, and then test those predictions. If they are not borne out by our attempts to corroborate, then we scrap that idea and move on. The virtue of the scientific method is that it gives us a viable way to discriminate between the justified and the bogus. It allows us to separate the mistakes, the lies, the fabrications, and the screw ups from the real.
The person of a scientific or naturalistic bent need not adhere to this notion slavishly. We can allow, in principle, that there could be other ways of knowing. What we have seen is that the scientific route succeeds. It works. By itself, that doesn't show that no other route can work too. But the scrap heap of formerly great ideas in history that didn't pan out does show us this. We can't simply accept some claim that cannot be empirically corroborated at your word. We can't assure each other that there is more to know that what science discovers and then gallop off into those hinterlands unchecked. There has to be some sort of reality check. We need skepticism, error checking, corroboration, and doubt. We've got to have some method for separating the authentic non-scientific knowledge claims from the bogus ones. Your crystal ball doesn't really work. Nor are there any unicorns with magical powers. So if there is some special category of non-scientific knowledge that we can get to, and it is neither empirically confirmable, nor is it whacky like the unicorns claim, then there has to be some principled and reasonable way to check it. There has to be some method for justifying it that will also make it possible for us to reject the nonsense.
If you've been able to tolerate listening to or reading Deepak Chopra, you have seen just what happens with there's no error checking mechanism in place. Chopra doesn't concern himself in the slightest with whether or not any of what he's saying can stand up to any rational scrutiny. He's sure that there is a reality beyond that of science. And there's nothing reigning him in on his wild, fanciful speculations about it. The transcendental temptation, the longing for there to be this delightful realm of the metaphysical, lures him and thousands of his avid followers out into the stratosphere. Their only guide to what's true amounts to what's spiritually pleasing.
Besides your favorite imaginative guru, several candidates sources for this extra-scientific knowledge come to mind: maybe you think that your special non-scientific knowledge can be found when you read your special, magical religious book, like the Bible. The thing is, a book is an empirical object. And this book makes lots of claims that are empirically disconfirmable. In fact, this book makes lots of claims that are empirically disconfirmed. So that raises serious questions about our being able to accept it as a special source of metaphysical knowledge that transcends our normal scientific methods of checking.
Maybe your special source of metaphysical knowledge about the world that transcends science is some intense feelings you have, or a voice you hear when you pray fervently, or an overwhelming sense of a presence of the Almighty. Plantinga claims he has a sensus divinitatus. Craig says he's got the witness of the Holy Spirit that assures him beyond any possibility of empirical disconfirmation that Jesus is the Son of God. Here again, the problem is that intense feelings or voices in your head are notoriously unreliable sources of information about what's real. We've got lots of other eminently plausible explanations of what might be going on here that don't involve anything beyond the natural. So it won't be enough to just have the feelings to know that they are authentic. What exactly is the cross checking, corroboration method that is in place here? How does one check on the authenticity of these feelings to confirm that they aren't misguided or bogus? Do you consult your special faculty of metaphysical knowing to see if your special faculty of metaphysical knowing is reliable? Can you be sure that the voice in your head is reliable because it assures you that it is? See how inferior this absurd, circular sort of justification is to the empirical, scientific way? You can't really expect us to believe you when you say that you know there is a God because you had a special feeling. And you know that the special feeling is reliable because it really, really feels like it is. If I told you that that's how I came by my special, transcendent unicorn knowledge, you wouldn't accept it for a second. You shouldn't expect us to take you seriously with that bullshit, and you should have enough intellectual integrity to refuse to allow yourself to be seduced by it as well. Suppose that I tell Plantinga and Craig that I have my own special sensus atheistus and it assures me, beyond any possibility of mistake, that anyone who claims to have direct experience of God is mistaken. Now at least one side of this standoff of magical intuitions has got to be mistaken. If we all merely check with our magical intuitions to see if they can be trusted, we are not one step closer to sorting out the truth. And none of us are justified or entitled to call our feelings knowledge on these grounds alone.
So, in principle, we're prepared to entertain this notion that these special, metaphysical speculations are in fact examples of non-scientific knowledge. We need not be dogmatic that there is nothing else to know except what science discovers. But be careful what you ask for. If you think you've got this magical knowledge, then you must also have some reasonable, plausible error correcting method. There must be some way to separate real from bogus metaphysics. You don't think that just any idea can fly or count as non-scientific knowledge. You probably think that unicorns are not real, and that Deepak Chopra's claims about an invisible life force permeating all of reality binding us together with love is suspicious. When Oprah got all excited about the Secret, we hope you were at least a little bit dubious. So what's going to be the test to separate metaphysical bullshit from metaphysical knowledge?
Monday, February 23, 2009
Knowing More than Science
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The Truth will make it's own way.
No one can know for certain these matters of faith. e have to trust that they are true.
Same for so-called scientific theories such as big bang, and it's "possible origins".
Believers in Christ Jesus had had the Holy Spirit given to them.
Feelings, or intellectual ascent aside...I know this because it was promised to me in my baptism.
I can count on that promise. I have been given the faith to believe it, or to trust it (trust might be the better word). - February 24, 2009 at 12:24 AM
- Matt S said...
This is genius!
I'm going to try that one out: "well my sensus atheistus says that you're bullshitting." - February 24, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Scarecrow said...
Just out of curiosity by clicking on "Steve Martin" in this thread and by clicking on "I believe that I can't Believe" on another thread it takes me to the same web site. Are you the same person?
This begs the question, why post under different names? - February 24, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Josh May said...
I think you're right that the typical proposals of non-scientific knowledge from theists are usually quite bad. But I do think there are obviously pieces of knowledge that we have that aren't arrived at or due to science.
For example, I know that:
- today is February 24th,
- when there are two explanations of a phenomenon that equally well explain the phenomenon, it's reasonable for people to believe in the explanation that's simpler,
- all bachelors are unmarried,
- I get bad headaches sometimes,
- it's cruel to tease one's sister just to revel in her misery,
- the ontological argument sucks (is a bad argument).
- explaining the Knobe effect in terms of little men in our skulls that force us to say that the CEO harms the environment intentionally is a poor explanation.
Of course, I'm not trying to undercut science here or anything. And I'm not trying to push for some special metaphysical faculty of intuition. And I'm not saying that science can't be a route to these pieces of knowledge I've cited. (I'm just saying that science is not how I came to know them at least.) I'm just worried about the view that we only acquire knowledge by scientific/empirical investigation. That's one way to acquire knowledge about certain things (namely, things that are apt for that method of inquiry). But some things we can come to know in different ways. As you note, the religious person's proposal for a non-scientific route to religious truths needs to show that the route is a rational or reasonable one, not a scientific one. So the broader thing here is the idea of something's being a rational or reasonable route to a belief, not a scientific route.
I'm not trying to defend the theist here at all. I just get very worried about this extremely popular way of characterizing the theism-atheism debate in terms of science vs. religion. The real fight is between reason and religion. It's just not true that science is our only source of reasons. Thinking otherwise makes the theist think that the atheist has to provide a scientific account of everything. And if that were true, then maybe the theist would have a good argument against atheism. But it's not true, so it's all good.
But whatcha think? Thanks for the post! - February 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- M. Tully said...
"Just out of curiosity by clicking on "Steve Martin" in this thread and by clicking on "I believe that I can't Believe" on another thread it takes me to the same web site."
Yeah Carbon, you'll get the same thing if you click on "Head in the Sand." I think it's like the Union Army on Little Round Top. If he moves around enough, we'll think there are more of them.
Of course someone with a more suspicious mind set might think it was a deceitful tactic to get more hits on their blog. Not that I'm saying that but, I'm just saying. - February 24, 2009 at 6:31 PM
- M. Tully said...
"well my sensus atheistus says that you're bullshitting."
Matt S, that is hilarious. Can I use it or is there a copyright (I will of course give due credit). - February 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- M. Tully said...
"That's not a scientific bias. That's not scientific dogmatism. The need for justification in order to achieve knowledge is a demand of reason itself."
And that is one of things I have the hardest time discussing with my theistic friends. They'll tell me, "You're just as dogmatic as I am with your scientific methods."
But the truth is I'm not. I would dump the scientific methods in a heartbeat if "another way of knowing" was demonstrated to describe the world as we see it and make predictions about future states with more accuracy.
Hey, come up with a better explanation of life on earth than evolution. Show that wishful thinking gives better patient outcomes than scientific medicine. Demonstrate the ability to predict the behavior of sub-atomic particles better than the standard model and quantum mechanics.
If any group does that, I'll flip in a NY minute (and no it doesn't count if these things get over turned by later science using more accurate instruments).
Now if that makes me scientistic, well so be it. - February 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Carbon Based,
I do use diferent names depending on the the post, or the issue. Just for fun. No ulterior motive. - February 24, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- Jon said...
Your right that science is "the shit". I think so far that both science and reason demolish reasons for belief in God via "rational scrutiny". Both science and reason are entangled in "rationalism" which empiricism relies. They both compliment each other when demolishing belief if God or the possibility of God existing.
Science is our great tool, and rationalism is a tool that supports it and does not go against it.
Ah well, I need sleep since I had to work and exam and be up for over 27 hours.
I'll come back and exercise some more, maybe get a clearer view after (especially after hearing the varied arguments in time). - February 24, 2009 at 8:07 PM
M. Tulley,
I really do just change up the name on different posts (usually) for fun.
I don't nee any more hits on my site.
In fact, it's getting to be too much for me. I'm thinking about taking a little break from it.
This blogging thing can get out of hand if you let it. - February 24, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Yes professor you make a good point. How do we weed BS metaphysical claims? Well this seems to lead us into wether reality as we know it is human constructed or discovered. If the former than it is by the conventions of thought in a given era. If the latter than we must rely on intial conventions of thought...
- February 25, 2009 at 2:37 AM
Atheist have just as much faith in their position as due theist. Both are firmly planted in their views. And both intially need some form of ground to plant their feet...
But of course this seems to beg the professors point...which one is BS and how do we determine this? - February 25, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Josh may good point. But is the razors edge always a way to determine wether X is a rational belief? There are many scientifc theories (evolution for instance) that are quite complex.
- February 25, 2009 at 2:45 AM
"But the truth is I'm not. I would dump the scientific methods in a heartbeat if "another way of knowing" was demonstrated to describe the world as we see it and make predictions about future states with more accuracy."
Surely Tully you dont "know" that the scientific method is correct because it is scientific? - February 25, 2009 at 2:50 AM
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- February 25, 2009 at 3:05 AM
"But the truth is I'm not. I would dump the scientific methods in a heartbeat if "another way of knowing" was demonstrated to describe the world as we see it and make predictions about future states with more accuracy."
Surely Tully you dont "know" that the scientific method is correct because it is scientific? - February 25, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Guys and Gals,
I'll stick to one name on my comments since that seems to have been a distraction for some.Sorry for that.
Here is a very short post on another blog that I thought you scientists types might find interesting:
I'd love to know what you think about it.
Thanks! - February 25, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- M. Tully said...
"Atheist have just as much faith in their position as due theist."
OK, maybe we're into semantics. My definition of Faith: Believing in something without and / or despite credible verifiable evidence.
So, no my lack of god belief requires no faith, just as my lack of anal probing alien abductor belief requires no faith. I find insufficient evidence to give credence to either of them. - February 25, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- M. Tully said...
"Surely Tully you dont "know" that the scientific method is correct because it is scientific?"
I'm not even positive I know what your getting at but I'll give an explanation a shot.
Explanatory and predictive power does not define the scientific methods. It is rather a goal. A goal I also agree with but that has nothing to do with whether or not it is scientific. Although scientific methodologies will vary some due to field and circumstances, the overall process is generally along the line of observations, question development, hypothesis generation, testing, repeatability and falsification.
Now I also agree with that general framework, but only because it has been the most effective at reaching my goals. However, If "a better way of knowing" came along, which better met my goals of explanatory and predictive power, I would dump scientific methodology for that "other way." - February 25, 2009 at 5:45 PM
- mikespeir said...
I guess if I have a teeny quibble, it's about this suggested "sensus atheistus." (Wrong construction, BTW. "Atheistus" would be Greek, not Latin, but with a Latin declension.) What would be the source of this sense? Wouldn't it have to be extra-natural? Wouldn't it, then, be to some degree evidence contrary to what it's trying to tell you?
- February 27, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Steve Martin: We have to trust that they are true.
No we don't.
Same for so-called scientific theories such as big bang...
No, it's not the same. There is actual scientific evidence for the big bang. - February 27, 2009 at 12:39 PM
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But union power is going to be circumscribed as non-union workers elect to free-ride and union members start resigning. And just as Michigan saw Indiana creating jobs after passing right-to-work, other states may observe Michigan and go forth and do likewise.
There are now 24 right-to-work states. But while these laws arrested the rise of the house of labor, there was an inevitability to its fall. Who are the collective killers? Like the murder on the Orient Express, just about everyone on the train.
First came automation. A third of U.S. workers were unionized in the 1950s. But with new technologies, we discovered we did not need so many men to dig coal, make steel or print newspapers. We did not need firemen riding in the cabs of diesel locomotives.
A second blow came with the postwar rise of Germany and Japan. Their plants and equipment were all newer than ours. Their wages were far lower, as they did not carry the burden of defending the Free World. Under our defense umbrella, they began to invade and capture our markets.
And Uncle Sam let them do it.
A third blow to Big Labor, concentrated in the Frost Belt, came from the Sun Belt. With air conditioning making summers tolerable, the South offered less expensive and more reliable labor than a North where union demands were constant and strikes common.
But the mortal blow to American unions came from globalization.
With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China propelling hundreds of millions of new workers into the global hiring hall, U.S. multinationals saw historic opportunity.
If they could move factories out of the U.S.A., they would be free of union demands, wage-and-hour laws, occupational health and safety laws, environmental laws and civil rights law. By outsourcing, they could produce for a fraction of the cost of doing so in the U.S.A.
And if they could get the U.S. political class, in return for corporate generosity at election time, to let them bring their foreign-made goods back to the U.S.A., tax and tariff free, profits would explode, and salaries and bonuses with them.
The corporate establishment and political establishment shook hands, the deed was done, and the fate of U.S. industrial unions sealed. So came NAFTA, GATT, the World Trade Organization, MFN for China, free trade with all.
And with globalization came trade deficits unlike any the world had ever seen, a loss of one-third of U.S. manufacturing jobs in the last decade, a U.S. dependence on foreign-made goods almost as great as in colonial days, the enrichment of our corporate and financial elites beyond the dreams of avarice, and the decline and fall of the house of labor.
Unions are dying because, in America, economic patriotism is dead.
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com


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The Greek economy continues to suffer. It's been another painful week for that country starting Sunday when thousands of people demonstrated outside of parliament, and rioters torched buildings in Athens. Greek lawmakers passed harsh new austerity measures despite those protests, and still, Greece's European partners refused to approve the new bailout that the Greeks need to avoid default. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports what EU finance ministers will be considering when they meet again on Monday.
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ERIC WESTERVELT, BYLINE: The tear gas and arson smoke left a bitter taste for Athenians and the sour taste got worse when Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble railed that Greece had failed to fulfill promises to cut spending and raise revenue after it got its first bailout. Schaeuble called Greece a bottomless pit. The Dutch and others were also harsh. Schaeuble's comments sparked an angry rebuke from the normally low-profile Greek president. Eighty-two-year-old Karolos Papoulias lived under Nazi occupation during World War II.
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WESTERVELT: I don't accept Mr. Schaeuble disparaging my country. I do not accept it as a Greek, he said. Who is he to disparage Greece? Who are the Dutch? Who are the Finns, he said angrily. Despite the growing Greek resentment, European finance ministers insisted Greece cut more from its budget and sign political guarantees that austerity measures won't be watered down after elections in April. That's not all: EU officials want more outside fiscal oversight to ensure Greece follows through. There's now talk of delaying part of the bailout until after those elections and talk of setting up an escrow account to ensure Greece's creditors get paid first. To make matters worse, Greece is plunging deeper into recession. Gross domestic product dropped almost 7 percent in the last quarter. Unemployment is near 21 percent. The debt burden is growing. Jan Kees de Jager, the Netherland's finance minister, wonders if another multi -billion dollar bailout will even work.
JAN KEES DE JAGER: Whether the debt will be sustainable, that's one question mark we have. And the second, the implementation of all the measures because we have seen the track record in Greece, that they have derailed several times. Not once but several times.
WESTERVELT: De Jager joined European officials in publically downplaying the impact of a messy Greek default if it comes to that. De Jager stressed they still hope to avoid such a scenario. But he said the risk of a disaster is lower now given EU efforts to re-capitalize European banks and strengthen fiscal discipline. Eurozone ministers meet in Brussels Monday when Greece hopes they'll finalize the second bailout. Eric Westervelt, NPR News, Berlin. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Obama warily eyes escalation of U.S. action on Syria
The White House settled last week on an interesting counter to the growing chorus of voices saying "your Syria policy has failed." No, came the response, it just hasn't succeeded yet.
"We have not attained our goal yet here, which is the removal of (Bashar) Assad from power," spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday. "We are seeking that removal not just because it's our preference, but because it's the will of the Syrian people."
Whether President Barack Obama's policy is a failure (100,000 dead in a 2-1/2 year civil war) or a success-in-waiting (rebels holding their own in a seesaw battle with Assad loyalists), it seems to have reached a turning point after last week's alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus.
Washington is now consumed with talk that Obama could soon order military strikes against Assad's regime. U.S. officials have let it be known that American warships are getting into position. The president held what amounted to a war council on Saturday and has spoken to British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President François Hollande, key players whose countries notably played a core role in the air war in Libya. Israel says it's time to "take out" Syria's chemical arsenal.
A senior U.S. official summed up Washington's position as saying that "there is very little doubt" that Assad's forces used chemical weapons against civilians and then degraded the evidence before letting U.N. inspectors do their work.
Syria, which denies doing so, has warned the United States against military action, saying that would send a "ball of fire" through the Middle East. Iran has warned the White House, specifically, that it would face "severe consequences" for crossing the "red line" in Syria.
Some specialized media outlets have drawn up maps of likely targets.
But will Obama give the order? Would missiles and bombs tip the balance? Would air strikes be only a prelude for an even more expansive escalation of America's role, something reminiscent of "Shock and Awe"?
Obama and his aides have taken pains to answer the final question as conclusively as possible. No "boots on the ground. No "no-fly zone." This is the rare international crisis in which American officials publicly and loudly take options off the proverbial table.
"Sometimes what we've seen is that folks will call for immediate action, jumping into stuff, that does not turn out well, gets us mired in very difficult situations, can result in us being drawn into very expensive, difficult, costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region," Obama told CNN in an interview that aired Friday.
On Sunday, a senior administration official said British press reports that the United States and its partners planned to attack in days was "not accurate." "The president has not made a decision to undertake military action," the official said.
If he does, are American (or allied) air strikes likely to be decisive? Here's Obama on CNN again: "The situation in Syria is very difficult, and the notion that the U.S. can somehow solve what is a sectarian, complex problem inside of Syria sometimes is overstated."
So if he wants to avoid escalating the conflict, fears seeing the United States pulled in further, and isn't sure it would be decisive, why might he give the order anyway?
Obama's policy in Syria has always been more than a simple "get rid of Assad." Months ago, officials said that he worried about ensuring Israel's security, preventing the Assad regime from handing its chemical weapons arsenal to terrorists, and safeguarding the stability of other allies such as Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon.
"There is no doubt that when you start seeing chemical weapons used on a large scale," Obama told CNN Friday, "then that starts getting to some core national interests that the United States has, both in terms of us making sure that weapons of mass destruction are not proliferating, as well as needing to protect our allies, our bases in the region."
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Sen. Bob Corker, R.-Tenn, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Fox News Sunday that he expected a "surgical" response.
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Obama never sought congressional authorization for the conflict in Libya, and he used a controversial parsing of the law to justify that. Polls show that the U.S. public is divided on the merits of intervention in Syria — which makes it politically risky to involve Congress.
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Seeing as how "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" is a live-action cartoon, I wish we could have seen thought balloons above the heads of Channing Tatum, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Bruce Willis, among others, as they filmed this ridiculous and overblown debacle.
Not their characters, mind you. I wanted to see thought balloons indicating what was going through the minds of the actors as they went through their paces:
Willis: "Let's see, this paycheck will cover the vacation house for what, another two years; plus, I can get a gold harmonica. Hey, I wonder if any of these punks saw the original 'Die Hard'? Wait, they want me to say WHAT about Patton's gun? Jesus…"
Johnson: "I know they're going to turn this scene into a slow-motion group-walk in the editing. How many times am I going to have to walk in slow motion with flames bursting all around me? Am I going to do be doing this when I'm 70?"
Tatum: "I've got to talk to my agent about these 'must appear in the sequel' contracts."
Adrianne Palicki: "Hey everybody, remember me? I was on 'Friday Night Lights'! That show had actual writing!"
To say "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" is a video game for the big screen is to insult a number of video games that are far more creative, challenging and better-looking. Like a Dumpster bin behind Tiffany's, this contains nothing but well-packaged garbage.
In the tradition of "Transformers" (just kidding about the "tradition" part), this franchise is of course based on a collection of toys, so it's not as if we're expecting "Zero Dark Thirty." The first installment, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" (2009), at least had a sense of its own absurdity, but the sequel is a heavy-handed, explosion-riddled, ear-piercing disaster with an insanely stupid plot and an endless stream of mostly generic fight sequences that straddle the PG-13 line.
Sure, there are all kinds of cool toys and breathtaking mountain-side fight sequences and guns-and-against swords nonsense, but they're all so clearly fake, so clearly concocted in the CGI lab, that we're bored when we should be saying, "holy bleep."
We pick up the action in "Retaliation" with some generic buddy-movie bonding between Duke (Channing Tatum) and Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson). They engage in semi-witty banter while taking out the enemy, playing video games or hanging with Roadblock's family. OK, not bad.
But soon the playing field gets crowded, with Flint (D.J. Cotrona), Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) and Snake Eyes (Ray Park) going up against the Cobra Commander, Storm Shadow and Firefly. I'm sorry, but if you're older than 12 and/or not involved in a serious nostalgia trip, how can you take any of this stuff seriously?
The dialogue and exposition scenes in "G.I. Joe" are like something out of a Saturday morning cartoon from the 1980s, but the PG-13 violence is a little intense for the 7-year-old boys (and girls) who might love this stuff. The end game here is we have a villain who says he "wants it all," meaning control of the world, but as is so often the case with these bad guys, first he wants to blow up much of the world, which always has me wondering: Why does Mr. Evil Bad Guy want to rule over a vast, nuclear-poisoned wasteland? Where's the fun in that?
Full disclosure here: I did not play with G.I. Joe action figures when I was a kid. Even at 10 years old, I thought that the whole "G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe, fighting man from head to toe" thing was just a goofy way of selling dolls to boys.
Nor was I fan of the various "G.I. Joe" comic book series through the years — and yes, that means I'm not versed in the Marvel Comics that ran in the 1980s or the more recent series that have their fanboy bases. I can promise you when this review and the video versions are published, the comments on the websites of the Sun-Times and Roger Ebert and YouTube and a dozen other places will be more entertaining than the movie itself. To which I say: good for you. It's important to be passionate about something.
But here's the thing: I'm reviewing the movie. The issue is not whether the movie is ever so faithful to the comic strip or whether it will satisfy the hardcore fans.
And as a stand-alone film, from the characters to the alleged humor to the plot to the action sequences to the twists and turns, this movie … what's the word?
120 minutes
Channing Tatum as Duke
Bruce Willis as Colton
Adrianne Palicki as Jaye
D.J. Cotrona as Flint
Ray Park as Snake Eyes
Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock