January 2010
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Were all those "wide-right" field goals against...
Alfred Mele will find out! Do we have free will? FSU philosopher awarded $4.4 million grant to find out.
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“The bottom line is that the science shows that children raised by two...”
– Do Children Need a Mother and Father? - USC News (via nerdmonster)
Tell the World →
On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, the people rule.
We Move to Amend.
We,...
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Eleven contestants will battle for the "gamer's...
pijohos: http://kotaku.com/5453899/meet-the-cast-of-sonys-reality-show-the-tester Steven Cloud: what do testers make? pijohos: 8-15hr pijohos: max pijohos: a reality show to get a minimum wage job Steven Cloud: haha exactly Steven Cloud: that’s where we are now as a society Steven Cloud: it’s a DREAM to make just above the poverty level
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"The difference between supernatural beliefs and...
That’s how science progresses-it is always moving forward. In contrast, supernatural believers either do not question their beliefs or ignore the lack of evidence. They do not move forward. In short, the major different between scientific and supernatural belief is that scientists and believers approach the problem from two completely opposite directions when it comes to weighing up the...
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Monsanto GM Corn Causing Organ Failure In Rats...
The finding that corn produced by one of the world’s agricultural giants could cause organ failure has been met with obvious concern by food activists and consumers alike. It’s not the first bout of negative publicity for Monsanto, which has been vilified for everything from producing Agent Orange, intimidating farmers, using aggressive tactics to squeeze out competition, pressuring...
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The day the Klan messed with the wrong people.
Intimidate the intimidators. It works! (via Daily Kos)
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Apple's iPhone touchscreen supplier faces violent...
More than 2,000 workers at a Wintek Corp. factory in Suzhou, China, have gone on strike and destroyed equipment at their factory, potentially straining the supply of parts for Apple’s iPhone. According to China Daily, factory workers last week damaged equipment and vehicles in response to a number of alleged deaths from overexposure to toxic chemicals. Employees said they did not accept the...
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In Other News, Pat Robertson Thinks Charlie...
Televangelist Pat Robertson said Wednesday that earthquake-ravaged Haiti has been “cursed” by a “pact to the devil.”
“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” he said on Christian Broadcasting Network’s “The 700 Club.” “They were under the heal of the French. You know, Napoleon the third,...
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Why Glen Beck is Mormon
Stossel to Glen Beck: “You became a Mormon. Why?” Glen Beck: “I apologize, but guys will understand this. My wife (Tania Beck) is, like, hot, and she wouldn’t have sex with me until we got married, and she wouldn’t marry me unless we had a religion.” Stossel to Tania Beck: “He just told us he became religious only to have sex with you. Was he joking?” Tania Beck: “No, he was not...
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“I’m willing to admit that the policeman has a difficult job, a very hard...”
– Orson Welles Privacy, the Passport and Personal Rights by Amy Thibodeau (Via Boing Boing)
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