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The Borowitz Report: John Kerry Shocked To Be Taken Seriously
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Secretary of State John Kerry said today that he was “shocked and flabbergasted” that the Russians heeded his suggestion about Syria’s chemical weapons, telling...
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"A Climate Alarm, Too Muted for Some," New York Times
Human Hands in a Changing Climate: The Times's Justin Gillis talks about what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release in their report later this month.Alan: Here is a compendium of...
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Diane Rehm: Alice McDermott's "Someone" Set In Immigrant Irish-Catholic Brooklyn
Flickr user Garrett ZieglerNovelist Alice McDermott never lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., but that’s where her family landed after immigrating from Ireland. She grew up listening to their stories of a pre-war...
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Pope Francis: Enacting Moral Theology By Telephone Call
Pope Francis as he arrived to visit a church in Rome last month.By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and DAN BILEFSKYPublished: September 9, 2013ROME — Pope Francis already has distinguished himself from his...
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Top 1% Takes Biggest Income Slice Ever! Why Piggishishness Is Treasonous
1.) Income is the least of it. Unlike the cartoon above, most sources say that the top 5% control 70% of the wealth. http://inequality.org/wealth-inequality2.) Historically, inordinate wealth...
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Right-Wing Hero, George Zimmerman, Threatens Wife, Father-in-Law With Gun
Zimmerman's wife calls 911 on himSTORY HIGHLIGHTS"Unfortunately, the iPad is in several pieces," police spokesman saysShellie Zimmerman placed 911 call and said she and her father were threatenedNo gun...
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Last Year's Sutter's Mill Meteorite Reveals New Organic Molecules
A handful of Sutter's Mill meteorite fragments collected April 24, 2012, two days after the fall. Two months later, the scientists reported having 77 meteorite fragments.Credit: NASA / Eric JamesView...
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No, The World Isn't Cooling
By Phil Plait | Sept. 10, 2013When I heard that the Mail on Sunday ran a climate change article over the weekend, I knew it would be bad. But when I clicked the link and...
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Happiness Scores Rose Worldwide But Slip In United States. Mexico Happier.
Happiness scores rose worldwide, but not in the USA or countries hit hard by economic and political upheaval.(Photo: Getty Images/Brand X Pictures)STORY HIGHLIGHTSHappiest: Denmark and other northern...
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Complete List Of U.S. Cities By Size
Complete List Of U.S. Cities By Populationhttp://rocdocs.democratandchronicle.com/database/population-us-cities
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Jimmy Carter: A Military Strike Won't Work In Syria
By Jimmy Carter, Wednesday, September 11, 2013The only way to be assured that Syrian chemical weapons will not be used in the future is not through a military strike but through a successful...
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"Inequality For All," Robert Reich Documentary
IMDb Reviewhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215151/Rotten Tomatoes Reviewhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inequality_for_all_2013/***"Top 1% Takes Biggest Income Slice Ever! Piggishness And...
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John Cleese: "Alerts To Threats In Europe"
John Cleese - British writer, actor and tall personThe English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved."...
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Human Rights Watch: Evidence ‘Strongly Suggests’ the Syrian Government...
Screen shot from video shot inside of Syria detailing alleged chemical weapons use. Taken from Human Rights Watch slideshow, which reads: "The 140mm Soviet-produced rocket motor found at the site of...
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Israeli War Historian Martin van Creveld's Withering Criticism Of G.W. Bush -...
Martin van Creveld's views on current affairs Alan: The passage below is excerpted from Van Creveld's Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_van_Creveld Von Creveld expresses pointed,...
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How Many Children Do Women Have In Each Of The Fifty States?
http://www.theworld.org/2013/09/the-worlds-family-choices-series-prompts-debate-around-family-size-in-us/
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The Soccer Match That Disgraced Pinochet's Chile
Former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet flanked by two other members of his junta, 1970s (Photo: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, Santiago, Chile via Wikimedia Commons)BY DENNIS MAXWELL ⋅ SEPTEMBER...
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Orangutans Plan Their Trips Like Humans, Tell Others Their Future Travel Routes
ReutersResearchers completed the study over a five year period, studying the "long calls" of 15 wild orangutans The primates calls can be heard more than half a mile through the forest. Male orangutans...
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Pope Francis Calls Us To Love the Poor, Use Empty Convents To House Them
Alan: By my lights, Pope Francis is the most interesting player on the global stage.By Deacon Keith Fournier9/12/2013I was again moved by this Pope named Francis. He said the poor are the flesh of...
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40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
The thin blue band surrounding earth is our atmosphere. In this sliver thinness, all breathable oxygen is located and all greenhouse gases gather.***Thanks to friend Ed Myer M.D. for sending "40...
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