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U.S. Industrial Production Just Broke Through Its Pre-Recession High
Alan: This new peak for industrial production, coupled with depressed employment, means that production is increasingly automated, roboticized and computer--enhanced so that "the jobs" of yesterday are...
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"Conservatives Have No Idea What To Do About Recessions," J. Barro, Business...
The core belief of American conservatism is that worshipping ideology is the only path to prosperity.***Conservatives have no idea what to do about recessions. "[C]onservatives favor the same set of...
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Pope Francis Compared To John Paul II And Benedict XVI
Pope Francis, Working Class HeroTaking the Buenos Aires subway to work.***In its cover story on the “Person of the Year,” Time magazine contrasts Pope Francis’s background with that of his two most...
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The Real New Atheism: Rejecting Religion For A Just World
Hitchens didn't think rejecting religion would solve everything. But he knew only reason would give us justiceJEFFREY TAYLERThe ever-polemical atheist author Christopher Hitchens died two years ago...
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Alex Pareene's Annual Hack List Includes Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Friedman
Alex Pareene's annual hack list, which begins with Malcolm Gladwell and Thomas Friedman
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"Angry Federal Judge Deals Blow To NSA Spying," The New Yorker
Big Brother ...beyond Orwell's conception.***"1984"http://www.george-orwell.org/1984(Go ahead! Read the first page. It's brilliant.)***THE DOMINO’S HYPOTHETICAL: JUDGE LEON VS. THE N.S.A.POSTED BY AMY...
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Cymothoa Exigua, The Tongue-Eating Louse... And Other Wikipedia Weirdness
Cymothoa exiguaCymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. This parasite enters fish through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the...
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General Motors Will Make $1.3 Billion Investment In 5 U.S. Factories
G.M.It's back.And it's big.*** "General Motors, the nation's largest auto company, said Monday it would spend about $1.3 billion to upgrade five factories in the Midwest, including a major overhaul of...
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Keystone Pipeline Loses Support From Previously Committed U.S. Customer
"Continental Resources, one of the companies that has committed to ship crude on TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, now says the controversial pipeline is no longer needed. Continental...
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Mike Tyson Writes An Essay About Kierkegaard/Nietzsche... And It's Fabulous
Mike Tyson bites ear off Evander Holyfield***Mike Tyson Explores KierkegaardThe former heavyweight champ considers philosophy and love.By MIKE TYSONDec. 13, 2013Enlarge ImageMike Tyson Agence...
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Republican Senators Plan 30 Hour Talkathon On Senate Floor
Republican blabber.It's all they got.***Republican senators are just going to talk, talk, talk. "Senate Republicans made plans Wednesday to stage a more than 30-hour talkathon on the chamber floor to...
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The American Way: George Zimmerman Makes A Killing (On His First-Ever Painting)
American conservatives unfamiliar with straight face test.***After beating the rap on murder charges and a pair of domestic violence cases, George Zimmerman has turned to art.The Florida man is selling...
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Land Of The Free! The U.S. Has 25% Of World's Prisoners. (The Economist)
Joshua HollandThe United States has about five percent of the world’s population and houses around 25 percent of its prisoners. In large part, that’s the result of the “war on drugs” and long mandatory...
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Fox News: Reassuring Lies To Combat Inconvenient Truths
Foxiness sells.All the way back to "the first profession."
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Jon Stewart Has More Fun With Megyn Kelly Doubling Down On White Santa
Only Megyn Kelly can fart in public... and get away with it.***Jon Stewart is stellar in his follow-up take-down of Ms....
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Captain Kirk, Camille Paglia, Megyn Kelly and Jon Stewart
Camille Pagliahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Paglia***Dear Fred,Thanks for your email.My feelings about Paglia are much like yours. (I just learned she grew up in a working farmhouse and her...
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My Friend Thinks This Is "The Most Important Christmas Song Ever Written"
http://soulofagardener.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/the-greatest-battle-never-fought/***"A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country."Texas Guinan***Alan: The song below (which you...
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Warmest November On Planet Earth Since Record Keeping Began In 1880
By AP / Marcia Dunn Dec. 17, 2013(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — November was a hot month for planet Earth.Government scientists reported Tuesday that last month set a heat record. They say it was the warmest...
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Pope Francis Removes "Culture Warriors" From Selection Committees For New...
Alan: There are 9.1% more Democratic Catholics than Republican Catholics.Here's an open secret Republicans are too obtuse to heed.If a young adult votes three times for the same party, the chances s/he...
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