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Rebuild the House (3100 Representatives Instead Of 435)
"Big House"(The Carson Mansion)***Published: January 8, 2013Enlarge This ImageLuke PearsonTo the Editor:The founding fathers intended that voters should have personal knowledge of the people they sent...
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There's More to Life Than Being Happy
In September 1942, Viktor Frankl, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist in Vienna, was arrested and transported to a Nazi concentration camp with his wife and parents. Three years later, when...
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Obama HInts At Minting $1 Trillion Platinum Coin. How Big Would It Be?
BY WIRED SCIENCE STAFF01.09.13It’s not quite what’s being considered, but what if the U.S. Treasury minted a coin from $1 trillion worth of platinum?The coin would weigh 42,778,918 pounds — the...
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We're now one step closer to America's coming civil war
American conservatives are hot to do it again!***Something has gone haywire with American conservatives. They live in a never-ending state of alarmed apocalypticism and intransigent extremism.Behind...
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Georgia mom who shot intruder inspires gun rights advocates
Donnie Herman guided his wife in shooting an intruder who broke into their Georgia home. Alan: Statistically, it is far more likely that householders will be injured or killed by their own guns than...
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Obama needs some binders of women
Ruth MarcusOpinion WriterBy Ruth Marcus, Published: January 9About all those white guys: What a shame.Not an outrage, but a shame. The face of power that President Obama has chosen to present to the...
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Tzedakah. Judaism's Fusion of "Righteousness," "Justice" and "Charity."
The Reverend Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church***Dear Fred,Thanks for your email."Righteousness" -- to the exclusion of Justice and Charity -- is the Achilles' Heel of American Christianity. I am...
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Americans Are Less Healthy Than Citizens Of Other Developed Nations
By Denise MannWebMD Health NewsReviewed by Laura J. Martin, MDJan. 9, 2013 -- Americans die younger and have higher rates of many types of diseases and injuries than people in other high-income...
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"The Robots Are Coming" - Automation and the Permanent Elimination of Jobs
Automation, Robotization, Software-Enhanced Productivity, and Job LossThe Ongoing Destruction of "Jobs" As We Knew...
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"A dangerous future of killer robots" - Automation and the Elimination of...
"The Robots Are Coming" - Automation and the Permanent Elimination of Jobs. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-robots-are-coming-automation-and.html***A dangerous future of killer robotsBy...
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Killer Whales Trapped Under Canadian Sea Ice Free Themselves
"Big Miracle"http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/movies/big-miracle-with-drew-barrymore-and-john-krasinski.html***By KEVIN DOLAK (@kdolak) Jan. 10, 2013 Trapped Whale...
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"Time for a balanced-budget amendment," George Will
Alan: It is a marvel that "conservatives" believe "balanced budget" legislation will succeed but that nearly every other form of legislation won't. It is even more marvelous that a smart man like...
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For "The 1%," Wealth Is Not About Income. It's About Investment
For the very rich, income is beside the point.***Excerpt: "As Fitzgerald said, the rich are different from you and me, and one of the primary ways they’re different is that they don’t get their income...
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Video: Dust Devil On Mars
Video of Marian dust devil http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/mars-tornado-video-dust-devil_n_1407069.html
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Liberalism: The Antithesis of Hard Work and Rational Thought
ConservatismThe right-wing belief that a black man could become president of The United States through laziness and irrationality.
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"The Conversation" (Fine Australian Website Maintained By Down Under...
Sample post from "The Conversation" - http://theconversation.edu.au/10 January 2013We were wrong: IMF report details the damage of austerityIn a recently released report, IMF chief economist Olivier...
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Aquinas: 'Sin is always accompanied by loss of proportion/perspective.'
American conservatives construct their ideologies around deliberate disdain for proportion and perspective.They are intrinsically extremist ideologues who casually deny the polarity of existence.For...
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Pastor pulls out of Obama inauguration when anti-gay comment comes to light.
The Rev. Louie Giglio, who was to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s inauguration, withdrew from the ceremony after gay and lesbian groups protested anti-gay remarks he had made in the 1990s....
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2036 Asteroid, Apophis, To Miss Earth By 19,400 Miles
Asteroid Apophis was discovered in 2004 but NASA scientists have ruled out the possibility of it hitting Earth in 2036.by Dara Kerr January 10, 2013 Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief; NASA...
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