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"Hot Enough For You?" Climate Change Denialists Either Disappearing Or...
Alan: Underlying much "denialism" is the need for hidebound (and bible-bound) Christians to deny any“vision” of a providential Godwho permitsthe emergence of problems whose solution is beyond the reach...
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Charles Krauthammer: "The Meaning of Hagel"
Chuck Hagelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_HagelDear A, Although Krauthammer reveals alarmist colors by focusing Yassar Arafat's "ancient history" -- and by dismissing Hagel's dovish and (seemingly)...
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Gov. Moonbeam Puts California Budget In The Black!?!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=169012948http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_brown***Alan: I have always held Jerry Brown in high regard. A former Jesuit seminarian, he knows to 1.)...
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New Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is "a Democrat's Democrat"
Timothy Geithner, the outgoing Treasury secretary, is also wonkish, but he's mostly a financial technocrat. Lew is a partisan Democrat, and his résumé is impressively full of liberal lore: During his...
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Mary Renault and St. Francis of Assisi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_renaultDear R,I hope Christmas brought you joy and that The New Year is off to a good start.For the last two years Nancy H (a fellow New Yorker) has kindly subscribed...
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Azazel, The Scapegoat. Selfish Salvation And Its Relationship To Casual...
The Scapegoatby William Holman HuntDear Fred,Thanks for Frog Hospital and for the courage to call Charlie on this.Well done!Charlie's need for convenient place to park his personal shadow calls to mind...
View ArticleAmazing Buzzer Beating Shot
Basketball Buzzer Beater Big Boy Is Reppin! Matt Demember in Marylandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMyZaMOSxY
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'Most Violent Giraffe Fight Ever' Video Goes Viral: 2 Giraffes Slam Neckshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDhNutbXpFE
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Could A Dopamine Gene Be the Answer to a Longer Life?
By Maia SzalavitzJan. 11, 2013A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that a version of a gene coding for a receptor for the brain chemical dopamine was 66% more common among people who...
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The Pacific Bluefin Tuna Is Going, Going…
By Bryan WalshJan. 11, 2013So it’s not surprising that the Pacific bluefin tuna—as well as its cousins in the Atlantic—are the subject of single-minded hunts by fishermen wherever they are found. But...
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The Easiest, Cheapest Way to Stay Healthy
Electron Micrograph of Bird Flue VirusGoogle Takes On Pathogenic Viruseshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/21/google-healthcare***The Easiest, Cheapest Way to Stay HealthyBy Lisa Collier...
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What Percentage Of Romney Voters Have Received Entitlement Benefits?
H.is job will be selling bridges in Brooklyn***"In the presidential election, 53 percent of people who said they voted for Mitt Romney have received entitlement benefits in their lifetime. For...
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Capitalist Pigs Really Do Slurp At The Trough - And Increasingly So.
U.S. Department of Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2013/01/merle-hazard.html
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Largest Structure In Universe Is 4 Billion Light Years Across
The Chandra X-ray image is of the quasar PKS 1127-145, a highly luminous source of X-rays and visible light about 10 billion light years from Earth. An enormous X-ray jet extends at least a million...
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New Yorker Cartoon: The Ubiquity Of Risk
***Fundamentally, fascism persuades adherents that risk can be eliminated. Fascism tries to make Reality safer than "God" intended it to be.
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Observed And Predicted Temperature Change In U.S.- Good Map
Enlarge imageA map depicts temperature changes over the past 20 years, compared to the average between 1901 and 1960. "The period from 2001 to 2011 was warmer than any previous decade in every region,"...
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RFK Jr: Dad believed Warren Commission "shoddy"
President John F. Kennedy listens as his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, speaks at a White House ceremony, May 7, 1963. AP/ January 12, 201320 Comments/Shares/Tweets/Stumble/EmailMore...
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