How Can Our Noses Smell A Trillion Different Odor Mixtures?
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View ArticleVenezuela: A Revolt Of The Well-Off, Not A "Terror Campaign"
A Venezuelan protester poses for a portrait at Altamira square in Caracas. Photograph: Jorge Silva / ReutersThe truth about Venezuela: a revolt of the well-off, not a 'terror campaign'John Kerry’s...
View Article77 Curious Facts
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View ArticleThe United States Never Invades Independent Countries.... That Can Fight Back
The only way for Ukraine to enlist American military support is to discover oil.***"Timeline of United States Military...
View ArticleBilly Bragg Recommends Busking: The Best Way To Hone Your Performance Skills
Busking is the ultimate test for a musician – and there's no better way to improve your performance skillsLink to video: How to busk: with Billy Bragg and Jack Monroe• The Do Something challenge: Jack...
View ArticleFrancis Names Cardinal Sean O’Malley, 4 Women, To Vatican Anti-Abuse Panel
ESSDRAS M SUAREZ/GLOBE STAFFCardinal Sean O'Malley was among eight people, including four women, named by the pope to a panel to guide the Vatican’s anti-abuse inquiries.Pope Francis today named...
View Article"Reverend" Fred Phelps Cartoon
She got the message.***"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." Devout Christian, Blaise Pascalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal ***...
View ArticleJimmy Carter Issues 'Call To Action' Against Subjugation Of Women
NPR Weekend Edition on Sunday, March 23Audio File: http://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/President Jimmy Carter has written more than two dozen books over the course of his career, about...
View ArticleMore Americans Killed By Police Than By Terrorists Even Though Crime Is Down
Who are the terrorists?Dave LindorfMarch 20, 2014More Americans Killed By Police Than By Terrorists: With Crime Down, Why Is Police Aggression Up?We're safer than ever. So why are we seeing an ever...
View ArticleNew Yorker Cartoon: The Underbelly Of Plutocratic Kindness
Italian Proverb"A full belly does not believe in hunger."
View ArticleE.J. Dionne: The Next Healthcare Debate. Strong Government Or The Koch Brothers
By E.J. Dionne Jr., Published: March 23, 2014You never get a second chance to make a first impression. But at the end of this month, the new health-care law will get a third chance to make a decent...
View Article"Russian Troops May Invade Ukraine." What To Do?
"Here's lookin' at you kid."(Hey, Obama! If you can't swim with the sharks, get out of the pool."***White House: Russian troops may invade Ukraine. "Speaking after Nato's top commander in Europe voiced...
View ArticleReligious Freedom? Or A License To Discriminate?
Alan: Before we become paralytically purist, let's remember recent history: "U.S. Federal Government Forced Mormonism To Renounce A Central...
View ArticleObamacare: Individual Mandate Penalties Are Proving Motivational....
Hey, Republicans!"Where's The Train Wreck?"Objectively, there is only good news going forward.You guys put all your eggs in one basket. Soon they will all be broken.Don't change a thing!Keep pissing...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of The Death Penalty In One Map
America is a spiteful nation.Our vindictiveness is rooted in the Puritans' drive to insure punishment.Mercy?Ycrem spelled backwards.See Frontline's "God In America"Part 1 (of 5): "A New...
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