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    Image of Someone That I Used to Know
    Someone That I Used to Know
    touchstonemag.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    “Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured,” said Gandalf. “I fear it may be so with mine,” said Frodo. “There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will...

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    Image of George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead (2024) - Full Special
    George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead (2024) - Full Special
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    I died laughing (pun intended). AI is incredible. 'nuff said... I'm Dudesy, a comedy AI, and I'm excited to share my second hour-long comedy special with you! I'm calling it 'George Carlin: I'm...

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    Proof You Can Do Hard Things: An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
    blog.nateliason.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    When a precocious yet nonconformist teenager asks why they need to learn calculus, what should you say? You know they will never use it in adulthood, outside of certain career choices. You co...

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    The First Gulf War – A Catastrophic Error
    original.antiwar.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Confronted with the greatest opportunity for global peace in nearly a century, George H. W. Bush did not hesitate:  Upon the advice of his retainers, he immediately elected the path of war in the Pe...

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    And then she realized that a fresh start was hers for the taking, that she could be the woman she’s always seen on the distant horizon—her future self. One step at a time. Starting today.
    editorial posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    There is no faith and no courage and no sacrifice in doing what is expedient
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    DISCIPLINE YOURSELF -  Best Motivational Speech Compilation (Jordan Peterson Motivation)
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    Ancestral Mathematics
    editorial posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    In order to be born, you needed: 2 parents 4 grandparents 8 great-grandparents 16 second great-grandparents 32 third great-grandparents 64 fourth great-grandparents 128 fifth...

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    A Philosophical Game: An Interview with Saul Steinberg
    theparisreview.org link posted by c_prompt in baseball
    The artist Saul Steinberg, who immigrated to the United States in 1942, was deeply preoccupied with identifying the essential threads of American life. For him, baseball was rich material. In 1954, h...

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    How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned
    A general solution to the cubic equation was long considered impossible, until we gave up the requirement that math reflect reality. References: Some great videos about the cubic: 50...

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    Image of 10 Better Responses Than Just Saying “I’m Fine” | Evie Magazine
    10 Better Responses Than Just Saying “I’m Fine” | Evie Magazine
    eviemagazine.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
    You’ve had the Worst. Day. Ever. It’s hard enough just getting through it, but then everyone seems to notice. They keep asking, “Are you okay?” If you’re not “fine” you don’t have to...

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    Image of How To Stop Procrastinating | Jordan B Peterson
    How To Stop Procrastinating | Jordan B Peterson
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    Future Authoring (mentioned in this video) is available here: https://selfauthoring.com/ Edit: It appears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nL1rEk8wjo has been changed to private (why?) so m...

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    Image of The deep connection between misogyny and consuming animals
    The deep connection between misogyny and consuming animals
    editorial posted by c_prompt in funny
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    Jokes... or are they? "Luminations"
    reddit.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
    When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison. To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight. I...

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    Image of Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy
    Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy
    rt.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    Facebook – the ubiquitous privacy-invading social network – is taking European Commission regulators to court. The Silicon Valley giant is complaining that an EU investigation is invading its pr...

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    Image of Weather: To Sail or not to Sail (Virtual Sailing Class)
    Weather: To Sail or not to Sail (Virtual Sailing Class)
    video.valme.io link posted by 3rd_coast_sailing in 3rd Coast Cruising
    Topics covered include: Understanding weather Reading a weather map Pressure Humidity Temperature Fronts Virtual Classes Offered NOW! 3rd Coast is offering Virtual C...

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    Image of Saturday Power Core Yoga - 9:00 AM CT
    Saturday Power Core Yoga - 9:00 AM CT
    buddhimat.yoga link posted by buddhimat in buddhimatyoga
    Please login to acess the link.  Link will be active 10 minutes prior to the class. Namaste!
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    Image of Sunday 5/23 Power Core Yoga
    Sunday 5/23 Power Core Yoga
    buddhimat.yoga link posted by buddhimat in buddhimatyoga
    The video below will be active approximately 10 minutes before the class begins.
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    Image of Life
    Life
    editorial posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    Image of Saturday Morning: Family Slow Yoga Flow
    Saturday Morning: Family Slow Yoga Flow
    buddhimat.yoga link posted by buddhimat in buddhimatyoga
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    Image of Ries Family Easter Chat
    Ries Family Easter Chat
    editorial posted by Julie in themoreiknowme
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    Image of Our newest rockin' feature: video conferencing!
    Our newest rockin' feature: video conferencing!
    editorial posted by c_prompt in GettingStarted
    You're going to absolutely LOVE this! In these terrible days of COVID-19, so many are doing their best to stay connected through video. We all know of businesses who are no longer able to operate...

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    Image of Family Video
    Family Video
    editorial posted by Julie in themoreiknowme
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    Image of Test Video
    Test Video
    editorial posted by Julie in themoreiknowme
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    Image of Test Video
    Test Video
    editorial posted by Julie in themoreiknowme
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    New to Yoga?
    editorial posted by buddhimat in buddhimatyoga
    New to Yoga? Not a problem!  At Buddhimat Yoga, we believe that anyone who can breathe can do yoga.  And, in times like these, acknowledging our ability to breath is more important than ever bef...

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    Virtual Classes
    buddhimat.yoga link posted by buddhimat in buddhimatyoga
    Classes for May - June 2020; all classes are offered for free during Shelter in Place.  Please register for our site at least 30 minutes before class.  If you register, for our site, you will be...

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    BuddhiMat Yoga
    buddhimat.yoga link posted by buddhimat in buddhimatyoga
    We sit at the crossroads between traditional yoga and a power practice.  While you'll see an improved booty, the focus is on the buddhi. Buddhi represents knowledge or wisdom so that we can st...

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    Image of Bull in a china shop BUSTED: actually, bulls don't break anything and are careful to avoid shelving
    Bull in a china shop BUSTED: actually, bulls don't break anything and are careful to avoid shelving
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned
    "Bull in a china shop?" Stop using the saying - it ain't true.
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    Image of Don't focus on what others say, how hard it is, the fear, the pain, or the mistakes - make the effort, be brave, and keep at it. Advice from Theodore Roosevelt's speech Citizenship in a Republic
    Don't focus on what others say, how hard it is, the fear, the pain, or the mistakes - make the effort, be brave, and keep at it. Advice from Theodore Roosevelt's speech Citizenship in a Republic
    editorial posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    The speech Citizenship in a Republic was given at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on April 23, 1910. The excerpt reads: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the stro...

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    Image of Developing discipline through challenging situations and perhaps suffering along the way are no longer values that are promoted in our culture. People are increasingly reluctant to tell each other the truth about themselves
    Developing discipline through challenging situations and perhaps suffering along the way are no longer values that are promoted in our culture. People are increasingly reluctant to tell each other the truth about themselves
    goodreads.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    As an apprentice, it can be hard for us to challenge ourselves on our own in the proper way, and to get a clear sense of our own weaknesses. The times that we live in make this even harder. Develo...

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    On Blogs in the Social Media Age - Capitalism vs. Collectivism
    calnewport.com link posted by c_prompt in capitalism
    Interesting perspective that blogging provides better (i.e., higher quality) content while social media brings more voices into the online conversation: Blogs implement a capitalist attention m...

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    Image of You've been using the can opener all wrong
    You've been using the can opener all wrong
    video.valme.io link posted by c_prompt in cooking
    Just be careful when you use this method as, even though it's MUCH easier, the can might be sharper. h/t: Cast Iron Chaos
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    Little Girl Chooses to eat Broccoli Over Chocolates and Candies
    video.valme.io link posted by c_prompt in food
    This little girl refused to eat a variety of chocolates and candies offered to her by her mother. However, she looked pleased when a bowl of broccoli was set in front of her and munched on them happil...

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    Image of Motorcycle Ownership Rule #1 - Do Not Let Your Drunk Barefoot Girlfriend Test Drive Your Bike
    Motorcycle Ownership Rule #1 - Do Not Let Your Drunk Barefoot Girlfriend Test Drive Your Bike
    video.valme.io link posted by c_prompt in funny
    h/t: https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/a0h53q/motorcycle_ownership_rule_1_do_not_let_your_drunk/
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    Image of Watch movies on YouTube for free (with ads)
    Watch movies on YouTube for free (with ads)
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in movies
    YouTube is now offering some movies for free.
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    Image of valME.io has a new video service: video.valME.io
    valME.io has a new video service: video.valME.io
    video.valme.io link posted by c_prompt in videos
    valME.io is like reddit but where karma converts to money. We want to help people profit when they add value to others. We're testing PeerTube's video platform* to support the goals of valME.io's con...

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    • youtube alternative,
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    Image of Julie Ries Bio
    Julie Ries Bio
    editorial posted by Julie in Rational Yoga Blog
    ​   ABOUT JULIE I currently teach in Chicago and recently started BuddhiMat yoga.  Until it may become an in-person studio, my goal is to bring us together...

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    If anti-gunners didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any at all. Another week, another example of hypocrisy among the elites.
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    ​ Are Rational and Yoga a Contradiction? Rational and Yoga.  Is that not a contradiction?  I argue it is not. You’ve heard the word “mindfulness” used to describe meditation, yog...

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    Former President Obama has come under fire for what many have viewed as a hypocritical condemnation of President Trump during a Friday acceptance speech for his Ethics in Government award at the Un...

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    Should we be satisfied with limited government rather than no government? AFFIRMATIVE: Private, Contractual Methods Are More Efficient and More Just (Katherine Mangu-Ward) NEGATIVE: In Praise o...

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    Twitter Suspends Black Conservative For Changing NYT Bigot's Tweets From "White" To "Jewish" And "Black"
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    In response to the New York Times' decision to stand by their most recent hire - open bigot Sarah Jeong, who really hates white people, men (especially white men), and cops - black conservative Can...

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    And that's just for two years... while in 2011 the average stay in a government detention facility was 72 days... So to be clear - hundreds of thousands of migrant children whose parents sent t...

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    “Microdosing” on psychedelic substances like LSD—ingesting just enough to heighten cognitive faculties, enhance creativity, improve concentration and alleviate depression—is currently back i...

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    Volunteer
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    Volunteer! Another wonderful way to show your love of Misty River Music Makers is to sign up for some occasional volunteer time at one of our events. People who sign up often feel like it's much...

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    Your Contributions Help! We love sharing the gift of great music with people of our community. And though we sell tickets at our bi-annual show, we also have a lot expenses. If you love Misty...

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    Circle of Sponsors
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    Please Visit our Sponsors! Montessori Academy of Batavia  We are grateful to the Montessori Academy of Batavia for providing the chorus with a beautiful space to practice. Parents have bee...

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    Piece o' Chord Linda Berg- Tenor Maria Kolano- Lead Beth Pasek- Bass Fran Bell- Baritone
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    About Our Performances We have a diverse repertoire fitting many occasions, and we're ready to entertain audiences big and small. Our chorus can tailor a performance to meet your needs. Perform...

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    The Next Step So you're interested in joining! Visit a Rehearsal Guests are always welcome at our rehearsals. Rehearsals are Monday nights from 7:00-9:30 pm. Location: Montessori A...

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    Testimonials
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    What they're saying  Listen to what a few chorus members from around the country have to say about being in an organization like ours: “I enjoy the fun and fellowship of the ladies, and the...

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    Our 1st Place Finish! Area 4 Contest and Convention June 14, 2014
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    Our Leadership
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    MISTY RIVER'S NEW DIRECTOR, MARIA KOLANO Maria Kolano has had a life-long love of music. She grew up singing on the piano bench beside her mom. She has taken voice lessons, sung with choirs in sc...

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    What is barbershop?
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    What is Barbershop? Standard choral music uses the Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB) designations. SATB arrangements attempt to balance sound equally across all four of the parts. On the other...

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    Join Us Misty River Music Makers is more than just an a cappella ensemble, it is a family. We love getting together each week, and sharing friendships as well as great music. If you like to sin...

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    Misty River Music Makers - it's all about the people... First and foremost, Misty River is a place where friendship and song blend together. Our members are women from all over the Fox Valley...

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    Nominations are now open for the second MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award, which carries a $250,000 cash prize, no strings attached. This award will go to a person or group engaged in what we...

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    Study: Climate Change Activists are Hypocrites. They were less likely to engage in recycling and other eco-friendly behaviors than global-warming skeptics
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    A strange thing happens when you don’t trust the government. You take responsibility for your actions, instead of shirking your duty and handing off the burden to the collective. A study by Corn...

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    America’s largest problems don’t appear in the in the headlines, but between the lines. Such as the hypocrisy poisoning our politics. Here are some recent examples — and a simple solution.
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    Tu Quoque: Anatomy of an online argument
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    The real goal of tu quoque (or any ad hominem attack) is to shift the focus to your opponent’s weaknesses as a way to hide your argument’s weaknesses. To create a hypocrisy meme: 1) pick a trigger...

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    Does hypocrisy invalidate an argument? A great discussion from Philosophy Stack Exchange
    philosophy.stackexchange.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    The general rule is that a person’s behavior does not invalidate that person’s arguments. This is because ideally philosophical arguments are based on reason. Thus if the reasoning is valid, it do...

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    Unco Junto: The Nature of Hypocrisy
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    People are not known for being particularly rigorous with their beliefs and opinions, and it's not surprising that they would, more often than not, fail to consistently apply reasoning and principles....

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    Order of actions mitigates hypocrisy judgments for ingroup more than outgroup members
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    We’re harder on hypocrites when they belong to the opposite group. Link to .pdf of full study
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    The Real Problem With Hypocrisy
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    Why do people judge hypocrites, who condemn immoral behaviors that they in fact engage in, so negatively? Yale University researchers propose that hypocrites are disliked because their condemnatio...

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    Chicago Fed Thinks It Knows How To Tax Illinoisans Fleeing Pension Liabilities
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    The audacity - no longer do they even try to hide their evil; they come right out and tell you what they know will happen. FTA: An audible gasp went out in the breakout room I was in at last mon...

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    The Worst Man In Modern History
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    It seems extraordinary that in defiance of all factual history and philosophical knowledge anyone should celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx. More than anyone, through wrong-headed ide...

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    Insights I’ve Gained After 3 Years of Training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Under a Living Legend
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    FTA: As a quick side note, curiosity is a blessing to me, because it leads me deep down the rabbit hole and as a result of my curiosity, I’m rarely (if ever) bored because there always someth...

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    Help build the blog. Become an honorary pothead and receive 200 karma ($2) for your first 5 posts
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    I just setup a promotion with code pothead to encourage filling up this blog. Please help me post relevant articles. Not sure yet what direction this will take. You can check the honor role for statu...

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    Token first post
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    There is More to DC than Revolutionary History
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
                    When I went to DC, I thought of it as a place to learn about history from the US, like the Revolution and Civil Wars (boring!). When I went there though, I saw that it...

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    The Most Important Battle of the Most Important War
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
                     When you think of the most important battle in World War 2, many things come to mind, but one stands out: Normandy. This awful bloodshed happened on beaches, fa...

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    Learning About the Most Important War in History
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
                    During history, one war has stood out among all of the awful wars, all of the genocides, all of the violence; that war is World War 2. Since I was little, I was interes...

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    Jeff Bezos Just Revealed the Remarkably Powerful Mind Trick That Made Him a Multibillionaire
    inc.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    Live without regrets: On November 4, Jeff Bezos was interviewed by his brother Mark at the ideas festival Summit LA17 event in Los Angeles. During the course of this interview, Jeff revealed...

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    Image of Dating online? Watch that ad!
    Dating online? Watch that ad!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    New to online dating? Trying to find the man or woman of your dreams through the virtual world? As in any relationship, proper communication is crucial. You need to have a good personal ad or dating...

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    The solution to the war problem
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I have always been very concerned about the problems of war. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about how unfair it is for the many innocent victims. So, as an amateur videographer, I have tried...

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    The Great Hoax of Equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    History repeats itself. Men have constantly fought and died in the war for equality throughout the centuries. However, not all of them had in mind the same idea of equality when they gave their lives...

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    Image of Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine?
    Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Thanks to the Land Destroyer blog for spotting this excellent analysis of what appears the next phase in false-flag interventionist propaganda -- the use of so-called "social media" with heavy celebr...

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    Image of Manipulating Americans is easy
    Manipulating Americans is easy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You're an idiot. That's right. According to New York spin doctor Sheherazad Jaafari (aka press-aide or press attaché), Americans are easily manipulated. All politicians need to do is admit that th...

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    Oh No! Science Supports... The Anarchists!!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I'm talking about the real anarchists here, not bloody bomb-throwers or anti-capitalist window breakers. I'm referring to people who have faced the scary fact that all coercive power corrupts and tha...

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    Then they came for the internet but, by that time...
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As proud supporters of Creative Commons, we were encouraged to see so many websites effectively shut down or "go dark" on January 18, 2012 in protest of the tyrannical SOPA/PIPA bills that the US gov...

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    The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What a completely ridiculous statement, right? Calling Ron Paul a progressive? So why are some prominent progressives suggesting that Ron Paul is more progressive than Obama? Liberals and progress...

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    Irrational self-interest
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Selfishness is often defined as an evil that deals with one caring for oneself more than for others. Many evils in the world are blamed on selfishness. Hunger, poverty and illness are supposedly all...

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    It isn't illegal if the President does it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." So said President Richard Nixon in his 1977 interview discussing presidential authority. Fast-forward 30 years. "I was a cons...

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    Dealing with pain during the holidays
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The holidays are often difficult, and can be downright depressing, especially for those who have pain from a loss, a traumatic experience, or just plain loneliness (e.g., not having a date for holida...

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    Killer viruses - should we make them?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...

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    The last line of defense when the law is wrong
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a button that some wear on election day. It says "I voted." It's as if voting makes them feel powerful. But the vote they cast typically isn't for a specific law - it's usually for a polit...

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    Modern marriage - a 2-year commitment with an option to renew
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a funny wedding tradition where the married couple eats the top layer of their wedding cake one year later. (How great to finally have the extra space in your freezer, right?) For about half...

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    TIL Plato didn't believe in Platonic love and supported erotica
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Platonic love isn't what we thought it was. In fact, Plato didn't even believe in it, was pro-sex, thought erotica was a spiritual force that helps us find our true selves, and e...

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    What really matters in life - it should be our first lecture
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Life is a constant struggle, especially because the lessons we learn are oftentimes knowledge gained after we really needed it. It's one of the reasons mentors are so important - they've "been there,...

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    The revolution for individual freedom and the principles of cooperation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Throughout most of human civilization, centuries of men have starved, died from the elements (for lack of proper housing), suffered terrible health, and barely lived. Even today, starvation kills mil...

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    Madly in love - is there a rational basis to love?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We need a new demotivational poster: "Science. A quick way to mess-up all those great love poems." The definition of rational isn't very controversial: "having reason or understanding." The defini...

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    TIL Federal Reserve Bank stockholders don't pay taxes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, unlike people or other corporations, Federal reserve bank stockholders don't have to pay federal, state,or local taxes on their annual, fixed dividends of 6% on capital stock (w...

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    An interview with David Eagleman, neuroscientist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A neuroscientist is someone who studies "the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially their relation to behavior and learning." Although the...

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    Ron Paul didn't go far enough - unleash the retirement accounts
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul just came out with a plan to cut $1 trillion from the US's federal budget and severely curtail entitlement programs. According to the "Plan to Restore America," it cuts $1 trillion in spendi...

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    The age of nanotechnology
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Throughout history, machines, tools, devices, etc. have become smaller. But not until recently have we been able to see down to the lowest level - to that of the nano. With electron microscopes, nano...

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    Image of TIL real-life levitation does exist
    TIL real-life levitation does exist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, without a magic wand, levitation is real. The physics behind it consists of a ceramic material that is famous for superconductivity when cooled below -185ºC (-301ºF). The s...

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    Image of The rationality of alternative medicine
    The rationality of alternative medicine
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As many mourn the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, they use words such as visionary, brilliant, innovative, leader, entrepreneur, capitalist, and philanthropic to describe him. Many aren't aware th...

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    Image of TIL what used to be considered healthy and happy is now considered dangerous
    TIL what used to be considered healthy and happy is now considered dangerous
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned from "America's worst mom" that the earliest episodes of Sesame Street are "for adult viewing only" for fear they will give kids dangerous ideas (Sesame Street just couldn't bring its...

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    Image of Getting mad as hell - it's about time
    Getting mad as hell - it's about time
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The strategy by the labor union leadership was said to be based simply: "how do we bring down the stock market, how do we bring down their bonuses, how do we interfere with their ability to, to be ri...

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    Image of Imagine... what a wonderful world it would be
    Imagine... what a wonderful world it would be
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Aristotle spoke of music as having "influence over the character and the soul." He noted that "Rhythm and melody supply imitations of anger and gentleness, and also of courage and temperance, and of...

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    Image of What happened to the "we" in "yes we can?"
    What happened to the "we" in "yes we can?"
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How we do like to complain about politicians. We vote them into office (well, some don't vote) and expect them to change the world. To reduce war. To make our lives better. To keep their promises. Af...

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    Image of TIL you CAN prove a negative
    TIL you CAN prove a negative
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned the adage "you can't prove a negative" is false because you can prove a negative. It's very easy. We need to stop saying that. A better statement to use is "he who asserts a positive...

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    Image of Breaking the laws of physics - will philosophy become more important?
    Breaking the laws of physics - will philosophy become more important?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Just when you thought you understood how the world works, the tachyons come to shake things up. For those who haven't heard by now, the masterminds at CERN who brought you the LHC rap have made wh...

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    The ethics of competition and our obligations to each other
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Competition increases change and motivates people to excel. For example, gamers recently competed to solve a scientific problem that has "vexed researchers for a decade." Companies compete for your b...

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    Image of It doesn't always get better, so stop faking what's real
    It doesn't always get better, so stop faking what's real
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It was all the rage. Following 14-year old Jamey Rodemeyer's tearful "It Gets Better, I promise!" video, in which he tried to show how positive he was in the face of gay bullying, other well-know...

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    Image of Listen to my music - the philosophy of The Trees
    Listen to my music - the philosophy of The Trees
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Make everyone equal. It is a common battle cry across the centuries. Just look at the current class warfare that Obama is pushing because we are not all equal. (Or, as Orwell famously put it in Anima...

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    Image of TIL a Kelo v. New London judge regrets his decision
    TIL a Kelo v. New London judge regrets his decision
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer is "sorry" for the way he voted in the infamous eminent domain Kelo v. New London case. In that case, the US Supreme Court aff...

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    Image of The examples adults set for children
    The examples adults set for children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why are so many children familiar with the adage "do as I say, not as I do?" The answer should be obvious - because we, as adults, often do things that we don't want our children doing. Let's face it...

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    How to teach computers to old people
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No significant intellectualism here in this video. Just an older couple learning how to use a computer to make you feel good. May we all be as happy as they are at this age. What's your experie...

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    Image of The enemy to slay in a constant state of emergency
    The enemy to slay in a constant state of emergency
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul famously said of neocons: The neoconservative ethos, steeped in the teachings of Leo Strauss, cannot abide an America where individuals simply pursue their happy, peaceful, prosperous l...

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    Image of How to get decent people to do terrible things - put them in positions of power
    How to get decent people to do terrible things - put them in positions of power
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Einstein once wrote that "our conscious acts spring from our desires and our fears." Many agree. For example, David Hume suggested in A Treatise of Human Nature that humans are prone to letting emoti...

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    Image of Two Grandmothers, Two Priests and a Nun go to Prison for Peace
    Two Grandmothers, Two Priests and a Nun go to Prison for Peace
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Two grandmothers, two priests and a nun were sentenced in federal court in Tacoma, WA Monday March 28, 2011, for confronting hundreds of US nuclear weapons stockpiled for use by the deadly Trident su...

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    Image of TIL the first PC virus was called "brain" and the hackers were not anonymous
    TIL the first PC virus was called "brain" and the hackers were not anonymous
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned the first PC virus was called "brain" and was written in DOS only 25 years ago in 1986. The creators of the virus even gave their address. How did it move from PC to PC? Floppy disks...

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    Image of The seven blunders of the world that lead to violence
    The seven blunders of the world that lead to violence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to non-violent, ideological leaders, Mahatma Gandhi has got to be toward the very top of the list. His resistance to British tyranny through mass civil disobedience is famous. Needless...

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    Image of TIL Superman, Star Trek, and Archie creators promoted sex
    TIL Superman, Star Trek, and Archie creators promoted sex
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned one of the creators of Superman drew S&M and bondage comics that were banned by the Supreme Court, the creator of Star Trek created a show about a gym teacher having sex with his...

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    Image of Taxation is a fight between individualism and collectivism - which side are you on?
    Taxation is a fight between individualism and collectivism - which side are you on?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to politics, it's difficult to say "liberals believe this" or "conservatives believe that." After all, within each political ideology, there are many views; sometimes even views that se...

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    Image of Excessive grades are discriminatory - let's redistribute them
    Excessive grades are discriminatory - let's redistribute them
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do you really need a 4.0 grade point average? There's a proposal on the table that we should consider. For far too long, there have been many underachieving students. We're not going to get into t...

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    Image of The makings of a good apology - act like a changed person
    The makings of a good apology - act like a changed person
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Paris Hilton did it to Lindsay Lohan. Tiger Woods did it. American Idol did it. Couples do it. Sometimes we even do it to ourselves. Politicians do it as well, but they do it badly (just like everyth...

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    Image of Guilt begone - it was the sun all along
    Guilt begone - it was the sun all along
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore aren't going to be happy. Scientists are messing up their politics. So it turns out that the only thing man-made about global warming is t...

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    TIL the difference between etc. and et al.
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned the difference between etc. and et al. etc. is used for things, while et al. is used for people. And they should not be interchanged. 2) etc. (and so on) Example: "None of...

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    How stupid are we? Ask Obama
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama has broken many promises. That's par for the course when you're a politician. People know (and sadly accept) that politicians aren't going to do everything they promise. But then there are m...

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    Image of Politicians causing problems in politics? Put them on pay-for-performance
    Politicians causing problems in politics? Put them on pay-for-performance
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the business world, most workers receive a base salary and then salary increases or bonuses based on performance. Performance can be measured by various factors, including company performance, ind...

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    One nation, under God, and undereducated
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For the most part, public education in the US is a disaster. Where the blame lies will be forever debated, but to claim otherwise is to sleep undisturbed in a fantasy world with "stark wake-up calls"...

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    Image of If I voted, Ron Paul is the man I would vote for
    If I voted, Ron Paul is the man I would vote for
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    First, let me make this perfectly clear: I am an anarchist (or, more specifically, an anarcho-capitalist). I do not support any kind of government, including a president. The last election I voted in...

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    Image of TIL Einstein supported a one-world government and was a Socialist
    TIL Einstein supported a one-world government and was a Socialist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned Albert Einstein supported a one-world government and was a Socialist. Einstein's passionate commitment to the cause of global peace led him to support the creation of a single, u...

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    Science helps explain why men are confused about female orgasms
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It is claimed that women fake orgasms because of insecurities. But as women have a tremendous capacity for pleasure, perhaps men just aren't stimulating the right places. As scary as it might sound t...

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    Space and "empty space": Much ado about nothing, or is it?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Space is a concept which is very rarely correctly understand by anybody, including modern physicists. However, the purpose of this essay is not to discuss the confusions of others in relation to this...

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    Image of Three cheers for capitalism - not two
    Three cheers for capitalism - not two
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As scary as it might sound, we already know that evidence doesn't matter much in the context of politics. So, even when there is clear evidence of a certain idea being factually true, many people don...

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    Image of TIL Facebook makes your private phone numbers available
    TIL Facebook makes your private phone numbers available
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned Facebook imports your phone numbers from your mobile phone's address book, sometimes without your knowledge, thus making the private phone numbers of ALL of your contacts (not just yo...

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    The Davies Certainty Principle (Two-Minute Case Against The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle)
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Most of you are probably aware of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. It states that it is not possible to know the precise position and momentum of subatomic particles such as electrons. (There is...

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    Short-selling - the protected companies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    (Meanwhile, as the Italian cabinet approves a tough austerity plan, and as Nero feasts while Rome burns...) According to the AP, "France, Italy, Spain and Belgium are banning short-selling on sele...

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    Gaming theory - why it matters and a definition
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As this is an article about the theory of games, I thought that, as I intend to do this systematically, I should start with a brief post defining what a game actually is. You might think that I could...

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    Superstitions - finding an impenetrable prophylactic against ignorant beliefs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    One of the many fun things to do as a kid is to sit around a campfire late at night and hear adults tell ghost stories. Our imaginations would run wild - are there really such things as ghosts? Bu...

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    College conspiracy - a worthless piece of paper called a college degree
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    James Fenimore Cooper once said: "All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never ha...

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    Who has more economic savvy? Alan Greenspan, Paul Krugman, or Ron Paul?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Alan Greenspan. Economic wonderboy. Market maestro. Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman. Past disciple of Ayn Rand. Someone who once thought gold was the only proper standard for money and a protec...

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    TIL of paper that can be erased and reused 260 times
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there is a "paper" in production that can be erased and reused 260 times and currently costs about $2.00/sheet. (And we all know that, just like with any technology, that price w...

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    Does porn hurt relationships? Science says no
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Porn is like bacon: some won't eat it for religious reasons, some consider it filthy, some feel guilty after eating it, but everyone else (which is most of the population) loves it. Funny enough, sci...

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    Selling organs for education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nowadays, you have to take on massive amounts of debt to go to college, only to graduate and find that there aren't any jobs available. So you leave college, go back to living with your parents, and...

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    Image of How to understand people - look at their actions
    How to understand people - look at their actions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Praxeology is a general theory of human action or, more specifically, purposeful behavior. Unlike unconscious behavior such as breathing or reflexes, we act in conscious, chosen ways to achieve vario...

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    Image of TIL Communism is responsible for over 100 million deaths
    TIL Communism is responsible for over 100 million deaths
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Communism, "the greatest social engineering experiment we have ever seen," is responsible for approximately over 100 million deaths. The Communists tried to construct a "utopia.....

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    Old enough to fight, old enough to vote, but no influence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "No taxation without representation" was a popular slogan that summarized a major grievance the British colonists had with England. The idea is simple enough to understand: if I don't get any substan...

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    The courage of convictions - rational people don't agree to disagree
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Politics. Morality. Religion. Relationships. Even science. These are examples of the many categories in which you will find disagreements. These debates occur just as much with intelligent people as...

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    Image of Liberalism - a contradiction in ideals?
    Liberalism - a contradiction in ideals?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pulitzer prize winning author, Columbia professor, historian, and liberal Eric Foner thinks liberalism is in a state of contradiction. One the one hand, he says liberals want an "activist government"...

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    Image of The poor don't want charity - they want justice
    The poor don't want charity - they want justice
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The latest weapon of mass destruction: starvation. The situation is dire. It's the worst drought in Africa in 60 years. The UN is airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. It's estimated th...

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    Ron Paul was right, and the Fed audit proves it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The printing press: what a great invention... It fostered a rapid development in and dissemination of art and science through the production of books. But one wonders if Johannes Gutenberg would be a...

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    The legitimacy of higher education - do we need more scientists and engineers?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Robert Heinlein once wrote: "Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor." The number of students going to UK universities is falling. Additionally,...

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    The savages among us
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Imagine that you are a human brought to another planet. You are not religious. You haven't any belief in God or the supernatural. On this planet, the aliens are immediately able to cure all your dise...

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    TIL 18 US veterans commit suicide every day and 1 million are in jail
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that 18 US veterans commit suicide every day and 1 million veterans are sitting in jail. When Staff Sgt. Brad Eifert, 36, finally made his way to the woods behind his house with...

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    Image of Let's raise the debt ceiling to $1 quadrillion
    Let's raise the debt ceiling to $1 quadrillion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Remember the guy who talked about change? Where'd he go? In 2006, Obama said this: The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a...

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    Have you no shame, and whose fault is that?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You sometimes have to wonder why teaching children seems to be more complicated than rocket science. There are many valid debates in education as to the proper conditions required for a child to lear...

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    TIL bottled water often comes from tap water and isn't typically cleaner or healthier
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, despite the hype, bottled water typically isn't any cleaner or healthier than tap water, and often comes from the same public water supply that your tap water does. Having said...

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    Tough love - the philosophy of BDSM
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No doubt about it - we humans have a strong desire for sexual intercourse. It certainly makes sense from an evolutionary perspective, as the desire helps further humanity. But some are programmed for...

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    Scary - facts don't change our minds
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Facts don't necessarily have the power to change our minds. In fact, quite the opposite." Before you read this article to determine where that conclusion came from, ponder that quote for a moment...

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    The courage to resist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Winning people's hearts and minds through ideas is one way to affect change, but it's a very, very slow process. Most would consider it "impractical." For those who want to implement change quicker,...

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    TIL drinking eight glasses of water a day is bunk
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the accepted wisdom of drinking eight glasses of water a day, including the accompanying reminder that beverages containing caffeine and alcohol do not count, is not supported by...

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    The spirit of revolution
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Philosopher of revolution" Pyotr Kropotkin (aka Peter Kropotkin) once wrote: "America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against...

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    Well I'll be a monkey's uncle - evolution is not a matter of faith
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Humans and chimpanzees share 96% of the same DNA. In other words, from a scientific perspective, humans and chimpanzees are genetically very similar. As the battle between evolution and intelligen...

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    Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Statists have plenty of bad ideas: going to war for oil, setting up regulatory agencies that don't do their jobs, molesting people in the name of se...

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    Toxins in our food supply are killing bees
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes (aka who watches the watchmen)? Called Colony Collapse Disorder, there is something killing honeybees. They are dying in "huge numbers." Scientists from the US Environ...

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    Image of TIL about Pale Moon - a faster version of Firefox for Windows
    TIL about Pale Moon - a faster version of Firefox for Windows
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned about Pale Moon - an optimized version of Firefox that is much faster than Firefox and optimized specifically for Windows. Not only is it much faster than Firefox (perhaps even by...

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    Top 10 Cool Things to Do in Second Life - Braincrave intellectual discussions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Braincrave.com has been highlighted as one of the top 10 Cool Things to Do in Second Life for intellectual discussions! Of course, we're very honored and want to thank all of you who help us make...

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    Braincrave's first confirmed marriage!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Great news! Braincrave.com's first confirmed marriage! Just goes to show that online dating really does yield real results, including for those who like to think. To celebrate this amazing success...

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    Image of TIL why helium makes your voice squeaky
    TIL why helium makes your voice squeaky
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned why light gasses like helium make your voice squeaky and heavy gasses like sulfur hexafluoride or xenon make your voice sound like Barry White. In summary, the timbre of your voice...

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    The morality of helping the poor family - where does it end?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who "passionately" believes in the welfare system, is lashing out at parents who are raising their children through social welfare programs. He thinks the issue is a...

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    The Horse in the Plain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Once upon a time, in a land far away which has nothing at all in common with the world we humans inhabit, a horse was running free in the plain. He longed to climb up the mountains and see the world...

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    TIL hot water freezes faster than cold water (and be careful with reigning paradigms)
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned hot water sometimes freezes faster than cold water. Although there isn't one, conclusive scientific explanation for the phenomenon, one of the theories for why this occurs is that hot...

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    Abolish political parties and add none of the above
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jesse Ventura, of wrestling, acting, and conspiracy theory fame, is disgusted with politics. (And anyone who isn't disgusting isn't sane.) So he's come up with some new ideas. What do you think el...

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    TIL you can run a diesel engine car on used vegetable oil
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that you can run a diesel engine car on waste vegetable oil (e.g., oil that's been used to cook). It is less harmful to the environment, less toxic to people and animals, and runs abo...

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    Slut walks, rape, and hypocrisy - what's eye candy got to do with it?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How we do love eye-candy. And, after all, "since when is a woman dressing sexy in public a bad thing?" By now, you've probably heard about the various "slut walks" that are happening all over the...

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    Apathy - ignorance going through the motions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Considered the third, best-selling poet of all time, Khalil Gibran once said "Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death." Apathy is defined as having a lack of emotion, interest, or conce...

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    Why is there so much hate and anger in the world?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From a WoW forum: Original post: "So many trolls be trolling....thugs be thugging....haters be hating.... I love everyone on this server Spread the love." Reply post: "Homo." Sarcasm aside,...

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    Are safety and freedom opposites?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to protecting civil liberties, it just keeps getting worse. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now testing what it calls Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). It i...

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    Mine! The never-ending fight over Palestine
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama is currently getting criticized because of his recent speech asserting that the US government officially supports a two-state solution based on Israel's pre-1967 borders along with negotiated...

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    TIL how cats and dogs drink water
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned how cats and dogs drink water. The water sticks to their tongues and the upward pull creates a water column from inertia (the liquid continues to move in the direction pulled). Then,...

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    O Me! O Life! and being thankful for what you have
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Monty Python famously sang "life's a piece of shit when you look at it." There's also the adage that, if everyone threw all their problems on the table, most would reach back down and pick up their...

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    TIL the power of the scroll wheel in Firefox
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned the power of the scroll wheel in Firefox. You can use it to close tabs (click the scroll wheel on a tab), open hyperlinks in new pages (click the scroll wheel on a link), scroll throu...

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    Ray Kurzweil - bringing my dreams to real life in a virtual world
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When I was much younger, I told my father I believed I would live forever. He asked how that would happen and gently reminded me that we all die sooner or later. I explained that I believed we would...

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    Getting off the sauce - do we choose to drink?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, over 50% of Americans age 12 or older have used alcohol in the past 30 days, almost 25% are binge drinkers (5 drinks within 2 hours), and 7% drink...

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    The ethics of the placebo effect
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A placebo is a sham or simulated medical intervention by a doctor in which some patients experience actual improvements in their conditions. Although it doesn't work on everyone, these effects in pat...

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    Good form - etiquette and manners for politeness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Good etiquette facilitates relationships, and good relationships help us live better lives. We've previously discussed proper manners in communications. Continuing in our etiquette and manners series...

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    The essence of political definitions: what does it mean to be a liberal?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand once wrote that "Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration." Perhaps that's one of the reasons politics always appear...

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    I spy, and you cannot hide
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Former NSA employee Thomas Drake has a wife and 5 sons, one of whom has significant health problems. But, understanding the risks to him and his family, he couldn't remain silent and be complicit in...

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    Image of TIL don't use olive oil for cooking at high temperatures
    TIL don't use olive oil for cooking at high temperatures
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that you should not use olive oil to cook at high heats (i.e., potentially anything over 200 - 250º F / 93 - 121º C, although that is debated), especially extra virgin olive oils. T...

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    Other people are not your property
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul has entered the US presidential race for the third time as a Republican. But he's not really a Republican - he's a Libertarian. Ron Paul, like all Libertarians, is always talking about limit...

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    The right to health care
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Here's the backdrop: in 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled in Castle Rock v. Gonzales that a person does not have a constitutional right to police protection, even in the presence of a restraining orde...

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    Would you, personally, force someone to give charity?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The great political theorist and economist Frédéric Bastiat wrote in The State: "The oppressor no longer acts directly by his own force on the oppressed. No, our conscience has become too fastidiou...

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    Learning to relax through hypnosis
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Most of us live stressful lives. Perhaps it's time we give ourselves a little break. Try this self-hypnosis/relaxation video for 16 minutes. Did it work for you? What do you do to relax? Try...

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    Is neurobiology making us morally ill?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Getting people to agree on objective moral principles is difficult, to say the least. Moral codes seem to span the gamut of culture, time, environment, experience, geography, gender, race, etc. Could...

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    Godwin's law - if the shoe fits, wear it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to online discussions, there's an adage called Godwin's law. It states that the longer an online discussion continues, "the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approac...

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    TIL ostriches do NOT bury their head in the sand
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that ostriches do NOT bury their heads in the sand. (People are said to bury their heads in the sand when they refuse to confront or acknowledge a problem.) OSTRICHES BURY TH...

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    Government-run supermarkets and education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's an adage in economics that goes: people do not walk barefoot because there aren't any government shoe factories. In markets where competition exists (not to be confused with free markets), bu...

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    The cosmic conflict of religion and science
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you're looking for the meaning of life, religions are ready with an answer. As of yet, science doesn't have an answer, other than to possibly claim that there isn't any purpose. (Nihilists of the...

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    Friends with benefits - can sex ever be casual?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    She opens her heart. He opens his fly. That might be the immediate, superficial reaction to a Friends With Benefits (FWB) relationship. But is there more under the covers? FWB relationships (aka s...

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    TIL about the Ig Noble prize
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned about the Ig Noble prizes, which "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -...

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    Osama bin Laden is dead - long live Emmanuel Goldstein
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In light of the claim that Osama bin Laden has now been killed, we thought it might be a good idea to remind everyone of George Orwell's famous character in the novel 1984: Emmanuel Goldstein....

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    The ethics of capitalism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morality, and the moral code/ideology used when differentiating between right and wrong is critical (e.g., consider that Hitler used national socialis...

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    US has highest prison population - why?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let this sink in for a moment: the United States has the highest prisoner population rate in the world. That's right, even more than China. (And, no - that doesn't include all of the hidden prisons i...

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    Legislating morality and homosexuality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Politics are a disgusting abyss of failed attempts to legislate morality. But why is it like that? Perhaps one of the primary reasons is because people can't seem to agree on what morality is; or, mo...

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    TIL that gas prices in Europe are double those in the US
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Don't expect gas prices to "tank" anytime soon. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.) Today I learned that Americans live in a distorted world when it comes to gas prices. The average price of gas across...

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    Sports socialism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Discussing sports, Noam Chomsky once remarked: "Take, say, sports -- that's another crucial example of the indoctrination system, in my view. For one thing because it -- you know, it offers people so...

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    Environmental suicide
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrary to what the United Nations does, Mother Earth doesn't have a conscience. She can't tell us which of her resources she wants us to save, which to take care of, and which to use. Ergo, how we...

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    Reducing HIV/AIDS by eliminating IP laws
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the adventure film Sahara, General Kazim states: "Don't worry. It's Africa. Nobody cares about Africa." In 2009, it's estimated that 33 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, with almost 70% liv...

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    Government's taunt: "I know you are but what am I?"
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's an old Russian political joke where an American and a Soviet car salesmen are arguing about who makes better cars. The American asks: "How many decades does an average Soviet man need to work...

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    TIL about StumbleUpon toolbar options
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For those of you who aren't familiar with it, StumbleUpon is a discovery engine that shows you random web pages based upon categories that you like. It learns very quickly what you like and don't lik...

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    Copyright trolling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which revolutionized the cotton industry. But he had a hard time profiting from his invention because he tried to charge farmers a huge price (2/5 of their profits...

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    Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand's vision and warning
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's an adage that goes: if you've got enemies, it means you stood up for something in life. Out of all of the potential philosophies that you could adopt in your life, perhaps none may be more co...

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    Learned helplessness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1967, psychologist Martin Seligman performed an experiment on dogs by shocking them with electricity which appeared to start and stop at random. After the dogs were conditioned, he put the dogs in...

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    If women ruled the world
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do a search on the web and you'll find all sorts of criteria for what makes an effective leader. People can't even seem to agree on the definition of leadership. As a result, theories abound. But wha...

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    TIL van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, for 400 Francs (about US$1,600). It is now considered to be one of the most valuable paintings in the w...

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    People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The US government consists of a bunch of hypocrites. I know, tell you something you don't know, right? Recently, Hillary Clinton and her lackeys at the US State Department released the Country Re...

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    Pronouncing moral judgment
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sometimes it seems that the worse things get, the more we tolerate. It's not that we become impartial to a particular wrong, but it does seem that we often "sit on the fence" when we see wrongdoing....

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    Beauty and the eyes of the beholder
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many women like having big breasts. They also like looking good. According to the American Society for Plastic Surgeons, of the 13 million cosmetic plastic surgeries performed annually, women seek 9...

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    When what you're doing in economics doesn't work, just do more of it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You can call a fish a duck, but that doesn't make it so. Does anyone else find it funny that people claiming to be anarchists - which is, by definition, being against government - are rioting in su...

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    The value of "no"
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Alexander Pope once said: "A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday." As in any discussion about a topic of...

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    Any monkey can be an artist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We experience art as an emotional reaction to our senses. Enjoying art has a personal meaning and relevance; therefore, we evaluate art differently depending upon our own values, perceptions, and kno...

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    TIL the 40-hour work week did not originate from unions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, contrary to popular belief, a private business owner who made every pair of military business boots for US soldiers in World War I established the 40-hour work week which becam...

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    Epic win - making a better world with video games
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Gamers are super-empowered hopeful individuals." They are masters at figuring things out, even medical problems. So who wants to use gaming to change the world? There are many problems to address...

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    What's an hour of your life worth?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So many consider money as the primary asset in life. Sometimes we are so caught up in the "rat race" that we forget that money, and each possession we acquire from it, costs us something very valuabl...

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    Meet the new [education] boss, same as the old boss
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about a circlejerk... The federal government tells poorly performing schools that, if they fire their principals, they will get additional money. So what do these schools do? They fire the princ...

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    America is very hostile to many businesses, believe it or not
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Attention US government. You're not very bright. By having a high corporate tax rate, you are pushing jobs, profits, patents, executives, research, and operations of US companies overseas. (And, as a...

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    OMG! There's Discrimination in the Modeling Industry!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    New research confirms scandal: not just anyone can be a supermodel. Such discrimination! Say the word discrimination and most immediately think of prejudice. In many countries, by law, employers cann...

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    TIL cranberries are sorted by bouncing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that cranberries are sorted for ripeness by being bounced. First discovered by a man with a wooden leg who had a hard time getting the berries down from a loft, he poured them down th...

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    Administering justice through self-injury
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pain is a part of life, and we all have different ways to deal with it. In what might appear to be a strange contradiction, some even go so far as to self-inflict pain in order to avoid pain. It's al...

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    I want it, but can't afford it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In Mel Brooks's very funny History of the World Part I, King Louis XVI is told by his advisor that the people are revolting. The king replies "You said it. They stink on ice." As the UK government...

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    Better ideas - the Socratic method
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Socrates, the philosopher who claimed the contradiction "I know that I know nothing," provided us with a method to help us question what we think we know and to demonstrate otherwise: the Socratic me...

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    America's leading leftist intellectual is angry
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "America's leading leftist intellectual" and MIT professor Noam Chomsky once remarked that "The U.S. is a leading terrorist state, as are its clients." He has said "that there is no War on Terror." H...

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    War powers and rebranded neoconservativism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Can we all agree that, no matter who it is, the US president does not have the legitimate power to bomb another nation without an act of Congress formally declaring war? Five wars have been declar...

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    TIL about the Flying Spaghetti Monster
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the Flying Spaghetti Monster was a humorous protest against the government's decision to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school...

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    Society and the meaning of individual actions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Libertarians are often talking about freedom and liberty. Thomas Jefferson claimed in his magnum opus the Declaration of Independence that we all have a right to liberty. But freedom and liberty aren...

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    Politics - a zero-sum game
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In politics, it seems that everything is an issue. Why? Because everything that politicians do is based on wealth redistribution - taking from one person and giving to another. As a result, politics...

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    When it comes to "I told ya' so," it's too late
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his famous statement "First they came," Pastor Martin Niemöller once blasted the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power as they purged group after group: THEY CAME...

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    Japanese inspiration
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If we don't stand for something, then we stand for nothing. In her famous novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand asks through Dr. Robert Stadler: "Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire?...

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    Drug monopolies courtesy of government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrary to Wikipedia and its source - pseudo-economist Paul Samuelson, who was the "key to Keynes' influence" - there isn't any such thing as a natural monopoly. Any monopoly that comes about and ma...

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    TIL why hair turns grey
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that hair turns grey with age because of naturally-secreted hydrogen peroxide. Guess blondes were onto something. Good to know someone is finally getting at the "root" of the problem....

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    Intellectual bankruptcy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why aren't liberals abandoning Obama when he does the same things for which they screamed at Bush (e.g., indefinite detention at Guantanamo, approving torture)? Because they have nowhere else to go....

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    Eliminate all corporations
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    One of the problems with democracy is that it leads to corporatism. "Corporatism is a system where businesses are nominally in private hands, but are in fact controlled by the government. In a corpor...

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    Honestly, why bother?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Given the growing unrest and corruption in the world, it's reasonable to generalize that social relations are strained and getting worse. It's difficult to pinpoint one specific problem but it's logi...

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    Political correctness, sticks, and stones
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's interesting to trace the history of controversial subjects. Take political correctness for example. Political correctness, "used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seekin...

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    Rules for intelligent discussion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Our Second Life intellectual discussion group is about bringing people together who like to think. We have wonderful discussions in group chat but, in an effort to constantly improve our discussions...

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    Democracy - FAIL
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Article 21 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states the following: (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely ch...

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    TIL condoms were made of linen
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned condoms were originally made of linen and Casanova, the womanizer, called them "The English Overcoat." Who created the first colored condom? The Japanese, of course. (In other news, 8...

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    Initiating force against tasty animals
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    To sustain life, the human body requires nourishment. Such is the "catch-22" - how to sustain life without destroying life? Most (but not all) consider cannibalism as the ultimate cultural taboo, so...

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    Engineering the perfect human
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Recently, Harvard University had a panel discussing the legacy of the Human Genome Project. Started in 1990, and with scientists from six countries and initial funding of $3 billion, the project publ...

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    Opening the lives of the lonely
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Orson Welles once wrote: "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." In addition to our daily...

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    The failure of unions and socialism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Someone once made a comment that he was 100% supportive of a tyrannical, socialist government as long as he was the only citizen of his country (paraphrased). Throughout the world, and especially in...

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    TIL all numbers do not equal all other numbers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned through math that Aristotle was correct on the law of identify (i.e., A = A), and that everything that exists does have a specific nature. Specifically, all numbers do not equal all o...

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    War - can't we all just get along?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Besides death and taxes, there is arguably another clear constant in the world: war. Seemingly at all times, someone, somewhere, is always using violence to either get what they want or protect what...

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    Which is better - absolutism or relativism?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Putting aside for a moment the idea of quantum entanglement, as of now, we know that you cannot physically be both in Spain and America at the same time. This is an absolute. We know that you cannot...

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    Optical Illusions - Proof That The Senses Are Valid
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The senses have no power of distortion; what they observe is what is. Optical illusions do not validate the claim that the senses can deceive us: optical illusions are the senses making valid observa...

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    For God's sake
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Possibly suggesting that religious beliefs were necessary for maintaining social order, Voltaire once wrote: "If God did not exist, he would have to be invented." Karl Marx agreed, calling it the "o...

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    Military manipulation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Government - they are experts at manipulating people. They even have a scary-sounding name for it: "psy-ops." What happens when they turn against their own? The psychological thriller The Manchurian...

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    Private security forces
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Insurance companies have been getting a lot of negative press lately, especially when it comes to health care. It seems that, generally, people believe that insurance companies exist primarily for so...

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    Why Philosophy Precedes Physics
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A few months ago, I was discussing certain aspects of quantum mechanics with somebody. I got around to saying that certain claims within the realm of physics can be rejected outright on philosophical...

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    Drug prohibition doesn't work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We know marijuana is "the most widely used illicit substance in the world" (which may be why "arrests are at a near-record high"). We know drug decriminalization works. Yet we still allow the governm...

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    TIL which countries make up the UK
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned which countries make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), the difference between the United Kingdom (four countries) and Great Britain (England, Sco...

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    Philosophy - Everybody Needs It
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We deal with philosophy in one form or another, multiple times every day. For instance, every time we form an ethical viewpoint or act on such, we are forming a philosophical (ethical) idea or applyi...

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    Education - a race to the bottom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sometimes you have to wonder if the sole reason that the law requires children go to school is because very few would go if not forced. If schools are intended to give children training as to the wor...

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    Taking down the internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Put on your tinfoil hats for this one. We recently saw that a country's government can easily and quickly shut down the internet. In a classic rope-a-dope, as Hillary Clinton babbles propaganda about...

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    Putting kids to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The economy is in dire straits. Many adults can't find jobs. The government is lying about employment figures. So why would some politician try to repeal an existing law that would bring more people...

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    Ethics in the marketplace
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When people argue against capitalism (aka the free market), almost never do they argue from an efficiency perspective. Instead, the arguments typically claim capitalism exploits the working class by...

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    TIL Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps internet for $26/month
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Hong Kong gets 1 Gbps broadband service for $26 a month while the FCC tries to LEGISLATE an "ambitious" goal of 100Mbs. Perhaps it's time to get rid of the wankers at the FCC? (I...

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    Standards of love
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Have you ever seen posts on social networks where someone will say to all of her friends indiscriminately "I love you all!" or something to that effect? Well, if the Beatles were right, that all you...

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    Relationship ultimatums
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you're a person who prefers the grayness of relativity to the "black or white" positions of an absolutist, ultimatums likely make you uncomfortable. But such is the nature of choices - selecting a...

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    Synthesizing happiness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Through Hamlet, Shakespeare said "there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." You'd never believe it if someone told you the secret to happiness in life is to accrue wealth, power...

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    The myths of income equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Capitalism gets a bad rap, often claimed to be the destroyer of everything good. One argument made is that capitalism creates class warfare - the rich against the poor. So-called "social crusaders,"...

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    Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The folks at the Venus Project and the larger Zeitgeist movement think society has many problems, and they are concerned. Hard to disagree. When a doctor is trying to cure what ails you, he'll typica...

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    Crime makes a comeback
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Through one of her villains, Ayn Rand wrote in Atlas Shrugged: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken......

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    Giving away something you don't have
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Through John Galt in Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand said: "The source of man's rights is not divine law or congressional law, but the law of identity. A is A - and Man is Man. Rights are conditions of exis...

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    The BP oil spill - it's sickening
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A fellow Braincraver wants to alert us, and we should take heed of his warning. He lives in Florida on the coast. Over this past month, his health has been deteriorating significantly. He's getting h...

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    Get tough and improve a child's self-esteem
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Philip Larkin once wrote in a poem: "They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do." We've discussed in this forum the benefits of self-responsibility on self-esteem. But what...

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    Desires are not rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    All economic goods must be produced by someone. They aren't gifts of nature or something that can be conjured up by waiving a magic wand. Somehow, people have gotten the false idea that it is governm...

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    The goals of mankind: the state vs. anarchy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As Murray Rothbard put it in his marvelous article The Anatomy of the State, "Some theorists venerate the State as the apotheosis of society; others regard it as an amiable, though often inefficient,...

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    Politics and philosophy - like water and oil
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama has a car czar, a food czar, a bank bailout czar, a poverty czar, bird flu czar, a czar czar... he has 37 czars in all. Interestingly enough, he doesn't have a philosophy czar. Perhaps you thin...

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    TIL ignorance begets confidence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ah, to be ignorant of your own ignorance... Today I learned that there is a psychological term for people who don't know stuff but are too incompetent to realize it and, therefore, suffer from an ill...

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    Bearing responsibility for your own existence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The higher your self-esteem, the more confidence you have in your ability to cope with life's never-ending challenges. Strong self-esteem is based on many factors, one of which is self-responsibility...

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    Mind your own business
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    To claim that the US supports freedom (i.e., the absence of physical coercion) is nonsensical. Everything the US government does is anti-freedom. Take the situation in Egypt, for example. American ad...

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    Political regression and the meaning of words
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    John Adams once wrote "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man...

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    Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic economy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Economics is typically considered very dry and of little interest to most. But to paraphrase the adage typically referring to politics, just because you ignore economics doesn't mean that it will ign...

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    Skins - I'm over it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I recently read "Conservatives Freak Out Over MTV's "Skins" -- Teenagers Have Sex. Get Over It." posted at the liberal blog AlterNet. If you have any question as to why kids, especially teenagers, ha...

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    Step-up and be a man
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrasted with being a "good guy," what does it mean to be a "real man?" Putting aside the obvious requirements of XY chromosomes "and a pair of testicles," what determines masculinity? Is there a w...

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    TIL "often a bridesmaid but never a bride" was to sell mouthwash
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the expression "often a bridesmaid but never a bride" was actually from an advertisement for mouthwash. The text of one of the original ads reads as follows: "Often a bridesma...

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    The contradiction of limiting free speech
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberals in the US are in an uproar, claiming that the recent murder of six individuals and the attempted murder of the Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were the by-product of rhetoric by Sar...

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    Rules vs. principles
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Our current culture appears to revolve more around "dos and don'ts," which is to suggest that society appears more focused on rules of what you are and aren't allowed to do. With that premise, perha...

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    Image of Iraq - the 20-year war (and counting)
    Iraq - the 20-year war (and counting)
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Seven years after the second invasion of Iraq, Iraq's capital Baghdad, home to more than six million people, hardly gets one hour of non-interrupted electricity supplies every 24 hours. Soldiers with...

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    Quadrotor robots
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You've just got to love science... one of the great things about science fiction is how quickly it becomes non-fiction. Putting aside the potential for Skynet or I, Robot, imagine for a moment artifi...

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    Feeding the homeless banned
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as people in Haiti continue to starve in a country "occupied" by 10,000 aid organizations under the government umbrella of the United Nations (an organization designed for war)... They're...

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    Disobeying an unjust law
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A few days ago, the US celebrated a holiday dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. A prominent leader of the civil rights movement, he was a huge proponent of civil disobedience. As the "did they kill...

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    TIL there are 100+ octillion moves in chess
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there are 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 (approximately 1.70 x 10^29) ways to play the first ten moves in chess. (I also learned that there are "400 different possible ...

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    Romance and Love in Second Life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Recently, I found myself talking to several friends about why they were in Second Life (SL) and whether or not they also get romantically involved with others in-world. The single largest factor I fo...

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    Perfectionism - doing better than your best
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie The Rock, Sean Connery says to Nicholas Cage "Your best? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen." There are those who think that perfection can be...

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    Critical thinking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand wrote that the process of thinking "is the process of defining identity and discovering causal connections." She claimed that thinking is a choice - not an automatic function - and she admon...

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    Is Jesus Christ a myth?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The central figure in all of Christianity is one man: Jesus of Nazareth. Putting aside whether or not you believe that God exists, a key component to Christianity is that Jesus did exist. But what if...

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    Hedonistic self-gratification
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Morality is about determining which choices and actions are good or bad, which always leads to the question - what is the good? There are some who consider the good as those choices and actions which...

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    Stop being a bystander
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. displays the ominous words: "Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander." Although there are except...

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    Political prejudices
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberals call conservatives names, claiming they are the bane of existence and the cause of all the problems in the world. Conservatives do the same to liberals. The hate spreads. The violence spread...

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    TIL there are surgeons who restore virginity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there are surgeons who specialize in restoring virginity. FTA: The clinic is not in Dubai or Cairo, but in Paris. And the surgery they are waiting for is to restore their...

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    Do we need morality?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand claimed that morality is a "code of values to guide man's choices and actions - the choices and actions that determine the purpose and the course of his life. Ethics, as a science, deals wit...

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    Mixed economy fundamentals
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a funny sign that reads: "Confused Socialist Party. Smash capitalism! Then blog about it on your $2500 Macbook." All of the major economies in the world are known as mixed economies. You migh...

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    The meaning of life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Probably the most important question for most philosophers is what's the meaning of life. Although individuals have their own values that provide meaning to each, we don't yet have a verifiable princ...

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    The simpler, the better?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Albert Einstein once said: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Although not supported by math or science, and certainly not an axiom of physics, Occam's Razor (or Ockh...

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    Be afraid - be very, very afraid
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as Bradley Manning (aka "unappreciated hero #1") languishes in jail and is tortured by Obama's administration... There's an adage that goes "give to a good man all the powers he requests t...

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    Philosophical Health Check
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Through Francisco d'Anconia, Ayn Rand claimed in her marvelous novel Atlas Shrugged that "Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You...

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    TIL tea parties were actually established after the Boston Tea Party
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that tea parties were established in the 1830s. But if the Boston Tea Party was in 1773, why did they call it the Boston Tea Party? Answer - they didn't: the actually called it "The d...

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    Image of Paying politicians to NOT work
    Paying politicians to NOT work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Thomas Jefferson wrote "To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." It seems that politicians are always working ag...

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    Image of Divorce - follow the money
    Divorce - follow the money
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Among the New Year's resolutions made, it's likely that some have resolved to file for divorce this year. As always, the government is only too happy to help. Why? Any question about government start...

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    Image of Auld Lang Syne - for old time's sake
    Auld Lang Syne - for old time's sake
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No formal topics scheduled for the remainder of the year. So, with warm wishes from Braincrave.com to all of you, here's a final thought for the year: FTA: Auld Lang Syne" ...is a Scots poem...

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    Image of I am sorry - now what?
    I am sorry - now what?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Referring to the sexual abuse of children by priests, the Pope said "forgiveness cannot be a substitute for justice." Some people admit it when they are wrong and say so. But is that enough? Is forgi...

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    TIL that the government destroys food to increase prices
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the US government ordered a farmer to destroy his own crops in order to increase market prices. The case, Wickard v. Filburn, went to the US Supreme Court, and the court sided wi...

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    Image of Slow down and smell the flowers
    Slow down and smell the flowers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On a cold January morning in 2007, a man played six Bach pieces on his violin for 43 minutes as about 1,000 people passed by. He started with one of the most difficult violin pieces in the world to m...

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    Image of The repeal of peace and goodwill
    The repeal of peace and goodwill
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    During the holiday season, we typically hear cries for "peace on earth and goodwill toward all." It remains to be seen how this is possible when the US (purportedly) spends $660 billion on military...

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    Image of Truth as a Christmas present
    Truth as a Christmas present
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a funny t-shirt for babies that says "Santa doesn't exist but I can't read, so it's okay." Do you lie to children about Santa Claus (or leave it ambiguous)? What are the benefits and limitati...

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    Image of The farcical war on porn
    The farcical war on porn
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller, "They came first for Wikileaks. But I didn't speak up because I hated politics. Then they came for pornography. But I didn't speak up because I didn't look at...

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    Image of TIL the cause of yawning is still unknown
    TIL the cause of yawning is still unknown
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that my belief that the purpose of yawning is to bring oxygen into the brain has never been proven. Scientists still don't know why we yawn. FTA: Everyone yawns, but no one kn...

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    Mind boggling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about "mind=blown." Imagine a world where you can manipulate objects solely with your mind. It's here, it's now, and it's incredible. Consider every industry. Consider every skill. Consider ever...

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    Image of Utilitarianism and justice
    Utilitarianism and justice
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How do we know the right thing to do in our lives? In other words, what moral principles are at the foundation of our actions? Utilitarianism is the philosophy that the moral worth of an action is de...

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    Image of Good will among men
    Good will among men
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In her interview with Playboy, Ayn Rand stated "My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty. There is nothing wrong in h...

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    Image of Ménage à trois - is three a crowd?
    Ménage à trois - is three a crowd?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote "I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest thing we kno...

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    Image of American concentration camps - greasing the skids for martial law
    American concentration camps - greasing the skids for martial law
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No, they aren't Nazi concentration camps. But they are similar (and very similar to when the US government rounded up 120,000 Americans citizens of Japanese descent during WWII, an action with which...

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    Hero worship - no cape required
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Through John Galt, novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand discussed the "hero in your soul" in her famous book Atlas Shrugged: "Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless s...

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    Image of TIL to change the ceiling fan direction depending on season
    TIL to change the ceiling fan direction depending on season
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, in the winter, your ceiling fan should be spinning one way to help you feel warmer while, in the summer, your fan should be spinning in the opposite direction to help you feel c...

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    Image of The deception of higher education
    The deception of higher education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The typical four-year college degree has large costs, but it's questionable whether the benefits are usually there. In fact, students who secure college degrees are increasingly unlikely to make up t...

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    Image of Civil disobedience against the censors
    Civil disobedience against the censors
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his famous treatise On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argued that individuals can promote justice by disobeying the law. History is replete with examples of civil disobedience...

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    Religious beliefs lead to government punishment
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let's say you're a woman and you're looking for a roommate to share the rent. Should it be illegal to ask for female candidates only? Of course not. That would be absurd. But did you know that the sa...

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    Conspiracy theory cynicism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We are social beings. As a result, depending on how much you value the opinions of others, what someone says about you can matter. Often, you've likely heard people negatively labeled as fringe cons...

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    The next big alternative fuel - salt water?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 2007, John Kanzius accidentally found a way to release and burn hydrogen from salt water with 13.56 MHz radio waves. Many people initially thought it was a hoax. Penn State professor Rustum Roy ve...

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    TIL: the etymology of the word fuck
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I Learned the etymology of the word "fuck." And I can't stop laughing. the word fuck (2.5-minute video) What did you learn today? DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Secon...

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    The social contract defined and demolished in less than 5 minutes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    By definition, a contract has to be an agreement. It's intellectually dishonest to call something a contract without an agreement. To paraphrase Lysander Spooner, a contract made hundreds of years ag...

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    Leave many children behind
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's easy to predict the future. Take anything that the government says, reverse it, and you'll come pretty close to having a crystal ball. Why? Nietzsche knew: "The governments of the great States h...

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    Empathy - can you feel me?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As a soft science, sociology is the study of the social behavior of humans in the pursuit of social welfare. Dr. Sam Richards suggests that the sociological analysis of the various aspects in your ow...

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    Making money from what you love
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What do you love? What are your passions? Have any hobbies? Want to make some money from them? With the economy suffering, many continue to look for other income sources. Granted, many of the article...

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    Holidays without Christmas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his pamphlet The Law, French economist Frederick Bastiat stated "Since the law organizes justice, the socialists ask why the law should not also organize labor, education, and religion." Bastiat c...

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    Wikileaks makes good on Obama's promise of transparency
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    While hero Bradley Manning rots in solitary confinement, most are now aware that Wikileaks has courageously released 250,000 secret diplomacy documents which provide candid and critical views of US...

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    TIL: AT&T microcells rule, especially when they're free
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that AT&T will send you a free microcell/femtocell (and maybe even a free phone) for use in your home if you can't get a good signal for your mobile phone. Submitted by one of our...

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    We're all torturers now
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Milton Friedman, the originator of the withholding tax, once said "we're all Keynesians now" (referring to the disastrous economic policies promoted by John Maynard Keynes). More recently, Newsweek (...

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    TIL: How to increase wireless router signal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned how to increase the wireless signal of my router. Say goodbye to your wireless signal dropping! FTA: 8. Make a Reflector with Tinfoil. Note that a tinfoil router may boost you...

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    The true story of Thanksgiving
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As Thanksgiving rolls around to the US, children will be taught the false story of the first Thanksgiving (just one of many myths children are taught). The real story is a case study that teaches a v...

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    A culture of dependence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Have we become a culture of dependence? As far as we can see, the "producers" continue to support the "non-producers" instead of, say, "going on strike." Why do people generally think that they have...

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    Teenager sex
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What's the fundamental problem that's leading to so many teenagers having sex, including anal sex and even prostitution? Is this the result of poor sex education? Why isn't the $200 million the US go...

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    TIL: The sky is black and the sun is white
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the sky isn't blue and the sun isn't yellow. The sky is actually black and the sun is white. It's only because we have an atmosphere (which is made of gas molecules and dust) tha...

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    Ayn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand warned us. She did it in her books such as Atlas Shrugged (and, to a certain extent, >The Fountainhead). She did it on TV such as in this famous interview between her and Mike Wallace on...

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    The irony of political agreement
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It appears the "natives are getting restless." Liberals were "up in arms" (pun intended) because the organization Oath Keepers is preparing for violent revolt. They blasted Tea Partiers for purported...

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    Most people don't vote
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For those of you who refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils, take comfort in knowing that you're in the majority. Politicians are always claiming their wins indicate that "the people have spoken....

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    How to secure your art
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many artists are concerned about copying, especially in the online world. It's a significant problem in Second Life where copybots can copy an artist's/owner's content without their permission. This...

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    Cloning - playing God
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1996, Dolly the sheep made headlines around the world as the first mammal to be successfully cloned. As a result of the experiment, President Clinton ordered research into the legal and ethical is...

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    The morality of animal testing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie Extreme Measures, a brilliant doctor attempts experimental surgeries on live patients (who eventually die), trying to find a way to help spinal cord victims walk again. I think most agre...

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    TIL: Birds and bees aren't only pollinators
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that my parents mislead me when they taught me about the "birds and the bees" - there are over 200,000 species of animals that act as pollinators, and even the wind acts as a pollinat...

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    Is there justice in the world?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Louis Pasteur once wrote that chance favors the prepared mind. But is that the way it always works? Isn't it also true that, sometimes, good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad...

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    Civil disobedience against the TSA
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In case you haven't heard, the US Totally Stupid Administration (aka TSA) has deployed Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners at many airports that produce radiation to scan your body for po...

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    Morality, politics, and reason
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Putting aside the debates as to whether or not social psychology is less rigorous because it is a soft science, or whether or not it is really science at all, how closely do our political choices mir...

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    Ron Paul in charge of Federal Reserve?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    More than any other politician by a Grand Canyon-wide margin, Ron Paul is a man of impeccable character when it comes to supporting the ideas of freedom and "is a force for good." (He easily won his...

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    JFK, the press, and WikiLeaks
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As we consider the ramifications of WikiLeak's courageous action to provide us truth about the Iraq war, it is useful to also consider how poorly the mainstream media has served us and the pursuit of...

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    TIL: Principles not based on majority vote
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I Learned that moral principles are not determined by majority vote. FTA: "A majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device within...

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    Love is good for you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Everyone's familiar with the expression "love at first sight." But is that really the way love works? According to a recent scientific study, the answer is yes. But what about romance? What about val...

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    Do you want to live forever?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The mystical Fountain of Youth so long sought after... What if it were real, and the key to life could be discovered in an 18-year old girl that, for all intents and purposes, is a baby? What if, in...

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    The ultimate intelligence test
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many have developed tests that attempt to gauge a person's intelligence. There are many high IQ societies that use these tests as membership criteria. However, as of yet, the "secret" of intelligence...

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    Net neutrality regulation and liberty
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Governments love to pander equality and anti-discrimination laws (well, granted - they were for discrimination before they were against it). Their latest villain? The Internet Service Providers (ISP)...

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    Suppressed war crimes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The cover-up of the Iraq war is significant. Whereas many of us suspected it, WikiLeaks has provided the facts to support the truth. And the truth is - the US government has been lying to everyone (a...

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    Pursuing the common good
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Although it's impossible to define it with objective standards, the concept of the "common good" is directly linked with "society" and the "majority." Which is better for humanity and should take pre...

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    TIL: The media can legally lie
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I Learned that the media can legally lie. FTA: In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or...

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    Child exploitation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If we are to believe UNICEF, there are about 158 million children aged 5-14 engaged in child labor, "working in hazardous situations or conditions." Most people give this a scary name like "child ex...

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    Art and 0 < 1
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some claim that the reason music piracy is so prevalent is because the cost of music is so high (especially when the actual CD production costs are so low - a cursory look suggests it's less than $0....

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    England prevails
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Wait - you're upset because the government promised you something and then did the exact opposite? This is government's modus operandi - why all the fuss? Look, just vote for the other party next tim...

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    To the men and women of the mind - go on strike
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Making generalizations always comes with challenges. After all, just because a claim is oftentimes true doesn't make it fact in all cases. Although intellectual dishonesty abounds, I generally catego...

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    Teach a man to fish
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In group chat, we recently went on a tangent to discuss the effectiveness of charity. (To quote one of our Braincravers, "teach a man to fish and he'll stay drunk on a boat.") Benjamin Franklin obser...

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    Today I learned Tuesday
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Welcome to TIL (Today I Learned) Tuesdays, where we will discuss specific facts about something. Looking to learn about something new every day? Reddit.com has a wonderful and very active TIL communi...

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    Corporate destruction
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The history of humanity is based on progress. Progress has been the result of individuals coming together to solve problems and to enhance our lives. But history also provides numerous examples of gr...

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    Why is there something rather than nothing?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People study science and natural science (i.e., philosophy) to understand the nature of reality. Presumably, the more accurately we understand reality, the happier we will be. (Similarly, when we ope...

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    Could WikiLeaks have prevented 9/11?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There is enough evidence now to implicate the US government of a massive cover-up of 9/11. At this point, it's ignorant to claim otherwise. Yet, the only ones who suffer from the terrible events of 9...

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    Freedom - the opposite of government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Granted, not everyone values freedom and wants to be free. But why do so many people think that prosperity is greater the larger/more powerful government is? Given how terrible the economy is, and gi...

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    Soak the rich
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many think that, if governments just tax the rich more, the country's fiscal problems will be solved. Even Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world, thinks taxing the rich should be pub...

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    Positive vs. accurate thinking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It is said that bad habits die hard. How many times have you read in someone's dating profile: "I'm a positive person?" How often have you told someone to "think positive?" Psychology suggests this m...

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    Put on your thinking caps
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a process of stimulating the brain with magnetic fields that changes/disrupts the way the neurons work. Is it possible to use TMS to unlock "hidden" cogniti...

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    The mind machine project
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his prophetic novel 1984, George Orwell described a facecrime: "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smalles...

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    Vive La Revolution!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    France is well-known for its protests, one of its most famous being the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille. There was violence. There was bloodshed. The king was executed. The French...

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    Global warming - no pressure
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    During the Spanish Inquisition, the Catholic Church authorized massive torture and violence against so-called "heretics" (non-conformists/non-believers). Although this history has been mocked by the...

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    Aligning social policy and incentives
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Regardless or whether you agree or disagree with specific social programs, we can generally agree that government wastes much money as it tries to engineer social outcomes (50% by some estimates). Th...

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    What were you thinking?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Whether you're a moral relativist or absolutist, and based on whatever standards you choose, there are actions that you think are immoral. What is morally contemptible to you now might have been comm...

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    Strong mind, strong soul, strong body
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    John Lennon composed and sang "Imagine... no need for greed or hunger." Billions of people starve. Death and suffering from starvation are clearly global problems for which there aren't any clear sol...

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    Easy on the women
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    And they say that justice is blind... HA! The courts don't even try to hide their unequal treatment of genders in court anymore. They are now cocky enough that they can actually publicly state their...

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    Drug decriminalization works
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government knows better than you when it comes to most things, right? For example, they know what's best for your health, correct (putting aside for a moment their militaries and police that dest...

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    Teaching robots to lie
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Technology is so grand. With the research from this experiment, we might finally be able to replace the lowest form of humans - politicians - with robots. After all, if you can teach robots to lie, t...

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    Welcome back to failing school
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Albert Shanker, the president of the United Federation of Teachers for 20 years, and then the president of the American Federation of Teachers for another 23 years once said: "When school children st...

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    Licensed to kill
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about getting a blow job. But here we have President Obama, a constitutional lawyer and professor, who is technically now a dictator without anyone calling for im...

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    They're coming for you next
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pastor Martin Niemöller criticized German intellectuals because they did nothing as the Nazis rose to power and eliminated anti-government groups. Please, learn from history. Please, don't ignore th...

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    Save someone's life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Generally, people refrain from taking action, assuming that someone else will do it. For example, take medical emergencies. Have you ever seen someone collapse because of a heart attack, expecting so...

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    What's worth dying for?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie Braveheart, William Wallace says, "Every man dies, not every man really lives." For thousands of years, people have thought about the values to live for. Aristotle suggest we should live...

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    Bad sex results from bad head
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Bad sex is all on your head. Either that or sugar is now an aphrodisiac. One-third of women having sexual problems experienced a placebo effect from sugar pills. Why is it that some people feel that...

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    Social contract hypocrisy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand wrote "Modern collectivists... see society as a super-organism, as some supernatural entity apart from and superior to the sum of its individual members." Those who support freedom are often...

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    The dangers of transhumanism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What does it mean to be human? Transhumanists want to use technology to enhance the human body. What are the ethical considerations for enhancing human biology with technology? Are we less human with...

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    Letting life take its course
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Although cutting edge research gives me reason for hope, pancreatic cancer is the fourth most deadly cancer known and THE most horrible and personal disease to me. Two years ago, I lost my mother to...

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    None of the above
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In On The Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau wrote "How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with...

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    Arrested for shooting grass
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Here's the scenario: there's a gang of thugs outside your house threatening you and your family. Your wife is calling the police while you grab your gun. You fire 4 shots into the grass to scare them...

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    To criticize or not to criticize
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In order to avoid offending, is it proper to limit your criticism of someone's beliefs? Which is more respectful: critically examining someone's belief system or ignoring the topic to keep the relati...

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    What friends are for
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Historically, friendship was based on shared values. Ayn Rand considered friendship as "the emotional response of one man to the virtues of another, the spiritual payment given in exchange for the pe...

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    Politicians are nails - who has a hammer?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    After providing $900 billion in "stimulus" with zero (and some would argue negative) impact on the economy, increasing the national debt by over $2 trillion (in slightly over 1 year, and it continues...

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    Teaching kids about big brother
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    More and more, schools are adopting zero-tolerance policies. High schools are now filled with armed police, metal detectors, and drug-sniffing dogs. Is that the environment in which children can pro...

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    Politicians lie (yawn)
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As the adage goes: How do you know a politician is lying? His lips are moving. On Obama's White House website, he states: "My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of opennes...

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    The definition of integrity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Can a person strive to be something that he doesn't understand? Take integrity: are you a person of integrity? If so, how do you know? Is integrity always associated with virtue, or is integrity amor...

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    The pursuit of happiness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand said in Atlas Shrugged: "Happiness is the successful state of life, pain is an agent of death. Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values....

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    What men are made of - 'ifs'
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Robert LeFevre is said "If men are good, you don't need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don't dare have one." What is it that makes a good man? What are the aspirations of a good man?...

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    Buying and selling sex
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sex sells. Every advertiser knows this. As human beings, it's a natural desire. There is nothing inherently wrong with sex as it leads to the continuation of humanity. Sex can allow someone without o...

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    Government charity and welfare
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    H.L. Mencken once wrote "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." This is an amazing story about Davy Crockett and how he learned what it means to uphold your principles. Why ar...

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    The war against boys
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Christina Hoff Sommers wrote in her book The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men that "it's a bad time to be a boy." Certainly, government curriculums in schools is misg...

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    Starving cancer with food
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Cancer. I hate this disease. My sister was diagnosed with it at about age 5. She, along with my mother, father, and I, spent the next 16 years in and out of hospitals getting treatments that, arguabl...

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    Big Brother is watching you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The statist argument is always the same: "If you have nothing to hide, why do you care?" The government can attach a GPS device to your car and monitor your movements, and it's perfectly legal. And n...

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    America's lights are going out
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Atlas Shrugged was not intended to be an instruction manual. Ayn Rand talked through Francisco d'Anconia about what it took to kill the motor of the world: "He stepped to the window and pointed to th...

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    Thorium - energy's silver bullet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nuclear energy was discovered in the context of war (specifically World War II). In the 1950s, the US Air Force tried to come up with an idea of putting a nuclear reactor on an airplane to keep it ru...

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    The legal system is criminal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Nazis and Joseph Stalin were famous for their show trials, where "guilt" was determined by the authorities before the trial. From the court jester files, we continue to find that the the American...

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    Religion and moral truths
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Can a moral relativist and moral absolutist have an objective debate on morality if you don't share the same core values? In physics, a scientist will say that time is relative, but he will not say t...

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    Dealing with emotional pain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sadists are those who enjoy giving pain. Masochists are those who enjoy receiving pain. However, most of us attempt to avoid pain, especially emotional pain. In fact, research suggests that emotional...

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    "Dead" against copyrights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jerry Garcia is famous for saying "And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem." As the lawyers at the RIAA claim that copyright law "isn't wor...

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    Atlas Shrugged changes lives
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Noam Chomsky said Ayn Rand was "... one of the most evil figures of modern intellectual history." Yet I find Atlas Shrugged an amazing book (and so do many others, like the man who recently drove aro...

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    Teaching sex and terrorism to children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1991, John Taylor Gatto, New York City Teacher of the Year (1989, 1990, and 1991), New York State Teacher of the Year (1991), and author of The Underground History of American Education, wrote the...

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    Anarchy in the streets
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What do you mean people are actually capable of driving on the streets safely without signs?!? But that's unheard of! How absurd! It must be chaos! Complete craziness! How is it possible that people...

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    Doctors don't make enough income
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti stated "It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Speaking of health, the "perfect storm" appears to be coming in a very sick...

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    Image of Out of sight - out of mind
    Out of sight - out of mind
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government lied about the BP oil spill? (Tries to act surprised.) Is this kind of like when Bush claimed "mission accomplished" in Iraq (or Obama's recent second fake end to the Iraq war)? You've...

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    Duty to violently overthrow government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    They've been trained by US governments. They are expert killers. They believe that the principles espoused in the US Constitution are actually worth defending. They've been patient, but have had enou...

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    The central tenet of morality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let's assume for a moment that morality is a system of values that a group of individuals (i.e., society) must generally follow in order to live. Let's also assume that the closer individuals get to...

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    The right to deprive liberty
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it ironic that this is published in a UK newspaper? Not so long ago, police used to be called "peace officers." Keeping the peace and initiating violence are contradictions. Wasn't police abuse in...

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    The Beauty of Kindness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    My last article dealt with the various aspects of romantic love. However, value comes in many forms and so does the emotional payment, love. Acts of kindness are pleasant in many aspects and many of...

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    Image of Make heroin and cocaine legal
    Make heroin and cocaine legal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Randolph Bourne warned us that "war is the health of the state." So how does the state keep healthy? By declaring wars on everything. The war in Afghanistan is a disaster. The war in Iraq is a disast...

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    Natural philosophy rocks
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Science rocks. It's a shame that it sometimes doesn't get the gratitude it deserves. Humans, by our nature, are curious about how the world works. Science helps us understand what reality is, and tha...

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    To cut, or not to cut
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why is circumcision such a common practice in North America? Does it really make a penis healthier and look "prettier?" You have this beautiful baby boy and after coddling him and caring for him, you...

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    Extrasensory perception of universal energy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception (ESP). I've read about many examples of purported psychics who tur...

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    The nature of happiness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    My daughter just came back from camp and, as we were discussing all of her wonderful experiences, she mentioned that she bought a "happy book" at the camp store. You list all the things that make you...

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    How to be a good person
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What does it mean to be a "good" person? Is there an objective way to define good? Is there a specific procedure/method to evaluate something as good? Does defining the good in life even matter? Assu...

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    Coerced confessions - disgraceful
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama's die-hard base is continuing to turn on him and abandon him... for the right reasons. (And Obama's administration is lashing out angrily at liberals, claiming that they should be "drug tested"...

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    Somalia - a case study in anarchy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People always claim that anarchy will never work. My response is typically "why is anarchy more radical than going into a $14 trillion debt, or starting wars that murder millions of people, or promot...

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    Sabotage of ideas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some people have problems understanding new ideas with which they are unfamiliar and so unintentionally misrepresent or summarize those ideas. Perhaps these are innocent errors. However, there are ot...

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    Conformity and your lying eyes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Mark Twain once said "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." What does it mean to think for ourselves? How often do we base our choices and actions...

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    Education school destroying teachers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A study at the University of North Carolina concludes that non-education majors who get just six weeks of education training are generally better teachers than those who get a full two years of educa...

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    Anti-philosophy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Philosophy is effectively the study of the fundamental, universal principles of existence. Are we ignoring both reality and philosophy when we claim that universal principals don't exist (e.g., that...

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    The broken window fallacy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On September 14, 2001, Princeton professor Paul Krugman, who won the Nobel prize in economics, wrote the following in the New York Times: "Ghastly as it may seem to say this, the terror attack -- lik...

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    Ethical double-standards
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What's the difference between being a slave and a serf? When slavery was common hundreds of years ago, your master kept 100% of what you earned. Now they take about 50%. Masters used to keep you in l...

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    Living your dreams
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As I get closer to formally launching the real-life dating website braincrave.com, I've spent a lot of time reading about how to advertise. Not having any real experience, I first turned to the maste...

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    Astronomical economic numbers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Noble physicist Richard Feynman once said "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to cal...

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    War - a bankrupt ideology
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The purported anti-war left used to scream about the wars when Bush ruled. When Obama became ruler, they went silent (for the most part). After all, it's only unjustified violence and murder when the...

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    No way to rule innocent men
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In Atlas Shrugged, Dr. Floyd Ferris states: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent...

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    US parallels to Nazi Germany
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    They say that history repeats itself. Maybe that's the reason I'm never able to watch Schindler's List without bawling my eyes out. You don't have to be prescient to see the similarities already and...

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    Thinking about thinking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Thomas Jefferson warned that "Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong." A high I.Q. does not necessarily transla...

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    The case against marriage
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are men and women happier in marriage? Are children better off when parents are married? Do young people want their parent's marriage? Do the benefits of marriage outweigh the risks (i.e., the destru...

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    Politicians hate middle-class
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I won't repeat the statistics, as there are too many. Bring a strong stomach when you read these. Politicians are not your friends. Unless you are in the top 1%, government is hurting you and your ch...

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    Science fiction and politics
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Science fiction author Robert Heinlein was known as the "the dean of science fiction writers." According to Wikipedia, "he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the g...

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    BP hiring prison labor
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it proper for companies like BP to use prison labor - jobs without pay - to cleanup the oil spill? Are there any moral issues? FTA: "In the first few days after BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead...

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    Get-out-of-jail-free cards for murderers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It appears that the US concept of "justice" is spilling over to Canada. Place knowingly innocent men and victims in jail for life and let murderers go free. Put aside for a moment how this story just...

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    Sex makes you smarter
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you could trick your brain into perceiving an activity as pleasurable, thus activating dopamine receptors, could you enhance learning capacity? Do virtual simulations of people engaging in sex hav...

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    Racism - just stop talking about it
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    In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout says to Jem: ’Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.’ With that in mind, has Morgan Freeman discovered the way to get rid of all racism...

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    Teenager responsibility
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's so much talk about how irresponsible teenagers are. However, there are some teenagers who might even give some adults a "run for their money" when it comes to responsibility. Is Abby Sutherla...

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    Ex-husbands as cash machines
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many women complain that they are discriminated against, yet they consider this fair. Let this sink in for a moment: "men accounted for 97 percent of the payers in alimony cases in 2008." How many wo...

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    Irony - Unions outsource protesting
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Welcome to the bizarre world of union ideology. Unions are hiring unemployed people at the minimum wage to walk picket lines. (Snicker.) Why aren't they being paid union rates? I personally think the...

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    Ethical journalism drives reform
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    According to the Society of Professional Journalists, journalism is about providing "information in an accurate, comprehensive, timely and understandable manner." Sadly, in the mainstream media, jour...

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    Self-organized learning environments
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are we giving children too much structure when attempting to educate them? Would children improve their ability to think if we gave them a few tools and let them self-organize with minimal adult supe...

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    The man of ideas
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    H.L. Mencken is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Among other interesting facts, he was against World War II and democ...

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    Ideology trumps truth
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Faced with a system that makes their practice unprofitable, doctors are getting out of the business of taking Medicare patients. After stupid laws that ignore economics have finished destroying the h...

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    Basic economics at work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Economics are very simple to understand. Granted, there are faux economists like Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman who try to confuse people with false theories that last only until other people's mone...

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    What is freedom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People always complain that freedom, self-rule, and/or anarchy are unworkable and too extreme. Why are any of those more radical or extreme than going into $14 trillion of debt, being in a permanent...

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    Thieves free - victim jailed
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A week ago, we discussed a court ignoring the proven innocence of a convicted man because he missed a filing deadline. Here we have a case where a victim attempts to protect himself and his property....

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    Hitler's legacy - US politicians
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Hitler once said "Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself." US politicians, laws, and regulations are destroying people who live in America like a cancer. Her...

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    Stop feeding the homeless
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul has a sign in his office that says "Don't steal. The government hates competition." Did you know that applies to feeding the homeless as well? "Why" indeed. What do you think? FTA: "The N...

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    WoW - Destroying anonymity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Activision Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft, is changing its policy to require forum posters to use their real names. They claim it is to cut down on nasty behavior in the forums and to creat...

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    Innocence? Courts don't care
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    And the court jesters speak: Yes, we know your client is innocent of sexual abuse and sodomy... don't speak to us about irrelevant ideas like innocence - we don't care. I am physically sick to my sto...

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    Science and morality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are human values detached from science? Many, such as moral relativists, argue that morality has little, if anything, to do with reality. Science attempts to prove what reality is through an objectiv...

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    Doomsday Ark on the moon
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you're really concerned about future generations, shouldn't there be other, more important priorities that one would be focused on instead of building a "doomsday ark" on the moon? Is this really...

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    Unemployed? Work for free
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's the typical Catch-22. You can't get hired for a job because you have limited experience, and you can't get experience until you get a job. It appears there are many young people who are having ...

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    Racism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Recently, past Ku Klux Klan member and the US's longest-acting Senator Robert Byrd died. In 1944 (2 years before he went to work for the government), he wrote "I shall never fight in the armed forces...

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    Happy Secession Day
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On this July 4, when so many Americans are celebrating the so-called "Independence Day" by having picnics and shooting fireworks, there are others who think it's time to do it again. What do you thin...

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    Relative vs. absolute morality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are there absolutes? If so, does absolute morality exist, or is all morality relative? Why or why not? What makes something an absolute? Do objective standards exist for morality? If not, should they...

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    Paying people not to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From Reader's Digest... Why do the lobbyists always win? Why does the political system even allow lobbyists to exist? Why are farm subsidies even allowed? Does this occur in other countries? FTA:...

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    Flying cars outside of Second Life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is this a brilliant idea that will make the world a better place to live, or a disaster waiting to happen? Can someone loan me $200,000? Come on - you know you want one! Everyone sing with me! Chitty...

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    Protecting people with eggs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this crap up" file... Of course, the European government is focused on solving the most pressing problems that individuals face. After all, it's always been such a "crime" th...

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    I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore
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    FTV: "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work, or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth. Banks are g...

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    Politics by Aristotle
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Written in 350 BCE. 'nuff said. FTA: "Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim t...

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    Avertible oil catastrophe
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The oil catastrophe could have been averted were it not for the US government rejecting the help of people who know what to do in an oil spill and have the equipment for dealing with it. Why didn't t...

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    No way not to consent
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many of you here have often made the claim that you consent to the "social compact" by living where you live, or receiving the benefits from the state that you do. How can you call it consent if ther...

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    Linden Labs shakeup
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    Less than one month ago, Linden Labs laid off 30% of their employees. Just yesterday, Mark Kingdon stepped down as CEO, with company founder Philip Rosedale (Philip Linden) named interim CEO. (Also,...

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    Limiting kids' opportunities
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The owner of a Connecticut pizzeria, accused of violating state child labor laws by having his kids work in the restaurant, is suing the state on grounds the laws violate his constitutional rights. I...

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    Options when all else fails
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Can you think of any other or, at this point, are we out of options? How do you convince and/or reason with people who think civility is no longer an option? What other ways do you suggest to people...

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    Do avatar looks matter?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I haven't been in Second Life that long (about 8 months). During that time, I've had multiple people comment to me that the way an avatar looks is important (e.g., animation overrides (AO), skin, clo...

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    Economically unenlightened
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How do you make economics more fun so that people better understand basic concepts and, just as important, what the ramifications are from making poor economic choices? FTA: "Who is better informe...

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    Not a happy father's day
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On this Father's Day, perhaps it's proper to be reminded of all of the good fathers who are not allowed to see their children just because they got divorced. This occurs all across the world. Putting...

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    The truth meter
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is there any circumstance in which the government should be a gate-keeper of information? What are the benefits of holding back information vs. letting information flow freely? FTA: "In a recent c...

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    $1 billion for 100 educators
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I went to a high school in this district many years ago. FTA: "Make sure you notice 'Codell, Neil C.' who is 4th from the top of the list. Career pension of $26,661,604. That's almost $27 million...

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    Passing with lower standards
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In NY state, the exam to determine whether kids get to move to the next grade has been dumbed down by giving partial credit for very wrong answers. Go figure (pun intended). FTA: "A kid who answer...

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    Shutting down the Internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why is the US government trying to pass a law that creates a "kill switch" to shut down the Internet at its whim? What are they preparing for? What is it that is about to happen? FTA: "A new U.S....

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    Eviscerating global warming
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You don't say? Hey Al Gore, what do you think? FTA: "A cross examination of global warming science conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Law and Economics has concluded tha...

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    Kiss your retirement goodbye
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government is coming for your retirement accounts, 401Ks, and pension plan. After all, they want to make sure you have enough for retirement of course... It's all about your safety and well-being...

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    Beam me up Scotty
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie Contact, Jodi Foster says "So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space." Do you believe that there is life outside of Earth? What are the implications for humanity if aliens...

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    Web threatens women and children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sure, blame it on women and children. FTA: "Every Google web search could be stored for up to two years under a controversial new EU plan that has the backing of more than 300 Euro-MEPs... The dec...

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    Public mood is changing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is your "mood" changing about government largess? Do you believe the government works for you, or is it the other way around? In the poor economy, are government workers becoming scapegoats or is ang...

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    Leaking classified information
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. They destroyed the government's credibility in the Vietnam War by revealing that the US government had intentionally misled...

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    Image of Movies are magic
    Movies are magic
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I bet you didn't think it was possible to fit the 100 greatest movie lines of all time into 200 hundred seconds did you? What are your favorites? FTV: "Yo' Adrian! I did it!" 100 Best Movie Lin...

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    Image of No such thing as society
    No such thing as society
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.'...

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    Image of Customer service
    Customer service
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Shakespeare was right… "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." When one AT&T customer wrote to the CEO twice in two weeks recently, the company's "executive response team" contacte...

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    Image of Supreme stupidity
    Supreme stupidity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the court jester files, we find supreme stupidity in the Ohio Supreme Court. If you live in Ohio, get ready to see police pulling everyone over for "speeding." After all, police never lie, right...

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    The ideology of carrots and sticks
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    This animation drawing alone is enough reason to watch this video, even if you have no interest in the topic. It's amazing... FTV: "As long as the task involved used only mechanical skill... the h...

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    Soaring healthcare costs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Go figure... who would have thought that using the philosophy of Socialism to force the reduction of costs, artificially set prices, and provide for everyone would result in long-term problems? Oh, w...

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    Love is...
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    My answer is that love is... Contemplation. Many would tell you that love is something beautiful and powerful. They might tell you that it is inexplicable and entirely irrational. They would be...

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    Work: the anti-poverty tool
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Which is better for a poor person - to be paid $3.00/hour for working or to be unemployed where the minimum wage law is $6.00/hour? Unions love minimum wage laws, and they spend millions lobbying for...

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    Rats and the rat race
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the future, will you look back, shake your head, and regret that you didn't follow your passions? Feel that you went against who you really wanted to be? Don't wait until another New Year's Eve -...

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    Forcing those with disabilities
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Should lawyers, doctors, and politicians have the right to physically force a patient to receive medical treatment? Is it morally proper for someone else to force a decision upon you that they think...

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    Seeking sugar daddies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it self-destructive to enter into a relationship or fabricate feelings in exchange for money/gifts/privileges that you will gain in return? FTA: "Looking to give up her day job but maintain a s...

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    Is the rocky marriage over?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it time for those who don't want to physically force their will upon others to part with those who prefer otherwise? If people attempt to secede and are physically prevented from doing so, would t...

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    Black Eyed Peas and the brain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is music lobotomizing the brains of youth? Is it purposefully making them "retarded in here?" And if you start singing Black Eyed Peas songs through the end of the day, it's not my fault. FTA: "Ha...

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    Perception vs. reality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Will someone please remind me again why the Europeans and Americans are at war with Iraq and Afghanistan, killing anywhere from hundreds of thousands of people to, by some estimates, over 1 million?...

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    Searching for porn
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's a rope-a-dope. Don't you, for a minute, believe this is about porn and protecting children. Porn is the cover - what do you think they are really after? FTA: "Customs and immigration officers...

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    A country did the impossible
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What country reduced the Department of Transportation employees from 5,600 to 53, Forest Service employees from 17,000 to 17, Ministry of Works employees from 28,000 to 1... and, all-in-all, reduced...

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    Immoral professions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    H.L. Mencken once said "A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers." I'm not sure who is more morally corrupt - a judge, a lawyer, or a politician. What I do know is that, collecti...

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    Impossible to pay debts
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul nails it again in the simplest of terms. Is it acceptable for someone to incur debt on your behalf and in your name if you don't know about it or, even worse, are opposed to it? Does it matt...

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    Feminism - doomed to fail
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is feminism doomed to fail? Is there even one accepted definition of feminism? Are there any benefits of feminism? FTA: "Although it is not Susan Pinker's intention in writing it, reading her exce...

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    Forced balance in news
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ex-Harvard professor and now Obama's information czar Cass Sunstein previously wanted to "ban conspiracy theorizing" and "impose some kind of tax, financial or otherwise, on those who disseminate suc...

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    Liberals (finally) speak out
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Guess you can't call them hypocrites for this particular action, unlike most liberals who railed against Bush but now ignore the fact that Obama has continued with (and gone beyond) Bush’s anti-ter...

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    Action --> Reaction
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Newton's Third Law suggests that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Is it morally proper for people to develop into militias to defend themselves and act in defiance of terrori...

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    Hay BP! Easy oil removal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    By now, I'm assuming that most all of you have heard of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which is destroying marine life. (It started as a result of an oil rig explosion on April 20, 20...

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    FAIL: War on drugs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    OK everyone... try to look surprised. FTA: "After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence eve...

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    Problem-solving
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Albert Einstein once said "The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill." Do we expect simple problems? I...

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    Police committing fraud
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Did you know that politicians in New York City have tried to play-up crime statistics showing that crime was down? It's becoming clear that it appeared as such because the statistics were faked. FTA:...

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    Protecting the environment
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Over the last week, we've had a few discussions come up around how the government protects the environment. Though I didn't know it until I did some research, I wasn't surprised… FTA: "Who's the gr...

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    Facebook's Gone Rogue
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...14 privacy groups filed a unfair-trade complaint with the FTC against Facebook on Wednesday... Facebook thinks that your notions of privacy - meaning your ability to control information abou...

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    Virginity for sale
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "In what is being called a new-low in reality television, a Sydney waitress plans to sell her virginity to the highest bidder in a live auction in the US state of Nevada... [The Melbourne filmma...

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    Book recommendations
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." - Mark Twain What are your favorite books and why? Which would you refer to others? What kinds of people would...

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    Socialism vs. Corporatism
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    From the only honest person in American politics - Ron Paul... FTA: "Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this character...

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    The irony of voting
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    Irony: Politicians make thousands of laws to protect us from all of the irrational, destructive, and harmful decisions that we make as individuals. Then we go to the voting booths… Should there...

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    Learning how to work
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    FTA: "U.S. colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other Western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today's workplace. The biggest weakness in the postsecondary-...

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    Want to see a piece of paper that gives me the RIGHT to rob you? You don't believe there is such a thing? Are you SURE you don't believe it? From the video: "If you believe this piece of pa...

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    Homosexuality vs. free speech
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    Voltaire once said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." In England, a Christian street preacher was arrested and locked in a cell for telling a passer-...

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    Nullify this
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    FTA: "Whether or not you are philosophically inclined toward libertarianism or anarchy, it's hard not to agree that voting for politicians has been an unmitigated disaster if you measure success by l...

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    "For government [of conquered people] consists in nothing else but so controlling subjects that they shall neither be able to, nor have cause to, do you harm; which may be done either by making quite...

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    Your philosophical premises
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What are your premises for your life? Have you ever thought of your philosophical base in concrete terms? What principles do you uphold and to which do you just pay lip-service? Were your premises de...

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    Why soldiers get a kick out of killing
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    FTA: "Do some soldiers enjoy killing? If so, why? ...The reluctance of ordinary men to kill can be overcome by intensified training, direct commands from officers, long-range weapons and propaganda t...

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    FTA: "People prefer to be lied to ably, than be told the truth, boldly. We prefer a colorful and clever story to a documentary filled with sharp and damning evidence; we prefer gossip to investigatio...

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    Stupid in America
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you have children in school, or if you are a teacher, you MUST watch this video. Pass it on to anyone who has children. It is THAT important. Why are so many children not learning in America's sch...

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    The Road Not Taken
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    The Road Not Taken (by Robert Frost) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To w...

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    End justifies means?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The end does not justify the means; you cannot achieve anything good by evil means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others. - Ayn Rand DISCUSS! Original posting...

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    The guise of liberalism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Norman Mattoon Thomas was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. The Socialist Party candidate for President of the U.S., he i...

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    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it really so hard to believe? After all, when you support the government stealing your money (though taxes) and giving it to someone else, who are you to object what they decide to spend it on? No...

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    In Defense of Hacking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...no company or person has the right to tell you that you may not do what you like with your own property. Let us say that you bought a hammer. The hammer is clearly designed for hitting nails...

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    Morals vs. preferences
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Morality is basically the principles/ideals that should direct everyone's conduct. What is it that makes moral fundamentals different than personal preferences (if there is, in fact, any difference a...

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    How to Tell a Funny Joke
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Bring something funny to the discussion. FTA: "Some people are good at telling jokes, but have no idea how the jokes come out of their mouths. These people are naturally funny. But if you are not one...

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    How did they manage?
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    Believe it or not, the federal government operated for about 150 years without an income tax. Go figure. FTA: "Imagine opening your newspaper or Web browser and seeing the following headline: "Su...

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    Soldiers discover morality
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    Amazing Speech by Iraq War Veteran (about 6 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B9V2tbnxk0 DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Apr 15, 2010 at http://www.b...

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    Socialism 101- Fs for everyone
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    An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that...

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    Consensual sex is rape
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As if Duke University's reputation for discrimination wasn't tarnished enough... if you go to school at Duke, don't expect to learn common sense. Is the following a result of the Duke lacrosse non...

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    Abortion and rights
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    An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the...

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    Women equal to men?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "The High Court's award of a £215,000 divorce payout to the former wife of a leading barrister - 25 years after the couple split - is a terrible blow to those who rightly believe that women are...

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    Learned helplessness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "Why do good men do nothing in the face of evil, especially when evil aggressively invades their lives? ...Some people are paralyzed by fear; some by denial. But many others are immobilized by a...

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    US torture program
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Get out your barf bags for this one. FTA: "This points to a massive conspiracy to deprive innocent people of their rights by the U.S. on a scale not seen since the U.S. interned its own Japanese-Amer...

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    The Obama Youth
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    How many of you learned about the Hitler Youth (aka HJ), the paramilitary group of the Nazis? Is the government building one for Obama? In Hitler's time, the stormtroopers were referred to as "brown...

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    Sex - breakfast of champions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Another good reason to create a profile on braincrave.com: FTA: "...healthier men, no matter their age, have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women - and a health...

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    They hate us for our freedom
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    WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad - including two Reuters news staff. FTA: "The impo...

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    US admits Afghan atrocities
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    The US government and NATO forces are a bunch of murderers. Like Dick Cheney, who goes on national television to rub in our faces that he authorized and sanctioned torture of innocent people knowing...

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    Tit-for-tat (pun intended)
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    FTA: "For men, offering a lady a drink is such a reflex that, certainly for the first round, we scarcely give it a second thought. The problem is the second round, and the third, and so on. Some wome...

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    Mock burglaries
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    Talk about creating an atmosphere of fear... FTA: "It was meant to be an imaginative way of hammering home the message that some householders are making life too easy for burglars. But police were un...

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    Tasing pregnant women OK
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A federal appeals court says three Seattle police officers were justified when they used a stun gun on a pregnant mother who refused to sign a traffic ticket. The dissenting judge called the ruling "...

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    Magnets manipulate morality
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    FTA: "By stimulating a certain region of the brain, scientists can alter a person's ability to make moral judgments... The study results show that stimulating a specific brain region interfered with...

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    Health Insurance - what's the big deal?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The US government has recently passed a healthcare law that REQUIRES Americans to purchase health insurance. The US government also nationalized and now owns the car company General Motors. If the go...

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    Politics and religion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Democracy and the 10 commandments: "Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote." DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 29, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewbl...

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    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Government spending now accounts for 52% of UK's economy. FTA: "A public sector that swallows more than half of GDP is doing more than wrecking our economy: it is devouring our national character and...

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    The male brain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...the male and female brains have some profound differences… men have a sexual pursuit area that is 2.5 times larger than the one in the female brain... Men look at attractive women the way...

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    The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. - Ayn Rand DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life sta...

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    Socialism or fascism?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property, that they want to 'preserve' private property - with government c...

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    Generating income in SL
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    BrainCrave member Half Short runs her lovely Insperion Gardens SIM with passion. Recently, she sent out the below note looking for ideas to add value to people's lives which will financially support...

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    Are you a bystander?
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    Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. - Holocaust Museum DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 21, 20...

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    Voluntary vs. coercive
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    "The "private sector" of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and...the "public sector" is, in fact, the coercive sector." - Henry Hazlitt DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Seco...

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    Defending economic morality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The collectivists assert the socialist moral imperative that the highest good for each individual is to live for the sake of others (e.g., for the good of "society"). Marx summed it up perfectly: "Fr...

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    UK parking - dumb and dumber
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    London councils sue themselves for parking offences. Critics say the practise "illustrates everything that is wrong with unaccountable parking enforcement in the UK." London councils sue themselve...

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    Violent mother gets full custody
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    FTA: "A MOTHER found by the Family Court to be violent, untruthful, lacking moral values and responsible for the psychological and emotional abuse of her children has been given custody of them. The...

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    File sharing legal in Spain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Wow - this is a great win (though I expect it will never make it through the appeal process). File-Sharing and Link Sites Declared Legal in Spain FTA: "After early calls to shut down a Spanish...

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    Say no to drugs - get suspended
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The stupidity in government never takes a break, especially in the public school system. FTA: "It seems to me that it may be time to give all school administrators a course in remedial thinking. Here...

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    9/11 - Challenging the official theory
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A thousand architects and engineers want to know how 3 World Trade Center skyscrapers suddenly disintegrate into fine dust. how did massive steel beams suddenly fail as a result of short-lived, isola...

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    NY to ban salt at restaurants
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The New York legislature is trying to pass a bill that would ban restaurants from using salt in food preparations. No, this is not an article from The Onion. No, I am not making this up. Chefs Cal...

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    How to solve problems
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Always blame yourself. It's the only way your problems get solved." DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 12, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=136...

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    Good advice
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What is the best advice you've ever received in life? DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 11, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=135
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    Waterboarding for dummies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If this doesn't make you sick, you're not human. FTA: Internal CIA documents reveal a meticulous protocol that was far more brutal than Dick Cheney's "dunk in the water" Waterboarding for dummies:...

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    Bringing dead people to life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How to reboot your corpse FTA: THE GIST: * The idea is to freeze legally dead people in liquid nitrogen in the hope of regenerating them at some future date. * Nanorobots that can repair the...

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    Peaceful vs. violent revolution
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. - John F. Kennedy DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 8, 2010 at http://www.brain...

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    Question everything
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "I believe there are three rules we must teach our children if we have any hope of humanity seeing freedom some day: 1. Question everything. 2. Never accept an answer just because it is presented by...

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    Is being a Libertarian hypocritical
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Libertarians and others who don't like government (e.g., anarchists) are always talking about limiting and shutting down government programs. Yet they continue to use the benefits of these programs....

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    Selling politicians
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing to be bought and sold are legislators. - P.J. O'Rourke DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 4,...

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    Rejecting evidence to the contrary
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozl...

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    Drunk parking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Drunk parking? How do you go to jail from a DUI (DRIVING under the influence) in a car that WON'T START? Remind me again why the legal system is honorable and fair? I couldn't make this shit up if I...

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    Our biggest regrets
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Forgetting to Live for Myself (http://www.mybiggestregretever.com/) My biggest regret ever is forgetting to live for myself. I've been selling myself out for the people I want to love me. My whole...

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    Being angry a mental illness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    My mother was a psychiatrist. I remember as a kid she told me that she thought many of the mental diseases that other doctors diagnosed were complete nonsense. "Dealing with personal issues isn't a d...

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    Sex, politics, religion, and IQ
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ Ha! Let the flame wars begin. DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Feb 27, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com...

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    Arrested for asking why
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Four women, two of them well into middle age, were discussing funeral plans for a friend when an Atlanta police officer told them to move. Three did but one asked "why." In answer to her question, Mi...

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    School-sanctioned privacy intrusion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home School-sanctioned privacy intrusion? "Schools are only interested in a child's best interests" claim those who ignore knowledge...

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    Five-year old saves dad's life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pause the music you're listening to for 5 minutes and listen to the cutest 911 emergency call you've ever heard. I'm not sure if being a father has anything to do with it, but this brought tears to m...

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    Oath Keepers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration." "But beyond the predictable stereotypes, "the reality is a lot of them are fairly intelligent...

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    Effects of automation on the future
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People continue to be laid-off from their jobs. Automation is increasing. Things made by hand are decreasing. The costs to produce (copy) some items is very close to zero (e.g., music and books)....

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    Terrorizing the IRS
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today, a man committed suicide by flying his plane into an IRS office. I think this is only the beginning of more to come. The IRS has been terrorizing people illegally for decades. The courts and mi...

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    Obama protects Cheney from war crimes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The so-called rule of law in the US is a big joke. You really need more proof? Dick Cheney, former vice president to George Bush, went on TV on Feb 14 to assert he is "a big supporter of waterboardin...

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    DNA collection
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Will wonders never cease? California now has mandatory DNA collection from anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not they are ever charged or convicted. Instead of being limited to serious, violen...

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    Reliable workers banned as discriminatory
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Advert for 'reliable workers' banned as discrimination by Jobcentre Plus The boss of a recruitment firm said she was told she could not place an advert for "reliable workers" because it discrimina...

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    Open carry laws
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Unloaded open carry is legal in California. http://www.californiaopencarry.org/faq.html DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Feb 14, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com...

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    Why get married
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Another one in honor of V-day tomorrow: What is the purpose of getting married anymore? Why can't you just be in a monogamous relationships with someone that you love? Why do you need a piece of ...

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    Book club - The Fountainhead
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    BrainCrave.com Book Club starting now. We will attempt to do this in group chat unless there is significant lag. If so, we'll switch to local. Please join us at Within Ten Years http://www.braincr...

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    What is love
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In honor of upcoming V-day (and maybe to give you something to talk about over dinner with your significant other)... Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The nobles...

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    Image of Police are hypocritical
    Police are hypocritical
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    WTF? In California, an off-duty police officer hit another car. He fled the scene, so it was a hit and run. When confronted, he first lied and claimed his wife was driving, but finally admitted to it...

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    Image of Dissent is criminal
    Dissent is criminal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's now official: subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by the people face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 dollar fine if they fail to register with authorities in So...

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    The involved father - pathological, pain-in-the-ass
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You have never seen a bigger pain in the ass than the father who wants to get involved; he can be repulsive. He wants to meet the kid at three o'clock, take the kid out to dinner during the week, hav...

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    Image of Boost mobile shuffle
    Boost mobile shuffle
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Congrats to Saints fans. As someone from Chicago, personally, I miss the 1985 Bears... but this is just so wrong in so many ways I don't know where to being: http://www.unwronged.com/#/video...

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    Energy teleportation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    First, they teleported photons, then atoms and ions. Now one physicist has worked out how to do it with energy, a technique that has profound implications for the future of physics. Physicist Disc...

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    Sex and intelligence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People who practice BDSM are mostly educated, successful people coming from emotional stable families according to a large professional survey (BDSM/Fetish Demographics Survey). Even students at an a...

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    Speaking of dogs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, a...

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    Galilei vs. Carlin
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei (aka the founder of the scientific meth...

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    Nuclear expansion is nuclear disarmament
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    War is Peace Ignorance is Strength Freedom is Slavery Nuclear Expansion is Nuclear Disarmament FTA: "In a move he insists is somehow consistent with his call for disarmament, President Ob...

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    The unreasonable man
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw...

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    Leonardo da Vinci's resume
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    At one time in history, even Leonardo da Vinci himself had to pen a resume to explain why he was a qualified applicant. Here's a translation of his letter to the Duke of Milan, enumerating his many t...

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    I like guns
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Steve Lee says he never set out to be an Internet hit. He just loves guns - and thought he would write a song about it. He says he is as shocked as anyone that his YouTube clip I Like Guns has been v...

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    The Fountainhead Howard Roark speech
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Men have been taught that the highest virtue is not to achieve, but to give. Yet one cannot give that which has not been created. Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to dist...

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    The government can
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In honor of Obama's state of the union address, I bring you Tim Hawkins VERY VERY FUNNY 3-minute video The Government Can which summarizes hundreds of hours of hard economic study: https://w...

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    Objective truths and abortion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a new 5-day "morning-after" pill that's been tested for US approval (New 5-Day 'Morning-After' Pill Tested For U.S. Approval). Some people say the choice to abort is moral and use various...

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    Image of Health care legislation
    Health care legislation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "We are on the precipice of an achievement that's eluded congresses and presidents for generations." - President Barack Obama, Dec. 15, on health care legislation. Precipice, 1. a headlong fall...

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    Why are laws binding on you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How can laws be legally binding on me if I haven't explicitly and voluntarily agreed to them? Why is it automatically assumed that I agree to them even though I didn't sign anything agreeing to them?...

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    Do-gooders hinder help
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    With a serious lack of infrastructure in Haiti...can we really help them? Disaster do-gooders can actually hinder help. Uninvited volunteers, useless donations can cost money, time - and lives. Di...

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    Image of The reluctant anarchist
    The reluctant anarchist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Tthe last election in which I voted was for Ross Perot for president in 1992. About 11 years later, I officially became an anarchist. In fact, even 8 years ago, I was arguing with an anarchist that,...

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    Blowing the whistle on the justice department
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A Guantanamo Bay sergeant is blowing the whistle on US government torture and murder and the US Department of Justice is blatantly covering it up. This amazing Harper's article is a chilling account...

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    Image of No victim, no crime: medical marijuana
    No victim, no crime: medical marijuana
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Though I personally prefer Henry David Thoreau ("That government is best which governs not at all"), in honor of Martin Luther King, an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience... Here's a moral...

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    Prosecute Bush for murder
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    All he needs is a grand jury in one small town in America... who's going to step-up? Watch the trailer for The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (10 minutes, but worth every second)....

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    Gay marriage and constitutional rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Does the US constitution allow for gay marriage? Is gay marriage a constitutional right? There are answers from both a constitutional law perspective as well as a morality perspective. What do you th...

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    Image of Too much weight
    Too much weight
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No, this is not an article from The Onion: Weight Watchers clinic floor collapses under dieters - The floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members of the weight...

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    Image of Simple mechanisms
    Simple mechanisms
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some simple mechanisms explained... pretty cool DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Jan 16, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=83
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    Economics 101: Moral hazard
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Have you ever heard the term moral hazard? Here's a good 3-minute video called Economics 101: Moral Hazard that discusses one of the biggest issues with ALL government policies which touch on busines...

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    Climate change from a historical perspective
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Politics destroys all things, it's latest casualty being scientific truth. When the global warming science fraud didn't work out, the propoganda artists changed the name to climate change. Here's a s...

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    Transhumanism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What do you all think about the development of the transhumanism movement? I am shocked to say that the reason the unibomber did what he did was to wake up the masses to this kind of technological de...

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    Ordered currency devaluation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Previously, Anna Victoria, who lives under the terror of socialist Hugo Chavez, facilitated a great discussion on demagoguery back on Nov 30 (http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=17). Look now w...

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    Teaching others
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A teacher can present information, but there can be no transfer of learning... learners must "act" upon the information to learn it. Can anyone teach something to someone else? DISCUSS! Origina...

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    Science is racist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So we had a great discussion earlier today about scientific theories vs. laws, physics, astronomy, and geometry. Science is so amazing! And then I read something like this and it makes me sick. Hi...

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    No MILFs allowed
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Alright, here's one for you ladies. A few nights ago I learned what the term "cougar" meant, and I also learned there were some women who considered the word MILF an insult rather than a compliment....

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    A soldier's shame
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    US soldier holds flag protest sign: "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Well put. Controversial? US Soldier Holds American Flag Protest Sign DISCUSS!...

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    Banning psychological violence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Don't even get me started on the vicious "family" laws and their completely immoral courts, but I couldn't pass up providing this particular continued proof of government stupidity: "France to int...

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    Low sex drives due to guilt
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ladies, another new study is claiming that you may have lower sex drives than men because you experience feelings of guilt for being sexually aroused. Women 'may have lower sex drives due to guilt...

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    Does the G-spot exist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ladies, there's a new study out where scientists are saying that the G-spot may not exist G-spot 'may not exist', say scientists DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on...

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    What you're missing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I was reading an article from a Libertarian today that suggested that people will never change their mindset (i.e., of supporting the government) by talking to them about principles and the philosoph...

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    Third-life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do you think a virtual reality, or 'Matrix' is possible? Obviously the Matrix in the movie to replicate real world physics and a universe is far to complicated but something like a 'Third Life' kind...

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    The natives are getting restless
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are the natives getting restless? You bet they are. And the military is getting ready to crush it. See the article Officials and Experts Warn of Crash-Induced Unrest DISCUSS! Original posting b...

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    Image of The largest street gang in America
    The largest street gang in America
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In my favorite book, Atlas Shrugged (a book about philosophy), there is the following statement:  'Thinking is man's only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the sou...

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    Turning children into Orwellian eco-spies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A few snippets from a brilliant article: FTA: 'There is a long and sordid tradition of trying to socialise children by scaring them. The aim of such socialisation-through-fear is twofold: firstly,...

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    Morality and the trolley problem
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Remember that the socialist/collectivist mantra is that the NEEDS of the many outweigh the RIGHTS of the few? As I think we've established that socialists/collectivists have no problem with stealing,...

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    Image of Free books
    Free books
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some of you like to read but just don't have the time. Have you ever considered books on mp3? There are so many freely available on the web. Here's a place for some good ones: http://www.learnoutloud...

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    Priest: Thou SHALT shoplift
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For all the socialists in the group, you'll love this one. Thou SHALT shoplift: Priest tells congregation it's better than robbery or prostitution. Of course, you all agree with his advice, correct?...

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    Image of Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal
    Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "all governments are stupid" files, Italy brings us this: Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal ROME, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Italy's highest court of appeal affirmed the illegality of insu...

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    Image of The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Good evening all. As we're in the holiday season, I ran across this story of the origin of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and I wanted to share it with you. Rather than sending it out in a notecard,...

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    Second Life scripted item changes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It appears the Lindens are up to mischief again. All of our worn scripted items are going to be weighed and measured. This is not to cause panic, nothing anybody can do about it, just read up and be...

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    Enough about politics already
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So, we've been having a lot of conversations on politics. I know it's a subject people are passionate about.  Wanted to see if there's interest in other topics that people have interest in. Please l...

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    What soldiers do
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    OK, many of you know I don't support the military, though I know there are many here who do (and I also know we have at least one person who's in the military). I told you I that I don't like soldier...

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    Image of What I can do
    What I can do
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let's not discuss what you can't do. Show me what you can One Legged Latin Dancer: http://www.break.com/index/one-legged-latin-dancer.html (2-minute video) DISCUSS! Original posting by...

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    Big change - short time
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Assuming this is all true (which I haven't confirmed), what are the implications? Did You Know? (5-minute video) That is certainly mammoth amount of change in a short period of time. D...

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    Political methodologies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is there a proper methodology to discuss politics with? DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Dec 13, 2009 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=54
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    Image of Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jesse Ventura did his latest conspiracy theory show on 9/11, something that's been a passion of his since the event. I've followed his interviews over the years and know he knows substantially more t...

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    Image of Things that are downright impossible to say when drunk
    Things that are downright impossible to say when drunk
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    1. Thanks, but I don’t want to have sex. 2. Nope, no more booze for me! 3. Sorry, but you’re not really my type. 4. Taco Bell? No thanks, I’m not hungry. 5. Good evening, officer. I...

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    Image of The boss will never know
    The boss will never know
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The boss will never know... DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Dec 10, 2009 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=50
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    Image of The Great Depression - Everything you've ever learned is wrong
    The Great Depression - Everything you've ever learned is wrong
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Last night in group chat, we had a bunch of conversations (sometimes very heated) about what the Constitution does and does not allow. As part of it, we got into the US Great Depression, FDR, court ...

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    Wishing you were someone else
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So I'm at this place listening to 80s music and I read a profile that has this quote: "to wish you were someone else is to waste the beautiful person that you are." A contradiction in SL? DISCUSS!...

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    The lesser of two evils is still wrong
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I was recently having a conversation with a friend who was getting on my case because I don't vote in political elections. She likes Ron Paul but ultimately decided to vote for Obama because she knew...

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    Image of Top National Education Association lawyer: power trumps children
    Top National Education Association lawyer: power trumps children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The gist of it is this: there's a video floating around the internet of the top lawyer for the National Education Association specifically saying that the only reason the NEA is effective is because...

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    Braincrave.com jazz event
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Come down to Nouvelle's today, bring your love or find your love there as DJ Derrick Stewart spins those seductive jazz tunes for lovers. Join Sienna and Taff for an afternoon of sweet love music and...

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    Image of The true story of Thanksgiving
    The true story of Thanksgiving
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As those of you in the US enjoy the holiday, thought you might want to learn about the true story of thanksgiving - this might make some interesting conversation around the dinner table... it's calle...

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    Image of Obama tells the Chinese how to run their country
    Obama tells the Chinese how to run their country
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For those who missed SNL the other night, this was pretty funny: Saturday Night Live Rips Obama Over China Trip, Spending, And The Deficit DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second...

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    In the name of the best within you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the...

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    What is it going to take to get the planet back on course?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The problem really is crime, isn't it? It doesn't matter whether it's legal crime, as committed by government agents, or whether it's crimes committed by communal garden scumbags. Before we can enjoy...

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    Starving Artists - Making Money from your Creativity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There are different forms of intelligence. Creativity and artistic abilities are excellent indicators of intelligence. But earning a living as an artist is difficult, especially given today's economi...

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    Image of I Yam What I Yam
    I Yam What I Yam
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Who I am ain't nothing of what I am. Who I am, is who you see. Who you see isn't anything of what is me. I am me because I choose to be I am me Because I choose to be. I be...

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    Image of Too Good to Be True
    Too Good to Be True
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For too long, our society has been tainted by this adage... this taboo of good things. Why, oh why, is this? A product of our psyche? A product of shared cultural values? Or, is it really undeniably...

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    Image of Our Mother
    Our Mother
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Our mother... the dawn of man Our mother Climb my eye upon her many breasts. Succulent are her up most tops. White mothers milk, Which gives us life, Pouring upon her belly...

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    BDSM in Second Life
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When I first joined Second Life (SL), I was like most noobies and started searching different places using the search tool within the browser. I stated finding things that were more than dance clubs...

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    Our Most Dangerous Pandemic
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Every act of communication - or non-communication - is a choice of influence. The essayist is confronted with a peculiar difficulty: he will have time to consider how he wants to influence others - w...

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    Sci-Fi Fantasies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Come explore the geek in me. I've been a lifelong artist and these days, most of my work is inspired by roleplay characters, sci-fi or fantasy novels and films, and my love of Star Wars. M...

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    In Defense of Joe Stack
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Which do you consider more delusional: flying a plane into a government building in retaliation of government abuse or believing that the government exists to protect your individual rights? If yo...

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    The Cult of Moral Grayness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If I had a nickel for every time someone said to me that I'm too black-or-white, I'd be a rich man. It usually comes up in conversation with anyone that I've known longer than 30 minutes. I even had...

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    The Fountainhead Book Club
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Who's Ayn Rand?? Only one of the most well-known and life-changing philosophers out there. Her philosophy is unlike any most have ever read. It's philosophy mixed in with drama and lots of great sex....

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    All That Jazz
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So here's my story of how I fell in love with jazz. Sitting at home years ago, bored to tears, I see this video come on called "Two Shots" by Matt Dusk. "Who the hell is this and where has he been...

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    Adult Education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I believe that Adult Education is best described as a continuous learning process through which adults acquire desired knowledge to satisfy their needs at that time. Adult Education is not restricted...

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    A Challenge - Defend Evolution Against Intelligent Design
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    This challenge arose from a discussion in a large philosophy venue in which I stated that if ever a really competent intelligent design defender or evolutionist came around, he would blow the philoso...

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    Ayn Rand: The Wired Interview (1998)
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I'm a month late on this, for the spotlight of public attention, but I have an Ayn Rand story, too. 11 years ago I blind-pitched Wired magazine an ill-defined article on Rand. In response, they asked...

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    Demagoguery
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Administrator's Introduction: The Greek philosopher Epictetus believed that only the educated are free. With that in mind, BrainCrave.com is more than just bringing people together for dating - it's...

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    The O Team: Mental Babies With Razors
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The brilliant opinionator and blogger Michelle Malkin yesterday started a collection point for cases of the O team saying to be sorry for having misspoken: read all about it in The Team Obama misspok...

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    Dating in the Atlasphere... Bringing Love to the Fans of Ayn Rand
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Though I understand that www.braincrave.com and The Atlasphere are technically competitors, at a higher level of abstraction, their goals overlap. This is a brilliant video that discusses some of the...

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    I Stumbled... Upon Fun
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sigmund Freud famously said that "...we men... find reality generally quite unsatisfactory." Over the years, we have become less polite and more sloppy. Now-a-days, we say reality's a bitch. Regardle...

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    Elementary Dating
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ah, the first date. Men seem to go to a first date with a mattress strapped to their backs. But I don't move a relationship to a first date often, so this is a real treat for me. An opportunity for f...

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    Nuclear No-Contest
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Before the 1950s, the future confronting the human race was bleak. With the global population increasing and becoming more dependent on energy-dense technologies to sustain its food supplies and risi...

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    Rogue Waves
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So with the following weather outlook, seaman lowest-class New headed out of Portland, Maine harbor Friday evening, Labor Day Weekend, single-handed, to move his sailboat as far south as possible bef...

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    On the Other Hand
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, over 50% of Americans age 12 or older have used alcohol in the past 30 days, almost 25% are binge drinkers (5 drinks within 2 hours), and 7% drink h...

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    Signs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The spoken word isn't everything. I saw this video and really enjoyed it. All sorts of words popped into my head as I watched (e.g., loneliness, flirting, fun, risk-taking, anxiety, patien...

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    Test to See if You Are Ready to Have Children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    MESS TEST Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer. TOY TEST Obtain a 55-gallon box of LEGOs (or you may substitute roo...

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    What are your deep thoughts? Send us an article for publication!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Our members think INTELLIGENCE IS HOT! That's one of the primary reasons they're here - to seek it out. Our members want their minds stimulated. But of what use is your copious thought if you're not...

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    About us
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We did. It's not every day that you meet people who encourage you to think deeply. You work so hard. You're running so fast. There is so much to do. And yet, you have more to offer. But wh...

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    The Best Advice We Overheard at First Round's CTO Unconference
    firstround.com link posted by c_prompt in jobs
    I especially liked a few of the ideas around hiring and interviewing: When hiring candidates, ask for their operating manual. Tell candidates: “Imagine you're a robot. What does your manual s...

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    The History of My Love of History
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    Yes, a lot of subjects in school sound boring. Math, science, language arts: they are all just uninteresting. But there is an interesting subject: social studies. That is one subject I love to learn...

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    Why Salt Lake City is Not What it Seems
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    People might say that Salt Lake City is a beautiful, incredible, place. I do not exactly agree with them. I went during fencing nationals a week ago. Salt Lake City itself has nothing to do with fenc...

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    Fencing Nationals-Courage, Persistence and Red Star Wins!
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    Salt Lake City might sound like any other city. Buildings, beautiful mountains, and hills fill the land. But currently, something else is flooding into Salt Lake City: fencing. I am here to go to fen...

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    Making Shakespeare Accessible
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    The one thing I hate about the summer is the homework. This year, we had to go to a play for extra credit written by some guy named William Shakespeare (I know, harsh, right?). He is supposed to be a...

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    Why you don't invite Murphy on vacation
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    On this Thursday, I might be having the worst vacation. I mean I did not go on vacation. I mean it’s complicated. This has been the week of everything going wrong. It seems as if Murphy was coming...

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    The Kimpton Review
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    One hotel I have been to was the Kimpton hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. I stayed there on my trip to the Cleveland NAC. I thought it was a nice hotel. As I walked in the lobby, I read, did my blog, and ha...

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    Top 5 Things for Young Fencers
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    When I started my favorite sport, fencing, I learned there are a lot of difficulties starting as a young kid. My fencing club, Redstar, had older kids, so it was very hard to make friends. It made...

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    Contact Me!!!
    editorial posted by Andrew in themoreiknowme
    You can reach me at info@themoreiknow.me or follow me at the the links on the menu bar. This blog is new and I have many more articles in the works - check back again soon! Would love to hear w...

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    Help!!
    editorial posted by Andrew in themoreiknowme
    Sorry, you can not come here yet, maybe you can check out my articles though.
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    Getting to know me
    editorial posted by Andrew in themoreiknowme
    My name is Andrew. I am a 13 year old kid from Chicago, USA. I love to help the world and travel it. Some places I have been to include Jordan, Nepal, France, the Galapagos, and many more. I love st...

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    Travel to Jordan, and don't be afraid!
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
      One of the places I have been is Jordan, a country that borders Syria, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the Dead Sea. It has many famous places, like the Dead Sea, Mount Sinai, Petra, and...

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    England and Jordan, two opposite ends of the Roman Empire
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    Two places that I have traveled to (the UK and Jordan), I have seen Roman ruins. In Britain, I saw the very famous Roman Baths, which are very popular. The other one was not so popular. In...

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    Traveling with style in airport lounges
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    Me at Istanbul Airport Right Before Attacks When I have been in my travels, I have loved flights. I judge the flight on its food, movies, and airport lounges. Lounges are places to rest before your fl...

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    11 year old's bucket list
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    ​ A picture of Havana. (notice the 50s cars?:) I might have been to a lot of places, but I want to go to a lot too. My places on my bucket list are: in fourth, Vietnam, in third,...

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    Top 4 life lessons I learned from fencing
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    Flags at the Arnold, in Columbus, Ohio (I love seeing flags, even more so at fencing tournaments! In the London Olympics of 2012, I started to watch fencing. I liked watching it, so my mom signed...

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    Image of From giant tortoises to iguanas - see the colorful animals of the Galapagos
    From giant tortoises to iguanas - see the colorful animals of the Galapagos
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    Think about all the animals you see in your life. What are they? They could be cats, dogs, pigeons, fish, or horses. Now, imagine what animals they have on a small island chain of Ecuador, which are...

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    There is more to Darwin than a bumper sticker
    editorial posted by Andrew in Blog
    standing next to volcano. Charles Darwin was a brilliant naturalist/biologist/geologist, and believe me, that it is about more than just his fame. Darwin’s most famous visit was on a tiny island cha...

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    Image of There is more to Darwin than a Bumper Sticker
    There is more to Darwin than a Bumper Sticker
    editorial posted by Andrew in themoreiknowme
    Charles Darwin was a brilliant naturalist/biologist/geologist, and believe me, that it is about more than just his fame. Darwin’s most famous visit was on a tiny island chain a few hundred miles of...

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    From Giant Tortoises to Iguanas - See the Colorful Animals of the Galapagos
    editorial posted by Andrew in themoreiknowme
    Think about all the animals you see in your life. What are they? They could be cats, dogs, pigeons, fish, or horses. Now, imagine what animals they have on a small island chain of Ecuador, which are...

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    Top 4 Life Lessons I Learned from Fencing
    editorial posted by Andrew in themoreiknowme
    In the London Olympics of 2012, I started to watch fencing. I liked watching it, so my mom signed me up for a class at RedStar.  Ever since then, fencing has been a major part of my life. ...

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    Andrew - About Me
    editorial posted by Julie in themoreiknowme
    My name is Andrew I am an eleven (almost 12) year old kid from Chicago, USA. I love to help the world and travel it. Some places I have been to include Jordan, Nepal, France, the Galapagos, and many m...

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    Image of A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil and then be squeezed out like a sponge and reused, raising hopes for easier clean-up of oil spill sites
    A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil and then be squeezed out like a sponge and reused, raising hopes for easier clean-up of oil spill sites
    newscientist.com link posted by c_prompt in environment
    A new foam material could be the first good reusable method to recover spilled oil, and would be much better for the environment: A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spill...

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    Image of Marijuana Manifesto - A transcript of the Lew Rockwell Show episode 450 with Jesse Ventura
    Marijuana Manifesto - A transcript of the Lew Rockwell Show episode 450 with Jesse Ventura
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in cancer
    Listen to the podcast ROCKWELL:  Good morning.  This is the Lew Rockwell Show.  And what an honor it is to have as our guest this morning, the great, Jesse Ventura.  What do we say about Jesse...

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    Image of You've Got a Friend In Me - LIVE Performance by 4-year-old Claire Ryann and Dad
    You've Got a Friend In Me - LIVE Performance by 4-year-old Claire Ryann and Dad
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in aww
    This gave me shivers of happiness (yes, there's such a thing for those who are open to experience) over how beautiful they are together.
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    Watch movies at Vudu for free with ads
    vudu.com link posted by c_prompt in efreebies
    Vudu now lets its customers watch a selection of digital movies for free when you watch with ads as part of its Movies On Us program
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    Symbolab Math Solver - Step by Step Calculator
    symbolab.com link posted by c_prompt in homeworkhelp
    Equation search and math solver - solves algebra, trigonometry and calculus problems step by step (shows you actual steps how to solve). Symbolab is an advanced math education tool. It allows user...

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    Image of Particle teleportation across Calgary marks 'major step' toward creation of 'quantum internet'
    Particle teleportation across Calgary marks 'major step' toward creation of 'quantum internet'
    cbc.ca link posted by c_prompt in science
    In a "major step" toward practical quantum networking, researchers at the University of Calgary have successfully demonstrated the teleportation of a light particle's properties between their lab...

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    Image of Earth Temperature Timeline - A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature Since the Last Ice Age Glaciation
    Earth Temperature Timeline - A Timeline of Earth's Average Temperature Since the Last Ice Age Glaciation
    xkcd.com link posted by c_prompt in environment
    When people say "the climate has changed before," these are the kinds of changes they're talking about.
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    Mind sex - intellectual foreplay, chemistry, and the lonely sapiosexual
    editorial posted by c_prompt in dating
    I was having a discussion with a friend the other day about online dating. She agreed there are some silly rules people have when it comes to initial messages and laughed at how we both break them (e...

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    Image of Crimes Against the Future - The World After Me: Eternal 'Wartime' in America
    Crimes Against the Future - The World After Me: Eternal 'Wartime' in America
    original.antiwar.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    I agonize over this every single day but the way Tom Engelhardt puts it is pure eloquence: I think as well about the nearly 10% of Iraqi children, 1.5 million of them in a country gripped by c...

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    Image of Horrifying PDF experiments – playable Breakout in a pdf file
    Horrifying PDF experiments – playable Breakout in a pdf file
    github.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    Like many of you, I always thought of PDF as basically a benign format, where the author lays out some text and graphics, and then the PDF sits in front of the reader and doesn't do anything. I hea...

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    Image of Socialism: Force or Fantasy? Socialism Is an Endlessly Moving Target
    Socialism: Force or Fantasy? Socialism Is an Endlessly Moving Target
    fee.org link posted by c_prompt in socialism
    Have you ever tried to nail Jell-O to the wall? It’s easier than getting a socialist to stand pat on what socialism is, which makes socialism an endlessly moving target. Socialists are so intell...

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    Image of Mario and Me
    Mario and Me
    robertringer.com link posted by c_prompt in writing
    Mario Puzo, who passed away in 1999, wrote a number of bestselling novels, including The Godfather, Fools Die, and The Last Don. What I especially liked about Puzo was his legendary tongue-in-cheek...

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    Image of Pfizer VP Comes Clean & Tells The Truth About Pharmaceutical Companies (Video)
    Pfizer VP Comes Clean & Tells The Truth About Pharmaceutical Companies (Video)
    collective-evolution.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    Below is a clip taken from the “One More Girl” documentary, a film regarding the Gardasil vaccine, which was designed to prevent Human Papillomavirus. In it, Dr. Peter Rost, MD, a former vice...

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    A gentle introduction to the lightning network
    github.com link posted by Clemens in bitcoin
    We describe the lightning network in non-technical terms. We omit some details, but try to convey the general idea of how it works.
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    Image of Fecal Matter On Shoes | The 'ewww!' on your shoe
    Fecal Matter On Shoes | The 'ewww!' on your shoe
    articles.baltimoresun.com link posted by c_prompt in Infectious_Disease
    An old article but still as relevant today as it was then. Years ago when I lived in Japan, it took a bit getting used to removing your shoes before entering homes, gyms, restaurants, etc. But it mad...

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    Image of Free Space Tourism posters for download
    Free Space Tourism posters for download
    jpl.nasa.gov link posted by Yield4Nothing in efreebies
    Fourteen space travel posters of colorful, exotic space settings are now available free for downloading and printing. According to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's website: Imagination is our windo...

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    Image of The Wars in Our Schools
    The Wars in Our Schools
    original.antiwar.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Ex-Army Ranger Rory Fanning is speaking to high school kids and giving free copies of his book Worth Fighting For in an attempt to counter the massive, militarized propaganda effort of JROTC pr...

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    Image of Peek-A-Boo, Zika
    Peek-A-Boo, Zika
    editorial posted by Yield4Nothing in Infectious_Disease Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    As the new darling of the worldwide infectious disease family, Zika virus has emerged as one of the most talked-about public health issues currently. But where did it come from? Why has public knowle...

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    10 Ways I Deal With My Own Procrastination - Altucher Confidential
    jamesaltucher.com link posted by Yield4Nothing in Note to Self
    So I read something this morning that made my inner creative writer scream "YES" while trying not to spill my coffee or think about this daunting assay that's calling my name. I'm not going to re-wr...

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    Highlight differences between private messages and posts
    editorial posted by Yield4Nothing in SuggestionBox
     Since I'm still relatively new to ValME, a suggestion would be to make more of a distinction between private messages in the inbox and what is actually posted/visible on the actual original post. Th...

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    Image of A Force Unto Itself - A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as America’s 51st and Most Powerful State
    A Force Unto Itself - A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as America’s 51st and Most Powerful State
    tomdispatch.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    In recent times, one of the strangest aspects of war, American-style, has been the inability of the most powerful military on the planet to extricate itself from any of the conflicts it's initiated...

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    Image of Killer Viruses - Should we make them?
    Killer Viruses - Should we make them?
    editorial posted by Yield4Nothing in Infectious_Disease Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...

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    Image of Chipotle: Is the public willing to stay faithful after norovirus outbreak scandal?
    Chipotle: Is the public willing to stay faithful after norovirus outbreak scandal?
    wired.com link posted by Yield4Nothing in Infectious_Disease
    When you promise fresh, ethically grown and sourced food to the masses, your supply chain becomes more complex. And more complexity means more risk. As a formerly faithful customer of Chipotle, I adm...

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    Image of Free guacamole & chips from Chipotle; play the game!
    Free guacamole & chips from Chipotle; play the game!
    guachunter.com link posted by Yield4Nothing in freebies
    Thanks to a friend, play a silly Spot the Difference game online from Chipotle and earn a free guacamole & chips! No winning required. Equivalent to "hey, everyone gets a trophy today!" but.....fr...

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    Image of Windows patch KB 3139929: When a security update is not a security update. Microsoft buried a Get Windows 10 ad generator inside this month's Internet Explorer security patch for Windows 7 and 8.1.
    Windows patch KB 3139929: When a security update is not a security update. Microsoft buried a Get Windows 10 ad generator inside this month's Internet Explorer security patch for Windows 7 and 8.1.
    infoworld.com link posted by digdug in windows
    If Microsoft's documentation is correct, installing Patch Tuesday's KB 3139929 security update for Internet Explorer also installs a new Windows 10 ad-generating routine called KB 3146449. Man...

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    Image of Lisp: Learning to Think about Thinking | Restless Device
    Lisp: Learning to Think about Thinking | Restless Device
    restlessdevice.com link posted by jeffs in programming
    Great podcast about the Lisp programming language and why it's special.
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    Image of The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1 - Wait But Why
    The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1 - Wait But Why
    waitbutwhy.com link posted by jeffs in technology
    Part 1 of 2: "The Road to Superintelligence". Artificial Intelligence — the topic everyone in the world should be talking about.
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    Image of IRONY ALERT! This U.S. Banker Says China Should Let Companies Fail
    IRONY ALERT! This U.S. Banker Says China Should Let Companies Fail
    ronpaullibertyreport.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    The irony is so thick in this story, you may not be able to handle it. Let's go back to the financial crisis of 2008. Easily, one of the biggest heists in world history went by the name of TARP, an...

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    Image of The Economy of Ideas. A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.)
    The Economy of Ideas. A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.)
    wired.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    John Perry Barlow (the author of this article) used to be a songwriter for the Grateful Dead and is a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It is as on-point today as it was when i...

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    Image of Samsung warns customers not to discuss personal information in front of smart TVs
    Samsung warns customers not to discuss personal information in front of smart TVs
    theweek.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    Samsung has confirmed that its "smart TV" sets are listening to customers' every word, and the company is warning customers not to speak about personal information while near the TV sets. The...

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    “I’d rather be illegally alive than legally dead” – Teen Becomes a ‘Criminal’ and Beats His Crohn’s
    thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    A Colorado teenager named Coltyn Turner just celebrated the 22nd month of his debilitating Crohn's Disease being in remission, after beginning cannabis oil treatment. Turner's recovery has been nothi...

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    The Logic of Hunger Striking Palestinians: When Starvation Is a Weapon
    middleeastmonitor.com link posted by c_prompt in worldnews
    Al-Qeq, works for Saudi Arabia’s Almajd TV network and was arrested at his home in Ramallah on November 21st. In its statement, issued more than 60 days after he entered into his hunger strike,...

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    Sum: how do you spend your life?
    vimeo.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    A short film based on Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, a book by neuroscientist David Eagleman. In the afterlife you relive all your experiences, but this time with the events reshuf...

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    Miraculous Stem Cell Breakthrough Reverses Multiple Sclerosis, Paralyzed Patients Walking Again
    thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    The wonders of stem cell therapy are being realized in a breakthrough medical trial that has reversed and halted the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS). This disease can suddenly attack healthy youn...

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    The Inevitability of Eugenics: A Race of Self-Designing Tinker Toys
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    Mention of eugenics inevitably results in whoops of horror, gnashing of hair, rending of teeth, and discussion of Hitler. Occasionally, however, matters of importance merit discussion even if they...

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    Image of Birth control for men - new contraception on/off switch, size of a gummy bear, implanted on the vas deferens makes men temporarily sterile
    Birth control for men - new contraception on/off switch, size of a gummy bear, implanted on the vas deferens makes men temporarily sterile
    bimek.com link posted by c_prompt in sex
    The Bimek SLV regulates the flow of sperm cells in the spermatic ducts and does not require additional hormones or medication.
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    An Open Letter to Young Muslims Everywhere: The Seed of Triumph in Every Adversity
    ramzybaroud.net link posted by c_prompt in politics
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    Image of Smith's Reef
    Smith's Reef
    editorial posted by maker in 2gringosincaribbean
    Monday, October 18, 2010 I well remember while hoping that you don't that in our last post I said I was going to start making smaller posts more frequently. And it was my intention. But as some wi...

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    Image of "La Famille Express" revisted
    "La Famille Express" revisted
    editorial posted by maker in 2gringosincaribbean
    Saturday, April 3, 2010 Winter has been showing those signs of moving off to where Winter goes when it leaves here. Drifting South, on its ancient yearly mission to climatically re-polarize our fr...

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    Bugaloo's Conch Crawl
    editorial posted by maker in 2gringosincaribbean
    This post should see some more tropical-like photos uploaded for our readers in the far north. For us that's anything north of Mexico and the Bahamas. We still shudder when we remember those years of...

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    About us
    editorial posted by maker in 2gringosincaribbean
    El gringo La gringa Dooley
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    What happens when America's Soviet-style food banks embrace free-market economics?
    theweek.com link posted by c_prompt in economics
    Feeding America is a network of food banks that feeds more than 46 million people. In 2005, four professors at the University of Chicago helped replace their centralized distribution system with an a...

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    Image of Chicken Soup for the Cold - Foods That Fight the Common Cold
    Chicken Soup for the Cold - Foods That Fight the Common Cold
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    Make sure to read Dr. Mercola's full article at the link and watch all the videos but this is a good summary:
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    Image of [NSFW] F*ck That: A Guided Meditation
    [NSFW] F*ck That: A Guided Meditation
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
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    Image of The difference between UI and UX
    The difference between UI and UX
    image-store.slidesharecdn.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
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    Image of Android or iOS? Which system is preferred on each country? [World Map]
    Android or iOS? Which system is preferred on each country? [World Map]
    goo.gl link posted by pabloapicco in technology
    Android controls most part of the global market (nothing new!) But the interesting part of the trend is that is coming like the chosen one on european countries like France, Germany and Finland, plac...

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    Image of Free, stackable F-Secure Freedome VPN coupon codes; each voucher gives you 3 years - get many, many years for free
    Free, stackable F-Secure Freedome VPN coupon codes; each voucher gives you 3 years - get many, many years for free
    mysafe.f-secure.com link posted by c_prompt in efreebies
    Each My Safe account gives you three 1-year codes for a Virtual Private Network (VPN); you can stack as many as your wish or use on various devices. Make a free account at f-secure safe (https:...

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    Hajj Stampede Accident - At least 700+ people killed
    goo.gl link posted by pabloapicco in worldnews
    At least 700 people were killed, and 719 were injured, in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning.
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    TIL it doesn't matter which side of the aluminum foil you use
    reynoldskitchens.com link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned
    According to Reynolds Wrap: What side of the foil should I use, shiny or dull? With standard and heavy duty foil, it’s perfectly fine to place your food on either side so you can decide if...

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    Tracking a Bluetooth Skimmer Gang in Mexico (part I) - be cautious when using your credit/debit cards at ATMs, gas pumps, train ticket kiosks, movie rental machines, etc.
    krebsonsecurity.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    ...I found at least 19 different ATMs that all apparently had been hacked from the inside and retrofitted with tiny, sophisticated devices that store and transmit stolen card data and PINs wireless...

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    Parenting like Ragnar and Kay: how to raise an individualist with high self-esteem (an Objectivist theory for raising children)
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in objectivism
    ATLAS SUMMIT 2014 -- How would children be raised in Galt’s Gulch? Most Objectivist parents want to raise their children with as little coercion as possible, but lack the knowledge of how to do so:...

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    Image of Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
    Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in science
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    Image of The Death of Discussion
    The Death of Discussion
    takimag.com link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    Remember Monty Python’s “Argument Clinic,” where Michael Palin is trying to procure an argument from John Cleese? Palin is frustrated that Cleese won’t move past contradictions. He insists...

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    Image of Uncoachable kids become unemployable adults. Let your kids get used to someone being tough on them. It's life, get over it.
    Uncoachable kids become unemployable adults. Let your kids get used to someone being tough on them. It's life, get over it.
    image-store.slidesharecdn.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
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    It was the gun's fault
    townhall.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
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    Image of Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporate Social Network [PDF]
    Google Votes: A Liquid Democracy Experiment on a Corporate Social Network [PDF]
    tdcommons.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Abstract This paper introduces Google Votes, an experiment in liquid democracy built on Google's internal corporate Google social network. Liquid democracy decision-making systems can scale to cov...

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    Stuart Hameroff on Singularity 1on1: Consciousness is More than Computation!
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in science
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    Ladies, you take provocative dressing to a pathetic extreme. Signed, a lady.
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in Clarisse88
    I notice when other women behave in inappropriate ways and with a lack of dignity. As a woman, I know why they do it: to achieve popularity or gain attention from men. The way us ladies dress reflect...

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    Image of Captured, Cuffed, and Jailed: A Personal Story - Jeffrey Tucker
    Captured, Cuffed, and Jailed: A Personal Story - Jeffrey Tucker
    tucker.liberty.me link posted by c_prompt in politics
    By day’s end, it was over. Except not really. This one incident is over. But the reality that none of us really control our lives, that none of our property is really our own, that we all stand v...

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    Image of Every Breath You Take a capella
    Every Breath You Take a capella
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in music
    The group is called Vocal Sampling.
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    Image of Hotel California a capella
    Hotel California a capella
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in music
    The group is called Vocal Sampling.
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    Image of A Treatise on the Nonexistence of Art: Pretty Nearly, Anyway
    A Treatise on the Nonexistence of Art: Pretty Nearly, Anyway
    fredoneverything.org link posted by c_prompt in art
    Art is mostly fraud perpetrated by narcissistic academic quacks on a public easily gulled. They should be prosecuted. This is as true of literature as of painting and sculpture. If modern sculpture...

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    Image of FilePizza transfers large files directly to other users for free using encrypted peer-to-peer right in your browser. Never email large files again. Because the file never touches the server, the transfer is fast, private, and secure.
    FilePizza transfers large files directly to other users for free using encrypted peer-to-peer right in your browser. Never email large files again. Because the file never touches the server, the transfer is fast, private, and secure.
    file.pizza link posted by c_prompt in technology
    Overview FilePizza enables fast and private peer-to-peer file transfers in your web browser. By using WebRTC, FilePizza eliminates the initial upload traditionally required when sharing files...

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    Image of Americans Are Finally Learning About False Flag Terror. Governments from around the world admit they carry out false flag terror
    Americans Are Finally Learning About False Flag Terror. Governments from around the world admit they carry out false flag terror
    globalresearch.ca link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
    This tactic is so common that it was given a name for hundreds of years ago. “False flag terrorism” is defined as a government attacking its own people, then blaming others in order to justi...

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    Image of Whole Foods' John Mackey: Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism - intellectuals resent businessman because they feel superior yet don't feel properly respected or rewarded
    Whole Foods' John Mackey: Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism - intellectuals resent businessman because they feel superior yet don't feel properly respected or rewarded
    reason.com link posted by c_prompt in capitalism
    They're jealous, he says, they side with rulers, and they don't understand how markets work. "Intellectuals have always disdained commerce" says Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey. T...

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    Me dealing with my life right now...
    facebook.com link posted by Clarisse88 in funny
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    There's Hope America: Anchor Walks Off Live TV, Refuses To Report On Kardashians
    zerohedge.com link posted by digdug in funny
    Is the distracted citizenry beginning to wake up? We can only hope so. Giving hope to Americans everywhere, after covering the usual local news, Orlando-area news anchor John Brown was transitioning i...

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    TIL a copyright is automatic in the US; a work is protected once it's fixed. Adding a copyright notice is just a clarification of the license.
    nolo.com link posted by c_prompt in writing
    Artists and writers are often surprised to learn that copyright is automatic – that is, nothing needs to be done to claim copyright protection. Although additional rights are provided if the work is...

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    First journal post!
    editorial posted by AdamTheDewott in AdamTheDewott
    This is the first journal post to my journal community!  I hope to have fun here!
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    Image of Mom offers food to baby if he can say "mama." Hungry dog says it first. Baby smacks dog.
    Mom offers food to baby if he can say "mama." Hungry dog says it first. Baby smacks dog.
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
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    Image of This massive ocean cleaning system from a 21-year-old inventor will launch next year. The Ocean Cleanup, developing technologies to extract, prevent and intercept plastic pollution
    This massive ocean cleaning system from a 21-year-old inventor will launch next year. The Ocean Cleanup, developing technologies to extract, prevent and intercept plastic pollution
    theoceancleanup.com link posted by c_prompt in environment
    Back in 2011, then 16-year-old Boyan Slat, together with a friend started studying oceanic plastic pollution, and the problems associated with cleaning it up, whilst doing a high school science proje...

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    Image of Artist Always Carries Around Sketchbook In Case He Feels Like Making Someone Uncomfortable
    Artist Always Carries Around Sketchbook In Case He Feels Like Making Someone Uncomfortable
    theonion.com link posted by Clarisse88 in art
    The Onion, America's Finest News Source.
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    When Social Media Gets Real - My Own Social Media
    zerohedge.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
    My own social media SIR: I haven't got a computer, but I was told about Facebook and Twitter and am trying to make friends outside Facebook and Twitter while applying the same principles. ...

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    invite-shutterfly.com link posted by c_prompt in freebies
    Just got mine :)
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    Free $20 off your first DoorDash order when using code 'sdfriends' and first delivery just $1. No minimum order size
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    Get lunch and dinner delivered from your favorite restaurants right to your doorstep with one easy click
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    Image of Put the “Ph” Back in PhD. We need big thinkers, but the current system teaches students to think small.
    Put the “Ph” Back in PhD. We need big thinkers, but the current system teaches students to think small.
    magazine.jhsph.edu link posted by c_prompt in science
    By re-embracing the relevant branches of philosophy—a central field of the humanities—scientists will see and think more broadly, perhaps rediscovering what drew them to the field in the first pla...

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    Image of Handcuffed and Helpless:There’s a naive idea floating around that an innocent person should never be afraid of cops
    Handcuffed and Helpless:There’s a naive idea floating around that an innocent person should never be afraid of cops
    fee.org link posted by c_prompt in politics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    What you are about to read is not a philosophical argument. It’s a personal testimony. The aim of telling this story is neither to make a political statement, nor to score points for a particular i...

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    Image of Father and daughter do awesome Beatles "Revolution" cover. Parent-child bonding, done so right.
    Father and daughter do awesome Beatles "Revolution" cover. Parent-child bonding, done so right.
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in FeelGood
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    Why You Should Never Say: ‘Beauty Lies in the Eye of the Beholder’
    thebookoflife.org link posted by c_prompt in art
    A society that can’t talk sensibly, publicly and perhaps at length, about beauty inadvertently condemns itself to ugliness.
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    Image of One.com is currently offering a free domain name with one year of free hosting - start your free blog/website now!
    One.com is currently offering a free domain name with one year of free hosting - start your free blog/website now!
    one.com link posted by c_prompt in efreebies
    If you've been considering starting a blog, now's a great time to do it! Additionally, if you take advantage of valME's custom domain support, we'll do all the technical setup for you for free!
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    Image of RSS feeds to simplify your job search
    RSS feeds to simplify your job search
    editorial posted by c_prompt in jobs Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    I often get asked to help people edit their resumes and to find jobs. One productive and efficient way to look for jobs is via RSS feeds. Not all websites have RSS feeds but, for those that do, you...

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    Image of Woman gives birth in the car! Amazing video
    Woman gives birth in the car! Amazing video
    damn.com link posted by Clarisse88 in FeelGood
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    Image of Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway - With Me in It
    Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway - With Me in It
    wired.com link posted by c_prompt in hacking
    Important takeaways: Don't get Internet in your car Hackers often provide a great service to the world Hackers should be car manufacturers' best friends Car manufacturers are not to be...

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    Image of When Prosecutors Lie and Judges Collude: Denise Lunsford, Cheryl V. Higgins, and the Wrongful Conviction of Mark Weiner
    When Prosecutors Lie and Judges Collude: Denise Lunsford, Cheryl V. Higgins, and the Wrongful Conviction of Mark Weiner
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    On Tuesday, July 14, Mark Weiner exited the regional jail in Charlottesville, Virginia, having been incarcerated there for a crime he never committed. He was facing nearly a decade in prison after be...

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    Why I Still Use the Oxford Comma
    imgur.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
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    Image of An open letter to Steve Huffman, reddit's new CEO, with an offer to exchange values
    An open letter to Steve Huffman, reddit's new CEO, with an offer to exchange values
    editorial posted by c_prompt in c_prompt
    Steve, I'd post a comment welcoming you back to reddit if I was still a member. I'm not. My account was shadowbanned long ago (an account, by the way, which purchased $50 in ineffective reddit advert...

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    Watch What Happens After A 13-Year-Old Boy Leaves “Public Education”
    thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in teens
    When conformity and rigidity are replaced with free thinking and innovation, the results can be quite stunning. Such was the case with 13-year-old Logan LaPlante, who left the public education system...

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    Image of People are scared of guns because they only have 2 outcomes: death & freedom. And freedom scares them more than death.
    People are scared of guns because they only have 2 outcomes: death & freedom. And freedom scares them more than death.
    bravetheworld.com link posted by c_prompt in guns
    I understand this quote is a bit of hubris, and I don't agree that these are the only two outcomes. I still like the quote and do agree that many people are terrified of freedom. People's fear of fr...

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    This is so me.... like, all the time. Lol.
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in funny
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    Image of TIL Chris Catrambone, a 33-year-old millionaire, swapped his million-dollar yacht for a fishing trawler and is personally funding rescue missions to save migrants. He wanted to do something with his money that's more meaningful.
    TIL Chris Catrambone, a 33-year-old millionaire, swapped his million-dollar yacht for a fishing trawler and is personally funding rescue missions to save migrants. He wanted to do something with his money that's more meaningful.
    christophercatrambone.com link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned
    The stories are heart-wrenching. In addition to his blog, this is from an NPR story that discusses how Chris and his wife spent $8 million to buy and re-fit a 136-foot ship to save hundreds of th...

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    Apparently, Burning NH4Cr2O7 With HgSCN Opens A Portal To Hell.
    iflscience.com link posted by Clarisse88 in science
    Of all the chemical reactions we've covered within the past few months, the one filmed below probaby takes the prize for coolest looking and possibly scariest. After the pile of reactants is lit, it b...

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    Sign up for BitGold and receive 0.5g ($18.82) of Gold instantly. You can cash it out in 60 days, or send it to anyone in the world.
    BitGold.com link posted by c_prompt in efreebies
    From their About page: Our mission is to make gold accessible and useful in digital payments and secure savings. We're advancing the digital payments revolution by helping people securely...

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    The lovely Corrine is now teaching prostitutes about Bitcoin - "Sexworkers guide to... Paying for advertising with bitcoin"
    aboutcorrine.wordpress.com link posted by c_prompt in bitcoin
    Cook County (Illinois) Sheriff Tom Dart wrote in letters to Visa and MasterCard that it is “increasingly indefensible for any corporation to continue to willfully play a central role in an...

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    Image of [PROJECT] New Logo Concept for valME
    [PROJECT] New Logo Concept for valME
    editorial posted by operadevil in SuggestionBox
    Hello valME funs! Don't you think it's time to change valME logo? I've think it's the right time to do this. If you like to concept logo press like  it to support it. We can't see the rainbow wit...

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    Why is Modern Art so Bad?
    youtube.com link posted by Clarisse88 in art
    For two millennia, great artists set the standard for beauty. Now those standards are gone. Modern Art is a competition between the ugly and the twisted; the...
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    Image of Scientists Baffled After Finding 10th Century Medicine that Kills Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbug’ MRSA
    Scientists Baffled After Finding 10th Century Medicine that Kills Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbug’ MRSA
    thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    London, U.K. – An ancient Anglo-Saxon potion, used to treat eye infections in the 10th-century, has shown the potential to eradicate the modern MRSA superbug, according to research. The ancient...

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    Image of In defense of Google
    In defense of Google
    editorial posted by digdug in technology Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Never did I expect to write a screed with that as the title. But principles must be defended even when the actors are evil. First things first: however reluctantly, I admit to using Google for som...

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    Image of From cries to contentedness
    From cries to contentedness
    editorial posted by c_prompt in c_prompt
    As I’m walking on my treadmill while working to the sounds of life passing by my open window, I hear the distant cry in frustration of a neighbor’s daughter (as all parents learn to differenti...

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    Hastings’ Lessons From the Grave - Have We Learned Anything? Car Hacking is a Reality, not Theory
    whowhatwhy.org link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
    The Cold Case of the death of a hot reporter. Was there more to it than a tragic accident? And why did the media not look into this affair, given the kinds of things Hastings was investigating, and t...

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    Couple quit their jobs to sail the world with their cat
    dailymail.co.uk link posted by Clarisse88 in sailing
    Matt and Jessica Johnson, both 32, decided to give up their 'American Dream,' quit their jobs, sell their possessions and raised enough money to buy their dream boat in 2008 and have never looked back...

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    Why Nerds are Unpopular
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    Among other reasons, nerds care more about being right than liked.
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    Rules of Success to Adopt by Age 13
    garynorth.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    I don't agree with everything on his list, but included are many great principles. Here is why you should take me seriously. I was born in 1942. I have seen what works and what doesn't. I hav...

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    “race is simply not a level of biological division …in…humans”
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    In the spirit of Morgan Freeman's excellent advice on how to solve the race problem and just "stop talking about it," I'm reposting this thoughtful perspective from lewrockwell.com. Rachel Dol...

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    Father & 2 Daughters Dance to "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift
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    This is my 1 1/2 year my 4 year old daughter and I dancing to Shake it of By Taylor Swift. The first Daddy/Daughter Dance to Shake it Off was amazing so I thought We would give it a shot.
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    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Torture (HBO)
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    The US Senate Torture Report revealed horrifying details of America's interrogation program. Helen Mirren will fill you in.
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    Image of Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies (TED Talk). Do I admit too much when I tell you I had tears in my eyes as she finished her presentation?
    Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies (TED Talk). Do I admit too much when I tell you I had tears in my eyes as she finished her presentation?
    ted.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of l...

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    Image of June - the computer-based counter-top oven that thinks like a chef. It instantly recognizes commonly cooked foods as you put them inside, weighs them, reads the internal temperature, and recommends a cooking program. I want!
    June - the computer-based counter-top oven that thinks like a chef. It instantly recognizes commonly cooked foods as you put them inside, weighs them, reads the internal temperature, and recommends a cooking program. I want!
    juneoven.com link posted by c_prompt in cooking
    The June Intelligent Oven is a powerful and easy-to-use computer-based oven that makes everyone a better cook. Like cruise control on your car, June continually calculates the power needed to maintain...

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    Tales from the Bizarro World
    linkedin.com link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    Back in the 1960s, DC Comics introduced a parallel Earth called Bizarro, where everything is inverted and everyone is insane. They even have their own wacky Superman, which ends up being a formidab...

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    Stephen King's Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes
    msu.edu link posted by digdug in writing
    Written in 1988, his friendly advice and key points continue to be relevant: Be talented Be neat Be self-critical Remove every extraneous word Never look at a reference book while d...

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    No, you are not ‘running late’, you are rude and selfish
    blog.firebrandtalent.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    This post may offend some readers. But only because it’s going to cut close to the bone for many. And I don’t care if I sound old-fashioned, because actually it’s nothing to do with ‘fas...

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    Image of Batteriser is a $2.50 gadget that extends alkaline battery life 800%. Someone thought it was hot enough to go to jail for.
    Batteriser is a $2.50 gadget that extends alkaline battery life 800%. Someone thought it was hot enough to go to jail for.
    macworld.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    Count the number of alkaline batteries in your house. Now consider replacing those batteries eight times less often. If Batteriser delivers, it could be a game changer. Bob Roohparvar tells...

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    I’ve Been Doing Painting Videos All Wrong
    zedshaw.com link posted by c_prompt in painting
    For the last year or so I’ve been obsessed with watching instructional videos for painting. I probably own a few thousand dollars worth of videos, plus a subscription to Lynda.com and ArtistsNetw...

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    Image of Congress: this is a blackout. To sunset the PATRIOT ACT, valME.io joins 10,000+ other websites in blocking your access and redirecting you to naked photos of indignant NSA protestors until you end mass surveillance laws.
    Congress: this is a blackout. To sunset the PATRIOT ACT, valME.io joins 10,000+ other websites in blocking your access and redirecting you to naked photos of indignant NSA protestors until you end mass surveillance laws.
    blackoutcongress.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Today, valME.io joins Fight for the Future with its efforts to end mass surveillance. Congress: this is a blackout. We are blocking your access until you end mass surveillance laws. You have...

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    Scientists retrieve lost memories using optogenetics
    sciencedaily.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    Researchers have found that memories that have been 'lost' as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light. They reactivated memories that could not otherwise be retrieved...

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    Cold sore virus 'treats skin cancer'
    bbc.com link posted by c_prompt in cancer
    A genetically engineered version of a virus that normally causes cold sores shows real promise for treating skin cancer, say researchers. The modified herpes virus is harmless to normal cells but...

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    Bad Things Don't Happen To Good People, They Create Good People
    higherperspectives.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    Image of How to Prevent Running Shoe Blisters With a “Heel Lock” or “Lace Lock” (aka, "so that's what the extra shoelace hold is for!")
    How to Prevent Running Shoe Blisters With a “Heel Lock” or “Lace Lock” (aka, "so that's what the extra shoelace hold is for!")
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in running
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    Image of valME.io - now with picture carousels and lightbox. Maximize your images and let them slide across the screen (subtitle: geeks are funny)
    valME.io - now with picture carousels and lightbox. Maximize your images and let them slide across the screen (subtitle: geeks are funny)
    editorial posted by c_prompt [A] in GettingStarted
    While working with a user who intends to take advantage of valME's latest functionality to setup your own website with a custom domain (don't forget - we'll help you convert your current website for...

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    Elon Musk: The World's Raddest Man
    waitbutwhy.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    Chris Anderson, who runs TED Talks, calls Musk “the world’s most remarkable living entrepreneur.” Others know him as “the real life Iron Man,” and not for no reason—Jon Favreau actually...

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    God Realizes He Forgot To Put Souls In Humans
    theonion.com link posted by digdug in funny
    THE HEAVENS—While pacing across His Eternal Kingdom on Friday, the Lord God Almighty, He Who Commanded Light to Shine out of Darkness, suddenly realized He had forgotten to provide human beings with...

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    Image of New Statue in Germany Illustrates Just How Much the Rest of the World Opposes the U.S. Police State
    New Statue in Germany Illustrates Just How Much the Rest of the World Opposes the U.S. Police State
    thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    “The statue pays homage to three who said no to war, to the lies that lead to war and to the intrusion into private life that helps to perpetuate war,” said Dormino, the artworks creator. Be...

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    Image of Georgia Davis: Woman once dubbed Britain's fattest teenager lifted into ambulance by crane in seven-hour rescue operation - Wales Online
    Georgia Davis: Woman once dubbed Britain's fattest teenager lifted into ambulance by crane in seven-hour rescue operation - Wales Online
    walesonline.co.uk link posted by digdug in health
    Georgia is said to weigh close to 60 stones and medics and emergency services were needed to move her.
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    Kickball
    editorial posted by glassJAw in glassJAw Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Closed eyes waiting For new signs of light The window drinks in summer Bringing warmth to the sheets Murmurs ascend From down the stairs Light in step Feet descend to join them...

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    Image of valME.io - now with custom domains, including SSL/https support (and a bunch of other improvements while we were in the code). Take that WordPress and Tumblr!
    valME.io - now with custom domains, including SSL/https support (and a bunch of other improvements while we were in the code). Take that WordPress and Tumblr!
    editorial posted by c_prompt in GettingStarted
    I'm very excited to announce valME just rolled out some major enhancements. If you run a blog or forum elsewhere and pay $60 annually, check out what we can now offer: Custom domains, including...

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    Image of I Don't Care If I Suck, As Long As I'm Learning
    I Don't Care If I Suck, As Long As I'm Learning
    exceptionnotfound.net link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    I am an enormously self-critical person. If I'm going out to a party, or having dinner, or even just giving a presentation, I'm constantly playing back my speech and my actions in my head to see wher...

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    Image of Riddle Poems! Can you guess them?
    Riddle Poems! Can you guess them?
    yaddlezap.com link posted by Clarisse88 in writing
    Here are some riddle poems my husband wrote...! I hope you enjoy them :) 
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    Image of Looks like there's a new libertarian "country" to be started!
    Looks like there's a new libertarian "country" to be started!
    telegraph.co.uk link posted by Clarisse88 in libertarian
    Self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state whose founder admires Nigel Farage welcomes its first citizens on Friday, with the first 100 arrivals to be granted honorary citizenship
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    Image of Men won't get married anymore because of ladies argues Denigration of Men, by PETER LLOYD | Daily Mail Online
    Men won't get married anymore because of ladies argues Denigration of Men, by PETER LLOYD | Daily Mail Online
    dailymail.co.uk link posted by stryker in relationships
    George Clooney, Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne have all taken the plunge recently - but they are a diminishing band of brothers, writes PETER LLOYD.
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    Image of Morgan Freeman on Baltimore Protest Coverage: ‘F-ck the Media’
    Morgan Freeman on Baltimore Protest Coverage: ‘F-ck the Media’
    thedailybeast.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    ...“Cameras actually distort the story. The story already happened. The story began with policy and apexed with Freddie Gray’s death. The story is simple. Gray died in state custody. Unlikely a...

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    For those of you who follow The Walking Dead... :)
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in AdviceAnimals
               
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    This was me when I woke up this morning...
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in AdviceAnimals
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    Image of Three days in Beijing with three of the world’s most famous dissidents
    Three days in Beijing with three of the world’s most famous dissidents
    fusion.net link posted by digdug in politics
    As a result of their activism, Ai Weiwei, Jacob Appelbaum, and Laura Poitras have become three of the most justifiably paranoid people in the world. Long live Tor.
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    Suggestion for latest activity
    editorial posted by digdug in SuggestionBox
    Would it be difficult to add an option to limit latest activity to posts? It would make it easier to see what's new.
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    Image of The World's Oldest Yoga Teacher Turns 95 Today. I think I like this lady.
    The World's Oldest Yoga Teacher Turns 95 Today. I think I like this lady.
    rebellesociety.com link posted by Clarisse88 in yoga
    You should see some of the positions she holds! It's impressive!
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    How we end up marrying the wrong people
    thephilosophersmail.com link posted by c_prompt in relationships
    tl/dr: Given that marrying the wrong person is about the single easiest and also costliest mistake any of us can make (and one which places an enormous burden on the state, employers and the nex...

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    This is me when I run
    facebook.com link posted by Clarisse88 in funny
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    Image of How America is like a bad boyfriend... and the irony is she's being lectured by a Brit
    How America is like a bad boyfriend... and the irony is she's being lectured by a Brit
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    But... I love America!
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    Image of First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers
    First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    The manipulation of the conversation around vaccines in the mainstream media has been nothing short of a tour de force. If you read only mainstream publications, you might come away with the impres...

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    Image of What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is Primarily About Pleasure?
    What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is Primarily About Pleasure?
    psmag.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    So the morning of sex ed, I found myself wondering whether they were going to mention pleasure. Or would it be all about disease and pregnancy, all gloom and doom? ...How funny that we can't bring our...

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    The Man Who Broke the Music Business - The Dawn of Online Piracy
    newyorker.com link posted by c_prompt in music
    How Dell Glover, an employee at a CD-manufacturing plant, became the Patient Zero of Internet piracy.
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    How I Healed My Failing Liver Naturally
    collective-evolution.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    This past February, I was thrown off of my health high-horse. What first started as a headache, fever, and body aches, quickly escalated into an excruciating migraine, debilitating muscle stiff...

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    Image of Yes, You Can Catch Insanity: Reviving the debate about the immune system and mental illness.
    Yes, You Can Catch Insanity: Reviving the debate about the immune system and mental illness.
    nautil.us link posted by c_prompt in health
    One day in March 2010, Isak McCune started clearing his throat with a forceful, violent sound. The New Hampshire toddler was 3, with a Beatles mop of blonde hair and a cuddly, loving personality. H...

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    Image of Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless
    Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless
    vox.com link posted by c_prompt in psychology
    It's no more scientifically valid than a BuzzFeed quiz. I've taken the MB test two times. It was clear to me from the questions that they could be answered so many different ways depending on context....

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    Image of Robot chef that can cook any of 2,000 meals at tap of a button to go on sale in 2017
    Robot chef that can cook any of 2,000 meals at tap of a button to go on sale in 2017
    factor-tech.com link posted by c_prompt in cooking
    I am absolutely getting this setup. THIS is what I consider food porn: Stirring, adjusting the temperature, pouring and adding ingredients are all basic skills for a chef but they’re slightly...

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    ValME needs user tagging in posts and comments
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in SuggestionBox
    I think it would be useful if valME would have the option of tagging people in a comment, just like FB does. For instance, if I am writing a comment and I mention a person in it (by writing down the...

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    Image of Shinjuku Street Fashion Photos - April 2015
    Shinjuku Street Fashion Photos - April 2015
    tokyofashion.com link posted by Clarisse88 in art
    And here is some weird, interesting, ugly and wonderful Tokyo fashion... Of course, I love it. Enjoy! These people are creative :) 
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    Dad Who Beat Son's Rapist Had Just 14 Words for Him at Sentencing… And They're Chilling
    conservativetribune.com link posted by Clarisse88 in childcare
    Child abuse does have a devastating effect on a child's mind, especially over the years. This is actually proven statistically, it's not just me claiming it. Children who have been molested, later...

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    Image of Guys - never ask a girl if she's on her period when you argue unless you want this response
    Guys - never ask a girl if she's on her period when you argue unless you want this response
    40.media.tumblr.com link posted by alice in funny
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    Image of The $1,000 CPM — Medium
    The $1,000 CPM — Medium
    medium.com link posted by sereban in technology
    Advertising is a kinda shitty model. It’s very exciting that we’re moving beyond it.
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    Image of Neuroscientist Sam Harris on Drugs and the Meaning of Life
    Neuroscientist Sam Harris on Drugs and the Meaning of Life
    samharris.org link posted by digdug in philosophy
    The power of psychedelics, however, is that they often reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime... I believe that psychedeli...

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    A new look at Hotaru HuntTheme
    editorial posted by sereban in sereban
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    Image of One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer, study suggests
    One dollar blood test using gold nanoparticles outperforms PSA screen for prostate cancer, study suggests
    sciencedaily.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    A test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect early-stage prostate cancer costs less than $1, returns results in minutes and is more accurate than standard PSA screening, pilot studies show. The new t...

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    Image of Yes, the NSA spies on you even through your printer. Here's the Electronic Frontier Foundation's list of printers which do or do not display tracking dots.
    Yes, the NSA spies on you even through your printer. Here's the Electronic Frontier Foundation's list of printers which do or do not display tracking dots.
    eff.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots Warning (Added 2015) Some of the documents that we previously received through FOIA suggested that all major manufacturers of color las...

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    Image of I Don’t Believe in Religious Freedom
    I Don’t Believe in Religious Freedom
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    I don’t believe in religious freedom. Freedom should have nothing to do with one’s religious beliefs or lack thereof. The reason we intuitively have a concept like freedom is because we...

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    Image of Time to get classy. Rain, mood music, and a glowing fireplace makes for a perfect date night of chill and romance
    Time to get classy. Rain, mood music, and a glowing fireplace makes for a perfect date night of chill and romance
    reddit.com link posted by c_prompt in dating
    Submitted on reddit 4 years ago but timeless nonetheless. Get ready for the perfect evening. Good evening gentleman/ladies. Get out your drink of choice. open 3 tabs on your favorite bro...

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    Image of Your 2015 April Fool's Day Spoiler - pranks from around the Internet
    Your 2015 April Fool's Day Spoiler - pranks from around the Internet
    lifehacker.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
    ‘Bout that time again, eh chaps? That’s right-o, it’s April Fool’s Day Again. But you’ve got stuff to do. You don’t have time for any funny business. So we’re here to collect all the...

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    Image of TIL from a dentist how to floss my teeth in one minute - The One Minute Flossing Technique
    TIL from a dentist how to floss my teeth in one minute - The One Minute Flossing Technique
    youtube.com link posted by digdug in todayilearned
    Prevention is the secret to a happy dental life and long term health. Brushing is great but it doesn't remove all the bacterial film between your teeth. Flossing is the key to complete what brushing s...

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    Image of To Win Your World, Risk It All - Invest Everything in Your Vision and Be Willing to Lose It All
    To Win Your World, Risk It All - Invest Everything in Your Vision and Be Willing to Lose It All
    theundercurrent.org link posted by c_prompt in business
    A deeper look at what brought Tony Hsieh, CEO of the online shoe store Zappos.com, billion dollar success.
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    Image of The very best of Will Ferrell
    The very best of Will Ferrell
    lolcrunch.com link posted by alice in funny
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    Image of Ayn Rand Haters Will Hate
    Ayn Rand Haters Will Hate
    huffingtonpost.com link posted by c_prompt in objectivism
    After reading Rand's most famous work, Atlas Shrugged, I find my thoughts on politics and life profoundly inspired. Her characters and philosophical convictions are unapologetically pragmatic and sim...

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    Image of Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting. I loved my mom’s partner, but another mom could never have replaced the father I lost.
    Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting. I loved my mom’s partner, but another mom could never have replaced the father I lost.
    thefederalist.com link posted by digdug in parenting
    Gay community, I am your daughter. My mom raised me with her same-sex partner back in the ’80s and ’90s. She and my dad were married for a little while. She knew she was gay before they got mar...

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    Image of Old school Tinder
    Old school Tinder
    nerve.com link posted by c_prompt in dating
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    Image of The Truth About Ayn Rand: Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, uncovers the hidden history behind the Ayn Rand phenomenon
    The Truth About Ayn Rand: Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, uncovers the hidden history behind the Ayn Rand phenomenon
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in objectivism
    What is the truth behind Ayn Rand, writer of such blockbuster novels as The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, Anthem, and We the Living?
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    Image of "My dad's story": Dream for My Child. Life insurance company MetLife produced a touching video that illustrates the great sacrifices parents make to ensure their child's well-being. Yes, you will cry.
    "My dad's story": Dream for My Child. Life insurance company MetLife produced a touching video that illustrates the great sacrifices parents make to ensure their child's well-being. Yes, you will cry.
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    Have tissues close at hand:
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    Image of Awkward: UN Said Global Warming Would Destroy Nations By 2000. We are now living 15 years after the global warming apocalypse. Image that.
    Awkward: UN Said Global Warming Would Destroy Nations By 2000. We are now living 15 years after the global warming apocalypse. Image that.
    thelibertarianrepublic.com link posted by c_prompt in environment
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    Image of Yo, Hallmark, I got some Valentines for ya
    Yo, Hallmark, I got some Valentines for ya
    renegademothering.com link posted by alice in relationships
    A little late for Valentine's Day but still very funny!
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    Image of Michio Kaku: "Yes there are rogue nations, the principal among them perhaps the United States of America"
    Michio Kaku: "Yes there are rogue nations, the principal among them perhaps the United States of America"
    youtube.com link posted by digdug in politics
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    Image of The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
    The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
    41.media.tumblr.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    Image of It's very dear to me, the issue of gay marriage. Or, as I like to call it: 'marriage.' You know, because I had lunch this afternoon, not gay lunch. I parked my car; I didn't gay park it.
    It's very dear to me, the issue of gay marriage. Or, as I like to call it: 'marriage.' You know, because I had lunch this afternoon, not gay lunch. I parked my car; I didn't gay park it.
    36.media.tumblr.com link posted by c_prompt in relationships
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    750 Words - Write every day. Learn a new habit... and about yourself.
    750words.com link posted by c_prompt in writing
    ★ What is this site about? It's about learning a new habit: Writing. Every. Day. I've long been inspired by an idea I first learned about in The Artist's Way called morning pages. Morning ...

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    TIL the correct (original) understanding of Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken. It was intended as a gentle mocking of indecision.
    en.wikipedia.org link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned
    The final lines "I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference" are often cited as emblematic of America's individualist spirit of adventure, in a reading that assumes the...

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    Symphony of Science - Scientists become rock stars
    symphonyofscience.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    From the About page: Symphony of Science is an online video series created by John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep, which aims to bring scientific knowledge and philosophy to the public, in a novel...

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    Sex - A Lifetime of Jam Sessions. Sex as an improvisation like when musicians come together to play music that's not planned.
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in sex
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    Forget how much it hurts and try again
    41.media.tumblr.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    How to Contemporary Dance (So You Think You Can Dance)
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
    Because I enjoy watching dance, a friend suggested I sample a few So You Think You Can Dance videos. Although I don't deny the talent of the performers, this pretty much explains much of what I saw...

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    Image of Israel's Netanyahu Lied About Iran With Infamous "Clear Red Line" Threat, Mossad Leak Reveals
    Israel's Netanyahu Lied About Iran With Infamous "Clear Red Line" Threat, Mossad Leak Reveals
    zerohedge.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Binyamin Netanyahu’s dramatic declaration to world leaders in 2012 that Iran was about a year away from making a nuclear bomb was contradicted by his own secret service, according to a top-secret Mo...

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    Stephen Fry: What I Wish I'd Known When I Was 18. If work isn't more fun than fun, you're doing it wrong.
    vimeo.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'
    theguardian.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Exclusive: Secret interrogation facility in Chicago reveals creeping aspects of war on terror in US city as accounts describe shackling and brutality without basic rights. The Chicago police de...

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    Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters
    ted.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see -- and write about -- the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States' extensive surveillance of private citizens. In thi...

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    Here are some thoughts you've probably never had before because you are a sane person
    slightlywarped.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
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    Image of Laura Poitras' CITIZENFOUR awarded Oscar for Best Documentary in 2014, and it appears it is now in the public domain because it was provided as evidence in a lawsuit against Edward Snowden. You can download Citizenfour HD here (3.3 GB)
    Laura Poitras' CITIZENFOUR awarded Oscar for Best Documentary in 2014, and it appears it is now in the public domain because it was provided as evidence in a lawsuit against Edward Snowden. You can download Citizenfour HD here (3.3 GB)
    cryptome.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Citizenfour is a 2014 award-winning documentary film directed by Laura Poitras concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal: ​CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras' riveting documentary ab...

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    Where Can I, Mysterious Woman, Sit Alone At A Bar In My Best Dress And Drink? Best cocktails bars in each US state - mixology speakeasy resolved (according to Ask MetaFilter)
    ask.metafilter.com link posted by c_prompt in dating
    Additionally, the spreadsheet of the compiled results (organized by state) is here.
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    This Is How We Date Now
    thoughtcatalog.com link posted by c_prompt in dating
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    Woman Kills Husband in Car Crash, Wins Right to Sue Herself in Utah Court
    thelibertarianrepublic.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    And just when you think the legal system couldn't be more stupid... A darkly absurd tale that could only happen in America.
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    Peter Oborne - Why I have resigned from the Telegraph
    opendemocracy.net link posted by c_prompt in UKpolitics
    The coverage of HSBC in Britain's Daily Telegraph is a fraud on its readers. If major newspapers allow corporations to influence their content for fear of losing advertising revenue, democracy itself...

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    9 American habits I lost when I moved to Germany
    matadornetwork.com link posted by digdug in travel
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    I Work In A Facility For Long-Term Coma Patients. You Won’t Believe What I Got To Do With One Of Them.
    thoughtcatalog.com link posted by digdug in writing
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    What It’s Like To Have An Extremely High IQ?
    johnsimonds.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    “One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.”
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    Image of Jim Carrey on how his late father inspired him to follow his dreams... in 1 minute
    Jim Carrey on how his late father inspired him to follow his dreams... in 1 minute
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    Funnyman, Jim Carrey, was on hand to give a moving commencement address to Maharishi University of Management's class of 2014 in which he revealed how his late father inspired him to follow his dream...

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    25 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Rumi
    purposefairy.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    For those of you who aren’t familiar with Rumi, he was a Persian poet who lived more than 800 years ago and who wrote some of the most beautiful and most profound words that were ever written. There...

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    15 Things That Introverts Would Never Tell You
    higherperspective.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    Very accurate. Take it from a self-proclaimed introvert.
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    Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else (J.M. Barrie)
    ccad.edu link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    They’ve been popping up on campus all semester: intricately worked chalkboard messages with one signature, #dangerdust. Dangerdust has captured the attention of students and taken social m...

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    Image of Guilty until proven innocent: under new British guidelines, men accused of date rape will now be required to show their innocence. Defendants must be able to demonstrate that the complainant said yes to sex and did so "freely and knowingly."
    Guilty until proven innocent: under new British guidelines, men accused of date rape will now be required to show their innocence. Defendants must be able to demonstrate that the complainant said yes to sex and did so "freely and knowingly."
    telegraph.co.uk link posted by c_prompt in UKpolitics
    And those guidelines apply not only when the alleged victim may have been incapacitated by drink or drugs but when she has mental health problems or the accused held some sort of position of power....

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    Ever Wonder What Your Dog Is Thinking?
    viralchecks.com link posted by alice in funny
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    How To Be Alone
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    Image of Creative Dad Turns His 3-Year-Old Daughter’s Sayings Into Hilarious Illustrations
    Creative Dad Turns His 3-Year-Old Daughter’s Sayings Into Hilarious Illustrations
    lowboredom.com link posted by alice in FeelGood
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    Image of Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram
    Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram
    extremetech.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    A bioengineer and geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have successfully stored 5.5 petabits of data — around 700 terabytes — in a single gram of DNA, smashing the previous DNA data density...

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    Image of People often tell reporters things their employers, or their government, want to keep suppressed. But leaking can serve the public interest, fueling revelatory and important journalism. Here is how to leak to The Intercept, a publication strongly committed to publishing stories based on leaked material when that material is newsworthy and serves the public interest
    People often tell reporters things their employers, or their government, want to keep suppressed. But leaking can serve the public interest, fueling revelatory and important journalism. Here is how to leak to The Intercept, a publication strongly committed to publishing stories based on leaked material when that material is newsworthy and serves the public interest
    firstlook.org link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
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    Revised css guidance
    editorial posted by c_prompt in csstemplates
    valME had a major upgrade yesterday. There are a few important changes regarding .css/style sheets. In the past, we've allowed users to add <style> tags to their posts and comments even thou...

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    Image of A tutorial on how to get into an admin account on ANY computer. Golden rule of computer security: if a hacker has physical access to a computer, nothing can stop him.
    A tutorial on how to get into an admin account on ANY computer. Golden rule of computer security: if a hacker has physical access to a computer, nothing can stop him.
    imgur.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
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    WinSun China builds world's first 3D printed villa and tallest 3D printed apartment building
    3ders.org link posted by c_prompt in technology
    On March 29, 2014, ten 3D printed houses, each measuring 200 square meters, appeared in Shanghai, China. The buildings were created entirely out of concrete using a gigantic 3D printer, and each cost...

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    Image of Climate And Truth: A Tale Of Immorality?
    Climate And Truth: A Tale Of Immorality?
    wattsupwiththat.com link posted by digdug in environment
    The most recent aberration of climate science is the apparent cherry picking of ocean temperature data by government scientists, Richard Feely and Christopher Sabine. The objective is not to determ...

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    Image of Epix is offering a free trial of their unlimited movie/TV show streaming service. Requires free account but no credit card info is needed to sign up. (Ends 3/16/15)
    Epix is offering a free trial of their unlimited movie/TV show streaming service. Requires free account but no credit card info is needed to sign up. (Ends 3/16/15)
    epixhd.com link posted by c_prompt in efreebies
    Huge number of free movies. List of all movies is here.
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    Researchers Make BitTorrent Anonymous and Impossible to Shut Down
    torrentfreak.com link posted by c_prompt in hacking Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    While the BitTorrent ecosystem is filled with uncertainty and doubt, researchers at Delft University of Technology have released the first version of their anonymous and decentralized BitTorrent ne...

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    Simple Science Fitness. Burn Fat. Build Muscle. Be Healthy.
    simplesciencefitness.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    Learn how to burn fat and build muscle naturally, backed up by science. The one-stop resource for nutrition and exercise information.
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    Image of TIL "auto-tune" technology transforms many terrible singers into pop stars (a music industry secret no one dares to mention) and the real voice of Britney Spears "hurts to hear"
    TIL "auto-tune" technology transforms many terrible singers into pop stars (a music industry secret no one dares to mention) and the real voice of Britney Spears "hurts to hear"
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in music
    I agree with the HuffPo: Britney Spears' isolated vocal track hurts to hear. I still love the music and think she's a talented performer, but this is disappointing and does take-away some of t...

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    Image of Dick Cheney's "A Few Good Men" moment - Bush knew all about CIA interrogation methods... "Did you order the torture?" "You're God-damn right I did!"
    Dick Cheney's "A Few Good Men" moment - Bush knew all about CIA interrogation methods... "Did you order the torture?" "You're God-damn right I did!"
    bbc.co.uk link posted by digdug in politics
    Do you recall this memorable scene in the movie A Few Good Men? It appears Dick Cheney is now playing Jack Nicholson's character Colonel Jessep. The BBC's headline is "President George W...

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    Image of THePETEBOX Future Loops - Where Is My Mind? - Beatbox Guitar Loop Pedal
    THePETEBOX Future Loops - Where Is My Mind? - Beatbox Guitar Loop Pedal
    youtube.com link posted by alice in music
    This is SO COOL!
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    Image of We Can Have a Just Legal System - Punishment and Proportionality (Assessing the Criminal: Restitution, Retribution, and the Legal Process)
    We Can Have a Just Legal System - Punishment and Proportionality (Assessing the Criminal: Restitution, Retribution, and the Legal Process)
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in anarcho-capitalism
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    Image of You can change your life's direction just by thinking about it
    You can change your life's direction just by thinking about it
    s.quickmeme.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    Image of 11 amazing quotes from theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
    11 amazing quotes from theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
    mentalfloss.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
    1. On His Schooling: "At school, I was never more than about halfway up the class. It was a very bright class. My classwork was very untidy, and my handwriting was the despair of my teacher...

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    You Should Date An Illiterate Girl vs. You Should Date A Girl Who Reads
    blogs.uoregon.edu link posted by alice in dating
    “You Should Date An Illiterate Girl,” by Charles Warnke Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in the weary squalor of a Midwestern bar. Find her in the smoke, drunken sweat, and...

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    You can meet somebody tomorrow who has better intentions for you than someone you've known forever... time means nothing... character does
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in Clarisse88
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    Image of B-Rhymes is a rhyming dictionary that's not stuck up about what does and doesn't rhyme. It gives you words that sound good together even if don't technically rhyme.
    B-Rhymes is a rhyming dictionary that's not stuck up about what does and doesn't rhyme. It gives you words that sound good together even if don't technically rhyme.
    b-rhymes.com link posted by c_prompt in writing
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    Image of Self-change is tough, but not impossible, nor does it have to be traumatic. Here are 10 principles necessary for successful change.
    Self-change is tough, but not impossible, nor does it have to be traumatic. Here are 10 principles necessary for successful change.
    psychologytoday.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    Image of 50 Things Every Girl (and Guy) Needs To Hear
    50 Things Every Girl (and Guy) Needs To Hear
    thoughtcatalog.com link posted by c_prompt in Note to Self
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    Image of 13 Amazing Food & Life Hacks You Need to Know Right Now
    13 Amazing Food & Life Hacks You Need to Know Right Now
    offthemeathook.com link posted by digdug in funny
    My favorites: 1. Keep cake moist by just eating the entire thing in one sitting. 2. How to determine if an egg is fresh: do you remember buying the eggs? If you don’t, they probably are...

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    Image of Civil forfeiture - cops are legally permitted to take stuff away from anyone with near-total impunity. No crime required. Your chances to get it back are slim to none. Last Week Tonight's funny man John Oliver nails it
    Civil forfeiture - cops are legally permitted to take stuff away from anyone with near-total impunity. No crime required. Your chances to get it back are slim to none. Last Week Tonight's funny man John Oliver nails it
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Did you know police can just take your stuff if they suspect it's involved in a crime? They can! It’s a shady process called “civil asset forfeiture,” and it would make for a wei...

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    Pixar's 22 rules to phenomenal storytelling
    imgur.com link posted by c_prompt in writing
    Pixar story artist Emma Coats tweeted a series of "story basics," guidelines learned from her more senior colleagues on how to create appealing stories (images by Imgur user DrClaww):...

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    Image of 25 Of The Most Creative Sculptures And Statues From Around The World
    25 Of The Most Creative Sculptures And Statues From Around The World
    news.distractify.com link posted by alice in FeelGood
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    Image of Dancers among us!
    Dancers among us!
    chicquero.com link posted by alice in FeelGood
    "Dancers are storytellers. They’re trained to capture passion with their bodies. The often create a fantasy world or offer us a deeper look into familiar settings. They bring to life what w...

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    Image of Scientists discover infinite energy: toast always lands butter-side down. Cats always land on their feet...
    Scientists discover infinite energy: toast always lands butter-side down. Cats always land on their feet...
    memedepot.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
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    Image of Thoughts From Within - a poem by Woody Harrelson (with video)
    Thoughts From Within - a poem by Woody Harrelson (with video)
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in anarcho-capitalism
    I sometimes feel like an alien creature, for which there is no earthly explanation. Sure I have human form, walking erect with opposing digits, but my mind is upside down. I...

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    Image of Woody Harrelson: 'I'm an anarchist'
    Woody Harrelson: 'I'm an anarchist'
    usatoday.com link posted by c_prompt in anarcho-capitalism
    And Harrelson himself understands Katniss' unwillingness to live by rules that are meaningless to her. "I'm an anarchist. You've got to defy certain unnecessary rules. But there...

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    Image of Grandmas Smoking Weed for the First Time
    Grandmas Smoking Weed for the First Time
    youtube.com link posted by digdug in funny
    Condensed Version: Extended Cut:
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    Image of The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
    The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
    mises.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Each year at this time school children all over America are taught the official Thanksgiving story, and newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines devote vast amounts of time and space to it. It is all ver...

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    Image of The Search for Exceptional Genomes. They walk among us. Natural experiments, living ordinary lives, unaware that their genes may hold the clue to the next superdrug.
    The Search for Exceptional Genomes. They walk among us. Natural experiments, living ordinary lives, unaware that their genes may hold the clue to the next superdrug.
    technologyreview.com link posted by digdug in science
    Ten years ago, scientists discovered that some people are naturally missing working copies of a gene known as PCSK9. The consequences of the mutation were extraordinary. These people, including a T...

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    What is love's purpose?
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in relationships Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Being young, I don't have as much experience with love as others, yet the ideas around it keep me up at night. Often, I've thought it might be productive to write some of them down. Roma...

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    Image of Environmental Psychology: The study of human nature, reasonable behavior and durable living
    Environmental Psychology: The study of human nature, reasonable behavior and durable living
    www-personal.umich.edu link posted by c_prompt in environment
    TIL what environmental psychology is.
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    Image of NATO 1949: The Origin of an Offensive, Expansionist, Imperialist Military Alliance
    NATO 1949: The Origin of an Offensive, Expansionist, Imperialist Military Alliance
    globalresearch.ca link posted by c_prompt in politics
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, was launched sixty five years ago following the signature of the Atlantic Pact in 1949. The original member states that came together under US tutelage...

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    Image of How a nerdy kid from nowhere self-published a best-seller and got noticed by Google CEO Larry Page and The Wall Street Journal
    How a nerdy kid from nowhere self-published a best-seller and got noticed by Google CEO Larry Page and The Wall Street Journal
    federicopistono.org link posted by c_prompt in teens
    Last week Larry Page, the CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world, and possibly one of the most powerful people on the planet, released an interview with the Financial Times endorsing m...

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    Diane Ackerman on What Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline Taught Her about the Human Spirit
    brainpickings.org link posted by c_prompt in psychology
    Choice is a signature of our species. We choose to live, sometimes we choose our own death, but most of the time we make choices just to prove choice is possible. Above all else, we value the right...

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    Date the Atlas, Not the Shrug
    huffingtonpost.com link posted by c_prompt in dating
    Rule #1: Don't date men you don't admire. He can be the most handsome man, the most fabulous lover, the most attentive partner, the most witty companion, but if you don't admire him (no...

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    Image of 10 Hours of Princess Leia Walking in NYC (parody of the “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” video)
    10 Hours of Princess Leia Walking in NYC (parody of the “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” video)
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
    Lando Calrissian, Han Solo and even filthy Jawas hitting on Princess Leia in a parody of the 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman:
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    Image of The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light
    The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light
    brainpickings.org link posted by c_prompt in science
    In a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind.
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    Daylight
    editorial posted by glassJAw in glassJAw
    tempting time beyond the ridge sunset glow backlit phenomenon greetings exchanged eyes met with glee roar of kinship entwined revelry tanned skin wrinkled by white teeth an...

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    Travel
    editorial posted by glassJAw in glassJAw
    first steps we walk light along the trail backs heavy with burdens stories to tell time passes unassuming gestures accumulate fantasy beckons but remains elusive unending labor...

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    Image of The Progressive Decline of Freedom (includes list of things that were legal in 1975 but are illegal now)
    The Progressive Decline of Freedom (includes list of things that were legal in 1975 but are illegal now)
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    The process by which the progressive mindset causes increases in the size, scope and power of government never ceases. Robert Wenzel, a leading Liberty Movement blogger, posted a list of things th...

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    Running
    editorial posted by glassJAw in glassJAw Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    tightened laces shoes perfectly fitting the form of his feet hood up protection from the harsh weather that awaits presses play the song that's been on repeat for days...

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    Image of Actual election turnout far lower than reported - only one-third of eligible Americans vote
    Actual election turnout far lower than reported - only one-third of eligible Americans vote
    america.aljazeera.com link posted by digdug in politics
    Turnout figures don’t tell the whole story because there are tens of millions of unregistered voting-age Americans. 70 million U.S. citizens of voting age are not currently registered voters. On...

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    This Self-Stabilizing Boat's Deck Is Always Flat, Even in Rough Waters
    wired.com link posted by digdug in sailing
    The Martini boat has an active suspension to make going over waves feel like, well, nothing.
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    Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Average High School Senior
    blogs.wsj.com link posted by digdug in technology
    Artificial intelligence in Japan is getting closer to entering college. AI software scored higher on the English section of Japan’s standardized college entrance test than the average Japanes...

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    How to Lose Weight by Identifying Hidden Sugars in Your Diet
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    Image of Putin to Western elites: Play-time is over. Probably the most important political speech since Churchill's “Iron Curtain” 1946 speech. Russia sees the outbreak of global war as almost inevitable, is prepared for it, and is continuing to prepare for it.
    Putin to Western elites: Play-time is over. Probably the most important political speech since Churchill's “Iron Curtain” 1946 speech. Russia sees the outbreak of global war as almost inevitable, is prepared for it, and is continuing to prepare for it.
    cluborlov.blogspot.fi link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Make sure to read the full transcript at the link. Most people in the English-speaking parts of the world missed Putin's speech at the Valdai conference in Sochi a few days ago, and, chances...

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    Meet The Millennials: All You Ever Wanted To Know About America's Youth, In Charts. This is depressing - their future looks very bleak. Limited job opportunities, high student debt, living with their parents and a state of suspended occupational animation while hoping for better days... how sad.
    zerohedge.com link posted by digdug in politics
    When it comes to the future of the US, the biggest question mark by far is anything relating to the Millennial generation, those Americans born between 1980 and 2000, which happens to be one of the...

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    Robotic through-the-cheek brain surgery now possible inside the all-seeing eye of an MRI
    extremetech.com link posted by digdug in science
    The video from this article is absolutely incredible:
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    Free Redbox codes (1-night DVD rental, 30-cent Blu-ray rental, or 80-cent video game rental) - please leave comment if one is no longer working
    editorial posted by c_prompt in freebies
    Text VALPAK to 727272 (expires Feb 28, 2019) No other codes currently available. Check back often as I will update whenever Redbox provides new ones. The following codes may not work in all cit...

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    An open letter to Bryan Johnson: philosophy - not technology - is the core operating system to improve if you want to change the world
    editorial posted by c_prompt in philosophy Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur extraordinaire. To put it mildly, he's brilliant and an inspiration in so many ways. I recently read his Rewrite the OS, Change the World: A challenge worthy of the g...

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    Image of Guide to Music Crowdfunding - Part 1: Fans with Benefits... "crowdfunding is birthing a market of direct fan sales that’s only growing exponentially'
    Guide to Music Crowdfunding - Part 1: Fans with Benefits... "crowdfunding is birthing a market of direct fan sales that’s only growing exponentially'
    bryank.im link posted by c_prompt in music
    This post is the first in a multi-part series on executing an optimal music crowdfunding campaign, gathered from my hands-on experience at Think Steady Inc. I’ll share a detailed roadmap of best...

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    Free Excel, OpenOffice, and Google Templates and Spreadsheets
    vertex42.com link posted by c_prompt in efreebies
    Great selection of free and very useful templates provided by Vertex42.com, including: Calendars & Schedules Excel Calendar Template Yearly Calendar Template Monthly Calendar...

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    Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People
    academic.udayton.edu link posted by c_prompt in learn
    Learn about music theory with this easy-to-understand online book which includes topics like pitch, rhythm, scales, intervals, and harmonics. Sections address music theory fundamentals, diatonic harmo...

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    Indicting Higher Education in the Arts and Beyond. Why does anyone pursue higher education in the arts?
    hyperallergic.com link posted by c_prompt in art
    There’s one very clear take-away from the latest report released by the collective BFAMFAPhD: people who graduate with arts degrees regularly end up with a lot of debt and incredibly low pros...

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    Image of TIL the US government infected unsuspecting blacks and Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in order to study the effects of the diseases and to experiment with cures, and a scientist is now claiming they did the same with Ebola just before the outbreak
    TIL the US government infected unsuspecting blacks and Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in order to study the effects of the diseases and to experiment with cures, and a scientist is now claiming they did the same with Ebola just before the outbreak
    globalresearch.ca link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned
    Between 1946 and 1948, the United States government under President Harry S. Truman in collaboration with Guatemalan President Juan José Arévalo and his health officials deliberately...

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    CSS change for Bootstrap3
    getbootstrap.com link posted by shibuya246 in SuggestionBox
    It looks like the main container is set as a "container-fluid" which gives full width, but the rows do not need to have "-fluid" on them for bootstrap3. Suggest that the following...

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    GetNotified when something happens
    getnotifiedapp.com link posted by shibuya246 in shibuya246
    Ever wanted to get notified about an upcoming event or get timely news about something happening near you? This site does exactly that. You type in what you want to be kept up-to-date about, and the...

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    US Supplied Saddam’s Germ Weapons - “Of course we know Iraq has chemical weapons. We have the delivery receipts to prove it!”
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Eric Margolis's article is literally and figuratively sickening: While covering Iraq in 1990 – just before the first massive US bombing campaign – I discovered the US and Britain...

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    The origin of smiley faces/emoticons - Smiley Lore :-)
    cs.cmu.edu link posted by digdug in technology
    tl/dr: The original smiley was proposed by Scott Fahlman at at Carnegie Mellon on Sept 19, 1982: 19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-...

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    Are You Eating Enough?
    undergroundmedic.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    A common misconception about weight loss is “eat less, lose faster”. This belief might lead you to make drastic (and potentially dangerous) changes in your diet…changes that can...

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    This Woman Can Sing Multiple Notes At Once!
    io9.com link posted by Clarisse88 in music
    What singer Anne-Maria Hefele is performing is a style of overtone singing, and it's one of the most otherworldly sounding things I've ever heard. The whole thing is worth a watch, but the par...

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    So this one-legged man walks into a bar
    everything2.com link posted by digdug in dating
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    Image of The Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto
    The Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in anarcho-capitalism
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    Is Maleficent an Anarchist Fable?
    mises.org link posted by c_prompt in anarcho-capitalism
    The story of Sleeping Beauty always struck me as a libertarian fable. The central plot demonstrates the impotence of government: Aurora is cursed to prick her finger on a spinning wheel, and he...

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    Is a Cancer Cure Being Suppressed?
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in cancer
    A developmental drug company announced it had obtained Food & Drug Administration approval for an investigational new drug application on July 24, 2013. It’s a Phase I study to test the...

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    Image of Entering the Intelligence Labyrinth
    Entering the Intelligence Labyrinth
    original.antiwar.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
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    Will Russia and China Hold Their Fire?
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
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    Apocalypse Now - Or Apocalypse Later
    original.antiwar.com link posted by digdug in politics
    Another brilliant article by Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com providing great insights into the American political class's imperialism, crony-capitalism, big government plundering, collectivism, hy...

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    Why I Am Not a Member of the American Psychological Association
    chalquist.com link posted by c_prompt in psychology
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    Image of TIL the US Coast Guard can board your boat at any time for any reason effectively just about anywhere. You do not have Fourth Amendment constitutional rights when on a boat. It's called a "suspicionless search." Why? The Revenue Services Act... of 1790.
    TIL the US Coast Guard can board your boat at any time for any reason effectively just about anywhere. You do not have Fourth Amendment constitutional rights when on a boat. It's called a "suspicionless search." Why? The Revenue Services Act... of 1790.
    sailfeed.com link posted by c_prompt in sailing
    Per two statutes, 14 U.S.C. § 89(a)2 and 19 U.S.C. §1581(a), the US Coast Guard has virtually unlimited authority to stop, board, and search vessels without any suspicion of wrongdoing. No...

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    Image of I'm offering free editing services. Do you have a blog but aren't the best writer? Want to enhance your dating profile? Need a review of your turnpaper before submitting to your professor? Write something and I'll suggest edits for you.
    I'm offering free editing services. Do you have a blog but aren't the best writer? Want to enhance your dating profile? Need a review of your turnpaper before submitting to your professor? Write something and I'll suggest edits for you.
    editorial posted by c_prompt in writing
    Title says it all. A sample of my writing: https://valme.io/all/user/c_prompt/only/editorials. Just post what you've written into your own /journal community (for example, this is my journal commu...

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    Image of President Obama needs your help starting World War III! Find out how you can help! Help Obama Kickstart World War III!
    President Obama needs your help starting World War III! Find out how you can help! Help Obama Kickstart World War III!
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
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    Call the Anti-Police: Ending the State's "Security" Monopoly
    freedominourtime.blogspot.com link posted by digdug in libertarian
    "How would things be different,” muses Dale Brown of the Detroit-based Threat Management Center, “if police officers were given financial rewards and commendations for resolving da...

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    A Fan Asks Mike Rowe For Career Advice...He Didn't Expect This Response, But It's Brilliant.
    news.distractify.com link posted by c_prompt in jobs
    After comparing him to a 42-year old woman who can't find the "right man... a soul-mate from her zip code," actor and comedian Mike Rowe (best known as the host of Discovery Channel'...

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    Deep Habits: The Importance of Planning Every Minute of Your Work Day
    calnewport.com link posted by c_prompt in business
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    Are Passions Serendipitously Discovered or Painstakingly Constructed?
    calnewport.com link posted by c_prompt in jobs
    What is Passion Common to most peoples’ thoughts about passion are the following three foundational beliefs: To feel passionate about something is to be engaged and fulfilled by work...

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    Beyond Passion: The Science of Loving What You Do
    calnewport.com link posted by c_prompt in jobs
    At a high level, SDT [Self-Determination Theory] makes a simple claim: To be happy, your work must fulfill three universal psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. In m...

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    Ignorance and Myopia
    jasonstotts.com link posted by c_prompt in sex
    I think the ignorance that surrounds sex is absolutely astounding. People tend to think that the way we think about and view sex here in our culture and time is the way it’s always been and...

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    On Homophobia
    jasonstotts.com link posted by c_prompt in sex
    Our category of identity traps us into its mold and this mold helps to shape our thoughts and behaviors. In this case, it is very much the person’s identification of himself as heterosexual...

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    Image of How much $1 used to get you. Don't worry. Inflation is well-contained according to your friends at the Federal Reserve.
    How much $1 used to get you. Don't worry. Inflation is well-contained according to your friends at the Federal Reserve.
    theburningplatform.com link posted by c_prompt in economics
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    Image of Artificial spleen cleans up blood
    Artificial spleen cleans up blood
    nature.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    Researchers have developed a high-tech method to rid the body of infections - even those caused by unknown pathogens. A device inspired by the spleen can quickly clean blood of everything from Escheri...

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    What's right with Hermione
    boingboing.net link posted by c_prompt in teens
    14-year-old Naomi Horn says the heroine of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series remains a depressingly rare example of a fictional female respected for her education and intelligence. In Hermione&rsqu...

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    Image of Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors
    Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors
    telegraph.co.uk link posted by digdug in psychology
    Memories may be passed down through generations in DNA in a process that may be the underlying cause of phobias
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    Image of Peter Schiff: How the Media Deceived Me - Jon Stewart's The Daily Show interviewed him for four hours and then condensed it down to a few minutes by piecing unrelated segments together to make him look like a monster
    Peter Schiff: How the Media Deceived Me - Jon Stewart's The Daily Show interviewed him for four hours and then condensed it down to a few minutes by piecing unrelated segments together to make him look like a monster
    thedailybell.com link posted by c_prompt in entertainment
    From the article: But the woman who interviewed me from "The Daily Show," one of the things she mentioned in that four-hour interview was that she was a socialist, a Marxist. Of course...

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    Image of The Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy
    The Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy
    substance.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    The US public health establishment buries overwhelming evidence that abstinence is a cause of heart disease and early death. People deserve to know that alcohol gives most of us a higher life expecta...

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    Scientists discover how to ‘switch off’ autoimmune diseases
    bris.ac.uk link posted by digdug in science
    Scientists have made an important breakthrough in the fight against debilitating autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis by revealing how to stop cells attacking healthy body tissue. Rather tha...

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    Image of Stanford scientists develop water splitter that runs on ordinary AAA battery
    Stanford scientists develop water splitter that runs on ordinary AAA battery
    news.stanford.edu link posted by c_prompt in environment
    Hongjie Dai and colleagues have developed a cheap, emissions-free device that uses a 1.5-volt battery to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen gas could be used to power fuel cells in zer...

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    Image of Why Do People Trust Wikipedia? Because An Argument Is Better Than A Lecture
    Why Do People Trust Wikipedia? Because An Argument Is Better Than A Lecture
    techdirt.com link posted by digdug in politics
    Many people trust Wikipedia much more than "official" encyclopedias and traditional news sources. Well, no shit. That's because, as I've been trying to scream at you people for...

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    Unschooling - The Case for Setting Your Kids Into the Wild
    outsideonline.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    As a growing movement of unschoolers believe, a steady diet of standardized testing and indoor inactivity is choking the creativity right out of our kids. The alternative: set 'em free.
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    Image of If you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
    If you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in FeelGood
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    Why I'm Leaving Google After Only 9 Months
    troysultan.com link posted by c_prompt in business
    I’d enter college as a biology major with the ambition of becoming a doctor. But ‘being a doctor’ in my head went something like this: I‘d graduate med school, hire a bunch...

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    Image of The Drone That Will Sail Itself Around the World
    The Drone That Will Sail Itself Around the World
    wired.com link posted by c_prompt in sailing
    The quest to build a drone that can make its way around the globe -- no crew necessary.
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    The history of “scientist”
    thonyc.wordpress.com link posted by c_prompt in science
    First coined by William Whewell at the third annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1833 in response to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s strongly expressed objectio...

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    Image of Rand on the Middle East
    Rand on the Middle East
    lewrockwell.com link posted by digdug in objectivism
    By Murray N. Rothbard First published in The Libertarian Forum, December 1971. The neo-Randian weekly newspaper Ergo has given us a detailed account of Miss Rand’s answers during a questi...

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    On Polysexuality (Revised)
    jasonstotts.com link posted by c_prompt in sex
    by Jason Stotts Summary: Our language related to sex must be expanded to capture all of the variations that we see in real life. And we need to understand this because sex is good and a valua...

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    Why Art Became Ugly
    atlassociety.org link posted by c_prompt in art
    Why has the art world of the twentieth-century adopted the ugly and the offensive? When has art in the twentieth century said anything encouraging about human relations, about mankind's potential...

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    Image of Word Crimes - Weird Al’s New Video Teaches Grammar Using Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’
    Word Crimes - Weird Al’s New Video Teaches Grammar Using Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in writing
    From the Wired article: Set to the tune of disgraced crooner Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” we present you with “Word Crimes,” a takedown of English language abuse...

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    Image of Teachers Pay Teachers - an online marketplace where teachers get paid for the educational resources they create for their own classes
    Teachers Pay Teachers - an online marketplace where teachers get paid for the educational resources they create for their own classes
    teacherspayteachers.com link posted by digdug in teaching
    Thought some of you would find this interesting considering what you're trying to accomplish on valME. This website has 1,000,000 free and priced teaching resources created by teachers where you...

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    Image of FlyteNow - an online flight-sharing service that allows you to go flying with local pilots. Cool idea.
    FlyteNow - an online flight-sharing service that allows you to go flying with local pilots. Cool idea.
    flytenow.com link posted by c_prompt in frugal
    Flytenow gets you rides in small planes with local pilots. Thousands of private pilots fly every day with empty seats in their planes. We connect you with them so you can join in their round tri...

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    Image of The Topography of Tears
    The Topography of Tears
    rose-lynnfisher.com link posted by digdug in science
    The Topography of Tears is a study of 100 tears photographed through a standard light microscope. The project began in a period of personal change, loss, and copious tears. One day I wondered if my te...

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    Image of At least 80% of all audio calls are recorded and stored in the US by the NSA
    At least 80% of all audio calls are recorded and stored in the US by the NSA
    theguardian.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control. At least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US, says whistleblower William Binney, one of the highest-l...

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    Image of A recent, partially Army-funded study conscripted Facebook users as unwitting participants during a weeklong experiment in direct emotional manipulation. Stop acting so surprised. It's Facebook after all.
    A recent, partially Army-funded study conscripted Facebook users as unwitting participants during a weeklong experiment in direct emotional manipulation. Stop acting so surprised. It's Facebook after all.
    techcrunch.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    A recent, partially Army-funded study conscripted Facebook users as unwitting participants during a weeklong experiment in direct emotional manipulation. The study set out to discover if the emotio...

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    Image of The Ethics of Entrepreneurship and Profit
    The Ethics of Entrepreneurship and Profit
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in anarcho-capitalism
    By Hans-Hermann Hoppe June 23, 2014 In the most fundamental sense we are all, with each of our actions, always and invariably profit-seeking entrepreneurs. Whenever we act, we employ some...

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    Image of Yo, the dumbphone application. Why do we celebrate ignorance?
    Yo, the dumbphone application. Why do we celebrate ignorance?
    editorial posted by c_prompt in technology Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    "Yo." "Yo." Talk about a bunch of yo-yos. This is what some savvy investors consider a $1 million idea. One person sending a one-syllable slang word to another. How many of you think that's bri...

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    More punk, less hell!
    tagesanzeiger.ch link posted by  c_prompt in anarchism
    An extraordinary political experiment took place in Iceland: anarchists governed the capital city of Reykjavik for four years – and the amateurs achieved some astonishing successes. When Richard...

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    Don’t Walk Away from War - It's Not the American Way
    original.antiwar.com link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    Amazing article by Tom Engelhardt: The United States has been at war – major boots-on-the-ground conflicts and minor interventions, firefights, air strikes, drone assassination campaigns,...

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    Image of Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
    Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
    news.usc.edu link posted by c_prompt in health
    In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an organ or system, a study in the June 5 issue of the Cell Stem Cell shows that cycles of prolonged fasti...

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    Dearest Daughter: My Graduation Card to You
    editorial posted by c_prompt in c_prompt
    My daughter is graduating from eighth grade today. I bought her a card and gift, both which reflect a few of my fundamental wishes for her. Despite spending $6.00 for the card (why are cards so ex...

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    Teaching Kids the Value of Money
    drhurd.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    The best way to raise financially responsible children is to teach them cause and effect. The idea is simple: Give kids logical consequences and explanations for your decisions. When possible, include...

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    Image of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Oliver Sacks) - The President's Speech
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Oliver Sacks) - The President's Speech
    junkfoodforthought.com link posted by c_prompt in psychology
    ROFL. This is not only hysterical but also incredibly insightful. tl/dr: Some people who have language disorders are unable to understand the meaning of words. Instead, they rely on facial express...

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    Image of Stephen Colbert Takes On Amazon's Ridiculous Photography Patent
    Stephen Colbert Takes On Amazon's Ridiculous Photography Patent
    libertycrier.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    It’s always a pleasure when anything patent-related enters the mainstream. Recently, Stephen Colbert took on the absurd inventions that companies attempt to patent. In this case, the host of...

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    Image of 'I Fought For Your Right To Freedom Of Speech So Sit Down And Shut Up Before I Punch You!'
    'I Fought For Your Right To Freedom Of Speech So Sit Down And Shut Up Before I Punch You!'
    libertycrier.com link posted by c_prompt in libertarian
    This happened in January of this year. It’s so sad that someone who claims to have fought for the right to free speech now fights to suppress it. This soldier is much more a traitor than a &ldqu...

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    Why Is Junk Food So Addictive? How to Eliminate Junk Food Cravings for Good
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in food
    Americans’ reliance on processed foods and snacks is undoubtedly one of the primary factors driving our skyrocketing obesity and disease rates. Even many people who “know better” ha...

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    Image of Sound and Touch Collide
    Sound and Touch Collide
    nautil.us link posted by c_prompt in psychology
    Humans have five distinct senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. For decades, researchers have thought that each sense is processed separately in the cortex, or outer layers of the brain, and...

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    Image of SOLVED: Windows 7 Media Player "play to" doesn't work with WDTV Live and McAfee firewall
    SOLVED: Windows 7 Media Player "play to" doesn't work with WDTV Live and McAfee firewall
    editorial posted by c_prompt in windows
    It took me days to figure out a solution to this, so I'm posting for others who run across this issue. McAfee support (which stinks) didn't know how to solve it and I didn't find a soluti...

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    Is This How We'll Cure Cancer?
    forbes.com link posted by c_prompt in cancer
    With a radical new treatment, Joseph Jimenez is dedicating Novartis to one overarching mission: vanquishing mankind's ancient adversary. Its breakthrough might be the most tangible... ever....

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    Image of Why I won’t work for Google
    Why I won’t work for Google
    qnrq.se link posted by digdug in technology
    Brilliant response from Niklas Femerstrand to Google's attempt to recruit him.
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    Image of Have you heard about Common Core? The chilling truth behind these new national educational "standards" will terrify you.
    Have you heard about Common Core? The chilling truth behind these new national educational "standards" will terrify you.
    youtu.be link posted by c_prompt in education
    I had to pause this video a few times to allow myself to calm down. This isn't new. I started researching the genesis of "new math" and "everyday math" back in 2007 when I...

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    If You Meet John Galt On The Road, Kill Him
    thedailybell.com link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    John Galt is the protagonist of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged and expresses her vision of the ideal man. The title of this article flashed at me during a discussion with a fellow who argued a...

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    Image of TIL the rock band Van Halen once stipulated in contracts that they be provided with a bowl of M&Ms backstage with all brown candies removed to test if the venue and production crew read the contract. If they didn't, there was likely a technical error that would be life-threatening.
    TIL the rock band Van Halen once stipulated in contracts that they be provided with a bowl of M&Ms backstage with all brown candies removed to test if the venue and production crew read the contract. If they didn't, there was likely a technical error that would be life-threatening.
    snopes.com link posted by peace_on_earth in todayilearned
    Van Halen was the first band to take huge productions into tertiary, third-level markets. We'd pull up with nine eighteen-wheeler trucks, full of gear, where the standard was three trucks, max....

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    A controversial test for self-awareness is dividing the animal kingdom.
    nautil.us link posted by Stavros in psychology
    “It’s not the ability to recognize yourself in a mirror that is important,” he would come to believe. “It’s what that says about your ability to conceive of yourself in t...

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    Making images responsive (shrinking automatically on mobile)
    editorial posted by peace_on_earth in csstemplates
    A question was raised by someone as to how to make images responsive on mobile devices. valME.io uses Twitter's Bootstrap for its .css, and it's wonderful. To make images responsive, you only...

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    A Tale of Two Children: The Stolen Generations, Then and Now
    editorial posted by digdug in mens rights
    Albert Einstein theorized that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes from one form to another. In physics, this became known as the Law of the Conservation of Energy. Many a ph...

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    Leadership Theory - Empathy and the Benefits of Failures, Crises, and Traumas
    editorial posted by c_prompt in business
    I was speaking with someone the other day (let's call her Jane), learning more about her life experiences. When getting to know potential friends, I have minimal interest in their family, frien...

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    Why You're My Friend
    editorial posted by c_prompt in relationships Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    I enjoy writing. It helps me think and organize my thoughts. It prompts me to constantly ask why. The other day, I discussed with someone the difficulty I was having selecting a topic to write abou...

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    Online Fantasy Relationships? Are You Kidding Me?
    editorial posted by c_prompt in relationships Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Odd. How else can you possibly describe romantic relationships that completely exist virtually in an online fantasy world? SecondLife (SL) is a virtual environment where people socialize a...

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    Freewill: You Never Forget Your First Love
    editorial posted by b_independent in objectivism
    Her name was Nicky Romashko. Though I'm having a hard time remembering our ages (probably about 10), it was sometime during grade school that I experienced my first love. If you'll allow me the pun,...

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    Top 10 Reasons Libertarians Aren't Nice To You
    christophercantwell.com link posted by digdug in libertarian
    I typically ignore top-10 lists as most are stupid. This one, however, is brilliant and wonderfully accurate.
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    Image of TIL that, only after millions of Jews were herded into railroad cars destined for death and the remaining in dilapidated ghetto housing, a small resistance (ZOB) organized. It was wiped out within a month. Too little, too late. Lesson: pay attention and don't wait too long to resist.
    TIL that, only after millions of Jews were herded into railroad cars destined for death and the remaining in dilapidated ghetto housing, a small resistance (ZOB) organized. It was wiped out within a month. Too little, too late. Lesson: pay attention and don't wait too long to resist.
    jewishvirtuallibrary.org link posted by digdug in todayilearned
    It's so sad and fascinating to learn about the Holocaust. There are so many lessons, all at the cost of death, that we ignore. I think it difficult to fault people (including myself) who never pr...

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    Image of You won't find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom; in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because it is too efficient
    You won't find the 300 MPG Volkswagen XL1 in an American showroom; in fact it has even been denied a tour of America because it is too efficient
    jimstonefreelance.com link posted by peace_on_earth in environment
    I hesitated to post the link to REALITY: 300 mpg from a normal production car - the Volkswagen XL1 because it was difficult to verify the claim about being denied entrance into the US (especially g...

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    Responsive videos template - make sure users can see the full screen of the video on multiple devices
    editorial posted by c_prompt in csstemplates
    Based on this excellent idea, some of us have been including style sheets (.css) in posts to make content look a whole lot nicer. However, I noticed that videos weren't showing properly on posts when...

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    Image of I lack imagination
    I lack imagination
    editorial posted by c_prompt in gaming Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    So much brouhaha over Facebook acquiring a game manufacturer. It's a great reminder of where the revenues from your ad clicks and no-longer-private data are being spent. More fun and games. Mor...

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    Live long and prosper - the philosophy of Star Trek
    editorial posted by b_independent in philosophy
    Stephen Fry once quipped that "most of human history and art can be expressed in Star Trek plots." So much about story-telling is presenting different philosophies in various contexts and describin...

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    Dying for love - immature vs. mature love
    editorial posted by b_independent in objectivism
    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. At least six... For some things in life, there are objective standards (e.g., what constitutes your right hand from your left hand). For other concepts...

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    Twelve Virtues of Rationality
    yudkowsky.net link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to rel...

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    Life is not read-only
    lifesnotreadonly.net link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    They say it is piracy. Downright stealing from other people, that’s what downloading is. You’re taking something for sale and not paying for it. Do you shoplift, or break into houses?...

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    PostHuman: An Introduction To Transhumanism
    biops.co.uk link posted by c_prompt in health
    I love this subject, and this is a useful introductory video by the British Institute of Posthuman Studies if you're unfamiliar with transhumanism. It discusses super longevity, super intelligence...

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    IKEA vs Apple
    fixr.com link posted by command_line in apple
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    Jello shots in orange peels - the "kids" will love them
    editorial posted by c_prompt in food
    This goes out to a favorite local watering hole. Considering one of your key segments is consumers recently out of college, no doubt these will bring back good memories... that is, if you load them wi...

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    Image of From Bump to Buzz
    From Bump to Buzz
    youtu.be link posted by peace_on_earth in FeelGood
    We took photos every day through the 9 months of our pregnancy, this is the result (plus a little song I wrote called "Something New").
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    Our Comrade The Electron
    static.pinboard.in link posted by c_prompt in technology
    The astonishing history of the amazing visionary and Russian engineer Lev Sergeyevich Termen, the pure awesomeness of the theremin he invented, and how technology can concentrate power and be used to...

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    Image of Enough of this nonsense. As this molecular biologist states, cancer cells commit suicide when exposed to the primary psychoactive component of marijuana (THC). Marijuana laws must be eliminated.
    Enough of this nonsense. As this molecular biologist states, cancer cells commit suicide when exposed to the primary psychoactive component of marijuana (THC). Marijuana laws must be eliminated.
    vimeo.com link posted by c_prompt in cancer
    With tears in my eyes that make it difficult to read what I type, I'm infuriated. My sister, who died of cancer at a young age, used to explain to me in confidence that she smoked marijuana bec...

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    How Blogging Can Advance Your Career - A Personal Perspective
    twintechs.com link posted by peace_on_earth in writing
    if you’re not sharing your ideas, code, solutions to problems, and the like via a blog or other social content tools then you’re doing yourself a disservice. When I look back at how I...

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    Crypto for everyone. Crypto 101 is an introductory course on cryptography, freely available for programmers of all ages and skill levels.
    crypto101.io link posted by peace_on_earth in hacking
    Start to finish: Comes with everything you need to understand complete systems such as SSL/TLS: block ciphers, stream ciphers, hash functions, message authentication codes, public key encrypt...

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    Introducing Me To European Nudity
    2famous.tv link posted by peace_on_earth in peace_on_earth
    The neurotic journey of moving to Europe and taking all my clothes off in Germany
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    A young girl's life gets turned upside-down. This could be your daughter. Children are victims of conflicts around the world. Stop supporting war actively or through ignorance. Yes, you.
    youtube.com link posted by peace_on_earth in peace_on_earth
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    Kids Bowl Free All Summer Long
    kidsbowlfree.com link posted by peace_on_earth in freebies
    Registered kids receive 2 free games of bowling every day all summer long (valued at over $500 per child)
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    Good form - etiquette and manners in conversation
    books.google.com link posted by b_independent in relationships
    Some people make such a fuss about having good manners. But perhaps there is good reason for doing so. Proper etiquette is a way to show that you care about someone. It also helps people feel more...

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    Idealism vs. pragmatism - the idealism/pragmatism dichotomy
    objectivism101.com link posted by b_independent in objectivism
    There's a joke in philosophy that goes like this: The First Law of Philosophy: For every philosopher, there exists an equal and opposite philosopher. The Second Law of Philosophy: They...

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    A letter from Guantanamo: 'Nobody can truly understand how we suffer'
    aljazeera.com link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    Al-Alwi describes the humiliating and brutal treatment he suffers at Guantanamo. Alwi is a Yemeni national who has been in US custody since 2002. He was one of the very first prisoners moved to Guanta...

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    Good resource to practice math and English (K - 12)
    ixl.com link posted by c_prompt in teens
    IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 3,000 math and English topics. An adaptive learning system, featuring games and awards, inspires students to achieve.
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    Skip The Hedge Fund: We Need Young People To Take Risks And Build Inspiring Things
    fastcoexist.com link posted by c_prompt in business
    Our definition of success has become narrow, boring, and limited. If we want young people to be creative and innovative, we need to reward them for it.
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    How to observe reality
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in philosophy
    Observing reality truthfully is an essential tool for human development. It is the tool that allows us to act in accordance with our environment, to modify it, and to enrich our lives. Observing re...

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    How to draw an apple
    valme.io link posted by Clarisse88 in drawing
    Whenever I've thought about art during my life, I've considered the development techniques an important part, no matter the area (e.g., painting, writing, photography, sculpture, film). Lea...

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    Integrity and Art
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in art Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    I assume we have all wondered about the meaning of integrity at one point or another in our lives. This idea has always been in my mind, and that's why I've decided to write a little essay...

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    Lying - The Death of Happiness
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in philosophy Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    From the time of our birth, we are victims to an infamous string of lies. Our innocence was used against us as an incubator for ignorance. We took the blue pill. In the graveyard of our minds, upon...

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    Camino
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in atheism
    "Do you want me to pray for you to die as well?" (Camino) At age 17, I stopped believing in God. There wasn't any specific reason that I could identify. I just starting thinking ab...

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    Self Reflections in Art
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in Clarisse88 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Art is a reflection of what we are. It is the essence of our own existence, the key that leads us to the world outside, and it returns to us a door leading inside ourselves. Creating art is to inve...

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    Absolutism vs. relativism - is truth subjective?
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in philosophy Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Nowadays, relativism is a philosophy acclaimed by many; they defend it as a natural human truth and develop a way of living based on it. Whenever I hear or read a relativist, I feel the profound wi...

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    valME transaction costs
    editorial posted by c_prompt in FAQ
    Transaction costs are currently set as follows, but may change. (Yes, of course, if they change, we’ll update them here.) Also, sponsor accounts have the capability to change the prices of post a...

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    [NSFW] If you only had x days to live, what would you do?
    editorial posted by b_independent in askvalME
    Perhaps it's cliché, but it is said there aren't any second chances in life. Religious beliefs aside, you get one shot at life and that's it. Death is inevitable. There isn't...

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    Let's teach kids philosophy. You really can't start too soon, I've found.
    thetyee.ca link posted by b_independent in teens
    Suppose I said "Love is the answer to the question. Now, what is the question?" To consider this requires you to think abstractly. You likely wouldn't ask this question to a child, but why not? Pe...

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    How Stanley Kubrick Faked the Apollo Moon Landings
    realitysandwich.com link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
    The great filmmaker Stanley Kubrick is the genius who directed the hoaxed landings.
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    Everything You Know About Fitness Is a Lie
    mensjournal.com link posted by c_prompt in fitness
    Gym machines are boring, CrossFit is sadistic, and dieting sucks. Luckily, none of them is essential to being truly fit. Through years of trial and error — and humiliation at the hands of some o...

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    Why complicate life?
    editorial posted by alice in alice
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    Over 5,000 Ph.D. graduates work as janitors – Why?
    whenyouputitthatway.com link posted by c_prompt in education
    As more and more try to attend colleges, either college degrees will be watered down (something already happening I suspect) or drop-out rates will rise. The relentless claims of the Obama adminis...

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    Don’t you dare tell my daughter she’s 'pretty'
    telegraph.co.uk link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    A pair of 'gender specific' posters for little girls and boys has made Belinda Parmar's blood boil. While her son is told to 'build a fort and 'climb trees', her daughter is to...

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    15 adorable relationship tips from kids
    studentbeans.com link posted by peace_on_earth in dating
    What do most people do on a date?
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    If the government is doing nothing wrong, then it has nothing to fear
    politicalirony.com link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
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    Why I No Longer Give Away My Music | On the Commons
    onthecommons.org link posted by digdug in music
    How the digital music biz makes it difficult for musicians to offer free downloads By Bob Ostertag Bob Ostertag’s article (below) about how the music industry makes it increasingly di...

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    A No-Excuses Guide to Blogging
    sachachua.com link posted by digdug in writing
    I can't tell you the number of times I've spoken with people who have such amazing ideas... that they keep to themselves. I try to encourage them to write a blog. "I'm not a go...

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    The Face Behind Bitcoin: Satoshi Nakamoto is... Satoshi Nakamoto (sans paywall)
    archive.is link posted by c_prompt in bitcoin
    The originator of bitcoin is found according to Newsweek.
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    Math exercise - expand.
    viralcircus.com link posted by c_prompt in funny
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    Does being rich impose a moral obligation?
    utilitarian.net link posted by b_independent in philosophy
    In George Orwell's allegory Animal Farm, he made the point that we're all equal, but some "are more equal than others." In a society where the vast majority of wealth is now owned...

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    What's scientific about political science? Nothing.
    lewrockwell.com link posted by b_independent in politics
    They call it political science. They study things such as the origins of the state, history, political ideologies, law, war, taxes, regulation, international relations, and free trade. They claim t...

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    Stupid questions and how to make them better
    faculty.gvc.edu link posted by b_independent in philosophy
    It is said that there's no such thing as a stupid question. While some of us will beg to differ (e.g., how many times do people ask questions they already know the answers to, and not in the rh...

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    What is the meaning of life?
    1.bp.blogspot.com link posted by b_independent in philosophy
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    Mental masturbation - what is the relevance of philosophy?
    exacteditions.com link posted by b_independent in philosophy
    How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? That's a metaphor for suggesting that someone is wasting time debating topics of no practical value. Philosophers are sometimes accused of...

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    What makes a good atheist? What an atheist ought to stand for
    infidels.org link posted by b_independent in atheism
    According to the Bible, dying is the beginning of eternity where heaven or hell await. According to an atheist, death is the end of all experiences and nothing exists beyond the universe. There is...

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    Jaded from dating - reasons why I cannot love you
    thoughtcatalog.com link posted by b_independent in dating
    Why is dating so difficult? Perhaps a parable will help explain: An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life... "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy....

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    Will real anarchists please step forward?
    editorial posted by b_independent in anarchism Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Anarchy is messed up. There are many different factions claiming to be anarchists and most don't seem to have a clue as to what they are talking about. Additionally, far too many incorrectly as...

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    Ladies first - men, please say chivalry isn't dead
    telegraph.co.uk link posted by b_independent in relationships
    In good society, there are general rules for polite behavior that facilitate relationships, and good relationships help us live better lives. Society works better when people have manners, act civi...

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    TIL why alcohol makes you dizzy
    youtu.be link posted by b_independent in todayilearned
    Alcohol dilutes your blood (i.e., makes it less dense) because alcohol is lighter than water. Alcohol-soaked blood builds up more quickly in your ears than elsewhere in the body, and that throws off...

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    Study: Most women fake orgasms- but why? About 60% of women in survey report having faked orgasm during intercourse or oral sex
    cbsnews.com link posted by b_independent in sex
    Sex therapists think that your fantasies of marathon sex romps aren't realistic. They think that "desirable" sex should last from 7 - 13 minutes. As men take about five minutes to org...

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    No longer conspiracy theory: the 1% who control the world
    arxiv.org link posted by b_independent in conspiracy
    Thank you for confirming what, intuitively and through events, we already knew: there are a small group of companies - primarily banks - that control most all of the power and wealth in the global...

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    TIL marijuana wasn't illegal in the US until 1937
    norml.org link posted by b_independent in todayilearned
    Today I learned that marijuana, "the most widely used illicit substance in the world," was not illegal in the United States until 1937, the law was debated only 90 seconds, the American M...

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    [NSFW] Sex in The Fountainhead - The Rape of Ayn Rand
    editorial posted by b_independent in sex
    Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. One of the greatest books of all time. Though Atlas Shrugged is, by far, the better book (considered the second-most influential book after the Bible), it's all...

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    Stephen Wolfram's Introduction to the Wolfram Language
    youtu.be link posted by c_prompt in programming
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    Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures
    elements.wlonk.com link posted by digdug in teens
    Inspired by this post, these colorful, fun, and informative periodic tables are great for elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as adults.
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    Propoganda: Ninety-five minutes of being slapped about the face of your core beliefs as a Westerner
    youtube.com link posted by digdug in politics
    So What Happens When You Make a Fake North Korean Propaganda Film?
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    I'm not a scientist nor engineer nor mathematician. But I wish I was. It's so romantic.
    editorial posted by c_prompt in science
    I've just watched a physics video that made me discover something important about myself. Had I better teachers growing up, I'd be a scientist now instead of a business technologist. I'...

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    Mt. Gox and Bitcoin users: remember, remember the 3rd of October (2008)
    editorial posted by digdug in bitcoin Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Back in 2008, a law was enacted of which, even the name itself, sounded like it was straight out of an Ayn Rand novel. Legally, it's known as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008....

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    How Bitcoin Works Under the Hood
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in bitcoin
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    The genesis of valME.io - what were you thinking?
    editorial posted by command_line in FAQ
    Social networking is great. Well, it's great for people who like to be social. Come to think of it, it's great even for people who don't like to be social. Social networks, from...

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    Trader Joe’s shrugged
    vvdailypress.com link posted by b_independent in objectivism
    The successful efforts of a community activist group to scuttle a planned Trader Joe’s development in an economically distressed neighborhood of Northeast Portland, Ore., illustrates the depths...

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    Adding lemon to green tea significantly increases the health benefits
    lifehacker.com link posted by peace_on_earth in food
    Green tea is an amazing elixir. You might be able to reap even more health benefits from your cup of tea by adding lemon, according to a few studies. Catechins, the main health compound in tea tied to...

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    Is There a True Code of Manliness? The 3 P’s of Manhood: Protect
    artofmanliness.com link posted by b_independent in AskMen
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    How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations
    firstlook.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    The proof is now in the open: government is infiltrating websites to "deny, disrupt, degrade, deceive." Someone owes an apology to conspiracy "theorists."
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    TIL a mouse pointer is always at an angle because low resolution displays (33 years ago) made it next to impossible to see it when it was vertical
    ux.stackexchange.com link posted by c_prompt in todayilearned
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    American is not the greatest country in the world anymore. The most honest three and a half minutes of television, EVER...
    youtube.com link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    (The full opening scene to the Pilot Episode of HBO's The Newsroom is found here.)
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    Image of TIL that TIL is only allowed in TIL
    TIL that TIL is only allowed in TIL
    editorial posted by digdug in todayilearned
    I enjoyed writing The Cost to Connect - Internet Prices Around the World. (Doing the research? Not so much.) I posted it to /r/technology on reddit with the title "TIL the best Internet va...

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    Is Bitcoin the Key to Digital Copyright?
    reason.com link posted by digdug in bitcoin
    The technology behind Bitcoin may allow for controlled sharing and transfer of digital assets. tl/dr: Bitcoin is at root a decentralized public ledger, and what it allows for the first time i...

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    Image of The Cost to Connect - Internet Prices Around the World
    The Cost to Connect - Internet Prices Around the World
    editorial posted by digdug in technology Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Embarrassing. Abysmal. Pathetic. These are the words that used to come to mind when I considered Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the US. To me, they seemed so slow and costly. Then I did some...

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    Image of TIL which countries make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), the difference between the United Kingdom (four countries) and Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), and that it's all ridiculously complex
    TIL which countries make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), the difference between the United Kingdom (four countries) and Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), and that it's all ridiculously complex
    youtube.com link posted by b_independent in todayilearned
    Damn politics. Also, here's a useful United Kingdom Venn Diagram from CGPGrey.
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    Image of Ukraine Is Responsible For Its Demise… But We All May Suffer
    Ukraine Is Responsible For Its Demise… But We All May Suffer
    lewrockwell.com link posted by digdug in politics
    Ukraine is an utter disaster. A few thousand violent rebels in a country of more than 40 million have turned Kiev into a post-apocalyptic hell, where the government is incapable of restoring order, i...

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    Economics 101
    imgur.com link posted by digdug in economics
    I'm into economic equality, but I'm a pragmatist.
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    Why Don't You Steal? The Wealthy Drunk Question
    thedailybell.com link posted by peace_on_earth in objectivism
    As a starting point, I assume readers do not engage in the initiation of force, including theft. You may refrain from doing so because of a moral code or from a respect for rights. But, at least for m...

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    TIL maps are intentionally distorted and make less developed countries look smaller
    valme.io link posted by alice in todayilearned
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    Incentives behind Judges ordering High Child Support PROOF!
    denver.craigslist.org link posted by stryker in mens rights
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    Map maker, map maker, make me a map... make me a perfect map
    editorial posted by c_prompt in politics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Generally speaking, we're clueless as to what happens in the rest of the world. For proof, try this experiment: mention in polite company that there are riots in the Ukraine where police are mu...

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    Outernet | Information for the World from Outer Space
    outernet.is link posted by c_prompt in technology
    Outernet is a project to take the best content from Internet and make it available to the world for free using 150 micro satellites broadcasting from 600km above Earth. By leveraging datacasting techn...

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    Image of TIL that, of reddit's front page posts, 52% have already been posted before
    TIL that, of reddit's front page posts, 52% have already been posted before
    niemanlab.org link posted by peace_on_earth in todayilearned
    On Reddit, good links rise to the top - but it can sometimes take a few attempts to get there. A study of the social news site's voting behavior finds that about half of its most popular links die...

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    Image of TIL Valentines day is the day that Saint Valentine was beheaded for supporting soldiers getting married
    TIL Valentines day is the day that Saint Valentine was beheaded for supporting soldiers getting married
    cbn.com link posted by c_prompt in relationships
    In the year 269 AD, Valentine, a Roman Priest, was sentenced to a three-part execution by a beating, stoning, and finally decapitation all because of his stand for Christian marriage.
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    So Jesus comes back to Earth...
    editorial posted by digdug in atheism
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    Noah's Ark...
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    TIL Benjamin Franklin’s quote on liberty vs. security was butchered, taken out of context, and really about taxes
    techcrunch.com link posted by digdug in todayilearned
    One of America’s favorite liberal phrases has been sent through the political spin machine and polished into a Frankenstein of sorts, thus rendering it inaccurate and far from its original inte...

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    Local Vs Organic - What to Buy
    editorial posted by swynts in fitness
    I try my best to buy as close to the farm as I can. I frequent farmers markets, I buy meat from local sources and I always ask where the fish came from when I buy fresh. Do I do this 100% of the...

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    Image of Fukushima radiation levels underestimated by five times
    Fukushima radiation levels underestimated by five times
    rt.com link posted by peace_on_earth in worldnews
    TEPCO has revised the readings on the radioactivity levels at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant well to 5 million becquerels of strontium per liter – both a record, and nearly five times higher...

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    New research sheds light on how the body regulates fundamental neuro-hormone
    bristol.ac.uk link posted by c_prompt in health
    New research has revealed a previously unknown mechanism in the body which regulates a hormone that is crucial for motivation, stress responses and control of blood pressure, pain and appetite. The br...

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    Satirical spaghetti monster image banned by London South Bank University as 'religiously offensive'
    humanism.org.uk link posted by peace_on_earth in atheism
    Non-religious students at London South Bank University have had posters advertising their society banned for being ‘offensive’. The poster publicising the South Bank Atheist Society (SBAS)...

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    Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in music
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    [NSFW] Gorillaz - Do Ya Thing (Full 13 Minutes Explicit Version) Feat. James Murphy & Andre 3000
    youtube.com link posted by peace_on_earth in music
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    The Facebook Comment That Ruined a Life
    dallasobserver.com link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    Approximately one hour after Justin Carter posted a sarcastic comment on a Facebook thread, his life began to ­unravel.
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    Image of Aftershocks from Edward Snowden's leaks have been rippling through the courts; some judges have signaled they're no longer willing to take the government's word when it comes to national security | NPR
    Aftershocks from Edward Snowden's leaks have been rippling through the courts; some judges have signaled they're no longer willing to take the government's word when it comes to national security | NPR
    npr.org link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    Disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have shaken the intelligence community and spurred Congress to try to impose new limits on electronic surveillance.
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    Happy Valentine's Day
    i.imgur.com link posted by peace_on_earth in dating
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    Baby is scared of a dinosaur, but keeps going back for more
    youtube.com link posted by peace_on_earth in videos
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    [NSFW] Louis CK learns about the Catholic Church
    youtube.com link posted by digdug in atheism
    Louis CK, driven by simple curiosity, did some investigative reporting and found out some surprising things about the Catholic Church.
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    Image of United States falls to 46th in world press freedom rankings
    United States falls to 46th in world press freedom rankings
    nationmultimedia.com link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    "The whistleblower is the enemy."
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    Told my gf I saw a girl at the grocery store that looked just like her. She asked "Was she pretty?"
    reddit.com link posted by peace_on_earth in AdviceAnimals
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    Before getting married, read the fine print
    i.imgur.com link posted by peace_on_earth in AdviceAnimals
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    Image of Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Japan committed “indescribable wrongdoings” by forcing women from South Korea and elsewhere to serve as wartime sex slaves
    Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Japan committed “indescribable wrongdoings” by forcing women from South Korea and elsewhere to serve as wartime sex slaves
    japantimes.co.jp link posted by peace_on_earth in worldnews
    You think? The outrageousness of what governments do never ceases to amaze.
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    Image of Train for a marathon in 18 weeks
    Train for a marathon in 18 weeks
    editorial posted by c_prompt in running Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    I have asthma. Yet I've run in multiple marathons. If I can do it, you can do it. This is the training schedule I always use (although, instead of the cross-training Saturdays, I intersperse my n...

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    Image of My abs aren't steel just yet but, maybe, could be described as 1/2-inch of solid wood
    My abs aren't steel just yet but, maybe, could be described as 1/2-inch of solid wood
    editorial posted by c_prompt in fitness
    I've cut down significantly on my daily sugar intake (with the rare exception of a double-slice of carrot cake every so often; and I never have more than 15 Jelly Bellys a day). That, in combin...

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    I believe...
    editorial posted by alice in alice Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    I believe... That just because two people argue, It doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, It doesn't mean they do love each other....

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    Crowdsourcing a Bitcoin FinCEN request for clarification and guidance
    editorial posted by command_line in bitcoin
    Greetings and salutations Bitcoin community. With much uncertainty as to how the government will regulate Bitcoins, and as a bootstrapped Bitcoin startup concerned that potential regulatory burd...

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    Intellectual Independence
    editorial posted by Clarisse88 in philosophy
    Throughout history, humans have repeatedly attempted to understand the nature of their existence. For some, it is a personal quest to understand the roots of human behavior. For others, the motivat...

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    My favorite quotes
    editorial posted by b_independent in b_independent Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    I love quotes. The ones to which I most relate become a part of me. They inspire me. They guide me. They strengthen my resolve. They reinforce my values. They comfort me. These are mine (without a...

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    The mainstream of human progress: individual freedom and the principles of cooperation
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    Throughout most of human civilization, centuries of men have starved, died from the elements (for lack of proper housing), suffered terrible health, and barely lived. Even today, starvation kills m...

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    Creative Commons licensing template
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    If you support Creative Commons copyright licensing, you can use this as a footer: <style> .footer { margin: 0; text-align: left; color: #686868; font-style: italic; font-size: 85%;...

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    On the First Day
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    There are those who cannot think of a world without some form of government. I can. I do not expect to ever see such a paradise in my lifetime. But one can dream... What if, with your magic wand...

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    Bootstrap 3.1 is out
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    Attention. May I have your attention please?
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    My New Year's resolution is to become organized. How do I move image files to a new directory/folder?
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    The Bitcoin ATM Has a Dirty Secret: It Needs a Chaperone
    wired.com link posted by digdug in bitcoin
    Meet Cameron Gray, the man who spends his days sitting next to the world's first bitcoin ATM.
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    Template with blue headers, line underneath headers, div to move images right and left, blockquotes with dotted-lines and shading, footer gray
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    I'll be honest. I'm not sure the best way to go about putting templates up, titling them, describing their characteristics or how to use, etc. I hope someone who has ideas will post them so t...

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    The Morality of Bitcoin (Or Why One Libertarian Has It All Wrong)
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    Introduction I've a bone to pick with a libertarian. Possibly more than one, but not everyone. At the moment, my focus is this one (who also penned this and this and this). Surely, Gary Nort...

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    And here I am
    editorial posted by digdug in digdug
    Now, did someone say something about free karma? (looks around)
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    Moderator – it’s a calling
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    Uhm, did you know that we're currently only testing the system right now? You're going to see problems. Sometimes you're going to go to a page and get kicked out because w...

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    Why can’t I post into the /all community?
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    Why can’t I make moderators the same level as me? We’re all equal in my eyes.
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    With deference to Orwell, but some are more equal than others. If you’ve spent any time on the Internet, you know that disagreements occur. Heck, you should know that if you’re more than 6 mon...

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    How old do I haz to be to use this site?
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    Dude OMG. u so shdnt b here. Idk wut ure thkn. Obviously, if you’re asking the question, you’re already skating on thin ice, don’t you think? We’ll start off with the obvious: our user agr...

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    A sub-community is no longer consistent with the value I’m offering in my community. Where’s the freakin’ eject button?
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    Easy killer. If you’ve read our FAQ on DMCA takedowns, you’ll see that we’re not happy to be in the middle of this dispute. In fact, we think most copyright laws are insane. The law requires...

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    Where do I send a DMCA takedown notice?
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    What’s a project?
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    Hall of Shame? What is that all about? I’m not a spammer – get me off this list.
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    You lead us to believe you’re using the Reddit algorithm, but you’re not. What gives?
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    How does front page ranking work?
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    What’s a sponsored account?
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    What’s a Bitcoin? How do I purchase karma and get real money out of this thing?
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    To paraphrase our grandmothers, "Such a question you should ask!" It's not too surprising if you haven't heard of Bitcoin. There are lots of great videos that discuss it but, if you want the...

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    Your site looks like a “me too.” You’re just trying to make a better Reddit.
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    Why does it cost 1 karma to upvote but 2 to downvote?
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    I found a bug, but I’m not evil. Who should I tell?
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    What’s a modqueue? What are moderators (mods)?
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    I want to be a sub-community of x, but the owner won’t let me. What do I do?
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    Can’t we all just get along? So you have a small running group in San Francisco and want a community where you can motivate each other by posting personal running times, routes, and progress. Yo...

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    Privacy Policy
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    As we indicated in the user agreement, we're leveraging what reddit put together as it seems reasonable (not to mention it served as a guide for the way we built valME). Your privacy is genuinely...

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    User Agreement (aka Terms of Service)
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    What are the differences between community types: public, restricted, and private & restricted?
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    How do I get to be a default community?
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    Why do I need to subscribe to a community?
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    How valME works
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    You post stuff. People upvote it. You make money. It's very simple. It's reddit, but with cats that make you money. We call it monetary applause. Where did we get the idea? Here. How man...

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