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No victim, no crime: medical marijuana
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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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Education school destroying teachers
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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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TIL: the etymology of the word fuck
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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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Positive vs. accurate thinking
editorial posted by 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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On Blogs in the Social Media Age - Capitalism vs. Collectivism
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Interesting perspective that blogging providesĀ 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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The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
mises.org link posted by 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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Riddle Poems! Can you guess them?
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Here are some riddle poems my husband wrote...! I hope you enjoy them :)Ā 
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Living your dreams
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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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The mainstream of human progress: individual freedom and the principles of cooperation
editorial posted by in politics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
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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America's leading leftist intellectual is angry
editorial posted by 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...
Twelve Virtues of Rationality
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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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The social contract defined and demolished in less than 5 minutes
editorial posted by 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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I am sorry - now what?
editorial posted by 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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You removed my content because of a wrongly alleged copyright claim. Who do I bust up?
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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 la...
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At least 80% of all audio calls are recorded and stored in the US by the NSA
theguardian.com link posted by 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...
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!
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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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There is More to DC than Revolutionary History
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Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  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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Over 5,000 Ph.D. graduates work as janitors – Why?
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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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Thinking about thinking
editorial posted by 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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Doctors don't make enough income
editorial posted by 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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Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
editorial posted by 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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Ethics in the marketplace
editorial posted by 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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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.
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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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Moderator – it’s a calling
editorial posted by in ModTalk
People have jobs. (Well, some do.) A job is a way to earn your living. It’s a way to feel better about yourself. It’s a way to improve your skills. But a calling is different. It’s...
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On the First Day
editorial posted by in politics
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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Holidays without Christmas
editorial posted by 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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I’ve Been Doing Painting Videos All Wrong
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For the last year or so Iā€™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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9/11 - Challenging the official theory
editorial posted by 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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Killer Viruses - Should we make them?
editorial posted by 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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How to Contemporary Dance (So You Think You Can Dance)
youtube.com link posted by in funny
Because I enjoy watching dance, aĀ friend suggested I sample a fewĀ So You Think You Can Dance videos. Although I don't deny the talent of theĀ performers, this pretty much explains much of what I saw...
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Scientists discover how to ‘switch off’ autoimmune diseases
bris.ac.uk link posted by 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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Oh No! Science Supports... The Anarchists!!
editorial posted by 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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How stupid are we? Ask Obama
editorial posted by 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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Leadership Theory - Empathy and the Benefits of Failures, Crises, and Traumas
editorial posted by 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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Reducing HIV/AIDS by eliminating IP laws
editorial posted by 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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Drug prohibition doesn't work
editorial posted by 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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Have you heard about Common Core? The chilling truth behind these new national educational "standards" will terrify you.
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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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Are you a bystander?
editorial posted by in braincrave
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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How Stanley Kubrick Faked the Apollo Moon Landings
realitysandwich.com link posted by in conspiracy
The great filmmaker Stanley Kubrick is the genius who directed the hoaxed landings.
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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 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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Fencing Nationals-Courage, Persistence and Red Star Wins!
themoreiknow.me link posted by 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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Virginity for sale
editorial posted by 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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What I can do
editorial posted by 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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Learned helplessness
editorial posted by 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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Taxation is a fight between individualism and collectivism - which side are you on?
editorial posted by 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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England prevails
editorial posted by 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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Noah's Ark...
editorial posted by in atheism
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What really matters in life - it should be our first lecture
editorial posted by 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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Teenager sex
editorial posted by 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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About Us
editorial posted by in Misty River Music Makers
Misty River Music MakersĀ -Ā it's all about the people... First and foremost,Ā Misty RiverĀ is a place where friendship and song blend together. Our members are women from all over the Fox Valley...
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On Polysexuality (Revised)
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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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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.
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Artists and writers are often surprised to learn that copyright is automatic ā€“ that is, nothing needs to be done to claim copyright protection. Although additional rights are provided if the work is...
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Adding lemon to green tea significantly increases the health benefits
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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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UK parking - dumb and dumber
editorial posted by in braincrave
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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The Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy
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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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Getting Started
editorial posted by in Misty River Music Makers
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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The morality of helping the poor family - where does it end?
editorial posted by 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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To cut, or not to cut
editorial posted by 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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Conformity and your lying eyes
editorial posted by 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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Democrats Confirm Torturer As Director Of CIA
paulcraigroberts.org link posted by in pot.kettle.black
How did a person who should be in the criminal dock both in the US and in the International Criminal Court for running a torture prison get appointed the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agenc...
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Osama bin Laden is dead - long live Emmanuel Goldstein
editorial posted by 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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Intellectual Independence
editorial posted by 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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There's Hope America: Anchor Walks Off Live TV, Refuses To Report On Kardashians
zerohedge.com link posted by 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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Immoral professions
editorial posted by 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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Insights I’ve Gained After 3 Years of Training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Under a Living Legend
randomlyinsightful.com link posted by in Note to Self
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, Iā€™m rarely (if ever) bored becauseĀ there always someth...
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TIL that, of reddit's front page posts, 52% have already been posted before
niemanlab.org link posted by 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...
First journal post!
editorial posted by in AdamTheDewott
This is the first journal post to my journal community! Ā I hope to have fun here!
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Is the rocky marriage over?
editorial posted by 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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The irony of political agreement
editorial posted by 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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Political correctness, sticks, and stones
editorial posted by 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...
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)
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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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ļ»æIRONY ALERT! This U.S. Banker Says China Should Let Companies Fail
ronpaullibertyreport.com link posted by 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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Elementary Dating
editorial posted by 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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Atlas Shrugged changes lives
editorial posted by 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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Parenting like Ragnar and Kay: how to raise an individualist with high self-esteem (an Objectivist theory for raising children)
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ATLAS SUMMIT 2014 -- How would children be raised in Galtā€™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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TIL: AT&T microcells rule, especially when they're free
editorial posted by 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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Save someone's life
editorial posted by 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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TIL there are surgeons who restore virginity
editorial posted by 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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Motorcycle Ownership Rule #1 - Do Not Let Your Drunk Barefoot Girlfriend Test Drive Your Bike
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h/t:Ā https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/a0h53q/motorcycle_ownership_rule_1_do_not_let_your_drunk/
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I Don't Care If I Suck, As Long As I'm Learning
exceptionnotfound.net link posted by 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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Energy teleportation
editorial posted by 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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Jello shots in orange peels - the "kids" will love them
editorial posted by 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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Cloning - playing God
editorial posted by 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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Outernet | Information for the World from Outer Space
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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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O Me! O Life! and being thankful for what you have
editorial posted by 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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Online Fantasy Relationships? Are You Kidding Me?
editorial posted by 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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The goals of mankind: the state vs. anarchy
editorial posted by 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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Do you want to live forever?
editorial posted by 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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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 in conspiracy
This tactic is so common that it was given a name for hundreds of years ago. ā€œFalse flag terrorismā€ is defined as a government attacking its own people, then blaming others in order to justi...
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Do you allow multiple accounts?
editorial posted by in FAQ
We do (and we couldnā€™t prevent it anyway, even if we wanted). However, what we do not allow is using multiple accounts to perpetrate fraud. We donā€™t have any problem if you want to have differ...
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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 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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The case against marriage
editorial posted by 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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The Fountainhead Howard Roark speech
editorial posted by 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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How valME works
editorial posted by in FAQ
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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Social contract hypocrisy
editorial posted by 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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Out of sight - out of mind
editorial posted by 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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TIL that the government destroys food to increase prices
editorial posted by 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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Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
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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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TIL how cats and dogs drink water
editorial posted by 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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Peek-A-Boo, Zika
editorial posted by 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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Civil disobedience against the censors
editorial posted by 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...