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The Logic of Hunger Striking Palestinians: When Starvation Is a Weapon
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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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Smith's Reef
editorial posted by 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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"La Famille Express" revisted
editorial posted by 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 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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Captured, Cuffed, and Jailed: A Personal Story - Jeffrey Tucker
tucker.liberty.me link posted by 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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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 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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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.
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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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In defense of Google
editorial posted by 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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From cries to contentedness
editorial posted by 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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Stephen King's Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes
msu.edu link posted by 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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Three days in Beijing with three of the world’s most famous dissidents
fusion.net link posted by 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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Pixar's 22 rules to phenomenal storytelling
imgur.com link posted by 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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Thoughts From Within - a poem by Woody Harrelson (with video)
youtube.com link posted by 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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Diane Ackerman on What Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline Taught Her about the Human Spirit
brainpickings.org link posted by 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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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...
This Woman Can Sing Multiple Notes At Once!
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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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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 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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Stephen Colbert Takes On Amazon's Ridiculous Photography Patent
libertycrier.com link posted by 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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Is This How We'll Cure Cancer?
forbes.com link posted by 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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Have you heard about Common Core? The chilling truth behind these new national educational "standards" will terrify you.
youtu.be link posted by 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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Live long and prosper - the philosophy of Star Trek
editorial posted by 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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Life is not read-only
lifesnotreadonly.net link posted by 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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How Blogging Can Advance Your Career - A Personal Perspective
twintechs.com link posted by 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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Good form - etiquette and manners in conversation
books.google.com link posted by 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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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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Everything You Know About Fitness Is a Lie
mensjournal.com link posted by 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 I No Longer Give Away My Music | On the Commons
onthecommons.org link posted by 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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Will real anarchists please step forward?
editorial posted by 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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Economics 101
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I'm into economic equality, but I'm a pragmatist.
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Outernet | Information for the World from Outer Space
outernet.is link posted by 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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Noah's Ark...
editorial posted by in atheism
Local Vs Organic - What to Buy
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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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I believe...
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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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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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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%;...
css templates would help submissions
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It's great that you allow .css to be included in posts but I've a suggestion. After writing my first (significant) post, I think people who want to make blog posts look nice will want to use...
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 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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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...
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 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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Lisp: Learning to Think about Thinking | Restless Device
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Great podcast about the Lisp programming language and why it's special.
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Image of TIL it doesn't matter which side of the aluminum foil you use
TIL it doesn't matter which side of the aluminum foil you use
reynoldskitchens.com link posted by 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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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 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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Put the “Ph” Back in PhD. We need big thinkers, but the current system teaches students to think small.
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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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Scientists Baffled After Finding 10th Century Medicine that Kills Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbug’ MRSA
thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by 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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Looks like there's a new libertarian "country" to be started!
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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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Yes, You Can Catch Insanity: Reviving the debate about the immune system and mental illness.
nautil.us link posted by 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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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!"
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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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13 Amazing Food & Life Hacks You Need to Know Right Now
offthemeathook.com link posted by 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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Grandmas Smoking Weed for the First Time
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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 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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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 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...
Daylight
editorial posted by 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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Actual election turnout far lower than reported - only one-third of eligible Americans vote
america.aljazeera.com link posted by 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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Free Excel, OpenOffice, and Google Templates and Spreadsheets
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Great selection of free and very useful templates provided by Vertex42.com, including: Calendars & Schedules Excel Calendar Template Yearly Calendar Template Monthly Calendar...
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
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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 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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Image of Apocalypse Now - Or Apocalypse Later
Apocalypse Now - Or Apocalypse Later
original.antiwar.com link posted by 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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Rand on the Middle East
lewrockwell.com link posted by 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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More punk, less hell!
tagesanzeiger.ch link posted by   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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Why I won’t work for Google
qnrq.se link posted by in technology
Brilliant response from Niklas Femerstrand to Google's attempt to recruit him.
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If You Meet John Galt On The Road, Kill Him
thedailybell.com link posted by 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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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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Stupid questions and how to make them better
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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 makes a good atheist? What an atheist ought to stand for
infidels.org link posted by 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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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 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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Adding lemon to green tea significantly increases the health benefits
lifehacker.com link posted by 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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Image of TIL Benjamin Franklin’s quote on liberty vs. security was butchered, taken out of context, and really about taxes
TIL Benjamin Franklin’s quote on liberty vs. security was butchered, taken out of context, and really about taxes
techcrunch.com link posted by 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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New research sheds light on how the body regulates fundamental neuro-hormone
bristol.ac.uk link posted by 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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10 Ways I Deal With My Own Procrastination - Altucher Confidential
jamesaltucher.com link posted by 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...
Highlight differences between private messages and posts
editorial posted by 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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Free guacamole & chips from Chipotle; play the game!
guachunter.com link posted by 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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Chicken Soup for the Cold - Foods That Fight the Common Cold
lewrockwell.com link posted by 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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Free, stackable F-Secure Freedome VPN coupon codes; each voucher gives you 3 years - get many, many years for free
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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:...
Hajj Stampede Accident - At least 700+ people killed
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At least 700 people were killed, and 719 were injured, in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning.
First journal post!
editorial posted by in AdamTheDewott
This is the first journal post to my journal community!  I hope to have fun here!
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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 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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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 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 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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Scientists retrieve lost memories using optogenetics
sciencedaily.com link posted by 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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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...
Dad Who Beat Son's Rapist Had Just 14 Words for Him at Sentencing… And They're Chilling
conservativetribune.com link posted by 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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Climate And Truth: A Tale Of Immorality?
wattsupwiththat.com link posted by 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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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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NATO 1949: The Origin of an Offensive, Expansionist, Imperialist Military Alliance
globalresearch.ca link posted by 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...
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.
CSS change for Bootstrap3
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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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Are You Eating Enough?
undergroundmedic.com link posted by 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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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.
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Beyond Passion: The Science of Loving What You Do
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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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Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors
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Memories may be passed down through generations in DNA in a process that may be the underlying cause of phobias