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  Niklaus Pfirsig on Teach the controversy? Yes, while wearing one of these shirts.
  I liked the "Old Elvis" design »
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  Tim Hogan on When do the prosecutions begin?
  This whole crisis will just be repeated again because the way W and Obama have stacked the deck.We, the taxpayers are the payors of last resort, and there's no risk, civilly or criminally for the thieves, jackals and vultures who will pick over the last of the bones of the Middle Class at the end of the next crisis when the whole world is thrown ba... »
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  Brynn Jacobs on U.S. falling far behind on the green race
  Erich-It seems that the Chinese are acting as though peak oil were here or something. From the article:This green spending is concurrent with their ongoing efforts to lock up remaining supplies of oil, as I briefly mentioned here. See also this article on Chinese oil buying. »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on Tear up the health care bill and start over.
  Jay, I agree. A lot of the house bill, particularly where Medicaid reform is concerned, references specific paragraphs in the Medicaid laws. Understanding the full effect of the changes wil require reading those as well. I've often thought it would be fun to get an amendment to repeal or suspend an obscure law of physics, such as the chandrasekha... »
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  Jay Fraz on Tear up the health care bill and start over.
  Ya know, I thought NO ONE actually read those bills. I've always wanted to slip in weird, off the wall statements and regs that make no sense into the middle of such a document to see if anyone is actually reading them. »
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  Jay Fraz on Teach the controversy? Yes, while wearing one of these shirts.
  Oh man those are good. Cthulhu, Alchemy and Aliens! That is some real controversy »
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  Erich Vieth on Tear up the health care bill and start over.
  Niklaus: How many hours have you spent just to reach page 1,000? »
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  Tim Hogan on Sarah Palin resigns
  Palin quit some appointment to an oil board because of GOP "corruption."Palin says the McCain people didn't let her have her say. The media just did "gotcha" moments on Palin.Palin quits being governor two years early because of conservative allegations of her being "corrupt." Just after Palin pays back Alaska for bilking the state for travel for h... »
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  Erich Vieth on Tear up the health care bill and start over.
  Niklaus: I admire your determination. There are probably only a few hundred people in the entire country who have read the first 1,000 pages. When you finish, I'll invite you to read the Senate version too, so that you can do a comparison. »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on Tear up the health care bill and start over.
  Well I'm up to page 1000 in the house bill. A lot of the bill addresses specifically the loopholes that have been exploited by large corporations like Wal-mart that have permitted those companies to put most of their employees on public health care or to deny them access to coverage. Some actually includes provisions for making those corporations p... »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on Sarah Palin resigns
  Get Over It, It's not about a difference of opinion. Mrs' Palin has repeatedly and proudly her voiced opinions in ways that exhibit a wanton ignorance of current events, world history, and global politics. She has on many occasions voiced opinions that show grounding in the prejudices and stereotyping common to those who prefer to leave the he... »
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  Mark Tiedemann on Sarah Palin resigns
  Hey, Get Over It,What do we do if someone actually happens to BE stupid? I suppose we could say they're rationality challenged.But seriously, I don't for a minute think this woman is stupid. I think she's opportunistic and such a thorough-going politician that she'd use just about anyone, including her family, to win.BTW, American Right To Life (... »
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  Dan Klarmann on Chris Mooney: New Atheists’ attack on religion is counter-productive
  We should try to emulate this guy: The Joy of Giving Up / cyhmn? 8 »
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  Get over it on Sarah Palin resigns
  Ya'll need to get over it. Name calling conservatives will never get independents like me. Try to be more balanced and analyze Sarah's actions/remarks to the same degree as your beloved Obama. Also, please stop judging people to be stupid just because they don't agree with you! This elitism in the liberal party is just sickening. »
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  Tim Hogan on Sarah Palin resigns
  Mrs. Palin is a whiner and a quitter! Please let the GOP nominate this wretched woman for President in 2012! »
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  Tim Hogan on Chris Mooney: New Atheists’ attack on religion is counter-productive
  Aw, bugger! I'm in a "fight?" Who do I punch in the nose? My faith there is a God means I cannot accept that others don't believe as I do? Or that some might believe that I'm delusional and believe in mythical beings?There's some unforseen armageddon between theism and science which will result in the inevitable destruction of theism? Dammit, I gue... »
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  Erich Vieth on Sarah Palin resigns
  I've been working hard to not post anything on Sarah Palin, who continues to gather publicity for reasons I can't fathom. I must say, though, that I am aghast at her recent position on the illegal Jewish settlements. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/palin-on-israel.html »
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  Erich Vieth on David Attenborough illustrates the tree of life in six minutes
  Here is a tree of life diagram based on Richard Dawkins' Ancestor's Tale: http://evogeneao.com/tree.html »
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  Erich Vieth on Chris Mooney: New Atheists’ attack on religion is counter-productive
  These words by Karen Armstrong bear on this discussion. When we insist that there has to be a "winner" to a "debate" instead of a discussion, we might all be losers:http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03132009/watch.html »
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  Erich Vieth on Chris Mooney: New Atheists’ attack on religion is counter-productive
  Ebonmuse: I don't know anything about Mooney's position other than what I heard on this interview with D.J.Grothe. I thought that what he said there sounded reasonable and that's why I posted on it. It now seems, however, that my position is actually somewhat different than that of Mooney. I'd be the last person to tell anyone that they shou... »
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