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  Erich Vieth on The crassness of a public abortion
  Niklaus:To add to what you've written, The embryos from which human embryonic stem cells are derived are typically four or five days old and are a hollow microscopic ball of cells called the blastocyst. The cells of a blastocyct are completely unspecialized. http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics3.aspUntil the human embryo is 4 or 5 days old, ... »
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  Erich Vieth on Dumpster diving adventure
  Derek: I think I see some resemblance between your Oscar and mine. »
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  Alison on The crassness of a public abortion
  Well, I don't think that God dude is as all het up about abortions as you might think, since he gave me two, and then tried to give me two more. I showed him, though. The third and fourth times, I got me a really good perinatologist, and now those two fetuses I saved from divine abortion are lovely, intelligent teenagers. At least when I got an ... »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on The crassness of a public abortion
  The Utah state assembly recently passed legislation that would charge women who have miscarriages with murder. I submit, that in the interest of equality in reproductive law, the contribution of men to causing pregnancies is not being considered. So I challenge the Utah to craft similar legislation that applies only to the men in the state. This... »
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  Derek on Dumpster diving adventure
  Ha, that is hilarious, the end of that anyways with the golden stuffed animal puppy. I have a golden retriever named Oscar. http://derek-sanders.net/derek/Oscar/oscar58.JPG »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on Copyright Bite
  The purpose of both copyrights and patents are to presumably to allow the writers and inventors to profit from their work by providing a limited monopoly over that work. In reality, copyrights and patents are useless at protecting "intellectual property" (I cringe at this nonsensical term) because both instruments only give the right to sue those ... »
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  Erich Vieth on Are you ready for prices (of everything) to rise?
  Library Tim: I agree with your about nuclear power. Well put. I'll look into the RSS problem. Thanks for the tip. »
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  LibraryTim on Are you ready for prices (of everything) to rise?
  so I don't get your posts in my google buzz anymore, at least not right now... I'm adding you to thunderbird's rss feed instead... Good article. The thing I've been thinking over is, what about nuclear power? I'm not even beginning to endorse it, but I think we in the left/progressive/raging anarchist community should think about the fact that ... »
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  Erich Vieth on Payday loan opponents struggle to get a fair hearing
  Money talks, when it comes to convincing Congress to give payday lenders free rein:http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/credit/costly-cash-dont-expect-federal-regulators-to-protect-you-from/19384014/ »
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  Erich Vieth on Copyright Bite
  Dan: Two words for you on this topic: Lawrence Lessig. http://coloradoindependent.com/48131/copyright-reform-warrior-lessig-beams-down-to-for-denver-%E2%80%98wireside-chat%E2%80%99See also this Wikipedia entry on the vast expansion of copyright over the years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act »
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  Dan Klarmann on On the Value of Information Technology
  I'm a GIMP and OpenOffice sort of guy, when my clients don't demand that I use name brand equivalents.I used VisiCalc that came before Lotus that came before Excel. I used WordStar before WordPerfect before Word.I used GEM before Apple shut them down half a decade before Windows copied them.I make a living because I adapt. But it still irks me when... »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on On the Value of Information Technology
  Dan, We live our lives in the US immersed in a culture that indoctrinates us, from an early age to believe that value can only be measured in dollars and cents. We are also inundated with messages that lead us to believe that money and those things it can buy are much more important than the people who produce and provide the goods and services. ... »
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  Dan Klarmann on Copyright Bite
  I see plenty of buzz, but little bee in these "Pirate Party" movements. Open Source and Free Software ("As in free speech, not free beer") will eventually prevail. But we are now living in the tumultuous middle period of the information revolution. »
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  Erich Vieth on Climate: OJ and the Haystack
  Karl: Thank you for the Gallop results, but you REALLY need to read more carefully. The website you sent has no information on the attitudes of scientists. It only concerns attitudes of Americans in general. »
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  Erich Vieth on Hypocrisy award goes to “children advocacy” center
  In response to this post, the Judge Baker Children's Center emailed me a letter that it had sent to its supporters, along with the following email:"Thank you for your e-mail. The attached letter regarding the decision about the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the cancellation of the World of Children Award Celebration will provide you... »
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  Karl on Climate: OJ and the Haystack
  Global warming seems to be slipping even more among both the general population and scientists as well.http://www.gallup.com/poll/126560/Americans-Global-Warming-Concerns-Continue-Drop.aspx »
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  Jess on Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
  If you feel inspired by Jamie's campaign, he has created an online petition, promoting healthy food for children, that he will present to the White House. You can find the petition here:http://www.jamiesfoodrevolution.com/petition. Pass it along! »
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  Erich Vieth on Payday loan opponents struggle to get a fair hearing
  How do they do that???"[T]he Texas constitution says annual rates of interest over 10% are usurious. And the Texas Consumer Credit Commissioner sets interest rate limits of around 18%. However, these payday lenders routinely offer payday and car-title loans in the state at annual rates of 500% and above, according to a survey conducted by nonprofit... »
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  Dan Klarmann on Checking out
  I've had peers who have died from violence, from disease, from accidental overdose, and from suicide (arguably mental disease).There are some fuzzy lines, though. One friend opted out when she could no longer get out of bed by herself because of advanced Huntington's disease in her 30's. I know another who surreptitiously stockpiled morphine to fin... »
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  Dan Klarmann on The crassness of a public abortion
  I don't consider a clump of cells to be a person, however clearly the cells contain human DNA. If a mother decides to consider the organism living inside of her to be a person, I emphatically support her choice.If a mother decides that the organism living within her is a parasite, likely to ruin her life, and only personally traumatic to remove, I ... »
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