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  Erich Vieth on Using the U.S. census as a teachable moment
  Tim: Welcome to DI. I thought you might find this blurb from Wikipedia to be of interest:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census »
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  ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC on Catholic Answers: don’t even lie in the same bed . . .
  Unfortunately....Those who object to the TRUE CATHOLIC CHURCH founded by Jesus Christ giving them FULL AUTHORITY, to guide, teach and sanctify...object because they know that by their own lives they have been condemned and they reject and refuse because they DON'T want to change their sinful ways...including the priests who have fallen away from t... »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on Sin, Sex, Secret Societies
  Dan, (warning: slightly off-topic) I have used several ebook readers over the years. I find the useful for carrying volumes of reference information, more than for casual reading. The basic concept has not done well in the US, but has been very popular in Europe and Asia for several years. They aren't for everyone, but for those of us who use th... »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on How unique are you?
  My real name (Niklaus Pfirsig is a "handle" I've used since the BBS days when the web was not widely available) is surprisingly more common than I expected. There are 4 in the Nashville area, two of whom I've met. One is a wealthy inventor and businessman, one is an auto mechanic, one is an elderly retiree and one is me. To add to this, severa... »
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  Mark Tiedemann on Talking about God is no longer religious
  Good point, Dan. As far as that goes, though, I find all oaths offensive, whether of a religious nature or otherwise. They are no guarantor of anything and serious violation of personal conscience. »
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  Dan Klarmann on Talking about God is no longer religious
  Is it just me, or is swearing an oath different from "talking about"? I'd be happy if there were more talking about God, and less rote supplication. »
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  Dan Klarmann on How unique are you?
  My wife has a more common name. Unfortunately, she regularly gets calls from collection agencies looking for one of her name-alikes. Maybe we should swap names on the land line. »
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  mike on Where are the wild Tigers? The danger of our obliviousness to incrementalism.
  unbeliveble »
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  Planeten Paultje on Why politicians like to keep “terrorism” vaguely defined
  It used to be "creeping communism", now it's becoming "creeping terrorism". »
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  Tim Hogan on Why politicians like to keep “terrorism” vaguely defined
  Erich, the UN has tried to define terrorism for decades. The definition I found most accurate was "the taking of innocents for political purposes."I have written about this before and the use of the reprehensible practice of Republicans using the "soft on terror" boogeyman for electoral and poltical gain since the "Red Scare" has faded.http://dange... »
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  Erich Vieth on Drones, dollars, and the open-source insurgency
  With 7,000 drones in the air now, we are being faced with new question regarding the morality of war, according to P.W. Singer:http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,682852,00.html »
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  Tim Hogan on How unique are you?
  Watch out Dan! Someone may have swiped your identity! They could use any land line number they want and never have to worry about someone reaching you by mistake. »
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  Mark Tiedemann on Talking about God is no longer religious
  Y'know, if you think about it, maybe it never has been in this country. If you look at it from a purely nationalistic point of view, all such oaths have nothing to do with what you personally believe, but only about public affirmation that you're "part of the club"---and in this country, despite all attempts to the contrary, being a "good christia... »
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  Dan Klarmann on How unique are you?
  White pages show two people with names like mine. But not me! I don't have a land line in my name.But Googling my name yields mostly pages that I've written on. Plus many sites where someone else was apparently using my name (even linking back to this site). I wonder how that works out for them? »
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  Dan Klarmann on Happy Pi Day (and Einstein’s Birthday)
  And yet another Happy Pi Day! Have a slice in Albert's memory. »
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  iloveBuddha on Two problems of Buddhism
  Allison- (Just saying) if you think about Christianity, aren't they supposed to be "good enough" for Heaven? »
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  Jaquisha on Sin, Sex, Secret Societies
  I really enjoyed the books The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demon. I don't think there is anything wrong with My Saviour having a girlfriend or wife for that matter. It encourages others to get married as well. If this did happen I don't think it was right of the Church withold information. I believe in Jesus's divinity despite the book. All it di... »
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  Alan B. on The crassness of a public abortion
  Sorry I am so late to the party, but I could not resist responding to Scott Evans who opined: "who are you to say who should live and who should die? Who died and made you king?"Good Lord, man, have you no respect for innocent irony meters? You blew mine to smithereens. As far as I can tell it is not Erich who is trying to impose his beliefs on ot... »
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  Planeten Paultje on Dangerous Intersection is 4 years old!
  Congratulations! »
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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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