Subsidized Twinkies

To see why Twinkies are cheap and fresh produce is expensive,"you need look no farther than the farm bill," according to this article in the New York Times: This resolutely unglamorous and head-hurtingly complicated piece of legislation, which comes around roughly every five years and is about to do so…

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Bill O’Reilly is an abject coward

Why? Because he's afraid to allow Richard Dawkins a chance to talk. Here's the proof: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8etMHn4P6g[/youtube] Next time, O'Reilly could save Dawkins the trouble of showing up. O'Reilly could simply place a cardboard facade of Dawkins opposite O'Reilly's desk and just talk at the facade, for hours, if he'd like.

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The Catholic Church abolishes Limbo

Dead unbaptised infants throughout the universe are undoubtedly breathing a sigh of relief at this breaking news from the Vatican (as reported by Reuters): The Roman Catholic Church has effectively buried the concept of limbo, the place where centuries of tradition and teaching held that babies who die without baptism…

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“Spin” – Award-winning video.

I found this eight-minute video on reddit.com tonight. It was "Penned, Shot, chopped, and Scored by Jamin Winans." I enjoyed it for it's clean execution and thoughtfulness. According to this site, Spin has been the "winner of 35 film festival awards worldwide." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc[/youtube] While watching this video, I couldn't help…

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