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January 31, 2008 08:46 AM EST --
The problem with politics, at least in this country, is not so much that "Nice guys finish last" as it is that "Nice guys seldom even get into the race." Wouldn't it be nice, just . . .
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December 08, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
Below copied from an article 'House Tries to Make the Internet SAFE' by Frederick Lane, of newsfactor.com
By an overwhelming margin -- 409 to 2 -- the U.S. House of Representatives . . .
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September 10, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
The U.S. Department of Justice is not neutral about network neutrality. !!!! Whoa what a shocker! A Justice department, fashioned for nearly 8 years to 'Bush's bosses' desires, does not think . . .
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September 08, 2007 09:29 PM EDT --
RFID chips for pets have been touted (and used) quite a lot by now. And some people have been 'chipped' also. They have been suggested and/or used in humans for security ( key you can't lose . . .
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September 02, 2007 06:12 PM EDT --
Isn't it a little strange that the 4th larget religion in the U.S and the 5th or 6th largest in the world seems to boil down to one simple , obvious, if somewhat meaningless statement. to whit.. "To . . .
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August 23, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution reads:
'A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be . . .
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August 23, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
I downloaded my second attempt at Linux. This time Ubuntu, touted as the one that might actually be the Linux for real people. And it had exacatly the same problem as the Fedora version I installed before. . . .
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May 31, 2007 11:39 PM EDT --
We hear tons of talk of terrorism these days; The War on Terror, Homeland Security, we must be ever vigilante and give up our freedom to protect ourselves from Islamic Fundalmentalist. Well lets look at . . .
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April 23, 2007 09:05 PM EDT --
The article you will find here is about a case of 'speech' in schools and the discussion gets into what schools should and should not allow/promote in terms of socio/politico activism during school. . . .
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April 19, 2007 09:23 PM EDT --
Chinese couple sues Yahoo for man's imprisonment
This is an interesting development and frankly I certainly hope the complainants win. While I understand that Yahoo probably acted in compliance . . .
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March 29, 2007 04:58 PM EDT --
The beloved Department of Homeland Suppression has handed down their new proposals for the Domestic Identity Papers they have been mandated to force upon us. They have greatly watered down their . . .
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March 29, 2007 01:54 AM EDT --
An Article by Bert B entitled “Citizen Children of Illegal Immigrants “ indicates that the 14th Amendment is the basis for the children of illegal immigrants becoming citizens. In the article . . .
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March 27, 2007 09:44 AM EDT --
Dale Coparanis posted the following as a comment on my article Creationist Truth
Dan - what are we going to evolve into? Since evolution is always happening, what's the next step for humans?
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March 26, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
A comment by Ruth MacGillon Bert B's article entitled “About Faith and Doubt“ put me in mind of another common place 'creationist' argument. The one that says “Clearly, God . . .
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March 22, 2007 06:07 PM EDT --
"Trickle down economics stems from the early 1950's when we were the only Western country whose industrial infrastructure had not been smashed and it was accurate to say that whatever was good . . .
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March 20, 2007 10:21 PM EDT --
What Do You Know?
What a loaded question. It leads, however to some pretty profound insights. (Maybe!)
David Hume in his Treatise On Human Nature put forward a proposal that I find compelling because . . .
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March 13, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
Another beautiful headline. “Homeland Security Creates National Computer Forensics Institute” I suppose it too much to hope that we will ever be rid of this new layer of government 'rights . . .
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March 12, 2007 05:50 AM EDT --
Finally someone has recognized the hazard! China, that bastion of progressive correct think, is leading the way again. There can be no doubt that internet addiction is a major human problem. Communication . . .
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March 10, 2007 08:16 PM EST --
I wanted to see where things might possibly go if worst came to worst. I mean how deep would the water get?
I think we can all agree that the “Water World” scenario is total trash for a number . . .
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March 09, 2007 09:31 PM EST --
A wise man once said....... “Never try to teach a pig to sing. It just wastes your time and annoys the pig.” However the only way we have to separate the 'pigs' from the 'sopranos' . . .
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