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Archive for the ‘Health & Science’ Category

Posted by AdLib On May - 14 - 2012 38 COMMENTS
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Romney’s ideal America is one where the wealthy buy their own White House and Congress, tax revenues are rerouted from the poor, elderly and majority into the pockets of the wealthy and all regulations that prevent the wealthy from harming the public are removed.

Posted by BourneID On Apr - 10 - 2012 23 COMMENTS
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If the Affordable Care Act goes down. No problem. The Justices and the Congress get GREAT medical care at tax payer expense.

Posted by bito On Apr - 3 - 2012 93 COMMENTS
Facts not Slogans

And this sense of responsibility — to each other and our country — this isn’t a partisan feeling. This isn’t a Democratic or Republican idea. It’s patriotism. And if we keep that in mind, and uphold our obligations to one another and to this larger enterprise that is America, then I have no doubt that we will continue our long and prosperous journey as the greatest nation on Eart

Posted by AdLib On Mar - 30 - 2012 77 COMMENTS
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In his slippery slope argument against the ACA, Justice Alito simply asks us to consider all the people who’ve been bankrupted and have lost their homes having to pay for their own sudden burial and the ongoing costs of remaining dead.

Posted by MurphTheSurf3 On Mar - 26 - 2012 104 COMMENTS
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If the Court finds the mandate unconstitutional, will they find it severable from the rest of the law? If not, that would strike the whole ACA down. If so, can the ACA survive?

Posted by AdLib On Feb - 27 - 2012 28 COMMENTS
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If the GOP wants to cry about gas prices being high because of President Obama, they need to declare that they want the US government to nationalize the oil industry.

Posted by AdLib On Feb - 14 - 2012 14 COMMENTS
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Republicans love to hate, in fact, for Valentine’s Day today, the GOP website will send a dozen hateful pejoratives in a gift box to that special Muslim or gay person on your enemies list.

Posted by choicelady On Feb - 3 - 2012 36 COMMENTS
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Single payer seems dead legislatively in California, not just as a bill but as an issue. It died not due to insurance industry opposition but due to the outrageous bullying tactics of its supporters. Nice job, BullyProgs.

Posted by ADONAI On Jan - 15 - 2012 12 COMMENTS
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  God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. ~Stephen Hawking   In this particular post we will be discussing one of my favorite universal phenomena, black holes. They are the most powerful force in the cosmos, able to wreak havoc and [...]

Posted by escribacat On Nov - 1 - 2011 10 COMMENTS
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An interview with author, Linda Weber on her book exploring the spiritual essence of abortion, the historical context for it, and how it leads people to live with more awareness.

Posted by Caru On Oct - 14 - 2011 21 COMMENTS
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Stating that gay people were born with their orientation seems like the perfect counter to the conservative argument that being gay is a choice, but this life-affirming rebuttal opens the door to other attacks.

Posted by SueInCa On Sep - 12 - 2011 27 COMMENTS
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Part of the problem is the RepublicTeas and their religous philosophy feel man has dominion over the world and man will do on his own what is right. Well I think we have plenty of proof that is a foolish notion because they have regulation now and how many companies could each of you name who have poisoned our earth?

Posted by ADONAI On Aug - 28 - 2011 13 COMMENTS
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Did you hear that? ~Batuwara(Krakatoa Island 1883) This is the first in a series of articles discussing one of my favorite subjects – The end of the world. Now, before you ask, “What the fuck is your problem?”, I’d like to say that it is a purely scientific interest only [...]

Posted by KQµårk 死神 On Aug - 17 - 2011 10 COMMENTS
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I have extreme doubts but I sincerely hope Andrea Rossi proves us all wrong with his device.  With his “energy catalyzer” (called E-Catalyzer or E-Cat) Rossi claims an energy multiplier of 30X.  I would guess if something is happening it’s a chemical reaction, though this does not jive with the [...]

Posted by KQµårk 死神 On Aug - 14 - 2011 33 COMMENTS
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As the HCR debate continues there are still some prevailing myths that prevail over the ACA law. Most myths are slanted right but key myths slant left as well.

Posted by Marion On Aug - 9 - 2011 6 COMMENTS
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How’s this for an oxymoron? Her Serene Highness Queen Ratfucker Omnipotent of Medialand, otherwise known as Arianna Huffington, came to Philadelphia yesterday to address the convention of theNational Association of Black Journalists. Why, I don’t know; but there’s nothing Arianna ever does that doesn’t include promotion of that one thing [...]

Posted by ADONAI On Aug - 8 - 2011 37 COMMENTS
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Image via Wikipedia Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. ~Emily Dickinson I have a morbid fascination with death. Let’s just get that out of the way early. I’m sure that as time wears on, and I [...]

Posted by Caru On Aug - 7 - 2011 23 COMMENTS

Let me be clear: I hate sleep.

Posted by AdLib On Aug - 1 - 2011 398 COMMENTS
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Obama haters of all stripes and alleged political positions are joined in a chorus of furious, self-righteous bleating, like a flock of sheep with gas pains.

Posted by ADONAI On Jul - 30 - 2011 9 COMMENTS
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The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. ~B. F. Skinner   The year is 2110. IBM has just completed work on the most advanced A.I.(Artificial Intelligence), in history. At 12:10 P.M. the A.I. is loaded onto servers. 12:12 P.M., it makes contact with the world [...]

Posted by Marion On Jul - 23 - 2011 9 COMMENTS
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When I was a junior in high school, in the middle of Richard Nixon’s first term, I took a course in civics. Back then, this was required of all high school students, usually taken in their junior or senior year. Our civics course was simply entitled “U S and Comparative [...]

Posted by ADONAI On Jul - 23 - 2011 9 COMMENTS
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    It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. ~Charles Darwin   Well, here we go. Evolution. What is it and how did we get to the evolutionary theory we [...]

Posted by ADONAI On Jul - 21 - 2011 40 COMMENTS
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      A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie. ~Desiderius Erasmus Welcome back to a new chapter of Exploring Morality. In this chapter we will be discussing truth, lies, and deception. A complex subject full of grey areas. Again I will try to keep [...]

Posted by whatsthatsound On Jul - 18 - 2011 55 COMMENTS
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Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer’s horse Scratches its innocent behind on a tree. – Auden St Francis of Assissi had, to be sure, an odd relationship with his body. As a strict ascetic, he considered it of utmost importance not to give in [...]

Posted by whatsthatsound On Jul - 11 - 2011 41 COMMENTS
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  While scientists remain puzzled as to the cause of  the dramatic decline in honeybee populations in North America and elsewhere, some are speculating the cause may very much be human related; however, not technological, but  philosophical. It appears that “Randism”, a trend that has recently exploded on the American [...]

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