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Sade and The Body

Observations whatsthatsound - February 4, 2010 191

I am bothered by movies, such as "Saw" and "Hostel", that, to me, serve no purpose other than to depict the extremes of human...

Hate In America

Observations Chernynkaya - January 31, 2010 88

Rush Limbaugh: "n Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering." Glenn Beck: "So here you have Barack...

How do you fight SAD?

Observations Pepe Lepew - January 28, 2010 97

SAD is Seasonal Affective Disorder, something I don’t know that I have -- but I think I do. I hate it when the sun...

Accuracy of Scientists

Observations javaz - January 16, 2010 35

I would like to preface this post by stating that I am not denying that global warming or climate change is occurring presently. I have...

THE GRADUATE

Observations BlueStateMan - January 15, 2010 7

Here's to YOU, Mr. Robertson, Jesus turns his righteous back on you, Whoo, whoo, whoo. God hates you TOO, Mr. Robertson Heaven holds NO place for you this...

Why The Revolution Won’t Be Televised

Observations whatsthatsound - January 11, 2010 66

Click image to enlarge Keep you doped with religion, and sex and TV; and you think you're so clever and classless and free; but you're still f**king...

The World According to GOP

Observations nellie - January 10, 2010 93

In this election year, one issue outweighs all others. No matter how many disagreements we might have with Democrats, nothing is more important than...

Do Platypuses Dream of Eccentric Sheep?

Observations whatsthatsound - January 7, 2010 122

Sleep; who needs it? And who doesn't? Isaac Asimov called it a waste of time, whereas John Lennon wrote one of his most mesmerizing songs in praise of it.

Oh Say Scan You See?

Observations Tiger99 - January 6, 2010 73

It would appear that the "Powers To Be" have just been waiting for the chance to implement the mandatory use of Full Body Scanners...

No Satisfaction

Observations javaz - January 5, 2010 28

The Conference Board Research Group has released the results of their survey regarding job satisfaction and the results show that 45% of Americans are...

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