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Just an Email from Move To Amend

Society dgraz - April 30, 2010 3

? This spring, the Move to Amend is on the move. Read on for the latest resources, actions, and upcoming events . . . New...

Bad Company

Activism AdLib - April 26, 2010 51

Pres. Obama and Congress have now turned to focus on passing financial reforms that are long overdue. Fox News and the Republicans tried trotting...

If you like avatar’s Evolver is a site you should try out

Humor KQµårk 死神 - April 20, 2010 7

I was accidentally came across this site called Evolver that takes your image and creates a 3D avatar from it. It first creates...

Are You Biased Even Though You Do Not Know It?

Society KQµårk 死神 - April 17, 2010 40

I came across a site that contained a test Harvard created for a study which tries to measure your conscious and even subconscious biases....

The Next Credit Bust – 2012?

Society SueInCa - April 12, 2010 30

During and right after the mortgage crisis some were talking about the commercial crash and how that would soon hit. At the time I thought,...

At Huffington Post, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog

Internet Chernynkaya - April 12, 2010 148

Last summer, someone with the moniker “lawmiss” posted a comment on the website of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Lawmiss wrote something nasty about a...

Animal House Rules

Society AdLib - April 8, 2010 115

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-Dqj4fHmM Who would have thought that the best advice for America in a motion...

Will Google have to Leave the US Internet Now?

Society KQµårk 死神 - April 6, 2010 11

Probably not but in another amazingly corporate friendly decision a Federal appeals court struck down the FCC ability to prevent Comcast from punishing it's...

Blessed Are The Poor – But Not By Republicans

Society SueInCa - April 4, 2010 23

I think we all recognize that poverty in our nation has increased in the past three years, but what is not so much discussed...

No, not that Green Day!

Society Khirad - April 4, 2010 24

I. History of Nowruz Imagine it’s the fifth century before the Common Era, on a plain bejeweled with a magnificent palace complex and flowing gardens,...

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Just an Email from Move To Amend

Bad Company

If you like avatar’s Evolver is a site you should try out

Are You Biased Even Though You Do Not Know It?

The Next Credit Bust – 2012?

At Huffington Post, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog

Animal House Rules

Will Google have to Leave the US Internet Now?

Blessed Are The Poor – But Not By Republicans

No, not that Green Day!

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