Sarah Palin and the Decline of Conservatism - Reason Magazine

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:54 AM EST (Reason Magazine)

Palin? Her new memoir, Going Rogue, fills up 413 pages, but it has less policy heft than a student council speech. Where Reagan dove into the murk of arms control and Goldwater fathomed federal farm programs, Palin skims over the surface of a puddle.

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China has now become the biggest risk to the world economy - Telegraph

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:23 AM EST (Telegraph)

It is fashionable to talk of America as the supplicant. That misreads the strategic balance. Washington can bring China to its knees at any time by shutting markets. There is no symmetry here.

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Why sponges are animals « Why Evolution Is True

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:08 AM EDT (whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com)

This is exactly what we would expect would have happened at the earliest stages of animal multicellularity. Animals didn't suddenly appear as running, flying, swimming things.

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Obama and the Socialist Canard - Reason Magazine

Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 10:25 AM EDT (Reason Magazine)

Obama, it's true, has done some things that involve the enlargement of government—bailing out banks, taking over General Motors, proposing a "public option" for health insurance, and spending $787 billion to stimulate the economy.

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Alabama Court Watch: Drug Dealing Alabama Judge's Son, Alex Rochester, Walks Free

Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 6:02 AM EDT (alcourtwatch.blogspot.com)

Yesterday I was able to come by John Alexander Rochester's case file and, I hate to tell you, but what I predicted would happen has happened. No surprise really. Regular working folks kids go to prison for years and years on charges like this.

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Michael Vick Added To Eagles Roster, Kendra's Husband Hank Baskett Released

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:43 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The Eagles were heavily criticized by animal rights activists for signing Vick less than a month after he finished serving 18 months in federal prison.

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Antivax people are antivax

Seeded on Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:35 AM EDT (discovermagazine.com)

Now, that might seem like a tautology. But it's not, not really. It's actually relevant because the antivax movement must change its story (what we skeptics call "moving the goalposts") every time they are conclusively proven wrong. That happens a lot.

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Alexandria police chief resigns after arrest

Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:19 AM EDT
By Associated Press (Clipped by AdipicAcid)

Alexandria Police Chief David Baker is resigning following his arrest on drunken driving charges.

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Reflections on TAM 7

Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:23 PM EDT (randi.org)

An interesting take on The Amazing Meeting, which is a skeptics conclave held in Las Vegas each year: It occurs to me that there are those of a religious bent who have said that skeptics, particularly atheistic ones, do not have a moral code to live by.

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The Rapture Has Come

Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:46 AM EDT

And the elect have been called home to God, leaving the rest of us behind. Who would ever have guessed that the pure at heart were Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, and Billy Mays?

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China's Citizens Oppose Green Dam, So Must U.S. Computer Makers - Business Center - PC World

Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:13 AM EDT (PC World)

There was a time when American capitalists would have strongly protested totalitarian censorship, but that was before they became complicit in it. Moral indignation once again loses out to global profits.

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Should Congress investigate why oil is nearing $70 in a recession?

Seeded on Mon Jun 8, 2009 8:50 AM EDT (dailyfinance.com)

"No conspiracy or collusion need occur. Just concentration," Dawson said. "Concentration is enough to cause a price bubble, and the U.S. housing sector is an example of that. There was no 'conspiracy' to cause U.S.

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Commentary: Let's get real about alternative energy - CNN.com

Seeded on Sun May 17, 2009 8:23 AM EDT (CNN)

As a thought-experiment, let's imagine that technology switches and lifestyle changes manage to halve American energy consumption to 125 kWh per day per person.

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Social media threats hyped by science reporting, not science - Ars Technica

Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:37 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

Does using Twitter make you indifferent to the suffering of others? Will Facebook kill your grades? You might be forgiven for thinking that based on some recent press reports, but the science behind these stories doesn't necessarily support some of the reporting.

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Thoughts on Bill O'Reilly and Squeaky the Chicago Mouse :: rogerebert.com :: News & comment

Seeded on Thu Apr 9, 2009 6:10 AM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)

That reminds me of the famous story about Squeaky the Chicago Mouse. It seems that Squeaky was floating on his back along the Chicago River one day. Approaching the Michigan Avenue lift bridge, he called out: Raise the bridge! I have an erection!

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Video sharpens focus on raid | Philadelphia Daily News | 03/30/2009

Seeded on Mon Apr 6, 2009 8:36 AM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

For the next several minutes, Tolstoy and other Narcotics Field Unit officers systematically cut wires to cameras until those "eyes" could no longer see.

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D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty Proposes to Implement New Taxes and Raise Existing Fees - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:26 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Cheh said she supported some of the changes, including the increase to parking meter rates citywide -- the council already raised downtown rates -- and the improved traffic enforcement, because many drivers live in Maryland and Virginia.

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Houston Congress members want millions for projects | National | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Seeded on Mon Mar 2, 2009 10:04 AM EST (The Houston Chronicle)

But although the libertarian-leaning Republican from Lake Jackson cast a vote against the massive spending measure, his fingerprints were on some of the earmarks that helped inflate its cost.

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The Raw Story | Greenspan says recession will be 'longest and deepest' since '30s

Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:21 AM EST (Raw Story)

"I see no alternative to a set of heightened federal regulatory rules for banks and other financial institutions," Greenspan said in a Tuesday evening speech to the Economic Club of New York, Reuters reported.

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Drone attacks began after US confirmed ISI-Taliban ties

Seeded on Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:06 AM EST (The News International)
Seeded by Ahmar Mustikhan (Clipped by AdipicAcid)

The US drone attacks on Pakistan is not an ill-conceived policy and that is why it is staying in spite of the change of administration. The CIA intercepted calls of senior Pakistan army generals that confirmed Pakistan's top generals were in cahoots with the Taliban.

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Is a bonus necessary just to do your job? -- themorningcall.com

Seeded on Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:36 AM EST (Top News)

But should the prospect of extra pay or perks be the main reason people work hard at their jobs? The reason you work hard, workers and employers in the retail trenches told me, is because you take pride in what you do.

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Morbid: China's Death Buses Deliver Executions, Organ Harvesting On the Go

Seeded on Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:43 PM EST (Gizmodo)

One more piece of innovation for the Chinese Government, it seems.

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The Vatican claims Darwin's theory of evolution is compatible with Christianity - Telegraph

Seeded on Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:39 AM EST (Telegraph)

Ahead of a papal-backed conference next month marking the 150th anniversary of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, the Vatican is also set to play down the idea of Intelligent Design, which argues a "higher power" must be responsible for the complexities of life.

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Michael Tomasky: The New Deal and job creation | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 3:13 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

I can't believe we have to reargue these points. It's not that the Republicans don't know anything about economics. It's that they don't want to know anything about economics, and don't want to reckon with evidence.

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Florida Leaps Ahead in Race to the Bottom of Science Education

Seeded on Sun Feb 8, 2009 3:28 PM EST (The Jacksonville Times-Union)
Seeded by iarnuocon (Clipped by AdipicAcid)

Amid much controversy a year ago, the Florida Board of Education approved new standards that require public schools to teach that the scientific theory of evolution is the foundation of all biological science. But don't think that battle is over. Not even close.

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