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far be it for me to say Bangladesh has better idea to deal with criminals that we do.. -- I'm not crazy -- But the idea that a guy who owns a building that collapses and kills people lands in jail ...
by babylonbros
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on Mon Apr 29, 2013 at 04:56 PM PDT
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Hoaxes can run on for years, a few for decades. Still, if we are to believe our Ad Biz people at Occupy Wall Street, National Rifle Association is relying on three major hoaxes to organize their ...
by the departed
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on Mon Apr 29, 2013 at 01:14 PM PDT
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by justiceputnam
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on Sun Apr 28, 2013 at 07:45 PM PDT
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by shortfinals
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on Sun Apr 28, 2013 at 06:45 PM PDT
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I want to briefly expand one one point from Teacherken's diary on the growing problem of religious abuse in the military.
It is no small thing that Sally Quinn, doyenne of religion at The ...
by Frederick Clarkson
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on Sun Apr 28, 2013 at 05:06 PM PDT
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by shortfinals
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on Sat Apr 27, 2013 at 08:48 PM PDT
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A constant refrain among many proponents of gun rights is that firearms are necessary for self-defense. "An armed society is a polite society", we are often told. Moreover, we are constantly told ...
by Michiganliberal
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on Sat Apr 27, 2013 at 03:03 PM PDT
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At least, I do not believe in your consequences.
You and I, we could have had a conversation last night. I don't remember how the subject of abortion came up, but it did, and for the first time ...
by RadicalParrot
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on Sat Apr 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM PDT
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Why Nonreligious Societies are more Functional
According to research published by sociologist Gregory Paul, the U.S. is doing close to worst compared to its industrialized cousins with regard to ...
by NationalAtheistParty
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on Sat Apr 27, 2013 at 08:30 AM PDT
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Feeling a need for community? Cohousing can provide affordable space and neighbors to share it with.
Temescal Creek cohousing community in North Oakland.
I wrote a feature about cohousing for ...
by citisven
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on Sun Apr 28, 2013 at 04:16 PM PDT
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Syria is being bandied about and FOX NEWS and several members of the so-called left side keep churning the thick goo inside the fear pot, talking about if we need to go to WAR, who would push us ...
by babylonbros
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on Fri Apr 26, 2013 at 04:52 PM PDT
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and want to share the following results from a 2009 survey that I posted as a comment to a wider audience. Feel free to draw your own conclusions.
by Old Gray Dog
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on Fri Apr 26, 2013 at 03:40 PM PDT
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I eat my homemade granola every day, except on those occasional brunches out with otoelbc or friends and family (Eggs Florentine, I love you). It is delicious and good looking and makes me feel ...
by susans
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on Fri Apr 26, 2013 at 01:56 PM PDT
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Adam and Amanda Brown are one of the most charismatic couples in the atheist movement. Sitting together, they describe how life was growing up as an Evangelical Christian and a Restoration Mormon [...
by NationalAtheistParty
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on Fri Apr 26, 2013 at 07:29 AM PDT
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Last night, I posted a quote from Rumi on Facebook. It was a short poem dug up from the recesses of my brain, something that made me feel rebellious--something bold I needed to grab onto after last ...
by blue ohio
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on Thu Apr 25, 2013 at 09:26 PM PDT
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An interesting night. So far, in the first ten picks, we have three offensive tackles, two guards, and three defensive ends. . . . and *zero* QBs and RBs.
A couple of significant trades, with Miami ...
by Samer
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on Thu Apr 25, 2013 at 06:37 PM PDT
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A tribute to cartoonist Jules Feiffer's style of comic that I always draw as an inspiration... I will not stop doing these tributes-- much like Dave Letterman never really stopped doing bits ...
by babylonbros
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on Thu Apr 25, 2013 at 04:26 PM PDT
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Rhode Island conservatives were wondering on Wednesday if they were still the most Catholic state in the Union when the state senate voted to pass a marriage equality bill into law by an incredible ...
by NationalAtheistParty
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on Thu Apr 25, 2013 at 01:41 PM PDT
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Standard disclaimer: Leave your loathing of meta, World of Warcraft, or community diaries outside. If you think we should be playing your MMO instead, start a guild and write a recruitment diary. ...
by Moody Loner
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on Thu Apr 25, 2013 at 01:57 PM PDT
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....and why no one seems to get it.
I usually write about things I study. Like health policy. But after seeing CNN and the Washington Post write about the brilliance/foolishness of sending ...
by Cameron85
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on Thu Apr 25, 2013 at 06:35 PM PDT
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