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I am a registered independent, also an atheist. A blue collar working stiff. With some college. I want science to be free of Politics and religion. I know I'm dreaming.
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Coolest April in Decades
Science – The average temperature in April 2008 was 51.0 F. This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.1 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.
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(freerepublic.com)
Voted for on May 12, 2008 03:08am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 101 votes / 2 sinks
Ethanol As Alternative Fuel Falls From Favor.
Money – Runaway food prices have compelled some lawmakers to question the policies adopted to develop the biofuel industry. In order to cut dependence on oil imports Congress has granted the biofuel industry a 51 cents per gallon tax credit and passed a law mandating a five fold increase in output over the next 15 years.
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(financial-blogs.blogspot.com)
Voted for on May 11, 2008 05:53pm
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 78 votes / 9 sinks
Lessons of the Quaternary [Debunking Global Warming]
Do No Evil – One of the world's leading journals focusing on the geology, geomorphology, geography, archaeology, soil science, palaeobotany, palaeontology, and palaeoclimatology of the Quaternary Period ... titled Quaternary Science Reviews. Three articles have been published recently ... we are calling the "Lessons of the Quaternary."
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(worldclimatereport.com)
Voted for on May 11, 2008 05:29pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 106 votes / 4 sinks
My 'Racial Harassment' Nightmare
Books – IN November, I was found guilty of "racial harassment" for reading a public-li brary book on a university campus. For reading an anti-KKK book.
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(nypost.com)
Voted for on May 10, 2008 01:58am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 81 votes / 8 sinks
Such a Nice Boy
Religion – Three years ago, Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti soldier who deserted to fight in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban, sat in a detention cell at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay. Last week, a Dubai-based television channel reported that al-Ajmi was killed carrying out a homicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq.
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(mudvillegazette.com)
Voted for on May 07, 2008 04:15pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 78 votes / 2 sinks
Air Pollution Impedes Bees' Ability to Find Flowers
Science – Air pollution interferes with the ability of bees and other insects to follow the scent of flowers to their source, undermining the essential process of pollination, a new study suggests. The findings may help unlock part of the mystery surrounding the current pollination crisis that is affecting a wide variety of crops.
This story has mostly positive ratings. 93 votes / 21 sinks
Republican blogger has Al Franken's Senate campaign reeling
Politics – Senate candidate Al Franken wants to talk about jobs, health care and global warming. Republican blogger Michael Brodkorb wants to talk about Franken's failure to pay all his income taxes on time. Guess what everyone is talking about?
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on May 03, 2008 12:29am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 64 votes / 3 sinks
Study: Warming water means less oxygen for sea life
Science – Low-oxygen zones where sea life is threatened or cannot survive are growing as the oceans are heated by global warming, a new study warns.
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(usatoday.com)
Sunk on May 02, 2008 09:48pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 70 votes / 3 sinks
Arctic global warming
News – Over 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, in the polar dark of a December morning, University of Manitoba Ph.D. student Jesse Carrie is out on the frozen Beaufort Sea, collecting ice samples to measure for mercury and pesticides. Lowered by crane from the deck of the icebreaking research vessel the CCGS Amundsen, and accompanied by a rifle bearer who keeps watch for polar bears, Carrie extracts ice cores and vials of frigid water.
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(salon.com)
Sunk on May 02, 2008 09:34pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 94 votes / 8 sinks
Climate Change Chokes Oceans
Science – Rising temperatures have caused oxygen-starved swaths of ocean to expand over the last half-century -- a disturbing trend that, if it continues, could wreak havoc on global fisheries.
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(blog.wired.com)
Sunk on May 01, 2008 11:21pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 65 votes / 2 sinks
The GOP can't shut me out!
Politics – This man is still on fire. See this latest video from CNN.
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(dailypaul.com)
Voted for on April 29, 2008 02:37pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 109 votes / 7 sinks
Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats
Religion – Army Specialist Jeremy Hall said he did not advertise his atheism during his service, but his views became apparent during his second deployment to Iraq.
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(nytimes.com)
Voted for on April 27, 2008 01:39am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 50 votes / 6 sinks
Scientists urged to make a stand on climate change
Science – Scientists must work harder at making the public aware of the stark difference between good science and "denialist spin".
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(adelaide.edu.au)
Sunk on April 26, 2008 01:47am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 69 votes / 7 sinks
America has become a Prison Nation
Do No Evil – It is safe to say that governments have committed far more crimes than they have prevented. As long as society bows and cringes before the great thieves, there will be little ones enough to fill the jails.
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(lewrockwell.com)
Sunk on April 25, 2008 09:21pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 108 votes / 22 sinks
Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh
Science – Disconcerting as it may be to true believers in global warming, the average temperature on Earth has remained steady or slowly declined during the past decade, despite the continued increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, and now the global temperature is falling precipitously.
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(theaustralian.news.com.au)
Voted for on April 24, 2008 12:03am
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