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The difference between a skeptic and a cynic is that when faced with something too good to be true, a skeptic says it isn't really true and a cynic says it isn't really good. - Sydney J. Harris
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Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: skeptic271 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and ...
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People Unsure of Beliefs Are More Close-Minded »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
People who are less confident in their beliefs are more reluctant than others to seek out opposing perspectives, researchers said today.
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The findings, which are ...Read (249) | Share | Discuss (7) | Read Full Story at livescience.com
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Christian school forbids student from going to prom »
Posted by: edmcsmitherson 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school will not be able to graduate on stage if he takes his girlfriend from another school to her ...
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The Competitive Disadvantage of GOP Healthcare Rhetoric | CommonDreams.org »
Posted by: skeptic271 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Despite the shock and awe of Democrats' melodramatic press releases, nobody was genuinely bewildered or surprised by the recent McClatchy newspaper headline screaming that " GOP ...
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Drug smugglers successfully build ramps to jump border fence »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The planned 670-mile fence along the US border with Mexico has proven remarkably ineffective at deterring or stopping illegal crossers to the United States, advocates ...
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Franken Certified as the Winner, Coleman Vows to Fight On | Politicususa »
Posted by: capj71 10 months, 2 weeks ago in News
After the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a request to count an additional 650 absentee ballots, the attorneys for Sen. Norm Coleman vowed to fight on ...
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Arianna Huffington: Laissez-Faire Capitalism Should Be as Dead as Soviet Communism »
Posted by: cosmogenium 11 months ago in Business & Finance
The collapse of Communism as a political system sounded the death knell for Marxism as an ideology. But while laissez-faire capitalism has been a monumental ...
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6 Medical Myths for the Holiday Season »
Posted by: altnrg 11 months, 1 week ago in Health & Fitness
Last year, the British medical journal BMJ reported on a series of medical myths that even doctors believe. Among them: Turkey makes you drowsy. Dim ...
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What Journalists Should Have Done Long Ago »
Posted by: populist 11 months, 1 week ago in Political News
It's time for the press corps to stop treating presidents like royalty. If he accomplished anything at all in eight years in office, President ...
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Police to test older Taser stun guns - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: skeptic271 11 months, 2 weeks ago in News
OTTAWA (Reuters) –
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Tuesday they would test 24 Tasers bought before 2006 after a media investigation suggested older models of ...Read (37) | Share | Discuss (1) | Read Full Story at news.yahoo.com
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Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen? »
Posted by: y_soitenly 1 year, 1 month ago in News
Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
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Illuminati Films has produced a 10 minute video in which Phil J. Berg is interviewed. Mr. Berg lays ...Read (4327) | Share | Discuss (62) | Read Full Story at obamacrimes.com
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McCain tied to Iran-Contra group - John McCain News- msnbc.com »
Posted by: txclimber 1 year, 1 month ago in News
WASHINGTON - GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of ...
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More to Fear in World of Retirees »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 year, 2 months ago in News
Older Americans with investments are among the hardest hit by the turmoil in the financial markets and have the least opportunity to recover.
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Downtown Lens: Your Right to Photograph »
Posted by: populist 1 year, 2 months ago in News
As a photographer you have certain rights that permit you to take photographs in public places. Frequently, security guards and other people will tell you ...
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