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Why Are Even Smart, Liberal Men Freaked Out by Abortion?
Seeded on Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:59 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Even die-hard liberals who would wax on about a woman's right to choose were uncomfortable when presented with a woman who chose.
It Couldn't Happen Here. Could It?
Seeded on Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:21 PM EST (Common Dreams)
PARIS--Most Americans don't care what happens in France. But the oldest country in "Old Europe" remains the Western world's intellectual capital and one of its primary originators of political trends. (Google "May+1968+Sorbonne.")
Lake Michigan underwater stones continue to puzzle archeologists
Seeded on Sun Feb 8, 2009 5:39 PM EST (Chicago Tribune)
This spring Holley and a student from Northwestern Michigan College hope to make laser scans of the image that will yield a computer model. That will help scientists assess the site, which is otherwise off limits because of American Indian concerns that the area could be sacred.
The War on Terror is a Hoax
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 6:19 AM EST (CounterPunch)
The "war on terror" is a hoax that fronts for American control of oil pipelines, the profits of the military-security complex, the assault on civil liberty by fomenters of a police state, and Israel's territorial expansion.
The American Economy Is Not Coming Back
Seeded on Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:34 PM EST (countercurrents.org)
President Barack Obama and his economic team are being careful to couch all their talk about economic stimulus programs and bank bailout programs in warnings that the economic downturn is serious and that it will take considerable time to bounce back.
Eighth Grader Invents Invisible Bird-Saving Window Decals
Seeded on Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:38 AM EST (CBC)
Eighth grader Charlie Sobcov wants to stop birds from dying in collisions with windows, but he doesn't want to ruin anybody's view.
'Tungsten bombs' leave Israel's victims with mystery wounds
Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:10 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)
Although Mr Olmert's announcement was only a first step towards halting the conflict in Gaza, the UN is not the only international body insisting that inquiries must be held as soon as possible into the tactics and weapons used by Israel.
Fermilab Director: Unexplained Noise may show that the Universe is a Hologram
Seeded on Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:53 AM EST (newscientist.com)
For many months, the GEO600 team-members had been scratching their heads over inexplicable noise that is plaguing their giant detector. Then, out of the blue, a researcher approached them with an explanation.
Astronomers Discover Unexpected Radio Signal - 6 Times Louder Than Expected
Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:39 AM EST (rfglobalnet.com)
A mysterious screen of extra-loud radio noise permeates the cosmos, preventing astronomers from observing heat from the first stars. The balloon-borne ARCADE instrument discovered this cosmic static on its July 2006 flight. The noise is six times louder than expected.
Scientists have discovered a hybrid plant-animal. Say what?!
Seeded on Fri Jan 2, 2009 12:33 PM EST (newscientist.com)
It's the ultimate form of solar power: eat a plant, become photosynthetic. Now researchers have found how one animal does just that.
Obama in Your Heart
Seeded on Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:15 PM EST (Slate)
For researchers of emotions, creating them in the lab can be a problem.
Scientists put sex origin mystery to bed
Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:14 PM EST (msnbc.com)
We all came from hermaphrodites, organisms with both male and female reproductive organs. And though the origin traces back more than 100 million years, biologists have scratched their heads over how and why the separate male and female sexes evolved.
For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics
Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:01 PM EST (The New York Times)
Fear of the politician with the unusual name and look did not end with last Tuesday's vote in this rural red swatch where buck heads and rifles hang on the wall. This corner of the Deep South still resonates with negative feelings about the race of President-elect Barack Obama.
America the Illiterate
Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:45 AM EST (Truthdig)
We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual tools to separate illusion from truth.
New Ohio Voting Report: The 2004 Election Was Stolen - Finally We Have Irrefutable Confirmation
Seeded on Tue Nov 4, 2008 3:30 PM EST (electionfraudblog.com)
...we saw the election of 2004 stolen right in front of our faces. And we reported it extensively, and everybody laughed at us. And they said, "Oh, this couldn't happen in America." And we documented it in How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election and Is Rigging 2008.
World's Most Advanced Microscope Unveiled
Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:28 PM EDT (Science Daily)
It's the equivalent of taking the Hubble Telescope and aiming it at the atomic level rather than at stars and galaxies, says Gianluigi Botton, director of the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster, site of the world's most advanced and powerful electron microsco …
Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death
Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:52 PM EDT (Sciam)
It should strike us as odd that we feel inclined to nod our heads in agreement to the twangy, sweetly discordant folk vocals of Iris Dement in "Let the Mystery Be," a humble paean about the hereafter.
ACLU Assails 100-Mile Border Zone as 'Constitution-Free'
Seeded on Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:08 PM EDT (Wired News)
Government agents should not have the right to stop and question Americans anywhere without suspicion within 100 miles of the border, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday, pointing attention to the little known power of the federal government to set up immigration ch …
Rolling Stone - The Election is Already Stolen!!
Seeded on Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:52 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)
nvestigation by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast released today
CNN fact-check: 'This is looking like a fraud committed against ACORN.'
Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:03 AM EDT (Think Progress)
Tonight, CNN investigative reporter Drew Griffin fact-checked John McCain's claim that the grassroots community organizing group ACORN is "destroying the fabric of democracy." Conservatives have attacked ACORN's voter registration efforts as "voter fraud" because they …
New theory on light weighs heavily on scientists
Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:25 AM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)
At the heart of Einstein's elegant equation, E=mc2, is the constant speed of light.
"We have socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for everyone else."
Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:36 PM EDT (Video: Q & O | The Daily Show | Comedy Central)
The wealthy protect themselves at our expense.
An Energy Fix Written in the Stars
Seeded on Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:09 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
You're heading into some rough times as you move into the White House, Mr. Future President, what with the economy in recession, financial markets in turmoil, global warming, terrorism, war and soaring energy prices.
Bush declared himself above the law 1,100 times
Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:30 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Charlie Savage has been reporting on the President's use of illegal signing statements for years, and writes now on the two most recent illegal acts where Bush declares several portions of laws he recently signed to be unconstitutional -- something only the courts may do.
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