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10 Scariest States to Be An Atheist | Belief | AlterNet
Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2012 11:12 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Let's be clear. It's not like it's easy to be an atheist anywhere in the U.S. Atheists are the most distrusted and disliked of all minority groups -- more than blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Muslims, immigrants, and gays and lesbians -- and polls show that Americans are&nbs …
Weigh More, Pay More
Seeded on Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:42 AM EDT (Project Syndicate)
We are getting fatter. In Australia, the United States, and many other countries, it has become commonplace to see people so fat that they waddle rather than walk. The rise in obesity is steepest in the developed world, but it is occurring in middle-income and poor countries as …
Top 50 Atheism Quotes
Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:53 PM EST (leftofzen.)
Religion easily has the best bull@!$%# story of all time. Think about it. Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day.
Web is vulnerable to hashing denial-of-service attack ( #hashdos ) with Demo | The Hacker News (THN)
Seeded on Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:21 AM EST (The Hacker News)
The patch to fix this should be available through windows update. Make sure to take the update asap!
XKCD: Password Strength
Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:29 AM EDT (XKCD)
Just felt the need to share. . .
Imparting Perfect Truth
Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:04 PM EDT
Is it possible for perfect truth to exist? If so, can perfect truth be conveyed? I am of the opinion that perfect truth does in fact exist. I believe that such things exist that the truth of said things cannot be denied or debated on the basis of one's point of view.
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Robert Nozick and the Value of Liberty | Cato @ Liberty
Seeded on Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:19 AM EDT (Cato Institute)
Stephen Metcalf’s prolix takedown of Robert Nozick demands response, not because Metcalf has advanced a novel and Rawls-esque so-interesting-and-powerful-it-must-be-addressed argument, but because he precisely has not.
President Ron Paul's Likely Supreme Court Nominations by Walter Block
Seeded on Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:11 AM EDT (LewRockwell.com)
An interesting article discussing likely appointments, in the unlikely event that Ron Paul should be elected.
RealClearPolitics - The Cancer of Regulation
Seeded on Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:54 AM EDT (RealClearPolitics)
Politicians care about poor people. I know because they always say that. But then why do they make it so hard for the poor to escape poverty?
Welfare before the Welfare State - Joshua Fulton - Mises Daily
Seeded on Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:29 AM EDT (Mises Daily)
Many people think life without the welfare state would be chaos. In their minds, nobody would help support the less fortunate, and there would be riots in the streets.
Barstool Economics
Fri May 13, 2011 10:23 PM EDT
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
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The Need for Increased Government
Fri Apr 1, 2011 10:09 AM EDT
At this most critical juncture in our nations history, it has become painfully apparent that we as a people are in need of change. This change must invariably come from our leadership in Washington.
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A Libertarian's View on the United States Government
Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:48 AM EDT
The United States government is of the form of a constitutional republic. This is a system under which the people elect those who will govern them, and these selected individuals must govern in accordance with an established constitution.
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Ajax Web Application Part 2
Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:47 AM EST
Now that we have created a first page to work with, we should create a header control. This control will be used on every page we create, so to avoid having to reinvent the wheel each time we will create a .ascx control. Start by creating a new folder called Controls.
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A Libertarian's View on Social Welfare
Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:11 PM EST
I begin this article by stating that these views are my own, I speak for myself as a Libertarian and citizen of the United States of America. There is, as always, a question put forth for Libertarians such as myself.
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Nintendo can remotely brick your 3DS after flash card use?
Seeded on Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:05 PM EST (Engadget)
Bad news for those that plan on using a flash card with their 3DS. . .
The Delicate Decisions Facing an iPad Buyer
Seeded on Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:27 PM EST (technewsworld)
Whenever I shell out US$500 or more for anything, I tend to think it over quite a while. The iPad 2 is no exception. . .
Netflix spooks Hollywood more than ever
Seeded on Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:24 PM EST (CNET.com)
Hollywood film executives want you to know that they are not at war with Netflix or the Internet.
Ajax Web Application Part 1
Sat Mar 5, 2011 2:15 PM EST
This is an Ajax control toolkit based web application tutorial. If there is enough interest in it, I will go through the design of a complete application using every part of the Ajax control toolkit along with javascript, DayPilot lite, and Crystal reports.
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The End of Legislative Process
Sat Mar 5, 2011 11:26 AM EST
The actions seen lately in Wisconsin have shown an unfortunate example of what we have come to expect in our elected officials.
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A Case for Libertarianism
Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:35 PM EST
It is an incontrovertible truth that men thrive in an atmosphere of freedom. It if for this reason that the United States was brought into existence through rebellion against a tyrannical government.
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A Modest Proposal for the Solution of Energy, Climate Change, and Unemployment
Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:46 PM EST
As the unemployment rate in the United States hovers around ten per cent and energy and climate change cause increasing concern, I think we can all agree that it is time to take a decisive action in the correct direction.
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Will Bulletstorm Murder Your Children? (No)
Seeded on Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:29 PM EST ()
Make sure to read the Fox news article at the "Is Bulletstorm the Worst Video Game in the World?" link.
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Killer of 3 tells AP: Nothing to say to survivor
The Connecticut killer who once called himself one of the most hated men in America said in a death row interview that he tries not to think about the murder of a suburban mother and her two daughters, suffers no nightmares and has nothing to say to the only survivor of the brutal 2007 attack.
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" A grand jury has indicted a U.S. right to die group and several members for their actions in the 2007 suicide of a suburban woman, prosecutors announced Monday."
- 50 Years of Government Spending, In 1 Graph
Of each dollar the federal government spends, how much goes to defense? How much goes to Social Security? How much goes to interest on the debt? And how has this sort of thing changed over time?
- Brutal Robbery & Attack of MacDill AFB Serviceman Caught on Camera
TAMPA, Fla. - It is video that is hard to watch as a lone figure walks across the intersection of Iowa and Renellie, he's approached by another man who then starts attacking him.
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