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• Nokia Engineers Use Lightning to Charge Mobile Phone

  

  Harnessing the power of lightning to charge your mobile phone is much more impressive (and innovative!) than using wireless charging accessories for Lumia. Read more

  The 02 October 2013 by   Dailyfusion
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• House GOP Shuts Down The Government

  

  As I write this post, midnight is approaching, and the Republican Party still wants to follow the lead of a small band of suicidal teabaggers in their caucus an... Read more

  The 01 October 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• As a Gay Catholic I Continue to Ask, "Reform? What Reform?"

  

  And so reform, the reform of the Catholic church about which so many people are speaking as the pope's advisory council of eight cardinals prepares for its firs... Read more

  The 30 September 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Obamacare/Affordable Health Care Act: Now It’s the Democrats That Need to Move...

  

  A few days ago, the Reactionary Republicans needed to be chided. It was time for them to stop trying to do the impossible; repealing Obamacare.  It was time... Read more

  The 30 September 2013 by   Barrysblogging
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• Oil-Eating Bacteria May Be Used to Clean Up Petroleum Spills

  

  A ship floats amongst a sea of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. (Credit: Flickr @ kris krüg http://www.flickr. Read more

  The 30 September 2013 by   Dailyfusion
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• Government Shutdown Looming…Again

  

  At the White House 10 (Photo credit: afagen) At midnight on September 30th the U.S. government will once again be on the brink of a government shutdown. Loomin... Read more

  The 29 September 2013 by   Real Talk
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• ‘If Gays Don’t Like It, They Can Choose Another Pasta’

  

  DailyMail: Campaigners have called for a boycott of Barilla, the world’s biggest pasta maker, after the company said they would never feature gay people in thei... Read more

  The 27 September 2013 by   Eowyn
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• Study: CNG Powered Buses Are Cheaper and Greener

  

  A Metro Bus in the Washington DC area. (Credit: Flickr @ Elvert Barnes http://www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/)CNG (compressed natural gas), a fossil fuel... Read more

  The 26 September 2013 by   Dailyfusion
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• Darwinian Dawkins

  

  Richard Dawkins seems like he’s probably a nice guy in person. You can tell quite a bit about somebody from their writing, and even when Dawkins is being... Read more

  The 26 September 2013 by   Steveawiggins
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• Filibuster Or Political Theater ?

  

  (The caricature on the left of Ted Cruz is by DonkeyHotey.) The 21 hour "filibuster" against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas),... Read more

  The 26 September 2013 by   Jobsanger
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