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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1995 )

• Kidnapper Could Sue for Custody of His Victim's Child

  

  Cross-posted from MN Political RoundtableThree women who were kidnapped ten years ago were found recently when one of them escaped, along with a child belongin... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What is Wrong with This Country? This is Apparently Factual - and Terrible

  

  At the National Rifle Association Convention this week, RAW story picked up on one of the speakers advising attendees to keep guns in their children's bedrooms. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Because Amid Snow and Rain and Wind, We Should Have Some Fun on Fridays Spread...

  

  HONG KONG - MAY 02: Dutch conceptual artist, Florentijin Hofman's Floating duck sculpture called "Spreading Joy Around the World", is moved into Victoria Harbou... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Science Project, My Ass

  I read an oddly eclectic, even eccentric assortment of material, and always have. I first read about aluminum foil being used for making improvised explosives... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Gun Control Works Our Legislators However Do Not Work for US - That Has to Change

  

  Thw two Boston bomber brothers had one hand gun between them, an illegal handgun that was most likely purchased in a neighboring state with lax gun control, or... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Illegal Guns and Gun Control and the Boston Bombers

  cross posted from MN Political Roundtable Illegal guns and the Boston Bombers (alleged) We’ve heard repeatedly from the gun-huggers that if we pass gun... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Criminal Religion

  

  Conservatives are not about liberty or freedom; conservatives are all about controlling your life. Their claims about 'smaller government' is code for wanting t... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Reality Check!

  The Atlantic came up with a piece titled Owning Guns Doesn't Preserve Freedom which basically backs up what I have been saying about personal guns protecting... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• That’s Mighty White of You, ‘Cock-Asians’ (the Right Wing’s Term)

  

  You can't make up the racist right-wing crazy that wants to repudiate the term Caucasian as a descriptive category for white people, as used by government... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Humanity and Liberty

  Some men and women in my life leave me awestruck. Some people find a way to move beyond their own personal grief, their own pain, to forgivenss. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Earth Day 2013

  

  The taxonomy name is Epicrates cenchria cenchria, the taxonomic name for it attributed to Linnaeus in 1758. This is a photo of a Brazilian rainbow boa;... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Get a Grip? Technology, and Unintended Consequences

  I love TED talks; this is an amazing example. I have long been fascinated by the intersection of mind and body that is our brains, of understanding our minds an... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• for My Good Friend Visiting Prague During the Boston Terrorist Incident...

  

  If you find the good people of the Czech Republic pitying you because of American stupidity, it ok to pretend you're from Canada. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Fox News Funny - Look at the Caption in the Middle of the Screen

  

  A terrorist bombing is not funny; but the way Fox news 'bombs' (fails) in getting their facts correct IS funny. We should laugh at Fox, as often as possible -... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Feeling Those Good Vibrations ---- While Waiting for Sun and Spring (or Maybe...

  

  From one of my favorite fb sites, I f'ing love science: Oobleck is a non-Newtonian liquid, meaning it behaves unlike typical fluids. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Congratulations and Condemnations

  to the leadership and effective action in the Boston terrorist attack lead by Democratic mayor Thomas Menino, Democratic Governor Deval Patrick, and of course... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Watching the News: Tamurlan, Tamurlane

  

  Watching the news coverage of the two young terrorist bombers in Boston, I kept wondering if one of them wasn't trying to live up to his namesake. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Today is the Anniversary of the Columbine Shooting

  I am cross posting something I originally published on Political Roundtable to honor those who suffered back on this date in 1999. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Senator Tucker (R-NC) - Get Over Yourself

  

  Now, I don't happen to live in backward red state North Carolina, but I do write about some of the insanity that the right wing nuts try to pass there, because... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Attention, Fundamentalists of All Flavors, Extremists of All Stripes and Spots,...

  Attention, extremists of all stripes and spots, we don't like you, you are not persuading us to your point of view, and we will unite to resist your violent... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY