August 2011
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...Break Your Mama's Back... →
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America's Vanishing Middle Class: A Tale of Two...
The US economy today borders on schizophrenic. To be sure, we are seeing signs of positive momentum. The last three months have delivered almost 250,000 new jobs per month on average. Great news, but at the same time, unemployment is growing and now exceeds nine percent. Both consumer confidence and small business confidence is higher than where they were last year. But confidence has been falling...
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Ten Commandments: Basis for American Law?...
One of the arguments most frequently offered for the creation of Ten Commandments plaques, monuments, or displays on government property is that they are the foundation of American (or Western) law. Having the Ten Commandments displayed is thus supposed to be a way of acknowledging the roots of our laws and our government. But is this really valid?
It is difficult to make any sort of case for...
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Golden Rules
“A God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave his angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with...
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Cat Physics
1. Law of Cat Inertia: A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force, such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse.
2. Law of Cat Motion: A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction.
3. Law of Cat Magnetism: All blue blazers and black sweaters attract cat hair in direct proportion to the...
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The Truth About The Tea Party →
Taibbi takes down the far-right monster and the corporate insiders who created it.
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LIFE
On the first day, God created the dog and said:
‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in
or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.’
The dog said: ‘That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten
years and I’ll give you back the other ten?’
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
‘Entertain...
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“There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making...”
– Aldous Huxley
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12 Critical Things You Should Never Tolerate
1. Unhappiness at work.
You spend nearly half of your life at your job. If you are unhappy, do you really want to give away that much of your life? Think of the impact it has on your emotional well-being, your health, and your relationships. Think of the opportunities missed for doing something that you love, that is fulfilling. Don’t settle for living this way forever. Find a job that you love....
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“I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in...”
– Richard Dawkins
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“So you’re offended. So fucking what?”
– Stephen Fry
“If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities”
– Voltaire (1694-1778)
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