July 2012
573 posts
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The Spiritual Crisis of Capitalism: Karl Marx &...
So what’s all the fuss? Marx might still be an inspirational hero for the odd revolutionary in Peru or Nepal, but communism is generally summarized as a failed system that crashed and burned. So why this repeated hysteria about Marx? And why now?
While Joe McCarthy was holding Senate hearings in 1954 and fueling fear of a threatening and subversive communist underground that never really...
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American Autumn: an Occupy Wall Street Documentary
“Shot on the front lines and meeting spaces of the Occupy movement in NYC, Boston, and Washington, DC from the earliest days through the end of January 2012 American Autumn: an Occudoc is an inside looking out view of the occupy movement.”
Are you guys ready for another awesome #occupy documentary? Don’t forget to like & share!
Read more: American Autumn: an Occupy Wall...
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The American Way: Money, Power, And Politics
There has been much talk recently about the impact of money on politics, especially in the wake of the Citizens United ruling that has ratcheted up the role of corporate money in political campaigns. Organized labor was quick to blame this ruling for its defeat in Wisconsin. And many have assumed that the relation of money to politics is like a law of nature: the more money one has, the more...
June 2012
153 posts
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Five Good Reasons To Believe in UFOs
As most credible UFOlogists readily admit, proving that extraterrestrial spacecraft have visited our planet is a maddeningly difficult chore.
Do you want to believe? Have you ever seen any funkiness in the night sky?
Read more: Five Good Reasons To Believe in UFOs
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Pregnant in Kenya: Imprisoned for giving birth
The brutal realities of giving birth in Kenya’s public hospitals — and what happens when you can’t pay…
Instead of funding warlords, is it so out of the question to fund some clinics so women aren’t butchered and extorted during childbirth?
Read more: Pregnant in Kenya: Imprisoned for giving birth
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal...
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Tea Party Sees ObamaCare Ruling As New Rallying...
“Some of the earliest and most vocal opponents of President Obama’s health care law were members of the Tea Party. In fact, health care quickly became the issue fueling the rise of the movement.”
Do you think the Affordable Care Act will light a fire under a declining Tea Party?
Read more: Tea Party Sees ObamaCare Ruling As New Rallying Cry
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The Human Architects: How we’re playing ‘God’ now
“The accelerating pace of technological change is leading to the creation of entirely new opportunities for humans to “play God” — to create and transform life in a way that has never been possible. What was once thought to be the exclusive realm of a higher power is now within the grasp of human beings.”
Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, and Genetic Engineering- is Man now the...
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The American Empire: Syria Through the Looking...
Despite the democratic narratives of the Arab Spring, the Western Powers are more intent on stifling democracy than guaranteeing it.
Aren’t you sick of our good natures being manipulated to foment support for ‘humanitarian wars’?
Read more: The American Empire: Syria Through the Looking Glass
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Atheist Could Be Arrested for Criticizing Religion
According to the Public Order Act, John Richards can be arrested for his homemade sign which says ‘Religions are fairy stories for adults’.
Let’s say you believe in a religion- do you think this old man should be arrested for a sign in his window?
Read more: Atheist Could Be Arrested for Criticizing Religion
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Marijuana Now the Most Popular Drug in the World
“According to a U.N. report on global drug use, cannabis was the world’s most widely produced, trafficked, and consumed drug in the world in 2010.”
Most popular illegal drug, maybe. Coffee, Tobacco, and Alcohol have to be more widely used…
Read more: Marijuana Now the Most Popular Drug in the World
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JFK: Why Is The Government Holding Back Crucial...
Next year will be a half-century since the death of JFK. And the Obama Administration thinks we need to keep secret the records on the matter….a little longer yet.
Believe it or not, more than 50,000 pages of JFK assassination-related documents are being withheld in full. And an untold number of documents have been partially withheld, or released with everything interesting blacked out. But...
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Insane: ACLU Sues Myriad Genetics over Patent on...
From the very beginning of genetic research and modification, it was obvious that it would only be a matter of time before a claim would be staked on the very programming of human life by governments or international corporations. Unfortunately, that day has finally come with the recent patent of two human genes by Myriad Genetics.
Thought Patent for a Pig was bad?
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Bad for Progressives: Why the ObamaRomneyCare...
ObamaRomneyCare is an enrichment scheme for the Medical Industrial Complex and the Private Insurance Industry.
Why are progressives so stoked that they are forcing poor people to get coverage from the private insurance industry?
Read more: Bad for Progressives: Why the ObamaRomneyCare Ruling Stinks
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Why Are Believers Willfully Ignorant About...
When believers talk about atheists, they often don’t bother to talk to any first. What are they afraid of?
Is it because atheists are usually more educated about the religions they are discussing that they don’t believe in them? :)
Read more: Why Are Believers Willfully Ignorant About Atheists?
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Scientists say no God needed for Big Bang
During a panel discussion at the SETIcon II conference in Santa Clara, Calif., over the weekend, scientists discussed the Big Bang and whether there was a requirement for some divine power to kick-start the Universe 13.75 billion years ago. Unsurprisingly, the resounding answer was: No.
What do you think the ‘divine spark’ was and where did the energy come from?
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America is the best half-educated country in the...
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The Hijacking Of Arab Spring, And The Media’s...
For those versed in the black arts of propaganda, the hijacking of Arab Spring must be a beauteous thing to behold.
First came evidently spontaneous uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Then some up-and-comer in Washington or London or Paris had a brainstorm, a new twist on a very old idea: if you can’t beat em, join em. Or even better, co-opt them, and use them for your own purposes.
How big a part...
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Vatican Bank, Known For Secrecy, Opens Its Doors...
The Vatican bank, one of the more secretive institutions of the secrecy-obsessed Vatican, opened itself up to a little external scrutiny Thursday in a bid to show it’s serious about fighting money-laundering and being more financially transparent.
Whenever I hear Vatican Bank I think of Vatican/Freemasonry, Propaganda Due, and Suicide’d Bankers…. how about you?
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Why Don’t Christians Have To Get Circumcised?
A German court ruled on Tuesday that parentsmay not circumcise their sons at birth for religious reasons, because the procedure violates the child’s right to bodily integrity. Both Muslims and Jews circumcise their male children. Why is Christianity the only Abrahamic religion that doesn’t encourage circumcision?
Where do you think circumcision comes from? Fertility ritual? To mark slaves?
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Michelle Obama implores black churchgoers to get...
Michelle Obama asked black churchgoers to embrace politics on Thursday in a speech to the country’s oldest black religious denomination.
Do you think Obama would get more traction in the black community by sharecropping churches with platitudes- or legalizing weed?
Read more: Michelle Obama implores black churchgoers to get political
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to ignore...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he will “almost certainly” ignore a surrender notice issued to him by Scotland Yard.
Do you think Ecuador will grant Julian Assange asylum?
Read more: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to ignore Scotland Yard’s order to surrender
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Is 2012 the end of the world? Newly discovered...
Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered Maya text that references the “end date.” However, the Maya text suggests that the Maya calendar is not meant to predict the end of the world, but to promote continuity and stability.
Do you think the ancients had answers to modern questions?
Read more: Is 2012 the end of the world? Newly discovered Maya text says no
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Obama vs. Romney: Who Would Handle an Alien...
A survey by National Geographic reveals people thing Obama would fare better than Romney in the event of… an alien invasion?
One third of Americans think UFOs exist - 79% think the government keeps UFOs secret - What do you think?
Read more: Obama vs. Romney: Who Would Handle an Alien Invasion Better?
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Attorney General Eric Holder found in Contempt of...
The House of Representatives found Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress on Thursday, creating a bitter political break between two branches of government and sending it to the courts to decide whether the attorney general must release internal records dealing with Fast and Furious.
Read more: Attorney General Eric Holder found in Contempt of Congress
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#opJapan: Anonymous Declares War On Japan
Japan has incurred the wrath of Anonymous tough new anti-piracy law, which has prompted the hacktivist collective to unleash #opJapan.
What do you think will become of this? Japans cyber real estate is probably a lot more secured than past targets of the hacktivist collective…
Read more: #opJapan: Anonymous Declares War On Japan
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Tea Party Christians: 5 Reasons ‘Teavangelicals’...
t’s a match made in political heaven – evangelical Christians and the Tea Party. Starting in 2010, the two huge conservative flanks started coming together, forming what Christian Broadcasting Network Chief Political correspondent David Brody calls the “Teavangelical” movement.
Read more: Tea Party Christians: 5 Reasons ‘Teavangelicals’ matter
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10 Worst Cases of Cruel and Unusual Punishment for...
America’s legal system continues to treat the plant as if the 1920s propaganda film Reefer Madness were true. In the United States — where a marijuana arrest occurs every 42 seconds, on average — the war on pot has disastrous consequences for its victims. Here are 10 of the most shameful examples in which the crime – related to weed — does not even come close to matching the punishment.
Do you...
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Woman sues Catholic Church for Sexual Abuse during...
A woman who claims a priest repeatedly molested her during a more than two-year exorcism has filed a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, its bishop and an anti-abortion ministry that employed the exorcist.
Whats worse: Being emotionally manipulated by your parents to believe in foolish faiths /or/ being sexually manipulated by your priests who exploit your foolish faith?
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The Clergy Project: Is Atheism is the new Gay?
The Clergy Project assists atheist preachers leaving the religion closet/confessional by using lgbt “coming out” metaphors.
As an atheist, LGBT, or Atheist LGBT, does the Clergy Project’s ‘coming out’ metaphor for atheist clergy offend you?
Read more: The Clergy Project: Is Atheism is the new Gay?
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[Lecture] Something from Nothing (2012)
Biologist Richard Dawkins joins theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss to discuss evolution, quantum mechanics, and religion in politics.
Think something couldn’t have come from ‘nothing’? Watch this and see if they can’t convince you otherwise…
Read more: [Lecture] Something from Nothing (2012)
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[Infographic] So, You’ve Been Accused of...
[Infographic] So, you’ve been accused of witchcraft… Avoid the ultimate punishment with this guide from the 1486 witch-hunting manual the Malleus Maleficarum: Or, The Hammer of Witches:
Read more: [Infographic] So, You’ve Been Accused of Witchcraft… What’s Next?
