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An Inconvenient Truth

June 25, 2006 B. John 541 Views An Inconvenient Truth, Documentary, Global Warming, Al Gore

A documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

Invisbility 18 Months Away?

June 25, 2006 B. John 271 Views Imperial College, Invisibility, John Pendry, light waves, Metamaterials

You thought it was some sort of satirical headline, but I’m talking serious science here. According to this article, in as little as 19 months, scientists may have come up with an invisibility cloak that would mask microwaves and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

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Something A Little Queer in Congress?

June 25, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 283 Views discrimination, Constitutional Amendment, Prohibition, Spong, Marriage, senate

I’ve let the dust settle some from the recent insistence of Congressional Republicans to throw their “base” a bone. I am referring to, of course, the recent attempt to ingrain discrimination against gay people into the Constitution.

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Jesus is Not A Republican

June 25, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 373 Views Evangelical, Jesus Christ, Randall Balmer, republicans

Unfortunately, that’s a statement that will piss of a few people. It’s made by Randall Balmer, is a professor of American religious history at Barnard College. In an essay from his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical’s Lament, Balmer talks about how, “The leaders of the religious right have led their sheep astray from the gospel of Jesus Christ to the false gospel of neoconservative ideology and into the maw of the Republican Party.”

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Mom's Age Key to Long Life

June 25, 2006 B. John 299 Views Age, Farms, First Born

Here’s an MSNBC article about one of the factors that contributes to living a long life. Apparently, if you Mom is younger than 25 when you are born, it nearly doubles your chances of living past 100.

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Is it OK For Us to Torture Just Because Al-Quaida Does?

June 21, 2006 B. John 277 Views Bush, Iraq, gonzalez, torture

NOBODY thinks it was OK for our boys to be tortured. NOBODY thinks our torture was as bad as their torture. But some of us hold America (you know, the good guys) to a higher standard. Mr. Blowhard seems to be saying, “hey, our low grade torture of them is perfectly justified because of their high-grade torture of us!”

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Senate Kills Bill to Police Haliburton

June 21, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 346 Views haliburton, Byron Dorgan, Defense Appropriation Bill, Iraq War, KBR, S.AMDT.4230

In an effort to stop companies like Halliburton and its subsidiaries from cheating our troops and stealing from Americans, Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), introduced S.AMDT.4230 and attached it to the Defense Authorization bill currently being debated in the Senate. The bill was intended to improve contracting “by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement.”

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U.S. Uses Children for Leverage in War On Terror

June 21, 2006 B. John 282 Views Children, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, CIA

Unforunately, reports such as this no longer come as a surprise to me. Two young sons of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks, are being used by the CIA to force their father to talk.

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72% of Us Not Going to Hell

June 21, 2006 B. John 304 Views christian, Heaven, Hell, Beliefnet, MSNBC, Protestant

Here’s the link to an interesting MSNBC story about a Belief Net survey on people’s beliefs about hell. About 72% of us think we are not going. Only 3% of respondents think they are.

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