Mom's Age Key to Long Life
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?
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!”
Read moreSenate Kills Bill to Police Haliburton
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.”
Read moreU.S. Uses Children for Leverage in War On Terror
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.
Read more72% of Us Not Going to Hell
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.
Read moreThe Defeat of Night by Sunrise
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. –Bern Williams
Read moreReally, have extraterrestrials visited?
Well, there’s lots of alleged evidence but little agreement as to its legitimacy.
Read moreYour Legacy?
Live as if everything you do will eventually be known. –Hugh Prather
Read moreIs the MGM lion yawning?
It’s possible the lion in the famous MGM production logo may be more fatigued than ferocious. Hollywood thrives on illusion, after all. But to get to the lion’s heart of the matter, we’d need to know which lion you’re referring to.
Read moreSt. Pete Man Killed In Sword Fight?
It’s true. Two neighbors living in a apartments in a warehouse structure in St. Petersburg got into an argument. One of the men apparently went back to his apartment and got a sword; returned to the argument; and killed the other guy.
Read moreWhen did we start paying, "A penny for your thoughts."
A penny per thought hardly seems worth it these days. However in the 1500s and earlier, it may have been a fair trade.
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