Yea.........big time.........the narrator/economist just lays out some fundamental things that contributed to recent events over 30+ years without going on a...
Dittoheads are chanting "socialism," hoping that incantation will somehow make the need for reform go away. And shame on Michael Gerson for repeating the lies...
Jim Bechtel
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Mar 1, 2009 3:41 pm
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Wow! A short demonstration of the power of data and logic. Gary...
In his Darwin Day talk, Ted Burk mentioned that Geoffrey Miller used an idea of Irwin Tessman's (1995: "Human altruism as a courtship display," citation...
Jim Bechtel
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Mar 2, 2009 12:20 am
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Taken from http://newpapyrusmagazine.blogspot.com/ The Voyage of Charles Darwin (Episode 1): ...
Thanks. Lots of other interesting techie stuff at that website. The Information Explosion! ... From: Skryja, David To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Jim Bechtel
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Mar 2, 2009 3:09 pm
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/opinion/01jacoby.html   March 1, 2009 Op-Ed Contributor Keeping the Faith, Ignoring the History By SUSAN JACOBY NEARLY...
http://books.elliottback.com/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/ <http://books.elliottback.com/does-reading-the-bible-make-you-dumb/> Cause and correlation...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/science/03angi.html?_r=1&ref=science March 3, 2009 In a Helpless Baby, the Roots of Our Social Glue By Natalie Angier ...
Yesterday Sandy G shared with me some exchanges he's had with WH editors about misrepresentations of fact about global warming, evolution, church and state,...
Military forces could enter US homes & seize with no warrants; civil rights could be suspended, etc. ... Memos outline vast anti-terror role ? Newly released...
Hello KG and all, KG posts: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/opinion/01jacoby.html <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/opinion/01jacoby.html> Dan sez: I agree...
O'Reilly, Dan
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Mar 3, 2009 11:07 pm
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http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/03/kraus.html March 3, 2009 Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion EVANSTON, Ill. --- Looking...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR200903 0101743.html The Rational Underpinnings of Irrational Anger By Shankar Vedantam ...
This article nicely explains current attitudes toward bailing out failed financial businesses. The last lines strike a particularly sensitive chord among my...
Sam Collins
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Mar 4, 2009 12:59 pm
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Sam saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Bionic eye gives blind man sight ** One of only three people in the UK to be...
... From: Jim Bechtel To: World Herald managing editor (Geitner Simmons) Cc: Olson, Chris (Pulse editor) Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:28 AM Subject:...
Jim Bechtel
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Mar 4, 2009 4:38 pm
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Hello Les and all, Les posts: <http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/03/fleas_flock_to_dawkins_lectu r\e.php> ...
O'Reilly, Dan
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Mar 4, 2009 4:56 pm
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I enjoy reading the paper also, but since they've raised the price to .75 I'll probably start reading (gulp) books instead. It's not a value issue as much as...
Seems to me I've seen about 6 suggestions (from Stephen H, Sandy G, Jim R, and Laurey S) for how to deal with the WH: a) We could post watchdog comments to the...
Jim Bechtel
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Mar 4, 2009 6:54 pm
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It could be that the author of the research has cause and effect backwards. Assuming the raw data are valid: Maybe the "greater sensitivity to the nuances of...
Regarding: "Hey, have they changed that statement prefacing the Public Pulse? It no longer says they will not knowingly publish misrepresentations of facts, it...