Yea.........big time.........the narrator/economist just lays out some fundamental things that contributed to recent events over 30+ years without going on a...
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Jim Bechtel
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Mar 1, 2009 3:41 pm
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...
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Gary Jones
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Mar 1, 2009 6:30 pm
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...
Thanks. Lots of other interesting techie stuff at that website. The Information Explosion! ... From: Skryja, David To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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,...
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Jim Bechtel
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Mar 3, 2009 2:14 pm
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...
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...
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Sam
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Mar 4, 2009 1:37 pm
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:...
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O'Reilly, Dan
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Mar 4, 2009 4:56 pm
Hello Les and all, Les posts: <http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/03/fleas_flock_to_dawkins_lectu r\e.php> ...
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...
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Jim Bechtel
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Mar 4, 2009 6:54 pm
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...
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...