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Daniel Ellsberg’s Guide to FISA (1)
on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines (45) permalinkWhat’s the big deal about the new FISA “compromise”? Simply put, it legitimizes warrantless spying on Americans while papering over one of George W. Bush’s worst abuses. Daniel Ellsberg would like your help in stopping it, provided you can set aside 60 seconds of your Monday. Daniel Ellsberg on the AntiWar.com Blog: Find below how you can make a real impact in less than 60 seconds. Every person counts—the Senators who will vote are watching ...Shared by megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Nice funeral (2)
on Pharyngula (143) permalink(via Atheist Media Blog) Read the comments on this post...Shared by jbnann (7) megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Google Maps Tests Walking Directions (36)
on Google Operating System (697) permalinkGoogle Maps tests a new feature: walking directions. You can already get driving directions and, for a small number of locations, Google Maps has transit directions, but these directions are not always useful if you don't use a car or a bus.Google suggests to "use caution when walking in unfamiliar areas", since the "walking directions are in beta". Chris, who sent this tip, spotted the feature for New York, but it's likely that Google randomly ...Shared by arturo.servin (67) Brian (180) Chandan (462) Chris (19) Christopher (46) ckaroli (135) Clay (65) Craig (4) Frawst (20) gisc (73) graywolf (67) Hasan (104) junal (18) kepp (35) kleinmatic (13) kmohr25 (63) l taylor (5) Leon Ridge-Cooke (22) megastep (46) mgratzer (6) Mike F (924) mikecs83 (9) naovouporai (53) natalia (97) neilfws (29) Patrick (34) Paul (83) Peter (46) Phuller10 (71) Rafael Capanema (24) ricardo (118) Steve Rubel (78) Tewe (5) Zach (117) 小志 (16) 康爷 (48)
- kleinmatic said: Finally!
- Clay said: Walking directions and as one of the commenters notes, biking directions, would be great!
- Rafael Capanema said: Boa!
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Version 1.1.4 (1)
on Mobile Guitar Trainer News (2) permalinkAdded a Catalan translation, courtesy of Roman Valls Guimerà. Support for the BlackBerry COD file format.Shared by megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Beta Beat: Freedom leaves you internet-less (11)
on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (1200) permalinkFiled under: Software, FreewareAre you tired of being distracted by the internet? Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Google Earth could all be considered "distractions" or "time wasters." So, if you're looking to get some work done without physically un-pluging from the internet then Freedom might be what you need. Freedom allows you to set a time limit for internet access. For instance, if I need to set aside 30 minutes for a project that doesn't require ...Shared by Bobby (23) Bram (9) danb420 (45) Daniel (11) Diana (8) Jon (37) macgeekpro (67) megastep (46) mz (2) Neo2049 (48) Pauley (6)Contribute comment
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Atheist, here's God (5)
on Pharyngula (143) permalinkWe seem to be having a light incursion of evangelical Christians. Here's some advice for them, on how to convert an atheist. It's a very silly article, I'm afraid, because while it says all these sensible things about being polite and getting to know them and leading them gently to church, it never addresses the key stumbling point for atheists: that their religion is wacky, nutty, insane, internally inconsistent, and illogical. The very elements that ...Contribute comment
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Jehovah's Witnesses Least Tolerant Of Other Religions: Study Shows (1)
on Memoirs of a Godless Heathen (2) permalinkA recent study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has found Jehovah's Witnesses to be the least tolerant of other beliefs. When asked if many religions can lead to eternal life, just 16% of Witnesses answered "yes." Compare that to the 57% of Evangelicals, 79% of Catholics, and 39% of Mormons who answered the same way. When asked if there is more than one way to interpret "truth" in the respondant's religion, ...Shared by megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Death by “alternative” medicine: Who’s to blame? (1)
on Science-Based Medicine (14) permalinkOne of the more annoying duties I used to have several years ago at our cancer center was to “show the flag” at our various affiliates by attending their tumor boards. I say “annoying” not so much because the tumor boards themselves were onerous or even uninteresting but rather because traveling to them used to cut into my already limited time for research, given that these tumor boards were always scheduled on days on which ...Shared by megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Sculpture Fail (8)
on FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments (703) permalinkThx John T.Shared by Brad (86) eliana (73) fijidaddy (42) Lars / Ebi (78) megastep (46) Nymo (297) Rizzn (110) Sam Harrelson (52)
- Brad said: hahahahahahahaha
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If you think I'm shrill… (1)
on Pharyngula (143) permalink…take a look at this opinion of Obama's stance on faith-based charities. I agree with it, except that I will be voting for Obama in November — and I will be carping at him for the next 4-8 years, too. Read the comments on this post...Shared by megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Understanding English Fail (39)
on FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments (703) permalinkThx retroK Threesome WIN?Shared by AJ (433) Art (107) beanj007 (62) BIGODE (43) bydiox (91) CesarS (28) dj empirical (121) Evan (9) fatmuggz (12) Fatsleroy (120) Jason (4) Jess (28) John F. Schneider (25) Jon (5) karabatov (12) Lien (156) lnxcwby (25) Marcus Danillo (10) megastep (46) Mikey (60) NeonDemon (165) norti (39) Razzu (47) rene (40) Ricardo (33) RivenStar (17) romain (6) Salva (30) Salva (66) Sam Harrelson (52) Scott (11) Shack (24) Stephanie (2) Stephen (44) Tamir Khason (41) tante (18) Todd Larason (117) wille (248) Zhasper (49)
- Razzu said: Lol
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Schlafly wants to play rough now (3)
on Pharyngula (143) permalinkAndy Schlafly is one persistent fool. After harrassing Richard Lenski not once, but twice, prompting one of the best smackdowns on the intertubes, Schlafly now wants to take some vague sort of legal action against Lenski to get his own copy of every bit of data Lenski has generated in 20 years … data that he wouldn't understand, and which would include bacterial samples that he couldn't maintain, and requiring so much effort to collect ...Contribute comment
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The Blogs We Read (1)
on Friendly Atheist (81) permalinkA new paper (PDF) has this to say about the blogs we read: Left wingers read left wing blogs, right wingers read right wing blogs, and very few people read both left wing and right wing blogs. Those few people who read both left wing and right wing blogs are considerably more likely to be left wing themselves; interpret this as you like. Furthermore, blog readers are politically very polarized. They tend to clump around ...Shared by megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Jesse Helms Dead at 86 (1)
on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines (45) permalinkWhite separatist, U.S. senator, GOP darling and otherwise racist stalwart Jesse Helms died Friday after a bout with both metaphorical and actual heart problems. For his supporters and detractors, Helms persona as a race-baiting Southern politician defined many debates around civil rights in the 1960s. The L.A. Times: Jesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with ...Shared by megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Product Promotion Fail (44)
on FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments (703) permalinkThx Kerr S. Ingredient Disclosure WINShared by Alvin A. (31) Andrey (8) Art (107) Bwana (108) Chris Nixon (59) Dan (112) darxoul (5) DAVE ID (20) Dean (16) Dustin DeKoekkoek (26) Earl E Morningwood (55) EJ (26) fatmuggz (12) Fatsleroy (120) Fletcher (54) Gisele (39) Gutshot (26) jayman16 (109) Jeffrey Blais (83) Jess (28) josebiro (11) Joshua (19) Lars / Ebi (78) lena (6) Lien (156) lnxcwby (25) Malakun (6) megastep (46) Mike F (924) Mikey (60) Nick (61) Nikki (156) nparker13 (255) Ray (4) Rizzn (110) Ross (14) RuthDFW (88) Serginho (20) shueytexas (5) StatisticsIO (58) Stephen (44) Stephen (17) Steve (27) V (30)Contribute comment
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EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name (8)
on The Onion (405) permalinkWASHINGTON, DC—Days after unveiling new power-plant pollution regulations that rely on an industry-favored market-trading approach to cutting mercury emissions, EPA Acting Administrator Stephen Johnson announced that the agency will remove the "E" and "P" from its name. "We're not really 'environmental' anymore, and we certainly aren't 'protecting' anything," Johnson said. "'The Agency' is a name that reflects our current agenda and encapsulates our new function as a government-funded body devoted to handling documents, scheduling meetings, ...Shared by Barry (16) DavidM. (9) Erik J. Heels (140) Ian G (96) Karie (33) kebernet (79) megastep (46) spavis (27)Contribute comment
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Obama’s Faith-Based Folly (2)
on onegoodmove (3) permalinkIf it isn't obvious to everyone why I'm opposed to Obama's faith-based giveaway this article from the Progressive summarizes it quite well. Obama’s Faith-Based Folly: “Oh, I know, Obama assures us that the money this time won’t be used to proselytize and that the churches, synagogues, and mosques won’t be able to discriminate against prospective employees on the basis of their religion. But at bottom, the faith-based initiative, no matter the clunky name Obama affixes ...Shared by cdogzilla (19) megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Obama Responds to FISA Protest on His Web Site - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog (2)
permalinkAfter a protest group gained prominence on Senator Barack Obama’s own campaign Web site, the candidate has written a response to those who object to his support for the current compromise legislation in the Senate on immunity for telecoms. The long note explaining his position appeared on his campaign Web site this afternoon, and several of his policy staff members answered questions in the comments section for about 90 minutes. Though Mr. Obama did not ...Shared by Chung (121) megastep (46)Contribute comment
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Obama Hedges on Withdrawal (3)
on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines (45) permalinkCapping off a week of disappointments for his progressive supporters, Barack Obama backed away from the idea of a timely withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, a signature plank in his campaign. “And when I go to Iraq and have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground,” explained Obama, “I’m sure I’ll have more information and will continue to refine my policies.” New York Times: Mr. Obama, whose popularity in ...
- WH said: As if changing his mind based on new information is a bad thing?
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Michael Bay's Rejected "The Dark Knight" Script (102)
on Daring Fireball (582) permalinkApparently, Michael Bay wrote unsolicited script Dark Knight ultimately rejected Warner Bros Though first I’ve heard it, have exclusive leaked images back up Here some choice excerpts Cover page: Page 1-3: Page 28: Page 71-72: Page 128: part me would really, really like see made.Shared by Adam Snider (41) Adrian (14) AgentMunroe (4) Aleksander (176) Alex (133) AlexK (17) Andrew Hughes (81) Andrew Ruess (199) Andrew Schott (123) Angus Fraser (360) Ankur P (27) Arne (28) azmo (136) Ben Parr (56) Blaenk Denum (67) Brad Chmielewski (6) Brakara (6) Brandon (1) Brian (284) Cam Thompson (7) Casey McKinnon (2) Chris (20) Chris (17) Chris Heilmann (9) Chris Neuman (20) Dan (20) Dan (12) Dan (13) Daniel Matthews (30) Dave Keffler (119) David (17) David T. Cole (27) Dedalus (53) Derek (16) Digg Boss (1303) Doug McIsaac (45) downbeat (77) EJ (26) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (63) Fatsleroy (120) Felix Bredoteau (1485) Francis Wu (36) Gadiel Rivera (40) Gavin M. Roy (26) gort581 (59) Great White Snark (20) Hamish (20) hikikomori (65) idschray (10) James Goux (22) janequigley (28) Jason (41) Jason (124) Jerry Brito (1) Jesse Crayston (38) Joe Taylor Jr. (2) Jordan (695) Jorge (33) Joseph Nilo (5) Josh (81) Josh (4) Joshua M. Neff (36) jtokash (37) kebernet (79) Krazy (285) mac (39) malloreigh (5) mavrevMatt (195) megastep (46) metallicker (41) Michael (36) Michael Religioso (115) Mike (13) Mike Butler (27) Mike C (24) Mike Nayyar (14) Mike Stokes (23) morberg (9) Mr. BabyMan (534) Nikollas Ordway (154) Nirav (112) Peter Sciretta (58) ProfVegas (363) Robert Sefer (13) Ryan Meagher (14) Ryan Parker (241) Scott Roach (21) SengMing (83) sevas (3) shadowstorm (31) Sham (172) Silvo (15) Stefan Hayden (35) Steve (422) Tim Cooper (2) Tim Dorr (32) Toby (582) Tom (20) Troy (186) vanlandw (39) zapnap (44) zizzy (39)
- sevas said: [...] she wears glasses beacause she is also the smartest woman in the worldmakes sense
- shadowstorm said: About what one would expect
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