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• How to Choose Fabric for your Green Screen Studio

  
  Watch Movie Online — Authority: 134
  You have decided that thanks to the advantages of using fabric for your green screen studios , you will set out on a journey to find just the right fabric that fits the area you have prepared for your studio and as well as your position allotted for the green screen itself.  There are a lot of fabric stores around ...
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• New Fallacy of Rome Release Coming Very Soon

  
  The LupE.N.D. Blog — Authority: 590
  Le Messie x Twitter After the re-release of some Fallacy of Rome items for Lupes Red Box @ the RSVP Gallery, Le Messie lets us know that the next Fallacy of Rome release is coming up very soon!
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• Fallacy

  
  A Philosopher's Blog — Authority: 130
  As a philosophy professor , I have waged a never-ending and largely pointless battle against people using “fallacy” when they mean “factual error.” For example, someone might say “people often think that dogs won’t eat anything that is bad for them, but that is a fallacy.” This is, of course, a ...
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• Next time you argue with a creationist or evangelist

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  Have the appendix from forthcoming book 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein handy. Presented on the Edge Foundation’s web site along with an excerpt of the novel’s first chapter, the appendix identifies the many flaws in 36 arguments that a supernatural being ...
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• New Lupe Fiasco Red Box Items: Fallacy of Rome

  
  The LupE.N.D. Blog — Authority: 590
  The Fallacy of Rome capsule collection is now available at the RSVP Gallery ! Click HERE to order online! Fallacy of Rome Tees and Crewnecks are also available HERE
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• The fallacy of Facebook privacy

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 146
  By Carmi Levy , Betanews Natalie Blanchard is either the most naïve Facebook user in the history of the social networking service, or an incredibly unlucky woman who just can’t seem to get back on her feet. Whatever title she ends up wearing, she’s quickly becoming the poster child for caution in the social ...
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• Grateful for 10-year-old’s inspiring critical thinking

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  “Critical thinking is a mystery to me. What is it?” ~ Fred Oliveri, letter to the Morgan Hill Times editor about one of my columns I write frequently about critical thinking . I do so because fostering this skill is integral to the survival of core American principles. Without it, we’re swayed by outrageous ...
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• Libel in Fact: Personality Judgment by Analogy

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  When we encounter a new person, we construct a mental model of that individual to help us describe, understand, and predict the individuals behavior. We construct an instance of what Kenneth Craik , the Scottish philosopher, called small-scale models of the outer world: in this case, inner representations of other ...
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• Palin Comparison: How Neo-Cons Misrepresent Representative Government

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  "There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults; and truths that are appropriate for highly educated adults, and the notion that there should be one set of truths ...
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• Palintology: How Neo-Cons Misrepresent Representative Government

  
  Sex at Dawn — Authority: 100
  "There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults; and truths that are appropriate for highly educated adults, and the notion that there should be one set of truths ...
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• 123 Lump Sum, 123 Lump Bums?

  
  Structured Settlements 4Real: What's Real in the Structured Settlements, Settlement Planning, Settlement Consulting and Litigation Recovery Management Space? — Authority: 429
  Responding to my post " Fast Cash Now Is a Bunch of BS " reader Elizabeth Baker writes: " My mother is also going through 123 lump sum and it was approved by the courts in February 2008 and they told her it would be for sure on the 20th 2009 of November.it has came and no money.she has been very patiant (sic) ...
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• How To Market Correctly On The Internet

  
  Free Internet Marketing Information — Authority: 160
  Did you ever get involved in a multilevel marketing scheme? You know the process. A friend or a co-worker has ran into this cool inexpensive product that is sure to make you a load of money. All you have to do is pay a sizable entry fee and then commit to buying so much stuff every month in order to qualify for your ...
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• Sunken War Chests

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  I sat on a train heading westward from Toronto. At the stroke of eleven, the train rolled to a stop next to a calm forest lake. A crew member recited "In Flanders Fields". We passengers paid our pittance of time in silent tribute to those who paid so much more. There are no good wars. Perhaps you can argue that ...
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• Ralph Wardlaw (1779-1853) on the Double Payment Fallacy

  
  Calvin and Calvinism — Authority: 122
  [This is tight reasoning and requires careful and attentive reading; see notes below.]Wardlaw:III. The third view, then, as has been already observed, holds the atonement to have been a general remedy, with a particular application; a vindication or display of the righteousness of God, such as to render forgiveness ...
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• Billy Jack as an Anarchist Metaphor

  
  EYEAM4ANARCHY — Authority: 444
  Recently after one of the organizing meetings for Food Not Bombs Las Vegas , Charles " Radgeek " Johnson and I engaged in a conversation with a friend who has attended the A-Cafe several times over the past few months. At one point, the issue of an Anarchist societys ability to defend itself against a statist ...
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• Fallacies offer cold comfort for cognitive dissonance

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  “Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.” ~ Mark Twain Twain’s wisdom came to mind as I read a recent article by new Dispatch columnist John Larson (another new club member; welcome!) about medical marijuana dispensaries. Near as I can tell, Larson ...
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• OReilly: We Should Win Hearts and Minds Because "We Cant Kill All the Muslims" [Logical Fallacy]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 863
  Tonight, in the midst of browbeating the media for missing the "all Muslims burn with hatred for America" angle of the Ft. Hood shooting story, OReilly terribly misinterpreted why were trying to win hearts and minds in the Middle East. Yes, Bill OReilly , the only reason were dicking around over there installing ...
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• We’re getting National Health Care, and we’re going to get it good and hard

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 565
  “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” – H. L. Mencken I’m tired of the health care debate. It’s not much of a debate anymore when the Republican lawmakers are arguing for socialism-lite and the Democrats are arguing for maximum strength ...
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• The sinister side of public policy.

  
  The Skeptic: Blog — Authority: 458
  On 1st November, following the sacking of Prof David Nutt , Ryan O’Meara , Editor-in-Chief of K9 Magazine , published the podcast below exploring evidence based policy. K9 Magazine podcast ...
  2 weeks ago

• Critical thinking basics

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  An important part of being able to think critically is being able to spot logical fallacies, which are errors in reasoning. You need to ensure that you don’t use them in your thinking and debating, and you need to be able to spot them in other people’s arguments. The Nizkor Project, a web site dedicated to ...
  3 weeks ago

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