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Fantasy On Trial (Again)
http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com —
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I’m on my home from Denver, where I testified as an expert witness at a deeply troubling trial—a trial that’s become way too common in America. Here’s the situation: The defendant “Mr. Jones” goes into a Yahoo adult chat-room, and makes it clear he wants to have conversations about sexually dominating a ...9 hours ago -
Alan Moore Talks About Godless Event
Friendly Atheist by @hemantmehta —
Authority: 642
This is what I get for not living in Britain. I miss Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People : And that means I miss graphic novelist (and the genius behind Watchmen ) Alan Moore : On the up side, New Humanist Magazine is uploading a number of interviews with guests of the show on YouTube. ...12 hours ago -
Arbeit Macht Frei sign stolen from Auschwitz
Boing Boing —
Authority: 878
The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at the entrance to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen. Says a Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum rep, the thief "must have been a person who had a knowledge of our security system because all the area is closed at night and patrolled and there is a system of cameras."14 hours ago -
Communist Education Journal Used to Radicalize Teachers and Students
The IUSB Vision Weblog —
Authority: 137
National Association of Scholars:Guided by a Red Star: Ed Schools Bring Frankincense to the Cradle of MarxismDecember 15, 2009 By Ashley ThorneNicholas Shudak, a professor of education in South Dakota, recently notified us of a Marxist journal influencing schools of education. The Journal for Critical Education Policy ...15 hours ago -
Anne D. Neal: Colleges aren’t preparing students for jobs
The IUSB Vision Weblog —
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Washington Examiner:We know that whatever they may be, these jobs, like those of today, will demand certain basic aptitudes. These include writing a coherent paragraph, making sense of a written document and performing basic mathematical operations.We also know, and have known for quite some time now, that ...15 hours ago -
Are We Stuck with the Politically Correct University?
The IUSB Vision Weblog —
Authority: 137
Pope Center for Higher Education Policy:An excellent new book explores the problem and suggests reforms.By George LeefDecember 15, 2009Does “political correctness” predominate in American higher education? If so, is that a bad thing? And if it’s a bad thing, can anything be done about it?A new collection of ...16 hours ago -
Franken or Pelosi… who has more class?
Thinkin'bout Stuff —
Authority: 117
Was about to write about Nancy Pelosi, then saw this clip of Al Franken acting like the mean-spirited, condescending, asshole that he is and couldn’t decide which to write about, so decided to not decide and write about both: First … this guy is the most junior senator in the Senate. Why on Earth is he ...1 day ago -
Lying with facts - Taunton school edition
LyfLines —
Authority: 138
Here is a followup to Tuesdays story , about the boy from Taunton who drew the crucifix, that demonstrates how easy it is to lie without actually giving any false facts. Although reporters regionally and nationally jumped on a story about a 9-year-old boy supposedly suspended for drawing a stick-figure Jesus on ...1 day ago -
Japanese Culture
Samuel J. Scott —
Authority: 430
RISHON LEZION, Israel — Roger Cohen makes some depressing observations on the land of the rising setting sun:…I’m not aware of any other nation where fantasy, escapism and the cyber world have fused with such intensity.Indeed, there’s a Japanese word, otaku, denoting a whole universe of monomaniacal geek-like ...1 day ago -
Rid the GOP of RINOs: Starting with McCain
Sillie Lizzie's Rock —
Authority: 109
Id like to address the following post to conservative Republicans, those who voted for Senator McCain in 2008 and are feeling despondent over the loss to Barak Obama. Folks, "the fix was in", and it WOULDNT have made much of a difference. Im going to show you why. The same people who fund, organize and promote the ...2 days ago -
Two Tea Parties: One Cause
Deo Vindice —
Authority: 121
Todays Mob: Tomorrows Founders The Boston Tea Party infuriated most of the ruling elites in the Colonies and almost all the ruling elites in the Mother Country. It was an act of defiance. So much so, that even though the fig leave of Indian costumes had holes, it was a necessary charade, lest the perps be ...2 days ago -
Socialized, Progressive Medicine: What Goes Around Comes Around
Sillie Lizzie's Rock —
Authority: 109
As some of the regular readers of this blog know, Sillie Lizzie was born in Cuba . Well let me tell you a little story. In 1959-60, Fidel Castro imposed rent controls on the Cuban economy and created a housing crisis. Shortly thereafter, justified by the "crisis", all private property was nationalized. ...2 days ago -
"America Through the Reality Lens"
LyfLines —
Authority: 138
Excellent piece from Jonah Goldberg : British historian Arnold Toynbee argued that civilizations thrive when the lower classes aspire to be like the upper classes, and they decay when the upper classes try to be like the lower classes. Looked at through this prism, it’s hard not to see America in a prolonged ...2 days ago -
Daily Reading
Samuel J. Scott —
Authority: 430
The burst of the agriculture bubble in the 1980s might provide some economic lessons for today. A computer model could predict events in the world’s hot-spots. Pakistan might implode. Han Solo and game theory in “Star Wars.” New Scientist magazine “proves” that dogs are better than cats — but only by a ...2 days ago -
2010’s Top Anxieties
WesternFront America —
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The list is subjective; based on an analysis of the past year’s headlines and anticipated events. It incorporates on-going, often long term concerns that Americans have expressed.3 days ago -
Have We Stopped Trying to Make Good People?
OrthodoxNet.com Blog —
Authority: 501
DennisPrager.com | by Dennis Prager | Dec. 15, 2009The most important question any society must answer is: How will we make good people?That is the question Judeo-Christian values have grappled with. There are many and profound theological and practical differences between Judaism and Christianity. But in the American ...3 days ago -
How’s That Health Care Plan Coming?
sammytaylor.net —
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Florida Criminalizes Arts & Crafts
http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com —
Authority: 407
Remember playing with photos and scissors as a young teen? You’d make collages: your scrawny face on a caveman’s body, your friend’s body with the head of a dog, you and a movie star on a beach in Hawaii. Silly adolescent stuff, harmless. Now what about putting your head on a movie star’s nude body? Or your ...4 days ago -
New York Shitty Day Ender: The Unbearable Blightness of Being
newyorkshitty.com —
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As I mentioned previously, the online and offline zeitgeist in north Brooklyn— be it northside, southside or even Greenpoint was on decidedly on the surly side today. I have spent a great deal of my day patiently listening to people complain about one thing or another that pisses them off. Now it is my turn. 218 ...4 days ago -
Ayn Rand and Americas New Culture War
Stupidica —
Authority: 176
From Rush Limbaugh to President Obama, Ayn Rand and her book Atlas Shrugged are recalibrating America.From Fox News to the passenger sitting next to you reading Atlas Shrugged on your commute to work, Ayn Rand seems to be everywhere. Since the economic collapse of 2008, the controversial novelist and philosopher ...5 days ago
