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• Southerners want Federal money and fear for jobs

  
  KnoxViews - — Authority: 531
  The local paper has this AP blast about a Winthrop Poll that has some expected (partisan views of Obamas trustworthiness) and even more e... read more
  5 hours ago

• Fallacies offer cold comfort for cognitive dissonance

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 129
  “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 ...
  15 hours ago

• Cognitive Dissonance, the Need to Belong, and Mass Murder

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  On Thursday, November 5, 2009, Major Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Fort Hood in Texas. Since then, there has been much speculation as to why he behaved as he did. Some of the more prominent explanations include post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of working with ...
  1 day ago

• Clap if you believe in gender!

  
  Shades of Gray — Authority: 405
  This might be a post which will generate some heated debate, maybe make some people start to hate me, but you know what, guys? I fucking hate the word “agender.” I see people calling themselves this fairly often in the asexual community–in fact, roughly 18% of the respondents to my survey on asexuality and ...
  3 days ago

• Fort Hood Exit Strategy: The Cognitive Dissonance of a Military Psychiatrist

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  With the recent tragedy at Fort Hood, the time has come to face up to two facts: War is Hell-this we know. War is not conducive to mental health. This we dont want to realize. And it may be that if a little war is bad for ones mental state, a whole lot of war is a whole lot worse. Leaving aside the merits of any ...
  5 days ago

• Interesting Conversation at Engaged Marriage

  
  Natural Family Planning — Authority: 416
  Dustin over at Engaged Marriage did a blog entry on the TIME piece, “Green Sex, anyone?” , which has yielded more than a couple comments, most profusely visited upon by commenter named crow who, among his many words, recommends natural abortafacients to his pro-life audience, copies and pastes from 4th-hand ...
  5 days ago

• Things That Make You Go "Hmmm."

  
  Jennwith2ns — Authority: 118
  Today I went into a Starbucks Id never been to before. The guy taking peoples orders looked like quite a nice young man, and sort of like someone I might have seen before. I decided that was probably because he looked like a Type. This is the thought that went through my head after I decided that: "He looks like he ...
  5 days ago

• Subtitling or Dubbing for Multimedia Translations

  
  Translation Blog — Authority: 120
  With the ever-increasing presence and importance of online video content, companies looking to enhance their presentations and appearance need to make important decisions regarding how this video content will be communicated in other languages. There are two choices for how the translated text will be expressed in ...
  1 week ago

• PT: Motivation Check!

  
  "Differential Diagnosis" — Authority: 98
  Day after day, I attended PT with my coworkers and did the best that I physically could with a pulled hamstring. My performance was on par with most of the folks currently "on profile" for injuries. I was one of the last few to finish the runs, always in the back of the formation, and constantly under performing in ...
  1 week ago

• NFPworks gets a Leno mention

  
  Natural Family Planning — Authority: 416
  A reader tipped me off that the TIME piece caught the attention of Jay Leno’s writers, evidently. Was he making fun of how…wait for it…the only way NFP could be green is if the pregnancy test turns blue-green! People making fun of natural methods of family planning…both shocking and original. Well, three ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shep Smith Apologizes for Fox News Lack of Balance [Cognitive Dissonance]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 864
  newVideoPlayer("/SSmith_CC_FnB.flv", 500, 375,""); Shepard Smith just cut off one of his correspondents at the knees, demanding after she conducted a live interview of the GOPs New Jersey...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Birth Control a Lightning Rod for Catholics?

  
  Natural Family Planning — Authority: 416
  …this blogger at Young Adult Catholics (little bit of a misnomer, since they reject many of the Churches teachings outright) seems to think it’s not. I like that she puts the words “liberal Catholic” and “conservative Catholic,” thereby questioning the validity of political terms imposed on theological ...
  2 weeks ago

• How do Statists Reconcile their Message of Respect with their Deeds of Aggression? Not Well!

  
  George Donnelly — Authority: 461
  L a Boetie wonders in his Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (this month’s Liberty Reading Group selection) why people are so easily fooled and enslaved by tyrants . With that question on the brain, I approached progressive and Obama supporter “ vdaze ” on twitter in the following conversation. As you read, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Richard Dawkins Has A New Book!

  
  Create Cognitive Dissonance — Authority: 108
  Hi Folks, I recommend checking out “The Greatest Show on Earth – The Evidence for Evolution”, by Richard Dawkins.  You can read the first chapter at www.richarddawkins.net .  There is also a 3 minute video you might enjoy watching to get you excited about the book. Naturally, the book has been banned in ...
  2 weeks ago

• We Dont Know What Were Fighting For

  
  labradore — Authority: 431
  The Ministry of Truth reports today: Premier Ready to Square off with Quebec Hydro The Premier is gearing up for another fight on the national stage . Aha. Translation: the "fight" on the local stage isnt going so well . Oh, sorry, didnt mean to interrupt. go ahead: Danny Williams says Hydro Quebec ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cognitive Dissonance post: Does social media made it hard to share?

  
  Webnomena — Authority: 112
  Mashable , Techcrunch , Gizmodo and Huffington Post posts are re-tweeted over and over again. Brian Sollis , Seth Godin and a couple more bloggers’ posts are all over Twitter and other social media channels. Even traditional news and media publishers now have vast social media presence.  I can only praise ...
  2 weeks ago

• I think this cartoon about the importance of NPR (even during pledge drive) hits the nail on the head

  
  Seeking In The Zeitgeist — Authority: 119
  PoliticalCartoons.com Cartoon
  2 weeks ago

• Wednesday Links

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 744
  Senate Judiciary Committee abandons hope of bringing any real change to the Patriot Act. Julian Sanchez in The Nation : “The Obama administration makes vague, reassuring noises about constraining executive power and protecting civil liberties, but then merrily adopts whatever appalling policy George W. Bush put ...
  3 weeks ago

• Leadership – Congruence

  
  Young Millionaire Group — Authority: 108
  In an earlier post I talk about Chaos and what creates Dissonance in your life.  I will let that post stand on its own.  For this discussion I need your full attention as we are going to approach congruence from a positive standpoint.  The human brain likes the negative tilt.  But, today we are talking [...]
  3 weeks ago

• The Bitch & Backpeddle

  
  Childfreedom — Authority: 106
  Heres something that I find utterly fascinating about some parents - perhaps you too have witnessed this. I call it The Bitch & Backpeddle. This is how it works.A parent is bitching and complaining about their kids and about being a parent. Theyre really letting loose and spilling all the beans. You know the ...
  3 weeks ago

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