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• Fundamental transformation at work

  
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  U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms By  Michael Riley Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, ...
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• Teenage Pregnancy as Moral Panic

  
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  Teen pregnancy, like obesity, is often framed as an “epidemic.”  As such, both the “epidemic” of teen pregnancy and the “epidemic” of obesity can be understood through the lens of what sociologist Stanley Cohen popularized as a “moral panic.” In Cohen’s words, moral panics are “condensed ...
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• Could a Professional Wrestler be the next Senator from Tennessee?

  
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  This article first appeared at McAlvany Intelligence Advisor :   In gearing up for the 2014 Senate election in Tennessee, the Tennessee Alliance Tea Party & Liberty Groups announced in its newsletter last week that current Senator Lamar Alexander was ripe for extinction Continue reading Could a ...
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• You Gotta Have Grit for the Game

  
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  For part five of this eight part series, visit The C Word on Blogging4Jobs. “Grit in a batch of spinach makes it inedible, of course.  But worse, far worse, is grit on the assembly line, grit that gets into the finely tuned mechanical pincers…The grit in your spinach is precisely the same grit that we seek out ...
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• Mindfulness movement in the western world

  
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  Dr. Daya Hewapathirane, Lankaweb: Mindfulness is a technique that is integral to the Teachings of the Buddha. It is the seventh element of the Noble Eightfold Path which encapsulates the principal teachings of the Buddha. Mindfulness or ‘sati’ is a whole-body-and-mind awareness of the present moment. It is ...
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• Ideology of Tyranny

  
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  Recently Ive looked at how Russia has moved from a Communist State to a Police State run by the secret police.  This shift from totalitarianism via political ideology derived from Marx to one derived from the pure use of power is one that is a direct flow, culturally, in Russia dating back to the early Czars all the ...
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• No Straightening Out Required

  
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  I was talking to a lady the other day who was explaining her husband’s attitude about packing up their motor home for a big trip. The two spouses obviously didn’t see eye to eye about how the task should be done. Her final words to me were laughingly, “I’ve got to go home and straighten him out!” I laughed ...
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• The Superself: Genome, Menome, and Wenome

  
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  Selfhood resides not only in the genome and the menome, but in the wenome. read more
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• Just in case you didn’t know that liberals irritate me

  
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  From Being Liberal‘s page on Facebook. I’ve written before about why I do not consider myself a liberal. I rejected the label many years ago. I want free healthcare; Healthcare is a basic human right and free healthcare is entirely attainable. I don’t want money for nothing; But fundamental human needs like food ...
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• HAVING THE COURAGE TO ADMIT WHAT YOUR LIFE REALLY IS LIKE

  
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  Vivi-Mari Carpelan: "Gentle Persuasion". Read about it here . I feel ratty and complaintive because there are issues I feel I cant fix. I have fixed many, many personal issues in my life time. But there comes a point when you start banging your head in the wall, and it wont give way. Life moves in phases, ...
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• FDL Book Salon Welcomes Nicco Mele, The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath

  
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  Welcome Nicco Mele ( EchoDitto ) ( Harvard ) ( Twitter ) and Host Symon Hill ( SymonHill – blog ) ( Twitter ) The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath Nicco Mele is a man who knows the internet. The webmaster for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign in 2004 and the founder of a leading ...
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• To be a Jew. To be pro-Israel.

  
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  To be a Jew, or to be pro-Israel, is about doing the right thing. Not turning a blind eye to evil. Its about calling out evil, and dealing in facts. Not propagating lies. Its about doing the moral and ethical thing. Not about doing what is wrong. Its about being an individualist, a deep... [Click the title to ...
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• Iceland’s Recovery: Hardly about Currency Devaluation

  
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  Alan Reynolds at the Cato Institute blog explains , (italics original, bold mine) Iceland’s recent devaluation was highly orthodox policy condition for wards of the IMF (strings attached to a $2 bn. loan). Unfortunately, such devaluations often backfire by inflating commodity costs, interest rates and the ...
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• The Mothering Effect of Government Regulation

  
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  The Case for Regulation On the surface, government regulation provides a much needed service to our uncertain world and protects us from rampant subjugation to the whims of our neighbors.  It is such a compelling and simple concept that I have a great deal of empathy for those who believe it to be true.  Many of my ...
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• Moody’s on the Philippines: No Property Bubble, Move along Nothing to see here

  
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  An official of Moody’s claims that there has been “no property bubble” in the Philippines.Moving along nothing to see here. The Businessworld writes , Real estate has again become a hot-button topic after banks saw their exposure to the industry breach regulatory limits in 2012. At P821.7 ...
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• Godless Funerals Thrive in ‘Post-Catholic’ Ireland

  
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  DUBLIN — Patricia Wojnar left a 32-year career in interior design to pursue a degree that wasn’t in demand: a master’s in bereavement studies. Having seen four family members die early, she wanted to understand how to adapt. As it turned out, the degree perfectly prepared her to enter one of Ireland’s ...
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• Baptized into the Faith of the Church

  
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  Well, I’m really Catholic now.  Yesterday, on the feast of Pentecost, I participated in my first infant baptism.  Coming as I do from an Anabaptist background, this is kind of a big deal.  This event was made particularly meaningful for me not only because the baptizand bears the name of my patroness, ...
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• Actual Irreconcilable Differences

  
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  Divorce became easier with the introduction of the concept of irreconcilable differences – California enacted America’s first purely no-fault divorce law in 1969 by adding that to its divorce petition form. No one has to explain anything. No one has to prove anything. Things just didn’t work out. The whole thing ...
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