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The Human Affect
Here is my challenge to all of you. ( and myself) What makes us Human? Aside from the ability to weigh logic Vs reason etc.. It's that we can love, even without reason. A dog trusts peoke, but he LOVES his owner, whereas people can trust AND LOVE all dogs.. So, if that's what makes us so different from every species on…
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Jon Stewart is leaving the Daily Show
Those are going to be big shoes to fill. I watched last nights show...their takedown of Faux News on the King of Jordan was hilarious I don't think that show can survive without him.
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Mobster arrested for the Lufthansa heist from the movie Goodfellas
We all love Goodfellas, so I thought people would find this interesting! ............. I know this is wrong, but in a way I feel kind of sorry that he got busted for that particular crime. I guess there is no statute of limitations on this kind of crime! On the other hand, if he is a high-ranking mobster still, and he's…
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What the hell happened in Wisconsin?
So a cop is responding to a disturbance call. He hears a commotion in the house or apartment. Opens the door. A scuffle ensues in which an 18 year old assaulted a police officer. The police officer shot the guy. When are people going to understand that you can NOT punch, push, kick, slap, lick, or grab a police officers…
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Anti-Gun Sean Penn to star in the Gunman
Never been a fan on this jerk/commie Sean Penn, other than when he played Jeff Spicole of course, but was wondering what people thought of his decision to be in this Gunman movie. Perhaps he is having rough times financially and needs a big payday?? Or Is he coming to the reality that he really is becoming irrelevant and…
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Pit bull lover? Don't live in Mississippi
Proposed Law Would Let Police Enter Homes Without Warrants And Shoot Dogs House Bill 1261 not only says police may enter homes without warrants, but they could actually kill a homeowner's pet if the dogs are “not under proper restraint when on the premises of its owner”. A new bill has been proposed which would allow…
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Petition to file treason charges against the 47 gop senators who signed letter to iran
public service announcement.... anybody wanting to sign the petition can read it here, and sign it at the below link: WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: File charges against the 47 U.S. Senators in violation of The Logan Act in attempting to undermine a nuclear agreement. On March 9th, 2015, forty-seven United States…
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Everyone attack Muskydan!!! Hahahahahahahaha http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjAD&url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/03/23/aclu-chicago-stop-and-frisk-tactics-outpace-new-york/&ei=8WMQVbW5JoumgwSD-oDQBA&usg=AFQjCNG4AWNbbReJh1LTgT87jiOYKyMlew&bvm=bv.88528373,d.eXY
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Emotional Obama
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/ ... 6513763750 Naww
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Chicago 'black site' story
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' -- Exclusive: Secret interrogation facility reveals aspects of war on terror in US -- ‘They disappeared us’: protester details 17-hour shackling without basic rights -- Accounts describe police brutality, missing 15-year-old and one man’s death…
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How much military hardware can half a billion dollars buy? This much!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-loses-500-million-weapons-yemen-141526040.html
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NFL player quits over concussion fears
I wonder what this'll do long-term to NFL football… http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/american-football/31918947 Chris Borland: NFL player quits over concussion fearsA rising star of American football has retired after just one season because he fears his health could suffer from the long-term effects of concussion. Chris…
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"I don't know if the president loves the United States..."
seriously, why is this an issue? why would obama choose to endure: 2 elections cycles with massive smear campaigns and personal attacks bankrolled by hunderds of millions of dollars millions of negative comments about him outright lies made about him in media character assassination an entire network bashing every move he…
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Minimum wage hikes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/30/minimum-wage-raises-new-years_n_6391432.html
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I disagree with this article on obesity..Whats your opinion?
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/7/71/408464/dont-ignore-real-story-people-get-obese&ei=MXz8VMSEOoSRyQTjpoEQ&usg=AFQjCNFmjBUVd3atlXQgAMTZiRdcUj0sOg I truly don't believe this theory. Maybe I am wrong. You cant tell me that it…
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Blood Type and Diet
http://www.webmd.com/diet/blood-type-diet Anybody else tried this or a fan?
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Latest Keystone XL news.
As the Keystone XL decision grows close, I thought it time to post some of the latest news. This truly is an "Iconic Climate Battle". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-m ... _ref=green Keystone XL: The Iconic Climate Battle In February, 50,000 people marched on the freezing Washington Mall to tell President Obama that…
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Rachel Corrie
I disagree. From reading her letters home my opinion is that she was highly intelligent and principled - a rare commodity. I think she had more human decency and spirit than 99% of people will ever know. "I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying...It takes a…
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Only 8 years for murder??
Guy punches a soccer referee in the face and kills him. He will be eligible for parole in 8 years and a max sentence of 15 years. That seems so fucked up to me. I really don't understand our justice system sometimes.…
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Senate GOP members letter to Iran.......
First , dont they realize this isn't a Bilateral agreement but a Multilateral one bound by International Law once signed?.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/03/09/the-misguided-condescending-letter-from-republican-senators-to-iran/ As first reported by Bloomberg's Josh Rogin, a group of 47…
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Freedom of Expression? Not in Taber, Alberta, Canada (Illegal to swear or yell!)
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/10/taber-alberta-outlaws-bad-behaviour-with-75-fine-for-spitting-in-public-and-150-for-yelling-or-swearing/ TABER, Alta. — Do not disturb. Or yell, or swear or spit on the sidewalk. The southern Alberta town of Taber, population 8,104, which calls itself Canada’s corn capital, has…
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Yesterday it was 50 degrees outside here in Chicago
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDEQqQIwAw&url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/03/10/3-killed-11-wounded-in-monday-shootings-across-chicago/&ei=Thj_VPfGB4ijyAT1kYGwAQ&usg=AFQjCNGruhSnA-9IZdHp40vXxwkz2QETug&bvm=bv.87611401,d.aWw This city is a Hell Hole! Get Hot and Get…
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As intelligent beings, do we have a certain responsibility in the universe?
I just wrote this in the Train's Lounge Car and got to thinking maybe it would be a good topic for discussion: "...last night before going to sleep I was reading in this book called The New Universe and the Human Future by Abrams and Primack about how most of the universe is comprised of dark matter and dark energy and…
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Selma 50 years later
what follows is the full text of the presidents speech today. http://time.com/3736357/barack-obama-selma-speech-transcript/ It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes. Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and made…
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The Fire "Challenge"
Yes, the majority of us have done some idiotic things growing up, but something so potentially tragic and up-front stupid? I just don't get it - challenge, my ass. And not only that, but it's also imperative to film and share such bravado with the world. Seriously, the fuck are these kids thinking? The fuck were they…
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Andrew Sullivan to quit his blog...
I am posting this here because a lot of people here have discussed Sullivan's blog. His most recent post was a good read. Even though I deeply disagreed with him on Iraq, and even rolled my eyes when he admitted that he was wrong on the war and the Bush doctrine, I always had a lot of respect for Andrew Sullivan. I admired…
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Two Aussie's to be executed within days by firing squad
The time has come for two Australian and eight other people to be shot this week or early next for drug smuggling in Indonesia The Aussie's have been jailed for nine years now on death row It's so sad to think ten people will be tied to a post and shot through the heart from thirty meters away,the Australian men were just…
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uncuff Whispering hands
I don't know what went down and i don't care! You have severed the hands and i don't like it. Resurrect the whispering hands from the abyss of the banned, please. Restore what was and fill the air with love again. C'mon members, bump the hands out of the banned.