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Article: Environmentalism and anti-science, how GMOs prove any ideological extremity leads to anti-science

2012-05-25T12:09:00.001-07:00

Environmentalism and anti-science, how GMOs prove any ideological extremity leads to anti-science
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/dURwPx9PVAg/

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Fake Economic Charts Going Viral on Right-Wing Blogs |

2012-05-25T07:41:00.001-07:00

http://thecentristword.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/fake-economic-charts-going-viral-on-right-wing-blogs/

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There's Something About Arizona - NYTimes.com

2012-05-25T07:38:00.001-07:00

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/total-eclipse/?hp

We interrupt reality to bring you Arizona, once known as the Grand Canyon state. So glorious, this home to sublime cacti and ugly javelina, an outdoor stage for the high histrionics of geologic time, but so very, very crazy. Even a spate of recent temperatures in the 105-degree range cannot explain the latest doings of government by crackpots.

Let's start with the secretary of state, a wide-eyed fellow named Ken Bennett. He is Arizona's chief elections officer. He is a Republican. He is also co-chairman of Mitt Romney's campaign in Arizona. Recently, a few hundred people who probably spend their lives searching the Internet looking for proof that the moon landing was fake asked Mr. Secretary of State to investigate the birth certificate of the president of the United States.

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Article: Station sex shop celebrates Sunday sales - The Local

2012-05-25T07:22:00.001-07:00

Station sex shop celebrates Sunday sales - The Local
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120524-42739.html

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Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack Obama? - Forbes

2012-05-24T20:28:00.001-07:00

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/

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Obama spending binge never happened - Rex Nutting - MarketWatch

2012-05-24T20:24:00.001-07:00

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-spending-binge-never-happened-2012-05-22?link=home_carousel%3Flink%3DMW-FB

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SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND SOCIETY: THE PROBLEM OF EVOLUTION IN AMERICA

2012-05-24T16:09:00.001-07:00

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01664.x/asset/j.1558-5646.2012.01664.x.pdf?v=1&t=h2mflg76&s=046f8c7198a828f264098514c22a17c310fc248a&systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+on+26+May+from+10%3A00-12%3A00+BST+%2805%3A00-07%3A00+EDT%29+for+essential+maintenance

Creationism in America, then, may be a symptom of reli- gion, but religion in the modern world may itself be a symptom of unhealthy societies. Ultimately, the best strategy to make Ameri- cans more receptive to evolution might require loosening the grip of religion on our country. This may sound not only invidious but untenable, yet data from other countries suggest that such secularism is possible and, indeed, is increasing in the United States at this moment. But weakening religion may itself require other, more profound changes: creating a society that is more just, more caring, more egalitarian. Regardless of how you feel about religion, that is surely a goal most of us can endorse.

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My break with the extreme right - Politics - Salon.com

2012-05-24T13:55:00.001-07:00

http://mobile.salon.com/2012/05/24/my_break_with_the_extreme_right/

As a conservative, I disagree with the political opinions of liberals. But to me, a verbal assault indicates insecurity and weakness on the part of the assaulter, as in "Is that the best they can do?" This playground bullying – the name-calling, the screaming, the horrible accusations – all are intended to stifle debate, the very lifeblood of a democracy.

Meanwhile, these people who practice shutting down the opposition through shouts and smears accuse President Obama of having dictatorial dreams? A recent email I received, based on accusations from umpteen right-wing groups, blared in caps-lock fury: "BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA HAS SIGNED A MARTIAL LAW EXECUTIVE ORDER!" This specific message, from a group calling itself RightMarch.org, goes on: "THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! BARACK OBAMA IS TRYING TO VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION, BECOME A DICTATOR, AND TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS!"

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My break with the extreme right - Politics - Salon.com

2012-05-24T13:49:00.001-07:00

http://mobile.salon.com/2012/05/24/my_break_with_the_extreme_right/

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Dennis Prager’s False Dichotomy | Dispatches from the Culture Wars

2012-05-24T12:54:00.001-07:00

http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/05/24/dennis-pragers-false-dichotomy/
Dennis Prager fancies himself an intellectual, as do most of his
followers. In reality, he's at about the Rush Limbaugh level, a
purveyor of little more than bland catchphrases and platitudes in the
service of his right wing ideology. And he's completely oblivious to
his own internal contradictions.

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My Evolution paper officially out « Why Evolution Is True

2012-05-24T08:18:00.001-07:00

http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/my-evolution-paper-officially-out/

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John Quiggin on Utopia | FiveBooks | The Browser

2012-05-22T22:28:00.001-07:00

http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-quiggin-on-utopia?page=3
Forget about all these utopian ideas, those things don't work and
never will. The only freedom that can be delivered is the freedom of
market choices, and if we give those to everyone, even if the outcomes
initially aren't equal, everybody will be better off in the long-run."
A large part of my work is about pulling that down, saying, "Now we've
had 30 years of this stuff, let's look at what's actually happened."
The answer is that in the US the average person is very little better
off, in material terms, than they were 30-40 years ago. Real wages for
high-school educated workers haven't risen since the 1970s. There are
more people below the poverty line now than there were in 1960. The
model – in its most sophisticated and well-developed form – hasn't
delivered the goods

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The “objective morality” gotcha | Pharyngula

2012-05-22T08:18:00.001-07:00

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/05/22/the-objective-morality-gotcha/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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Article: Andrew Sullivan bashes scientism

2012-05-22T07:59:00.001-07:00

Andrew Sullivan bashes scientism
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/andrew-sullivan-bashes-scientism/

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Jeremy Harding reviews ‘Talking to the Enemy’ by Scott Atran · LRB 17 February 2011

2012-05-21T17:51:00.001-07:00

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n04/jeremy-harding/where-the-jihadis-are
secretive worlds where small groups of people espouse very large ideas
involving honour, martyrdom and faith: worlds where the sacred is a
choice, rather than a set of beliefs on which a society agrees

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Colin Smith · Carlos the Jackal · LRB 26 January 2012

2012-05-21T17:07:00.001-07:00

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n02/colin-smith/short-cuts

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Article: John Abraham Responds To Christopher Monckton At The Yale Forum On Climate Change & The Media

2012-05-21T09:02:00.001-07:00

John Abraham Responds To Christopher Monckton At The Yale Forum On Climate Change & The Media
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/21/487519/john-abraham-responds-to-christopher-monckton-at-the-yale-forum-on-climate-change-the-media/

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Article: Hayek and the Welfare State, Yet Again

2012-05-21T08:55:00.001-07:00

Hayek and the Welfare State, Yet Again
http://crookedtimber.org/2012/05/21/hayek-and-the-welfare-state-yet-again/

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USA TODAY: Economist Nouriel Roubini predicts trouble ahead for economy

2012-05-21T08:19:00.001-07:00

Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY's iPad application.

Economist Nouriel Roubini predicts trouble ahead for economy
http://usat.ly/KqdsBz

To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser.

To learn more about USA TODAY for iPad and download, visit:
http://usatoday.com/ipad/

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Hayek's New Popularity

2012-05-20T12:59:00.001-07:00

http://ideas.repec.org/a/mes/challe/v53y2010i5p78-91.html
Friedrich von Hayek's The Road to Serfdom, its sales have soared.
Hayek warned that even a moderate social safety net would lead to a
totalitarian government. It did not happen

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Every Man for Himself! Gender, Norms and Survival in Maritime Disasters

2012-05-20T12:47:00.001-07:00

http://ideas.repec.org/p/hhs/iuiwop/0913.html

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Article: Why does regedit.exe (or any other Microsoft program) crash when I try to create a remote thread into it using the CreateRemoteThread API?

2012-05-20T07:37:00.001-07:00

Why does regedit.exe (or any other Microsoft program) crash when I try to create a remote thread into it using the CreateRemoteThread API?
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/allaboutwmsdks/archive/2012/05/19/why-does-regedit-exe-or-any-other-microsoft-program-crash-when-i-try-to-create-a-remote-thread-into-it-using-the-createremotethread-api.aspx

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Annular eclipse of the sun - China to Texas - on May 20 or May 21 | Tonight | EarthSky

2012-05-19T13:07:00.001-07:00

http://earthsky.org/tonight/annular-eclipse-of-the-sun-china-to-texas-on-may-20-or-may-21
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Partial solar eclipse begins: 5:25 p.m. MST
Annular solar eclipse begins: 6:33:59 p.m.
Annular solar eclipse ends: 6:37:12 p.m.
Partial solar eclipse ends after sunset

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Philip Ball on the Origins of Curiosity | FiveBooks | The Browser

2012-05-19T11:02:00.001-07:00

http://thebrowser.com/interviews/philip-ball-on-origins-curiosity

The case I argue is that science in the modern sense only really took
off when that hierarchy started to be eroded – when it became
acceptable to ask any question about anything. That really began to
happen towards the end of the 16th century and particularly in the
17th century. Curiosity also had theological connotations. Most
obviously in the Christian tradition, curiosity was problematic and
impious, trying to pry into God's creation. If something was hidden, a
lot of medieval theologians thought, then it was something that God
intended us not to know about.
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African child mortality: The best story in development | The Economist

2012-05-19T10:56:00.001-07:00

http://www.economist.com/node/21555571

World Bank's Nairobi office, "a tremendous success story that has only
barely been recognised". Michael Clemens of the Centre for Global
Development calls it simply "the biggest, best story in development".
It is the huge decline in child mortality now gathering pace across
Africa.
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