Thunder Valley Rally Home - Thunder Valley Rally 2011 - Cottonwood, AZ

http://cottonwoodaz.gov/parksrec/thunder-valley-rally/index.php

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Rick Perry, Galileo and Global Warming - ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/rick-perry-galileo-and-global-warming/

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Fact checking the GOP debate at the Reagan library - The Fact Checker - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-the-gop-debate-at-the-reagan-library/2011/09/07/gIQAFrz5AK_blog.html

"It is a monstrous lie. It is a Ponzi scheme to tell our kids that are 25 or 30 years old today, you're paying into a program that's going to be there."

— Gov. Perry

Perhaps the governor does not know the dictionary definition of a Ponzi scheme. Here's what Merriam-Webster says: "An investment swindle in which some early investors are paid off with money put up by later ones in order to encourage more and bigger risks."

This is a frequent mistake politicians make when talking about Social Security. It is not an investment vehicle; it is intended to provide income security as well disability and life insurance. Just more than 60 percent of the 54 million beneficiaries are retired workers; the rest are disabled workers, dependents or survivors.

Social Security is a pay-as-you-go system, which means that payments collected today are immediately used to pay benefits. Until recently, more payments were collected than were needed for benefits. So Social Security loaned the money to the U.S. government, which used it for other things. In exchange, Social Security received interest-bearing Treasury securities. The value of those bonds is now about $2.6 trillion. (We have written about this at length.)

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Why Is Average IQ Higher in Some Places?: Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-is-average-iq-higher-in-some-places&page=2

The states with the five lowest average IQ all have higher levels of infectious disease than the states with the five highest average IQ, and the relationship was good across all of the states in between.

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Texas cut wildfire-battling agency budget this year - Maggie Haberman - POLITICO.com

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/62780.html

Perry and the Texas congressional delegation had asked President Obama to "grant a disaster declaration" that would have brought federal funds to cover much of the fire-fighting.

Sorry Rick, it's your "states eight" to burn.

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The burning bush

What god sent to Rick Perry when he prayed for rain.

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Amazon.com: Free Book Collections: Kindle Store

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=2245146011

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Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response | Philosophy Now

http://www.philosophynow.org/issue82/Morality_is_a_Culturally_Conditioned_Response

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The Empire at Dusk - By Stephen Glain | Foreign Policy

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/16/the_empire_at_dusk?page=0,1

the Pentagon still has more lawyers than the State Department does diplomats
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Richard Garner – Beyond Morality » Introduction

http://beyondmorality.com/introduction/

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Article: Not so odd - Jerry Coyne on Joel Marks

Not so odd - Jerry Coyne on Joel Marks
http://metamagician3000.blogspot.com/2011/09/not-so-odd-jerry-coyne-on-joel-marks.html

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Splash a Friend

http://www.far-away.com/splash.html

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Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West, Hogan

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo5806983.html

I was never quite sure what Hogan was looking for when she set out . . . or indeed whether she found it. But I loved the ride. In Spiral Jetta, an unashamedly honest, slyly uproarious, ever-probing book, art doesn't magically have the power to change lives, but it can, perhaps no less powerfully, change ways of seeing."—Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times

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Road trip serves as theme for visiting artist’s series | gcsunade.com

http://www.gcsunade.com/2010/11/11/road-trip-serves-as-theme-for-visiting-artist%E2%80%99s-series/

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Philosophy, et cetera: Why Taxation Is Not Theft

http://www.philosophyetc.net/2005/06/why-taxation-is-not-theft.html

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Music in Review: Dropkick Murphys’ Going Out in Style

http://www.ocreloaded.com/music-news/307-dropkick-murphys-going-out-in-style.html

The Dropkick Murphys dig into the issue of meaningful relationships with tracks like "Sunday Hardcore Matinee" and "1953." The chorus "Whoa, we have each other. Whoa, things are different today. Whoa, we still got each other and the glory never fades away. The glory never fades away!" from "Sunday Hardcore Matinee" reminds you how irreplaceable quality friends are

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A Libertarian’s Lament: Why Ron Paul Is An Embarrassment To The Creed | The New Republic

http://www.tnr.com/article/94477/ron-paul-distorted-libertarian-ideology?page=0,0

Yet it irks me that, as far as most Americans are concerned, Ron Paul is the alpha and omega of the libertarian creed. If you were an evil genius determined to promote the idea that libertarianism is a morally dubious ideology of privilege poorly disguised as a doctrine of liberation, you'd be hard pressed to improve on Ron Paul.
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Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110901PD217.html

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Article: The Greatest Cover Songs of All Time

The Greatest Cover Songs of All Time
http://popdose.com/the-popdose-100-the-greatest-cover-songs-of-all-time/

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Article: Nothing fails like prayer

Nothing fails like prayer
http://freethoughtblogs.com/zingularity/2011/09/01/nothing-fails-like-prayer/

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Behind Intel's New Random-Number Generator - IEEE Spectrum

http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/behind-intels-new-randomnumber-generator/0

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Article: Bill Nye is good

Bill Nye is good
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/08/bill_nye_is_good.php

Article: How Rick Perry became a millionaire

How Rick Perry became a millionaire
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/08/30/rick_perry_rich/index.html

Rick Perry is a mil lion aire. Noth ing odd about that -- lots of peo ple who run for pres i­dent are mil lion aires! -- but he's never real ly had a job out side of gov ern ment and he didn't inher it his for tune. Where did his mil lions of dol lars come from? The Fort Worth Star-Telegram answers that ques tion: He's very good at mak ing invest ments that look remark ably like exam ples of bla tant cor rup tion.

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Remembering Why Americans Loathe Dick Cheney - Conor Friedersdorf - Politics - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/remembering-why-we-loathe-dick-cheney/244306/

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Bachmann

Michele Bachmann believes some god tells her hurricanes are about politicians.  Let's house her for a while with that other insane twit, Warren Jeffs

"She experienced the heavenly session and obtained a greater testament ... She felt the all consuming fire of heaven."
--Warren Jeffs after raping his 12-year-old "spiritual bride"

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A closer look at Alan Krueger’s academic work - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/a-closer-look-at-alan-kruegers-academic-work/2011/08/29/gIQAjA2PnJ_blog.html

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Rick Perry's God

http://www.slate.com/id/2302661

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H-P's One-Year Plan - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576535211589514334.html

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The Tunnel Vision of Ideology in the US | GroundReport

http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/The-Tunnel-Vision-of-Ideology-in-the-US/2941088

But truly principled people will act with courage, and care not for what their "base" wants or "believes," but for nobler, wider, and deeper reasons than that. Usually they are motivated by core values derived from thousands of years of human experience rather than ideals derived from the past 250 years of their national history
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Political Animal - Bachmann sees Irene as divine message on spending

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_08/bachmann_sees_irene_as_divine031851.php

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Article: Appeals Court: Arresting Guy For Filming Cops Was A Clear Violation Of Both 1st & 4th Amendments

Appeals Court: Arresting Guy For Filming Cops Was A Clear Violation Of Both 1st & 4th Amendments
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110827/23285615713/appeals-court-arresting-guy-filming-cops-was-clear-violation-both-1st-4th-amendments.shtml

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Believers Think We Need Religion to Behave Like Good, Moral People -- Here's Why They're Wrong | Belief | AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/belief/152137/believers_think_we_need_religion_to_behave_like_good%2C_moral_people_--_here%27s_why_they%27re_wrong/?page=entire

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Article: Ann Coulter Nostalgia: Behold, For *I* Am The Giant Flatulent Raccoon | The Loom | Discover Magazine

Ann Coulter Nostalgia: Behold, For *I* Am The Giant Flatulent Raccoon | The Loom | Discover Magazine
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/25/ann-coulter-nostalgia-behold-for-i-am-the-giant-flatulent-raccoon/

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Few gender differences in math abilities, worldwide study finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100105112303.htm

"Stereotypes about female inferiority in mathematics are a distinct contrast to the actual scientific data," said Nicole Else-Quest, PhD, a psychology professor at Villanova University, and lead author of the meta-analysis. "These results show that girls will perform at the same level as the boys when they are given the right educational tools and have visible female role models excelling in mathematics."

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Attention Governor Perry: Evolution is a fact - On Faith - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/attention-governor-perry-evolution-is-a-fact/2011/08/23/gIQAuIFUYJ_blog.html

There is nothing unusual about Governor Rick Perry. Uneducated fools can be found in every country and every period of history, and they are not unknown in high office. 

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Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/08/17/why-amazon-cant-make-a-kindle-in-the-usa/

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USA TODAY: Jimmy Johson rips Miami whistle-blower as 'jock-sniffer wannabe'

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

Jimmy Johson rips Miami whistle-blower as 'jock-sniffer wannabe'
http://usat.ly/r5qeGv

Where ha Jimmy Johnson himself is a jock-sniffer practitioner

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Winging It: America’s Cup Racers Push the Sailboat to Its Limits | Magazine

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/ff_americascup/all/1

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Do we need another dumb Texan for president? | Pharyngula

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/08/18/do-we-need-another-dumb-texan-for-president/

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H.P. Plans Big Shift Toward Business Customers - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/technology/hp-plans-big-shift-toward-business-customers.html?_r=1

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HP's Everything Including The Kitchen Sink Conference Call - Arik Hesseldahl - News - AllThingsD

http://allthingsd.com/20110818/liveblogging-hps-everything-including-the-kitchen-sink-conference-call/

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Rick Perry Attacks Climate Scientists on Behalf of his Campaign Donors

http://www.enviroknow.com/2011/08/17/rick-perry-climate-change-denier/

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HP TouchPad unsold stock mountain prompts Best Buy ire - SlashGear

http://www.slashgear.com/hp-touchpad-unsold-stock-mountain-prompts-best-buy-ire-17172319/

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Washington's Blog

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/roubini-karl-marx-had-it-right-at-some.html

Karl Marx had it right. At some point, Capitalism can destroy itself. You cannot keep on shifting income from labor to Capital without having an excess capacity and a lack of aggregate demand. That's what has happened. We thought that markets worked. They're not working. The individual can be rational. The firm, to survive and thrive, can push labor costs more and more down, but labor costs are someone else's income and consumption. That's why it's a self-destructive process.

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Penn Jillette: Why I'm an atheist libertarian

Hey, check this out from CNN:
Penn Jillette: Why I'm an atheist libertarian
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/16/jillette.atheist.libertarian/index.html

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Intel rejects 50% Ultrabook CPU price cut demand from notebook players

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110815PD216.html

Surprised?

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Buffett to Congress: Don't 'coddle' me

Hey, check this out from CNN:
Buffett to Congress: Don't 'coddle' me
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/15/news/economy/buffett_tax_jobs/

"While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks," wrote Buffett, who has mentioned in past interviews that the rich should pay higher taxes.

The philanthropist said that his 2010 federal tax bill, including income and payroll taxes, was $6,938,744.

"That sounds like a lot of money," wrote the Omaha, Neb.-based billionaire. "But what I paid was only 17.4% of my taxable income - and that's actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office."

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Frum: Perry's strength and weakness: Jobs

Hey, check this out from CNN:
Frum: Perry's strength and weakness: Jobs
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/15/frum.perry.economy/index.html

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Intel Opens $300 Million Fund for ‘Ultrabook’ Laptop Push - Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/intel-opens-300-million-fund-to-back-ultrabook-laptop-push.html

More slush fund bribes from Intel...

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IBM Leads the Way in the Post-PC Era | A Smarter Planet Blog

http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2011/08/ibm-leads-the-way-in-the-post-pc-era.html#more-10321

I, personally, have moved beyond the PC as well. My primary computer now is a tablet. When I helped design the PC, I didn't think I'd live long enough to witness its decline. But, while PCs will continue to be much-used devices, they're no longer at the leading edge of computing. They're going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs

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PC makers demand more Intel cash to build $999 ultrabooks | Electronista

http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/11/pc.builders.doubt.they.can.match.11in.air.on.price/

Hmm, this is going to end badly...

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Texas gov Rick Perry 'Bush without the brains' set to run for president | People and Politics | IrishCentral

http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/people_and_politics/texas-gov-rick-perry-bush-without-the-brains-set-to-run-for-president-127512333.html

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Linux Anecdotes

http://liw.fi/linux-anecdotes/

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About Ibis Reader | Ibis Reader ™

http://ibisreader.com/about/

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Your Picks: Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books

I found the following story on the NPR iPad App:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books?sc=ipad&f=1008

Your Picks: Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books

NPR - August 11, 2011

More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles. Over on NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, you can find one fan's thoughts on how the list shaped up, get our experts' take, and get a chance to share your own.

A quick word about what's here, and what's not: Our panel of experts reviewed hundreds of the most popular nominations and tossed out those that didn't fit the survey's criteria (after — we assure you — much passionate, thoughtful, gleefully nerdy discussion). You'll notice there are no young adult or horror books on this list, but sit tight, dear reader, we're saving those genres for summers yet to come.

So, at last, here are your favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. (And a printable version, to take with you to the bookstore.) [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]

The Lord Of The Rings

By J.R.R. Tolkien • Paperback, 1178 pages

Philip Levine’s Poetry Is Full of People, a Rarity - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/books/philip-levines-poetry-is-full-of-people-a-rarity.html?_r=1

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Rick Perry

Two days after Rick Perry's prayer fest on the US economy, the DOW falls mor than 600 points. Coincidence?

High Taxes Don’t Drive Out the Rich, Study Says - The Wealth Report - WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/08/08/high-taxes-dont-drive-out-the-rich-study-says/

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The Theory That Would Not Die - By Sharon Bertsch McGrayne - Book Review - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/review/the-theory-that-would-not-die-by-sharon-bertsch-mcgrayne-book-review.html?_r=1

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There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored | Nina Power | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/08/context-london-riots

Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett point out in The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, phenomena usually described as "social problems" (crime, ill-health, imprisonment rates, mental illness) are far more common in unequal societies than ones with better economic distribution and less gap between the richest and the poorest.

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How to Respond to Rick Perry’s ‘Response’ - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/opinion/how-to-respond-to-rick-perrys-response.html?_r=1

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What Happened to Obama’s Passion? - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/what-happened-to-obamas-passion.html?pagewanted=4&_r=1

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Article: printers

printers
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/05/engadgets-back-to-school-guide-2011-printers/

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Article: Warren Jeffs' Panting 'Sex Tape' Played for Jurors - Cult leader utters 12-year-old 'bride's' name in heavy-breathing audio

Warren Jeffs' Panting 'Sex Tape' Played for Jurors - Cult leader utters 12-year-old 'bride's' name in heavy-breathing audio
http://www.newser.com/story/125032/jeffs-panting-sex-tape-played-for-jurors.html

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2011 World's Best Cruises + more | Travel + Leisure

http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2011/air-cruise-more/tour-operator-safari-outfitter/246

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Article: The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/survey.html

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New Statesman - Faith no more

http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/07/god-evidence-believe-world

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Check out: 'You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation' on Slate

I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:

You Say Torture, I Say Coercive Interrogation
By Dahlia Lithwick
http://www.slate.com/id/2300550?wpisrc=sl_ipad

"The rule of law is actually much more resilient than many cynics thought and many people would have predicted on 9/11. ... On 9/11, had you said to somebody that the United States is not going to get away with doing whatever it wants to respond to this attack, you would have been laughed at. Who was going to stop us? ... I think that is actually the mindset that unfortunately operated. I don't see much of a box that John Yoo or Alberto Gonzales created for the president, unless the box has infinite lines. Alberto Gonzales said the Geneva Conventions are quaint, obsolete, irrelevant, and don't apply. John Yoo said that law doesn't apply when the president is acting as commander in chief. As commander in chief he can ignore the fact that Congress has made it a crime to commit torture. He can ignore the fact that Congress has made it a crime to wiretap people without judicial approval. ... Where is the box? If international law doesn't bind, if constitutional law doesn't bind, if the president is able to do whatever he wants?
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As atheists know, you can be good without God - USATODAY.com

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-07-31-atheism-morality-evolution-religion_n.htm

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Bank announces $11.5 billion profit, 25,000 job cuts - Business - World business - msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43968434/ns/business-world_business/

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BBC News - Q&A: East Africa hunger crisis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14249733

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11 April 2011: World military spending reached $1.6 trillion in 2010, biggest increase in South America, fall in Europe according to new SIPRI data — www.sipri.org

http://www.sipri.org/media/pressreleases/milex

'The USA has increased its military spending by 81 per cent since 2001, and now accounts for 43 per cent of the global total, six times its nearest rival China. At 4.8 per cent of GDP, US military spending in 2010 represents the largest economic burden outside the Middle East', states Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman, Head of the SIPRI Military Expenditure Project.

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Tax revenue as a percentage of GDP in the developed world - The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/us/tax-revenue-as-a-percentage-of-gdp-in-the-developed-world/article2114914/

Far below average...

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CRS: Permanently Extending Bush Tax Cuts to Cost $5 Trillion | OMB Watch

http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11353

August, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that extending the Bush tax cuts would cost roughly $3.312 trillion over ten years. This is the figure most politicians and pundits cite when discussing extension of the tax cuts. However, those figures – while including the cost of debt servicing – do not include indexing the AMT to inflation. Indeed, when taking indexing into consideration, CBO comes up with a figure close to CRS's: $4.840 trillion
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Scientific Mindfulness: Skinner on Religion

http://www.scientificmindfulness.com/2010/03/skinner-on-religion.html

But the claimed power to intervene in supernatural rewards and punishments is the kind of power that corrupts, and it is no accident that religion today is so often associated with terrorism and repression. Even in relatively peaceful America, religious organizations are trying to suppress knowledge in our schools, encourage the birth of unwanted children, impose their beliefs upon others through political action, and in many other ways interfere in peaceful, informed living.

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Dem: US would have lost WWII if 'cut, cap and balance' had been in effect - The Hill's Floor Action

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/172239-dem-us-would-have-lost-wwii-under-cut-cap-and-balance-were-in-effect

You would be speaking German, Japanese or Russian if this balanced-budget amendment was in effect during World War II and during the Cold War," Braley said. He said U.S. debt reached 120 percent of U.S. gross domestic product in order to finance the war, and argued that this would have been more difficult under the House bill.

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Writin tips

http://administration.berkeley.edu/commguide/50_tipsPoynter.pdf

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Microsoft Word - debt_collectors.doc

http://www.kennethkuhn.com/writings/articles/debt_collectors.pdf

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Hester Grand Canyon Trip Blog 2011

http://grandcanyon2011.blogspot.com/

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Excerpt

http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/catalogs/dlg_show_excerpt.php?id=160&title=Canyon&subtitle=&author=Michael+P.+Ghiglieri

Adrenaline Alley—forty miles of monstrous white water roaring a mile deep in the earth's crust. These forty miles of First Granite Gorge are the reason why some of us cannot stop coming back here. They are also the reason why some never return. At this point we had successfully navigated its first twenty miles. unfortunately, what lay ahead was far worse.

Waves below the horizon of Crystal Rapid exploded like claymore mines. What worried me most was the hidden gauntlet of three killer holes into which the Colorado River funneled immediately ahead. The one good thing about these dangers being hidden from me—and from the other four people in my boat counting on me to get them through all of this safely—was that the holes ahead cannot hurt you until you can see them. The bad thing was that we were heading right toward them.

This sudden transformation of the Colorado from a moving pond to a liquid predator here at Crystal Rapid automatically triggered a release of adrenaline. I felt my heart pound faster and the back of my neck tingle. My perception of time warped and the seconds dragged. Crystal is the drug of choice for adrenaline junkies. Even so, it made little sense for me to be here now. No, I was still in good health; I could handle the oars as well as ever. I was not here because money was a problem. Nor were things bad at home. In short, I did not have to be here leading this trip. Indeed, I knew I could lose everything important to me by continuing to court this monster of a river. The simple reality was that I could not stay away.

Abruptly, the entire huge mass of the Colorado River accelerated downward. My stomach rose as if descending in an elevator whose cable has snapped. I had no time to contemplate this. For two miles the river had been as smooth as glass, dammed to stillness and anticipation by the spew of boulders that made up Crystal Rapid. That had been the time to think. Now I was dropping over that dam into the last seconds of sanity in the transition zone of the rapid's tongue—the long, V-shaped slick funneling into the deepest part of the rapid. Now was the time to row, the time for inspired action. I aimed the stern of my boat downstream toward the right. With the demon of failure whispering in the back of my mind, I pulled on my oars as fast and hard as I could to escape. This used to be fun, but it was not fun now. Not since 1983.

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Quoted: The Washington Post on Mick Jagger, 1965 - The Reliable Source - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/quoted-the-washington-post-on-mick-jagger-1964/2011/07/26/gIQADy9EbI_blog.html

"The Stones are morbid and pathetic and very close to being ugly."

—Paul Richard in The Washington Post's 1965 review of the Rolling Stones in concert

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Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico By Ellsworth Leonardson Kolb, Emery Clifford Kolb

http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13150/pg13150.html

With our run the next day the inner gorge continued to deepen, the walls drew closer together, so that we now had a narrow gorge hemming us in with 3000-foot walls from which there was no escape. They were about a fourth of a mile apart at the top. A boat at the foot of one of these walls was merely an atom. The total depth of the canyon was close to 4500 feet. There is nothing on earth to which this gorge can be compared. Storm-clouds lowered into the chasm in the early morning. The sky was overcast and threatening. We were travelling directly west again, and no sunlight entered here, even when the sun shone. The walls had lost their brighter reds, and what colour they had was dark and sombre, a dirty brown and dark green predominating. The mythology of the ancients, with their Inferno and their River Styx, could hardly conjure anything more supernatural or impressive than this gloomy gorge.

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Quoted: The Washington Post on Mick Jagger, 1965 - The Reliable Source - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/quoted-the-washington-post-on-mick-jagger-1964/2011/07/26/gIQADy9EbI_blog.html

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Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by E. L. Kolb - Full Text Free Book (Part 4/5)

http://www.fullbooks.com/Through-the-Grand-Canyon-from-Wyoming-to4.html

Here in the river was a cataract, called Lava Falls, so filled with
jagged pieces of the black rock that a portage was advisable. 

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Article: Survey the Terrain

Survey the Terrain
http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/us/onthetrail/basecamp

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Bogley Outdoor Community

http://www.bogley.com/forum/index.php

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Apple Laptops Vulnerable To Hack That Kills Or Corrupts Batteries - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes

http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/07/22/apple-laptops-vulnerable-to-hack-that-kills-or-corrupts-batteries/

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Article: I Love You Christopher Hitchens, You Irritating Bastard

I Love You Christopher Hitchens, You Irritating Bastard
http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/i-love-you-christopher-hitchens-you-irritating-bastard

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Citizens

Just learned that the liar robber baron Rupert Murdoch and his whore/mistress/wife are naturalized US citizens.  Let's not worry about illegal immigrants who come to this country to work--rather, let's keep scum like these out.

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Michele Bachmann's migraines

Sorry michele, "migraine" is too "science-y" a term for your ilk to use:
Let's just say the pain is your god's way of saying your an idiot.

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Check out: 'How Not To Write a Book Review' on Slate

How Not To Write a Book Review
By Robert Pinsky
http://www.slate.com/id/2299346?wpisrc=sl_ipad

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After almost 20 years, math problem falls - MIT News Office

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/convexity-0715.html

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An Eye-Opening Adventure in Socialized Medicine | NeuroTribes

http://blogs.plos.org/neurotribes/2011/07/12/an-eye-opening-adventure-in-socialized-medicine/

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Nietzsche and the Objectivity of Morals

http://www.uab.edu/philosophy/faculty/arnold/6-nietzsche-ethics.htm

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Davis: Why America is not a Christian nation

Hey, check this out from CNN:
Davis: Why America is not a Christian nation
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/04/davis.jefferson.other.words/index.html

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Hot Type: Poems for Summer - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/11/opinion/20100711_OpPoems.html

 Heat increases and flows across boundaries. It is ancient, fluctuating, vibrational, like these summer days that are so combustible and these nights when stars enlighten the skies. 

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Web Extra - Selected Poems by Kay Ryan - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/books/17poet-extra.html

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Have Me | Best Poems

http://www.best-poems.net/carl_sandburg/poem-2427.html

HAVE me in the blue and the sun.
Have me on the open sea and the mountains.

When I go into the grass of the sea floor, I will go alone.
This is where I came from—the chlorine and the salt are blood and bones.
It is here the nostrils rush the air to the lungs. It is here oxygen clamors to be let in.
And here in the root grass of the sea floor I will go alone.

Love goes far. Here love ends.
Have me in the blue and the sun.

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Instant email: how we made Hotmail 10x faster

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2011/06/30/instant-email-how-we-made-hotmail-10x-faster.aspx

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