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This Week In Doom: A Mighty, Doom-Laden Seven Days
Thank You Sir, I'll Have Another Homosexual Activists Tell Kim Davis: 'We Will Kidnap Your Husband, Tie Him Up And Force Him To Watch Us Raping You. We Will Burn…
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Lawrence Krauss Wants All Scientists To Be Militant Atheists
Krauss's biggest mistake in the first part of his "All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists" article is to assume the (secular) government gets to decide right and wrong. Krauss is…
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Rhode Island Mandates HPV Vaccine, Tells Parents, “We’re The Government And Can Do What We Like”
I'm not sure what it is with lawmakers. Are they only interested in increasing control over citizens' lives? Or is it that in combination with ignorance? Let the Boston Globe…
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The Expansion Team Syndrome: SAT Scores & Science
What happens when a professional sports league expands? We talked about this before, but the obvious answer is that the average talent of the league decreases---for two reasons. The first…
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The Unknown Fallacy: Inflicting Your Views On Me
https://twitter.com/unknowncomic/status/639899682496454657 So a guy with a paper bag on his head, two holes cut for eyes and one for his pie hole, walks on stage, begins pumping his arms like…
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The Week In Doom: If You Like Your Religion, You Can Keep Your Religion
Law Of The Land! AP: A city clerk in Nuremberg yesterday issued a marriage certificate to a Jew and a German, violating the country's new laws forbidding such unions. Fritz…
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Stream: Global Warming Update: Obama Seeks to Still the Glaciers of Alaska
Today's post is at The Stream: "Global Warming Update: Obama Seeks to Still the Glaciers of Alaska." Have you heard the story of King Canute? Lord and Master of the…
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Frequenstism Is Entirely Ad Hoc; And So Are Priors. Use The Third Way Instead
https://twitter.com/learnfromerror/status/638841417461276672 Short note today, because today, and most days for the next couple of weeks, are book days. I am nearly finished with the damned thing. I'm now handling drudgery…