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Does Barack Obama Have A Mandate? A Look At The Numbers
How important was Barack Obama's victory? By what measure can he be said to have secured a "mandate"? How does his election compares to others? And how do voters in…
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Proposed Scottish Law To Allow 16-Year-Olds To Have “Doctors” Kill Them
How many of you have kids? Remember when they were around the sixteen-year mark? Somewhat volatile emotionally, would you not agree? Particularly females of the species. Laughter today, bitter tears…
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Obama On Way Out? Romeny Hasn’t A Chance? Last Day of Presidential Voting Study
Today is the last day to participate in the voting study. If you have not already done so, please click below. And please send this to people you know, especially…
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Intrade’s Record In Picking Presidents: Is There Market Manipulation?
An "influential forecast" is one in which knowledge of the prediction changes the uncertainty in the thing being predicted. Consider a (respected) political opinion poll which announces Candidate B has…
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Statistics “Proves” Men And Women Are The Same
There are just as many women in prison as men. So too are there equal numbers of male and female ob/gyn patients: this is because the sexual aparatuses on both…
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The Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage, Part II
Part I Question 2 I've often heard you say, "Why shouldn't we let two loving same-sex people marry?" My question: why two? If your only retort to "Why two?" is…
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Scientists: GOP Women More Feminine Than Dems
Science! Unadulterated, peer-reviewed, glorious science! What else but science could have provided this picture, which was taken whole from the University of California press release on the shocking new scientific,…
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Stand Up For Religious Freedom San Francisco
The strangest thing about yesterday's Stand Up For Religious Freedom rally in San Francisco were the "undecided" gentlemen who came dressed with brassieres on their heads. This was curious because…
