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Westar Institute Mission
Sat Nov 22, 2008
- I intended it to be a different perspective on using the Bible to prove whether or not gay marriage should be legal. Don't worry. After I get that brain transplant, things will be much better.
Satire: "Obama Names Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston to 'Team of Rivals' "
Sat Nov 22, 2008
- Andy Borowitz is usually unbelievably funny and timely. I also recommend his book, "The Republican Playbook." I guess that this could amuse anybody who is getting concerned about Obama's choices for his administration.
Where are the Church/State Separationists Now?
Wed Nov 5, 2008
- Yeah, but what does OUR government think about that? And what does the American spouse think about it? Hmmm. This is getting interesting again and I can't borrow this computer too much longer (long story....I am not at home)!
The Homosexual Agenda?
Fri Nov 14, 2008
- That is a courageous and admirable way to live and act. It is very hard to take the consequences of living ones beliefs and not just talking about living them. I salute your bravery and integrity! 
Cute Overload! A lifetime supply...
Sat Nov 22, 2008
- Somewhat more limited but in the same vein: The Daily Kitten at   http://www.dailykitten.com/
Where are the Church/State Separationists Now?
Wed Nov 5, 2008
- Aaaaaaaak! What about civilizations who do not see the Bible as their holy book? What are people doing when they marry in India (in a Hindu ceremony), in Africa (in a Zulu ceremony), in China (in a civil, or Buddahst ceremony)? It doesn't have ANYTHING to do with the Torah/Tanach/Bible.
The Homosexual Agenda?
Fri Nov 14, 2008
- It should have read "GLBT" above. Sorry.
Myths happily targeted | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Find Articles at BNET
Sat Nov 22, 2008
- This article refers to a book which, among MANY other things, explains why some "news" events become viral. It also is a wide ranging review of what different cultures at different times have believed about the good or the happy life.
The Lure and Peril of 'Missing White Girl' Syndrome
Tue Nov 18, 2008
- How irritating! I am away from my outrageously large book collection and so I can't give accurate and exact quotes!

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Satire: "Obama Names Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston to 'Team of Rivals' "

Seeded on Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:52 PM EST (borowitzreport.com)

November 22, 2008 Continuing in his quest to assemble a so-called "team of rivals," President-elect Barack Obama today announced that he would name Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston to key Cabinet positions.

entertainment, obama, satire, jolie, potus, aniston, new-administration, cabinet-positions

Myths happily targeted | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Find Articles at BNET

Seeded on Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:12 PM EST (findarticles.com)

THE HAPPINESS MYTH: WHY WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT IS WRONG, by Jennifer Michael Hecht, HarperSanFrancisco, 355 pages, $24.95

us-news, news, happiness, myths, fairy-tales, collective-unconscious, common-knowledge, the-good-life, cultural-themes, missing-white-girl-syndrome

Westar Institute Mission

Seeded on Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:01 AM EST (westarinstitute.org)

Westar Institute is a member-supported, non-profit research and educational institute dedicated to the advancement of religious literacy.

religion, bible, study, jesus, interpretation, scholars, biblical-truth, lay-people

Time for change's Journal - The Value of Partisanship

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:24 PM EST (Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News)

The Value of Partisanship Posted by Time for change in General Discussion Thu Nov 20th 2008, 08:30 PM Madfloridian gave me the idea for this post by noting in several recent posts her concern over the pressure being put on President-elect Obama and other Democrats to be "bi- …

obama, congress, change-bi-partisan, political, polital-parties, democrats, republican, compromise, agenda, goals

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:22 PM EST (holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 Message to the religious right - this isn't just about marriage, it's about history

us-news, gay-rights, pro-gay, pro-gay-demonstrations, gay-marriage, self-defense, social-changes, oppression, truth, lies

Breaking News : Kansas group pickets Sitton funeral (Montrose, CO)

Seeded on Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:35 AM EST (montrosepress.com)

MONTROSE — Members of the Westboro Baptist Church found themselves outnumbered Sunday when they arrived to protest the funeral of U.S. Army Spc. Chris Sitton. Advertisement

us-news, hate, hate-speech, phelps, gay-rights, funerals, soldiers

Fred Phelps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:55 PM EST (en.wikipedia.org)

This is the Wikipedia article about Fred Phelps, Sr. What can I say? Read it and weep?

us-news

Rev. Phelps gets $11 million smackdown for funeral protest

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:20 PM EST (renewamerica.us)

More about "church" who disrupts funerals of soldiers with signs such as "FAG," and "God is your enemy,"

us-news, hate-speech, church, 1st-amendment, funerals-disrupted, iraq-soldiers-dead, protest, phelps

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Fed Blotter: MySpace Sex Offender Charged With Running Fake Internet Church | Threat Level from Wired.com

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:15 PM EST (Wired News)

A convicted pedophile who turned up in MySpace's 2007 purge of sex offenders faces new charges of bank fraud for allegedly running counterfeit checks through a bank account he established for his online church, TruthOfGodMinistries.org.

us-news, internet, myspace, church, fake-church, fraud, prayer, offenders, god, bank-fraud

Secret Directed-Energy Tech Protecting the President? | Danger Room from Wired.com

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:21 AM EST (Wired News)

The Secret Service is tasked with protecting the President of the United States from assailants; and given that President-elect Obama has already been the target of assassination plots they may have their work cut out after January.

technology, secret-service, barack-obama, assassination, conspiracy-theory, president, laser-dazzlers, active-denial-system

Brain Scans Reveal That Revenge Is Sweet: Scientific American

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:44 AM EST (Sciam)

In Dante's Inferno, the inner circle of hell was reserved for betrayers like Judas and Brutus. But new research indicates that punishing those who break social norms is not merely the province of poets.

science, brain-scans, revenge, pet, selfishness, emotion, punishment, reward

Op-Ed Columnist - Depression Economics Returns - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:30 AM EST (The New York Times)

The economic news, in case you haven't noticed, keeps getting worse. Bad as it is, however, I don't expect another Great Depression.

us-news, krugman, bail-out, gm, economics, depression, unemployment, federal-reserve

Health Professionals Fear Web Sites That Support Theories on Mind Control - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:25 AM EST (The New York Times)

FOR years they lived in solitary terror of the light beams that caused searing headaches, the technology that took control of their minds and bodies.

health, internet, web-communities, mind-control, extreme-communities, stalking

ACLU urges Obama to quickly close Guantánamo camps, court - Guantánamo - MiamiHerald.com

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:00 AM EST (MiamiHerald.com)

Seeking to forestall any plans to appease the center, the ACLU puts pressure on the coming Obama administration to order closure of the Guantánamo court and camps on day one.

us-news, guantanamo, aclu, centrists, court, detainees, jag

U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil, by Country --VITAL INFORMATION

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:37 PM EST (middleeast.about.com)

How much oil does the United States import from "those countries who do not like us?"

us-news, energy, oil, us-imported-oil, conspiracy-theories, enemies-of-the-us, middle-east, opec, extortion, terrorist-threats

Caltech Press Release, 10/13/2008, Dr. Pamela Bjorkman

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:33 AM EST (mr.caltech.edu)

PASADENA, Calif.-- The transportation of antibodies from a mother to her newborn child is vital for the development of that child's nascent immune system.

science, immunity, antibodies, breast-milk, placenta, auto-immune-disease, infant, newborn, cells, receptor-mediated-transport

Caltech Press Release, 10/29/2008, Dr. R. Michael Alvarez, Dr. Ralph Adolphs, Dr. Michael Spezio, Dr. John O'Doherty, Dr. Antonio Rangel

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:25 AM EST (mr.caltech.edu)

PASADENA, Calif.-- Brain-imaging studies reveal that voting decisions are more associated with the brain's response to negative aspects of a politician's appearance than to positive ones, says a team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Scripps …

science, brain-imaging, neuroscience, voting-decisions, appearance, caltech, fmri, elections

McCain to Leno: 'I couldn't be happier with Sarah Palin' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: John McCain

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:54 AM EST (Chicago Sun-Times)

John McCain and I finally have something in common. I couldn't be happier with Sarah Palin, either. In fact, although I would never have thought it possible, I am getting more and more unhappy with her.

politics, sarah-palin, john-mccain, jay-leno

BBC World Service - Documentaries - Hard lessons from Afghanistan

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:42 AM EST (bbc.co.uk)

Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the intervention by the West.

world-news, war, afghanistan, russia, taleban, 9-11

BBC World Service - News - Passing on the trauma of war

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:36 AM EST (bbc.co.uk)

Can war trauma be passed down through generations?... Well, families are now coming forward who say that it can...

science, war, wwi, trauma, ptsd, psychology

Arianna Huffington: Can Obama Pull Off a Historic Presidential Double Play?

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:26 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Two problems: )I couldn't choose a category for this. Maybe there should be a category for "All of the Above."

politics, metaphysics, obama, lincoln, solzhenitsyn, news, fdr

Science News / Nicotine's New Appeal

Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:30 AM EST (sciencenews.org)

This says that nicotine boosts cognition, calms hyperactivity, can relieve pain, and can be a treatment for mental illness.

science, nicotine, neurotransmitters, history-of-nicotine-use, adhd, acetylcholine, addiction, brain, brain-function

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Blogs from CNN.com

Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 8:31 PM EST (CNN)

If you didn't see it on CNN, read down the article to where A.S. is talking about the serious problems ahead and how he (and we) need to work together if we are going to have any chance of solving the nation's problems.

us-news, obama, national-problems, transition, democrats, republicans, cooperation

A conversation with Paul Krugman 2008 Nobel Prize Winner, Economics - Charlie Rose

Seeded on Sat Nov 8, 2008 5:16 AM EST (charlierose.com)

Who among you can resist Krugman AND Charlie Rose. Watch this and then please start doing something if you haven't already. I have said that I am playing my own game of "six degrees of separation." I am absolutely certain that someone on Newsvine can do it better.

us-news, krugman, charlie-rose, obama, economy, health-care, financial-collapse, world-economy, job-loss, joblessness