Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking that IQ Tests Miss

This probably explains why governments are so dysfunctional.

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The U.S. Military Will Spend $1.5 Trillion on a Plane That Barely Works

"And the main effort of military leaders through the past decade, under the Republican leadership of the Bush administration and the Democratic leadership of Obama, has been to get rid of the A-10 so as to free up money for a more expensive, less reliable, technically failing airplane that has little going for it except insider dealing" Only the Holy Military can get away with this nonsense. The Corporate Welfare State run amok.

See: http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/384088/the-pentagons-15-trillion-mistake/ Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT

The Septuagint - Torah Musings

News you could have used about 2,000 years ago...

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A Drone Flew Over A Pig Farm To Discover It’s Not Really A Farm. It’s Something Much More...

Leviticus 11:7 is ignored - but Leviticus 20:13 is the center of their lives, I bet!

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The Great Firewall keeps growing, as China blocks all Gmail access

This Communist dictatorship is OK to do business with, but business with Cuba is a threat to our conscience and security??? GMAFB.

See: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/the-great-firewall-keeps-growing-as-china-blocks-all-gmail-access/ Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT

Purple Heart Recipient Gunned Down By Police After Calling 911 For Medical Emergency (VIDEO)

The police seem to regard all civilians as a threat. Again, with cops like this, who needs criminals? I sympathize with the police who are rightly always scared that a situation could get out of control, and that they may be in danger - but can't they shoot to maim, not kill?

See: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/29/purple-heart-recipient-gunned-down-by-police-after-calling-911-for-medical-emergency-video/ Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT

Our top stories of 2014

"The faith’s claim, promoted by many of its leading lights, to combine spiritual and earthly authority, with no separation of mosque and state, has stunted the development of independent political institutions" from #1.

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Mr Turner: the fine art of historical biography

We watched this today - every scene could have been a painting. Too long, but visually fascinating.

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Sir Winston Churchill’s family begged him not to convert to Islam, letter reveals

“Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralizes the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.”

See: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/sir-winston-churchills-family-begged-him-not-to-convert-to-islam-letter-reveals-9946787.html Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT

Pediatric Politics: How Dire Warnings Against Infant Bed Sharing ‘Backfired’

News you can use ,,, thanks to the law of unintended consequences

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This is why you're so hangry, according to science

So next time you want to yell at someone, eat something. Weight loss advice to follow.

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Monday, December 22, 2014

Mathematicians Make a Major Discovery About Prime Numbers | WIRED

In case you worry about what mathematicians worry about, consider this. "What does a drowning number theorist say? “Log log log log … ”

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Internet crashes in North Korea

It was either us (as in US) or Anonymous.

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How Naive is Elizabeth Warren?

The law of Unintended Consequenses is relentless.

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North Korea Threatens To Attack U.S. If Obama Retaliates Over Sony Hacking

Has he given birth yet? He looks to be about 7 months in this picture.

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I really belong in the 1960s! Which decade do you really belong in?

I bet everybody belongs in the decade when they were in their 20s. Too bad we had to leave :-(

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Scientists Discover Children’s Cells Living in Mothers’ Brains

This supports what I have always said. Insanity is inherited. One gets it from ones' children.

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What the fuck is the “the” in “the fuck”?

This exemplifies my assertion that trying formulate general rules of grammar is a fool's errand. If a sentence is understood - it is grammatical. The grammar you employ signals all kinds of things about you to your listeners/readers, but if a sentence is understood, it is grammatical.

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Sokal: "science is not merely a bag of clever tricks . . . Rather, the natural sciences are...

",,,the underlying philosophy: namely, to constrain our theories as strongly as possible by empirical evidence, and to modify or reject those theories that fail to conform to the evidence..."

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

600613 | bit-player

Cool - if you are a little odd.

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When Opera Singers Groove to the Motown Sound

Every attempt I have heard by classically trained singers trying to do "popular" music has been awful. Can anyone offer examples of success?

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Response to Nonsense - Torah Musings

Thoughts to think before commenting on the Interwebs...

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Israel Police Raid Homes Of Racist Right-Wing Neo-Kahanist Group, Arrest 10 - FailedMessiah.com

If only the governments on the other side would take action against their extremists the world would be a little better off.

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WATCH: Why people don't believe in climate science

I know some of you out there do not believe that the climate is changing and we are causing it. Watch this.

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Syrian rebel Yarmouk Brigades ditch US and Israel allies, defect to ISIS

This is why choosing sides in Syria is fraught with dangers.

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Watch: The 1994 Video Dick Cheney Doesn't Want You to See

20 years ago he was not senile. Now, he should be put in a home. What, wait! There are no homes for the mentally challenged. Thank you Saint Ronnie.

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Unwrapping presents.

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Court urged to wait on immigration review

Arizona and Nebraska are mean-minded bigots. Have they forgotten how their forefather stole the land?

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Jon Stewart’s favorite king

Everybody needs an autocrat...

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Ted Cruz Slammed By Republicans After He Handed Democrats A Series Of Victories -

The Law of Unintended Consequences is relentless. This may go down in the lore of the Senate as "Pulling a Cruz"

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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Weather Forecast and Weather Forecast Accuracy for Your City

If you want to confirm just how bad weather forecasts are, check here.

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ScanMyPhotos Can Scan Your Prints a Priority Mail Boxful at a Time

Get your heirloom pics scanned before they finally face to sepia...

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Tick, Tick, Bull, Shit

"more than two dozen people tortured by the CIA were detained in error. In some cases, they were victims of simple cases of mistaken identity." If you still think that torture was OK - it could be you next time.

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TED-Ed | Periodic Videos

I have never heard of Scandium. Now I must find a Scandium mining company and buy shares.

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Andy Borowitz

Borowitz at his best!

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The CIA Is Still Running Amok

"People being tortured might say anything to stop the pain, including invented and imaginary information. And false intelligence is worse than no intelligence at all." Why are people still arguing about it?

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Dick Cheney: CIA Torture Report Is 'Full of Crap'

I think it is time to have this (I almost said man) thing up in front of a grand jury.

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How I Shot a Time-Lapse of a Large Thunderstorm Rolling Through Sydney

David Ligoff Darrilyn Greenberg Ligoff What you have been missing :-)

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The Senate, the CIA and the torture report

Between the CIA and the torture report, police shootings, and the size of our prison population (largest in the world) it is not clear how we differentiate ourselves from Russia and China. We speak a good game, but do not always act on it.

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Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Harvard Business Professor Loses His Mind When He's Overcharged $4 For Chinese Takeout

It is scary to think that this guy is actually "teaching" at the business school.

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George W. Bush Knew He Was Too Stupid to Keep the CIA's Torture Secrets

That is a level of self-knowledge to which many politicians should aspire.

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Schmaltz Finds a New, Younger Audience

“There’s nothing quite like a slivovitz-gribenes high,” she said. “It turns out our ancestors were quite wise.” Yee Hah!

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McCain: CIA Torture 'Stained Our National Honor'

This may get him past the Sarah Palin debacle.

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This is What Photos of the Night Sky Would Look Like if the Andromeda Galaxy Were Brighter

"NASA scientists announced back in 2012 that our Milky Way is actually on an unavoidable collision course with Andromeda (the gap is closing at 68 miles per second)." Get your survival kits ready

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Monday, December 08, 2014

The Huge, Unseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps | WIRED

This is why Google Maps beat Tom-Tom and and the rest. The street I live on is mislabelled by Tom-Tom. I have reported the error several times over the last 5 or more years. It never gets fixed.

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Best Grilled Cheese in the U.S.

My favorite food. I made my own last Thursday.

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Andy Carves

A Restful Thanksgiving

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Peaceful Thanksgiving.

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We Must Stop Police Abuse of Black Men

The comments justifying the behavior of the police are depressing

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Thursday, December 04, 2014

Wednesday, December 03, 2014

A Brit and a Muslim Met On The Streets Of England. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

Spoiler Alert. The Brit makes a complete asshole of himself.

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Stephen Hawking: ‘Artificial Intelligence Could Spell The End Of The Human Race’

Genuine ignorance will be more likely to be the cause. #globalwarming

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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

An Open Letter of Apology to the United States of America

1. Not all "the media" got it wrong - just the ideologues. 2. They (the ideologues) will not apologize. Fact are irrelevant, and besides, it draws $$$s from their audience.

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