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If one assumes that a person is making their money, including enough money to have no incentive to "work", by…
Ob sie wirklich Deutsch spricht. Normalweise, kommt die US Soldaten nicht ins Stadt und spricht nicht so oft mit denn…
As for being a Nazi, ich spreche fliessend deutsch und wohnte in Deutschland fuer drei Jahre mit der americanishe Luftwaffe…
And of course this "incentive" only applies to poor people: Rich people who already have enough to live off of…
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Category Archives: In the news
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Humans are everywhere on this planet. We have cities on six continents and outposts on a seventh. We live from the frozen depths of Antarctica and Siberia to the damp, sticky tropics to the middle the desert — and everywhere … Continue reading
82% of Fake TV Show Contestents are Willing To Commit Torture
The CBC reports on a French documentary, recreating the famous Milgram experiment as reality TV: The fake game show, called Le jeu de la mort (The Game of Death), features a glamorous hostess and a studio audience who eggs contestants … Continue reading
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Online Poll Proves That Those With Strong Views More Likely To Answer Online Poll
This post on Open Left has lots of tables and stuff showing that over 50% of Republicans believe Obama is a socialist Muslim who “wants to turn over the sovereignty of the United States to a one world government,” blah … Continue reading
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500 Massacred in Nigeria are Victims of Religious Violence
From ABC News: The killers showed no mercy: They didn’t spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. On Monday, Nigerian women wailed in the streets as a dump truck carried dozens of bodies past burned-out … Continue reading
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Resign, Resign, Resign
If I lived in New York, I’d be giving serious consideration to voting for the Republican candidate in the next gubernatorial race. Not so much because the Republican’s bound to be a great candidate, but because there’s pretty strong evidence … Continue reading
Long Lost Non-Sisters Meet, Discover Astonishing Similarities
Everyone once in a while I read a news report about long-lost siblings (sometimes twins) who meet for the first time as adults and discover astonishing similarities — they both love languages, they both like wearing denim skirts, and so … Continue reading
Two Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert
If you’re ever feeling down about your life, feeling like you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, just ready to give up, take a gander at how Roger Ebert is holding up. The longtime writer and movie critic … Continue reading
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Geneva and Richard Taruskin's "Common Fallacy"
Writing in this past Thursday’s issue of The New York Times (February 4th), Michael Kimmelman compares the European tour on which the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent the Tehran Symphony Orchestra to similar tours on which the former Soviet Union … Continue reading
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When capitalized, "Sie" is the formal way to address adults of either gender in polite German. I majored in the…