Secrets, scandals, and the rise of Scientology

Seeded on Sat Sep 3, 2011 7:13 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

I believe in freedom of speech and religion to a point. As long as you do not attempt to hurt someone because of them. If people decide they want to worship UFO's, Mother Nature, and Themselves, then that's their God giving rights.

religion, worship

David Quinn: This attack on confession is a threat to all religions - Analysis, Opinion - Independent.ie

Seeded on Sat Sep 3, 2011 6:59 AM EDT (Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed)

"Freedom to participate in worship and to enjoy the long-established rites of the church is so fundamental that any intrusion upon it is a challenge to the very basis of a free society.

of, religion, freedom, worship

Genetic computing used to kill specific cancer cells

Seeded on Sat Sep 3, 2011 6:51 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

Looks like this research is very hopeful. Let's hope they can continue own with their research.

science

Stamp Martin Luther King memorial 'Made in China' | New Hampshire OPINION02

Seeded on Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:01 PM EDT (New Hampshire Union Leader)

This whole deal smells of American greed and Chinese arrogance. I guess everything is for sell in the US now days, even the legacy of American heroes like Dr. King.

doctor, odd-news, king

Disillusioned Dem Buys TV Ad for Huntsman, Christian News

Seeded on Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:56 AM EDT (The Christian Post)

As we get closer to 2012 I predict the list of Democrat defectors to grow. I think Obama has managed to scatter his entire base with the barrage of motivational speeches being used to cover up broken promises.

politics, announce-presidential-bid

Obama says adding $4 trillion to debt is 'irresponsible' and 'unpatriotic' [The Arena] | Louisville.com

Seeded on Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:32 AM EDT (Louisville.com's)

Obama says adding $4 trillion to debt is ‘irresponsible’ and ‘unpatriotic’ Yet another example of how empty the words are that come from Obama's mouth.

politics, congressional-budget-office

Obama stands up for Ground Zero mosque

Seeded on Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:18 PM EDT (Politico)

"President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed a controversial plan to build a mosque and Islamic center just blocks from Ground Zero in Manhattan, despite the strong objections of conservatives, civic groups and those who lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks."Ground Zero is …

obama, us-news, ground-zero

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obs picture dims as unemployment claims rise

Seeded on Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:38 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"WASHINGTON – The economy is looking bleaker as new applications for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in almost six months.

jobs, us-news, uenemployment

ACLU, CCR seek to have Obama enjoined from killing Awlaki without due process

Seeded on Wed Aug 4, 2010 7:24 AM EDT (Salon.com)

"A major legal challenge to one of the Obama administration's most radical assertions of executive power began this morning in a federal courthouse in Washington, DC.

politics, obama, aclu, executive-branch

U.S. Democrats Push For Internet Sales Taxes

Seeded on Fri Jul 9, 2010 12:44 PM EDT (Maximum PC)

"If Rep. Bill Delahunt gets his way however, everything you buy online will soon be taxed at the same rates as their brick and mortar counterparts.

taxes, democrats, politics

U.S. Missiles Deployed Near China Send a Message

Seeded on Thu Jul 8, 2010 11:09 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"If China's satellites and spies were working properly, there was a flood of unsettling intelligence flowing into the Beijing headquarters of the Chinese Navy last week. A new class of U.S. super weapon had suddenly surfaced nearby.

us, china, world-news

Why Obamanomics Has Failed

Seeded on Thu Jul 1, 2010 8:18 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

"The administration's stimulus program has failed. Growth is slow and unemployment remains high. The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible.

politics, obama, stimulus

The Run Away General

Seeded on Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:09 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)

"Even though he had voted for Obama, McChrystal and his new commander in chief failed from the outset to connect.

politics, defense-department, how-obama

How the New Wealth Taxes Will Hit You

Seeded on Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:52 PM EDT (Yahoo!)

"The health-care bill that Congress passed in March contained two surprising new taxes to help pay for the changes: an extra 0.9% levy on wages for couples earning more than $250,000 ($200,000 for singles) and a new 3.8% tax on investment income on those same people (technically, …

politics, healthcare, internal-revenue-service

Bill Maher says what liberals think

Seeded on Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:29 AM EDT (World Magazine)

"I thought when we elected a black president we were gonna get a black president," said far-left comic Bill Maher last week. "You know, this is where I want a real black president.

politics, obama, bill-maher, black-person-act-like

Our present civil cold war

Seeded on Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:41 PM EDT (Worldmag.com)

"Now we are engaged in a great civil cold war.

politics, republican-congress

Lawmakers Move to Allow Abortions at Military Hospitals

Seeded on Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:32 PM EDT (The Christian Post)

"Tucked inside the massive Pentagon policy bill is a provision that would lift the ban on privately-funded, elective abortions at military hospitals. The Senate Armed Services Committee in late May voted 15 to 12 to repeal the ban that has been in place since 1996."

politics, military, abortions

V Season Final - Red Sky (What Do You Think About it?)

Tue Jun 1, 2010 4:08 PM EDT

I must admit I was really disappointed the first half of the V season. They took a small break during mid season and came back reborn. I mean everything was better about the show, the character development, the visuals, the story.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, tv, science-fiction

Scientists breed goats that produce spider silk

Seeded on Tue Jun 1, 2010 3:49 PM EDT (PhysOrg.com)

"Researchers from the University of Wyoming have developed a way to incorporate spiders' silk-spinning genes into goats, allowing the researchers to harvest the silk protein from the goats' milk for a variety of applications."

science

Replica of Marty McFly's Hoverboard Actually Hover

Seeded on Tue Jun 1, 2010 3:35 PM EDT (Popular Science - )

"The closer we get to the year 2015, the louder people lament that our world hardly resembles the one depicted in Back to the Future II.

technology, future

UN calls for impartial probe of Israeli raid

Seeded on Tue Jun 1, 2010 7:59 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council called early Tuesday for an "impartial" investigation of Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and condemned the "acts" that resulted in the loss of at least nine lives."

world-news, ap-news

'Leaving Islam' Bus Ads Run in NYC

Seeded on Sat May 29, 2010 11:28 PM EDT (The Christian Post)

"Some 30 city buses began in mid-May to display an ad that reads: "Leaving Islam? Fatwa on your head? Is your family threatening you?" The ad directs people to the website www.refugefromislam.com.

religion, says-ex-muslim-some

Supreme stealth

Seeded on Tue May 25, 2010 1:18 PM EDT (World Magazine)

"Despite the overtly political record, President Obama has portrayed his nominee for the Supreme Court as a nonpartisan moderate, and she is likely to receive Senate confirmation."

politics, obama, elena-kagan

Our own Greek tragedy

Seeded on Thu May 20, 2010 9:00 AM EDT (World Magazine)

"Many state and local governments, including California's, have become civic GMs—large retirement communities that provide, in this particular case, government services on the side. Bottom line: bankruptcy."

wall-street-journal, us-news, baby-boomers, theodore-dalrymple

End of a Space Era

Seeded on Mon May 17, 2010 8:23 AM EDT (World Magazine)

The days of the Right Stuff are over. Instead of being pioneers of space exploration the US has decided to just tag along with Russia and the rest of the EU community.

nasa, science

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