Atheism 2.0?
Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0
http://is.gd/RaTI47 (link to a TED Talk)
basically this guy is saying, take the best parts of religion and co-opt them to a secular. I think he's just playing with symantecs, a moderate view will never get things done.
Privacy
Oddly, despite the recent rise of the libertarian-leaning Tea Party faction of the Republican Party, no Republican has decided publicly that privacy protection of Americans’ online communications is a winning issue. However, whether the bill would ultimately pass even with GOP support is unclear, and the White House maintains that warrants for such data are not required.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/epic-reform-stalled/
So freedom is free, and is across the board. But Somehow repulicans want it for stuff they care about.
Money
A coincidence, I imagine, but it sure is poetic. In mid-June, just before the Occupy Wall Street movement took shape, JPMorgan Chase donated what the financial organization itself described as "an unprecedented" $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation, part of which will be used to expand and fortify surveillance systems.
So you can buy a politician, but it also looks like you can buy NYPD.
HB 56
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/09/hb-56-alabama-immigration-law
Everyone wants the easy answer, but this is just a way to maginalize a group of people. This is the same type of "answer" but its been done before and it never works.
More occupation
http://www.facebook.com/occupyhouston
For some reason the local media isn't covering this, I guess there are more highschool football games to cover.
Iraq Lies
Panetta appears to link al-Qaeda presence with Iraq invasion
“The reason you guys are here is because on 9/11 the United States got attacked,” Panetta told the troops. “And 3,000 Americans — 3,000 not just Americans, 3,000 human beings, innocent human beings — got killed because of al-Qaeda. And we’ve been fighting as a result of that.”
Lets get this straight again, Iraq had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with 9/11. The fact that that lie can still be slung around and no one bats an eye is a testament to the apathy in our country now.
Osama
So almost ten years after he made himself a house hold name, he's dead. Where it all goes from here is anyones guess, but there is a brief moment that everyone celebrated a death.Idiot
Perry: Pray For Rain To End Texas Drought http://www.click2houston.com/news/27626652/detail.html We have an absolute idiot for governor. I'll get a bucket of water, you pray, and we'll see who gets more done.genetically modified
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/mar/22/2?CMP=twt_fd It's another way to scare people into a corner of not making food better. I guess people just don't like technology.My goal: to be blocked in china
China, predictably, denies Google's accusations of Gmail tampering http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/23/china-predictably-denies-googles-accusations-of-gmail-tamperi/ after china killed more than 2000 students in tiananmen square, all believability goes out the window.
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