http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64P5PE20100526 "Apple Inc shot past Microsoft Corp as the...

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5/27/2010 1:40:08 AM
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Was reading about George Lucas' lawsuit against Jedi Mind Inc this am and I got to wondering how...

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*Tom Sullivan *used to work for Controlled Demolitions Inc. On 9/11 and everyday since, his...

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6/12/2010 7:58:33 PM
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From the Liberty Preservation Association of Massachusetts Inc (http://www.masslpa.org/)- May...

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4/12/2011 3:49:01 PM
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free power from domestic pests via appliances modelled on carnivorous plants http://bit.ly/bAkOr inc. a bug zapper powered by zapped bugs!

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1/17/2011 9:19:51 PM
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Or something. By way of Howie Klein, we discover that Blue America PAC, which supports candidates, who among other things, are not global warming denialists, is faced with a nuisance lawsuit. This attack is led by 'Let Freedom Ring, Inc.', a conservative faith-tank. And who funds Let Freedom Ring? Well (italics mine):

'Let Freedom Ring, Inc.' is a Conservative think-tank that was set up in 2004 in the USA thanks to a $1 million donation from Dr John Templeton, Jr., President of the John Templeton Foundation. The organization seeks to promote the neo-conservative agenda led by President George W. Bush, and campaigns actively in favor of keeping troops in Iraq as part of the 'war on terror'. It claims that the war in Iraq was [...]

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11/18/2010 4:29:58 AM
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This just in:  it turns out that the Apollo 16 mission was our first encounter with alien life/technology.  According to a “psychic R&D operation” based in Austin, TX called Tranception Inc., the Apollo 16 astronauts deserve the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for the first ever alien encounter with some ”shipwreck elements”.  Here, you can read [...]

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1/26/2012 2:32:54 AM
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And other things....

Episode 31:

INTRO: Belinda, Jason, Jack and James. New panelist, James Cooper, TAM 9, Belinda's Masters studies.

ON THE STREET: Martin Pribble at Think Inc. 2011.

INTERVIEW: Eugenie Scott.

NEWS: Faster-??than-??light neutrinos, Blackmores' pharmacy deal, secularism in the Israel/?Palestine conflict.

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From Greg Laden's Blog
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10/9/2011 4:01:06 AM
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In the old days, canals, roads, train tracks, etc. were almost all privately owned in many countries. Some airports too, but not many. Now, most of these elements of our infrastructure are publicly owned or so regulated that they may as well be. Same with utilities.

I wrote a while ago about how Amazon Dot Com is a public good that should not be privately controlled. A lot of people got mad at me and pointed out how wrong I was, but that is because they did not understand that the vast majority of on line commerce is actually run by Amazon even though you don't know that while you are doing it. Imagine that Sears not only was sears, bur also owned all other appliance manufacturers, as well as Walmarts, Coscos, and Kmarts, but you didn't know that. If I then said "Sears is about the only place you buy stuff from" you would have to understand that i mean "Sears and all that they own."

In the case of Google, it is somewhat different. Google probably owns and/or [...]

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7/31/2011 11:46:22 PM
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Melbourne Atheists Meetup Group

An Atheist Protest at 'Catch The Fire Ministries Inc.' 2011 Australia Day Prayer Meeting

In 2007, one of our first activities was an 'Atheist Presence' outside the 'Catch The Fire Ministries Inc.' 2007 Australia Day Prayer Meeting.
It was a low key affair but successful.

We were there again in 2008 & 2009.
Our concerns about 'Pastor Danny' and his 'Catch the Fire Ministries' were proved correct when their Pastor Danny Nalliah made his outrageous claims about his fantasy christian god's wrath and the 2009 Balck Saturday Victorian bushfires.

Video of our 2010 Protest is at:
youtube.com/watch?v=WcHaYJPgw8s

From the 2011 Protest organisers:

Pastor Danny [...]

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1/14/2011 6:14:15 PM
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Consumers who have asked me whether they should give their zip code at the register have been getting bad advice! I was under the misimpression that zip-level data was only being collected for demographic research purposes (to determine where stores should be located, and advertising directed, on a mass scale) and thus said that no harm came from revealing the zip. No longer. Here's a summary of data practices at William Sonoma, according to a recent California case (Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores Inc., Cal. Ct. App., 4th Dist., No. D054355). Giving the zip code allows the store to "enhance" the information they already have about your (your name from the credit card) and determine your home address:

Jessica Pineda visited a store in California owned by Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc. (the Store) and selected an item to purchase. She then went to the cashier to pay for the item with her credit card. The cashier asked for her zip code, but did not tell her the [...]

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2/17/2010 6:19:20 PM
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12/19/2011 6:33:43 PM
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Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
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• House Republicans doing their best to gut the EPA from regulating pollutants. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) [...]

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I have thought about writing a post on this topic, and I may well still do that, but so many have covered it so well already that I probably needn't bother. And needn't is not a word I use lightly. Anyway, this is an urgent issue and you can help resolve it but adding to some of the pressure to make Google do the right thing and follow their own motto of "not being evil." Because right now, they are.

Sign the petition!

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From Greg Laden's Blog
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8/2/2011 1:19:57 AM
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The Coalition for Mercury Free Drugs (CoMeD) is an organization run by Mark and David Geiers. This is the father/son team which has promoted some of the most questionable research trying to link autism (and more) to mercury, especially in vaccines. They are also notorious for their [...]

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3/15/2012 5:00:02 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) - Computers in companies, hospitals and schools around the world got stuck repeatedly rebooting themselves Wednesday after an antivirus program identified a normal Windows file as a virus.

McAfee Inc. confirmed that a software update it posted at 9 a.m. Eastern time caused its antivirus program for corporate customers to misidentify a harmless file. It has posted a replacement update for download.

McAfee could not say how many computers were affected, but judging by online postings, the number was at least in the thousands and possibly in the hundreds of thousands.

Details

I wasn't. Because I .... well, never mind.

H/T: Somebody, deleted email by accident. Sorry.

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From Greg Laden's Blog
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4/22/2010 9:52:11 AM
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The Atheists’ Perspective on News and Events TV show, hosted by Ernest Perce V, Former Charismatic minister and now the Pennsylvania State Director of American Atheists, Inc., is proud to welcome Sean Faircloth and Jessica Ahlquist on Tuesday the 17th @ 6 pm Eastern.

Topics of discussion will include the monumental case that Jessica has won, with the assistance of the ACLU, to remove the prayer display at Cranston High School. A brief appearance by a guest minister who will discuss Jessica’s case with the panel. Is this minister stepping into a nest of hornets with Jessica and Sean Faircloth and TheSaint'sRevenge?

We will also be discussing with Sean Faircloth his new book, "Attack of the Theocrats! How the religious right harms us all and what we can do about it." We'll be giving away several of Sean's books to the viewers.

There will be tough [...]

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1/18/2012 8:33:53 AM
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Sunny but unseasonably cold. Time for some links. Science:

A new understanding of the evolutionary path of modern humans: Researchers find evidence of interbreeding between Neandertals and modern humans
Climate Change and the Integrity of Science
E. coli forces lettuce recall; 19 ill in 3 states
Germs, germs, everywhere (but what is one to think?)

Other:

Surveillance Over the Federal Reserve: On the Sanders Amendment [...]

From Mike the Mad Biologist
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5/10/2010 11:58:17 AM
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Joshua Joscelyn is a fellow who, once upon a time, worked within Kent Hovind's creation science ministry. No more, though; he has just posted his resignation letter on facebook. Has he finally seen the light of science? Has he at last seen through the fact that Kent Hovind was a deluded and not-very-bright con artist? No, of course not. He's still a true believer.

I first came to work with CSE in mid 2007 as a park guide at Dinosaur Adventure Land, swiftly moving into my roles as head of publications and the apologetics departments as well as producer for the popular series, Creation in Common Sense. This was shortly after Dr. Kent Hovind, a personal hero of mine from the time I was a child, had been unjustly sentenced to a despicable sentence of ten years by a kangaroo court at the hands of an evil [...]

From Pharyngula
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10/29/2010 12:24:06 AM
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