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Archive for February, 2015
February 21st, 2015 - 3:37 pm § in Politics
O’Reilly won’t resign; here’s why …
NBC suspended news anchor Brian Williams for 6 months for exaggerating his “combat” experience. Bill O’Reilly did exactly the same thing, but he won’t step down, nor will Fox discipline him. Why? Because NBC is a news network, while Fox is a propaganda organization. Truth and[...]
The U.S. Constitution treats belief and behavior differently
A Richland, Washington, florist is digging in for a legal fight she’s likely to lose. Meanwhile Seattle’s new police chief has imposed restrictions on what the department’s employees can post on social media, and the usually combative leader of the police union is counseling his [...]
February 21st, 2015 - 4:03 am § in Uncategorized
How to argue with a scientist: A guide
from The Contemplative Mammoth, by Jacquelyn Gill ? December 6, 2011 ? I notice it all the time– on Facebook, in the comments of a science blog, over family gatherings, or listening to a radio talk show. Someone, maybe you, is patiently trying to explain how vaccines cause autism, perhaps, or why [...]
February 21st, 2015 - 3:55 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: What is it?
A. White cell attacking a cancer B. Plume from a star C. Lightning storm over Tacoma from space. D. Detail of painting in Louvre E. Alpha Centuri nova [...]
Mother Jones nails Bill O’Reilly to the barn door on his ‘combat experience’ fabrications
Mother Jones, source of fearless journalism, says Bill O’Reilly has his own “Brian Williams problem” — and prints three articles about it. Why the overkill? Maybe because nobody likes sanctimonious, hypocritical, stone-casting liars: “After NBC News suspended anchor Bri[...]
February 20th, 2015 - 6:10 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
How dare Netanyahu speak for America’s Jews?
How dare Netanyahu speak in the name of America’s Jews? – A Special Place in Hell Benjamin Netanyahu has nothing in common with the vast majority of American Jews, seven out of ten of which voted for a man he implicitly demonized as… haaretz.com[...]
February 20th, 2015 - 2:46 pm § in Uncategorized
Race Relations In Today’s America
It doesn’t appear we’re quite there yet …[...]