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The annual meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, is typically everything the name suggests - a pretty staid affair with a room full of senior suited scientists, enjoying a drink or three, occassionally talking science - but mostly catching up on the gossip, with a lot of mutual back-scratching - hardly the venue for a ( Read more... )

God is good. God is great. God is good. My God is good. Bin Laden's God is bad. His is a bad God. Saddam's God was bad, except he didn't have one. He was a barbarian. We are not barbarians. We don't chop people's heads off. We believe in freedom. So does God. I am not a barbarian. I am the democratically elected leader of a freedom-loving democracy ( Read more... )

The area has been abuzz this past couple of weeks, with folks braving the sometimes wet, sometimes bitterly cold New England weather to take to the streets and rally. The enthusiasm has been infectious, sometimes literally, was laid low by the flu after one rally in the rain, good to see people with so much spirit ( Read more... )

Music is such a big part of my life, can't work without it, don't enjoy reading without it in the background.. Mind you, I don't actually play anything - my brief dalliance with actually contributing to the world's musical canon ended rather disastrously with my guitar being stolen as I overslept ;) Anyways, to stretch the sport as mistress ( Read more... )

US soldiers trade grisly photos of dead and mutilated Iraqis for access to amateur porn.. Yuck - this is truly fucked up..

If you want to see the true face of war, go to the amateur porn Web site NowThatsFuckedUp.com. For almost a year, American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan have been taking photographs of dead bodies, many of them ( Read more... )

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