Month: March 2005

Santorum, again

Dude’s been all over the place in the past couple of weeks as he gears up for what by all accounts will be a tough 2006 re-election campaign. He’s rethinking his support for the death penalty: “I still support...

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Humans, Intelligence and Animals

About eight millions years ago, the scientific consensus goes, the lines that eventually led to humans and to the rest of the great apes diverged. This is probably clear only in retrospect. If an alien species stood surveying...

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U.S. Soldiers Escape Prosecution for Rape

Cross-posted at Daily Kos.While on guard duty at a Baghdad shopping precinct, four American soldiers reportedly raped two Iraqi women. Said one soldier who was interviewed: “I know the women were Iraqi. I however...

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Rants, Reporting and Blogging

[promoted by BooMan. Window, schmindow.]I have been thinking recently about the future of blogging. I only became involved in it as an activity in the middle of last year.  It is still new enough for it to hold fascination...

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In Honor of Johnny Cochran

I present an explanation of the Chewbacca Defense. Chewbacca Defense by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 18, @06:22PM from Slashdot.com. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are huge Star Wars fans. There have been...

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