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Daily Kos: If the price is right, youve got &160;a friend in John McCain
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May 11, 7:19pm
1 review
politics, lobbyists, mccain
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/11/141034/067
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So much for the "straight talk express".
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The Secret Life of Cats
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May 11, 9:02am
1 review
cats, pets, video, documentaries
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-324440931443745668
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Hey, I worship my cats *because* they're the devil's companions. They don't try very hard to keep it a secret, either.
Caution, there's a bit in the video where Australian aborigines hunt feral cats for supper.
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* Adopt a stray cat. Not too many, though. It creates a health hazard, and many jurisdictions have laws limiting the number of cats you can keep (I believe there's a limit of 3 around here).
* Have 'em spayed or neutered.
* If possible, keep 'em inside to protect other species. If you can't, please have them de-clawed. It won't keep them from hunting, but it'll cut down on their success level. I don't care for that solution because it also hinders their ability to defend themselves from other cats and dogs. I keep my cats inside. As you'll learn in this documentary, putting a bell on your cat has zero affect on their hunting success.
* Keeping them inside also protects them from disease. Feline leukemia is a common risk and inevitably fatal.
* Don't feed them people food. It isn't good for them. Most cats are perfectly happy with dry food if you're consistent. Good quality dry food will keep them fit and long-lived. If you need to change their food, do it gradually.
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Poll: Tiffany Shepherd, a high school teacher, was fired after these pictures su…
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May 10, 5:29pm
23 reviews
http://pollsb.com/polls/poll/11716/tiffany-shepherd-a-high-school-teacher-was...
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This web site is another fine example of how we're screwed as a nation.
"Vote! Your opinions shape the world"
Oh, yes. Your opinions about a teacher in a bikini shape the world.
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YouTube - Secrets of The Psychics (Part 5 of 6)
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May 10, 10:23am
1 review
video, psychics, skeptics, hogwash, health-fraud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWt1vxnYX1w
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The "charged water" scam artists move the goalposts every time Randi tries to come up with a way to find out whether they can distinguish "charged" water from normal water. In the end, he's told there's no way to tell.
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YouTube - Secrets of The Psychics (Part 4 of 6)
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May 10, 10:02am
1 review
video, psychics, superstition, skeptics, hogwash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7OH10_V244
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More of James Randi - on Russian psychics.
This one shows how scientists can be fooled when investigating psychics. Randi shows that when appropriate controls are introduced (like making sure that the folks measuring the subject's responses didn't know what the "psychic" was trying to influence), the results match what is expected by random chance.
Watch this whole series (all of them seem to be present on YouTube).
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YouTube - Secrets of The Psychics (Part 3 of 6)
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May 10, 9:52am
1 review
video, astrology, superstition, skeptics, hogwash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsrQAl5Vp24
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James Randi on astrology.
It is interesting that the palm reader seemed to believe in what he was doing, but completely failed to recognize how generic his readings were and how he was making guesses based on the appearance of the mark.
Randi talks a bit about our brains' pattern recognition capabilities and how we often see patterns where they don't exist. I've often thought of this as a survival technique: it is better to see patterns where they don't exist than to *not* see patterns where they do (e.g. the spotted pattern of a leopard among the trees). Unfortunately, this talent may be exactly what causes folks to believe in all kinds of hooey.
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http://ginasiomental.com/016.jpg
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Apr 30, 8:25pm
210 reviews
science
http://ginasiomental.com/016.jpg
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The who's who of 19th & 20th century physics all in one photograph.
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Sun redefines randomness
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Apr 27, 11:25am
28 reviews
http://www.alife.co.uk/nonrandom/
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As nightwind pointed out below, this is no surprise really. You'd be really crazy to use the typical language random number generator in just about any language, including Java, for any task that requires true randomness (e.g. generating encryption keys). But they're just fine for routine tasks. The random number generators that come with many JCE providers (e.g. Sun's or Bouncy Castle's) are much better. As far as I know, *no* pure software random number implementation is going to be perfect.
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The New York Times & Log In
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Apr 27, 11:10am
1 review
politics, iraq, war, propoganda, pentagon
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?pagewanted=1&_r=...
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The Pentagon and the Bush adminstration insert military propogandists directly into news organizations to spin the war coverage in their favor.
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Forced to marry a 50-year-old with six wives when just 18 ... One womans harrow…
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Apr 12, 10:45am
3 reviews
news
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=55913...
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I think it is pretty clear by now where polygamy is practiced, so is this kind of abuse. Here in Utah, the practice continues with the implicit approval of our state legislature and law enforcement. Yep, you'll find plenty of apologists for polygamy right in our state capitol.
It disgusts me.
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