August 28, 2012

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“The first word that comes to mind when casting your eyes upon this photo of a bedazzling insect labeled the Venezuelan Poodle Moth is Photoshop.“

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/34608/moth+that+looks+like+a+poodle+has+internet+abuzz+bizarre+photos/

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“Alyson Bair was having a nightmare that she was drowning.  When she woke up, she was actually drowning.“

http://abcnews.go.com/US/idaho-womans-mysterious-sleepwalking-lands-river/story?id=17066765&singlePage=true#.UDvgsaMk00w

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Wells Fargo fires Des Moines worker for laundromat incident 49 years ago

“Egger’s crime?  Putting a cardboard cutout of a dime in a washing machine…“

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120827/BUSINESS/120827016/Wells-Fargo-fires-Des-Moines-worker-for-laundromat-incident-49-years-ago?Frontpage&nclick_check=1

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You cannot deny the existence of Updates.  You live in them.

Electric Cars Update:

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Obamabailouts Update:

GM suspending Chevrolet Volt output due to slow sales

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/08/gm-suspends-chevy-volt-production-over-slow-sales/1#.UDwJsKMk00w

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Obama & Conventional Energy Update:

“… the Obama Administration is doing everything in its power to prevent companies that obtain offshore leases from actually drilling and producing oil…”

http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/bg2717.pdf

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Liberalism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Liberalism menu tree.]

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Liberals’ Illegitimate War on Women

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/liberals_illegitimate_war_on_women.html

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Hollywood Update:

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Culture / Hollywood menu tree.]

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“In their report, the commission wrote that aside from being sources of imitation, violent images — such as scenes in movies… act as triggers for activating aggressive thoughts and feelings already stored in memory.  If these aggressive thoughts and feelings are activated over and over again because of repeated exposure to media violence, they become chronically accessible, and thus more likely to influence behavior.“

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120827130728.htm

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Actress Ellen Barkin Hopes Hurricane Kills Pro-Life Republicans

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/27/actress-ellen-barkin-hopes-hurricane-kills-pro-life-republicans/

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Marijuana Update:

Adolescent Pot Use Leaves Lasting Mental Deficits; Developing Brain Susceptible to Lasting Damage from Exposure to Marijuana

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120827152039.htm

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Socialized Medicine Update:

“… [liberals] admit to being ‘deeply suspicious of the claim that a health care system dominated by powerful vested interests and mystifying in its complexity can be tamed by consumers who are strapped for time, often poor, sometimes uneducated, confused and afraid.’  But just how valid are these concerns?“

http://www.aei.org/print/can-markets-work-in-medicine

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NHS suffers ‘brain drain’ of doctors

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5063a2a0-b651-11e1-8ad0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz24aMvo6Et

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Hypocrisy Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Hypocrisy menu tree.]

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Republicans? Update:

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Politics / Republicans? menu tree.]

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One Message Two Conventions, School Reformer Plays Both Sides

“… with her background as a Democrat and supporter of Obama’s education reforms, how can she appear at the Republican convention as well?“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/one_message_two_conventions_school_reformer_plays_both_sides.html

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The American Conservative Union Embraces an Islamist

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/raymond-ibrahim/a-disturbing-event-the-american-conservative-union-embraces-an-islamist/print/

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Government Schools Update:

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Education / Government Schools: menu tree.]

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D.C. charter schools fight second-class status

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-schools-fight-second-class-status/2012/08/21/b98961ce-bc1f-11e1-9134-f33232e6dafa_print.html

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Judicial Activism Update:

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“A federal appeals court has determined a federal judge was right to throw out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s decision to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research.“

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/24/court-obama-can-force-taxpayer-funded-embryonic-stem-cell-research/

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Obama’s “Truth” Update:

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Barack Obama / Obama's “Truth” menu tree.]

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Obama has millions of fake Twitter followers

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/obama-has-millions-of-fake-twitter-followers/1#.UDkr86Mk00z

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“The Obama ‘Truth’ Team… is misleading voters by falsely claiming the Republican party wants to ban abortion in all cases.“

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/27/obamas-truth-team-engages-in-falsehood-on-gop-abortion/

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Abortion Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obama's “Truth” menu tree.]

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“The Blackmun Wall is a listing of the [hundreds of] women killed by legal abortions [in the U.S. alone], along with information regarding the circumstances of their death[s].”

http://www.lifedynamics.com/Pro-life_Group/Pro-choice_Women/

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Planned Parenthood: Using Your Tax Money to Promote Obama

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/27/planned-parenthood-using-your-tax-money-to-promote-obama/

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Homosexual Marriage Update:

Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Don’t Want Supreme Court to Decide Issue Now

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/same-sex-marriage-advocates-dont-want-supreme-court-decide-issue-now

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Scientific Fraud Update:

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Science / Scientific Fraud menu tree.]

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NSIDC wants us to believe that satellite measurements began in 1979.  But satellite records go back much further, and showed ice gain in the 12 years prior to 1979.

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/hiding-the-incline-at-nsidc-and-giss/

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Global Warming Update:

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Science / Global Warming menu tree.]

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NOAA Showing 36% More Ice Than The 2007 Minimum

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/noaa-showing-35-more-ice-than-the-2007-minimum/

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“0.006% more of the world’s ice melted this year [than last year].  At this rate it’ll take 166 years to see a 1% reduction.“

http://notrickszone.com/2012/08/27/oh-no-six-thousandths-of-one-percent-0-006-more-of-the-worlds-ice-melted-this-summer/

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High Arctic Summers Have Been Colder Than Normal 12 Years In A Row

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/high-arctic-summers-have-been-colder-than-normal-12-years-in-a-row/

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No Correlation Between Arctic Ice And Winter Weather

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/no-correlation-between-arctic-ice-and-winter-weather/

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Obama & Islam Update:

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Obama & National Security Update:

“The Red Team report’s acknowledgement, no matter how grudging, of the essential role of Islamic totalitarianism in the ANA’s murderous actions against US and NATO troops, suggests our military leadership’s current dereliction of duty is even more egregious at present than when Major Coughlin shared his observations in 2007.“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/army_report_buried_islamic_motivations_for_afghan_murders_of_us_troops.html

[ASND simply asks, "To  whom , again, does "our military leadership" report?"]

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[Obama] bending over backwards for a mass murderer

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/is_nidal_hasan_army_or_islam.html

[See previous question.]

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Islam Update:

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“Anjem Choudary, a leading Muslim radical who says Islamic teachings are what shaped his pro-jihad message.  Although both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have declared that Islam is a religion of peace, Choudary begs to differ.  ‘You can’t say that Islam is a religion of peace [b]ecause Islam does not mean peace.  Islam means submission.  So the Muslim is one who submits.  There is a place for violence in Islam.  There is a place for jihad in Islam.’

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2010/March/UK-Muslim-Leader-Islam-Not-a-Religion-of-Peace/

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The Golden Age of Islam: A fairy tale.

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2757/golden-age-of-islam

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Islam in the U.S. Update:

“Does this sound just too crazy to be true – like something that just could not happen in America?  In fact, this kind of reckless disregard for American law, in American courts, is actually more common than one might think.“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/eric-allen-bell/the-threat-of-sharia-and-the-leadership-of-america%E2%80%99s-two-parties/print/

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Syrian Civil War Update:

“In the town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, some 320 bodies, including women and children, were found in houses and basements, according to activists who said most had been killed ‘execution-style’ by troops in house-to-house raids.“

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/26/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8610SH20120826

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Christian Persecution Update:

Pakistani Christian boy tortured, mutilated, burnt

http://rt.com/news/boy-torture-pakistan-christian-440/

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Evolutionism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Science / Evolutionism menu tree.]

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Atheism & Science Update:

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“The difference between life and non-life, it became apparent to me, was ontological and not chemical.  The best confirmation of this radical gulf is Richard Dawkins’ comical effort to argue in The God Delusion that the origin of life can be attributed to a ‘lucky chance.’  If that’s the best argument you have, then the game is over.  No, I did not hear a Voice.  It was the evidence itself that led me to this conclusion… the origins of the laws of nature and of life and the Universe point clearly to an intelligent Source.  The burden of proof is on those who argue to the contrary.“

http://www.tothesource.org/10_30_2007/10_30_2007.htm

– Antony Flew, Ph.D. (Philosophy), 1923 – 2010, the 20th century’s “most famous atheist.“

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“… the[re is an] increasing number of atheists and agnostics who are coming out and critiquing Darwinism and/or supporting ID.“

http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/are-these-atheists-and-agnostics-really-covert-creationists/

[That article quotes Thomas Nagel, Ph.D. (Philosophy), from his new book, Mind and Cosmos:Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False. Nagel has admitted several things which his fellow atheists have not, including the following in his previous book,  The Last Word .  "I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers.  It isn't just that I don't believe in God and, naturally hope that I'm right in my belief.  It's that I hope that there is no God!  I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that."]

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Mormonism Update:

“The small group of students, faculty and faithful there to hear Mormon Elder Marlin Jensen were openly troubled about the future of their church, asking hard questions.“

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/30/uk-mormonchurch-idUKTRE80T1CP20120130

Speaking of Mormons and how they deal with “hard questions“…

“Whenever a person asks me an antagonistic question I never answer that question. Rather, I answer the question he should have asked.“

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3I6t3VodO4&feature=youtu.be

[Interesting. Mormons are taught not only to ignore what you want to know, but they are also taught to tell you what you should want to know instead.]

[Hmm...]

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New Testament Update:

10 Misconceptions About the NT Canon

http://michaeljkruger.com/the-complete-series-10-misconceptions-about-the-nt-canon/

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Ehrman’s Problem 18: Confused About Jesus’ Coming “Soon”

http://www.clayjones.net/2012/08/ehrmans-problem-18-hes-confused-about-jesus-coming-soon/

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