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POPSDog has Kitten Is it true? Is it a hoax? I think it's got to be a hoax, but figured I'd put it up for the Clipmarkers to judge.
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POPScancer cure I hope this reaches a few people out there. We desperately need some kind of cure out there for this cancer thats killing everybody. I have had 10 of my friends and family die of this in the last 10 years. We need help???
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POPSProperty Taxes: The Road to American Serfdom "Compounding the issue is the regressive nature of property taxes, placing a disproportionate burden on those with less disposable income." How true, though we do need to help pay for roads, police, fire departments, etc. Wonder if there's an alternative. The article doesn't propose any.
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POPSFarfour Mouse dies in last episode Unbelievable. And some stations in the U.S. used to refuse to show some of the old Warner Brothers Bugs Bunny cartoons like Hillbilly Hare because they thought they were too violent and would damage small childrens' psyche.
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POPSDR. HAWKING'S DATE WITH WEIGHTLESSNESS What a cool thing for him to be able to do. Even if he wasn't disabled, no civilian deserves it more, with everything he's done to increase our understanding of the cosmos.
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POPSPaying taxes is a pleasurable duty Maybe the participants with the highest spikes were those who had to pay the least back? They don't say here. Maybe they got a group of sadists to participate? Later in the article an economist says the positive feelings are stimulated because they feel their taxes are going towards helping others. Sure, enforced charity always brighten my day.
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POPSOut of context A follow up to the article in the Washington Post article, "Pearls Before Breakfast." It raises a few more points such as people are in too much of a hurry these days; they don't give themselves time to look for the beauty in anything.
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POPSWhat's Up with the Weather? Interview with Dr. S. Fred Singer from Nova Frontline. Singer has been a leading skeptic of the scientific consensus on global warming. He points out that the scenarios are alarmist, computer models reflect real gaps in climate knowledge, and future warming will be inconsequential or modest at most.