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POPSChimpanzees Dancing with Fire When it comes to understanding fire, chimpanzees might have a leg up not only on the rest of the animal kingdom, but also on those of us in the human species who would sprint in the other direction at the sight of a blaze. A study published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology argues that these primates don’t panic when the flames start, and could even understand the basics about how fire behaves.
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POPSGuess What, All You Obama Socialist Racists? CNN Caught Red Handed using RACEer Tactics against Conservatism video (2:05) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvqG8z-Eung&feature=player_embedded Conservative Blogs Condemning Racism Limbaugh Said to Want Slaves| The Black Sphere Maggie’s Notebook: Juan Williams Ken Hutcherson: Juan Williams Warren Ballentine: House Negros and Ruch Limbaugh Warren Ballentine racist statement to Juan Williams " You can go back to the porch| Fire Andera Mitchell The Angry White Guy Blog Archive Does Juan Williams finally get it? Video: Example #986,203 That Black People Are Being Shackled And Enslaved By The Democrat Party Line | theblogprof The Wisdom of Soloman: Rush Limbaugh And The NFL -The Truth Must Be Told Hot Air Blog Archive Quotes of the day Hannity Show: Racial Buffoonery, Rush Limbaugh, & NFL Politics (video) | Frugal Cafe
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POPSTeasers for the Coming Seasons What's a Cake Wreck? A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places. Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;) - Jen
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POPSStunning underwater shots captured by world's top female cave diver and her team
Crawling through underwater caves from Antarctica to Mexico and Florida to Bermuda, it is a good thing that Jill Heinerth is not claustrophobic It also helps that Ms Heinerth, 44, is acknowledged as the world's top female cave diver Holding the world record for distance travelled in underwater caves as well as being the first person to cave dive in an Antarctic iceberg, Ms Heinerth has been at the top of her game for 20 years An expert at crossing pitch-black freezing tunnels, full time cave photographer Ms Heinerth carries up to 300 pounds of equipment with her on each expedition Using technology more advanced than average scuba diving gear, the Florida based adventure cave diver makes use of electric heated wetsuits and unique carbon dioxide recycling aqua-lungs 'The images of me with my team from Antarctica still bring back the excitement of that unique expedition,' says Ms Heinerth, who lives in the much warmer climate of High Springs in Florida.
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POPSJudicial Watch Files Lawsuit Against HUD to Obtain ACORN Documents (These states are California, Texas, Washington, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and Louisiana.) By law, HUD had 20 days to respond to Judicial Watch's request. Judicial Watch filed its lawsuit on September 23, 2009. Judicial Watch seeks the following records: 1. Any and all documents concerning money given to the ACORN and/or any of its affiliates (since January, 2000). 2. Any and all documents concerning any actions and/or disbarments against ACORN, for reasons including but not limited to abuse of grant money, misconduct, etc. (since January, 2000). Over the last two weeks, the U.S. Senate has voted to deny ACORN access to housing funds, while the House of Representatives voted to deny ACORN all federal funds. The U.S. Census Bureau, meanwhile, has severed its partnership with the organization for the 2010 U.S. Census. The IRS also just severed a program relationship with ACORN.
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POPSPhotog Says She Purposely Made Glenn Beck Look Bad On Time Cover Bad for Time, bad for the media, and bad for legitimate photographers. I can't believe they didn't know that the photographer they were hiring had no journalistic ethics. Or maybe they did and they just don't care since it fits right in with the story they are trying to portray.
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POPSPakistan and India in terror vow ANALYSIS Jill McGivering, BBC News Jill McGivering, BBC News Broadly speaking the prime ministers emerged in positive mood. Both sides found agreement on some basic principles. Crucially, they also agreed to separate their debate about action on terrorism from more general dialogue. That was a key demand from Pakistan - and may make it possible for the mechanism of talks to be revived, independent of India's continuing demands for tougher action on militant groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group India blames for the Mumbai attacks. That apparent concession from India was offset by some tough statements on terrorism. Mr Singh has to face an Indian public which is still angry about the Mumbai attacks and frustrated that, so far, Pakistan has done little to convict those responsible.
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POPSIncreased death threats to pro-lifers after Tiller murder. Typically, people who are pro-life are opposed to murder, whether that is of a baby or an abortionist. Granted, there are a few nutcases out there, but they are found in every group. Most pro-lifers are just as appalled at Tiller's murder as the pro-choice people.
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POPSWhen Rape Fantasies Involve Conservative Women, Feminists Are Silent
Playboy made the miscalculation of assuming that conservative men are misogynistic pigs and, yes, sent the press release to them. They thought they would have a friendly audience that would link back. Did liberal men bloggers get the list? Probably not, but Playboy would have found more sympathy with them. As conservative women know, the most vicious attacks come from leftist male bloggers. Spending some time in the comment section of an opinionated conservative woman blogger will curl toes. It’s not for the faint of heart. Conservative women bloggers are used to being sexualized, objectified, and called names. Conservative women generally know that any voiced public opinion or any public involvement will mean attempted personal destruction. Which is the point of the Playboy list — get conservative women to shut up. Specifically, get beautiful, smart, young conservative women to shut up. Get them to leave the public sphere. Can you say Sarah Palin?
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POPSMore Religious Child Abuse I can't imagine that this is anything but child abuse. Applying mumbo jumbo supernatural "healing" in the 21st century in an industrial nation to a child by the parents is indeed a criminal act and these people were rightly found guilty.