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POPSPelosi Sees Support Ebbing for Afghan War Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D., Calif.), co-chair of the 82-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, said her group is unified in wanting to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. "The Progressive Caucus is pretty much together on what is going on in Afghanistan, in being against escalating and in favor of bringing the troops home," Ms. Woolsey said in a recent interview. "We will have to stand up to our own president."
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POPSOutrage "While the anger of "Outrage" is to be expected, the surprise of the film is how much sadness you take away as well, the sadness of people who feel compelled to pretend to be what they are not."
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POPSDefense Contractors Get Jitters Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and General Dynamics all get mentions in this Washington Post story. Pair the story with our item earlier this month on an aerospace trade group's approach to the budget: http://www.forbes.com/beltway/2008/09/30/aerospace-defense-washington-biz-wash-cz_atg_0930beltway.html
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POPSHomo roboticus How to build a brain From the start, the group knew that sensitivity, dexterity, and strength were not enough. They had to provide the biomimetic arm with a high degree of intelligence. Their ultimate goal is to create a microchip that will allow the arm to carry out tasks requiring human-level skills in a real-world setting. The researchers are currently using software to simulate important aspects of how the cerebellum processes and integrates information. “It’s the first neural-network-based controller that can control the dynamics of a robotic system in its full operational range,”
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POPSWhat your cell phone knows about you Recent research at the at the Media lab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that cellphones may be used to give insight in periodicities of human behavior, human group behavior and more.
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POPSApophis REALLY Attacks EARTH While the possibility of a real impact from this large asteroid is possible, I find it humorous that astronomers named it after Apophis, one of the doomsday gods and a Guaul system lord in Stargate (SG-1)
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POPSWhat Exactly Is Wasteful Spending? I think it would be overcharging the army 6 billion a year for services that made Halliburton rich such as food, laundry, and meals they never served to the troops. Or maybe the bill the republicans voted down for stiffer penalties on contractors who overbill. Or maybe the 1.7 they spent for a new amphibious vehicle that broke down an average of every 4 hours, leaked and veered off course. And for that, the contractor, General Dynamics, received 80 million in bonuses. Instead I believe McCain would like to cut "wasteful" spending on such programs as Medicare and Medicaid, SCHIP, oppose any increase in minimum wage, and cut programs that work such as head start or LIHEAP. Who is being asked to sacrifice? It sure the hell isn't those getting rich off this unjust war.
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POPSHillary, Dodd Sleep with Defense Lobby
continuing: But now the construction and mercenary firms in Iraq have been reaching out to Democrats. “As Democrats continue to spearhead oversight efforts, defense contractors are swiftly hiring lobbyists with Democratic ties,” writes Lindsay Renick Mayer of the Center for Responsive Politics. To help answer questions about a rash of killings by his employees in Iraq, Erik Prince, the founder and CEO of Blackwater, hired the PR and lobbying firm run by Hillary Clinton’s top campaign strategist, Mark Penn. Penn is the CEO of Burson-Marsteller, whose lobbying arm, BKSH, prepped Prince for his testimony. Among the other companies in the metastasizing war profiteering network is the Fluor Group, which testified before Waxman’s committee about its construction contracts in Iraq. Fluor gave Hillary Clinton $5,000 in the 2006 election cycle, according to data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics. As much as the anti-war Left has tried to push Hillary Clinton on her vote
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POPSGroup Dynamics and Animosity So, it is simply "human nature" to feel better connected with and trust individuals who share a similar Group identity. It doesnt necessarily mean we have animosity for other Groups...it's just easier to "trust" someone else from our own "kind"...even in strangers. Then again, some people will never get out of eighth grade and thrive on animosity. That IS their Group Dynamic. I wonder if the Government will give us a heap-wampum Grant to study the Group Dynamics of "Clippers" and how we interact with each other? Hum-um? That would be fun.
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