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POPSGod or Darwin? some statistics... though i used the same headline as the article, i do not agree to it. Evolution is not equal to religion and they are merely two different perspectives of the same reality. Each one portrays a different worldview, a different world, a different view. the direction in religion is one of preservation, maintaining the existing order as it , whilst in evolution the dynamics are in constant motion of exploring new orders which by nature are transitory.
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POPSMari. Every day I realise, with deep humility, how little I know.
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POPSBill Moyers: "Why aren't we talking about guns?" But please, there are already some 200 million, privately owned firearms in America. Every year there are 30,000 gun deaths and in some years more than 400,000 non-fatal, gun-related assaults. The next time someone wades through a pool of blood to sidle up and champion the preservation of firearms, can't we just say, no thanks ? Enough's enough. To quote Bill Hicks, There's no connection (and you'd be a fool & a communist to make one) between having a gun & shooting someone, and not having a gun & not shooting someone.
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POPSAssorted Quotes from a blog sidebar... MORE: “Never believe in a meritocracy in which no one is funny-looking.” (Teresa Nielsen Hayden) “True religion invites us to become better people. False religion tells us that this has already occurred.” (Abdal-Hakim Murad) “To live is to war against the trolls.” (Henrik Ibsen) “No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” (Samuel Beckett)
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POPSBlackwater Sued For War Crimes, Again
The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, alleges that on Feb. 7, 2007, heavily armed Xe-Blackwater employees shot the three men, who worked as security guards for the Iraqi Media Network. Sabah Salman Hassoon, Azhar Abdullah Ali, and Nibrass Mohammed Dawood were killed in front of approximately 20 other Xe-Blackwater employees and although company supervisors were alerted, the shootings were not reported, according to the complaint. Not only did the company fail to report the shootings, claim the plaintiffs, but also actively covered up the incident by "refusing to identify the shooters to Iraqi authorities and destroying documents and other evidence relating to this and other Xe-Blackwater shootings." This is the latest in a string of lawsuits filed against the company since the start of the Iraq War, including suits by both Iraqi and U.S. families accusing the company of fraud and negligence, among other charges. The plaintiffs in the recent case claim that Xe-Blackwater cont
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POPSNjoy Review Read reviews about the best Electronic Cigarettes out there, along with company background, product information, warranty information, and find out where you can purchase E-Cigarettes. Gamucci, Njoy, and Smoking Everywhere is reviewed. There are also links to Blu, Luci, and Green Smoke.
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POPSThe Cleaning Crew, Inc. The Cleaning Crew is one of the largest property preservation companies in the country. They provide initial house secures for lenders, as well as cleaning, yard care, plowing, winterizations, and repairs. Not only that, they are very nice people.
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POPSBig Media Bails on Torture The U.S. media has steered clear in leading a discussion about the moral ramifications of torture, instead asking whether the practices were effective in gaining information from detainees. The U.S. media routinely reports on conflicts without telling us anything of substance about the real issues at the root of the controversy, as evidenced by the media’s response to the release of the Abu Ghraib torture photos. Much of the reporting focused on the photos themselves and the situation of their release, instead of on the acts that the photos documented. Big media has gone soft. It went soft on Bush and it is soft on Obama. Where do their loyalties lie? To advertisers who prove the almighty dollar that keeps them in business. They don't give a crap about the general public losing their constitutional rights, they don't give a damn about how our people are being bled dry by Corporafascist, they only care about having the 'exclusive' on it.
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POPSFannish Preservation The Organization for Transformative Works is offering shelter (hosting space) in their Open Doors project for fanworks that are losing their homes with the closing of GeoCities.
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POPS TEXAS STATE CONSTITUTION
The ugliest (once again, by ongoing reliability in this regard) to lapse into sheer irrationality about Perry’s statement was from every-ugly, ever-irrational Geraldo Rivera on Fox’s HANNITY show last evening. On that broadcast, Rivera immediately lapsed into his spitting-yelling and into his “Latin” ethnic-supremacy threats: “…all the Latin people there (in Texas) who are going to be the majority soon aren’t going to like this” with that as an implication by Rivera of socio-poltiical threat of force or harms be upon Texas (”or else”), or, rather be upon all Texans who are not “Latins” to use Rivera’s ugly and irrational language. Note that no one, prior to the remarks by Rivera, at any time ever — ever — made any references to anything ethnic nor racial except that Rivera started screaming denouncements of such, the Leftwing “straw man” method to denounce the “outrage” about accusations that have never been made by anyone else inorder to assert or assertively introduce
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POPSAmazing Healthy Properties of the Pyramid Effect The pyramid effect is an interesting and mysterious phenomenon. In recent years, Pyramidology has experienced resurgence in popularity. The pyramid shape itself is being seen as a supernatural source of power or energy.
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POPSWhat Are They Really Afraid Of? Oppressive new rules are being imposed on small-scale producers in the name of food security. The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 contains language would make home food preservation illegal and requires farmers who sell direct to consumers via farmers markets, market gardens, or other community supported agriculture (CSA) endeavors to get permission from a Government inspector The bill also requires consumers who buy from local producers to fill out a form with their name, social security number, and list how they plan to store the produce and when and how they will consume it. If the Government is so set on protecting what they admit is a vulnerable food supply, why are they allowing unrestricted, undocumented flow of illegals across our southern border knowing they will find employment in the agriculture industry? And, why is the Government focused on small family farms? Why would family farmers be of any concern to the Government?
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