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>==Link Dump==
==Link Dump==
Links I haven't had time to file properly
Links I haven't had time to file properly
===2008-12-19===
===2008-12-19===
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* '''2008-10-13''' [http://technologizer.com/2008/10/13/copy-protection/ 25 Arguments for the Elimination of Copy Protection]
* '''2008-10-13''' [http://technologizer.com/2008/10/13/copy-protection/ 25 Arguments for the Elimination of Copy Protection]
* '''2008-10-07''' [http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/dodgy-digits-behind-the-war-on-piracy.ars 750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy]: the media industry ''is'' creative -- they invent numbers
* '''2008-10-07''' [http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/dodgy-digits-behind-the-war-on-piracy.ars 750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy]: the media industry ''is'' creative -- they invent numbers
* '''2008-07-02''' [http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/Story?id=5293543&page=1 Women Say Economy Factors in Abortions]: "Forty Percent of Minnesota Women Getting Abortions Cited Financial Concerns"
* '''2008-07-02''' [http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/Story?id=5293543&page=1 Women Say Economy Factors in Abortions]: "Forty Percent of Minnesota Women Getting Abortions Cited Financial Concerns"
** [http://wcco.com/health/abortions.minnesota.economy.2.762008.html same article?]
** [http://wcco.com/health/abortions.minnesota.economy.2.762008.html same article?]
* '''2008-10-13''' [http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1399635276 No opt-out of filtered Internet]: not sure what the final decision was
* '''2008-10-13''' [http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1399635276 No opt-out of filtered Internet]: not sure what the final decision was
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** '''2008-08-28''' [http://johnochwat.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/in-praise-of-the-gyratory-circus/ In Praise of the Gyratory Circus] includes commentary on the aforementioned
** '''2008-08-28''' [http://johnochwat.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/in-praise-of-the-gyratory-circus/ In Praise of the Gyratory Circus] includes commentary on the aforementioned
** '''2008-06-10''' [http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/06/traffic-why-we.html Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do]: some related discussion; a commenter mentions the JERS Atlantic article
** '''2008-06-10''' [http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/06/traffic-why-we.html Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do]: some related discussion; a commenter mentions the JERS Atlantic article
** Google for "+staddon +traffic" for more
** Google for "+staddon +traffic" for more
** '''2008-10-05''' [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/10/fourway_stops_must_be_outlawed.php Four-way stops must be outlawed in Minnesota]: and even Pharyngula gets into the zeitgeist...
** '''2008-10-05''' [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/10/fourway_stops_must_be_outlawed.php Four-way stops must be outlawed in Minnesota]: and even Pharyngula gets into the zeitgeist...
* '''2005-11-18''' [http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3836 Al Qaeda – The Database]
* '''2005-11-18''' [http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3836 Al Qaeda – The Database]
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* '''2008-12-06''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122852289752684407.html How the Credit Crisis Will Change the Way America Does Business]
* '''2008-12-06''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122852289752684407.html How the Credit Crisis Will Change the Way America Does Business]
* MS Outlook PST viewers:
* MS Outlook PST viewers:
** [http://www.oemailrecovery.com/pst-viewer.html OEMailRecovery]: recovery & repair
** [http://www.oemailrecovery.com/pst-viewer.html OEMailRecovery]: recovery & repair
** [http://www.mailnavigator.com/reading_ms_outlook_pst_files.html Mail Navigator PST Reader]
** [http://www.mailnavigator.com/reading_ms_outlook_pst_files.html Mail Navigator PST Reader]
** [[google:pst+file+reader]]
** [[google:pst+file+reader]]
* ''[http://www.howtochangetheworld.org/ How to Change the World]'' by David Bornstein
* ''[http://www.howtochangetheworld.org/ How to Change the World]'' by David Bornstein
* [http://www.ashoka.org/ Ashoka] "innovators for the public"
* [http://www.ashoka.org/ Ashoka] "innovators for the public"
* [http://wiki.lessig.org/Declaration4Independence Declaration4Independence] and [http://wiki.lessig.org/Talk:Article_V_Convention here]
* [http://wiki.lessig.org/Declaration4Independence Declaration4Independence] and [http://wiki.lessig.org/Talk:Article_V_Convention here]
* [http://botdom.com/wiki/Cheddar Cheddar]: a bot which apparently works with dAmnChat
* [http://botdom.com/wiki/Cheddar Cheddar]: a bot which apparently works with dAmnChat
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* '''2007-10-16''' [http://scaryreasoner.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/on-the-notion-of-faith/ On the notion of faith]
* '''2007-10-16''' [http://scaryreasoner.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/on-the-notion-of-faith/ On the notion of faith]
* '''2008-07''' [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/general-motors/ Electro-Shock Therapy]: ''Atlantic'' article about the GM Volt
* '''2008-07''' [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/general-motors/ Electro-Shock Therapy]: ''Atlantic'' article about the GM Volt
* '''2005-12-30''' [http://hybridblog.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/12/government_econ.html Government & Economics 101—Deconstructing Holman Jenkins’ “Prius Follies”]
* '''2005-12-30''' [http://hybridblog.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/12/government_econ.html Government & Economics 101—Deconstructing Holman Jenkins’ “Prius Follies”]
* '''2008-11-12''' [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122645159441719325-lMyQjAxMDI4MjE2ODQxNTgxWj.html Obama's Car Puzzle]
* '''2008-11-12''' [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122645159441719325-lMyQjAxMDI4MjE2ODQxNTgxWj.html Obama's Car Puzzle]
* '''2008-11-14''' [http://cujo359.blogspot.com/2008/11/militant-atheism.html Militant Atheism]
* '''2008-11-14''' [http://cujo359.blogspot.com/2008/11/militant-atheism.html Militant Atheism]
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* '''2008-10-28''' [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122515067227674187-lMyQjAxMDI4MjI1OTEyNTkwWj.html Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution]
* '''2008-10-28''' [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122515067227674187-lMyQjAxMDI4MjI1OTEyNTkwWj.html Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution]
* '''2008-10-27''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122506830024970697.html The Age of Prosperity Is Over]: the inventor of the Laffer Curve recommends panicking
* '''2008-10-27''' [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122506830024970697.html The Age of Prosperity Is Over]: the inventor of the Laffer Curve recommends panicking
* '''2008-10-22''' [http://stj911.org/press_releases/Misrepresentation.html Scholars for 9-11 Truth & Justice Misrepresented in Draft Bill Sent to 8 House Members]
* '''2008-10-22''' [http://stj911.org/press_releases/Misrepresentation.html Scholars for 9-11 Truth & Justice Misrepresented in Draft Bill Sent to 8 House Members]
* '''2008-10-24''' [http://www.prisonplanet.com/landmark-e-howard-hunt-jfk-confession-video-tape-ignored.html Landmark E. Howard Hunt JFK Confession Video Tape Ignored]
* '''2008-10-24''' [http://www.prisonplanet.com/landmark-e-howard-hunt-jfk-confession-video-tape-ignored.html Landmark E. Howard Hunt JFK Confession Video Tape Ignored]
* '''2008-10-23''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026794.800-conscientiousness-is-the-secret-to-a-long-life.html Conscientiousness is the secret to a long life]
* '''2008-10-23''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026794.800-conscientiousness-is-the-secret-to-a-long-life.html Conscientiousness is the secret to a long life]
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===2008-11-07===
===2008-11-07===
* '''2008-10-30''' [http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/10/how-techies-can-improve-democr.html How Techies Can Improve Democracy and Governance]: interview with Silona Bonewald on a lot of [[issuepedia:InstaGov|InstaGov]]-related topics
* '''2008-10-30''' [http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/10/how-techies-can-improve-democr.html How Techies Can Improve Democracy and Governance]: interview with Silona Bonewald on a lot of [[issuepedia:InstaGov|InstaGov]]-related topics
** [http://www.thataway.org/ National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation]
** [http://www.thataway.org/ National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation]
** [http://transparentfederalbudget.com/ Transparent Federal Budget]: paragraph-by-paragraph collaborative analysis of the federal budget
** [http://transparentfederalbudget.com/ Transparent Federal Budget]: paragraph-by-paragraph collaborative analysis of the federal budget
** [http://theyrule.net/ They Rule]: the individuals behind the corporations
** [http://theyrule.net/ They Rule]: the individuals behind the corporations
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* [http://web.mit.edu/angles2008/angles_Radu_Gogoana.html Current Battery Technology and Fully Electric Vehicles: A Review]
* [http://web.mit.edu/angles2008/angles_Radu_Gogoana.html Current Battery Technology and Fully Electric Vehicles: A Review]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes]
* [http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/12/2326251&from=rss Telco Sues Municipality For Laying Their Own Fiber]
* [http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/12/2326251&from=rss Telco Sues Municipality For Laying Their Own Fiber]
* [http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/09/2049224&from=rss Environmental Cost of Hybrids' Battery Recycling?]
* [http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/09/2049224&from=rss Environmental Cost of Hybrids' Battery Recycling?]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/14/greenspan-this-is-the-wor_n_126274.html Greenspan: This Is The Worst Economy I've Ever Seen]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/14/greenspan-this-is-the-wor_n_126274.html Greenspan: This Is The Worst Economy I've Ever Seen]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/15/mccain-no-obama-didnt-cal_n_126586.html McCain: No, Obama Didn't Call Palin A Pig]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/15/mccain-no-obama-didnt-cal_n_126586.html McCain: No, Obama Didn't Call Palin A Pig]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/14/lindsay-lohan-and-sam-ron_n_126271.html Lindsay Lohan And Sam Ronson Criticize Sarah Palin: "Narrow Minded, Media Obsessed Homophobe"]
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/14/lindsay-lohan-and-sam-ron_n_126271.html Lindsay Lohan And Sam Ronson Criticize Sarah Palin: "Narrow Minded, Media Obsessed Homophobe"]
* [http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=257 A Rising Tide Lifts Mood in the Developing World]
* [http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=257 A Rising Tide Lifts Mood in the Developing World]
* [http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/09/18/obama-and-desperation-an-analogy-from-wall-street/ Obama and desperation: an analogy from Wall Street]
* [http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/09/18/obama-and-desperation-an-analogy-from-wall-street/ Obama and desperation: an analogy from Wall Street]
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===2008-09-15===
===2008-09-15===
* http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskans-speak-in-a-frightened-whisper-palin-is-%E2%80%9Cracist-sexist-vindictive-and-mean%E2%80%9D/
* http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskans-speak-in-a-frightened-whisper-palin-is-%E2%80%9Cracist-sexist-vindictive-and-mean%E2%80%9D/
* http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Sarah+Palin&getit=Go&sp-a=00062d45-sp00000000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0
* http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Sarah+Palin&getit=Go&sp-a=00062d45-sp00000000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0
** http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/bannedbooks.asp -- the book-banning quote is rather massively out of context
** http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/bannedbooks.asp -- the book-banning quote is rather massively out of context
** http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/palin.asp -- gun-totin' and bikini shots are faked
** http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/palin.asp -- gun-totin' and bikini shots are faked
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** http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/sarahpalin2.asp -- more opinions
** http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/sarahpalin2.asp -- more opinions
** http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/newsquotes.asp -- some false quotes
** http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/newsquotes.asp -- some false quotes
** http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/newsquotes.asp -- "Sambo" quote can't be verified
** http://www.snopes.com/politics/palin/newsquotes.asp -- "Sambo" quote can't be verified


===2008-09-11===
===2008-09-11===
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(Just grabbing part of the quoted essay; I'll get to Hanson's concluding sentence in a bit.)
(Just grabbing part of the quoted essay; I'll get to Hanson's concluding sentence in a bit.)


If we try to formulate a scientific hypothesis which allows for the possibility of "divine intervention", then you have to define divine intervention.
If we try to formulate a scientific hypothesis which allows for the possibility of "divine intervention", then you have to define divine intervention.


I think it's probably reasonable to define it as "any occurrence where the laws of science are clearly violated".
I think it's probably reasonable to define it as "any occurrence where the laws of science are clearly violated".


(If that isn't at least a superset of "divine intervention", then my subsequent argument will collapse... but I'll need another definition to work with.)
(If that isn't at least a superset of "divine intervention", then my subsequent argument will collapse... but I'll need another definition to work with.)


(In other words: no fair saying you need to include something in a hypothesis but then refusing to define it. But onward...)
(In other words: no fair saying you need to include something in a hypothesis but then refusing to define it. But onward...)
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So right away you've broken rule #2 by allowing for divine intervention; you *cannot* have a scientific hypothesis which allows laws which aren't always followed.
So right away you've broken rule #2 by allowing for divine intervention; you *cannot* have a scientific hypothesis which allows laws which aren't always followed.


The only way you could have divine intervention as part of a scientific hypothesis is by redefining "divine" as something subject to scientific analysis.
The only way you could have divine intervention as part of a scientific hypothesis is by redefining "divine" as something subject to scientific analysis.


E.g. if God plays a part in "the divine miracle of life", we should be able to see the laws of chemistry being violated during egg fertilization.
E.g. if God plays a part in "the divine miracle of life", we should be able to see the laws of chemistry being violated during egg fertilization.


And secondly (and more to the point), science seeks to explain phenomena in ways that are reproducible.
And secondly (and more to the point), science seeks to explain phenomena in ways that are reproducible.
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So, yeah, okay, we can't make a sun or a planet in the laboratory. But we can look at all the things we think are at work in the making of a sun or a planet, and we can do experiments to see if they work the way we think they do.
So, yeah, okay, we can't make a sun or a planet in the laboratory. But we can look at all the things we think are at work in the making of a sun or a planet, and we can do experiments to see if they work the way we think they do.


"If you subject hydrogen to enough pressure at a high enough temperature, do you really get stupendous amounts of energy?" And yes, you do. (To vastly oversimplify the process of atomic fusion.)
"If you subject hydrogen to enough pressure at a high enough temperature, do you really get stupendous amounts of energy?" And yes, you do. (To vastly oversimplify the process of atomic fusion.)


Saying "God did it" is not just irreproducible, it's fucking *undefined*.
Saying "God did it" is not just irreproducible, it's fucking *undefined*.


And totally not science.
And totally not science.
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They're still geared towards turning out assembly-line labor for the mills. They teach kids facts, and both kids and teachers (and school systems) are rewarded *only* for how well the kids regurgitate those facts.
They're still geared towards turning out assembly-line labor for the mills. They teach kids facts, and both kids and teachers (and school systems) are rewarded *only* for how well the kids regurgitate those facts.


Our school system is, at present, far too blunt an instrument for conveying anything as subtle as "here are some hypotheses; can you work out what's right and wrong about them?"
Our school system is, at present, far too blunt an instrument for conveying anything as subtle as "here are some hypotheses; can you work out what's right and wrong about them?"


Not only that, but ID proponents aren't even asking for this level of subtlety; they *want* ID taught as "equally valid" with evolution.
Not only that, but ID proponents aren't even asking for this level of subtlety; they *want* ID taught as "equally valid" with evolution.


So there are two reasons not to teach it: (1) inadequate schools, and (2) the proposal is to teach something that is false as truth.
So there are two reasons not to teach it: (1) inadequate schools, and (2) the proposal is to teach something that is false as truth.
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And finally, Hanson shows his lack of research on the ID issue when he conflates it with UFOs and ghosts. Nobody is *trying* to get those taught in the schools. It's not an issue.
And finally, Hanson shows his lack of research on the ID issue when he conflates it with UFOs and ghosts. Nobody is *trying* to get those taught in the schools. It's not an issue.


ID is dangerous -- not because it threatens to expose children to "competing ideas" which might undermine their "faith in science" or some such rot, but because it is being weaselled in inaccurately and dishonestly in an effort to (further) corrupt our educational system.
ID is dangerous -- not because it threatens to expose children to "competing ideas" which might undermine their "faith in science" or some such rot, but because it is being weaselled in inaccurately and dishonestly in an effort to (further) corrupt our educational system.


===2008-09-05===
===2008-09-05===
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* http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm -- is this already filed under [[issuepedia:US economy]]?
* http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm -- is this already filed under [[issuepedia:US economy]]?
* http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/09/disagreement-is.html
* http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/09/disagreement-is.html
** How the hell can conservatives complain about disagreement not being hateful when they call it treasonous?? ...and when their "disagreement" takes the forms of hate-killings, harassment, and laws designed to destroy that with which they oh-so-politely "disagree"??
** How the hell can conservatives complain about disagreement not being hateful when they call it treasonous?? ...and when their "disagreement" takes the forms of hate-killings, harassment, and laws designed to destroy that with which they oh-so-politely "disagree"??
* http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122039890722392873-lMyQjAxMDI4MjAwNDMwOTQ4Wj.html -- cherry-picking
* http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB122039890722392873-lMyQjAxMDI4MjAwNDMwOTQ4Wj.html -- cherry-picking
** the us spends more than anyone else on healthcare but our outcomes are worse... and the last line is the old "uninsured can go to the ER if they're sick" euphemized... it's a long list of meaningless statistics, cherry picking and false comparisons what a fucking snowjob... income and wealth distribution
** the us spends more than anyone else on healthcare but our outcomes are worse... and the last line is the old "uninsured can go to the ER if they're sick" euphemized... it's a long list of meaningless statistics, cherry picking and false comparisons what a fucking snowjob... income and wealth distribution
** [[sourcewatch:Keith Marsden]]
** [[sourcewatch:Keith Marsden]]
* http://www.mediatakeout.com/users/carmel666/45396/lies_told_at_the_republican_national_convention -- copy of Yahoo News / AP article, but less likely to be taken down
* http://www.mediatakeout.com/users/carmel666/45396/lies_told_at_the_republican_national_convention -- copy of Yahoo News / AP article, but less likely to be taken down
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** http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/26/limbaugh-conservative-majority/
** http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/26/limbaugh-conservative-majority/
*** http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/08/happy-hour-discurso_26.html
*** http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/08/happy-hour-discurso_26.html
* [[youtube:CoDsQ2VNArI|Denver Democratic Convention Protesters chant "F**k Fox News!!!" ON LIVE TV]]
* [[youtube:CoDsQ2VNArI|Denver Democratic Convention Protesters chant "F**k Fox News!!!" ON LIVE TV]]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2627300/Barack-Obama-ought-to-be-shot-says-racist-plotter.html Barack Obama 'ought to be shot' says racist plotter]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2627300/Barack-Obama-ought-to-be-shot-says-racist-plotter.html Barack Obama 'ought to be shot' says racist plotter]


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===2008-08-23===
===2008-08-23===
* http://ptable.com - insanely interactive periodic table
* http://ptable.com - insanely interactive periodic table
* http://www.rawa.org/events/apr28-07_e.htm "The American forces act so reckless and hasty in killing innocent civilians everyday, that they seem to have come here for taking revenge of the 3,000 victims of the 9/11 from the people rather than to targeting '''the terrorist of their own creation, the Taliban'''. The death toll of these innocents throughout Afghanistan is now much higher than that of 9/11. This has indeed provoked and enraged the wrath of the people, '''encouraging the Taliban terrorists, who definitely receive the maximum benefits'''." (emphasis mine)
* http://www.rawa.org/events/apr28-07_e.htm "The American forces act so reckless and hasty in killing innocent civilians everyday, that they seem to have come here for taking revenge of the 3,000 victims of the 9/11 from the people rather than to targeting '''the terrorist of their own creation, the Taliban'''. The death toll of these innocents throughout Afghanistan is now much higher than that of 9/11. This has indeed provoked and enraged the wrath of the people, '''encouraging the Taliban terrorists, who definitely receive the maximum benefits'''." (emphasis mine)


===2008-08-22===
===2008-08-22===
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* [http://ptet.dubar.com/misc-facts.html Facts For Fundamentalists]: even Christian beliefs are being misrepresented
* [http://ptet.dubar.com/misc-facts.html Facts For Fundamentalists]: even Christian beliefs are being misrepresented
* [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071010221130AAnrFCf Features of a good government? john adams?]
* [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071010221130AAnrFCf Features of a good government? john adams?]
* [http://hankfox.com/?p=237#more-237 Davey & Goliath]
* [http://hankfox.com/?p=237#more-237 Davey & Goliath]
* [http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2007/06/avast_me_hearti.html Avast, Me Hearties! Here Be Rational Profit Maximizers!]
* [http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2007/06/avast_me_hearti.html Avast, Me Hearties! Here Be Rational Profit Maximizers!]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html Pearls Before Breakfast]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html Pearls Before Breakfast]
* [http://seqram.livejournal.com/18182.html Why the US isn't a "Christian Nation"]: reading material
* [http://seqram.livejournal.com/18182.html Why the US isn't a "Christian Nation"]: reading material
* [[wikipedia:Ontological argument]]: Kind of like drawing a map in green ink and then arguing that the streets must be green because the map says they are
* [[wikipedia:Ontological argument]]: Kind of like drawing a map in green ink and then arguing that the streets must be green because the map says they are
* [http://wiki.lessig.org/Declaration4Independence A Declaration for Independence]: reading material
* [http://wiki.lessig.org/Declaration4Independence A Declaration for Independence]: reading material
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* [http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6189 Ohio Attorney Files to Lift Stay on '04 Election Case, Cites Allegations, Evidence of Massive Fraud by a Number of GOP Operatives]
* [http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6189 Ohio Attorney Files to Lift Stay on '04 Election Case, Cites Allegations, Evidence of Massive Fraud by a Number of GOP Operatives]
* [http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/07/09/its-just-a-cracker/ It’s just a cracker!]
* [http://unreasonablefaith.com/2008/07/09/its-just-a-cracker/ It’s just a cracker!]
* [http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/lost-in-haystack.html Lost in a Haystack]: "John Pieret over at Thoughts in a Haystack has weighed in on the agnostic/atheist debate with his article "Agnostic About Atheism.""
* [http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/lost-in-haystack.html Lost in a Haystack]: "John Pieret over at Thoughts in a Haystack has weighed in on the agnostic/atheist debate with his article "Agnostic About Atheism.""
* [http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2007/04/22/getting-information-from-creationists-is-like-pulling-teeth/ Getting Information from Creationists Is Like Pulling Teeth]
* [http://www.ooblick.com/weblog/2007/04/22/getting-information-from-creationists-is-like-pulling-teeth/ Getting Information from Creationists Is Like Pulling Teeth]
* http://brtrlaw.com/_wsn/page2.html - John Pieret background
* http://brtrlaw.com/_wsn/page2.html - John Pieret background
* http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/05/15/anti-gay-school-earns-a-hard-slapdown/
* http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/05/15/anti-gay-school-earns-a-hard-slapdown/
* http://www.tuibguy.com/?p=304
* http://www.tuibguy.com/?p=304
* http://www.opednews.com/member_submissions.htm "OpEdNews invites you to Submit Your Articles or Diaries,
* http://www.opednews.com/member_submissions.htm "OpEdNews invites you to Submit Your Articles or Diaries,
or Add links to articles on other sites"
or Add links to articles on other sites"
* [http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/09/parsing-john-pieret.html Parsing John Pieret]
* [http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/09/parsing-john-pieret.html Parsing John Pieret]
* http://www.hulu.com/ - has (had?) Firefly
* http://www.hulu.com/ - has (had?) Firefly
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* [http://www.soyouthinkimabarstard.com/?p=38 Read what those caring, kind and loving Catholics want to do now!]: this is where I posted a brief parody-triplet...
* [http://www.soyouthinkimabarstard.com/?p=38 Read what those caring, kind and loving Catholics want to do now!]: this is where I posted a brief parody-triplet...
* http://www.notopope.com/news.php
* http://www.notopope.com/news.php
* http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003?f=s_search Wash. Post, Special Report reported Hagee's apology to Catholics, without noting his other smears]: "In reports about televangelist John Hagee's apology for his anti-Catholic remarks, neither The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear nor Fox News' Brit Hume mentioned that Hagee -- whose endorsement Sen. John McCain has acknowledged seeking -- also has made controversial statements about women, race, homosexuality, and Islam."
* http://mediamatters.org/items/200805140003?f=s_search Wash. Post, Special Report reported Hagee's apology to Catholics, without noting his other smears]: "In reports about televangelist John Hagee's apology for his anti-Catholic remarks, neither The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear nor Fox News' Brit Hume mentioned that Hagee -- whose endorsement Sen. John McCain has acknowledged seeking -- also has made controversial statements about women, race, homosexuality, and Islam."
* [http://mediamatters.org/items/200702080003 CNN, MSNBC aired Donohue's criticism of Edwards bloggers without noting his bigotry]
* [http://mediamatters.org/items/200702080003 CNN, MSNBC aired Donohue's criticism of Edwards bloggers without noting his bigotry]
* [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080710113026.htm New Generation Of Home Robots Have Gentle Touch]
* [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080710113026.htm New Generation Of Home Robots Have Gentle Touch]
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* [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-think-maybe-we-could-use-handbook.html I Think Maybe We Could Use a Handbook]: proposal for a booklet for theists on how to talk to atheists (ground rules) -- seems to me we need something more general about basic rules for debate, which they seem not to grasp
* [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-think-maybe-we-could-use-handbook.html I Think Maybe We Could Use a Handbook]: proposal for a booklet for theists on how to talk to atheists (ground rules) -- seems to me we need something more general about basic rules for debate, which they seem not to grasp
* [http://cujo359.blogspot.com/2007/12/david-broder-slobbering-half-wit.html David Broder: Slobbering Half-Wit]: filibustering is ''not'' a bipartisan problem
* [http://cujo359.blogspot.com/2007/12/david-broder-slobbering-half-wit.html David Broder: Slobbering Half-Wit]: filibustering is ''not'' a bipartisan problem
* http://www.bea.gov "Table 3.9.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment" (via [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2008/06/all-right-then-how-can-we-help.html]):
* http://www.bea.gov "Table 3.9.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment" (via [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2008/06/all-right-then-how-can-we-help.html]):
** Bush Jr Grew the National Government by 27.3%
** Bush Jr Grew the National Government by 27.3%
** Clinton Grew the National Government by -10.8%
** Clinton Grew the National Government by -10.8%
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* [[metawm:Talk:Interwiki map]]: do I want to try again to get into this?
* [[metawm:Talk:Interwiki map]]: do I want to try again to get into this?
====vbz.net====
====vbz.net====
I don't remember why I had these pages open, but they should probably be checked if everything seems to be "working":
I don't remember why I had these pages open, but they should probably be checked if everything seems to be "working":
* http://test.vbz.net/cat/lb/66141/
* http://test.vbz.net/cat/lb/66141/
* http://test.vbz.net/cart/
* http://test.vbz.net/cart/
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* '''2006-08-15''' [http://byneddiejingo.blogspot.com/2006/08/achieving-representation.html Achieving Representation]: about the infamous Iraq Invasion Powerpoint
* '''2006-08-15''' [http://byneddiejingo.blogspot.com/2006/08/achieving-representation.html Achieving Representation]: about the infamous Iraq Invasion Powerpoint
* '''2006-08-08''' [http://armsandinfluence.typepad.com/armsandinfluence/2006/08/death_by_powerp.html Death by PowerPoint]: and more about it
* '''2006-08-08''' [http://armsandinfluence.typepad.com/armsandinfluence/2006/08/death_by_powerp.html Death by PowerPoint]: and more about it
* '''2008-06-29''' [http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/29/1552/91282/498/542574 Book Review: Feld's and Wilcox's "Netroots Rising"]: Issuepedia needs a "netroots" page, which should include a link to InstaGov
* '''2008-06-29''' [http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/29/1552/91282/498/542574 Book Review: Feld's and Wilcox's "Netroots Rising"]: Issuepedia needs a "netroots" page, which should include a link to InstaGov
* '''2008-06-22''' [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/22/55125/3598/936/540118 Requiem]: "Of all the things I despise about the Bush administration, the one I will forever loathe most is how they made morality a minority position. It was the standard operating procedure of the Bush years that ethics was considered quaint, that pride in government was considered hopelessly idealistic, and that morality was the stuff of starry eyed fools."
* '''2008-06-22''' [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/22/55125/3598/936/540118 Requiem]: "Of all the things I despise about the Bush administration, the one I will forever loathe most is how they made morality a minority position. It was the standard operating procedure of the Bush years that ethics was considered quaint, that pride in government was considered hopelessly idealistic, and that morality was the stuff of starry eyed fools."
** Since the "morality" of torture is now irrelevant, can we also say it's irrelevant with regard to abortion too?
** Since the "morality" of torture is now irrelevant, can we also say it's irrelevant with regard to abortion too?
* '''2001-09''' [http://ffrf.org/timely/dawkins.php Time to Stand Up] by Richard Dawkins: active atheism
* '''2001-09''' [http://ffrf.org/timely/dawkins.php Time to Stand Up] by Richard Dawkins: active atheism
* '''2007-07-26''' [http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2007/07/21st-century-atheism.html 21st Century Atheism]: haven't quite worked out this piece's central thesis, but it has a lot of links
* '''2007-07-26''' [http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2007/07/21st-century-atheism.html 21st Century Atheism]: haven't quite worked out this piece's central thesis, but it has a lot of links
* '''2008-03-28''' [http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/28/mark-mathis-interview/ Mark Mathis interview]: just to have on file under "Mark Mathis"; eventually someone might document all the lies and misrepresentations, but it may not be worth bothering
* '''2008-03-28''' [http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/03/28/mark-mathis-interview/ Mark Mathis interview]: just to have on file under "Mark Mathis"; eventually someone might document all the lies and misrepresentations, but it may not be worth bothering
* '''2006-11-14''' [http://www.discovery.org/a/3801 The Misguided Quest for 'Darwinian Conservatism']: "Debate Over Evolution Not Going Away" (file under "Discovery Institute/articles" and "anti-Darwinism")
* '''2006-11-14''' [http://www.discovery.org/a/3801 The Misguided Quest for 'Darwinian Conservatism']: "Debate Over Evolution Not Going Away" (file under "Discovery Institute/articles" and "anti-Darwinism")
* [[google:cache:6h7j8vzjUg8J:www.socialtext.net/data/workspaces/wikinomics/attachments/wikinomics:20080213154459-1-3411/original/the%2520wikinomics%2520playbook%252002%25202008.pdf|online book mentioning Issuepedia]]
* [[google:cache:6h7j8vzjUg8J:www.socialtext.net/data/workspaces/wikinomics/attachments/wikinomics:20080213154459-1-3411/original/the%2520wikinomics%2520playbook%252002%25202008.pdf|online book mentioning Issuepedia]]
* '''2007-10-21''' [http://www.blogschmog.net/2007/10/21/co-constructing-politics/ Co-constructing politics]: another article mentioning Issuepedia
* '''2007-10-21''' [http://www.blogschmog.net/2007/10/21/co-constructing-politics/ Co-constructing politics]: another article mentioning Issuepedia
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* '''2008-03-16''' [http://americanjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/where-are-our-scientists-in-america.html Where are our scientists in America?]: about establishment science vs. 9/11 Truth (not sure if this article is worth filing; read more closely later...)
* '''2008-03-16''' [http://americanjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/where-are-our-scientists-in-america.html Where are our scientists in America?]: about establishment science vs. 9/11 Truth (not sure if this article is worth filing; read more closely later...)
* I think I've already filed the video documentary embedded on [http://americanjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-you-should-question-official.html this page], but make sure...
* I think I've already filed the video documentary embedded on [http://americanjourney.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-you-should-question-official.html this page], but make sure...
* '''2008-06-11''' [http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20887/?a=f A Self-Writing To-Do List] "New online schedulers rely on natural-language processing to get you organized."
* '''2008-06-11''' [http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20887/?a=f A Self-Writing To-Do List] "New online schedulers rely on natural-language processing to get you organized."
** [http://www.presdo.com/about Presdo]
** [http://www.presdo.com/about Presdo]
** [http://iwantsandy.com/ IWantSandy]
** [http://iwantsandy.com/ IWantSandy]
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* [[google:cache:qcqr-s07yTgJ:www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf|Lockhart's Lament]]: make sure I've got this filed in htyp somewhere
* [[google:cache:qcqr-s07yTgJ:www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf|Lockhart's Lament]]: make sure I've got this filed in htyp somewhere
* [http://www.discoursedb.org/wiki/Post-invasion_Iraq Post-invasion Iraq] at Discourse DB, which needs further investigation and probably an interwiki entry
* [http://www.discoursedb.org/wiki/Post-invasion_Iraq Post-invasion Iraq] at Discourse DB, which needs further investigation and probably an interwiki entry
* Add to Issuepedia Woozle page: list of pages I really want to write or update, starting with [[issuepedia:American ideals]] (or should that be "ideal"?)
* Add to Issuepedia Woozle page: list of pages I really want to write or update, starting with [[issuepedia:American ideals]] (or should that be "ideal"?)
* [http://www.sl4.org/wiki/KnowabilityOfFAI KnowabilityOfFAI] at SL4wiki, which could probably also use further investigation and an interwiki.
* [http://www.sl4.org/wiki/KnowabilityOfFAI KnowabilityOfFAI] at SL4wiki, which could probably also use further investigation and an interwiki.
* [http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/ MisterHouse]: for [[htyp:home automation]]
* [http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/ MisterHouse]: for [[htyp:home automation]]
===from RSS feeds===
===from RSS feeds===
* '''2008-06-25''' [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/06/basics_synteny.php Synteny], except that it's [http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/pharyngula/~3/323572841/evolgen_disputes_my_explanatio.php wrong]
* '''2008-06-25''' [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/06/basics_synteny.php Synteny], except that it's [http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scienceblogs/pharyngula/~3/323572841/evolgen_disputes_my_explanatio.php wrong]
* '''2006-11-14''' [http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/11/denton_vs_squid.html Denton vs Squid; the eye as suboptimal design.] for "evolution" page
* '''2006-11-14''' [http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/11/denton_vs_squid.html Denton vs Squid; the eye as suboptimal design.] for "evolution" page
* '''2006-11-06''' [http://prettyfakes.com/?p=862 “America is a piece of trash!”]: the American ideal via a comic book superhero
* '''2006-11-06''' [http://prettyfakes.com/?p=862 “America is a piece of trash!”]: the American ideal via a comic book superhero
* '''2008-06-21''' [http://www.planetary.org/news/2008/0621_Phoenix_Scientists_Confirm_WaterIce_on.html Phoenix finds water ice]: for [[htyp:Mars]]
* '''2008-06-21''' [http://www.planetary.org/news/2008/0621_Phoenix_Scientists_Confirm_WaterIce_on.html Phoenix finds water ice]: for [[htyp:Mars]]
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* '''2008-06-08''' [http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/story/561078.html Paranoia harming our way of life]: about the Malkin Dunkin Donuts Islamic headdress nonsense (not sure if link is worth saving; reread later)
* '''2008-06-08''' [http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/story/561078.html Paranoia harming our way of life]: about the Malkin Dunkin Donuts Islamic headdress nonsense (not sure if link is worth saving; reread later)
===2008-06-06===
===2008-06-06===
* Derren Brown The so called Messiah: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ02I6QyagM part 1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnaG35Ed1TU&feature=related part 2] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgHkuE9Q_8&feature=related part 3] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsnpIGwqHC0&feature=related part 4] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DUOXdIVQAI&feature=related part 5] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-duHTeilY&feature=related part 6] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2qR7PJQnQ&feature=related part 7] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlajL_bkMgs&feature=related part 8]
* Derren Brown The so called Messiah: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ02I6QyagM part 1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnaG35Ed1TU&feature=related part 2] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgHkuE9Q_8&feature=related part 3] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsnpIGwqHC0&feature=related part 4] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DUOXdIVQAI&feature=related part 5] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-duHTeilY&feature=related part 6] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2qR7PJQnQ&feature=related part 7] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlajL_bkMgs&feature=related part 8]
===2008-06-04===
===2008-06-04===
* [http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/05/3375884 carpet bombing in cyberspace]
* [http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/05/3375884 carpet bombing in cyberspace]
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* [http://www.gurus.com/dougdeb/politics/209.html red family, blue family]
* [http://www.gurus.com/dougdeb/politics/209.html red family, blue family]
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/put_the_blame_where_it_belongs.php put the blame where it belongs]: commentary on bar chart
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/put_the_blame_where_it_belongs.php put the blame where it belongs]: commentary on bar chart
* '''2006-08-''' "Cracks in the Wall" by Sara Robinson: [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/cracks-in-wall-part-i-defining.html part 1] [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/cracks-in-wall-part-ii-listening-to.html part 2] [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/cracks-in-wall-part-iii-escape-ladders.html part 3]
* '''2006-08-''' "Cracks in the Wall" by Sara Robinson: [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/cracks-in-wall-part-i-defining.html part 1] [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/cracks-in-wall-part-ii-listening-to.html part 2] [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/cracks-in-wall-part-iii-escape-ladders.html part 3]
* '''2003-08-09''' [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/archives/2003_08_03_dneiwert_archive.html Rush, Newspeak, and Fascism" and other stuff]
* '''2003-08-09''' [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/archives/2003_08_03_dneiwert_archive.html Rush, Newspeak, and Fascism" and other stuff]
* '''2006-08-27''' [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/tunnels-and-bridges-part-ii-nothing-to.html Tunnels and Bridges, Part II: Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself]
* '''2006-08-27''' [http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/tunnels-and-bridges-part-ii-nothing-to.html Tunnels and Bridges, Part II: Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself]


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===2008-05-23===
===2008-05-23===
* For eventual Issuepedia page about vaccination: [[wikipedia:2008 measles outbreak in California]]
* For eventual Issuepedia page about vaccination: [[wikipedia:2008 measles outbreak in California]]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/opinion/11barber.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Change We Can Stomach]: how local food starts to look better as fuel prices go up
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/opinion/11barber.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Change We Can Stomach]: how local food starts to look better as fuel prices go up


===2008-05-22===
===2008-05-22===
* [http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=news_single.html?id%3D8735 brain's "trust" mechanism]
* [http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=news_single.html?id%3D8735 brain's "trust" mechanism]
* [http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=news_single.html?id%3D8730 libertarian ocean colonies]
* [http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=news_single.html?id%3D8730 libertarian ocean colonies]
===2008-05-12===
===2008-05-12===
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* http://www.palaeos.com/ - a resource
* http://www.palaeos.com/ - a resource
* http://byneddiejingo.blogspot.com/2006/08/achieving-representation.html - is PowerPoint responsible for our terrible Iraq lack-of-plan?
* http://byneddiejingo.blogspot.com/2006/08/achieving-representation.html - is PowerPoint responsible for our terrible Iraq lack-of-plan?
* http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/wikiconspiracy.php - Wikiconspiracy: a creationist group works to subvert Wikipedia. Comments include the predictable "you can't trust wiki" (as if "wiki" and "Wikipedia" were somehow equivalent).
* http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/wikiconspiracy.php - Wikiconspiracy: a creationist group works to subvert Wikipedia. Comments include the predictable "you can't trust wiki" (as if "wiki" and "Wikipedia" were somehow equivalent).
* '''2008-04-25''' http://timesonline.typepad.com/inside_iraq_weblog/2008/04/iraqi-forces-se.html - a rare report of positive progress in Iraq
* '''2008-04-25''' http://timesonline.typepad.com/inside_iraq_weblog/2008/04/iraqi-forces-se.html - a rare report of positive progress in Iraq
* '''2008-05-04''' [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3868063.ece United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp]
* '''2008-05-04''' [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3868063.ece United States is drawing up plans to strike on Iranian insurgency camp]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a41lJIhW7fA Fred Rogers Congressional testimony], 1969
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a41lJIhW7fA Fred Rogers Congressional testimony], 1969
* '''2008-03-19''' [http://muffybolding.livejournal.com/214250.html#cutid1 happy anniversary]: some of the human cost of the Iraq War, in case anyone has forgotten
* '''2008-03-19''' [http://muffybolding.livejournal.com/214250.html#cutid1 happy anniversary]: some of the human cost of the Iraq War, in case anyone has forgotten
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uk6t_tdOkwo Libertyville Abortion Demonstration]: demonstrators are asked what the penalty should be, if abortions are made illegal, for a woman who has an (illegal) abortion; for the most part, they haven't thought about it and don't believe she should be punished. (Nobody mentions punishing the doctor, which is presumably how the law would be enforced.) The poster of the aborted fetus seen briefly at the beginning seems very similar or perhaps identical to the one on the Fayetteville Rd. "Abortion Truck".
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Uk6t_tdOkwo Libertyville Abortion Demonstration]: demonstrators are asked what the penalty should be, if abortions are made illegal, for a woman who has an (illegal) abortion; for the most part, they haven't thought about it and don't believe she should be punished. (Nobody mentions punishing the doctor, which is presumably how the law would be enforced.) The poster of the aborted fetus seen briefly at the beginning seems very similar or perhaps identical to the one on the Fayetteville Rd. "Abortion Truck".
** Commentary: [http://muffybolding.livejournal.com/208987.html withered debutante] (Muffy Bolding)
** Commentary: [http://muffybolding.livejournal.com/208987.html withered debutante] (Muffy Bolding)
* [http://6-bleen-7.livejournal.com/46587.html Look out, it’s evil! - Faith-based Medicine]: not sure if the post itself is useful, but it has links to several things which ought to be filed somewhere.
* [http://6-bleen-7.livejournal.com/46587.html Look out, it’s evil! - Faith-based Medicine]: not sure if the post itself is useful, but it has links to several things which ought to be filed somewhere.
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/04/why_the_wingnuts_hate_plan_b.php why the wingnuts hate plan B]: apparently Plan B isn't an issue anymore, but this is still some useful history on how the Right opposed a contraceptive measure which could not possibly be construed as abortion.
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/04/why_the_wingnuts_hate_plan_b.php why the wingnuts hate plan B]: apparently Plan B isn't an issue anymore, but this is still some useful history on how the Right opposed a contraceptive measure which could not possibly be construed as abortion.
* [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/12/173810/788 Bush Administration Cut Funding For Explosives Detection]: this probably should go in "Bush hypocrisy"
* [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/12/173810/788 Bush Administration Cut Funding For Explosives Detection]: this probably should go in "Bush hypocrisy"
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/creationist_genetics.php creationist genetics]: useful stuff for ScriptureWiki
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/creationist_genetics.php creationist genetics]: useful stuff for ScriptureWiki
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/joe_carter_strings_together_so.php Joe Carter strings together some noise]: one particular creationist's anti-evolution claims, and rebuttals
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/joe_carter_strings_together_so.php Joe Carter strings together some noise]: one particular creationist's anti-evolution claims, and rebuttals
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1526191/Evangelicals-urge-museum-to-hide-man's-ancestors.html Evangelicals urge museum to hide man's ancestors]: anti-science, anti-Darwinism, Kenya, religious right
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1526191/Evangelicals-urge-museum-to-hide-man's-ancestors.html Evangelicals urge museum to hide man's ancestors]: anti-science, anti-Darwinism, Kenya, religious right
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty1Bo6GmPqM video] debunking the Discovery Institute's list of "scientists" who reject evolution
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty1Bo6GmPqM video] debunking the Discovery Institute's list of "scientists" who reject evolution
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/even_sleazier_than_the_di.php Even sleazier than the DI]: global warming denial dishonesty (should have a page specifically for lies told in the service of anti-Darwinism and global warming denial)
* [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/even_sleazier_than_the_di.php Even sleazier than the DI]: global warming denial dishonesty (should have a page specifically for lies told in the service of anti-Darwinism and global warming denial)


===2008-05-01===
===2008-05-01===
* [http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006876.html Judge Deals Blow to RIAA in Music Piracy Case]: putting files in a "shared" folder is not illegal. (What about putting them on the web, or in an anonymous ftp folder?) (for Issuepedia)
* [http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006876.html Judge Deals Blow to RIAA in Music Piracy Case]: putting files in a "shared" folder is not illegal. (What about putting them on the web, or in an anonymous ftp folder?) (for Issuepedia)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1SC7fdlSY U.S. Marines Invade Manhattan, New York!]: "Iraq Veterans Against the War" demonstrate US military brutality (for Issuepedia)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1SC7fdlSY U.S. Marines Invade Manhattan, New York!]: "Iraq Veterans Against the War" demonstrate US military brutality (for Issuepedia)
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oil-money_slymay01,0,7290713.story Iraq: U.S. has no claim to oil boom] '"America has hardly even begun to repay its debt to Iraq," Baghdad official says. "This is an immoral request because we didn't ask them to come to Iraq, and before they came in 2003 we didn't have all these needs."' Iraq does ''not'' want the US to stay. (Has anybody except neocons claimed otherwise? This is not a rhetorical question.) (for Issuepedia)
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oil-money_slymay01,0,7290713.story Iraq: U.S. has no claim to oil boom] '"America has hardly even begun to repay its debt to Iraq," Baghdad official says. "This is an immoral request because we didn't ask them to come to Iraq, and before they came in 2003 we didn't have all these needs."' Iraq does ''not'' want the US to stay. (Has anybody except neocons claimed otherwise? This is not a rhetorical question.) (for Issuepedia)
* [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=53691&sectionid=351020201 Wolfowitz: Iraq occupation ended in 2004]: we're no longer occupying Iraq, we're just kind of ''there''. (Our mission to spread <s>American sovereignty</s>democracy is so just and holy that God (from his office in the White House) has granted us special dispensiation to be militarily present without "occupying", perhaps.)
* [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=53691&sectionid=351020201 Wolfowitz: Iraq occupation ended in 2004]: we're no longer occupying Iraq, we're just kind of ''there''. (Our mission to spread <s>American sovereignty</s>democracy is so just and holy that God (from his office in the White House) has granted us special dispensiation to be militarily present without "occupying", perhaps.)
* [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_MISSION_ACCOMPLISHED?SITE=NJVIN&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT White House admits fault on 'Mission Accomplished' banner]: well, not really: &quot;&quot;President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said `mission accomplished' for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission,&quot; White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday. &quot;And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner. And I recognize that the media is going to play this up again tomorrow, as they do every single year.&quot;&quot; Do they really?
* [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_MISSION_ACCOMPLISHED?SITE=NJVIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT White House admits fault on 'Mission Accomplished' banner]: well, not really: ""President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said `mission accomplished' for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday. "And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner. And I recognize that the media is going to play this up again tomorrow, as they do every single year."" Do they really?
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt69AKYlIWA Mark Anderson speaks on the current economic crisis] (for Issuepedia)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt69AKYlIWA Mark Anderson speaks on the current economic crisis] (for Issuepedia)
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* Stuff for ResearchBuy:
* Stuff for ResearchBuy:
** [http://researchwikis.com/index.php?title=User:Staddon/Main_Page_2008_rework&amp;action=edit editing Main Page revision]
** [http://researchwikis.com/index.php?title=User:Staddon/Main_Page_2008_rework&action=edit editing Main Page revision]
** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Inputbox Inputbox extension]
** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Inputbox Inputbox extension]
** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix Extension Matrix], in case Inputbox isn't it
** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix Extension Matrix], in case Inputbox isn't it
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** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki Extension:Semantic MediaWiki]
** [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki Extension:Semantic MediaWiki]
** [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Semantic_search Help:Semantic search]
** [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Semantic_search Help:Semantic search]
* [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2008/04/gop-version-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-truth.html#comments The GOP version of &quot;Don't Ask, Don't Tell...&quot; (the truth)]: still reading this; start right after anonymous Navy comment
* [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2008/04/gop-version-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-truth.html#comments The GOP version of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell..." (the truth)]: still reading this; start right after anonymous Navy comment
* [http://www.tarpley.net/bush2.htm Bush book, Chapter 2]: still reading this; I think I've already linked it in Issuepedia
* [http://www.tarpley.net/bush2.htm Bush book, Chapter 2]: still reading this; I think I've already linked it in Issuepedia
* [http://www.globalintegrity.org/ GlobalIntegrity]: does LessigWiki have a link to this? (Also: need to discuss Knowledge Corruption and Trust Corruption)
* [http://www.globalintegrity.org/ GlobalIntegrity]: does LessigWiki have a link to this? (Also: need to discuss Knowledge Corruption and Trust Corruption)
** Can every &quot;War on X&quot; be also seen as &quot;X Corruption&quot;?
** Can every "War on X" be also seen as "X Corruption"?
* [http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks_and_Internet_Censorship_-_a_comparative_study Wikileaks and Internet Censorship - a comparative study]: for Issuepedia, War on the Internet
* [http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks_and_Internet_Censorship_-_a_comparative_study Wikileaks and Internet Censorship - a comparative study]: for Issuepedia, War on the Internet
* [http://www.parasiticmeme.com/?p=21 CNN/FOX/ABC/CBS/(MS)NBC vs. the Reverend Jeremiah Wright]: for Issuepedia
* [http://www.parasiticmeme.com/?p=21 CNN/FOX/ABC/CBS/(MS)NBC vs. the Reverend Jeremiah Wright]: for Issuepedia
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* [http://issuepedia.org/Talk:Main_Page a reminder] that Issuepedia Francaise wants an easy way to create a new article
* [http://issuepedia.org/Talk:Main_Page a reminder] that Issuepedia Francaise wants an easy way to create a new article
* [http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/ Auto Parts Warehouse] for HTYP
* [http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/ Auto Parts Warehouse] for HTYP
** [http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/parts.php?N=11158+1668+4294966693&amp;ddKeyword= Benz 1983 380SEL]: for [[Janis Jalopy]] page
** [http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/parts.php?N=11158+1668+4294966693&ddKeyword= Benz 1983 380SEL]: for [[Janis Jalopy]] page
* [http://www.ilike.com/forartists iLike]: sign up. Eventually.
* [http://www.ilike.com/forartists iLike]: sign up. Eventually.
* Kaltura: [http://www.kaltura.com/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki_Extension MediaWiki Extension], [http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/static/partners partners] (sign up?)
* Kaltura: [http://www.kaltura.com/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki_Extension MediaWiki Extension], [http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/static/partners partners] (sign up?)
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* [http://rawstory.com/news/2008/DHS_transition_planning_goes_deeper_than_0417.html DHS transition planning goes 'deeper than normal']: for Issuepedia
* [http://rawstory.com/news/2008/DHS_transition_planning_goes_deeper_than_0417.html DHS transition planning goes 'deeper than normal']: for Issuepedia
* [http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/06/02/far06001.html Top 10 'Conspiracy Theories' about George W. Bush, Part 1]: is this actually useful (for Issuepedia)?
* [http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/06/02/far06001.html Top 10 'Conspiracy Theories' about George W. Bush, Part 1]: is this actually useful (for Issuepedia)?
** [http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-conspiracy-theories-about-george-w.html All the &quot;Conspiracy Theories&quot; About George W. Bush have come true]: related (same question)
** [http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-conspiracy-theories-about-george-w.html All the "Conspiracy Theories" About George W. Bush have come true]: related (same question)
 
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2008-09-11

The problem is this.

(Just grabbing part of the quoted essay; I'll get to Hanson's concluding sentence in a bit.)

If we try to formulate a scientific hypothesis which allows for the possibility of "divine intervention", then you have to define divine intervention.

I think it's probably reasonable to define it as "any occurrence where the laws of science are clearly violated".

(If that isn't at least a superset of "divine intervention", then my subsequent argument will collapse... but I'll need another definition to work with.)

(In other words: no fair saying you need to include something in a hypothesis but then refusing to define it. But onward...)

If the laws of science are violated, that means that not only do we not *currently* understand how it could happen, we can *never* understand how it happened -- can *never* arrive at a set of rules which, if followed, would inevitably cause the same occurrence.

Well, first off, science is based on the idea that (1) the universe operates according to laws, (2) those laws are *never* broken, (3) we can discover those laws through hypothesis and experiment, and (4) we revise our interpretations of those laws as our understanding gets more and more perfect (5) we do not need to have a perfect understanding in order to have an accurate understanding.

So right away you've broken rule #2 by allowing for divine intervention; you *cannot* have a scientific hypothesis which allows laws which aren't always followed.

The only way you could have divine intervention as part of a scientific hypothesis is by redefining "divine" as something subject to scientific analysis.

E.g. if God plays a part in "the divine miracle of life", we should be able to see the laws of chemistry being violated during egg fertilization.

And secondly (and more to the point), science seeks to explain phenomena in ways that are reproducible.

So, yeah, okay, we can't make a sun or a planet in the laboratory. But we can look at all the things we think are at work in the making of a sun or a planet, and we can do experiments to see if they work the way we think they do.

"If you subject hydrogen to enough pressure at a high enough temperature, do you really get stupendous amounts of energy?" And yes, you do. (To vastly oversimplify the process of atomic fusion.)

Saying "God did it" is not just irreproducible, it's fucking *undefined*.

And totally not science.

But anyway, on to Hanson's final sentence...

He's conflating two things: (1) are these things too silly for a well-educated person (especially a professional scientist) to consider? Hell yes. (2) Are these things too silly to be worth bringing up in the context of teaching critical thinking to children? Hell no.

So yeah, I'd be all in favor of using these things as examples in a science-based course on critical thinking.

The problem is, US public schools don't teach critical thinking.

They're still geared towards turning out assembly-line labor for the mills. They teach kids facts, and both kids and teachers (and school systems) are rewarded *only* for how well the kids regurgitate those facts.

Our school system is, at present, far too blunt an instrument for conveying anything as subtle as "here are some hypotheses; can you work out what's right and wrong about them?"

Not only that, but ID proponents aren't even asking for this level of subtlety; they *want* ID taught as "equally valid" with evolution.

So there are two reasons not to teach it: (1) inadequate schools, and (2) the proposal is to teach something that is false as truth.

And finally, Hanson shows his lack of research on the ID issue when he conflates it with UFOs and ghosts. Nobody is *trying* to get those taught in the schools. It's not an issue.

ID is dangerous -- not because it threatens to expose children to "competing ideas" which might undermine their "faith in science" or some such rot, but because it is being weaselled in inaccurately and dishonestly in an effort to (further) corrupt our educational system.

2008-09-05

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2008-08-23

  • http://ptable.com - insanely interactive periodic table
  • http://www.rawa.org/events/apr28-07_e.htm "The American forces act so reckless and hasty in killing innocent civilians everyday, that they seem to have come here for taking revenge of the 3,000 victims of the 9/11 from the people rather than to targeting the terrorist of their own creation, the Taliban. The death toll of these innocents throughout Afghanistan is now much higher than that of 9/11. This has indeed provoked and enraged the wrath of the people, encouraging the Taliban terrorists, who definitely receive the maximum benefits." (emphasis mine)

2008-08-22

2008-08-20

or Add links to articles on other sites"

working on custom RSS feeds

other MW stuff

vbz.net

I don't remember why I had these pages open, but they should probably be checked if everything seems to be "working":

2008-08-19

2008-07-16

2008-07-01

Once again, my ability to find links I Absolutely Must Save outstrips the time in which I have to file them, and extant tabs in Firefox and Konqueror threaten to take over my system RAM...

from RSS feeds

2008-06-06

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2008-05-29

  • ncwarn.org - anti-Shearon-Harris
  • ncethicalsociety.org

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2008-05-01

  • Judge Deals Blow to RIAA in Music Piracy Case: putting files in a "shared" folder is not illegal. (What about putting them on the web, or in an anonymous ftp folder?) (for Issuepedia)
  • U.S. Marines Invade Manhattan, New York!: "Iraq Veterans Against the War" demonstrate US military brutality (for Issuepedia)
  • Iraq: U.S. has no claim to oil boom '"America has hardly even begun to repay its debt to Iraq," Baghdad official says. "This is an immoral request because we didn't ask them to come to Iraq, and before they came in 2003 we didn't have all these needs."' Iraq does not want the US to stay. (Has anybody except neocons claimed otherwise? This is not a rhetorical question.) (for Issuepedia)
  • Wolfowitz: Iraq occupation ended in 2004: we're no longer occupying Iraq, we're just kind of there. (Our mission to spread American sovereigntydemocracy is so just and holy that God (from his office in the White House) has granted us special dispensiation to be militarily present without "occupying", perhaps.)
  • White House admits fault on 'Mission Accomplished' banner: well, not really: ""President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said `mission accomplished' for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission," White House press secretary Dana Perino said Wednesday. "And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner. And I recognize that the media is going to play this up again tomorrow, as they do every single year."" Do they really?
  • Mark Anderson speaks on the current economic crisis (for Issuepedia)

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2008-04-29

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