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It seems the men who complain most have been the most feminized.

Gender and sex issues are going to get more interesting as morphological freedom improves in the form of hormone supplements and elective surgery.

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Due to the illegal nature of trafficking and differences in methodology, the exact extent is unknown. According to United States State Department data, an "estimated 600,000 to 820,000 men, women, and children [are] trafficked across international borders each year , approximately 70 percent a...

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Please define the term 'freedom'.

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As for reading a thread where people were bashing Democrats, I think you meant here.

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In the interview you refer to , here's the relevant text from near the end, starting around minute 5: Jon: But why couldn't the Democrats then stop them, when they were in.. because the Republicans never had 60 votes. It always strikes me that, when the Republicans are in the majority, it's, "L...

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Ragorn wrote:My favorite part of that clip is where FOX News cuts away from the President's speech

The Moment of Zen was on that topic as well.

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It seems people are overconfident about their moral beliefs. But how should one reason and act if one acknowledges that one is uncertain about morality – not just applied ethics but fundamental moral issues? if you don't know which moral theory is correct? Philosopher Nick Bostrom discusses moral u...

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Jon briefly talks about his audience and how he sees them, then goes on to enjoy the Obama visit to the GOP conference.

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For those of you wondering what the short story was in my previous post, I was highlighting the sheer and utter cruelty of stripping a volunteer of what small pieces of comfort they bring with them into some of the most hellish places on earth. And Mark Twain was trying to point out the absurdity o...

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Military personnel already have socialized medicine.

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"Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth into battle -- be Thou near them! With them -- in spirit -- we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us...

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The real problem is how people keep having all those babies. Personally, I support the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.

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Here are the comments of a former prison guard on the topic. I thought they were particularly insightful.

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The Crossfire thing was a special case. According to Carlson, he stayed for at least an hour after the show to continue lecturing their staff.

Here's the Daily Show clip where he discusses the appearance. He really hated Crossfire.

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Jon Stewart has himself torn apart as a host of the Oscars . The part where John Oliver does an impression of Stewart, saying in a whiny voice, "Look at me! I'm a sad clown! I hate you! I need you! I hate you! I need you! I don't want you, but I need constant attention and reinforcement from yo...

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Yes. I've watched his show for years, and that's the general impression I get when he's speaking as himself, rather than as a scripted comedian.

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My thought on it is that he has a very low opinion of himself, bordering on depression and regardless of his actual ability to influence people, but I may be projecting.

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The Wikipedia article on the Daily Show as a news source has quite a bit of information, points and counterpoints.

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Are you willing to take what he says at face value here? He repeats it every chance he gets. When people come on his show and tell them they're a fan, that the next generation follows his ideas, things like that, he always denies it, says he hopes not, etc. He honestly and sincerely thinks it's a s...

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Tucker Carlson bashes Stewart.

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MOYERS: You don't think of yourself as a social critic, do you? STEWART: Social critic? No. MOYERS: Media critic? STEWART: No. MOYERS: You don't? STEWART: I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. And that's really it. You know, i...

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More John Daily goodness: Jon Stewart interviewed on Crossfire . This is an infamous segment where Jon points out that partisan hackery is hurting America. Some people think this particular interview is why Crossfire was cancelled. Jon Stewart interviewed by Larry King . He points out that, no, he's...

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Scott Brown. That's the guy who drives a truck, right?

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Hearing "animal spirits" reminded me of this econ rap video, Keynes vs Hayek.

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John Daily is one of my personal heroes. And yes, I work for the Department of Defense. In general, I hate the "news". It's more than 95 percent worthless, and anything that useless can be safely ignored. However, I still want to keep up on important events, so I subscribe to a couple blog...

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Wow, they already repaid all of it? Oh, I see, they "repaid" it but the money we got in return was billions less than the money we paid out. Gotchya.

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I once stole a lighter from a gas station.

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Eventually, we'll have digital records with complete fidelity for every act you've ever committed, and only those people who are either extremely good at hiding their misdeeds or those who are completely spineless will be free from things they "need" to apologize for.

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The Daily Show called it Stealth Care Reform.

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Well it's the third video on the front of thedailyshow.com right now. Not sure why the share link isn't working - may not be fully updated yet since it was from last night's show.

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Jon Stewart says Olbermann's nothing more than a name-caller, covering the statement quoted above, and points out that he's fallen quite a ways.

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But religion _is_ ridiculous. And we should define our own ethics, not try to "interpret" thousand-year-old doctrine.

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/11/years-global-cooling-coming-say-leading-scientists/ Now they are predicting 30 years of cooling which is just a "pause" in the inevitable and steady trend towards global warming. 30 years is a "pause". That article has been debunked by c...

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According to this article , which uses CDC data (pdf) , completely eliminating every form of cancer would only increase average life expectancy by 3.36 years. Similarly, for eliminating all forms of heart disease, you gain an average of 6.7 years. That's why I support direct anti-aging research rath...

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Here's another discussion on the same topic , in the same format, no less. My favorite from his list is #3, "Boost subsidies to medical R&D by more than the Obama plan will do. Establish lucrative prizes for major breakthroughs and if need be consider patent auctions to liberate beneficial ...

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Using that logic, you can justify anything including taking our tax money to pay farmers not to raise cows and Brazillians not to chop down trees. It goes back to the utility calculation. How much data you put into that calculation, and how far you try to anticipate the future, will greatly affect ...

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/boy-had-headtofoot-fractures-1419807.html For every event where a parent's rights are improperly infringed, the hope is that there are 10 or more cases such as the above that were prevented. Do you know the statistics on how many children these regulations protec...

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kiryan wrote:Can we get certificatons on parenting, [...]

Please, god, yes...

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kiryan wrote:I never realized [...] I didn't ever think of it that way.

You should read more stuff that isn't "news".

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kiryan wrote:We are the primary ones that will lose if its not real.

And if it is real, we'll all be fine and dandy?

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Honestly, I go out of my way to avoid news, and it's almost impossible not to see this stuff posted everywhere across the internet. At least 5 of the blogs I read regularly "contributed" to coverage of climate-gate. And it was on the Daily Show, and the Colbert Report. My grandpa brought i...

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You should at least read the short post I linked with 'science is real'.

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1) Yes, I agree. 2) Yes, I agree. 3) I would agree if you were being specific to these individual scientists, but you seem to be saying that since this tiny number of people committed the errors above, they invalidate the thousands upon thousands of other scientists who have kept their act in line a...

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At least the Daily Show covered climate-gate and the absurd coverage of Tiger Woods, even though they only have 30 minutes a day, and were off last week.

Unfortunately, science is real even if you don't like it.

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Luckily, the Senate has passed an amendment to offer free mammograms. Free means they'll cost less!

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An article discussing state licensed hypnotists.

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avak wrote:Um, that is difficult to counter; assuming you actually feel that way. It kind of puts you in the 'why bother' camp on about most issues I can think of.

I focus on global catastrophic risks and organizations like the Lifeboat Foundation.

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avak wrote:Even the Pentagon's scenarios of that collapse are extremely dismal...like 100ks to millions of deaths.

There are 155,000 deaths every day. I imagine we can handle a few more.

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This is why I don't think you fully understand my position. Liberty has nothing to do with who wins or who loses, rather it is freedom from tyrannical or despotic government. When the strongest and the smartest win - it is evidence that tyranny and despotic governance has not hindered the people - ...

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I think it's a request for better information filtering. Fox News watchers say they're adept at pulling the facts out of various news sources and ignoring the bias - perhaps you should compile them appropriately, and post that analysis instead of a link, so we could have a discussion on the topic.

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