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Logical Fallacies of Common Religious Arguments

for… being too explicit, but… as we know other things are ok, as this blog notes in commenting on the topic:
The Independent
Human Too Human:
But to show scenes of war and distruction, to go to church and see paintings of naked men tortured and flogged and crucified, to even hear gory and morbid details of torments inflicted on “saints”, to be exposed for hours to the vulgarity and superficiality of TV shows, quizzes, ads and so forth is Ok in the USA….

List of cognitive biases – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Cognitive bias

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this is a good start to a list of some of the biases we all live with and promote every day..

Take Action: Tell Your Senators: Reject Bush’s Homophobic Surgeon General Nominee:
Tell Your Senators: Reject Bush’s Homophobic Surgeon General Nominee

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this is an age where hatespewers and their cronies should not be allowed to promote their opinion as political agenda or medical science. that the bushies would even consider rewarding him for his actions speaks immensely of their inappropriateness to hold public offices.

Don’t forget your shovel. :: One World:
One World

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yes, this is a great one…. an excellent video for all purposes.

TechSnap – Bored? Entertain Yourself » Blog Archive » Yes.. Offices for the Win:
Yes.. Offices for the Win
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something to think about when people say ‘progress’ possibly nsfw

Man Arrested After Telling Women They Were ‘Extremely Beautiful’ – News Story – KMGH Denver:
He told each woman in two separate incidents that they were extremely beautiful and that they should consider modeling.

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america is the land of the free….

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Panda Prison Break

Eurozine – Citizenship as a learning process – Gerard Delanty Disciplinary citizenship versus cultural citizenship:
In the dominant liberal discourse on citizenship, learning processes have tended to be reduced to citizenship classes and formal membership of the polity

In Your ‘puter, Stealin’ Your P0rn::
Consumerist rigs up auto screencast-recording on their PC to catch the Geek Squad copying files from it when they sent it in for service.

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hmmm very problematic. people trust geeksquad i bet…