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Original topic: here Okay, let's unpack that somewhat. Firstly, you use the terms regressive, militant, and radical with regards to a "left". As an opening gambit, this appears somewhat of a pot calling a kettle black. Surely, as implied, you believe yourself to be "better"? I'll give you...

May 2017 treat you all to those things you hope for, and give you the courage to fight for the things that wishing can't produce. :D

Now that we're down to the last six-and-a-bit months of the U.S. presidential election cycle, how do you feel about the policies proposed by the final five candidates? How do you think each would deal with the issues most likely to be theirs to solve? Who is most likely to win, and is that who...

Link-me-do Really interesting article, thought I'd share it. I'd love to read a book on the so-called conservatives in America and their constant state of utter bonker. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

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I have several invites for Google's new definitely-not-a-Gmail-replacement, Inbox. It's pretty neat, actually. Definitely worth trying out if you've always wanted to organise your inbox with tags, filters, and what-have-you but couldn't be arsed. First come, first serve.

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Earth-shaking dinosaur discovered Best of Last Week – New model for dark matter, Martian clouds and mind to mind conversing Infamous “podcast patent” heads to trial Why the Big History project funded by Bill Gates is alarming Why it’s so much harder to think like a Conservative The...

Which computing devices do you use? Of course, I use a PC or laptop for general day-to-day stuff, and those who know me well know I use GNU/Linux (ElementaryOS to be precise) as my main operating system. My laptop is an HP Pavilion g6 with an AMD E2-3000 APU and 8GiB of up yours RAM. Pretty...

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Senate Abortion Hearing Reveals Junk Science Behind Women's Health Laws EXCLUSIVE: ‘PRO-TROOP’ CHARITY PAYS OFF TEA PARTY CRONIES INSTEAD “Right to be Forgotten” may affect skeptic outreach Prehistoric animal remains discovered in U.S. Two-headed dolphin carcass discovered in Turkey...

Haha! Oh wow. I think I need a Doctor facepalming. Hang on. :docpalm: There we are. I think my opinion on "movement" atheism is well known so I won't go on. ...but is there really any point to this sort of stuff? Can something as bizarre an idea as Atheism TV even have...

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