February 2012
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Not been posting much because I’ve been really into the 3rd generation behavioral therapies of radical behaviorism like ACT. Found a copy of Sartre’s Being and Nothingness at the used bookstore in the Commons today, and getting into to chickens and mushroom cultivation around the home!
I don’t know who started substituting the word Republican with the word “vaginaphobe,” but I like it! I saw some vaginaphobe legislation today…. etc
Lawsuit says Obama can't be president because he's... →
Indiana Republican Rep Says Girl Scouts Are ‘Bent... →
Indiana Republican Rep Says Girl Scouts Are ‘Bent On Communism, Lesbianism And Destroying America’
February 22, 2012
By Michael Hayne
With the US economy showing improvement, including the Dow Jones up nearly 100 percent, it can only mean that Republicans need to ratchet up the crazy talk on abortion and contraception, since they have nothing to run but fear and fear itself. No group or...
Rick Santorums views are alerting American voters... →
Rick Santorum
TUESDAY, FEB 21, 2012 8:58 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME
Thanks, Rick Santorum! No, really
Your backward views are alerting American voters about GOP extremism on issues of health and privacy
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Rick Santorum (Credit: AP/Eric Gay)
TOPICS:RICK SANTORUM, CONTRACEPTION, 2012 ELECTIONS
OK, it’s true: Rick Santorum didn’t sponsor Virginia legislation...
"25% of super PAC money coming from just 5 rich... →
25% of super PAC money coming from just 5 rich donors
By Fredreka Schouten, Gregory Korte and Christopher Schnaars, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – Five wealthy people, led by Dallas industrialist Harold Simmons and Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, have donated nearly $1 of every $4 flowing to the super PACs raising...
Obama Readies Plan to Cut Corporate Tax Rate from... →
Obama cutting corporate tax rate from 35 to 28%! “Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, wants to reduce the corporate tax rate to 25 percent before eliminating any tax breaks. Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, wants to cut the rate to 17.5 percent and eliminate corporate taxes for manufacturers.
Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, wants to cut the rate to 12.5...
Giant Throbbing 2012 Presidents’ Day Fun Quiz*
*No fair Googling!
1. Which president ended the standard practice of setting aside time every weekday to let ordinary citizens, via appointment, discuss their concerns face-to-face with him? A) Lincoln B) Hoover C) McKinley D) Cleveland
2. Which president opened a Tiffany’s account to refurbish the White House? A) Van Buren B) Arthur...
Amazon.com: Uranium Ore: Industrial & Scientific →
LOL Check out the reviews on this product. You really can get everything at Amazon! The guy I heard this from said, “I ordered mine 4.67 billion yrs ago, and when I opened it, it was half empty!” ;P
Guess what law goes into effect the same exact...
To fully understand what went on you need a little a short history lesson dating back to the great year of 2008. You remember 2008 right? Oil prices shot up to $4+ gallon. A government agency called the CFTC(Commodity Futures Trading Commission) did an investigation. The CFTC found out that that TWO guys & one trading firm caused the entire 2008 high oil price fiasco. Here is the important...
Climate change has killed yellow cedar trees on... →
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Forest Service researchers have confirmed what has long been suspected about a valuable tree in Alaska’s Panhandle: climate warming is killing off yellow cedar.
The mighty trees can live more than 1,000 years, resisting bugs and rot and even defending themselves against injury, but their shallow roots are vulnerable to freezing if soil is not insulated by snow. And...
Occupy the SEC submitted a letter to the SEC... →
Yesterday, a group affiliated with Occupy Wall Street submitted an astounding comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Point by point, it methodicallychallenges the arguments of finance industry lobbyists who want to water down last year’s historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms. The lobbyists have been using the law’s official public comment period to try to kneecap...
Obama Administration officials are convinced that... →
Obama Officials: Iran Sanctions Will Fail, Leading to War
‘Sweet Spot’ for War Right Before Election
by Jason Ditz, February 17, 2012
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While insisting that they “want to see sanctions work,” Obama Administration officials are convinced that the sanctions won’t lead Iran to abandon its civilian nuclear program and that either the US or Israel...
"Palin took her anti-intellectualism to a new... →
The “Quitta from Wasilla,” half-term Governor Sarah Palin, is almost infamous for her factually inaccurate statements. In the past, she’s made some pretty outrageous assertions, like when she claimed that Paul Revere rode to warn the British.
Palin took her anti-intellectualism to a new level yesterday, when she stated that she doesn’t believe that the economy is improving, because the...
Kinect plus Animals h/t reddit
Check this gif out - this guy’s playing X-box using the Kinect where you move your body to move the character and, well, he has a little problem.
source: http://i.imgur.com/MFvhA.gif
According to Santorum, 45 million Baptists,... →
Rick Santorum is a Roman Catholic. Normally, there’s nothing wrong with that. Unless you declare war on other Christians. Then it becomes a problem and that’s exactly what Santorum did in a 2008 speech about Protestantism at Ave Maria University. According to Santorum, 45 million Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, and many Americans who belong to other sects of...
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The Map is Not the Territory – Alfred Korzybski... →
The Map is Not the Territory – Alfred Korzybski and the Lineage of Western Gurus
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Alfred Korzybski was a Polish philosopher who wrote about a theory of general semantics in a book called Science and Sanity. The basic idea behind Korzybski’s philosophy was that we actually experience our world through language and pictures of states of our nervous systems, not directly. He felt that...
Congress Votes to Extend Payroll Tax Cuts and... →
WASHINGTON — With members of both parties expressing distaste at some of the particulars, Congress on Friday voted to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits and sent the legislation to President Obama, ending a contentious political and policy fight.
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Enlightened self-interest Here the person basically puts herself first and puts the interests of significant others a close second. Sometimes, however, she will put the interests of others before her own.
Enlightened self-interest is therefore a flexible position and contrasts with selfishness (the dogmatic position where the person is only concerned with her own interests and is indifferent to...
Indecision 2012 - Mitt Romney's & Rick Santorum's... →
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Getting involved with the local Kalurah Shriners - I can’t wait for my tricycle and funny hat!
I won the Derrick Jensen raffle!
“Hi Brian, Congratulations! You won the raffle for a Skype conversation with Derrick! Hooray! Thanks for participating! I’m going to cc this email to Derrick. So now Brian and Derrick, you can arrange a time that will work for both of you to do a Skype. Brian, keep in mind that Derrick is busy and it may take some time to find a good spot in his schedule. Thanks everyone! Best...
Daily Kos: Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: GOP can't... →
Visual source: Newseum
You have to wonder who had the genius idea on the conservative side of the aisle to launch a full-throttle attack on women’s health under the banner of “religious freedom” right when Rick Santorum (R-Middle Ages) is peaking in the polls. Even if GOP consultants were on a Democratic payroll, the situation couldn’t have played out any better in the...
G.M. Reports Its Largest Annual Profit. Ever.... →
G.M. Reports Big Profit; Europe Lags
Susan McSpadden for Chevrolet
Loading a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco on a car carrier. All G.M. workers will get profit-sharing checks, some as high as $7,000.
By NICK BUNKLEY
Published: February 16, 2012
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DETROIT — General Motors reported a big annual profit on Thursday, but losses in...
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Mind Science Quotes of the Day
“It must be, then, that an individual can be trapped only when he considers that he is trapped. In view of the fact that the totality of existence is based upon his own considerations, we find that the limitations he has must have been invited by himself— otherwise they could not be eradicated by [him]. The pre-clear by … can resolve all of his [emotional] difficulties without going...
