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    Image of Copyright trolling
    Copyright trolling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which revolutionized the cotton industry. But he had a hard time profiting from his invention because he tried to charge farmers a huge price (2/5 of their profits...

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    Image of TIL there are surgeons who restore virginity
    TIL there are surgeons who restore virginity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there are surgeons who specialize in restoring virginity. FTA: The clinic is not in Dubai or Cairo, but in Paris. And the surgery they are waiting for is to restore their...

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    Image of Socialism 101- Fs for everyone
    Socialism 101- Fs for everyone
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that...

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    Image of The O Team: Mental Babies With Razors
    The O Team: Mental Babies With Razors
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The brilliant opinionator and blogger Michelle Malkin yesterday started a collection point for cases of the O team saying to be sorry for having misspoken: read all about it in The Team Obama misspok...

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    Image of Morality and the trolley problem
    Morality and the trolley problem
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Remember that the socialist/collectivist mantra is that the NEEDS of the many outweigh the RIGHTS of the few? As I think we've established that socialists/collectivists have no problem with stealing,...

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    Image of Slut walks, rape, and hypocrisy - what's eye candy got to do with it?
    Slut walks, rape, and hypocrisy - what's eye candy got to do with it?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How we do love eye-candy. And, after all, "since when is a woman dressing sexy in public a bad thing?" By now, you've probably heard about the various "slut walks" that are happening all over the...

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    Image of Learned helplessness
    Learned helplessness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "Why do good men do nothing in the face of evil, especially when evil aggressively invades their lives? ...Some people are paralyzed by fear; some by denial. But many others are immobilized by a...

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    Image of Social contract hypocrisy
    Social contract hypocrisy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand wrote "Modern collectivists... see society as a super-organism, as some supernatural entity apart from and superior to the sum of its individual members." Those who support freedom are often...

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    Old enough to fight, old enough to vote, but no influence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "No taxation without representation" was a popular slogan that summarized a major grievance the British colonists had with England. The idea is simple enough to understand: if I don't get any substan...

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    The solution to the war problem
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I have always been very concerned about the problems of war. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about how unfair it is for the many innocent victims. So, as an amateur videographer, I have tried...

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    Image of Aligning social policy and incentives
    Aligning social policy and incentives
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Regardless or whether you agree or disagree with specific social programs, we can generally agree that government wastes much money as it tries to engineer social outcomes (50% by some estimates). Th...

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    Image of DNA collection
    DNA collection
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Will wonders never cease? California now has mandatory DNA collection from anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not they are ever charged or convicted. Instead of being limited to serious, violen...

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    Image of Sex, politics, religion, and IQ
    Sex, politics, religion, and IQ
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ Ha! Let the flame wars begin. DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Feb 27, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com...

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    Image of Osama bin Laden is dead - long live Emmanuel Goldstein
    Osama bin Laden is dead - long live Emmanuel Goldstein
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In light of the claim that Osama bin Laden has now been killed, we thought it might be a good idea to remind everyone of George Orwell's famous character in the novel 1984: Emmanuel Goldstein....

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    Abortion and rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the...

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    Image of Feeding the homeless banned
    Feeding the homeless banned
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as people in Haiti continue to starve in a country "occupied" by 10,000 aid organizations under the government umbrella of the United Nations (an organization designed for war)... They're...

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    Image of Doctors don't make enough income
    Doctors don't make enough income
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti stated "It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Speaking of health, the "perfect storm" appears to be coming in a very sick...

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    Image of Action --> Reaction
    Action --> Reaction
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Newton's Third Law suggests that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Is it morally proper for people to develop into militias to defend themselves and act in defiance of terrori...

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    Image of TIL Federal Reserve Bank stockholders don't pay taxes
    TIL Federal Reserve Bank stockholders don't pay taxes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, unlike people or other corporations, Federal reserve bank stockholders don't have to pay federal, state,or local taxes on their annual, fixed dividends of 6% on capital stock (w...

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    Image of Irony - Unions outsource protesting
    Irony - Unions outsource protesting
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Welcome to the bizarre world of union ideology. Unions are hiring unemployed people at the minimum wage to walk picket lines. (Snicker.) Why aren't they being paid union rates? I personally think the...

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    Image of Machiavellianism
    Machiavellianism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "For government [of conquered people] consists in nothing else but so controlling subjects that they shall neither be able to, nor have cause to, do you harm; which may be done either by making quite...

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    Image of Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
    Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Statists have plenty of bad ideas: going to war for oil, setting up regulatory agencies that don't do their jobs, molesting people in the name of se...

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    Ron Paul was right, and the Fed audit proves it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The printing press: what a great invention... It fostered a rapid development in and dissemination of art and science through the production of books. But one wonders if Johannes Gutenberg would be a...

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    Image of I spy, and you cannot hide
    I spy, and you cannot hide
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Former NSA employee Thomas Drake has a wife and 5 sons, one of whom has significant health problems. But, understanding the risks to him and his family, he couldn't remain silent and be complicit in...

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    Image of No victim, no crime: medical marijuana
    No victim, no crime: medical marijuana
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Though I personally prefer Henry David Thoreau ("That government is best which governs not at all"), in honor of Martin Luther King, an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience... Here's a moral...

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    One nation, under God, and undereducated
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For the most part, public education in the US is a disaster. Where the blame lies will be forever debated, but to claim otherwise is to sleep undisturbed in a fantasy world with "stark wake-up calls"...

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    None of the above
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In On The Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau wrote "How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with...

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    Image of Liberalism - a contradiction in ideals?
    Liberalism - a contradiction in ideals?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pulitzer prize winning author, Columbia professor, historian, and liberal Eric Foner thinks liberalism is in a state of contradiction. One the one hand, he says liberals want an "activist government"...

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    US parallels to Nazi Germany
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    They say that history repeats itself. Maybe that's the reason I'm never able to watch Schindler's List without bawling my eyes out. You don't have to be prescient to see the similarities already and...

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    Basic economics at work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Economics are very simple to understand. Granted, there are faux economists like Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman who try to confuse people with false theories that last only until other people's mone...

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    Image of The government can
    The government can
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In honor of Obama's state of the union address, I bring you Tim Hawkins VERY VERY FUNNY 3-minute video The Government Can which summarizes hundreds of hours of hard economic study: https://w...

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    How to secure your art
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many artists are concerned about copying, especially in the online world. It's a significant problem in Second Life where copybots can copy an artist's/owner's content without their permission. This...

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    Avertible oil catastrophe
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The oil catastrophe could have been averted were it not for the US government rejecting the help of people who know what to do in an oil spill and have the equipment for dealing with it. Why didn't t...

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    Learning how to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "U.S. colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other Western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today's workplace. The biggest weakness in the postsecondary-...

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    The ethics of capitalism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morality, and the moral code/ideology used when differentiating between right and wrong is critical (e.g., consider that Hitler used national socialis...

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    Image of Leave many children behind
    Leave many children behind
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's easy to predict the future. Take anything that the government says, reverse it, and you'll come pretty close to having a crystal ball. Why? Nietzsche knew: "The governments of the great States h...

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    Image of Big Brother is watching you
    Big Brother is watching you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The statist argument is always the same: "If you have nothing to hide, why do you care?" The government can attach a GPS device to your car and monitor your movements, and it's perfectly legal. And n...

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    Image of Innocence? Courts don't care
    Innocence? Courts don't care
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    And the court jesters speak: Yes, we know your client is innocent of sexual abuse and sodomy... don't speak to us about irrelevant ideas like innocence - we don't care. I am physically sick to my sto...

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    Taking down the internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Put on your tinfoil hats for this one. We recently saw that a country's government can easily and quickly shut down the internet. In a classic rope-a-dope, as Hillary Clinton babbles propaganda about...

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    Image of Short-selling - the protected companies
    Short-selling - the protected companies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    (Meanwhile, as the Italian cabinet approves a tough austerity plan, and as Nero feasts while Rome burns...) According to the AP, "France, Italy, Spain and Belgium are banning short-selling on sele...

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    Image of No such thing as society
    No such thing as society
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.'...

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    Freedom - the opposite of government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Granted, not everyone values freedom and wants to be free. But why do so many people think that prosperity is greater the larger/more powerful government is? Given how terrible the economy is, and gi...

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    I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTV: "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work, or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth. Banks are g...

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    Democracy - FAIL
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Article 21 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states the following: (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely ch...

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    Image of What were you thinking?
    What were you thinking?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Whether you're a moral relativist or absolutist, and based on whatever standards you choose, there are actions that you think are immoral. What is morally contemptible to you now might have been comm...

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    Image of A soldier's shame
    A soldier's shame
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    US soldier holds flag protest sign: "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Well put. Controversial? US Soldier Holds American Flag Protest Sign DISCUSS!...

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    Image of For God's sake
    For God's sake
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Possibly suggesting that religious beliefs were necessary for maintaining social order, Voltaire once wrote: "If God did not exist, he would have to be invented." Karl Marx agreed, calling it the "o...

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    No way to rule innocent men
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In Atlas Shrugged, Dr. Floyd Ferris states: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent...

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    Image of If I voted, Ron Paul is the man I would vote for
    If I voted, Ron Paul is the man I would vote for
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    First, let me make this perfectly clear: I am an anarchist (or, more specifically, an anarcho-capitalist). I do not support any kind of government, including a president. The last election I voted in...

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    Image of The myths of income equality
    The myths of income equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Capitalism gets a bad rap, often claimed to be the destroyer of everything good. One argument made is that capitalism creates class warfare - the rich against the poor. So-called "social crusaders,"...

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    US has highest prison population - why?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let this sink in for a moment: the United States has the highest prisoner population rate in the world. That's right, even more than China. (And, no - that doesn't include all of the hidden prisons i...

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    Image of The morality of helping the poor family - where does it end?
    The morality of helping the poor family - where does it end?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who "passionately" believes in the welfare system, is lashing out at parents who are raising their children through social welfare programs. He thinks the issue is a...

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    Taxation is a fight between individualism and collectivism - which side are you on?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to politics, it's difficult to say "liberals believe this" or "conservatives believe that." After all, within each political ideology, there are many views; sometimes even views that se...

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    Be afraid - be very, very afraid
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as Bradley Manning (aka "unappreciated hero #1") languishes in jail and is tortured by Obama's administration... There's an adage that goes "give to a good man all the powers he requests t...

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    Image of Coerced confessions - disgraceful
    Coerced confessions - disgraceful
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama's die-hard base is continuing to turn on him and abandon him... for the right reasons. (And Obama's administration is lashing out angrily at liberals, claiming that they should be "drug tested"...

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    Ayn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand warned us. She did it in her books such as Atlas Shrugged (and, to a certain extent, >The Fountainhead). She did it on TV such as in this famous interview between her and Mike Wallace on...

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    Mock burglaries
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about creating an atmosphere of fear... FTA: "It was meant to be an imaginative way of hammering home the message that some householders are making life too easy for burglars. But police were un...

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    The examples adults set for children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why are so many children familiar with the adage "do as I say, not as I do?" The answer should be obvious - because we, as adults, often do things that we don't want our children doing. Let's face it...

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    Government's taunt: "I know you are but what am I?"
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's an old Russian political joke where an American and a Soviet car salesmen are arguing about who makes better cars. The American asks: "How many decades does an average Soviet man need to work...

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    Civil disobedience against the TSA
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In case you haven't heard, the US Totally Stupid Administration (aka TSA) has deployed Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners at many airports that produce radiation to scan your body for po...

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    Astronomical economic numbers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Noble physicist Richard Feynman once said "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to cal...

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    Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic economy
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    Economics is typically considered very dry and of little interest to most. But to paraphrase the adage typically referring to politics, just because you ignore economics doesn't mean that it will ign...

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    Licensed to kill
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about getting a blow job. But here we have President Obama, a constitutional lawyer and professor, who is technically now a dictator without anyone calling for im...

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    Facebook's Gone Rogue
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...14 privacy groups filed a unfair-trade complaint with the FTC against Facebook on Wednesday... Facebook thinks that your notions of privacy - meaning your ability to control information abou...

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    The irony of political agreement
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It appears the "natives are getting restless." Liberals were "up in arms" (pun intended) because the organization Oath Keepers is preparing for violent revolt. They blasted Tea Partiers for purported...

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    Intellectual bankruptcy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why aren't liberals abandoning Obama when he does the same things for which they screamed at Bush (e.g., indefinite detention at Guantanamo, approving torture)? Because they have nowhere else to go....

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    Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "all governments are stupid" files, Italy brings us this: Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal ROME, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Italy's highest court of appeal affirmed the illegality of insu...

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    Mine! The never-ending fight over Palestine
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama is currently getting criticized because of his recent speech asserting that the US government officially supports a two-state solution based on Israel's pre-1967 borders along with negotiated...

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    The involved father - pathological, pain-in-the-ass
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You have never seen a bigger pain in the ass than the father who wants to get involved; he can be repulsive. He wants to meet the kid at three o'clock, take the kid out to dinner during the week, hav...

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    The deception of higher education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The typical four-year college degree has large costs, but it's questionable whether the benefits are usually there. In fact, students who secure college degrees are increasingly unlikely to make up t...

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    The true story of Thanksgiving
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    As Thanksgiving rolls around to the US, children will be taught the false story of the first Thanksgiving (just one of many myths children are taught). The real story is a case study that teaches a v...

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    The economy is in dire straits. Many adults can't find jobs. The government is lying about employment figures. So why would some politician try to repeal an existing law that would bring more people...

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    Impossible to pay debts
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    Ron Paul nails it again in the simplest of terms. Is it acceptable for someone to incur debt on your behalf and in your name if you don't know about it or, even worse, are opposed to it? Does it matt...

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    TIL that gas prices in Europe are double those in the US
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    Don't expect gas prices to "tank" anytime soon. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.) Today I learned that Americans live in a distorted world when it comes to gas prices. The average price of gas across...

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    It isn't illegal if the President does it
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    "Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." So said President Richard Nixon in his 1977 interview discussing presidential authority. Fast-forward 30 years. "I was a cons...

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    The mind machine project
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    In his prophetic novel 1984, George Orwell described a facecrime: "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smalles...

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    Are safety and freedom opposites?
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    When it comes to protecting civil liberties, it just keeps getting worse. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now testing what it calls Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). It i...

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    School-sanctioned privacy intrusion
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    School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home School-sanctioned privacy intrusion? "Schools are only interested in a child's best interests" claim those who ignore knowledge...

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    The reluctant anarchist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Tthe last election in which I voted was for Ross Perot for president in 1992. About 11 years later, I officially became an anarchist. In fact, even 8 years ago, I was arguing with an anarchist that,...

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    TIL a Kelo v. New London judge regrets his decision
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    Today I learned that Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer is "sorry" for the way he voted in the infamous eminent domain Kelo v. New London case. In that case, the US Supreme Court aff...

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    Passing with lower standards
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    In NY state, the exam to determine whether kids get to move to the next grade has been dumbed down by giving partial credit for very wrong answers. Go figure (pun intended). FTA: "A kid who answer...

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    Why soldiers get a kick out of killing
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    FTA: "Do some soldiers enjoy killing? If so, why? ...The reluctance of ordinary men to kill can be overcome by intensified training, direct commands from officers, long-range weapons and propaganda t...

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    Administrator's Introduction: The Greek philosopher Epictetus believed that only the educated are free. With that in mind, BrainCrave.com is more than just bringing people together for dating - it's...

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    The largest street gang in America
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    In my favorite book, Atlas Shrugged (a book about philosophy), there is the following statement:  'Thinking is man's only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the sou...

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    Is the rocky marriage over?
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    Is it time for those who don't want to physically force their will upon others to part with those who prefer otherwise? If people attempt to secede and are physically prevented from doing so, would t...

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    Scary - facts don't change our minds
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    "Facts don't necessarily have the power to change our minds. In fact, quite the opposite." Before you read this article to determine where that conclusion came from, ponder that quote for a moment...

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    Protecting the environment
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    Over the last week, we've had a few discussions come up around how the government protects the environment. Though I didn't know it until I did some research, I wasn't surprised… FTA: "Who's the gr...

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    If women ruled the world
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    Do a search on the web and you'll find all sorts of criteria for what makes an effective leader. People can't even seem to agree on the definition of leadership. As a result, theories abound. But wha...

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    Nuclear expansion is nuclear disarmament
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    War is Peace Ignorance is Strength Freedom is Slavery Nuclear Expansion is Nuclear Disarmament FTA: "In a move he insists is somehow consistent with his call for disarmament, President Ob...

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    Feminism - doomed to fail
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    Is feminism doomed to fail? Is there even one accepted definition of feminism? Are there any benefits of feminism? FTA: "Although it is not Susan Pinker's intention in writing it, reading her exce...

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    The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
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    What a completely ridiculous statement, right? Calling Ron Paul a progressive? So why are some prominent progressives suggesting that Ron Paul is more progressive than Obama? Liberals and progress...

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    In Defense of Joe Stack
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    Which do you consider more delusional: flying a plane into a government building in retaliation of government abuse or believing that the government exists to protect your individual rights? If yo...

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    Politics by Aristotle
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Written in 350 BCE. 'nuff said. FTA: "Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim t...

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    The essence of political definitions: what does it mean to be a liberal?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand once wrote that "Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration." Perhaps that's one of the reasons politics always appear...

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    Web threatens women and children
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    Sure, blame it on women and children. FTA: "Every Google web search could be stored for up to two years under a controversial new EU plan that has the backing of more than 300 Euro-MEPs... The dec...

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    TIL which countries make up the UK
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    Today I learned which countries make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), the difference between the United Kingdom (four countries) and Great Britain (England, Sco...

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    Dissent is criminal
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    It's now official: subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by the people face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 dollar fine if they fail to register with authorities in So...

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    The last line of defense when the law is wrong
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    There's a button that some wear on election day. It says "I voted." It's as if voting makes them feel powerful. But the vote they cast typically isn't for a specific law - it's usually for a polit...

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