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Swine-Flu Scare Brings Out Homeopathy Kooks
I get email:
Re: ... the overhyped swine flu scare...
Hi Mark,
Regardless of media hype, let me give you an inside look. The cases in ...
Sanctuary in the Skies
The sky is falling. Or so it would seem, listening to the wails of outrage from frequent travelers for whom ...
Abstinence Marriage Challenge Draws No Takers
A "challenge" promising $10,000 for a wedding to couples who agree to abstain from sex and undergo religious counseling is going down in flames. No one has stepped up ...
Mormons Blackmail Student Over Diploma
Apparently, diplomas are conditional and can now be revoked at will. If there was ever a better argument for secularizing all colleges, I haven't heard it. This action also ...
Nimby Ninnies
An article on CNN describes the "plight" of a man who doesn't like wind turbines: He hates the sight and he hates ...
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Gingrich Leads Chorus of Simpletons
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Gingrich Leads Chorus of Simpletons WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Solutions for Winning the Future announced today that more than 100,000 ...
Carbon Belch Day: When Morons Attack
Carbon Belch Day: When Morons Attack Conservative grassroots group Grassfire.org wants people to waste as much energy as possible on June 12 by "hosting a barbecue, going ...
Why I Moderate Comments
Name: jeff bob | E-mail: joshy793@aol.com | IP: 71.252.132.111 | Date: May 13, 2008 Al gore is a hoax. All he did was restate an opinion. ...
The Fascist Parents Television Council
Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most ...
Coptic Christians Starve American Exchange Student
HALLOWELL, Maine - Jonathan McCullum was in excellent health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
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The Ludicrous Penny
Stupid Thing: The Penny
Why it's stupid: Money that's not. Costs 1.2 cents to mint. Need handfuls to buy a cup of coffee.
Bad rationale: Sentimentality, Hoarding
Short-term solution: ...