Monday, August 15, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
An Atheist Manifesto
1954 Joseph Lewis: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33825/33825-h/33825-h.htm
2005 Sam Harris: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Sam_Harris/Atheist_Manifesto.html
2005 Sam Harris: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Sam_Harris/Atheist_Manifesto.html
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Gray Matter
In teh netz delightful webby way, i came across this site today:
In a large sample of young adults, we related self-reported political attitudes to gray matter volume using structural MRI. We found that greater liberalism was associated with increased gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, whereas greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right amygdala.
anterior cingylate cortex -- a gray matter of the brain associated with understanding complexity
right amygdala -- an almond-shaped area that is associated with fear and anxiety
In a large sample of young adults, we related self-reported political attitudes to gray matter volume using structural MRI. We found that greater liberalism was associated with increased gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, whereas greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right amygdala.
anterior cingylate cortex -- a gray matter of the brain associated with understanding complexity
right amygdala -- an almond-shaped area that is associated with fear and anxiety
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Enlightenment
vid found at this excellent site at which you very well may while away many hours:
http://www.openculture.com/2011/07/50_famous_academics_talk_about_god.html
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Monday, June 27, 2011
And our choices are
conservative Rethugs who are privatizing schools and entire cities by appointing fiscal managers; continuing to decimate bargaining rights in favor of slave labor; eliminating human rights, especially of the poor and women
a current conservative Demoncrat regime that continues and escalates the Bush Doctrines of war, torture, secrecy, and lies on top of lies.
Is there anyone worth voting for in the upcoming presidential election? Is there anyone out there that tells the truth?
Well, well, it appears someone told the truth.
Michele Bachmann: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too," she told Fox News prior to the official announcement of her candidacy in Waterloo.
That's the spirit, Michele. You and John Wayne... ... ...Gacy.
help
a current conservative Demoncrat regime that continues and escalates the Bush Doctrines of war, torture, secrecy, and lies on top of lies.
Is there anyone worth voting for in the upcoming presidential election? Is there anyone out there that tells the truth?
Well, well, it appears someone told the truth.
Michele Bachmann: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too," she told Fox News prior to the official announcement of her candidacy in Waterloo.
That's the spirit, Michele. You and John Wayne... ... ...Gacy.
help
Monday, June 20, 2011
VIPR
Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (program)
The VIPR swarm by Homeland Security's TSA at a Tampa bus station last Wednesday was just one of over 8,000 (in addition to airports) security patdowns and searches of US citizens going about their own business within their own country.
And more than 300 law enforcement and military personnel swept through a 100-mile stretch of the Ohio Valley examining the area’s industrial infrastructure, the Charleston Gazette reported.
Federal air marshals, the Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, the FBI, the Office of Homeland Security and two dozen other federal, state and local agencies teamed up to scour the state’s roads, bridges, water supply and transit centers under the TSA’s leadership.
Is this the formation of the “civilian national security force” President O called for on the campaign trail “that is just as powerful, just as strong and just as well funded” as the military?
Shades of jack-booted Nazis, will we continue to quietly submit?
The VIPR swarm by Homeland Security's TSA at a Tampa bus station last Wednesday was just one of over 8,000 (in addition to airports) security patdowns and searches of US citizens going about their own business within their own country.
And more than 300 law enforcement and military personnel swept through a 100-mile stretch of the Ohio Valley examining the area’s industrial infrastructure, the Charleston Gazette reported.
Federal air marshals, the Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, the FBI, the Office of Homeland Security and two dozen other federal, state and local agencies teamed up to scour the state’s roads, bridges, water supply and transit centers under the TSA’s leadership.
Is this the formation of the “civilian national security force” President O called for on the campaign trail “that is just as powerful, just as strong and just as well funded” as the military?
Shades of jack-booted Nazis, will we continue to quietly submit?
Friday, June 17, 2011
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