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- 2010-02-05 :more:talk: Debate tools: an experience report § “Previous posts have suggested that recent software tools might hold promise for improving on "traditional" forms of argument. This kind of suggestion is often more valuable when applied to a real and relevant case study. I found the promise compelling enough to give a few tools a try...” more...
- 2010-02-04 :more:talk: The government has your baby's DNA § “Many parents don't realize their baby's DNA is being stored in a government lab... "We were appalled when we found out," says Brown, who's a registered nurse. "Why do they need to store my baby's DNA indefinitely? Something on there could affect her ability to get a job later on, or get health insurance."” more...
- 2010-01-30 :more:talk: Twelve Simple Ways to Fight This Climate Change § “While we wait for Uncle Sam to take action — because after all, there's no question the global mean temperature is the province of the political class — that doesn't mean we can't do our part. ... There still are small, costly steps that we can take against this cold snap that can really make a difference:” more...
- 2010-01-29 :more:talk: San Francisco's Answer to Westboro Baptist Church § “Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest in front of Twitter's San Francisco office on Thursday, but found themselves severely outnumbered by a crowd of absurdist pranksters...” more...
- 2010-01-29 :more:talk: Rebutting (Again!) the 9/11 Truthers § “The belief that a handful of unexplained anomalies can undermine a well-established theory lies at the heart of all conspiratorial thinking (that includes, in addition to Holocaust denial, creationism and crank theories of physics), and is easily refuted by noting that beliefs and theories are not built on single facts alone, but on a convergence of evidence from multiple lines of inquiry. All of the "evidence" for a 9/11 conspiracy falls under the rubric of this fallacy.” more...
- 2010-01-29 :more:talk: Avoid These Cash Machines § “That sudden debt spike shows that KKR and its co-investors simply transferred their borrowings of $4.5 billion onto Dollar General's balance sheet. For their efforts, they took home a 150% paper profit (based on the IPO price), excluding fees and the costs of some rather minimal work they performed in reorganizing Dollar General -- much of which was charged to Dollar General.” more...
- 2010-01-15 :more:talk: Obama confidant's spine-chilling proposal § “In 2008, while at Harvard Law School, Sunstein co-wrote a truly pernicious paper proposing that the U.S. Government employ teams of covert agents and pseudo-"independent" advocates to "cognitively infiltrate" online groups and websites -- as well as other activist groups -- which advocate views that Sunstein deems "false conspiracy theories" about the Government.” more...
- 2010-01-03 :more:talk: We Must be Insane § “The same President who opted for escalation of a "war of absurdity" has now given us an Orwellian Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in which he sought to bring the ongoing wars of choice in Afghanistan and Iraq within the concept of "just wars" and war as a "last resort."” more...
- 2009-12-29 :more:talk: Response to Michael Shermer § “This is our response to Michael Shermer's article 9/11 Truthers Foiled by 12/25 Attack].” more...
- 2009-12-16 :more:talk: Who are the climate change skeptics? § “...a 2008 study that examined 141 "English-language environmentally sceptical books published between 1972 and 2005" found that over 92% of them were connected to conservative think tanks, either published by them or authored by persons directly affiliated with them...” more...
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