Tulane football player fractures spine in game at Tulsa - CNN.com
Parents who let their kids play football should be jailed for endangering their children. How many head injuries and spinal injuries will it take to ban this stupid sport?
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Religion and Dawkins
Thumbs up for his courage, here are some thoughts that came to me:
I refuse to believe in a violent male entity above in the heaven who toys with humanity; I refuse to believe in a murderer who starves, inflicts diseases and rages wars - not unlike the Greek Gods - taking sides. I refuse to believe in a thunder maker who created the poor so that he could let them die. I refuse to believe in a God who chose a few over billions others.
Zeus had warned that if people stopped believing he would destroy them. People stopped believing they survived - although they had, for Zeus and in his name- conducted sacrifices, especially and conveniently of their daughters (dowry)...
"Jesus is to the church as men is to woman" is what religions preach; it ... is creepy.
All that I want is God taken out of the political discourse; and all the churches, mosques and temples to pay taxes, so that they do not become an evasion system through which the religious radicals channel political moneys and thus influence the laws of our country. These religious Institutions promote bigotry, because they are isolationists, and thus always dislikes some other groups.
Believe if you may but do not impose your beliefs on me.
Believe if you may but do not impose your beliefs on me.
Japan's Fukushima operator to release more video on disaster | Reuters
Japan's Fukushima operator to release more video on disaster | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, has bowed to pressure from the media and government and decided to release more video footage of staff trying to contain the March 2011 crisis."
Exclusive: China president-in-waiting signals quicker reform - sources | Reuters
Exclusive: China president-in-waiting signals quicker reform - sources | Reuters: (Reuters) - "China's president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, has said the ruling Communist Party must embrace reform with fresh vigor to stave off social and economic malaise, sources said, citing accounts of comments he made at a meeting with a party reformer."
BP executives sought to blame blue collar rig workers: U.S. | Reuters
BP executives sought to blame blue collar rig workers: U.S. | Reuters: (Reuters) - "BP executives wanted to concentrate blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster on "blue collar rig workers" in order to save themselves, U.S. government lawyers wrote in a court document that until Thursday was partially redacted."
The separatist map of Africa: interactive | World news | guardian.co.uk
The separatist map of Africa: interactive | World news | guardian.co.uk: "When African states gained independence, the continent's new leaders agreed to respect the old colonial borders to avoid endless wars. But separatist movements still abound"
We should note that the colonial borders never took into account the different tribes and their undrawn territories; this has had dire consequences on Africa's stability, and are to a large extent responsible for many of the tribal unrests. Western countries and China have exploited these conflicts selling weapons to a favored tribe over others and thus gained access to Africa's rich resources.
We should note that the colonial borders never took into account the different tribes and their undrawn territories; this has had dire consequences on Africa's stability, and are to a large extent responsible for many of the tribal unrests. Western countries and China have exploited these conflicts selling weapons to a favored tribe over others and thus gained access to Africa's rich resources.
Obama campaign brags about its whistleblower persecutions | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Obama campaign brags about its whistleblower persecutions | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Excuse me if I don't join in Democrats' sycophantic cheerleading for an Obama presidency that has shredded laws and liberties"
Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents | Reuters
Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A human rights organization says it has collected evidence of two previously unreported cases in which U.S. agents used waterboarding or a similar harsh interrogation technique on Libyan militants held by American forces in Afghanistan."
BBC News - West Nile virus death toll in US jumps by a third
BBC News - West Nile virus death toll in US jumps by a third: "The death toll from US cases of West Nile virus, which has killed scores of people, has risen by nearly a third in a week, according to health officials."
Louisiana looks for 'smoking gun' to link Isaac tar balls to Gulf oil disaster | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Louisiana looks for 'smoking gun' to link Isaac tar balls to Gulf oil disaster | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Officials report weathered oil in areas struck by the hurricane that also were badly damaged after the Deepwater Horizon spill"
NYPD secret police spying of Muslims ends New Jersey surveillance | World news | guardian.co.uk
NYPD secret police spying of Muslims ends New Jersey surveillance | World news | guardian.co.uk: "The secret demographics unit's controversial surveillance practices turned up no leads or cases in more than six years"
Exclusive: A fourth trader under scrutiny in JPM Whale probe | Reuters
Exclusive: A fourth trader under scrutiny in JPM Whale probe | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A fourth London-based JPMorgan Chase trader is under scrutiny in the investigation by U.S. authorities into the bank's nearly $6 billion trading loss, according to sources familiar with the situation."
ECB faces moment of truth on bond-buying plan | Reuters
ECB faces moment of truth on bond-buying plan | Reuters: (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will try to back up his pledge to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro on Thursday, presenting some details of a new bond-buying plan that is transfixing markets hopeful it can ease the euro zone crisis.
Palestinian man dies after setting himself alight | World news | guardian.co.uk
Palestinian man dies after setting himself alight | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Mohamed Abu Nada wanted to draw attention to his family's poverty in Gaza, said his father"
Brazil asks Venezuela to investigate village massacre claims | World news | guardian.co.uk
Brazil asks Venezuela to investigate village massacre claims | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Brazil asks Caracas for help in determining whether gold miners killed more than 70 members of Yanomami tribe from helicopter"
New York probes private equity tax strategy: source | Reuters
New York probes private equity tax strategy: source | Reuters: (Reuters) - "At least a dozen U.S. private equity firms have been subpoenaed by the New York state attorney general as part of a probe into whether a widely used tax strategy that saved these firms hundreds of millions of dollars is proper, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday."
Human safaris may be banned, but still tourists flock to Andaman Islands | World news | The Observer
Human safaris may be banned, but still tourists flock to Andaman Islands | World news | The Observer:"Eight months after the Observer revealed the shocking story of how tourists were paying to gawp at reclusive tribe, Gethin Chamberlin returns to find the practice still goes on"
Bain Capital and other firms subpoenaed in New York tax probe | World news | guardian.co.uk
Bain Capital and other firms subpoenaed in New York tax probe | World news | guardian.co.uk: "In the midst of a heated election, Mitt Romney's former company is among a dozen firms facing scrutiny over tax practices"
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Tony Blair should face trial over Iraq war, says Desmond Tutu | Politics | The Observer
Tony Blair should face trial over Iraq war, says Desmond Tutu | Politics | The Observer: "Anti-apartheid hero attacks former prime minister over 'double standards on war crimes'"
Two thumbs up for Mr. Tutu
Two thumbs up for Mr. Tutu
Spineless creatures under threat, from worms to bees: study | Reuters
Spineless creatures under threat, from worms to bees: study | Reuters: (Reuters) - "The vital tasks carried out by tiny "engineers" like earthworms that recycle waste and bees that pollinate crops are under threat because one fifth of the world's spineless creatures may be at risk of extinction, a study showed on Friday."
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