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Sarah Palin CPAC 2014
A friend bailed on the speech, making the very plausible case that Palin is simply another political celebrity freakshow, like Donald Trump. I can see the point there but, with Palin, and watching the hysterical reception her puerile screed received, … Continue reading
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Whole Foods: America’s Temple of Pseudoscience
At times, the Whole Foods selection slips from the pseudoscientific into the quasi-religious. It’s not just the Ezekiel 4:9 bread its recipe drawn from the eponymous Bible verse, or Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, or Vitamineral Earth’s “Sacred Healing Food.” It’s … Continue reading
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UK spy agency tapped into 1.8 million Yahoo Web cam chats
Of course, there are a few problems here. First of which, one could also search this system for anyone and everyone they wanted to blackmail or destroy. Got a political opponent who’s being difficult? See if you can find a … Continue reading
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Why is the U.S. Olympic Committee Tax Exempt?
And USOC paid its senior staff handsomely. A dozen of its top executives made $250,000 or more in 2012, and its CEO, Scott Blackmun, received $965,000. After all that, it still had nearly $100 million in surplus revenue. To be … Continue reading