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‘Genderqueer’ rising: Colleges welcome kids who identify as neither male nor female
Post Date: 2013-11-30 14:03:58 by Jethro Tull
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The weekly meetings of Mouthing Off!, a group for students at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, always start the same way. Members take turns going around the room saying their names and the personal pronouns they want others to use when referring to them — she, he or something else.It’s an exercise that might seem superfluous given that Mills, a small and leafy liberal arts school historically referred to as the Vassar of the West, only admits women as undergraduates. Yet increasingly, the “shes” and “hers” that dominate the introductions are keeping third-person company with ...
C2C recap
Post Date: 2013-11-30 06:35:43 by Tatarewicz
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Gratitude, Mothman, & Open Lines: In the first half of Thursday's show, writer, eco-activist and book publisher Brenda Knight talked about the power of gratitude to change and save lives. There is a movement toward gratitude on the planet right now-- instead of being filled with worry and anxiety, "if you just stop for one minute and think about what you're grateful for, it's going to turn your life around," she remarked. Knight starts each morning with a "gratitude practice," which includes counting her blessings, saying what she's grateful for, and then setting her intention for the day. What you're looking for is also looking for you, but you ...
Hilarious Airline Complaint Letters
Post Date: 2013-11-28 23:47:12 by James Deffenbach
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Airline complaint letters are often angry, as they are by their very nature written by travelers who have been through an unpleasant travel experience. A letter to LIAT, a small Caribbean airline that serves 21 destinations, received a complaint letter that is so humorous that Sir Richard Branson, the CEO of the Virgin Group, tweeted it to his more than three million followers. "How to write a complaint letter - read this hilarious note from a frustrated airline passengers," Branson tweeted. He was once the recipient of a hilarious complaint letter himself, where the traveler, Oli Beale, a British advertising executive, referred to his flight on Virgin Atlantic as a ...
Thanksgiving 2013 Google Doodle
Post Date: 2013-11-28 07:52:23 by GreyLmist
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Description: As a motley crew of woodland creatures joins together for a Thanksgiving feast, a fox learns that everyone has something they can bring to the table. Google.com Page ViewPoster Comment:Indians and Pilgrims dancing too:
After bride is left at altar, guest steps up to marry her
Post Date: 2013-11-28 05:46:43 by Tatarewicz
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A bride in India showed up expecting to marry one guy and ended up marrying a wedding guest instead, according to a story in "The Times of India." The 23-year-old bride was supposed to marry a 35-year-old man who backed out of the marriage by not showing up at the ceremony. The intended groom's parents said he argued with them before leaving home. When locals heard that the bride had been stranded at the altar, a relative of the bride stepped in to marry her, according to the report. The wedding took place in India's Kanyakumari district.
NYC considers adding e-cigarettes to smoking ban
Post Date: 2013-11-28 03:11:55 by Tatarewicz
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The Associated Press NEW YORK — Proposed legislation that would include electronic cigarettes in the city's ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other indoor public spaces is coming up for consideration by a committee of the New York City Council. The council's Health Committee has scheduled a public hearing on the issue for Dec. 4. Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered, and allow users to inhale vaporized liquid nicotine instead of tobacco smoke. The legislation is sponsored by Speaker Christine Quinn and Councilmember James Gennaro. They say allowing e-cigarettes in places where tobacco cigarettes are banned threatens "effective enforcement" of the smoking ...
Electronic Cigarette Manufacturer Giveaway - Free Trial Offer Today
Post Date: 2013-11-28 02:23:25 by Tatarewicz
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Electronic Cigarette Manufacturer Giveaway - Free Trial Offer Today[2013]Note: Only 7 Trials Still Available. Free Trial Promotion Ends Tomorrow! The use of electronic cigarettes have recently grabbed the attention of countless tobacco users worldwide. Are they really a healthier and cheaper alternative to traditional cigarettes? Creators and product users now say you can enjoy a cheaper, healthier cigarette without the bad smells, second-hand smoke, or cancer causing chemicals. With these huge claims, we decided to investigate the electronic cigarette for our readers. A few of the benefits claimed from using the electronic cigarette: No tar, tobacco, carbon monoxide, or ash. Get the ...
Question
Post Date: 2013-11-26 23:57:03 by Horse
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I am trying to watch a foreign language movie on YouTube. It says to click on the CC button at the bottom of the screen to get English and other language subtitles. I click and I click. I right click. And still nothing. What in hell do I have to do? Thanks in advance.
The Way Space Aliens Might See US
Post Date: 2013-11-26 23:33:29 by James Deffenbach
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Spectators watch in horror as animal trainer is left fighting for life after tiger bit him on the neck at Steve Irwin's zoo
Post Date: 2013-11-26 14:19:36 by X-15
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A tiger trainer has been flown to hospital by helicopter after one of the animals bit him on the neck at the Australia Zoo, opened by the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin. David Styles, 30, suffered puncture wounds to the neck in the incident described by one visitor as 'horrifying.' He was treated by paramedics before being flown to a flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital by the RACQ Careflight helicopter in a serious condition. He was conscious and breathing, but was sustained two large puncture wounds from the attack. . The zoo is famous throughout the world as it was owned by crocodile hunter Steve Irwin who was killed by a stingray barb while swimming off ...
Brits having less sex _ but more variety
Post Date: 2013-11-26 02:53:02 by Tatarewicz
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LONDON (AP) — When it comes to the bedroom, the British may be getting less busy, but more creative. According to results from the latest national sex survey, Britons are having sex less often — but the kinds of sex they’re having are more diverse than in the past. Scientists also found the sex habits of British women are changing faster than those of men, with a fourfold jump in the proportion of women who had a same-sex experience since the first survey was done in 1990, from 4 percent to 16 percent. In comparison, the numbers of men who reported a same-sex experience have remained virtually unchanged since 1990, at about 7 percent. On average, the number of sexual ...
Breaking: Man with a gun "sheltering in place" at Yale
Post Date: 2013-11-25 11:28:23 by Jethro Tull
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Boola boola, take my guns away, screw 'em all I'm having turkey anyway!
Letter of the Week
Post Date: 2013-11-24 18:59:16 by James Deffenbach
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Sunday Humor: Truth In Advertising
Post Date: 2013-11-24 17:31:42 by Horse
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Photoshopped or not, in a world of constant propaganda and doublespeak, the following ad seen in Egypt is a welcome respite in the world of bigger and bigger lies... What we think they meant is - and perhaps with a nod to this blog (and other non-mainstream media) "the pen is mightier than the sword"
Pre-K teacher sends note complaining about students’ ‘unpleasant smells’ (massive chimping ensues!!)
Post Date: 2013-11-23 18:44:28 by X-15
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Some parents of students at the B.U.I.L.D. Academy in Buffalo, New York had complaints of their own after receiving a handwritten complaint letter from their children’s pre-kindergarten teacher. The note sent home with some students read in part, “Several children in Pre-K ages 3-4 are coming to school (sometimes daily) with soiled, stained, or dirty clothes. Some give off unpleasant smells and some appear unclean and unkept.” The teacher went on asking that parents address the matter as, “It is a health and safety concern. It also makes it difficult for me to be close to them or even want to touch them. Enough said.” It’s a message that has many outraged ...
Paraprosdokians
Post Date: 2013-11-21 23:37:11 by Horse
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Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. Winston Churchill loved them. 1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list. 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. 5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. 6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left. 7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. 8. To steal ideas from one person is ...
No great story ever started with a salad
Post Date: 2013-11-20 11:13:54 by James Deffenbach
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Anyone Know What Happened to LP?
Post Date: 2013-11-20 10:38:20 by James Deffenbach
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Trying to access LP (I read articles there, don't post) I get this: search.frontier.com/index...//www.libertypost.org/&r= Anyone know what's going on? Maybe Goldi just let it die? Didn't pay for the bandwidth?
Why Men's Noses Are Bigger Than Women's
Post Date: 2013-11-20 04:52:03 by Tatarewicz
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Nov. 18, 2013 — Human noses come in all shapes and sizes. But one feature seems to hold true: Men's noses are bigger than women's. Share This: Tweet2A new study from the University of Iowa concludes that men's noses are about 10 percent larger than female noses, on average, in populations of European descent. The size difference, the researchers believe, comes from the sexes' different builds and energy demands: Males in general have more lean muscle mass, which requires more oxygen for muscle tissue growth and maintenance. Larger noses mean more oxygen can be breathed in and transported in the blood to supply the muscle. The researchers also note that males and ...
American Blackout (2013) Full Documentary by National Geographic
Post Date: 2013-11-18 13:01:44 by Jethro Tull
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Poster Comment:FWIW, it's always curious how shows like this sometimes precede actual events.
recap C2C
Post Date: 2013-11-18 03:09:22 by Tatarewicz
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Wizardry: In the first half of the Friday's show, George was joined by practicing Wizard Oberon Zell for a discussion on wizardry and magic, strange creatures, and lost civilizations. He likened wizardry to philosophy, as both practices center on the pursuit of wisdom. "A wizard is generally considered to be somebody who knows stuff other people don't know and who provides that as a service," Zell said. Throughout history wizards have been teachers, mentors and founders of various schools of thought, he added, noting that wizards also penned the first books on mathematics, astronomy, architecture and medicine. Magic and science are essentially the same, Oberon continued, ...
How much is gasoline in your neck of the woods??
Post Date: 2013-11-17 13:54:07 by X-15
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$2.75/gal here.
41 Ways Your Dog Makes Your Life 100% Better
Post Date: 2013-11-16 11:38:30 by Lod
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Enjoy!
Former Frat Members Not Liable in Pledge's Death
Post Date: 2013-11-16 02:39:22 by Tatarewicz
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NBC A jury on Friday concluded that two former members of a University of Delaware fraternity were not liable for the alcohol-poisoning death of an 18-year-old pledge in 2008 during a ritual. Ruling in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Brett Griffin of Kendall Park, N.J., jurors said former chapter president of the Delta Lambda chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu, Jason Aaron, and former pledge master, Matthew Siracusa, were not responsible. The fraternity and other members previously reached settlements in the case, but attorneys for Aaron, 25, and Siracusa, 26, argued that they were not liable because they did not participate in any hazing of Griffin, and that no one had forced ...
China to ease one-child policy
Post Date: 2013-11-15 23:16:57 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- China will loosen its decades-long one-child population policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child, according to a key decision issued on Friday by the Communist Party of China (CPC). China will implement this new policy while adhering to the basic state policy of family planning, according to the decision on major issues concerning comprehensively deepening reforms, which was approved at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee held from Nov. 9 to 12 in Beijing. The birth policy will be adjusted and improved step by step to promote "long-term balanced development of the population in China," it ...
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