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TSA funding airport mind-reading scanners | Raw Story"It sounds like science fiction," WeCU CEO Ehud Givon told the Jerusalem Post. "But I can assure you that the technology is very real. We have...

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Man arrested in Newark airport security breach - Yahoo! NewsNew JerseySen. Frank Lautenberg, who was briefed on the arrest, said authorities found Jiang with "sheer, hard police work" of sifting...

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No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

No, a nearby supernova won’t wipe us out | Bad Astronomy | Discover MagazineA Type Ia does put out more high-energy radiation than a Type II supernova, which is caused when a massive star’s core...

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Mark Steyn: Obama can't say who we're at war with | president, obama, war -...

Mark Steyn: Obama can't say who we're at war with | president, obama, war - Opinion - The Orange County RegisterWhat did the Pantybomber have a membership card in? Well, he was president of the Islamic...

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» The Survival of the Republic: A Second Reason for Reading Montesquieu - Big...

» The Survival of the Republic: A Second Reason for Reading Montesquieu - Big GovernmentIt is hard to see how republican government can survive in a world of unfunded and partially funded mandates in...

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Crack TSA Manhunt Corners National Security Threat - Mark Steyn - The Corner...

Crack TSA Manhunt Corners National Security Threat - Mark Steyn - The Corner on National Review OnlineGreat minds think alike:Shutting down the airport, wasting thousands of people's time by...

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Commentary » Blog Archive » Blair, Israel, and the Global Struggle

Commentary » Blog Archive » Blair, Israel, and the Global Struggle:Wow. What a remarkably clear sighted response from Blair. I guess this is why the guy was such a steadfast ally in Iraq, because he...

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Will Soon Be Kickin' It ANDOR-STYLE!!!

Only 2 more days till open beta!

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Star Wars Burlesque: Tatooine-Styled Shenanigans at the Bordello - Los...

Star Wars Burlesque: Tatooine-Styled Shenanigans at the Bordello - Los Angeles Music - West Coast SoundNew levels of awesome...

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Zombie » From Each According to His Ability: “Progressive Pricing” Coming...

Zombie » From Each According to His Ability: “Progressive Pricing” Coming Soon to a Nation Near YouThis bodes ill... Equality under the law is a bedrock principle of our society.Last week the Swiss...

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Luis Garicano and Richard A. Posner: What Our Spies Can Learn From Toyota -...

Luis Garicano and Richard A. Posner: What Our Spies Can Learn From Toyota - WSJ.comWe have an unwieldy multiplicity of agencies that operate largely independently. Dysfunctional bureaucratic incentives...

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» The Filibuster Is Constitutional and Essential for Freedom - Big Government

» The Filibuster Is Constitutional and Essential for Freedom - Big GovernmentThe one thing I can say is that I remember not so long ago when a bunch of fucking ntiwits in our party wanted to kill the...

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Tough Love Needed for Haiti by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online

Tough Love Needed for Haiti by Jonah Goldberg on National Review OnlineIt’s hardly news that poverty makes people vulnerable to the full arsenal of Mother Nature’s fury. The closer you are to living in...

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Al-Qaeda has a new strategy. Obama needs one, too. - washingtonpost.com

Al-Qaeda has a new strategy. Obama needs one, too. - washingtonpost.comThe Kid has often wondered why AQ has not yet deviated from its focus on the spectacular to overwhelming small scale attacks.

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8 Things That Suck About the iPad - apple ipad - Gizmodo

8 Things That Suck About the iPad - apple ipad - GizmodoOk, maybe The Kid won't have to buy one after all. The lack of multi-tasking is a big downer. The Kid was upset because this looked like a...

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Randy Barnett's response to 'State of the Union: How did he do?' - The Arena...

Randy Barnett's response to 'State of the Union: How did he do?' - The Arena | POLITICO.COMTacky, tacky, tacky...In the history of the State of the Union has any President ever called out the Supreme...

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Paying Zero for Public Services | Exploring the interactions among public...

Paying Zero for Public Services | Exploring the interactions among public opinion, governance, and the public sphereInteresting. But I still don't understand what prevents the corrupt public official...

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What America Will Look Like If The White House Gets Its Way | The Foundry:...

What America Will Look Like If The White House Gets Its Way | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.A picture of America’s future under Obamacare can be revealed, though, after peeling away the pages...

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We're Back! With Gay Animal Kingdom!

And... we're back! With Mutual of Omaha's Gay Animal Kingdom!Giraffes have all-male orgies. So do bottlenose dolphins, killer whales, gray whales, and West Indian manatees. Japanese macaques, on the...

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Singaporean Health Care

If the Administration really wanted to "bend the cost curve down" they could do worse than to look at Singapore.Medisave, which covers about 85 percent of all Singaporeans, is a component of a...

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Bring It On!

A public service announcement, from Dr. Steele:

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Away

We have been away a while haven't we? It's really quite sad, as life has overtaken Kid Various and his Idiom pals. We'll try to do better. If only for the fact that the intervening months have turned...

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We Knew There Was A Reason...

That Stormtroopers couldn't hit the broadside of a friggin' Star Destroyer:In one war-time study, a Brigadier General found that "only 15 to 20 [percent] would take any part with their weapons." And...

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I Am Spartacus!

Kid Various encourages everyone to join the #IAmSpartacus campaign on twitter:Paul Chambers, a 27-year-old accountant, yesterday lost his appeal against his conviction and £1,000 fine for a comment he...

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The Hair Shirt

This is the sort of thing that really sets The Kid’s teeth on edge. Yesterday it seems that some people at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan may have improperly put some Qurans in the burn bin. Of...

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