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Affirmative action is about the economic bottom line, not just racial diversity

Via: pj • Other • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Affirmative action is about the economic bottom line, not just racial diversity By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel June 25 at 8:00 AM On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 4 to...

What about the Victims?

Via: community • Other • 42 Comments • 9 years ago

Every time something like this happens this site turns into instant shit. I believe that about 3/4ths of the people on this site pray for things like this to happen so it gives them another chance...

Why is this Indonesian volcano erupting electric-blue lava?

Via: pj • Other • 29 Comments • 9 years ago

Why is this Indonesian volcano erupting electric-blue lava? Indonesia's Kawah Ijen volcano Indonesia's Kawah Ijen volcano is one...

Female Veteran Scolded for Using Parking Spot Designated for Veterans: People 'Shouldn't Be Making Those Assumptions Anymore'

Via: pj • Other • 32 Comments • 9 years ago

Female Veteran Scolded for Using Parking Spot Designated for Veterans: People 'Shouldn't Be Making Those Assumptions Anymore' People Michelle Boudin, 3 hrs ago Lieutenant...

The problem with calling out ‘stolen valor': What if you’re wrong?

Via: pj • Other • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

The problem with calling out ‘stolen valor': What if you’re wrong? By Sarah Larimer June 5, 2015 Robert D. Ford, 75, in his Marine uniform on...

Top Pentagon Official Charged With Stealing License Plates

Via: pj • Other • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

Top Pentagon Official Charged With Stealing License Plates by Alex Johnson and Courtney Kube Bryan Whitman, the Pentagon's top public affairs official, has entered an agreement...

A BEAUTIFUL WORLD OF ABUNDANCE

Via: community • Other • 25 Comments • 9 years ago

Scarcity is one of the defining features of modern life. Around the world, one in five children suffers from hunger. We fight wars over scarce resources such as oil. We have depleted the oceans...

This Perrie

Via: perrie-berlin-halpern • Other • 20 Comments • 9 years ago

This Perrie normally doesn't write articles like this, as she doesn't want attention. But since people in the know don't seem to get it, I will spell it out for them. This Perrie is having Mohs...

Dying Vietnam vet gets one last nuzzle from his beloved horses” ‘I think they were actually kissing him’

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

Dying Vietnam vet gets one last nuzzle from his beloved horses” ‘I think they were actually kissing him’ By Yanan Wang, Washington Post (reported by National Post) May 24, 2016 The...

Money: A New Beginning (Part 2)

Via: community • Other • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Our present monetary system generates a necessity for endless growth, embodies linear thinking, defies the cyclical patterns of nature, and drives the relentless conversion of all forms of...

Patriots at the gate: The Americans preparing for battle against their own government

Via: pj • Other • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Patriots at the gate: The Americans preparing for battle against their own government The Washington Post Kevin Sullivan 13 hrs ago © Matt McClain/The...

Elderly Floridian cannot afford medicine, kills suffering wife

Via: pj • Other • 21 Comments • 9 years ago

2 / 16 Reuters 7 hrs ago © St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Booking photo of William J. Hager. An elderly Florida man was in jail on...

Genius Quiz - How Many Can You Get Right?

Via: johnrussell • Other • 15 Comments • 9 years ago

Answer these questions to find out Geniuses come in all forms, from aerospace engineers and artificial intelligence experts to creative storytellers and environmental advocates . Might...

A Philosopher Takes Up The Bathroom Gender Issue

Via: johnrussell • Other • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Talking Philosophy American news is awash with tales of the battle of the bathroom bills. In response to a growing general acceptance of LGBT rights, some states have passed laws requiring...

An Ontario woman blindly followed her car’s GPS straight into Lake Huron. While it sank, she swam to shore

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

An Ontario woman blindly followed her car’s GPS straight into Lake Huron. While it sank, she swam to shore The Canadian Press (Reported by National Post), May 13, 2016 A...

Tourists use Alaska homeless shelter to grab coffee, snack

Via: pj • Other • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

Tourists use Alaska homeless shelter to grab coffee, snack May 5, 2016 KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Cruise ship passengers have been hanging out at an Alaska homeless shelter to get...

Money: A New Beginning

Via: community • Other • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

An irremediable structural flaw lies at the base of our civilization. I call it Separation, and it has generated all the converging crises — economic, health, ecological, and political — of our...

Catie Curtis - 100 Miles

Via: community • Other • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

My mind is racing and my feet are moving slow Look all around me dont see anything I know Id like to answer you but I cant clarify If Im a 100 miles ahead or a 100 miles behind? I see...

Tears of Joy!

Via: nona62 • Other • 34 Comments • 9 years ago

With tears of joy, I am thrilled to announce that Hubby got a clean bill of health today! The next step is to remove the tumor to see if there is any Cancer lurking inside !! Thank everyone for...

Does Anyone Notice How Slow Moving This Forum Is?

Via: johnrussell • Other • 13 Comments • 9 years ago

Does Anyone Notice How Slow Moving This Forum Is? We are talking about the same topics that were being talked about yesterday and the day before. Maybe we should call this the beat the dead...

What was your most valuable flea market / garage sale find?

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

What was your most valuable or treasured ‘flea market / garage sale’ find? I spent many a Sunday after I retired scouring garage sales, flea markets, estate sales, church sales looking...

‘Finding it…is almost crazy’: 393-year-old Shakespeare First Folio found on tourist attraction’s shelf

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

‘Finding it…is almost crazy’: 393-year-old Shakespeare First Folio found on tourist attraction’s shelf By Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times (Reported by The National Post) April...

An exciting article for lovers of English Literature

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

An exciting article for lovers of English Literature....

Big bucks in whale vomit ?

Via: petey-coober • Other • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

LINK : https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/uk-couple-found-whale-vomit-153300276.html A UK Couple Found Whale Vomit on a Beach — and It's Worth $50,000 mic.com April 14, 2016 A...

For Kafka, Even Beer Came With Baggage

Via: community • Other • 9 Comments • 9 years ago

Franz Kafka wrote powerful stories about the powerless – and to make them frightening, he made them funny. Many of his darkest comedies, including the famous one about a salesman metamorphosing...