Why don’t amateur astronomers report seeing UFOs?
The fact they don’t — despite spending more time looking at the sky than anyone — is what Bad Astronomy blogger Phil Plait calls *his* favorite reason for not believing that UFOs are alien spacecraft. Plait also shares another writer’s “snarky” list of Top 10 reasons not to believe. Tin-foil brigade howling in 4, 3, 2, 1 …
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Why Torture Doesn’t Make Us Safer
“He said, as people will, anything to make the pain stop. And we essentially followed every word and various uniformed public servants of the United States went running all over the country to various places that Zubaydah said were targets, and were not. Ultimately, we tortured an insane man and ran screaming at every word he uttered.”
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9 Reasons Why I Hate E.T.
I am in total agreement with list!!
Hated it as a kid, hate it now……
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Why the Cyclone in Myanmar Was So Deadly
It was Asia’s Hurricane Katrina—though with a reported 100,000 killed, it was many times more deadly. Packing winds upward of 120 mph (193 kilometers an hour), Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia’s deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar (also called Burma) and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland.
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Why Obama Beat Clinton — and Why He’ll Beat McCain, Too
No — in the end, I believe, it all came down to a hard-to-pinpoint, never discussed, but desperately important matter: the personal authenticity of two human beings.
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FIAT EMPIRE - Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Cons
Dec 5, 2006 This Award-winning documentary video, featuring presidential candidate RON PAUL, was inspired by the book, “The Creature From Jekyll Island” This explains it all in layman’s terms anyone can understand.
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Why are Broken Bones Lethal to Horses?
After a four-race winning streak, Eight Belles galloped past the Kentucky Derby’s finish line to snag second place. The glory was shattered as the racehorse collapsed on the track. She had broken bones in both front ankles — a lethal injury for a horse.
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Scientists discover why plague is so lethal
Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation. Bubonic plague has killed over 200 million people during the course of history and is thus the most devastating acute infectious disease known to man, BUT we are still uncertain about the molecular basis of its virulence
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This is why I love Digg
I love it when Digg gets self-referential.
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