Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousufzai is a young 14 year old girl who challenged Taliban religious fundamentalists in Pakistan. She has blogged for three years against them wanting to return the land she lives in, back to the 12th century. So, she was shot. She was shot getting off her school...

Tak radio lies told about global warming

I was listening to a rightwinger on talk radio who stated that to believe in man made global warming (as do the vast majority of scientists on this question by the way), you must believe that most CO2s or global warming gases are caused by human beings. I thought, this guy...

The teaching of hell to small children is a form of child abuse

Is teaching children there is a hell where they will be tortured in a lake of fire, child abuse? Well, I would state, yes. Yes it is, at least mental and emotional child abuse. I was not raised in a church to believe that I will be tortured for all eternity if I don't...

Tanners Beware: You want to check this out before tanning again!

Remember the days of lathering on the Baby Oil or the Hawaiian Tropic Bronzer and lounging around in the hot beating sun of a summer's day.  I sure do and boy, I miss that warm feeling that would emanate...

Challenging Popular Myths About Autism

i could say a lot about the popular myths about autism, but i happily don't need to: someone already wrote an absolutely fantastic article. RACHEL COHEN-ROTTENBERG wrote such an accessible, accurate, direct and personally touching article on the topic, i thought it...

Interview With a Scientiology Leader About Jett Travolta's Death

This is an indepth interview analyzing the myths and truths about Jett Travolta's Death.  Also brought to attention is the fact wheather or not Scientologists refuse medications or medical advice by...

Six Holiday Myths Exposed

The holiday season is upon us.  But as we rush to finish up our holiday errands, make sure you wear a hat while outside, find that perfect hangover cure, be careful to curb the late night snacks, and keep the...

Meteora, the Holy Rocks in Greece

"Meteora, the Holy Rocks in Greece By Tushar Mathur | Nov 13, 2008 Somewhere between Pindos and Hasiya, where the plain of Thessaly landscape lost the first roll of the magnificent mountains in central Greece, is the Meteora. Huge dark rocks, which rise in the...

What's this about two election days and other voter questions

" Tuesday, 4 November 2008, is the last day to vote in this year’s general elections. Looking for where you vote? Try starting here at www.whatsdrivingyoucrazy.com. You’ll find detailed links for Northeast Texas, including the Fort Worth/Dallas area, as well as...

UPDATE: Fight Voter Suppression! Dispel Voting Myths!

Nationwide, a variety of false information is being peddled by those who, for whatever motivations, seek to suppress voters' rights across the United States of America. Some of the myths being offered state a...

call me sugar or sweetie, it's all the same

"tired of all of the criticism that is brought down on them, the corn refiners association (cra) has gone on the offensive and have started an ad campaign to debunk the myths about high fructose corn syrup. seems that some of the bad press that the substance received,...

Masturbation-Pine Cones-Soy-Beef-Colon-Cancer: Myths

Opinion Barry Artiste. Well certainly all the above would apply if say, a herd of masturbating cattle, Hence the Term "Beef Stroken-off" translated to Beef Stroganoff. In this recent Listeria Hysteria in Canada,...

Talking to Terrorists: The Myths, Misconceptions and Misapplication of the No...

by  John Bew  |   Martyn Frampton  See complete article at http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=2&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=443&PID=0&IID=2336&TTL=Talking_to_Terrorists:_The_Myths,_Misconceptions ...

Perhaps 60 percent of today’s oil price is pure speculation

I think this article says it all. We are being reamed, and Enron does have the last laugh."Perhaps 60 percent of today’s oil price is pure speculationBy F. William EngdahlOnline Journal Contributing WriterMay 5, 2008, 00:19The price of crude oil today is not made according...

Controversy surrounds Vancouver Sun real estate piece

Local real estate bloggers are asking questions about why comments mysteriously disappeared from an article about the Vancouver scene. "This weekend the Vancouver Sun ran a story about the top 15 real estate myths...

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