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Post-Darwinist (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I only got round to posting about this conference just now, and do not know if anyone else did before, but note this: Atheists have disabled the web page for the ID conference in Castle Rock this weekend. They are also calling the 800 number and trying to tie up the lines so others cannot get through. This is really ugly. I am re-posting the information on this event info below. They will take people...
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übergizmo (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Ultimate Ears, a household name when it comes to high performance audio products, have just announced that they have uploaded a free iPhone App on the App Store. Known as the Ultimate Ears App, it allows you to measure sound pressure levels and decibels with an SPL Meter. Apart from that, you are able to view artist interviews, see artist backstage photos and watch videos of live performances from...
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The Buck Stops Here (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
My good friend and classmate Mark Rienzi, now of Catholic Univ. Law School, has just filed a cert petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in a First Amendment case -- McCullen v. Coakley , No. 09-592 . The Supreme Court should grant cert, given the important issues at stake. The case involves a Massachusetts law penalizing people who engage in speech near abortion clinics -- including peaceful speech,...
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DBKP (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Think the "Free Trial" offer from Dazzle White teeth whitener is a good deal? Think again as customers were shocked to discover the "free trial" had turned into a consumer scam credit card nightmare.
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Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
CNN has a new poll up: Do you want the Senate to pass its health care bill? Conservative voters needed. See poll on right, half-way down the page. h/t Nearly Nobody's News. Just above the health care poll is a poll asking: How do you feel about Obama's job performance? I voted and was shocked to see the results. Out of 47 votes, there was one vote each for "approve," "strongly approve,"...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
by Nam Y Huh - AP Where will Mark DeRosa play baseball in 2010? View full size photo » As I have done here each of the last four years, I'm going to run a contest, beginning today, matching the MLB.com Free Agent Frenzy contest. The rules are pretty simple. You'll find, after the jump, the 15 free agents that MLB.com lists in its contest. Choose the team you think the free agent is going to sign...
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Chone Figgins,
Erik Bedard,
Hideki Matsui,
Jason Bay,
Jermaine Dye,
John Lackey,
Johnny Damon,
Mark DeRosa,
Matt Holliday,
Rich Harden,
Russell Branyan,
Sports,
Vladimir Guerrero
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Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Author David Meerman Scott recently wrote a terrific blog post about free ebooks and how distribution is affected when registration is required. It's easy to think that "free is free" and requiring registration shouldn't have much of an impact, but...
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mutations of mortality (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Is free speech an absolute freedom that should not be countermanded? The recent appearance of the leader of the British National Party on the flagship public debate program on the BBC was defended on the grounds of free speech. Today on BBC radio there was a campaign to stop cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is the use of social networking sites like Facebook to write cruel and unpleasant things about...
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ThinkFree Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Big Thing ? No ! Storm ! ARCHOS-5 Internet Tablet with ThinkFree Mobile O...
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Bargainmoose Canada (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The small Canadian retailer, Spa Boutique, is offering free shipping now for all your Christmas purchases! Click here to shop online @ Spa Boutique Canada From looking at their delivery fees, shipping is normally a flat rate of $8.75 for any order under $75. So I think this free shipping promotion, with no minimum spend is a [...] Spa Boutique Canada: Free Shipping Deal! is a post from: BargainMoose...
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Moderate in the Middle (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
You only think you’re free! The Prisoner remake starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellan premieres with Part 1 tonight on AMC 8/7 C. Official website here In November, AMC will present The Prisoner miniseries, a reinterpretation of the British 1960s cult hit series that starred and was co-created by Patrick McGoohan. The Premise : A man, [...]
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The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Tonight, AMC premieres their " The Prisoner " remake miniseries. I've been looking forward to this for some time , and even bringing up my appreciation of the original series from time to time ... I'm hoping they don't mess it up. I'm happy to see they've included "Rover," and hope there are more nods to the original. But then, as I've disclosed before , I'm an ornery originalist...
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Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
by Elise Amendola - AP View full size photo » Sam Amick of The Bee reports the Kings are discussing an Emeka Okafor-Kenny Thomas trade with the Hornets . Thomas's contract, as we all know, expires this summer. Okafor's deal runs through 2014. Here's a full salary breakdown, thanks to ShamSports.com . Player '09-10 '10-11 '11-12 '12-13 '13-14 Thomas $8.7M -- -- -- -- Okafor $10.8M $11.8M $12.8M...
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Carlos Boozer,
Chris Bosh,
Chris Webber,
Elton Brand,
Emeka Okafor,
Jason Thompson,
John Salmons,
Kenny Thomas,
Kevin Martin,
Monta Ellis,
Sacramento Kings,
Shareef Abdur-Rahim,
Stephen Jackson
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LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The Triumph of Socialism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Do you think ideas don't matter, that what people believe about themselves and their world has no real consequence? If so, the following will not bug you in the slightest. A new BBC poll finds that only 11 percent of people questioned around the world — and 29,000 people were asked their opinions — think that free-market capitalism is...
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Cricket Forever (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Television in the UK is bit odd. For a start, you need a licence to own a TV. No, seriously – a licence. The licence largely pays for the BBC . In addition there are a set of sporting events that have to be shown on free-to-air television. This is called the ' Crown Jewels ' sporting list. No cricket matches are currently on the list and so, predictably, there is no live cricket on free-to-air...