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Curious or Interesting?

In the optical illusion below the “A” square and the “B” square are the same color grey. Do you believe me? What makes you doubt the veracity of my claim? Do you find the illusion interesting? Are you curious to know more? I’ll give you the proof of the argument at the end of this article.

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Rise of Radical Religiosity in Representative Democracies

We are living in dark times as radical religiosity the world over rises to punish ordinary, innocent, citizens in representative democracies where government-legislated values of faith are made to reform the law of the land in the name of a niche morality that presumes the best interest of the majority.

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No Place for Non-Believers in Mitt’s America

Yesterday, GOP candidate for president Mitt Romney — some call him the Frankenstein “Herman Munster” cartoon candidate, and I will let you decide in the images below if they are monster twins or not — made it clear if you do not have a religion, if you do not covet a faith, there is no place for you in his Mormon America.

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Banning Cell Phones in Public Places

Have you ever been with a group of friends, having a good time – talking, or whatever activity you may have been involved in – when everything was abruptly interrupted by the ringing of a mobile phone?

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My Kingdom for a Kindle or Two or Six!

The $400.00USD Amazon Kindle eReader sold out in less than five hours on its debut day November 20th. The next batch sold out even quicker — I was lucky to get one delivered Friday — and the third batch of Kindles will not be available for purchase until after December 25th.

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The FDNY Firefighter Spy

We’ve turned a horrible new page in the War on Terror as the FDNY — The Fire Department of the City of New York — have joined with the Department of Homeland Security to spy on residents.

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Two Crowns for the Lack of a Helmet

Sometimes the things that happen to us that seem the most trivial end up being some of the most significant, with repercussions that last years, even decades.

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