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America the Almighty

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US leaders are high priests of a low cult. I’d rather listen to Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons.

America is a religion
US leaders now see themselves as priests of a divine mission to rid the world of its demons
George Monbiot

“‘The death of Uday and Qusay,’ the commander of the ground forces in Iraq told reporters on Wednesday, ‘is definitely going to be a turning point for the resistance.’ Well, it was a turning point, but unfortunately not of the kind he envisaged. On the day he made his announcement, Iraqi insurgents killed one US soldier and wounded six others. On the following day, they killed another three; over the weekend they assassinated five and injured seven. Yesterday they slaughtered one more and wounded three. This has been the worst week for US soldiers in Iraq since George Bush declared that the war there was over.”

Myopic

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It gives "Nasa 33% of its results for less than 2% of its budget." Of course it’ll be retired. We can’t have cost-effective equipment operated by the government. People might start expecting it all the time.

Eyeing a post-Hubble Universe
By Rachel Clarke

"Not since Galileo turned his telescope towards the heavens in 1610 has any event so changed our understanding of the Universe as the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope."

Wah

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Let’s through a big ol’ pity party for the schmucks who annoy the hell out of millions of Americans with unsolicited phone calls. I hope they go broke paying their lawyers. People like this shouldn’t breed. Better enforcement of anti-prostitution laws would put millions out of work, but nobody’s suing on the behalf of whores.

Telemarketers Sue Over Do-Not-Call List
By DAVID HO

"WASHINGTON – Telemarketers expanded their legal challenge to the government’s do-not-call list, suing a second federal agency over the call-blocking service for consumers that the industry says will devastate business and cost up to two million jobs."

Sick in the Head

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Innocent by reason of tumor?

Frontal Lobe Tumor causes Pedophilia in a Man
Science raises questions for criminal justice system

Neurolgists at the University of Virginia reported that the removal of a frontal lobe tumor ended a male patient’s sexual behavior toward children. The patient had begun to have poor sexual impulse control several years eariler. The Tumor actually grew back once, with the sexual behaviors returning. The behaviors ceased again when the second tumor was removed.