I had a bit of a laugh recently about the “worldview defense” research of Pyszczynski and friends. I could see no good evidence for his claim that conservative views arise out of a need to defend a worldview. The evidence Prof. P. offers for his claims concerns attitudes. What students say about their views is [...]

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Coming as I do from a big sugar-producing area (Far North Queensland), I always read carefully the little sachets that one gets with one’s coffee in coffee lounges. I make sure that I am putting real sugar in my coffee and not some substitute junk. So I should be in sympathy with the campaign against [...]

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BookerRisingBlog links to an article that confirms what a lot of us already knew: That high blood pressure was a killer of blacks in the USA. ….population surveys showed that this problem is more common in the Southeastern USA….people in all Southeastern states, excluding Florida, are 24 to 50 percent more likely to die of [...]

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The U.S economy is about to give birth to the deepest recession since the Great Depression. The memory of which even in this century was so bad the folks in charge decided we would never have another. Our continued participation in the civil war George began,  Will come to a swift conclusion if for no other reason then it [...]

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Gaza Strip, director James Longley’s first feature documentary, is a difficult film to sit through, not only because it lacks a true narrative presentation, but because it showcases some of the most shocking and distressing images brought out of the Gaza Strip to date. The film starts off following a young newspaper boy named Mohammed through his [...]

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President Bush used his radio address this week to talk about his brief trip to Anbar Province and to announce that he will address the nation next week about his vision for Iraq.

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Maybe there is something to this recent chatter about forging a new Atlantic alliance between Europe and the US blah, blah after all. At least as far as the cooperation between intelligence agencies go, I mean. Oder auch nicht (or maybe not). Who’s to say for sure? The guys who know certainly aren’t talking. But [...]

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I made it though high school and college without any problem. If I was asked to go back and redo my undergrad, I would be there faster than you could say wait-a-minute-that-really-was-a-lot-of-money. But high school? You couldn’t pay me enough to go through those four years of hell again. I had lots of friends, did [...]

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The Civil War is slipping from America’s mind. We sink deeper and deeper into the midst of a civil war just off the Persian Gulf every day and we cannot understand how a country can be fighting itself. Even with all the divides splitting America today, we, aside from a handful in Montana, could never [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog The ‘faceless voting’ position of the dhimmis at the Elections Canada has undermined electoral integrity and equality before the ballot box. The new policy of Elections Canada allows Muslim women to wear identity-concealing face veils, including full burqas, when voting in upcoming federal by-elections in Quebec and Ontario. It’s something [...]

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When the first Prime Suspect hit the British airwaves in 1992 no one could have predicted how popular it would be. 15 years later, with this seventh (and final) installation being released on DVD, the reasons for its devoted fan-base and enduring television presence are still abundantly clear. After the Oscar win for her critically acclaimed portrait [...]

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(London, UK) A few days ago a cover version of a song called ‘Open Every Door’ was released in Great Britain by mediaeyeproductions. This is a song for autism, written by the distinguished Sri Lanka-born singer song writer Nimal Mendis who lives in Hillingdon in the UK. The song is sung by British musician Rozagy [...]

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Ken Hensley: Blood on the Highway A concept album of sorts about the early 70s history of great man recalling his days in Black Foot and Uriah Heep. New material that sounds modern and fitting is what you find here. He has invited a whole bunch of mates along including Glenn “I have to oversing [...]

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 — OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. —  In an effort to put on the fast track implementation of Sachar Committee recommendations, the Government has decided to set up an [...]

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Though Fred Thompson finally ended his dance of the seven veils and revealed his candidacy to Jay Leno in a taped appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” it’s Mike Huckabee – who has always made the most of his limited time in the spotlight as a second-tier candidate – who’s looking sexy after Wednesday’s “The First [...]

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Here are chilling words for any parent to hear: “Hollywood recruits kids to fight climate change.” It isn’t every day that someone admits that they are basically out to indoctrinate children with an ideological position, but Helen Andrews of Politico.com reports to us just such an admission from the globaloney forces in Hollywood. Not only [...]

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A joint operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, United States Postal Inspection Service and the United Kingdom Serious Organized Crimes Agency has substantiated that a lot of counterfeit checks are being shipped via mail out of Nigeria. From This Day courtesy of AllAfrica.com: A statement by Osita Nwajah Head, Media & Publicity of [...]

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I know just a little about things spiritual. For many long years I have engaged in the study of Christian mysticism combined with Buddhist philosophy, Hindu spiritual practices and Western psychology. I have devoured philosophy for breakfast, munched on quantum physics for lunch, had snacks of metaphysics in the afternoon and have then dined on [...]

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By Shimon Z. Klein At this time of the year many Jews, secular as well as religious, review the previous year. Many ask themselves what went wrong in their personal lives as well as the collective lives of all. It is a period of soul searching. Apart from the shopping rush for the annual New [...]

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Oh, dahling, you look ten years younger. What have you done to your beard? I mean, three years ago, it was straggly and grey, and now it’s thick and black and straight and well trimmed. Who’s your hairdresser? Did he use hot oil treatment or just L’Oreal and a good conditioner? And where are all [...]

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Pardon my cynicism, but we have watched a string of generals who have blown it in Iraq while claiming that they have done a superb job of winning us friends and allies there. Presumably Gen. David H. Petraeus will not depart from this formula. He seems to have been an incurable optimist in the past [...]

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This is the most disgraceful episode from the Defeat-o-crats in the Senate since little Dickey Durbin called our troops Nazis. This time, instead of goose-stepping, stormtroopers, our troops have been relegated to mere failures by another Democrat Senator. This time it is Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat from New York, who said on the floor of [...]

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Heroes is a big hit in Asia. We get it that series on three different stations: Two Asian cable networks and on a local Manila network so far. There is a local contest to meet the heroes when they travel to Singapore, and fans are looking forward to “Heroes Ringtones” for their cellphones. What makes [...]

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