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 Why are Robin eggs blue?
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 posted 2 hours ago:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/re Blue eggs are a sign that the offspring will be healthy and thus encourage the father to stick around to feed them. Evolution drives the desire and benefit of bluer eggs. Evolution also drives... |
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Your cost of the War on Drugs
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 posted 1 day ago:
http://articles.latimes.com/20 $2.5 trillion over 40 years or $16,666 per household. Roughly adjusting for inflation that's $26,865 per household. How much do you feel you got for your $27k? Let's sequester the war on drugs and... |
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Video: Great Gasby wealth gap insignificant compared to today
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 posted 1 day ago:
Medium age of fast food worker is 28. |
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Video: Dead Give Away
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 1 comment, latest 1 day ago:
joshuatrio says Nice find. |
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Science Friday: Can dogs understand grammar?
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 4 comments, latest 1 day ago:
errc says curious2 says If grammar can be considered a proxy for intelligence, Chaser ranks above certain posters on PatNet. Me included (hangs head, sags jowls, puppy faces in shame) I rescued a neo mastiff... |
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Science Friday: Why Penguins Don't Fly
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 3 comments, latest 1 day ago:
CaptainShuddup says Penguins don't fly, because the Patriot act has made it an exercise in a violation of personal space. |
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Innocence of Muslims
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 107 comments, latest 2 days ago:
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All politics posters must take this test: left or right
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 2 comments, latest 3 days ago:
New Renter says LogOcurious2 says Their count of "Pinocchios" seems unserious and subjective. I tended to give a lower number for both major parties, which might seem ironic but I would not accuse anyone of... |
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Why pedophilia is a witch hunt and the laws are ridiculous
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 64 comments, latest 3 days ago:
curious2 says Back in the 1950's, when Jerry Lee Lewis got married to his 13-year-old cousin, the resulting controversy reduced his popularity but nobody went to prison. That was before the prison industrial complex grew... |
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Pictures from a developer's life
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 1 comment, latest 4 days ago:
mell says That was pretty funny - but there is one missing: "When I familiarize myself with yet-another-utter-crap-HR-tool at a new company". It should have that animated gif of the guy banging his head bloody... |
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Evil: Revised Guantanamo force-feed policy exposed
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 10 comments, latest 4 days ago:
thunderlips11 says thomaswong.1986 says Article 3, section 3, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution specifies that the giving of aid and comfort to the enemy is an element in the crime of Treason. Aid and... |
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Why the hell is gay sex immoral?
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 883 comments, latest 5 days ago:
curious2 says Dan8267 says look at the Middle East. That region holds many contradictions, men kiss each other and hold hands in public while also claiming to support anti-gay laws. One of Michael Jackson's fans... |
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The Size of the Bank Bailout: $29 Trillion
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 59 comments, latest 5 days ago:
Entitlemented says We should create rules where the Senator recievings funds has to disolve themself of voting. They have rules like this but not enforced. Nearly impossible? |
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Video: Space Oddity
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 posted 1 week ago:
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Video: Dramatic images show changing Earth
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 posted 1 week ago:
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/ If we can't see how we are dramatically changing the Earth, we can't hold ourselves accountable for it. - regarding Congress wanting to discontinue the Landsat program. I think I just heard a Republican... |
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Ok, I was wrong, Jesus is for real
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 1 comment, latest 1 week ago:
Ceffer says Jesus has quite the beer gut, been turning too much water into wine? |
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The Cup Song
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 2 comments, latest 1 week ago:
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Video: How Did Human Beings Acquire the Ability to do Math?
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 posted 2 weeks ago:
In my experience, the best way to learn is to not strive towards learning itself, but to place concrete goals which require you to do learning. Think of what you want to achieve or... |
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Yes the government records all your telephone conversations
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 1 comment, latest 2 weeks ago:
FortWayne says Thanks for the articles Dan. That is some truly frightening stuff. We are like that Orwellian state from his 1984 book. Big brother is watching and listening to every single thing even though... |
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Wil Wheaton: The Entertainment Industry Is To Blame For Piracy - Comic-Con 2011
By Dan8267 in Boca Raton FL 33433 posted 2 weeks ago:
Wil nails it. |
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