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The lying upper class??
by darthfader ininteresting article:.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/02/shame-on-the-rich.html?ref=hp.
the team's findings suggest that privilege promotes dishonesty.
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Witnessing WatchTower weasel words first hand
by darthfader ini don't have the stomach to read much of their literature lately, but it seems to me that every article i read was loaded with weasel words.
is this still their mo?
for an interesting set of examples, i looked up the following wikipedia article on weasel words: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/weasel_word.
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Am I still an Ex JW?
by darthfader ini was thinking the other day about being an ex jehovahs witness... will i always be an ex jw?
will i know when im no longer an ex jw?
what can i do to become less of an ex jw and more of a normal person (whatever that is)... for me, being a jw was a little like a cross between the firm and hotel california where i feel like, at any point, one of the friends will spot me and either accost me or report me to the elders.
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Why a millionaire wants autoworkers to take a pay cut
by darthfader ininteresting article.
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/why-millionaire-wants-autoworkers-pay-cut-160603932.html.
the former head of the obama administration's auto task force says he should have pushed the united auto workers for steeper sacrifices in the general motors bailout, including wage cuts.
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Six Waltons Have More Wealth Than the Bottom 30 % of Americans
by darthfader inall i can say is.... wow..... http://news.yahoo.com/six-waltons-more-wealth-bottom-30-americans-182819449.html.
different people will take this different ways, but jeffrey goldberg tells us that six members of the walton family (the original owners of walmart) have more wealth than the bottom 30 % of americans.
in 2007, according to the labor economist sylvia allegretto, the six walton family members on the forbes 400 had a net worth equal to the bottom 30 percent of all americans.. .
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What's your take on the future of the Euro?
by darthfader intreaty to save euro takes shape, but britain sits out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/business/global/european-leaders-agree-on-fiscal-treaty.html.
brussels european leaders, meeting until the early hours of friday, agreed to sign an intergovernmental treaty that would require them to enforce stricter fiscal and financial discipline in their future budgets.
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The TSA wants to reach out and touch you even if you're not riding a plane..
by darthfader ininteresting article.... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/26/tsas-power-grope/.
the transportation security administration (tsa) has always intended to expand beyond the confines of airport terminals.
its agents have been conducting more and more surprise groping sessions for women, children and the elderly in locations that have nothing to do with aviation.
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Putting up my "midwinter pagan festival blinken light tree" - I got's questions
by darthfader inwhen i was little (before jwism) we celebrated christmas.
my parents got the "truth" then we no longer celebrated it.
we used to get together with family and friends and it was great!
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What? Jail time for troubled Russian rocket scientists?
by darthfader inmaybe not jail time, but this seems to be pretty heavy handed to me.... medvedev threatens criminal penalties for space officials.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/28medvedev/.
medvedev told reporters financial, disciplinary, or criminal charges could be used to punish those responsible for a series of rocket crashes and space blunders.. speaking to russian journalists saturday, medevedev said the failures have dealt a "serious blow to our competitiveness," according to a transcript of the question-and-answer session posted on the kremlin's website.. earlier this month, russia's $165 million phobos-grunt mars probe was stranded in earth orbit.