Reasonable people might still disagree about what to do about Iraq. But this isn't about that.This is about contacting Congress and tell them the VA Colonel, James Nicholson is not the man to fix the problems at the Veterans Administration, he is part of the problem.Stand up for our vets and make a call. Don't they at least deserve that?
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Saturday, May 12, 2007
Scientists Draw Link Between Morality And Brain's Wiring
A provocative medical experiment conducted recently by neuroscientists at Harvard, Caltech and the University of Southern California strongly suggests these impulsive convictions come not from conscious principles but from the brain trying to make its emotional judgment felt.
In his book, The God Delusion, Dawkins points out other examples of morality being biologically based. The fact that people from all over the world with different belief systems all answer questions of morality in similar ways is a pretty good indication that are concept of good and evil have a biological underpinning. Sort of like our ideas of what taste good and what taste bad. Fatty foods, sweet foods, salty foods are all important to survival and it's not surprising we like those things. Dung beetles on the otherhand surviving on a different diet not doubt have tastes in snacks.
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In his book, The God Delusion, Dawkins points out other examples of morality being biologically based. The fact that people from all over the world with different belief systems all answer questions of morality in similar ways is a pretty good indication that are concept of good and evil have a biological underpinning. Sort of like our ideas of what taste good and what taste bad. Fatty foods, sweet foods, salty foods are all important to survival and it's not surprising we like those things. Dung beetles on the otherhand surviving on a different diet not doubt have tastes in snacks.
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HPV isn't just linked to cervical cancer
The HPV virus, transmitted orally through fellatio, makes you 8.6 times more likely to get throat cancer according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. That's a higher risk factor than smoking or drinking heavily!
Just get the damn vaccine already.
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Just get the damn vaccine already.
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Friday, May 11, 2007
stop for a second
look at this picture.
1.3 billion kilometers from Earth
Saturn backlit by the sun
launched nearly a decade ago
Cassini sends us stunning images
As beautiful as anything a mind can imagine
It is humbling to remember that gas giant has been there billions of years and will continue to long after life is but a echo.
But we humans can create
machines that explore the heavens
revealing such beauty
And if you look closely at the image
to the left of the planet, just inside of the ring
you may see a tiny dot
where everyone who has ever been has lived
calls home
1.3 billion kilometers from Earth
Saturn backlit by the sun
launched nearly a decade ago
Cassini sends us stunning images
As beautiful as anything a mind can imagine
It is humbling to remember that gas giant has been there billions of years and will continue to long after life is but a echo.
But we humans can create
machines that explore the heavens
revealing such beauty
And if you look closely at the image
to the left of the planet, just inside of the ring
you may see a tiny dot
where everyone who has ever been has lived
calls home
Bahrain preparing for US/Iran war
"Bahraini officials said the Gulf Arab kingdom has been working with Western allies to protect strategic sites from Iranian missile strikes amid any war with the US. They said Bahrain has been introducing measures to protect against Iranian infiltration and respond rapidly to any missile or insurgency strike."Another reason to go over to www.StopIranWar.com
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