Sumo wrestler 'makes off with cash machine'

A "hole new take on ram raiding"

Sumo wrestler 'makes off with cash machine': "Moscow police arrest two men after a suspect claiming to be a sumo wrestler rips out a cashpoint and makes off with it."

Andrew Winston: What "Small Government" Looks Like in Real Life ...

Andrew Winston: What "Small Government" Looks Like in Real Life ...:

"But my favorite part of this story is the woman who thinks there's something sinister going on.

Betty L. Roberts, who lives in Sun City, west of Phoenix, said the topic was a hot one among her friends. 'I honestly think they are setting us up because they want to do a tax increase,' Ms. Roberts said. 'I think by shutting down things people want, they will give us one.'

So that sneaky government is showing that it's out of money by, you know, not doing things that people need or want. So clever."

Home schooling: a sneaky way of exposing children to religious claptrap

I worry about the USA sometimes. I fear for the future when ignorance of the truth is held in such high regard and those who learn and know are insulted as "elitist."


Home schooling: a sneaky way of exposing children to religious claptrap: "

THE stupidification of American children continues at depressing speed …

According to this report, Christian-based teaching materials dominate an escalating home-school education market encompassing more than 1.5 million students.

America Over a Barrel

Lobbyists control congress. Oil companies do very very well when the oil price is high. If congress acts to reduce our dependence on oil then they re act via the lobby and will kill any progress to energy independence.



We need to fix congress so that it works in the interest of all Americans not just those who can afford to lobby.
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Newsflash: Educated Liberals, Atheists More likely to Label Themselves Smart

I agree that other things that are conscious may exist in this universe. That, however, does not make them God or a god.



As an atheist I do not believe in any god as described and worshiped by the religions of man. I do not believe that another "consciousness" if it exists and revealed itself to us would be anything like the gods that man made religions describe. It would be a space alien.



Though such aliens have never been proven by science to exist I believe that they might. This is because life evolved here on Earth and though it seems like this was a very unlikely event the universe is very big and there are no doubt billions of planets out there. So the chance of it happening more than once seem good.
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