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we’re fucked

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Recently declassified satellite photos show the extent of polar ice loss…click image for details

These images were taken one year apart, by the way…

mayors, rabbis arrested in new jersey corruption scandal

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human organ dealing may have been involved…click image for details

have a meaningless ceremony to commemorate your rejection of meaningless ritual

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Atheist “debaptism” ceremonies rising in popularity…click certificate for details

Proof that atheists aren’t necessarily more rational than anyone else…and a testament to just how deeply ingrained the human need for ritual and superstition really is…

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July 22, 2009 at 12:27 pm

uranium mining near the grand canyon might have a less-than-ideal environmental impact, experts testify

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but hey, that’s never stopped anyone before…click image for details

bush administration approved use of non-lethal insects, such as fire ants, in cia interrogations

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the cia, of course, is denying things ever went beyond the approval stage…despite one cia supervisor’s claims of using a fire-ant-filled helmet as an aid to interrogation…click image for details

$50 billion down the toilet

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Foreclosures up 15% over past six months, in spite of Obama’s $50 billion foreclosure-prevention plan…click image for details

only in america…

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click on image for more gun lifestyle accessories

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July 17, 2009 at 3:46 am

and i thought my tweets were inane

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Sarah Palin shares her thoughts on bears…living ones, that is…click for details

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July 17, 2009 at 12:06 am

finally, a bill that will save the country money…

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Medical marijuana, removal of funding for those ridiculous stoner-melting-into-the-couch PSAs…plus, allowing the District of Columbia to determine what it can and cannot spend money on…click on Eleanor Holmes Norton for details…

I’m surprised it passed…it’s unfortunate that a non-voting representative was the only one courageous enough to bring up these issues…

70,000 jobs a year…but at what cost?

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A family in Fort Lupton, Colorado has been living with flammable levels of methane in their tap water since last fall, caused by natural gas drilling in the area not caused by drilling, according to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission…

In related obviously coincidental news, Colorado governor Bill Ritter is lobbying to remove many environmental regulations that govern natural gas drilling, including those prohibiting a method known to contaminate groundwater…click image for details

The amount oil and gas contributes to Colorado’s economy: at least $23 billion per year…