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Beyond The Wall//jk
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Beyond The Wall Let us remember those in wheelchairs limbless and alone in hospitals and homes wishing white crosses marked where they are. Let us remember those in straight chairs mindless and alone in hospitals and homes wishing white crosses marked where they are. Let us remember those having no chairs,... more »
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Plato Wrote It Down
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Plato Wrote It Down. The long history of techno-skepticism By Adam Thierer 23Oct2009 [link] In the beginning, Dennis Baron reminds us in his new book, A Better Pencil, there was the word—the spoken word, that is. Oral tradition, the passing of knowledge through stories and lectures, was the... more »
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Veterans: altruists or not?
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So should we be congratulating our nation's veterans for making enormous sacrifices for the sake of their country, or are they just another group of individuals acting in their own self-interest?
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Veterans Day Sale
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Kelley B. Vlahos, Veterans Day arrives tomorrow, and with it, the anticipated harvest of heartbreaking anecdotes driving the press coverage and our ever wandering attention back to less desirable realities: the disfigured but persevering hero, the homeless warrior, the unemployable sergeant, the... more »
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American Veterans and Depleted Uranium
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[link] Depleted Uranium (DU) is a toxic, radioactive, heavy metal that is the waste byproduct of the uranium enrichment process when producing nuclear weapons and uranium for nuclear reactors. Because this radioactive waste is plentiful and 1.7 times more dense than lead, the United States... more »
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The Lynndie England Scapegoat
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Lynndie Rana England (born November 8, 1982) is a former United States Army reservist and American who served in the 372nd Military Police Company. She was one of eleven military personnel convicted in 2005 by the Army courts-martial in connection with the torture and prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad during the occupation of Iraq.... more »
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