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Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
Is Government's Renewed Push On Mortgage Fraud Too Late?
Are Innocent Citizens at Risk of Police Seizure of Their Cash, Cars and Homes?
It's called civil forfeiture. The seizures have long been a tool in the fight against illegal drugs. And the program is an enormous moneymaker for local police departments....
But many folks are unfamiliar with the idea of civil forfeiture, which is actually a case brought against, directly against a piece a property, where you don't need to be proven guilty of a crime for your goods to be taken away. And many of the conventional protections that you have under the criminal process are not afforded to you in a civil forfeiture case.
Modern-day Robin Hood | 60 Minutes
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones' charity -- the Robin Hood Foundation -- fights poverty with the hard-nosed, business sense of Wall Street.
NSA Surveillance and Mission Creep
Last month, I wrote about the potential for mass surveillance mission creep: the tendency for the vast NSA surveillance apparatus to be used for other, lesser, crimes. My essay was theoretical, but it turns out to be already happening.
Other agencies are already asking to use the NSA data [and] The Drug Enforcement Agency is already using this data, and lying about it. (includes links to sources)
Perfect Moment | Scott Adam's Blog (Creator of Dilbert)
I also remember what it took to get to this place. I think of all the days in my youth when I worked on my uncle's dairy farm doing back-breaking labor under the boiling sun. I think of all the mornings I got up before dawn so I could shovel snow or mow lawns to earn money for college. I think of the four jobs I held during college. I think of the three years I worked my day job while going to school at night to get my MBA. I think of the six years I worked full-time at Pacific Bell while creating Dilbert morning, nights, and weekends. I think of the ten years I worked without taking a day off.
Russell Moore: From Moral Majority to 'Prophetic Minority'
'The Bible Belt is collapsing," says Russell Moore. Oddly, the incoming president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission doesn't seem upset. In a recent visit to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Moore explains that he thinks the Bible Belt's decline may be "bad for America, but it's good for the church."
My first job: Hauling hay
"If we hauled a thousand bales in a day, we got $2.50," he said. "What the job taught me was possibly the value of money and how hard it was to earn it, and you didn't spend it foolishly."
CIA documents acknowledge its role in Iran's 1953 coup
The true cost of college and reasons for it
The Losses of Dan Gable
Politics and Business
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National parks take out the trash (cans)
US should leave Edward Snowden alone
A Message to Trayvon Martin Sympathizers
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches
Last month, I wrote about the potential for mass surveillance mission creep: the tendency for the vast NSA surveillance apparatus to be used for other, lesser, crimes. My essay was theoretical, but it turns out to be already happening.
Other agencies are already asking to use the NSA data [and] The Drug Enforcement Agency is already using this data, and lying about it. (includes links to sources)
Perfect Moment | Scott Adam's Blog (Creator of Dilbert)
I also remember what it took to get to this place. I think of all the days in my youth when I worked on my uncle's dairy farm doing back-breaking labor under the boiling sun. I think of all the mornings I got up before dawn so I could shovel snow or mow lawns to earn money for college. I think of the four jobs I held during college. I think of the three years I worked my day job while going to school at night to get my MBA. I think of the six years I worked full-time at Pacific Bell while creating Dilbert morning, nights, and weekends. I think of the ten years I worked without taking a day off.
Russell Moore: From Moral Majority to 'Prophetic Minority'
'The Bible Belt is collapsing," says Russell Moore. Oddly, the incoming president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission doesn't seem upset. In a recent visit to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Moore explains that he thinks the Bible Belt's decline may be "bad for America, but it's good for the church."
My first job: Hauling hay
"If we hauled a thousand bales in a day, we got $2.50," he said. "What the job taught me was possibly the value of money and how hard it was to earn it, and you didn't spend it foolishly."
CIA documents acknowledge its role in Iran's 1953 coup
The true cost of college and reasons for it
The Losses of Dan Gable
Politics and Business
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National parks take out the trash (cans)
US should leave Edward Snowden alone
A Message to Trayvon Martin Sympathizers
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches
More NSA Spying Fallout: Groklaw Shutting Down
For You To Borrow, Some Libraries Have To Go Begging
You give religions more than $82.5 billion a year
How low can you get: the minimum wage scam
Wonder why benefit spending is rising? Simple: corporations get away with crappy wages, so government has to make up the rest
Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years
“When a soldier who shared information with the press and public is punished far more harshly than others who tortured prisoners and killed civilians, something is seriously wrong with our justice system,” said Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.
For You To Borrow, Some Libraries Have To Go Begging
You give religions more than $82.5 billion a year
How low can you get: the minimum wage scam
Wonder why benefit spending is rising? Simple: corporations get away with crappy wages, so government has to make up the rest
Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years
“When a soldier who shared information with the press and public is punished far more harshly than others who tortured prisoners and killed civilians, something is seriously wrong with our justice system,” said Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.
Science and Technology
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Gym workouts and sunbathing do more for your brain than crosswords and Mozart
Death-defying free dives push boundaries | 60 Minutes
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Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong' With Jobs Movie
No, You’re Probably Not Smarter Than a 1912-Era 8th Grader
The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2012 - Indie Gems to Watch
Police: Intruder who was strangled by female nurse was a hit man
Formicophilia
Formicophilia, a form of zoophilia, is the sexual interest in being crawled upon or nibbled by small insects, such as ants. This paraphilia often involves the application of insects to the genitals, but other areas of the body may also be the focus. The desired effect may be a tickling or stinging sensation, or the infliction of psychological distress on another person.
Lion Attacks an Intruder in Its Den at Taipei Zoo
A lion attacked a man who jumped into its zoo enclosure here Wednesday and shouted, "Jesus will save you!" at the animal, an eyewitness said.
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What Might Happen If A Football Coach Coached Soccer
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Gym workouts and sunbathing do more for your brain than crosswords and Mozart
Death-defying free dives push boundaries | 60 Minutes
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Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong' With Jobs Movie
No, You’re Probably Not Smarter Than a 1912-Era 8th Grader
The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2012 - Indie Gems to Watch
Police: Intruder who was strangled by female nurse was a hit man
Formicophilia
Formicophilia, a form of zoophilia, is the sexual interest in being crawled upon or nibbled by small insects, such as ants. This paraphilia often involves the application of insects to the genitals, but other areas of the body may also be the focus. The desired effect may be a tickling or stinging sensation, or the infliction of psychological distress on another person.
Lion Attacks an Intruder in Its Den at Taipei Zoo
A lion attacked a man who jumped into its zoo enclosure here Wednesday and shouted, "Jesus will save you!" at the animal, an eyewitness said.
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What Might Happen If A Football Coach Coached Soccer
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Sprinter joins a rugby team.
Ozell Williams like to jump and flip and spin
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