Glenn Beck's Bizarre Outburst Against Meatless Mondays and Vegetarians

Oct 30, 2009 - This goes along with the story that I posted in 4.0 about Meatless Mondays in Baltimore schools Jon Stewart ended an interview with climate-change contrarian and Super Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt on Monday night by noting, "I've apparently frightened our audience by suggesting that conservation isn't the only way out of any of the problems of the world. I sincerely apologize." He added, "And I do also believe that we should just eat vegetables." - 13 Comments

What is "Actual" Cheating?

Sep 24, 2009 - Another thread was discussing one rather questionable website which facilitated and promoted actual cheating on a spouse.   I found myself really angry because I felt what this man was doing was tarnishing the marriage vows.  I was angry because he was married and had children BUT chose to do this for notoriety.   This morning while having coffee with a few of my BFF's we discussed this and my anger was perhaps valid BUT we did find that what was the largest dilemma was the vast differences in interpreting what actually cheating on a spouse is.   There was a stance that online flirting was cheating but another felt it was harmless.    There was a feeling that as long as nothing becomes "physically" exchanged then it isn't cheating...but another disagreed.    One friend felt that anything her man did, whether it was flirting in a chat room, looking at porn online, or sending an email to another female with content not work-related was actually cheating. - 32 Comments

2012 Dawn of a New Age or The End?

Sep 03, 2009 - If you’ve been to the movies a few times in the past six months chances are you may have seen a preview for the much anticipated earth shattering disaster film 2012. The film with the help of masterful special effects portrays a cataclysm presumably predicted by the Mayan Calendar. This famous interpretation may be considered baloney by many but make sure your sentiment for the theory does not disparage the accuracy of the Mayan calendar. - 16 Comments

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Home Michael's Dispatches Precision Voting Precision Voting Next > 31 August 2009Helmand Province, Afghanistan The historical Afghan elections scheduled for 20 August were days away.   While the west mostly continued to vote for Afghanistan, the big question was, “Will Afghanistan vote for itself?” The latest media wave splashed into the main voting centers in places like Kabul, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Herat and Lashkar Gah.  The larger cities only account for perhaps 20% of the Afghan population.  Whereas the easy and obvious stories are in the cities, a crucial and larger dimension—the other 80%—would unfold in the boonies.  Most Afghans would have no chance to vote. The election was to be run by Afghans.  In theory and in practice this would be a recipe for disaster.  The strategic thinkers cannot be faulted for this; after nearly eight years of war, if the west were still running the elections, the elections and government would be a failure to begin with.  By comparison, the Iraqi elections on 30 January 2005 (less than two years after invasion) were run mostly by Iraqis.  In the voting of October and December of that same year, Iraqis had two more runs at the ballots, which were increasingly successful.  Afghanistan, however, is different.  This would be only the second election in history. There are no good choices here.  Either we run the elections and the central government and in doing so undermine the same central government we are investing in, or we allow that central government to run the elections and probably watch it undermine itself.  But who knows? - 1 Comment