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07-18-09

• The Greatest Theft in History:
• Matt Taibbi: The Scandal Continues: The Billions in Govt. Cash Behind Goldman's "Profits" (alternet - true/slant) "That Goldman Sachs is getting away with robbery is bad enough -- that they're getting praised for being so smart is damn near intolerable."
• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• Planets, Great Wall, and Solar Eclipse (apod)
  

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07-17-09

• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• Starburst Galaxy M94 (apod)
  

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07-16-09

• Killing Them Softly:
• Swine flu virus began life in a lab? (rt)
• Organized Religion - the Biggest Scam Ever Perpetrated on "Civilization":
• Why the "New Atheists" Are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy (alternet) "Chris Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have enlisted in the War on Terror because they believe that religion is not just mistaken, but evil."
• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• The Hercules Cluster of Galaxies (apod)
  

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07-15-09

• Christian Tyranny:
• Madsen: The Christian Mafia, Ensign, and Coburn (onlinejournal)
• Wake Up And View the Matrix:
• Scahill: The Democrats' Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too (rebelreports) "While the focus is on Dick Cheney’s role, the U.S. has long had a bi-partisan assassination program."
• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• The Chameleon's Dark Nebulae (apod)
  

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07-14-09

• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• Moons and Jupiter (apod)
  

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07-13-09

• Global Broiling: A Failed Species on It's Way to the Dustbin of Evolutionary History:
• From Climate Science to Climate Justice: Climate Change a Symptom of Man's Inhumanity to Man (huffpo)
• The Greatest Theft of All Time: Why We Need a Second Stimulus:
• Krugman: Boiling the Frog (nytimes) -- Both economically and environmentally
• Fighting for Equality:
• At 54, Cleve Jones is Ready for his Comeback (commondreams)
• MIC - War Profiteers:
• Robert McNamara versus Smedley Butler (commondreams)
• Global Broiling:
• The planet's future: Climate change 'will cause civilisation to collapse' (independent/uk)
• Krugman: Boiling the Frog (nytimes) -- Both economically and environmentally
• Big Brother At Your Door:
• Recent cyberattacks provide pretext for sweeping new Internet snooping powers by the government (onlinejournal)
• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• Cone Nebula Close-Up (apod)
  

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07-12-09

• Cannon Fodder for War Profiteers:
• Back From Iraq/Afghanistan ... With A Traumatic Brain Injury (npr listen) "One out of every five U.S. soldiers reports coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan with mild traumatic brain injury, also known as TBI."
• Head-Fake Alert:
• Greenwald: The Holder trial balloon: Abu Ghraib redux (salon) -- Sounds like another whitewash of the high-level decision makers who were actually responsible for the torture program. "The actions of higher-level Bush policymakers are not under consideration for possible investigation." (wapo)
• No, Virginia, Man Is Not the Center of the Universe:
• A Cosmic Call to Nearby Stars (apod)