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Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:47 PM EST (Live Science)
'...there is reason to believe that strict right-wing ideology might appeal to those who have trouble grasping the complexity of the world. "Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," Hodson said, explaining why these beliefs might draw those with low …
What George Orwell Can Teach Us About OWS and Police Brutality
Seeded on Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:28 PM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
Reflecting on his own time as an officer, he described how authority figures often act just to avoid being laughed at
Occupy Oakland: footage shows police beating peaceful Iraq war veteran
Seeded on Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:25 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
He does not appear to be posing any threat, nor does he attempt to resist, yet he is hit numerous times by an officer clad in riot gear who appears determined to beat him to the ground. Sabehgi, 32, an Oakland resident and former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, ha …
Can the oceans continue to feed us? | McClatchy
Seeded on Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:39 AM EST (McClatchy)
WASHINGTON — Far out on the Pacific Ocean, the world's industrial fishing fleets pursue one of the last huge wild hunts — for the tuna eaten by millions of people around the world. Yet tuna still aren't fished sustainably, something that conservationists and big U …
Serial Killers And Perverts Tend To Be Republicans
Seeded on Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:07 PM EST ()
"Psychological questions aside, a new poll has indicated that the general population in the United States may have more in common with serial killers than previously believed, namely political leanings."
Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a 'world-killing' event
Seeded on Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:36 PM EDT (Helium Earth Sciences)
"The bottom line: BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling operation may have triggered an irreversible, cascading geological Apocalypse that will culminate with the first mass extinction of life on Earth in many millions of years.
Global Warming Forces Move
Seeded on Sat Jun 5, 2010 12:47 AM EDT (The Epoch Times)
they are experiencing higher tides, coastal flooding, diminishing freshwater supplies, less rainfall as well as bleaching of some coral reefs.
Poverty and the Pill
Seeded on Mon May 24, 2010 6:18 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Earthquakes are more dramatic. Tsunamis make better television. AIDS is more visceral. But here's a far more widespread challenge, one that's also more fixable: the unavailability of birth control in many poor countries.
BP Beyond Pathetic
Seeded on Mon May 24, 2010 12:31 AM EDT (the age.com.au)
IS IT any wonder that people are cynical about marketing when a company like BP decides that after a decade of trying to be the nice guy it can now relax and just be itself?"
We shot the children's pets to save them
Seeded on Thu May 6, 2010 11:14 AM EDT (The Economist)
"I think there's a generalised problem of militarisation in society, leading an increasing number of Americans, both in and out of uniform, to hunt around for things to shoot so they can claim to have been protecting someone.
U.S. Chemical Safety Board Concludes "Organizational and Safety Deficiencies at All Levels of the BP Corporation" Caused March 2005 Texas City Disaster That Killed 15, Injured 180
Seeded on Mon May 3, 2010 10:18 PM EDT (US Chemical Safety Board)
CSB Chairman Carolyn W. Merritt said: "With the vote tonight, we embark on seeking the most significant safety improvements ever pursued by this agency. The 15 men and women who died here two years ago must not be allowed to perish in vain.
A Picture of 9/11 Is Not a Thing to Put on Your Truck
Seeded on Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:20 PM EDT (Gawker)
My thoughts differ from the headline, a picture of 9/11 is something you put on your truck if you are: a. a bigot b. not very bright (see "a")
Racism and free speech
Seeded on Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:13 AM EDT (The Economist)
"RADIO audiences in Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri, are used to being harangued by political commercials even this early in the electoral season.
On Health Care, Are Europeans Just Kinder People?
Seeded on Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:27 AM EDT (The New York Times)
As a wise taxi driver in Britain remarked on American health reform on my recent visit to that country: "It's probably too late for you Yanks to get real universal health insurance."
Bloggers Snicker at List of Most Challenged Library Books
Seeded on Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:29 PM EDT (Atlantic Wire)
"Now We Know What Really Bothers People, shrugs Gawker's Glen Runciter.
Something's Wrong With Right Whales
Seeded on Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:24 PM EDT (Science Daily)
"A few years ago, right whales began washing up on the shores of Argentina's Patagonian coast. So far, researchers have counted a total of 308 dead whales since 2005."
Our Universe At Home Within A Larger Universe
Seeded on Fri Apr 9, 2010 12:55 AM EDT (Science Daily)
"Could our universe be located within the interior of a wormhole which itself is part of a black hole that lies within a much larger universe?"
Jesse Ventura: "We Have Been Practicing Terrorism For 50 Years
Seeded on Wed Apr 7, 2010 7:27 PM EDT (mediaite)
"It began as a talk about health care but quickly moved to a discussion of nuclear weapons. "How many times do we need to blow up the world?" asked Ventura. "How much power do we need from nuclear bombs?" "
For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash's End
Seeded on Tue Apr 6, 2010 11:50 PM EDT (The New York Times)
"Just weeks after Chris Goehner, 25, an Iraq war veteran, got a dog, he was able to cut in half the dose of anxiety and sleep medications he took for post-traumatic stress disorder. The night terrors and suicidal thoughts that kept him awake for days on end ceased. "
Video Of US Military Killing Reuters Photographer
Seeded on Mon Apr 5, 2010 8:17 PM EDT (mediaite)
"WikiLeaks has just published video of US Military killing 12 individuals in Iraq, two of whom were later revealed to be staff members of the Reuters news organization."
GOP obstruction of employment bill means trouble for flooded homeowners
Seeded on Sun Apr 4, 2010 8:56 PM EDT (Raw Story)
"The Republican opposition to extending the unemployment bill has been strong."
Scarface: The school play?
Seeded on Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:41 PM EDT (The Week)
A gang of preschoolers have taken the internet by storm with their re-enactment of the ultra-violent 1983 Al Pacino film.
Tea Party Members Mock A Disabled Man
Seeded on Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:23 AM EDT (YouTube)
"Real" Americans, you know them: self-righteous, self-important, selfish, gang up on a man with Parkinson's just like Jesus would have done.
Liberalism, atheism, linked to High IQ
Seeded on Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:51 PM EST (cnn)
"Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S. sample and found that, on average, people who identified as liberal and atheist had higher IQs.
Arctic ice melts to third-smallest area on record
Seeded on Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:46 PM EDT (NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking news)
"The Arctic's sea ice pack thawed to its third-lowest summer level on record, up slightly from the seasonal melt of the past two years but continuing an overall decline symptomatic of climate change, U.S. scientists said on Thursday."
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Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology | LiveScience