Ernest Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died in his Lake Geneva, Wisconsin home on Tuesday at the age of 69 due to heart problems. Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor was the first role-playing game, a genre in which players describe their characters in thorough detail and can attempt almost any action the character plausibly...
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The US Pentagon submitted a report to Congress on Monday, detailing the Chinese Space Agency’s focus on developing means for “space warfare”. The Pentagon claims that China has been “exploring” laser, microwave, particle beam and electromagnetic pulse weapons, and suggests that China has been “developing the ability to attack an adversary’s space assets,” and...
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Background: Two Fathers 4 Justice activists breached security and climbed onto the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on August 17, 2007. Fatherhood activist Bob Norton was present and said:
"Four security guards tackled protester Bob Dickerson to the floor and sat on him. They forced his head into the stone floor. The security people overreacted for...
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Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, claims that Moses was high on psychedelic drugs on Mount Sinai when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments. Let’s see… Honor your father and mother, don’t steal, don’t kill, don’t covet your neighbor’s wife, don’t commit adultery, remember the Sabbath...
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"...one of the ways that we can stop harassment of women in public places is to not allow men to have access to alcohol...women in India organized to shut down two liquor stores that they found was responsible for eve-teasing in their community...The women folk in Akurdi had a reason to rejoice on Sunday...
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The Department of Defense (DOD) has a long and sordid history of misleading Congress and the American people about the fate of U.S. soldiers who became prisoners of war (POWs) or went missing in action (MIAs). And yet, Congress continues to accept DOD pronouncements that all POWs came home and all MIAs are dead,...
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Until 1937, MARCH 4th was Inauguration Day. Each President acknowledged faith upon assuming office, for example, President John Adams in 1797 gave: “Veneration for the religion of a people who profess and call themselves Christians…to consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for the public service.” In 1809, President James Madison...
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"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out...
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Loss Aversion (2008-03-03) by David John Marotta Even with a brilliant investment plan, it takes diligence to overcome our emotional biases and avoid making investing mistakes. Here is the wisdom that both advisors and investors need to bear in mind to avoid succumbing to the fallacies of behavioral economics. It doesn’t take extensive research...
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Several people have told me in the past few days that they're having a hard time posting comments here. In each case, I saw that their comments were being caught in the spam blocker. I have no idea why, and I'm interested in knowing how widespread the problem is.
If you've had the same problem,...
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"Outrage was mounting at the 1999 hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, where congressmen were learning about human trafficking.
"A woman from Nepal testified that September that she had been drugged, abducted and forced to work at a brothel in Bombay. A Christian activist recounted tales of women overseas being beaten with electrical cords...
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"Outrage was mounting at the 1999 hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, where congressmen were learning about human trafficking.
"A woman from Nepal testified that September that she had been drugged, abducted and forced to work at a brothel in Bombay. A Christian activist recounted tales of women overseas being beaten with electrical cords...
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