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  • Pick o’ th’ Moment: Imperial March (Rage Mix)

    By Ashlar | January 29, 2010

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    The dork is strong with this one. Th’ li’l’ one calls it, “Angry.” We listen to it a lot in the car.
    Star Wars: Force Commander

    Current Mood: (chipper) chipper
     
    icon for podpress  Imperial March (Rage Mix) [2:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup
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    Autism and Stem Cells

    By Ashlar | January 28, 2010

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    Part of the problem with using stem cells to treat autism is that we don’t know what we are treating. Despite the enthusiastic promotion of various “theories” about what causes autism, there is no generally agreed upon pathology or “lesion” to treat. Even genetic studies fail to show one single genetic cause of autism, suggesting that what we call “autism” is a number of different disorders with a similar (or not so similar) appearance. Injecting stem cells in the vague hope that they will find the problem and fix it is foolish. Stem cells have no more idea of how to “fix” autism than we do – which is to say, “none”.

    via Prometheus

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    Webcomic of note: Octopus Pie

    By Ashlar | January 24, 2010

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    An indie webcomic about two female hipster-types living in Brooklyn. Found via @templesmith.

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    Pick o’ th’ Moment: “Older Crowd”– MC Chris (Serpah’s Breaktastic Trance-y Remix)

    By Ashlar | December 6, 2009

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    MC Chris is Dead
    Remix track, resonated with me as I continue my song by song trek through iPod library (now on ‘O’).

     
    icon for podpress  "Older Crowd"-- MC Chris (Serpah's Breaktastic Trance-y Remix) [3:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup
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    Jamais Cascio Singularity Talk

    By Ashlar | November 29, 2009

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    A reminder…

    By Ashlar | August 10, 2009

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    On terms being thrown around in today’s political discourse…

    By Ashlar | July 22, 2009

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    Fascism
    Socialism

    Governance cannot be termed fascism if the majority rule is involved in the making of policy, e.g. a majority of Americans elected the current administration and continues to hold electoral power.

    Socialism, as defined by the article above, especially ‘modern’, is not all bad– I would remind those who call themselves Christians of these two addages: “Do unto others…” and, “…your brother’s keeper…”

    A final note: bipartisan requires BOTH sides to be willing to participate. If one side chooses to be obstructionist, then the other needs must carry on without. You cannot throw a tantrum and expect to be taken seriously.

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    (Supra Mega) Feed Dump

    By Ashlar | March 6, 2009

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    (fb users will have to view original post to click through links)
    Been busy, a little backed up. Some nuggets for your perusal:
    The Boom Is Over. Long Live the Art! – NYTimes.com
    FAIR: Does the Post Fact-Check George Will?
    SJ Mercury News: Commentary: To start fixing budget, fix California’s schools
    Doubting Darwin: Debate Over The Mind’s Evolution : NPR
    Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police | Politics and Law – CNET News
    Think Progress » Barnes: When Bristol Palin Said That Abstinence ‘Is Not Realistic At All,’ She Meant That It ‘Actually Is Realistic’
    Think Progress » Rove ignores House Judiciary Committee subpoena.
    Liza Mundy: Multiple Births ‘Changing Our World’ : NPR
    Talking Points Memo | Obama and McCain, Together Again
    Obama State of the Union Transcript | Sean Percivals Blog
    Let’s Talk About Race–or Maybe Not

    Think Progress >> Limbaugh: ‘I Hope Obama Fails’
    Think Progress >> Whitehouse: ‘Blanket immunity’ that prevents prosecution of Bush officials is a ‘mistake.’
    Daily Kos: Memo to the media
    Leahy calls for ‘truth commission’ on torture – CNN.com
    Daily Kos: State of the Nation
    Daily Kos: Stewart Destroys CNBC
    Think Progress >> Jon Stewart unloads on CNBC’s Rick Santelli for ‘bail[ing] out’ of Daily Show appearance.

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