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Feb 3, 2012, 10:28 am
RELIGION EDUCATION AND MADNESS: A MODERN TRINITY
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F .H. Hilliard who did so much to establish the teaching of world religions in schools (Hilliard, 1961, 1963) ... Edwin Cox with his pupil-centred approach and his insistence upon educational religious education (Cox, 1971)
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Feb 1, 2012, 3:17 am
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Obituary
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held the post during the sweeping corruption scandal of the early 1990s that reshaped the country's post-war political landscape
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example of "moral integrity."
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hopefully he may be remembered following his indications
in reforming the justice system
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Jan 24, 2012, 1:26 am
Apple's mind-bogglingly greedy and evil license agreement
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Apple, in this EULA, is claiming a right not just to its software, but to its software’s output. It’s akin to Microsoft trying to restrict what people can do with Word documents, or Adobe declaring that if you use Photoshop to export... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2012, 12:33 am
'There Is No American Ratings Conspiracy'
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Center-left daily Süddeutsche Zeitung writes:
"'Do what we say, you have no choice.' That is the clear message from Standard & Poor's. In delivering it, the rating agency hasn't even shied away from placing euro-zone member countries on a level with de... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2011, 10:05 pm
Il Papa: "Lo Stato aiuti le famiglie in crisi"
ANDREA TORNIELLI
Presentato il messaggio di Benedetto XVI per la prossima Giornata mondiale della pace: «Le nuove generazioni vanno educate alla giustizia e alla pace». Appello alla politica.
+ La deriva olandese, da chiesa modello allo scandalo pedof... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2011, 5:12 am
Christopher Hitchens dead at 62
(Reuters) - British-born journalist and atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the United States his home and backed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died on Thursday at the age of 62.
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As a journalist, war correspondent and literary critic, Hitchens c... Comment - Like
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Dec 4, 2011, 8:33 pm
If This Is A Planet: Celestial Body Named For Author, Auschwitz Survivor Primo Levi
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“Primo Levi (1919-1987) was an Italian chemist and writer. He was the author of two novels and several collections of short stories, essays and poems. His best-known work is "If this is a man", his account of ... Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2011, 6:30 am
Opium and Afghanistan
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A man who does not know the truth is just an idiot but a man who knows the truth and calls it a lie is a crook! --Bertolt Brecht
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Nov 14, 2011, 12:33 am
Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
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Some readers will remember that Iceland’s ninth century agrarian collapse was featured in Jared Diamond’s book by the same name. Today, that country is recovering from its financial collapse in ways just the opposite of those generally considere... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2011, 4:12 am
E Giuliano Amato (31mila euro al mese di pensione) dice che gli italiani “hanno avuto troppa Sardegna” (cioè se la sono goduta troppo). Ma lui un po’ di pudore non ce l’ha?
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Giuliano Amato dal meeting di Rimini prende per i fondelli gli italiani dicendo che in questi anni hanno avuto ... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2011, 3:06 am
How to Interpret 11/11/11 ~ 11-11-11; Friday, November 11, 2011. + Eclipse Schedule. + Metaphysics Experiment. 11:11
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IMHO all got it wrong
the date to look at was:
11/11/1111
the next one could be
2/22/2222
or maybe:
1/11/11111
depending upon what base you may be looking at
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Oct 26, 2011, 8:08 am
L'Europa che invecchia
e la Cina senza donne
saranno le nuove emergenze
GIANNI RIOTTA
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Vi annunceranno nei prossimi giorni l’Apocalisse sovraffollamento. Non fate attenzione, la crescita rallenta e il problema non è «Siamo troppi», né la subdola affermazione che questa fobia nasconde, cio... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2011, 10:42 am
Morelli: «Servono leader che agiscano»
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dal 1950 al 1961, in soli 11 anni, il Pil italiano duplicò
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mette però una condizione: che vengano realizzate le riforme strutturali per cambiare il paese
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it could be technically possible
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Oct 19, 2011, 3:32 am
Plunge Brings Europe Debt Crisis to Italy
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Italy’s economy expanded an average 0.2 percent annually from 2001 to 2010, compared with 1.1 percent in the euro area. Growth was 0.1 percent in the first quarter, a fraction of the 0.8 percent for the euro region.
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the current government ca... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2011, 10:34 am
Dennis Ritchie: The Shoulders Steve Jobs Stood On
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Dennis had a bigger effect, and the public doesn’t even know who he is,” says Rob Pike, the programming legend and current Googler who spent 20 years working across the hall from Ritchie at the famed Bell Labs.
On Wednesday evening, with a p... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 11:40 am
Dennis Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – October 8, 2011)
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one of the men we should remember with gratitude
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amun
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Oct 13, 2011, 1:41 am
Evolutionary guru: Don't believe everything you think
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Tell me about the relationship between self-deception and religion.
It's complex. At one extreme you could say religion is complete nonsense, so the whole thing is an exercise in self-deception. I was raised as a Presbyterian and I occasion... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2011, 3:29 am
Why is Italy now at center of Europe's debt crisis?
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Italy's economy has been growing at only 0.3%, he said, and most importantly is projected to grow at a similarly feeble rate for the next few years. "This very low rate of growth really is one of the lowest in the world," he said, "and on top ... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2011, 5:36 am
Ralph M. Steinman, a Nobel Recipient for Research on Immunology, Dies at 68
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anybody who dies while testing on himself his research work
deserves the deepest gratitude and respect from the entire humanity
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Oct 4, 2011, 4:49 am
Van Rompuy warns EU is in 'survival crisis'
EU President issues stark warning against nationalism
Brussels denies talk of Greek euro exit
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The paper by UBS, normally known for its highly sober analysis, warned that historically, monetary unions do not break up without civil war or some o... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2011, 10:21 pm
Does Europe need a Security and Defence Strategy?
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Howorth also claims that the EU engages in an intensifying circle of complex interdependence. But is this intensifying circle of interdependence characterised by ‘deepening’ or simply by a loose enlargement of themes and actors? A simple gli... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2011, 10:17 pm
GLOBALECONOMICWARFARE.COM: Europe Under Attack
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At present, the blame is being laid at the feet of Wall Street Hedge Funds according to Euro Intelligence reports:
Italy is now under a speculative attack from a number of US-based hedge funds. 10-year Italian bond spreads have reached 2.446% t... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2011, 10:14 pm
Euro slump due to planned Wall Street and Washington’s attack - William Engdahl
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It comes as stock markets in Europe and Asia tumbled on the ...
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The whole attack on Greece and the attack on the euro originated from a concerted strategy of Wall Street and US Institutions to permanently cr... Comment - Like
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Sep 27, 2011, 12:16 pm
Italian Communication Agency Granted Unlimited Censorship Power
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The Italian telecommunications agency AGCOM has given itself a new power: starting from July 6th the agency can shut down access to any website accused by copyright holders to break their rights. No judge will be consulted and the ... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2011, 2:53 am
Italy's pensions timebomb
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"The system was a complicated patchwork with pockets of privilege"
"We had the famous 'baby pensioners' who could stop work after just 20 years, pensions based on seniority, pensions based on age, special conditions for certain categories, such as people in the navy, e... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2011, 10:54 pm
Why Are Some Americans So Shockingly Cruel?
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Only in America would you have a scene like the one that unfolded at the Republican debate Monday night.
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let usury an mythology grow
and you get the empire of cruelty
a nation ran by leeches
the rest is only propaganda
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amun(ra)
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Sep 17, 2011, 10:00 am
Banks: Too Pig To Fail?
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Thousands of people who purchased illegally foreclosed properties may not have legal title.
Prosecutors in Ohio, Florida and at least 20 other states are investigating one of the biggest acts of wholesale fraud in the history of American business.
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Sep 17, 2011, 9:43 am
Evangelical Christians created widespread election fraud
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He says the use of the Diebolt computer voting machines and the use of large number of evangelicals to man polling booths created widespread electoral fraud, not just in Ohio. Three states have now rejected Diebolt machines and a month ag... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2011, 9:10 am
Equalities & human rights chief told to apologise for bias against non-believers
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TREVOR Phillips, the chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), is in hot water with the British Humanist Association following “biased” comments he made in a recent interview.
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Sep 12, 2011, 11:37 pm
BILANCIO DELLA DIFESA 2011, SI AVVICINA IL PUNTO DI NON RITORNO
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Viene quindi confermato il tradizionale schema che vede ONU, UE e NATO rappresentare l'architrave delle nostre scelte internazionali; in questo contesto, complice l'entrata in vigore del Trattato di Lisbona che conferisce nuovo sla... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2011, 8:00 pm
Newt Gingrich Pushing Bill To Allow States To File Bankruptcy Allowing Them To Renege On Pension And Benefit Obligations
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Some unpleasant news for pensioned workers who believe that their insolvent state will be able to afford ridiculous legacy pensions in perpetuity. According to Pensions and I... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2011, 4:49 am
underwater express
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over the 100 mph underwater
supercavitation
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pretty nice
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Sep 10, 2011, 8:04 pm
Why is Italy now at center of Europe's debt crisis?
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So what is behind the current crisis around Europe's third largest economy? And what could it mean for Europe and the world if it escalates?
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nothing really unexpected
by now we all know planet-wise that the "monetary market"
with "no... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2011, 2:32 am
COLLAPSE - Theatrical Movie Trailer
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is not Maddoff pyramid skim
"the whole economy is the pyramid skim"
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you have to believe there is a way out
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there you are
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there is a way out, it is known, but is not feasible
because "the whole economy is the pyramid skim"
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Sep 7, 2011, 12:15 am
Vatican returns to profit despite drop in donations
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The Vatican issued its annual financial report today, saying it made a profit of €9.85 million in 2010 following a loss of €4.01 million a year earlier and losses in 2007 and 2008.
Revenues were €245.2 million against expenses of €235.... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 1:08 am
Vatican's Crashing Down
In God's Name: An Investigation Into the Murder of Pope John Paul I Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 12:51 am
Videos found for your search theocons
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or "how religions hijack nations for their agenda"
not only in America or the middle east
Italy is another example of integralist country
nothing can be done if not approved by the Vatican
a limited sovereignty republic under the pope king
their power enfor... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2011, 6:45 am
S&P Warns That Eurobonds, As Envisaged, Could Get Junk Rating
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“If the Eurobond is structured like this…the answer’s very
simple: if we have a Eurobond where Germany guarantees 27%, France 20%
and Greece 2%, then the rating of this Eurobond would be CC, which is
the rating of Greece,” Kr... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2011, 6:19 am
If the “particle of God” is only a chimera...
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Not by chance...” says Professor Rafael A. Martínez, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, “...instead of naming it the ‘God’s particle’ Lederman initially wanted to call it the ‘goddamn ... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2011, 2:34 am
Is the world going bankrupt? - Debt crisis and market turmoil
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Europe and the US are hopelessly over-indebted. The crisis that started in the US real estate sector in 2007 has devastated state finances on both sides of the Atlantic and is threatening to wreck the... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 6:42 am
Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands
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Thiel has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereign nations on oil rig-like platforms to occupy waters beyond the reach of law-of-the-sea treaties. The i... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 4:38 am
Space debris
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In a historical overview written in early 2009, Kessler summed up the situation bluntly:
Aggressive space activities without adequate safeguards could significantly shorten the time between collisions and produce an intolerable hazard to future s... Comment - Like
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Sep 1, 2011, 6:41 pm
Fiat could shift Italian SUV production to U.S.
Tommaso Ebhardt/ Bloomberg News
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Fiat might assemble a yet-to-be built subcompact at the Mirafiori plant after the strengthening euro made the possibility of building SUVs mainly destined for the U.S. a less co... Comment - Like
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Sep 1, 2011, 10:31 am
Change You Don't Have to Believe In
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Europe is telling itself one cockamamie story after another. We've got a rescue fund! Only it has no money! But we will bail out Italy nonetheless! But Italy is too big to bail out - and we tried stuffing it under the carpet, ... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2011, 9:09 pm
Santorum: ‘This is the little-engine-that-could campaign’
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Santorum, a staunch social conservative, centered his remarks around fixing the struggling economy but made sure to highlight his fierce opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage.
Iowa, he sai... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2011, 3:20 pm
Civilization of care
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In Florence, Zanotelli spoke clearly to the extremist wings of the movement and expressed the concept of " civilization of tenderness": " Active non-violence is not merely pacifism, it is something different. I started reading Gandhi, Martin Luthe... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2011, 8:37 pm
'Money' the perfect tool for Enslavement
30.08.2011
By Brian Jonathan Liew
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All these four entities normally work together hand in hand. The banks finance the corporations, the corporations lobby the governments and have politicians in their pockets
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Aug 30, 2011, 5:13 pm
The Barr Code, U.S. education continues decline
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As students progress in age, it seems their knowledge declines, as only 21 percent of 12th grade students met the criteria sufficient to be considered proficient.
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