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Peter King | Waterboarding Gitmo | Bin Laden Capture | Mediaite Except, well, but what's a fact or two between political allies?

Good news, everyone! Profit Margins at 18-Year High Signal Bigger Dividends Coming for S&P 500 - Bloomberg Any day now, these record profits will trickle down to the 9% unemployed and create the jobs we've all been waiting for ever since the Bush tax cuts were extended.

Since I've heard a lot of criticism of Obama concerning the uprising in Egypt and Obama's handling of the situation, but haven't heard any actual concrete proposals for what he should be doing differently, here's your chance to shine. If you disagree with Obama on this issue, tell us what you...

Wait, I'm confused. I thought there is a Muslim crypto-Marxist in the White House who has all but strangled the economy with taxes and regulations?

...is, what a surprise, a complete fabrication by a single Indian news source and repeated unquestioningly by Michelle Bachmann. PolitiFact | Rep. Michele Bachmann claims Obama's trip to India will cost the taxpayers $200 million a day

Think Progress has the answer: ThinkProgress » MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election It continues: ThinkProgress » What Role Have Scalia And Thomas Played In The Koch Money Machine? But hey, I'm sure these 200 industry...

I'm asking because I hear a lot of Republicans talk about why Obama is incompetent, his economic policies are failures, he's not doing anything to lower unemployment etc. but so far, I haven't heard any concrete proposals on how to fix the country, except tax cuts that would increase the...

It's pretty much a given these days that every discussion about US politics eventually gets to the point where somebody accuses Obama of being, variously and interchangably, a Marxist, a socialist or a communist (and a Kenyan Muslim, but that's neither here nor there). The thing is, while I...

In another thread, a debate emerged whether the executions of witches in Salem were in respect or in spite of the Bible . Several people pointed to the Exodus verse that clearly states "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" in order to support their point that yes, the executions were in...

Link Earth has been around for 6000 years, long before there were any environmental laws, so what's the fuss about, people?

From what I understand, Jesus is seen by Muslims as an actual, genuine prophet, albeit one whose words and teachings were distorted in some way by the earliest Christians (correct me if I'm wrong). My questions to the resident Muslims are: 1) How do you know that Jesus' original teachings were...

Thought I'd share this with you - a large collection of various science-related tattoos. Who said that geeks can't be cool?

A simple question for Muslims: As far as I understood, the consumption of alcohol is forbidden in Islam - at least in this life. Will this also be the case in Paradise?

The most common objections against science in particular and evolutionary theory in general, as voiced by creationists, are as follows: The "Stubbornness" approach: Science has become a multi-billion dollar business, run by bureaucrats that are concerned about their paychecks more than they...

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Perhaps some of you remember the Discovery Institutes' hilarious excuse for the suspicious lack of original research done by ID adherents: This was posted in October 2006. Did anybody hear something about the "exciting" things Chapman promised?

I'm sure everybody heard the story of the British teacher jailed in Sudan for blasphemy. Her crime: allowing her class to name a teddy bear "Mohammed". Is this kind of "justice" supported by the Quran or the Hadith?

The standard ID/creationism argument can be summed up like this: P1: Complexity requires a designer. P2: Life/the universe/the bacterial flagellum is complex. C: Life was designed. This might seem convincing at first, but what about the designer? Surely a conscious entity capable of...

I looked for a mention of embedded age in Genesis, but I couldn't find anything. Perhaps somebody else can direct me to the chapter and verse of the Bible that claim God made this planet with age already included.

Please define "planet". Thank you.