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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

26 June - Quick Picks

neThe Coat of arms of UgandaImage via Wikipedia

Bigotry Abroad
http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2010/06/bigotry-abroad
"I saw this video on a friend’s facebook page, and was horrified.  It is an exert from a documentary on the movement to make homosexuality a capital offense in Uganda.  The stupidity of this bigotry could almost be funny, if the outcome of this campaign did not threaten the lives of so many. "

ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/ascap-assails-free-culture-digital-rights-groups
begun a fund-raising campaign to stifle groups that support free culture and digital rights

10 surprisingly easy sources of alternative energy - Slideshow
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/photos/10-surprisingly-easy-sources-of-alternative-energy/unconventional-energy#image

Costner cleanup device gets high marks from BP

The device can purportedly take in thousands of gallons of oil-tainted water and remove up to 99% of the oil from it. On Thursday, BP posted to its YouTube page a video of the news conference featuring Costner and BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles announcing the news. 

 

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