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In the 70's in high school we saw a film where a crow dropped pebbles into a glass of water in order to raise the level of water so it could get a drink.

Just last night on the radio they were talking about Manning ending a hunger strike and getting some medical attention and having the surgery suggested by her psych doctor.

I don't know how these guys get off saying stuff like that like the guy who said the Katrina hurricane victims deserved what they got for being sinners and the church that protests…

Why would we need special roads when we could have truck drones fly over traffic to their destinations?

This is essentially what Jacque Fresco had in mind when he designed the Venus Project. Very interesting read. Will it work? I wish it would but not likely in a capitalist system. h…

In 1966 we had a middle class. In 1966 minimum wage was $1.20 which is $8.29 in 2012 dollars.(1) (1) https://www.dol.gov/featured/minimum-wage/chart1

The US stopped having wars with nations and instead has gone onto wars against ideas and things. The war against terror and the war against drugs being two of them. This way they c…

Homeland is a good read IMO. So is Little Brother.

"The analysis found a very different result with Google’s top competitors, Bing and Yahoo. When spotted the terms “Hillary Clinton cri” and “Hillary Clintion ind,” Bing and Yahoo b…

You can rent land to farmers. Depending on the land and location in NY, you can rent it for $20-$80 an acre. USDA agricultural statistics service https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/r…

I agree. I consider myself as an independently conservative liberal libertarian with social and anti social leanings.

I've always said Facebook is a government agents, pedophiles, stalkers and burglars dream come true. All that information freely given away to whoever wishes to collect it. Now wit…

Google Play offers PayPal Here, works with a card reader, so I can't see why this would be any different. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paypal.her... edit to fi…

I was taking a school bus license endorsement exam and saw they throw out a Chinese girl for cheating. The examiner said it was a fairly frequent occurrence. They couldn't read the…

also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10258336

Could someone have moved the Bermuda Triangle? Or find another one?

From snoopes, their sources. Andrews, Bill. "Bin Laden Family's US Exit 'Approved'." Edinburgh Evening News. 3 September 2003. Buncombe, Andrew. "Fears of Reprisal Force Bin Laden …

>a good idea for jobs where worker impairment presents an imminent physical danger When I was in school some of the bus drivers were drunk, stoned or tripping on LSD. It really was…