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    Conservatism and Lifestyle

    MAY 23, 2013 9:14AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: culture, society, freedom, christian right, california, conservatism, lifestyle

    • 12 Ratings
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    • 12 Comments
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    A Spring of Freedom, A Well of Compassion

    MAY 14, 2013 6:00AM

    By kitd


    Topics: schlinder's list, steven spielberg, holocast, compassion, freedom, hope

    • 1 Ratings
    • 128 Views
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    Constitutional Pharisees

    MAY 11, 2013 5:37AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: america, constitution, law, pharisees, freedom, letter, society, spirit, history, government, civilization, christianity, women, unions, 19th century, 20th century

    • 3 Ratings
    • 218 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Suicide Revisited

    MAY 3, 2013 5:42PM

    By Gordon Osmond


    Topics: obama, gitmo, suicide, freedom

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    INTERNET THE OTHER BIG BAD OCEAN

    APRIL 29, 2013 2:36AM

    By Muhammad Zafrullah


    Topics: ocean, internet, google, analogy, surf, net, management, management, printing presses, computers, network, internetworking, personal computers, carriers, communication, data, information, search engines, revenue, ads, accountability, hackers, web-bots, creation, control, freedom

    • 4 Ratings
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    • 6 Comments
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    "Born to Run," "Midnight Train to Georgia," and America

    APRIL 26, 2013 10:46AM

    By Patrick Frank


    Topics: american culture, freedom, stability

    • 1 Ratings
    • 123 Views
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    Society vs Checks and Balances

    APRIL 26, 2013 3:02AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: liberty, transparency, checks and balances, character, authority, social conservatism, government, society, freedom

    • 3 Ratings
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    Homosexuality and Manliness

    APRIL 25, 2013 12:40AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: clarity, gender roles, stereotypes, courage and strength, traditional male role, freedom, manliness, homosexuals

    • 3 Ratings
    • 182 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Republican Guilt-trips

    APRIL 24, 2013 3:29AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: america, religion, freedom, prosperity, civilization, guilt-trips, power, society, economy, glory, world war ii, science, democrats, republicans

    • 1 Ratings
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    Authorization for Use of Military Force ... On YOU

    APRIL 8, 2013 8:23PM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: revolution, rebellion, protest, activism, war profiteering, corporate greed, military industrial complex, defense contractors, banksters, jeffersonian, liberty, freedom, human rights, civil liberties, fascism, fascist, bill of rights, constitution, domestic drone strikes, drones, revolutionaries, sheeple, reactionaries, radicals, far right, far left, political right, political left, right wing, progressive, conservative, liberal, republicans, democrats, stand with rand, anonymous, occupy wall street, occupy movement, indefinite detention, imperial presidency, nullify, nullification, ndaa 2012, ndaa, aumf 2001, aumf, repeal aumf, h.r. 198, direct action, aumf hunger strike, military force law

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    "The 99 Percent" Know Little About AUMF 2001 and NDAA 2012

    APRIL 5, 2013 9:44AM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: aumf hunger strike, direct action, h.r. 198, repeal aumf, aumf, aumf 2001, ndaa, ndaa 2012, nullification, nullify, imperial presidency, indefinite detention, 99 percent, the 99 percent, occupy movement, occupy wall street, anonymous, stand with rand, democrats, republicans, liberal, conservative, progressive, right wing, political left, political right, far left, far right, radicals, reactionaries, sheeple, revolutionaries, drones, domestic drone strikes, constitution, bill of rights, fascist, fascism, civil liberties, human rights, freedom, liberty, jeffersonian, banksters, defense contractors, military industrial complex, corporate greed, war profiteering, activism, protest

    • 2 Ratings
    • 222 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Divorce and Murder

    MARCH 30, 2013 3:30AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: freedom, murder, divorce, marriage, family

    • 8 Ratings
    • 212 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    My Son's Evolution and My Thoughts on Marriage Equality

    MARCH 27, 2013 5:35PM

    By Leysa Lowery


    Topics: marriage equality, gay, homosexual, homophobia, rights, freedom, marriage, love

    • 7 Ratings
    • 334 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Greed Not So Good

    MARCH 21, 2013 9:37AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: individualism, equality, liberty, freedom, fraud, government regulation, depressions, economic bubbles, bankruptcy, investments, job producers, financialization, supply and demand, greed, the failure of capitalism, profit motive, invisible hand, adam smith, free market, laissez faire, tax cuts, paul ryan, richard posner, financial crisis, capitalism, supply side economics, economics, politics

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    • 1795 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Dictatorship v. Democracy

    MARCH 10, 2013 7:54AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, democracy, dictatorship, walter lippmann, hitler, fascism, republican party, president obama, sequester, tax cuts, entitlement programs, partisan gridlock, german parliament, freedom, bob woodword, voting rights act, citizens united, constitution, governing class

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    If Ronald Reagan had been elected in 2008

    MARCH 6, 2013 4:57PM

    By Gregory H Bontrager


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    • 2 Ratings
    • 490 Views
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    Repeal AUMF: H.R. 198 Repeal of AUMF 2001

    MARCH 4, 2013 5:15AM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: fascism, freedom, bill of rights, constitutional rights, 9-11, public law 107-40, authorization for use of military force, hr198, hr 198, h.r.198, h.r. 198, aumf 2001, aumf, repeal aumf

    • 1 Ratings
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    Mississippi Gives In; Ratifies 13th Amendment

    FEBRUARY 18, 2013 12:24PM

    By Dicky Neely


    Topics: gop, slavery, freedom, mississippi, 13th amendment

    • 0 Ratings
    • 170 Views
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    Eros and Death

    FEBRUARY 4, 2013 10:47PM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: love, beauty, eros, death, freedom, society, civilization, arts, science

    • 1 Ratings
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    Orals: "space" does not mean "emptiness"

    FEBRUARY 2, 2013 10:48AM

    By Kaygee


    Topics: postmodern, postwar, postindustrial, space, landscape, research, art history, photography, freedom

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