VioletPlanet

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Insane Realist
http://violetplanet.blogspot.com
Los Angeles
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War Veterans Concussions Are Often Overlooked view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26...)
The complications from concussions, a signature injury of the Iraq war, often are not recognized in singular ways.
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The Green Light For Torture view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.vanityfair.com/politic...)
Changing the long-accepted rules on interrogation required concerted action. From left: Undersecretary of Defense Douglas J. Feith, then vice-presidential counsel David S. Addington, then White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush, and
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Flesh Made Soul view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.science-spirit.org/new...)
Can a new theory in neuroscience explain spiritual experience to a non-believer?People who believe in a supreme being might say that I had been in the presence of God or some manifestation of God. Or that I had touched Nirvana, that state of perfect peace
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Where Have All The Real Men Gone? view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://entertainment.timesonline....)
Save the Males: feminism today has neutered men and deprived them of their noble, protective role in society, says Kathleen Parker
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W. Regrets Almost Nothing view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15...)
During his farewell European tour, President Bush was still pushing, but more softly, the same refrain that turned Europe so virulently anti-American.
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The Suffering of Soldiers view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11...)
The alarming rates of trauma and suicide among war veterans cannot be neglected any further, especially when the solutions are so clear.
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The Ad Changes With the Shopper In Front of It view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 3 days ago
- (http://online.wsj.com/public/arti...)
Ad targeting is coming to a store near you. In the latest effort to tailor ads to specific consumers, marketers are starting to personalize in-store promotions based on products the consumer recently picked off a shelf or purchased -- and in the near futu
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Plus-Size Sideshow view story
2 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24...)
Television, home of svelte cops and supersize fast-food ads, loves fat-reduction spectacles.
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Some Britons Too Unruly for Resorts in Europe view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 3 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24...)
Malia, Greece, is the latest in a long list of European resorts full of young British tourists on packaged tours offering cheap alcohol and a license to behave badly.
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Six Degrees of Separation: Do We Really Live in a 'Small World'? view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/08/...)
Arguments about the interconnectedness of human society have received a shot in the arm with the publication of a new study of 30 billion instant messaging conversations between 240 million people around the world. Microsoft researchers claim their res
