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- So if Mossad used UK passports whats the correct response?
- The Latest Tech To Keep Tabs on Your Kids
- If Iran builds a nuke, do they lose all credibility?
- Straight Dope on Joseph Campbell
- Is there an ideal level of discontentment/unhappiness
- Plane crash in Austin, TX
- Fed raises discount window
- The Garden of Eden Story!
- The Stimulus at one year: Is it working?
- Obama to SCOTUS ???
- Why is the Left so afraid of nuclear power?
- Help me draft a Proportional Representation system for my home state.
- What exactly would happen if Sarah Palin was elected president?
- Is absence of evidence evidence of absence?
- Nietschze: The Anti-American Philosophy?
- Mac computers - is it mostly just image and status?
- Reforming the Senate (Would this Work?)
- People's mate preferences are racist. Do we care?
- Is the US in serious trouble, trouble so bad that our survival as a nation is very much in question?
- Discuss the evolution of 21st century economics.
- Many younger people think democracies over-reacted to the dangers of communism. Did they really?
- George Soros Says Euro In Crisis
- So let's assume the U.S. goes down the toilet bowl - which Anglo country do you move to?
- What would Jesus do?
- What is the lesson of Passover?
- What is it with our obsession for tears?
- Government tracking via cellphone?
- Leading Sunni party to boycott Iraqi election
- Niger coup d'etat
- Universal Health Care
- Toyota: A Poll
- Why do you suppose Jesus never condemned slavery?
- The Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act
- Women to be allowed to serve on USN submarines. Good idea?
- The case against Mother Theresa
- Can God tear his own head off?
- Debate about the terms used in the abortion discussion
- ALL this Political Talk...
- Which climate predictions from ten years (or more) ago seem disproved/validated/underestimated today
- Why do you suppose the god of the Bible shows disdain for people with physical defects?
- First Amendment vs. Aid to Terrorists
- Utah law to criminalize miscarriages
- Seaworld Worker Killed By Killer Whale?
- Did Paul hijack Christianity?
- New Study: Liberal Atheists = Smartest People
- Do the laws of the Old Testament apply to Christians?
- Maryland v Shatzer: Legislating from the Bench?
- Sarah Palin is Retarded
- Science in Schools?
- "I told you so!"
- The Health Care Summit: What did you think?
- Falklands: thank you for nothing, Mr Obama (extra mild)
- Why don't YOU run for political office?
- Spengler's Theory of History
- The Democrats have lost the ethics issue.
- Does the "heat death" make life possible?
- Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
- Animal Abuse Registry
- For all those people who wanted a real fillibuster
- Why not abolish the Senatorial filibuster?
- When did infantrymen with firearms become more effective than horse-mounted archers?
- Proud of our nat'l/ethnic heritages; should we equally be ashamed of the BAD stuff??
- The Public Option is Not Dead, But Liars are Trying to Kill It
- The Republican Obstructionist Tactic
- Liberals are more intelligent
- Writing on photographs (museum)
- Are kids today worse-educated than in times past?
- How do we know that C02 is a greenhouse gas?
- Career politicians vs. "citizen legislators"
- Term limits for legislators?
- Why don't anti-abortion lobbyists dictate HCR language?
- Overreact much, UCSD?
- Pain During Executions?
- What's the magic limit for lawyers?
- Term limits for voters
- Did hippies cause the US financial meltdown?
- Victims of child porn should be able to sue the people that are caught with it
- Why are conservative against legalizing marijuana?
- Are "the Canadians" Right to Laugh At Us?
- Australian students supposedly to learn "Balanced" history
- Does the word "belief", when used in a religious context, always refer to objective thought?
- What, if any, is the practical reach of the private charity in solving societal problems?
- Hooray for the Evangelicals!
- how should we handle defense counsel neglect in death-penalty cases?
- Earthquake in Chile and Looting
- Destruction of habitat is today's biggest problem
- Low mortgage rates = Good time to buy?
- How are countries with UHC suffering (or not) economically because of UHC?
- Can innovation become so rapid it destroys capital incentives
- Biological or Nuclear?
- The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
- Health insurance and the free market
- NY Dopers - Why the hate on Paterson?
- Should those accused of rape be anonymous as well?
- How does Prof Jones revelation affect AGW in particular and the peer review process generally?
- Security on airport employees?
- Why is pleasure bad?
- Another Niqab Controversy [Quebec "defense" of French too far?]
- Do children really become autistic?
- What will happen if Iceland refuse to bail out their banks?
- In praise of the wisdom of Obama. Pelosi, Reid, LISTEN UP you dumb twits!
- Texas Primary Results
- TITANIC Sinking Foretold; Claims Verified?
- American manufacturing is not dead.
- Mitt Romney talking about health-care on Letterman
- Tax delinquents can vote on taxes? Why?
- Can hosing the Republicans stimulate the economy?
- Trade your Bibles for Porn -- "Smut for Smut" Event!!
- Who gets the 'big money' in Washingon?
- Why do governments legislate maximum vehicle speeds...
- Who should we put on the $50 bill?
- Firearms: Open carry ok as long as it is unloaded?
- About Applied Science and the Scientific Method
- Democrats also facing internal faction fight this year?
- Document exposes what the RNC really thinks of its donors, admits to using "fear."
- What is the relationship between Jesus / modern Christianity and Judaism?
- Does weather or climate have "astrological" causes ?
- A 2010 Bull-Moose Party
- UHC and pre-existing conditions
- Was General Georgi Zhukov All That Good?
- How to respond to high-frequency trading?
- War of 1812 Revisionism?
- What should be in the drinking water...
- Body Scanners and Privacy
- Was Richard Nixon That Bad?
- Technological Advancement Leads to Increasing Divergence Btwn Fiscal and Political Conservatives
- Europeans worried about Islamic immigrants. Simple racism or are immigrants causing real problems?
- Health insurance and the '08 campaign
- Guns in bars
- Who needs guns for anything, anyway?
- Rhode Island School District fires school.
- What developing countries have functioning pharmaceutical industries
- Is being a picky eater inherently bad?
- Why did corporate profits grow so fast from 2002-2006
- Is being picky about music inherently bad?
- Monogamy, polygamy and social chaos
- Converting to coal...Life Without Oil
- Which Party balanced the Budget in the 1990's?
- Income inequality -- good or bad?
- Cigars and hookers
- What would really happen if a state legalized marijuana?
- Dawkins: Is he dangerous?
- Could it work without money?
- Is the Toyota acceleration problem actually just mass hysteria?
- Why do extremist parties split and splinter?
- Larry King asks Massa "Are you gay", Massa (kinda) answers
- Sexual orientation, Virginia universities, and the new AG
- Why does the British House of Commons have so much power?
- Is Europe more/less/just as diverse as the US?
- Explain to me what I'm missing re: health care reconciliation
- "Pray to End Abortion" ... so what exactly are they praying FOR?
- FDR and the Atomic Bomb.
- Anti-immigration White Nationalists & the Dalai Lama -- equivalency?
- Why did so many things start going wrong economically in the US starting around 1980
- Carlos Slim, world's richest man disagrees with Gates & Buffett on charitable giving. Who is right?
- Does Obama Want To Ban Sportfishing?
- Median net worth for single black women: $5
- Colonizing space w/o organised religion.
- Grayson Introduces Medicare Buy-in Provision into Healthcare Bill
- Nice to know Japan has wingnuts too...
- What do you know about Australia and it's Aborigines? (+ opinions on what you DO know)
- What's the argument that the Pledge and "In God We Trust" are Constitutionally okay?
- Why didn't Saddam use chemical weapons in the first Gulf War?
- Student loan reform tied to Healthcare bill
- Is America Really Backward Compared to the Rest of the West
- The United States without slavery
- Israel and the USA-Why Does This Farce Continue?
- Is it ethical that all of celebrity's dirty laundry is exposed for all to see?
- Should high gov't officials be allowed conflicting financial interest?
- Electoral college
- Is deliberately killing an opposed military leader assassination?
- Are the after effects of colonialism to blame for most African countries current problems?
- Cops Out Lesbian to Air Force
- Health care reform: Coming vote? Will it pass?
- I cut the tough, woody ends off the asparagus...in the store. Did I steal?
- Which Republicans of the past would be in the party today?
- How late is too late for breast feeding?
- Living a western lifestyle on a shoestring budget
- Does Medicine/Social Class Screw up Evolution?
- Are there any proven hereditary psychological differences (intelligence or other) between "races"?
- Obama's harvard Transcript?
- December 8, 1941: U.S. sues for peace, what happens?
- Law Making in the US - why like that?
- Rights of the seller - installing GPS car disabling devices in cars you sell.
- SawStop product safety liability case.
- Could anti-healthcare reform rhetoric backfire on the Republicans?
- Study: Controlling Risk factors doesn't change health
- How are Germany and Japan so rich?
- It is acceptable for people to die because they can't afford the proper treatment.
- Resolved: Morality and Law Have NOTHING To Do With Eachother
- Any defensible value to "racial consciousness," "racial loyalty," etc?
- Constitutionality of the Slaughterhouse Rule
- Another Try At Understanding Definitions: "Hypocrite"
- The Factual Argument Against Global Warming, Cap and Trade, and the Copenhagen Treaty
- Is the rise of libertarianism in the U.S. good for the left wing?
- Religious Stance on the UHC Bill
- Why does the U.S. census refer to countries in Asia as separate races?
- Does this help to define the distinction between 'worker' and 'paper pusher'?
- Thousands of Scientists are Skeptical of Global Warming
- What (if any) health care/insurance reform can we all agree on?
- Is the German model a better form of capitalsim?
- UHC Should Be Recognized As A Fundamental Birthright.
- Climate Science: Is it currently designed to answer questions?
- Was The Russo-Finnish War (1939) A Disaster for Germany?
- Should 911 audio recordings be publicly available?
- What Are Your Personal Opinions About Israel??
- What is it about the Catholic Priesthood that attracts so many pedophiles?
- Solution to Failing Schools Problem.
- Is the Health Care bill going to pass today? (March 21st)
- Liberals: Would You Support An Abortion Ban In Exchange For A UHC Bill and Immigration Reform
- Public health reforms I'd like to see if the healthcare bill passes
- HCR: where do we go from here, both politically and with the issue in general?)
- Are there many liberals NOT celebrating tonight's HC vote?
- Two questions about the Nazarene
- So how does the Healthcare Insurance Industry feel this fine Monday morning?
- Is the individual mandate to purchase health insurance constitutional?
- Next up: Immigration reform (one more time)
- Antidiscrimination Laws for Privately Owned Businesses
- Where's a Tea Partier to move?
- Is there any real risk of a right wing coup de etat?
- You are the Candidate: Could Dole in '96 have realistically won?
- So is the concept of HRC that the Christian Right has a problem with or just the current plan?
- Ten Republican state AGs to sue over health bill
- Non-US dopers: what's it feel like in times of political upheaval?
- What are theories on the perfectibility/development of individuals & societies
- The Cognitive Dissonance of North Dakota (yet another health care thread)
- Are there a long term consequences to employer based health care?
- Politically unbiased budget projections for this final Health Care Bill?
- Can a citizen contest a state AG's contest of a Federal law?
- The Golden Age of the West
- What sort of effect would legalizing drugs have on the Mexican drug war?
- ACORN to shut down...
- Health care reform is actually quite popular
- How was Jerry Brown as Governor?
- Financing the Health Care Reform Plan
- No Breast Implants, Please
- What Happens to the Democrats That Voted Against The Health Care Bill?
- This Should Be An Interesting First Amendment Case
- Honest Question: Why are the republicans so pissed about this health care thing?
- "Doonesbury" mocks Starbucks open-carry policy
- Allowing interstate competition in health insurance.
- Did this kind of crap happen when Civil Rights, Medicare and Social Security were enacted?
- great site on "how to talk to climate change deniers"
- Did this health insurance reform bill save the insurance industry
- Do people really want IRS-Care?
- GOP tactics after healthcare reform passage.
- no Sex Offenders on Facebook - Legal? Constitutional?
- Another Look at "Deem and Pass"
- New Yorker tears Thiessen apart
- How Serious Would A Greek Default Be?
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