Interesting. You attack the people/groups who are presenting an argument but say nothing about the argument itself. Your news sources present a perfectly neutral, balanced, propaganda-free opinion, I imagine. Clearly, those who disagree with you must be Nazis, "wingnuts" or astroturfing.
You want bias-free news? Good luck! Think about this: EVERY organization, corporation, foundation, etc. is biased and has an agenda. Fox, PIRGs, NRA, ACLU, Microsoft, FSF, even charities and philanthropists. You and I are biased as well. Our job as thinking human beings is to keep an open mind and consider what they say on their own merits.
For example, the argument your parent-comment was trying to make: Should I be forced to support a political organization as part of my tuition? Suppose the money went to this "Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow" instead of the local PIRG.
Of course I'm aware of the right-wing bias of Fox News, and the article is something of a troll. And yes, the CFACT website is blatantly pro-business. (Keep a large salt shaker handy!) But reading these sites is still valuable, especially for someone who disagrees with 90% of what they say. A deep conviction in your own beliefs can make you blind about their flaws. Nobody's perfect, so it helps to get another opinion from the "enemy" once in a while. If you only listen to people you already agree with, well, what was that about an echo chamber again?;-)
By the way, if you're going to dismiss me as another Wingnut Defender of the Right, you've got the wrong idea. I say similar things to conservatives when they talk about the "liberal media bias".
I'll agree with you when you complain about the horrible spelling of the editors here, but not with the examples you cite. The iFamily follows a pattern and has some sort of justification for the weird capitalization scheme. i for interactive* + some other word. Annoying but understandable.
Now eBay is what? An electronic bay? No it isn't. It's a nonsense word like Google or Verizon, and I spell it Ebay for that reason. Do you Yahoo!, or do you leave off the exclamation point like most people?
* - or maybe i stands for something else. I don't recall.
Back to the original comment, there's an accompanying soundtrack too. There are animated and live-action videos out there, but I couldn't find a good link.
McDonalds is the place to rock It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat It is a good place to listen to the music People flock here to get down to the rock music
Essentially it was written by a high schooler. It's his first book, just not the first one published. Stephen King admits that it's not the best quality, so he released a revised version. I'm currently working on the fifth one in the series:)
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Yeah, well Alanis is Canadian.
And THAT'S the irony.
Like that old Michael Jackson video. Neat.
With all the dying they do, I hope the BSDs have faith in resurrection.
Not to mention Angelina Jolie.
That's a great analogy.
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Interesting. You attack the people/groups who are presenting an argument but say nothing about the argument itself. Your news sources present a perfectly neutral, balanced, propaganda-free opinion, I imagine. Clearly, those who disagree with you must be Nazis, "wingnuts" or astroturfing.
;-)
You want bias-free news? Good luck! Think about this: EVERY organization, corporation, foundation, etc. is biased and has an agenda. Fox, PIRGs, NRA, ACLU, Microsoft, FSF, even charities and philanthropists. You and I are biased as well. Our job as thinking human beings is to keep an open mind and consider what they say on their own merits.
For example, the argument your parent-comment was trying to make: Should I be forced to support a political organization as part of my tuition? Suppose the money went to this "Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow" instead of the local PIRG.
Of course I'm aware of the right-wing bias of Fox News, and the article is something of a troll. And yes, the CFACT website is blatantly pro-business. (Keep a large salt shaker handy!) But reading these sites is still valuable, especially for someone who disagrees with 90% of what they say. A deep conviction in your own beliefs can make you blind about their flaws. Nobody's perfect, so it helps to get another opinion from the "enemy" once in a while. If you only listen to people you already agree with, well, what was that about an echo chamber again?
By the way, if you're going to dismiss me as another Wingnut Defender of the Right, you've got the wrong idea. I say similar things to conservatives when they talk about the "liberal media bias".
I'll agree with you when you complain about the horrible spelling of the editors here, but not with the examples you cite. The iFamily follows a pattern and has some sort of justification for the weird capitalization scheme. i for interactive* + some other word. Annoying but understandable.
Now eBay is what? An electronic bay? No it isn't. It's a nonsense word like Google or Verizon, and I spell it Ebay for that reason. Do you Yahoo!, or do you leave off the exclamation point like most people?
* - or maybe i stands for something else. I don't recall.
Perhaps we can convince them to fight each other?
Back to the original comment, there's an accompanying soundtrack too. There are animated and live-action videos out there, but I couldn't find a good link.
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Oh dear. Even this little comment-slashdotting brought it down.
Second, my friend (female geek linux user!) who is a black-belt, works out quite often, and can give good advice on how to keep onself fit.
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Do you have pictures?
Using that logic... can ANY fact be true?
Just mentally add "to the best of our knowledge" to any fact and it should work out.
You need Flash click to view. Blocks all Flash by default, lets through the stuff you want to see.
I had JavaScript on and I still couldn't see anything. Maybe it needs cookies too?
How does it compare with using the user style sheet it's based on? Any reason to switch?
Only if you can find an open port. When I attempt to log in it's just one firewall after another.
Is there a Lesser Britain?
some locations in Chicago you can also use it at McDonald's
I wonder if that includes the Rock and Roll McDonalds?
McDonalds is the place to rock
It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat
It is a good place to listen to the music
People flock here to get down to the rock music
RIP, Wesley Willis
Then you're going to need some cheese balls. Where's Recipe Troll when you need him?
And it's 30 lives. dur.
Essentially it was written by a high schooler. It's his first book, just not the first one published. Stephen King admits that it's not the best quality, so he released a revised version. I'm currently working on the fifth one in the series :)
When did that sex tape come out? November? The list is over the whole year.
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I hope you had some pi to celebrate.
He's an environmentalist who actually thinks about the issues rather than following the herd. We need more people like him.
Why is carp a nuisance in Australia but desirable in Asia?
I don't know much about fish.