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1. Weed Bill?

   By Omegahero09, February 22, 2015
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   • fractional slacker
   • March 6, 2015

2. Pope Francis says not paying taxes is a terribly grave sin

   By st434u, February 21, 2015
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   • st434u
   • February 27, 2015

3. Firefighters in Canada

   By Marshall B, February 20, 2015
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   • levi w
   • February 21, 2015

4. a new mental illness for a new year

   By madog marcek, February 19, 2015   

   • illness
   • drugs
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     • drugs
     • FDA
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   • aliasneo
   • February 26, 2015

5. Police Say Tasering 8-Year-Old Native American Girl Was Justified

   By iHuman, February 17, 2015
   • 4 replies
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   • BD91
   • February 19, 2015

6. Albany GA Cop sits on Pregnant Woman & beats her until she has a miscarrage

   By iHuman, February 13, 2015
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   • iHuman
   • February 13, 2015

7. Madison Police Chief: Officer charged with assault, also recommended for termination after incident that severely injured Indian man

   By iHuman, February 13, 2015
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   • iHuman
   • February 13, 2015

8. Golden Nugget Casino sues clients to get money back

   By st434u, February 13, 2015
   • 4 replies
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   • Jer
   • February 21, 2015

9. Letter to the 'Bank' of England...help

   By nixy, February 13, 2015
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   • PatrickC
   • February 16, 2015

10. Fake handwriting robot appears more genuine

    By st434u, February 13, 2015
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    • Bedouin
    • February 16, 2015

11. A city without cops??

    By Spleanicus, February 12, 2015
    • 1 reply
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    • fractional slacker
    • February 13, 2015

12. Social Class Rotation

    By Daniel W., February 12, 2015
    • 8 replies
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    • shirgall
    • February 13, 2015

13. ‘Radical Brownies’ Learn Social Justice Instead Of Selling Cookies

    By Alan C., February 11, 2015
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    • Pepin
    • February 12, 2015

14. Implanting False Memories, Fairly Easy to Do?

    By MysterionMuffles, February 11, 2015
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    • 518 views
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    • shirgall
    • February 11, 2015

15. Want some free Chile? I hope it comes with gas-x

    By DCLugi, February 11, 2015
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    • DCLugi
    • February 11, 2015

16. Not a Good Sign.......

    By iHuman, February 9, 2015
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    • 601 views
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    • iHuman
    • February 10, 2015

17. Dear Government, Please Protect Outdoor Industry

    By J. D. Stembal, February 8, 2015   

    • environmentalism
    • protectionism
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      • protectionism
      • federal land
    • 3 replies
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    • PGP
    • February 9, 2015

18. Would the Internet Exist Without the State?

    By Alan C., February 6, 2015
    • 2 replies
    • 970 views
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    • Culain
    • February 7, 2015

19. japanese hotel to be robot-staffed

    By AccuTron, February 6, 2015
    • 4 replies
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    • AccuTron
    • February 7, 2015

20. The Onion Looks Back at "Home Alone"

    By st434u, February 6, 2015
    • 17 replies
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    • shirgall
    • February 10, 2015

21. Guy pays taxes with 600 $1 bills complicately folded

    By st434u, February 3, 2015
    • 9 replies
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    • andkon
    • February 10, 2015

22. The Big Lie: 5.6% Unemployment

    By Alan C., February 3, 2015
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    • Alan C.
    • February 3, 2015

23. Sports Culture

    By Clark Gorny, February 1, 2015   

    • Poetry
    • culture
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      • culture
      • current events
      • Sports
      • Superbowl
      • disappointment
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    • 5 replies
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    • Clark Gorny
    • February 2, 2015

24. Should I Accept Government Money?

    By Daniel W., January 31, 2015
    • 15 replies
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    • jprichardson
    • March 19, 2015

25. Shorting Greek Stocks and Ethics

    By mlsv2f, January 29, 2015
    • 2 replies
    • 798 views
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    • Magenta
    • June 13, 2015

26. NBC Taking a stand in favor of peaceful parenting?

    By BD91, January 24, 2015
    • 10 replies
    • 905 views
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    • shirgall
    • January 26, 2015

27. Swedish PM to be appointed "Impact World Champion Leader" by UN #HeForShe

    By AdurianJ, January 23, 2015
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    • Crallask
    • January 28, 2015

28. Saul Kripke (Famous philosopher) resignes from CUNY

    By zg7666, January 22, 2015   

    • Saul Kripke
    • philosopher
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
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    • ProfessionalTeabagger
    • January 23, 2015

29. Open-ended European QE starts

    By Alan C., January 22, 2015
    • 7 replies
    • 945 views
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    • Anuojat
    • January 27, 2015

30. Buddhist monk on TED talk: How to let altruism be your guide

    By Lingum, January 20, 2015   

    • altrusim
    • ted-talk
    • 7 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • DaviesMa
    • January 21, 2015

31. State of the Union Includes Major Proposed Tax Hike on College Savings Accounts in the United States

    By In the belly of the beast, January 20, 2015   

    • collegesavings
    • investment
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      • tax
      • children
    • 3 replies
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    • J. D. Stembal
    • January 21, 2015

32. "Truth" about American Sniper

    By mlsv2f, January 20, 2015
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    • shirgall
    • January 23, 2015

33. Fla. boy’s circumcision spurs lengthy legal battle, protests

    By iHuman, January 20, 2015
    • 9 replies
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    • FreeMe
    • January 27, 2015

34. Video Game better for your brain than popular training software Lumosity

    By BD91, January 19, 2015
    • 3 replies
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    • AccuTron
    • January 29, 2015

35. “Fast Track” to Delegate Enormous Power to Obama

    By iHuman, January 16, 2015
    • 1 reply
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    • AynRand
    • January 18, 2015

36. Intresting: I’m not Charlie . . . I’m Maurice Sinet, fired by Charlie for anti-semitism

    By iHuman, January 15, 2015
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    • AynRand
    • January 15, 2015

37. David Cameron wants to ban encrypted messaging services

    By Alan C., January 13, 2015
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    • dsayers
    • November 3, 2015

38. ​Hundreds of child abuse and neglect deaths hushed up in Texas

    By EricBaker.Linux, January 12, 2015   

    • abuse
    • cps
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    • J. D. Stembal
    • January 13, 2015

39. Twelve dead in France

    By LandJ, January 7, 2015
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    • shirgall
    • January 10, 2015

40. Gunmen in Paris Kill 12 at Offices of Satirical Newspaper

    By Cosmin, January 7, 2015
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    • Cosmin
    • January 7, 2015

41. Generational Bickering, the new way to divide people

    By mlsv2f, January 6, 2015
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    • James Dean
    • January 28, 2015

42. Documentary: Police Gone Wild

    By iHuman, January 4, 2015
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    • iHuman
    • February 9, 2015

43. NYPD protest backfires

    By Jer, December 30, 2014   

    • police strike unions
    • 6 replies
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    • shirgall
    • January 6, 2015

44. Oil Prices

    By g0at, December 30, 2014
    • 20 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • J. D. Stembal
    • April 29, 2015

45. A Festivus Miracle!

    By Wuzzums, December 25, 2014   

    • festivus
    • anonymous
    • (and 3 more)

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      • festivus
      • anonymous
      • north korea
      • sony
      • the interview
    • 4 replies
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    • cdc3rd
    • December 26, 2014

46. Infowars Covers Peaceful Anti-Police Militarization Protest in Spokane

    By J. D. Stembal, December 20, 2014
    • 2 replies
    • 861 views
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    • Magnus
    • December 21, 2014

47. Dr. Oz questioned about truth and miracles.

    By fractional slacker, December 20, 2014
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    • fractional slacker
    • December 24, 2014

48. NASA’s $349M political boondoggle

    By Alan C., December 16, 2014
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    • Wuzzums
    • January 25, 2015

49. New documentary "We need to talk about Sandy Hook" getting banned on youtube

    By A4E, December 16, 2014
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    • A4E
    • July 27, 2015

50. Congress Passes Bill Giving Police Unlimited Access to Citizens’ Private Communications

    By iHuman, December 12, 2014
    • 7 replies
    • 1k views
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    • shirgall
    • December 13, 2014