@shey: this is totally the most awesome thing you've ever shared here on FF, ever. it's a significant, seminal moment. let us recognize.
- .LAG liked that
"TalkingPlug is a plug that fits on top of existing electrical outlets. But it's equipped with componentry to make it a controllable node on a network, including an RFID chip, microprocessor, and wireless networking. The company plans to introduce the product next week."
- Alan Cheslow
from Bookmarklet
"The leader of Britain’s Jewish community claimed the continent’s population is in decline because people care more about shopping than the sacrifice involved in parenthood. He blamed atheist “neo-Darwinians” for Europe’s low birth rate and said religious people of all denominations are more likely to have large families."
- Noah David Simon
from Bookmarklet
"The Chief Rabbi, who entered the House of Lords last week, made his comments in a lecture on religion in the 21st century hosted by Theos, the public theology think-tank, on Wednesday night. Lord Sacks said that faith had survived so far because it could provide answers to mankind’s eternal search for meaning in life - unlike the market, the state, science or philosophy, which underpin...
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- Noah David Simon
It's interesting and saddening to watch this grow: the more moral relativists grow, the more the polar opposite grows: fundamental extremists. The question to ask, even on the shallow interpretation, is "why"? It self-describes the need on the inside to have an absolute something or someone to trust. That's not going away. So the next question to ask is why with all the other needs...
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- Melanie Reed
My experience of this European trend, while I live in Spain, has been that: 1) The same people who claim they feel "solidarity" with immigrants who are 'out-breeding' them, are also the same ones who express the greatest amount of disdain, if ever I allow my own religious belief, even if only slightly, enter a conversation. 2) Religion is only cultural for the majority of them, and it...
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- midnightgolfer
Yes, there is a huge movement of population and I think some are aware and are shutting their eyes to it (and the immediate and growing physical repercussions of gov voice loss, consumer advocate loss, job loss, etc) on the other hand there is a ray of hope in that if the good news is spread, it is spread faster now that the territory has come to us.
- Melanie Reed
You said: "Yes, these are typical liberals. I would almost feel sorry for them, but they choose to be ignorant." You have no conception of what the term means if you think we're "typical" anything. This was in response to you and your ignorance: http://friendfeed.com/us-poli... --and the comments herein are reflective of what I think of stereotypes and people like you who choose to incorrectly perpetuate them.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
"UN Resolution 181. This vote is often described as creating Israel, but it was more accurately an attempt to settle the borders of Israel that failed because of Arab genocidal hostility that expressed itself not only toward Israel, but toward the Jews living in Arab lands." - http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2009...
"Nor did post-war European colonialism create Israel. Britain, which was the colonial power in the region, was against Israel's independence and abstained in the UN vote. The majority of votes for Resolution 181 came from non-European countries, primarily in Latin America and Eastern Europe, such as Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Peru and Poland, Ukraine and the Soviet Union. 7 European countries voted Yes, most of them Northern European states such as Sweden and Denmark, which experienced only a limited impact of the Holocaust. 12 Latin American countries voted Yes. Twice the number. And all of them countries that had their own national aspirations and had fought against colonialism."
- Noah David Simon
"Post-Holocaust guilt was not the reason Resolution 181 passed. Less than a third of the 33 votes came from countries where the Holocaust had taken place. The reasons were varied and different. Some Latin American countries identified with Israel's national aspirations and some sought economic ties. Truman was influenced by the desire for Jewish votes in an upcoming election. The Soviet...
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- Noah David Simon
"Left wing activists may insist that Resolution 181 was a racist act, but in fact half the countries who voted for it were non-white, and most of the countries who voted for it were non-European. Therefore the myth that Israel was created after the Holocaust by guilty Europeans, a myth that has been bandied about by everyone from Desmond Tutu to Wallace Shawn to Barack Obama is just...
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- Noah David Simon
Verizon calls AT&T's bluff, demands their suit proceed to trial, putting AT&T in the unenviable position of explaining -- in court -- why the coverage maps, despite being accurate, are inaccurate. - http://www.pcworld.com/busines...
"AT&T is now asking a court on an emergency basis, essentially, to help it cover-up its network's shortcomings. While Verizon was building a 3G network that covers the boonies, AT&T did not."
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from Bookmarklet
I love it. I don't really like VZW (I actually have a blood oath never to use them again), but seriously, the audacity of AT& "More bars in more places" "fastest 3g network" T calling VZW commercials misleading just was too much for me.
- Chieze Okoye