RedRiverJ

Do not like Politicians. We need a border fence, tighter security measures at all points of entry. Do not respond to personal attacks.

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Domino's Scientists Test Limits Of What Humans Will Eat

Popular Videos – Despite ethical concerns about testing on humans, researchers say their work is necessary to determine the boundary between garbage and food.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:33pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks

Cord blood choice: Private fears vs. public good

Health & Fitness – "A lot of the companies prey on the fact that your kid is important to you," said the dad-to-be, Kiley Gustafson, 30, who estimates the couple have received 25 private cord blood banking pamphlets in the past several months. "I understand enough about it to know what they wanted to do."

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks

First Guantanamo war crimes trial under way

Politics – The first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two began on Monday at the U.S. navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks prompted President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks

Islam Bullish In a Bear Market

Money – The Amana funds, invested according to Sharia, have more than doubled since 2003, to $1.3 billion.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:32pm (retracted)

This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks

Cold-Based Encryption-Cracking Source Code Published

Gadgets & Tech – You'll recall that in February I wrote about security researchers who had found a way to break into encrypted hard drives by using a trick that relies on the fact that RAM dissipates its contents slower if cooled.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (with Data Corruption Fix) Launches

Gadgets & Tech – We've written about the Windows Home Server (WHS) data corruption bug several times since it first emerged in late December. On Monday Microsoft finally - finally, released WHS Power Pack 1, which contains the fix, as well as a bunch of other stuff no one really cares about.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 41 votes / No sinks

"Not One Drop Of Oil Spilled"? Not Quite

Politics – Analysis: Advocates Repeat False Claim About Environmental Safety Of Offshore Drilling. As a result of Katrina and Rita, a total volume of 17,652 barrels of total petroleum products, of which 13,137 barrels were crude oil and condensate, was spilled from platforms, rigs and pipelines.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 88 votes / 1 sink

Peppermint Health Benefits

Health & Fitness – In a study 57 participants were given peppermint oil capsules twice daily for 4 weeks, and 75% of the participants showed a 50% decrease of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Driving the Pikes Peak Highway in 10 minutes 18 seconds!

Sports – Nobuhiro Tajima wins the Pikes Peak Hill climb in a 1000hp Suzuki but misses his goal by about 18 seconds.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 78 votes / 2 sinks

Iran, N. Korea still part of "axis of evil": W.House

Politics – U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002 branded Iraq, Iran and North Korea part of an "axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world" -- and he believes two of them still are, the White House said on Monday.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 56 votes / No sinks

Further cut in US forces in Iraq likely this fall

Politics – Iraq's security has improved so much, even as U.S. troop levels have dropped, that President Bush seems likely to order thousands more soldiers home by year's end.

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:28pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks

Belief Growing That Reporters are Trying to Help Obama Win

Politics – The New York Times' refusal today (Monday) to run an op-ed piece by John McCain challenging an article in the paper less than a week ago by Barack Obama is sure to further fuel the belief that much of the major media is biased in favor of the Democratic candidate. At issue is McCain's response to an article by Obama entitled, "My Plan for I

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:28pm Commented on 1 time: 1

As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts
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As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts

News – Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help.

Voted for on July 19, 2008 03:49pm

Propeller Week In Review: July 18, 2008
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Propeller Week In Review: July 18, 2008

News – Petroleum was very much on the mind of the Propeller community this week. But so was Karl Rove, gay rights, and a certain, extremely charming jackass.

Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:49pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Ironic Palestinian Kidnapping Watch

News – The BBC's Alan Johnston, kidnapped in Gaza a couple of days ago and still unreleased, has a piece from January about the jolly kidnappers of Gaza, who are just hospitable guys with too much time on their hands now that it's harder to kill Jews: Alan Johnston on the front line.

Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:23pm