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Why is it so taboo to lend money to friends and family?
- Pengwuino
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Which Industry Will Be Next Big Thing Just Like Silicon Valley Boom In 90's?
- Unknown_9999
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What made Robert Novak such a polarizing figure in Washington politics?
- Ivan Seeking
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News Is Cap and Trade a solution to the Tragedy of the Commons?
- skeptic2
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News Guy carries firearm while attending town hall meeting
- noblegas
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Weird food combinations
- Borg
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Why do some atheists choose not to kill creatures?
- DaveC426913
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Is The Hurt Locker the Most Realistic War Film Ever Made?
- gravenewworld
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Difference between empiricism and mechanistic materialism
- gary123
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How to cash in on the renewable energy boom
- jreelawg
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Are common ethics a natural phenomenon driving organization and evolution?
- baywax
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Do you believe in the block universe theory?
- Descartz2000
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Why Is Most US Currency Contaminated with Cocaine?
- waht
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What age are we entering as consciousness evolves?
- Loren Booda
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Sir William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence
- chaoseverlasting
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News Why good journalism isn't profitable but matters for democracy
- Ivan Seeking
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What is the significance of the August 14 Google Doodle?
- Proton Soup
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What Defines the Wild Side in Popular Videos?
- Garth
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Playing with Balls: Fun for Kids of All Ages
- Borek
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Do rich people have more friends?
- avant-garde
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Could Staying After the Police Arrive Lead to Conviction?
- Pupil
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How Did a Conductor Rescue a British Couple's Wedding?
- George Jones
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Perseid Stragglers: Clear Sky, 10-20 Fiery Trails/Hr
- Bystander
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Refund on that last 2 minutes of my life?
- Cyrus
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Global warming isn't anything to worry about
- RiseAgainst
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Child marriage practices in Saudi Arabia
- waht
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Who has the better taste? The fat man or ol skin n' bones
- Pengwuino
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Is free-will dependent on something immaterial?
- Descartz2000
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I'm not worried about Global Warming
- Blenton
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Hollywood studios are split over Redbox
- Sorry!
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Fail DVD Rewinder: Does it Work on CDs?
- flatmaster
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News Organized disorderly conduct at town hall meetings
- Count Iblis
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How for-profit insurers hijacked the health care system
- Ivan Seeking
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The amazing abilities of the normal (non paranormal) brain
- Count Iblis
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I am not so good at being patient
- kldickson
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Plan Your Vacation with Know Your Seasons
- junglebeast
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Positive reinforcement gives me the creeps
- daniel_i_l
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Elizabeth 2: The Golden Age" - Half Cape Name
- Dragonfall
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Hybrid rebates give scant improvements-
- wolram
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News Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to be released
- Ivan Seeking
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Television as a Parental Substitute and Freud
- Mickey
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Why did living organisms create time and space?
- Kilyke
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PF PHOTO CONTEST - Chiaroscuro (Aug 2 - Aug 9)
- Andre
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Is Gun Ownership Linked to Higher Rates of Violence?
- Loren Booda
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Why Does Time Seem to Fly By As We Get Older?
- SpaceGuy50
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Should Taxpayers Fund Struggling Museums?
- kasse
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Structure of Romantic and Sexual relationship
- jobyts
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Does a Recruit Have to Follow All Orders?
- junglebeast
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Is File Sharing Ethical for Libertarians?
- kasse
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Why do movie studios cut films short?
- Pengwuino
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Is unemployment necessary for a functioning economy?
- kasse
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Is the term nerdy used as a derogatory label hindering our society's progress?
- avant-garde
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Should I day trade stocks or forex as a beginner?
- rootX
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Was the housing bubble caused by a lack of regulation and low interest rates?
- kasse
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How to Unleash Creativity and Innovation
- twodollars
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Targeted ads must be targeted purely to annoy me
- KingNothing
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What is Absurdism and how does Albert Camus approach it?
- n!kofeyn
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Estimating stock volatility from historical returns and option prices
- John Creighto
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Problems with a free market society?
- kasse
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What Happens to Jobless Individuals in a Free Market During Economic Downturns?
- kasse
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Can indoctrination be used in a constructive manner?
- avant-garde
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Two Piers, Two Friends: Not Twins?
- fleem
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Would you work as hard if socialism
- avant-garde
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News Is Classic Liberalism Realistic in Today's Society?
- kasse
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Are STEM people usually conservative or liberal?
- avant-garde
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Is Jeff Goldblum's Acting Quality Measured by His Expressive Eyes?
- Ivan Seeking
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News USAs involvement in the Middle East
- kasse
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Would You Buy an Anti-Aging Treatment in 60 Years?
- KingAntikrist
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Are Ghosts Real or Just a Product of Our Minds?
- peeyush_ali
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Is Singing Talent More Innate Than Other Abilities?
- jobyts
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Why Did Marx Believe Religion Serves as a Tool for Control?
- jamesb-uk
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18.5 Billion Dollars belonging to Iranian stopped in Turkey
- EternityMech
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UK reality show where people get makeovers
- Evo
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News Is it possible in this world to create a meritocracy?
- avant-garde
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Michael Jackson rushed to hospital
- Ivan Seeking
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News Honduran President, Chavez Ally, Ousted in Coup
- signerror
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Is Universal Healthcare a Basic Human Right?
- vectorcube
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News Iranian Elections: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wins by Landslide
- MATLABdude
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Why Are Flights to Canadian Cities from Chicago So Expensive?
- Greg Bernhardt
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Is nothing impossible, just improbable?
- DARTZ
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- Poll
Could 1000 Years of Training Let You Beat Michael Jordan in Basketball?
- iacephysics
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Could this be a viable experiment? Criticism wanted
- arildno
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News Is Obama fueling the Gate's incident?
- waht
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News What are the cons of cannabis legalization?
- Martini
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Mountaineering: Climbing and Trekking - 2009 Season
- Astronuc
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Police arrest paramedic on an emergency run
- Ivan Seeking
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Are Stoic Quotes and Buddhist Philosophy Linked?
- madness
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News Is it just Britain and America in Afghanistan?
- The riddler
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Brilliant Woman Solves All of California's Problems
- B. Elliott
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Why do most male wallets lack coin compartments?
- noblerare
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Discover Abstruse Goose Comics - XKCD-Style Web Comic
- n!kofeyn
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News Corruption in NSJ: 4 Innocent Bystanders Injured in Hoboken Bank Robbery
- Jimmy Snyder
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Is Graffiti the New Canvas for Literary Expression?
- TheStatutoryApe
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News Does the Rejection of Concealed Carry Reciprocity Affect State Gun Laws?
- Jimmy Snyder
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US not so good on social mobility
- rootX
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Is logic a human perception or a universal fact?
- Hippasos
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News Will the 21st Century See a Major Global Military Conflict?
- vanesch
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Who has profited from this latest recession?
- Loren Booda
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News Should nations base foreign policies on national self-interest?
- kks23
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