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Simple Fitness Equipment - Find It on Amazon!
- exequor
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News Kansas votes to endorse ignorance
- rachmaninoff
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Why Do Some Canadians Believe Criminals Only Commit Crimes They Want To?
- Pengwuino
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What is the significance of the numerical sequence 11111121113122223222?
- michealsmith
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News Exit Polling: The Election Game-Changer?
- ComputerGeek
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Does Capitalism Truly Reduce Poverty and Increase Wealth for All?
- Aquamarine
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Is Teddy Ruxpin making a comeback?
- Evo
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Am I immortal because I can't observe my birth or death?
- veij0
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Got a Pickett N4-ES Vector slide rule for Christmas
- BobG
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And they wonder why kids are so fat.
- matthyaouw
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News CNN is a reliable and neutral source?
- Ratzinger
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Would You Kill Hitler in 1930? A Moral Dilemma
- Smurf
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News Oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism
- Skyhunter
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Why Are We Captivated by Historical Quotes?
- Pengwuino
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Witness 5000 Paper Lanterns Light Up Beach in Bang Niang
- Ivan Seeking
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Is Monday Night Football Really Over?
- Ivan Seeking
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Is Mathematics Discovered or invented?
- ComputerGeek
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Munich movie review and finding someone to watch it with
- Pengwuino
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News Will British Vehicle Tracking Lead to Higher Taxes for Drivers?
- dduardo
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Is There a Cultural Difference in How Americans and the English Smile?
- hypnagogue
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New King Kong remake keeps the 1930s setting
- zoobyshoe
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News Do NSA wiretaps really involve data mining of all our telecommunications?
- rachmaninoff
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Mankind's average IQ drops just a little more
- Pengwuino
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Can you prove you are not mind controlled?
- dgoodpasture2005
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News Hoax: Little red book and the DHS
- Pengwuino
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Azeroth: Population 5 million and counting
- ranger
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Can a specific instant like midnight actually exist?
- stev
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Solve Chess Brain Teaser: White Mates in How Many Moves?
- RandallB
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Back to the future - let's try it one more time
- sweetvirgogirl
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Is the mind body problem theoretical?
- RAD4921
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What Other Alternative 'Theories' Could High School Teachers Teach?
- Chi Meson
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Planarity puzzle game on planarity.net
- Chi Meson
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What came first, organisms or consciousness?
- sameandnot
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News Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
- phcatlantis
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Is Police Harassing Couples in Meerut Park?
- siddharth
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News Al-Zarqawi caught, released By mistake
- scott1
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Are we really just vibrations, just energy
- jimmy1200
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Authenticating a Watch: What is the Rotating Bezel?
- Andy
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News Why Do People Criticize Capitalism?
- deckart
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What Would Happen if the World Had No Colors?
- debeng
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Text of Judge Jones decision (good style and interesting to read)
- marcus
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News Thomas L. Friedman on science funding, Middle East, and China's growth
- Cyrus
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Shouldn't we define 'Existence/Being'?
- nameless
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Twoness: A Theory for the Basis of Order found in Ancient Wisdom
- Les Sleeth
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Is the Golden Rule a Relative Moral Law?
- DB
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The state can take away your kids?
- Pengwuino
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News Is Life in Shenzhen and Guangzhou Really That Different from the West?
- Polly
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The story of Schroedinger's cat (an epic poem)
- Swamp Thing
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Literacy Falls for Graduates From College, Testing Finds
- Astronuc
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News Homeland Security Watching What You Read
- dduardo
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Should Mary Punish John for Breaking Law?
- lockecole
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News US Fugitives Find Haven in Canada
- loseyourname
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What should physicalism mean exactly?
- Les Sleeth
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Logic puzzle: three cities with truth-tellers, liars, and intelligent people
- vung_buoc_tien_phong
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Is Law & Order: Trial by Jury Worth Watching?
- MrOrange99
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News Should Jury Selection Be Based on Ethnic Quotas?
- TheStatutoryApe
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How many dimensions is the brain equipped to handle?
- Sir_Deenicus
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News Schwarzenegger Mulls Clemency for Williams
- loseyourname
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US Customs Find Man Smuggling Squirrels
- Mk
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Broken-hearted donor leaves diamond ring in car
- Evo
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Is copying homework justified when the system wastes time?
- Jameson
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Was There a Nuclear Incident in Russia Recently?
- Pengwuino
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Why do we want to win video games?
- Pengwuino
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What are the ideal character traits for a journalist and military officer?
- coberst
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What is the difference between the morality of liberals and conservatives?
- coberst
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What is the Shocking Truth About Britannica's Errors?
- fourier jr
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News Bush's claim about intelligence before the Iraqi war
- arildno
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News Physicist's advice on voting and political engagement
- zoobyshoe
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Is Punishment Justifiable Under Hard Determinism?
- bomba923
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What is the relationship between time and perception?
- MooMansun
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Quoting Plato with "Dialogues Plato"
- DB
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of top teams in world football?
- harsh
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What's wrong with secession if a majority wants to split off?
- Ratzinger
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Why is My Name Is Earl such an addictive show?
- Mk
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Why Does Back to the Future Require 88 MPH for Time Travel?
- sweetvirgogirl
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News CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons
- Astronuc
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Is Sir Richard Branson About to Take Over the Universe?
- Ivan Seeking
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News Does the common man eventually influence world affairs?
- Loren Booda
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Who Is Seated at the Nobel Prize Table of Honor?
- EL
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News US state department flip-flopping on Geneva conventions
- rachmaninoff
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Is There a Massive Cloud of Smoke Over Southeast England?
- rachmaninoff
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Mizuho Securities' 27 billion yen trading error in 2005
- rachmaninoff
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News What's wrong with American Big Business?
- russ_watters
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How much do people read into screen names?
- Smasherman
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Is hell exothermic or endothermic?
- sameandnot
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The Sopranos season 6 premiere and rewatching season 1 on HBO On Demand
- quantumdude
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Greatest Non-Newsworthy Item Ever?
- loseyourname
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What is the Artificial Kingdom and how does it impact our lives?
- coberst
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Why is the subjective state elusive in physical observations?
- octelcogopod
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News Is the US government using the terror suspect list for political purposes?
- rachmaninoff
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Is Love Truly Transient and Subjective?
- sameandnot
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Staring at a reflection of myself
- DeadWolfe
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Views on "Victims vs Criminals: Who Should We Care About?
- ruby_duby
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News Did When Clinton Lied, No One Died Ignore Larger Issues?
- russ_watters
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News Schwarzenegger replaces chief of staff, appoints gay democrat
- rachmaninoff
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Is there an omniscient interpreter in the cosmos?
- droog
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