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Beware Pseudo-Skepticism by Peebrain On January 29th, 2005, we were talking about the James Randi $1 Million Paranormal Challenge in the chat room. If you don't know what the Challenge is, the short version is that this ex-magician, James Randi, is willing to give a million dollars to anyone...

There's a mall, and at least one school in NJ, which have smart cams which basically profile people's actions and bags and such. Is it really the purpose of anti-terrorism? Or is it using "Terrorism" as an excuse to conducting spying on people without having to worry about criticism for...

I'll start. I have a Standards Meeting (ISO/JTC1/SC29/WG11-Audio) that starts, effectively, on that Sunday. It's in Hong Kong. I have to be concious to face a whole room full of people who are presently way put out with the USA and not very happy who I represent corporately either, so no way...

"I won't use an attack on the US as an excuse to invade a country we don't like" Anyone catch The West Wing last night (Wed)? In the show, a group of american delegates has been bombed in Gaza, killing many government officials, including congressmen and John Amos. Everyone is trying to...

Suicide Bomber Kills 25 in Pakistani Mosque - Fri Oct 1, 2004 What's the excuse this time? Sharon's policies? Israeli expansion? The Israeli 'apartheid' wall? Zionists? Jewish immigrants? IDF raids? Settlements? Come on lets hear the justification for this cough...freedom fighter's...cough...