<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204</id><updated>2012-02-13T14:43:00.383-08:00</updated><category term='education'/><category term='technology'/><category term='big bang'/><category term='republicans'/><category term='comics'/><category term='mage'/><category term='art'/><category term='Apologetics'/><category term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category term='WBC'/><category term='Judaism'/><category term='evolution'/><category term='credulity'/><category term='Politics'/><category term='judgement day'/><category term='roleplaying'/><category term='Theism'/><category term='biotechnology'/><category term='sexuality'/><category term='Faith'/><category term='Law'/><category term='News'/><category term='rant'/><category term='science'/><category term='pics'/><category term='Islam'/><category term='knowledge'/><category term='meme'/><category term='bible'/><category term='global warming'/><category term='Music'/><category term='justice'/><category term='Skepticon'/><category term='videos'/><category term='free will'/><category term='government'/><category term='Liberty'/><category term='discrimination'/><category term='deconversion'/><category term='game'/><category term='links'/><category term='Creationism'/><category term='Immigration'/><category term='Assisted Death'/><category term='Atheism'/><category term='Proselytizing'/><category term='history'/><category term='religion'/><category term='Christianity'/><category term='Death'/><category term='questions'/><category term='TED'/><category term='Catholicism'/><title type='text'>I have to say it somewhere</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>392</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6205233348160183978</id><published>2012-02-13T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T12:00:04.779-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discrimination'/><title type='text'>Should Female Marines Get a Break?</title><summary type='text'>http://jezebel.com/5876787/should-lady-marines-get-a-break

A plan to make the physical requirements more difficult for aspiring female US Marines by requiring full pull-ups has been postponed indefinitely. And as it stands now, women interested in becoming lady Leathernecks must meet lower physical standards than their male counterparts. But for jobs that require brute physical strength, is it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6205233348160183978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/should-female-marines-get-break.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6205233348160183978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6205233348160183978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/should-female-marines-get-break.html' title='Should Female Marines Get a Break?'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-9069044572806867358</id><published>2012-02-13T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:00:03.079-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credulity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>The Red Flags of Quackery v2</title><summary type='text'>The Red Flags of Quackery v2</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/9069044572806867358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/red-flags-of-quackery-v2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/9069044572806867358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/9069044572806867358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/red-flags-of-quackery-v2.html' title='The Red Flags of Quackery v2'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-514370952556973651</id><published>2012-02-10T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T20:00:02.909-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Our Universe</title><summary type='text'>Inside the Eagle Nebula:  Inside the Eagle Nebula
Dust of the Orion Nebula:  What surrounds a hotbed of star formation?  
The Belt of Venus Over Mercedes Argentina:  Although you've surely seen it, you might not have noticed it.
Enceladus Backlit by Saturn:  This moon is shining by the light of its planet.
Trees, Stars, Aurora:  Have you ever seen an aurora?  

iceland waterfall by rpira on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/514370952556973651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-universe_10.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/514370952556973651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/514370952556973651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-universe_10.html' title='Our Universe'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7253646968664332562</id><published>2012-02-10T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T16:00:03.682-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><title type='text'>Star Wars / ACDC</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7253646968664332562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/star-wars-acdc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7253646968664332562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7253646968664332562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/star-wars-acdc.html' title='Star Wars / ACDC'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/LVdJlODCOhU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-53633092656847529</id><published>2012-02-10T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T12:00:04.403-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Arthur Recreates Scenes from Classic Movies</title><summary type='text'>
http://www.studioarthur.co.uk/

I'm not big on cute, but I'm not immune. Go check out that blog, its cute. This particular pic is the recreation of 12 Angry Men, one movie that I enjoy and think people need to see.

And since we're recreating movies using teh cute:

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MIRKO SIAKKOU FLODIN – TIRE SCULPTURES

In the category of DIY projects may I also include this link:


Victorian Organ Command Desk &amp; Steampunk Home Tour

If your going to play with your food, at least be creative doing it:


Carl Warner’s Whimsical Food Landscapes


Custom Sculptures made from Recycled Metal by Tom Samui</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2953884806500204237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/art-projects.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2953884806500204237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2953884806500204237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/art-projects.html' title='Art Projects'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-22234457637871140</id><published>2012-02-09T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T16:00:02.938-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>ideasandopinions:Colorblind Ideology is a Form of RacismWhat...</title><summary type='text'>ideasandopinions:

Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism
What...: 

ideasandopinions:

Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism
What is racial colorblindness?
Racial issues are often uncomfortable to discuss and rife with stress and controversy. Many ideas have been advanced to address this sore spot in the American psyche. Currently, the most pervasive approach is known as colorblindness. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/22234457637871140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/ideasandopinionscolorblind-ideology-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/22234457637871140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/22234457637871140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/ideasandopinionscolorblind-ideology-is.html' title='ideasandopinions:Colorblind Ideology is a Form of RacismWhat...'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8754269909148793432</id><published>2012-02-09T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T12:00:03.932-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Evolution Is Still Happening: Beneficial Mutations in Humans</title><summary type='text'>Adam Lee over at Daylight Atheism reminds us that we are still evolving with a short list of some beneficial mutations recently discovered.

Apolipoprotein AI-Milano which offers a benefit toward prevention of heart disease because it is even more effective at removing cholesterol from our arteries. This has been identified within a single extended family in Italy which suggests it is a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8754269909148793432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/evolution-is-still-happening-beneficial.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8754269909148793432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8754269909148793432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/evolution-is-still-happening-beneficial.html' title='Evolution Is Still Happening: Beneficial Mutations in Humans'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6571908499379307591</id><published>2012-02-09T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T08:00:03.348-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>The United States of Inequality</title><summary type='text'>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_great_divergence/features/2010/the_united_states_of_inequality/introducing_the_great_divergence.html

In 1915, a statistician at the University of Wisconsin named Willford I. King published The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States, the most comprehensive study of its kind to date.

King was somewhat troubled to find that the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6571908499379307591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/united-states-of-inequality.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6571908499379307591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6571908499379307591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/united-states-of-inequality.html' title='The United States of Inequality'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1705788220557632877</id><published>2012-02-08T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T16:00:00.472-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>A Gulf Chorus Fights BP's PR War | Rocky Kistner's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC</title><summary type='text'>A Gulf Chorus Fights BP's PR War | Rocky Kistner's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

BP's newest PR salvo touting its Gulf cleanup hit a nerve with many residents still struggling to get their lives back (one ad captured this BP beach protest in the background). The oil behemoth's slickly produced pleas for Americans to “come on down” to the Gulf where the weather is warm, the food is sublime and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1705788220557632877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/gulf-chorus-fights-bps-pr-war-rocky.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1705788220557632877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1705788220557632877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/gulf-chorus-fights-bps-pr-war-rocky.html' title='A Gulf Chorus Fights BP&apos;s PR War | Rocky Kistner&apos;s Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6682055868418963334</id><published>2012-02-08T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T12:00:08.669-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Pointing it out</title><summary type='text'>http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200811170014

"Look, I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. I think it is prepared to use the government if it can get control of it."
Newt Gingrich

Yesterday I mentioned that I was going to point out that conservatives think we want to force our own </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6682055868418963334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/pointing-it-out.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6682055868418963334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6682055868418963334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/pointing-it-out.html' title='Pointing it out'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6907682203465247300</id><published>2012-02-08T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T08:00:01.430-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skepticon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atheism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>How Should Rationalist Approach Death Skepticon 4 Panel</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6907682203465247300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-should-rationalist-approach-death.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6907682203465247300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6907682203465247300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-should-rationalist-approach-death.html' title='How Should Rationalist Approach Death Skepticon 4 Panel'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/Cd0yF2ucFbE/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8368313757813249026</id><published>2012-02-07T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T16:00:03.523-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Oakland Response to Occupy</title><summary type='text'>Its not exactly current news of Oaklands actions in clearing out the Occupy encampment. So for me to mention it now seems late to the party, what is new is the records released concerning some of the officers who were on the front lines:

OPD Used Violent Cops Against Occupy

Documents recently released by OPD, coupled with news reports of the Campbell shooting, indicate that the department </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8368313757813249026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/oakland-response-to-occupy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8368313757813249026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8368313757813249026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/oakland-response-to-occupy.html' title='Oakland Response to Occupy'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8496376308914675402</id><published>2012-02-07T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T12:00:04.653-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Survey: Half of Texas doctors may drop Medicare if cuts enacted | McClatchy</title><summary type='text'>Survey: Half of Texas doctors may drop Medicare if cuts enacted | McClatchy

My brother likes to think of himself as a member of the Tea party. So much so that he feigns offense at being called a "Teabagger" despite the fact that Teabaggers took that name for themselves and have no right to complain when called it. I hesitate to call what transpired between us a discussion, but he did reveal a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8496376308914675402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/survey-half-of-texas-doctors-may-drop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8496376308914675402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8496376308914675402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/survey-half-of-texas-doctors-may-drop.html' title='Survey: Half of Texas doctors may drop Medicare if cuts enacted | McClatchy'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-5687469946066211128</id><published>2012-02-07T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T08:00:03.387-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Another Crowd Confronts Santorum</title><summary type='text'>http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/another-crowd-confronts-santorum/

Rick Santorum faced a semihostile crowd of students here Friday afternoon at the Dublin School, a small, private high school. They challenged him on gay rights, contraception and what one questioner called his “warmongering” while he professes to be a man of faith.
I don't know why the students were challenging him </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/5687469946066211128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/another-crowd-confronts-santorum.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5687469946066211128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5687469946066211128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/another-crowd-confronts-santorum.html' title='Another Crowd Confronts Santorum'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6920374042376397169</id><published>2012-02-06T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T16:00:05.588-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>WE ARE THE 99 PERCENT</title><summary type='text'>http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

Occupy 2012: Firmly disorganized, driven by dreams

I have $50K+ in student loans, and for the first time in 10 years I'm below $3K in credit card debt. I make less than $25K per year. Between paying off interest on those loans, slowly paying off my credit card, and paying my share of rent with 3 roommates (They've been nice enough to allow me to pay less </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6920374042376397169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/we-are-99-percent.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6920374042376397169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6920374042376397169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/we-are-99-percent.html' title='WE ARE THE 99 PERCENT'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8539040101044287910</id><published>2012-02-06T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T12:00:00.906-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credulity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='judgement day'/><title type='text'>Former Worldwide Church of God preacher says Jesus Christ is returning on May 27, 2012 and that today marks the end of time and beginning of "half time"</title><summary type='text'>http://www.goddiscussion.com/88544/former-worldwide-church-of-god-preacher-says-jesus-christ-is-returning-on-may-27-2012-and-that-today-marks-the-end-of-time-and-beginning-of-half-time/

Is it just me, or do theists really want the world to end? I'm all for right to die, but do you really have to try and drag us all down with you? And is it really necessary for you to threaten me because I think </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8539040101044287910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/former-worldwide-church-of-god-preacher.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8539040101044287910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8539040101044287910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/former-worldwide-church-of-god-preacher.html' title='Former Worldwide Church of God preacher says Jesus Christ is returning on May 27, 2012 and that today marks the end of time and beginning of &quot;half time&quot;'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7204631643515439275</id><published>2012-02-06T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T08:00:02.378-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Navy Researchers Investigate Small-Scale Autonomous Planetary Explorers - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory</title><summary type='text'>Navy Researchers Investigate Small-Scale Autonomous Planetary Explorers - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Power efficiency, not just for extra-Terrestrial exploration, but perhaps for our own use right here on planet earth. A biological solution to the toxic chemicals that make up current batteries.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7204631643515439275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/navy-researchers-investigate-small.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7204631643515439275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7204631643515439275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/navy-researchers-investigate-small.html' title='Navy Researchers Investigate Small-Scale Autonomous Planetary Explorers - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6692592698552990130</id><published>2012-02-03T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T20:00:02.035-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Our Universe</title><summary type='text'>Planet Aurora Borealis:  Illuminated by an eerie greenish light, this
Molecular Cloud Barnard 68:  Where did all the stars go?  
The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope:  Will our
Red Aurora Over Australia:  Why would the sky glow red?
La Silla Star Trails North and South:  Fix your camera to a tripod and you can record graceful


The Most Incredible Space Imagery


The recently completed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6692592698552990130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-universe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6692592698552990130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6692592698552990130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-universe.html' title='Our Universe'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-INCj8hd5T7s/TwZfX45E6wI/AAAAAAABoMk/cs9sTVERaNk/s72-c/e5twyegfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4412660609645732998</id><published>2012-02-03T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T16:00:00.648-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><title type='text'>7 Churches Devoured by Lava</title><summary type='text'>
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-churches-devoured-lava?image=12

Don't get me wrong, I don't take any particular pleasure in seeing churches destroyed through natural disaster. I do find nature reclaiming its own to be beautiful in its own right though and view these pictures with just as much awe as were they not focused on Churches.

This does, however, provide me the chance to speak</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/4412660609645732998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/7-churches-devoured-by-lava.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4412660609645732998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4412660609645732998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/7-churches-devoured-by-lava.html' title='7 Churches Devoured by Lava'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3305235587947226211</id><published>2012-02-03T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T12:00:03.904-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>I've put off sharing this for long enough</title><summary type='text'>http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/

I have been intending to write this essay for months. Why am I finally doing it? Because I finally found some uncommitted time? Wrong. I have papers to grade, textbook orders to fill out, an NSF proposal to referee, dissertation drafts to read. I am working on this essay as a way of not doing all of those things. This is the essence of what I call </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3305235587947226211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/ive-put-off-sharing-this-for-long.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3305235587947226211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3305235587947226211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/ive-put-off-sharing-this-for-long.html' title='I&apos;ve put off sharing this for long enough'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7920447742504277522</id><published>2012-02-03T10:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T10:00:05.308-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><title type='text'>Green Onions - Steve Cropper &amp; Donald 'Duck' Dunn</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7920447742504277522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/green-onions-steve-cropper-donald-duck.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7920447742504277522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7920447742504277522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/green-onions-steve-cropper-donald-duck.html' title='Green Onions - Steve Cropper &amp; Donald &apos;Duck&apos; Dunn'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/IM6MEb2xnLk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-862523112517236974</id><published>2012-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T08:00:08.644-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>GPS, relativity, and nuclear detection</title><summary type='text'>

Gotta love the minutephysics channel on youtube. This is just one example of his many videos, and I imagine I'll probably include others in the future. This also happens to be a simple example of how our every day life is affected for the better based upon scientific understandings, understandings that many would deny because it contradicts their Biblical worldview.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/862523112517236974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/gps-relativity-and-nuclear-detection.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/862523112517236974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/862523112517236974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/gps-relativity-and-nuclear-detection.html' title='GPS, relativity, and nuclear detection'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ky4RgRvVDoA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6378161610552784875</id><published>2012-02-02T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T16:00:01.971-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global warming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Evolution in Action</title><summary type='text'>World-first hybrid shark found off Australia

The mating of the local Australian black-tip shark with its global counterpart, the common black-tip, was an unprecedented discovery with implications for the entire shark world, said lead researcher Jess Morgan.
"It's very surprising because no one's ever seen shark hybrids before, this is not a common occurrence by any stretch of the imagination," </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6378161610552784875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/evolution-in-action.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6378161610552784875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6378161610552784875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/evolution-in-action.html' title='Evolution in Action'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8287732804492548967</id><published>2012-02-02T12:00:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T12:00:01.635-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sexuality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discrimination'/><title type='text'>Even Women can be wrong about Feminism</title><summary type='text'>The straw woman of the skeptical movement

As a woman who has been here all along this is distressing to me, I love you guys for who you are, from my table-top strategy gaming group though my political debate forum right in to the skeptical community. You have never been anything but awesome and welcoming. Who made you think you weren’t?

The women who are seen as nothing more than sex objects </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8287732804492548967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/even-women-can-be-wrong-about-feminism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8287732804492548967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8287732804492548967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/even-women-can-be-wrong-about-feminism.html' title='Even Women can be wrong about Feminism'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8123424474406545195</id><published>2012-02-02T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T08:00:05.167-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credulity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>HONOR VIOLENCE</title><summary type='text'>http://theahafoundation.org/issues/honor-violence/

Some good information, What is honor violence? What is an honor killing? How is honor violence different from domestic violence?

But must chillingly of all: Does this happen in the United States?

Yes. There are numerous recent examples of honor violence and honor killings in the U.S., a few of which are described below. We suspect that the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8123424474406545195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/honor-violence.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8123424474406545195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8123424474406545195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/honor-violence.html' title='HONOR VIOLENCE'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3041040074664101628</id><published>2012-02-01T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T16:00:04.123-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discrimination'/><title type='text'>Meanwhile in Alabama</title><summary type='text'>Alabama brings back slavery for Latinos

So, here is how it goes. First, the state passes a harsh immigration law. Then, it detains large numbers of immigrants. Third, private prisons (LCS, CCA, GEO) receive fresh inmates. And finally, the artificially created labor shortage is supplied by the new inmates. Does this sound like modern-day slavery to anyone?

The rest of the country can only look </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3041040074664101628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/meanwhile-in-alabama.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3041040074664101628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3041040074664101628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/meanwhile-in-alabama.html' title='Meanwhile in Alabama'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4540626753051775858</id><published>2012-02-01T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T12:00:02.289-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skepticon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Skeptical Genetics, Skepticon 4 Jen McCreight</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/4540626753051775858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/skeptical-genetics-skepticon-4-jen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4540626753051775858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4540626753051775858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/skeptical-genetics-skepticon-4-jen.html' title='Skeptical Genetics, Skepticon 4 Jen McCreight'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/mf5ZcpgZop4/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6033115901279176345</id><published>2012-02-01T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T08:00:10.469-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Ohio's governor expresses misgivings about making people pass a drug test to receive welfare</title><summary type='text'>http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/08da4455fbf744f5abbb3cba2f58d0eb/OH--Ohio-Drug-Testing/

A GOP-sponsored bill introduced in the Ohio Legislature would tie eligibility for state assistance to a drug test. Similar proposals have been offered or planned by Republican lawmakers in several other states, while Florida recently enacted one such law. But the drug testing, championed by Republican </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6033115901279176345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/ohios-governor-expresses-misgivings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6033115901279176345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6033115901279176345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/02/ohios-governor-expresses-misgivings.html' title='Ohio&apos;s governor expresses misgivings about making people pass a drug test to receive welfare'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3390424322764238129</id><published>2012-01-31T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T16:00:04.259-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery 'a first'</title><summary type='text'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-15333852

Archaeology Scotland and East Lothian-based CFA Archaeology have also been involved in the project which led to the find.

The term "fully-intact", used to describe the find, means the remains of the body along with objects buried with it and evidence of the boat used were found and recovered.

The Ardnamurchan Viking was found </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3390424322764238129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/ardnamurchan-viking-boat-burial.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3390424322764238129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3390424322764238129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/ardnamurchan-viking-boat-burial.html' title='Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery &apos;a first&apos;'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8617494422833138357</id><published>2012-01-31T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T12:00:05.892-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Photo</title><summary type='text'>Photo: 

This is something that I don't think Bill O'Reilly or any other Conservative really understands. It doesn't matter what, how much, or even how little a woman is wearing; that does not mean she is asking for, much less deserves, to be raped.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8617494422833138357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/photo_31.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8617494422833138357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8617494422833138357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/photo_31.html' title='Photo'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-655485627385305007</id><published>2012-01-31T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T08:00:02.180-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sexuality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discrimination'/><title type='text'>More examples of people doing the right thing</title><summary type='text'>http://www.good.is/post/people-are-awesome-superintendent-tells-critics-of-lesbian-homecoming-couple-to-buzz-off/

But rather than cower from criticism, as many administrators are wont to do when facing charges of immorality, San Diego Unified School District Superintendent Bill Kowba is digging in his heels and fighting back. In a press conference about his district's budget on Monday, Kowba </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/655485627385305007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-examples-of-people-doing-right.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/655485627385305007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/655485627385305007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-examples-of-people-doing-right.html' title='More examples of people doing the right thing'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3097586216391545727</id><published>2012-01-30T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T16:00:01.587-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Law'/><title type='text'>Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill</title><summary type='text'>BREAKING: Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill: pThis afternoon, Obama signed the controversial Defense authorization bill, despite his reservations about provisions related to the treatment of terrorism suspects. The National Journal reports: President Obama signed on Saturday the defense authorization bill, formally ending weeks of heated debate in Congress and intense lobbying by the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3097586216391545727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/obama-signs-defense-authorization-bill.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3097586216391545727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3097586216391545727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/obama-signs-defense-authorization-bill.html' title='Obama Signs Defense Authorization Bill'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8808038560681932715</id><published>2012-01-30T13:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T13:40:29.004-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Game Of Thrones Season 2: "Shadow" Tease</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8808038560681932715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/game-of-thrones-season-2-shadow-tease.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8808038560681932715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8808038560681932715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/game-of-thrones-season-2-shadow-tease.html' title='Game Of Thrones Season 2: &quot;Shadow&quot; Tease'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/rOzXsqoJhtE/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7928880712877378076</id><published>2012-01-30T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T12:00:07.683-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credulity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sexuality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discrimination'/><title type='text'>Somebody tell David Barton to shut up</title><summary type='text'>Some good points about common misconceptions of homosexuality all in one spot, definitely worth the share:

Somebody tell David Barton to shut up: David Barton is a guy who makes a living lying about history…and now apparently he wants to add lying about science to his résumé. Here he argues that abortion and homosexuality are wrong because they are aberrations of nature.

The stupid burns white </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7928880712877378076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/somebody-tell-david-barton-to-shut-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7928880712877378076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7928880712877378076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/somebody-tell-david-barton-to-shut-up.html' title='Somebody tell David Barton to shut up'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/-FG2b6358jc/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-9167275323462839178</id><published>2012-01-30T08:00:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T08:00:00.909-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All</title><summary type='text'>For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curveball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background.  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that they intend to launch an online learning initiative called M.I.T.x,which will offer the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/9167275323462839178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/mit-game-changer-free-online-education.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/9167275323462839178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/9167275323462839178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/mit-game-changer-free-online-education.html' title='M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/_F-VVmMD4_k/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-9175700652204233799</id><published>2012-01-27T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T20:00:02.252-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Our Universe</title><summary type='text'>The Wolf s Moon:  The Wolf s Moon
NGC 4449: Star Stream for a Dwarf Galaxy:  A mere 12.5 million light-years from Earth, irregular

Days in the Sun:  From solstice to solstice,
Saturns Hexagon Comes to Light:  Believe it or not, this is the North Pole of Saturn.
Deep Orion Over the Canary Islands:  Which attracts your eye more -- the sky or the ground?
January Aurora Over Norway:  What's that in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/9175700652204233799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-universe_27.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/9175700652204233799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/9175700652204233799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-universe_27.html' title='Our Universe'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2690399104324673224</id><published>2012-01-27T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T07:33:15.477-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Next Stop Beaujolais: A Metro Map of French Wines</title><summary type='text'>
http://bigthink.com/ideas/40384?page=all

I was never one of the popular kids, so while the others were off partying and drinking and learning their tastes for the different alcohols available I was home, alone, using my imagination to keep me entertained, along with books, movies, or whatever. I never really understood what the interest was in alcohol, at least not for a long time. It wasn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2690399104324673224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/next-stop-beaujolais-metro-map-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2690399104324673224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2690399104324673224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/next-stop-beaujolais-metro-map-of.html' title='Next Stop Beaujolais: A Metro Map of French Wines'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6186482036_95c3c129f8_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7530248146415007429</id><published>2012-01-27T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T12:00:05.778-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Episode 659: I Hope You Like Lava</title><summary type='text'>Episode 659: I Hope You Like Lava: 

We expect this to make sales of cyborg conversions go through the roof.


</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7530248146415007429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/episode-659-i-hope-you-like-lava.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7530248146415007429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7530248146415007429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/episode-659-i-hope-you-like-lava.html' title='Episode 659: I Hope You Like Lava'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8907762270785894344</id><published>2012-01-27T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T08:00:08.328-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><title type='text'>Dara O Briain on Video games</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8907762270785894344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/dara-o-briain-on-video-games.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8907762270785894344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8907762270785894344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/dara-o-briain-on-video-games.html' title='Dara O Briain on Video games'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/O4AmIKhfr40/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2389020985789785520</id><published>2012-01-26T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T16:00:02.885-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>During Bush Presidency, Current GOP Leaders Voted 19 Times To Increase Debt Limit By $4 Trillion</title><summary type='text'>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/04/14/158424/republican-leaders-debt-limit-hypocrisy/

The article really speaks for itself, its just another example of the hypocrisy found on the right and just another reason that I simply cannot support them.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2389020985789785520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/during-bush-presidency-current-gop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2389020985789785520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2389020985789785520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/during-bush-presidency-current-gop.html' title='During Bush Presidency, Current GOP Leaders Voted 19 Times To Increase Debt Limit By $4 Trillion'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2734340371766960771</id><published>2012-01-26T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T12:00:03.477-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><title type='text'>He's Mitt Romney folks, and he thinks he believes in America</title><summary type='text'>

When generations of immigrants looked up and saw the Statue of Liberty for the first time,
I'm floored Mitt, you're the first Republican I think I've hear admit that we white folk are immigrants too. Gotta admit, that does good things for your image, until I remember that you want to prevent other immigrants from being able to come and take advantage of the same opportunities.

The spirit of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2734340371766960771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/hes-mitt-romney-folks-and-he-thinks-he.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2734340371766960771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2734340371766960771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/hes-mitt-romney-folks-and-he-thinks-he.html' title='He&apos;s Mitt Romney folks, and he thinks he believes in America'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1241160546415264326</id><published>2012-01-26T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T08:00:04.675-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Coffee Enemas, Aromatherapy, and Intercessory Prayer: Your Tax Dollars At Work</title><summary type='text'>http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/blog/coffee-enemas-aromatherapy-and-intercessory-prayer-your-tax-dollars-work

Oy! Republicans! You want to cut spending, here's some spending that needs to be cut! Stop cutting legitimate science and healthcare, and start cutting these programs which have been shown to be failures.

Alas no, instead Republicans like Mitt Romney wants to cut spending on useful, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1241160546415264326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/coffee-enemas-aromatherapy-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1241160546415264326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1241160546415264326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/coffee-enemas-aromatherapy-and.html' title='Coffee Enemas, Aromatherapy, and Intercessory Prayer: Your Tax Dollars At Work'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3100484998332824471</id><published>2012-01-25T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T16:00:01.881-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>The Molotov Party</title><summary type='text'>The Molotov Party

Even those who loathe Karl Rove’s every word may be hard-pressed to dispute his pre-Christmas summation of the Republican circus so far: “the most unpredictable, rapidly shifting, and often downright inexplicable primary race I’ve ever witnessed.” And all this, as he adds, before a single vote has been cast. The amazing GOP race has also been indisputably entertaining, spawning</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3100484998332824471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/molotov-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3100484998332824471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3100484998332824471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/molotov-party.html' title='The Molotov Party'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-5779137925774513965</id><published>2012-01-25T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T14:37:59.284-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='questions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='roleplaying'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mage'/><title type='text'>My Game, asking advice from the Internets</title><summary type='text'>I've mentioned a few times on here that I consider myself a gamer, and that I enjoy role-playing games as well as World of Warcraft. I don't spend a lot of time indulging in those hobbies though and as I work on being a blogger I'm learning that using this space should be more than simply repeating and maybe commenting on news items. So I wanted to write up my thoughts here about a game I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/5779137925774513965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-game-asking-advice-from-internets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5779137925774513965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5779137925774513965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-game-asking-advice-from-internets.html' title='My Game, asking advice from the Internets'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1218428651046495654</id><published>2012-01-25T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T12:00:02.928-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>SC Gov. Haley dictated health panel finding</title><summary type='text'>http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/dec/14/haley-dictated-panel-finding/

Why am I not surprised to find a Republican Governor dictating what a committee should find before said committee meets? Whats the point of the committee then Gov. Haley? Legitimacy? You ruined those chances by dictating their findings before they even met. And then, in having them meet anyway, you wasted taxpayer money</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1218428651046495654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/sc-gov-haley-dictated-health-panel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1218428651046495654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1218428651046495654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/sc-gov-haley-dictated-health-panel.html' title='SC Gov. Haley dictated health panel finding'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1450721411093940927</id><published>2012-01-25T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T08:00:01.951-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Millionaires Support Warren Buffett’s Tax on the Rich</title><summary type='text'>http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/10/27/most-millionaires-support-warren-buffetts-tax-on-the-rich/?mod=e2tw

How is it that republicans have convinced a significant portion of Americans, who would not have to pay these taxes, that said taxes are a bad idea when these taxes are largely supported by the very people who would have to pay them?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1450721411093940927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/millionaires-support-warren-buffetts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1450721411093940927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1450721411093940927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/millionaires-support-warren-buffetts.html' title='Millionaires Support Warren Buffett’s Tax on the Rich'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1709077562205526057</id><published>2012-01-24T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T16:00:01.493-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Bar Shooting Leaves One Dead; Police Say Shooter Was OffDuty Deputy</title><summary type='text'>http://murrieta.patch.com/articles/bar-shooting-leaves-one-dead-police-say-shooter-was-offduty-deputy

Chris Hull, a 39-year-old Temecula resident, said he was inside the bar and saw the shooting happen.

Hull said he witnessed a man walking up while Hull and a group of friends were playing darts. The man reportedly identified himself as an off-duty cop and started a discussion with the group </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1709077562205526057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/bar-shooting-leaves-one-dead-police-say.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1709077562205526057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1709077562205526057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/bar-shooting-leaves-one-dead-police-say.html' title='Bar Shooting Leaves One Dead; Police Say Shooter Was OffDuty Deputy'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7643765028814876029</id><published>2012-01-24T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T12:00:03.268-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sexuality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Classes Have No Effect</title><summary type='text'>http://blogs.webmd.com/sexual-health-sex-matters/2007/05/abstinence-only-sex-ed-classes-have-no-effect.html

A study ordered by Congress and completed last month put some data into the public forum that will permit it to make its decision based on science rather than ideology.
Mathematica Policy Research Inc. conducted the study. Here’s what they found.
Students who took part in sexual abstinence</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7643765028814876029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/abstinence-only-sex-ed-classes-have-no.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7643765028814876029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7643765028814876029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/abstinence-only-sex-ed-classes-have-no.html' title='Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Classes Have No Effect'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6818642049960627034</id><published>2012-01-24T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T08:00:04.005-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Ocean trawl reveals 'megavirus'</title><summary type='text'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15242386

The largest virus yet discovered has been isolated from ocean water pulled up off the coast of Chile.

Called Megavirus chilensis, it is 10 to 20 times wider than the average virus.
"You don't need an electron microscope to see it; you can see it with an ordinary light microscope," he told BBC News.
"Previously, we only discovered viruses </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6818642049960627034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/ocean-trawl-reveals-megavirus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6818642049960627034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6818642049960627034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/ocean-trawl-reveals-megavirus.html' title='Ocean trawl reveals &apos;megavirus&apos;'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1797592024895115388</id><published>2012-01-23T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T16:00:01.920-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Tax Pledge May Scuttle a Deal on Deficit</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Reagan may be remembered as an antitax hero, but he actually raised taxes 11 times over the course of his presidency, all in the name of fiscal responsibility.
One of the 'analogies' that I've seen going around is to compare the national budget with a homemakers budget. If you have more bills than money your making, shouldn't you cut your bills?

The failure of that analogy is that its a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1797592024895115388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/tax-pledge-may-scuttle-deal-on-deficit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1797592024895115388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1797592024895115388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/tax-pledge-may-scuttle-deal-on-deficit.html' title='Tax Pledge May Scuttle a Deal on Deficit'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4950044884821336097</id><published>2012-01-23T14:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T14:07:12.664-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Arkansas Democratic Campaign Manager Comes Home To Find Child’s Cat Murdered, ‘LIBERAL’ Written On Dead Body</title><summary type='text'>Arkansas Democratic Campaign Manager Comes Home To Find Child’s Cat Murdered, ‘LIBERAL’ Written On Dead Body: pThe campaign manager of Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Ken Aden arrived home last night to find his child’s pet cat murdered on the front porch with the word “LIBERAL” scrawled across its lifeless body. Aden’s campaign manager, Jake Burris, lives in central Arkansas with his</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/4950044884821336097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/arkansas-democratic-campaign-manager.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4950044884821336097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4950044884821336097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/arkansas-democratic-campaign-manager.html' title='Arkansas Democratic Campaign Manager Comes Home To Find Child’s Cat Murdered, ‘LIBERAL’ Written On Dead Body'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1630703156175939332</id><published>2012-01-23T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T12:00:00.163-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Death Penalty For Gays: Ron Paul Courts The Religious Fringe In Iowa</title><summary type='text'>http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/ron-paul-hired-anti-gay-activist-to-run-iowa-campaign.php

Ron Paul has faced a torrent of criticism in recent weeks over newsletters printed in his name during the 1980s and 1990s which contained racist, anti-semitic, and homophobic content. He is also on the hook for accepting the support of fringe right-wing groups. While Paul dismisses these concerns,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1630703156175939332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/death-penalty-for-gays-ron-paul-courts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1630703156175939332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1630703156175939332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/death-penalty-for-gays-ron-paul-courts.html' title='Death Penalty For Gays: Ron Paul Courts The Religious Fringe In Iowa'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7325639610246049058</id><published>2012-01-23T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T08:00:08.019-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>The Undeserving Unemployed</title><summary type='text'>http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/the-undeserving-unemployed/

Finding this on the heals of Thursdays post The Delusion of a Just World, I just wanted to point out another take on this from an economic perspective rather than the religious perspective that Adam Lee, of Daylight Atheism, and I share.

In either arena the problem remains a moral issue, and brushing other peoples troubles</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7325639610246049058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/undeserving-unemployed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7325639610246049058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7325639610246049058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/undeserving-unemployed.html' title='The Undeserving Unemployed'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4642384868758315937</id><published>2012-01-20T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T20:00:00.556-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Our Universe</title><summary type='text'>Saturns Iapetus: Painted Moon:  What has happened to Saturn's moon Iapetus?  
Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud:  Cosmic dust clouds ripple across
NGC 6369: The Little Ghost Nebula:  This pretty planetary nebula, cataloged as
IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula:  Double, double toil and trouble;
Cygnus X: The Inner Workings of a Nearby Star Factory:  How do stars form?
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http://www.daylightatheism.org/2011/10/the-delusion-of-a-just-world.html

It is this very delusion that rests behind the vast majority of the religious rights politics and bigotry. Those people are lazy, they deserve to be poor. If they weren't lazy they wouldn't be poor. 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"What we've seen is that the courts are starting to look at parentage issues from a child's perspective, which is a very big shift. Before, children were treated more like property."Now the courts are starting to ask, 'Who do these children think their parents are?' It's a child-centered approach that relies on looking at behavior. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2176988859099067697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/california-courts-redefining-meaning-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2176988859099067697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2176988859099067697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/california-courts-redefining-meaning-of.html' title='California courts redefining meaning of parent | McClatchy'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-291608801821633958</id><published>2012-01-18T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T16:00:04.898-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Abortion does not have and adverse effect on mental health, forced pregnancy on the other hand does</title><summary type='text'>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/09/abortion-mental-health_n_1138545.html

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2011/12/16/study-having-an-abortion-does-not-increase-risk-mental-health-problems-unwanted-p

I don't know if both articles are talking about the same study, though it seems likely that's the case. Only one article actually seems to link to the study, the RHrealitycheck article. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/291608801821633958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/abortion-does-not-have-and-adverse.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/291608801821633958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/291608801821633958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/abortion-does-not-have-and-adverse.html' title='Abortion does not have and adverse effect on mental health, forced pregnancy on the other hand does'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-157958614041493052</id><published>2012-01-18T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T12:00:06.163-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discrimination'/><title type='text'>High School Principal Bullies Gay Student Activist</title><summary type='text'>http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/10/05/high-school-principal-bullies-gay-student-activist/

Is it really necessary for me to point out how wrong this is? It doesn't matter why the principal disagreed with the student, the principals responsibility as an educator is to teach the child to think for themselves, which includes supporting their efforts. The principal's responsibility as a school </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/157958614041493052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/high-school-principal-bullies-gay.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/157958614041493052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/157958614041493052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/high-school-principal-bullies-gay.html' title='High School Principal Bullies Gay Student Activist'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4596050544797797172</id><published>2012-01-18T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T08:00:06.331-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Law'/><title type='text'>Mindy Radabaugh testimony</title><summary type='text'>http://mindyradabaugh.tumblr.com/post/14171127508/i-submitted-my-testimony-today-in-opposition-of-the

i submitted my testimony today in opposition of the heartbeat bill here in ohio. i rarely speak out about what has happened to me, but i need to fight for the rights of other women. we can’t let this go through.
My name is Mindy Radabaugh, and I am a 22 year old college student from Ottawa, Ohio</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/4596050544797797172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/mindy-radabaugh-testimony.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4596050544797797172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4596050544797797172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/mindy-radabaugh-testimony.html' title='Mindy Radabaugh testimony'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3062902677324787670</id><published>2012-01-17T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T16:00:04.366-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Michigan City Turns Down Millions of Dollars, Saying Federal Money Is Not Free</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/us/michigan-city-of-troy-led-by-tea-party-mayor-rejects-federal-dollars.html?_r=1

I gotta give the tea party mayor some credit. Republicans would have taken that money and kept it for themselves.

That said, the tea party mayor is being kinda dumb. By not taking it to invest in their own community, which would create jobs and spark growth, the federal government</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3062902677324787670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/michigan-city-turns-down-millions-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3062902677324787670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3062902677324787670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/michigan-city-turns-down-millions-of.html' title='Michigan City Turns Down Millions of Dollars, Saying Federal Money Is Not Free'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-1191444005189956855</id><published>2012-01-17T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T12:00:06.115-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?</title><summary type='text'>
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html?c=y&amp;page=1

“It’s really a story of what happened to neutral clothing,” says Paoletti, who has explored the meaning of children’s clothing for 30 years. For centuries, she says, children wore dainty white dresses up to age 6. “What was once a matter of practicality—you dress your baby in white dresses and diapers; </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/1191444005189956855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1191444005189956855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/1191444005189956855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink.html' title='When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-251979843248726733</id><published>2012-01-17T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T08:00:06.365-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Thousands of rare documents burned in Egypt clash</title><summary type='text'>Thousands of rare documents burned in Egypt clash

What an incredible loss. Just another reason why I dislike and cannot support anyone who resorts to violence.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/251979843248726733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/thousands-of-rare-documents-burned-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/251979843248726733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/251979843248726733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/thousands-of-rare-documents-burned-in.html' title='Thousands of rare documents burned in Egypt clash'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2989136614433256055</id><published>2012-01-16T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T16:00:02.418-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Law'/><title type='text'>Camp Pendleton Cross Privileges Christianity; Marginalizes non-Christians</title><summary type='text'>Camp Pendleton Cross Privileges Christianity; Marginalizes non-Christians

On Nov 18th, Camp Pendleton officials recognized objections saying, ”The memorial cross activity … was conducted by private individuals acting solely in their personal capacities … The leadership is aware of the memorial cross emplacement and the activity is currently being reviewed by legal staff.”

Replacing the cross </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2989136614433256055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/camp-pendleton-cross-privileges.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2989136614433256055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2989136614433256055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/camp-pendleton-cross-privileges.html' title='Camp Pendleton Cross Privileges Christianity; Marginalizes non-Christians'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-5299462811622359466</id><published>2012-01-16T14:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T14:33:54.821-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.</title><summary type='text'>Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/5299462811622359466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/remembering-martin-luther-kingjr.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5299462811622359466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5299462811622359466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/remembering-martin-luther-kingjr.html' title='Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4287605223595629933</id><published>2012-01-16T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T12:00:04.090-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholicism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>300,000 babies stolen from their parents - and sold for adoption</title><summary type='text'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049647/BBC-documentary-exposes-50-year-scandal-baby-trafficking-Catholic-church-Spain.html

As if sheltering child rapists isn't enough, turns out the Catholic church also trafficked in babies, kidnapping them from parents and selling them. This is abhorrent, disgusting, wretched... The Catholic church has no grounds on which to stand in order to call me, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/4287605223595629933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/300000-babies-stolen-from-their-parents.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4287605223595629933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4287605223595629933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/300000-babies-stolen-from-their-parents.html' title='300,000 babies stolen from their parents - and sold for adoption'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2770105967505390002</id><published>2012-01-16T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T08:00:10.752-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>Gas Guzzler: Cloud Could Soon Meet Its Demise in Milky Way's Black Hole</title><summary type='text'>

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=black-hole-gas-blob

We get to watch the heart of our galaxy feed! How exciting!

In more Terrestrial news:
http://www.nature.com/news/tracking-the-magnetic-south-pole-1.9676

Two scientists from New Zealand will travel to Antarctica today in a quest to continue a 100-year-long record of Earth’s magnetic field: a record begun by British explorer </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2770105967505390002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/gas-guzzler-cloud-could-soon-meet-its.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2770105967505390002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2770105967505390002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/gas-guzzler-cloud-could-soon-meet-its.html' title='Gas Guzzler: Cloud Could Soon Meet Its Demise in Milky Way&apos;s Black Hole'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ciWGrZMkXVM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2843544123797895376</id><published>2012-01-13T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T20:00:01.896-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Our Universe</title><summary type='text'>Ringside with Titan and Dione:  Orbiting in the plane of
Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232:  Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232 
Facing NGC 6946:  From our vantage point in the
Bright Star Regulus near the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy:  The star near the top is so bright that it is sometimes hard to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2843544123797895376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-universe_13.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2843544123797895376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2843544123797895376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-universe_13.html' title='Our Universe'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-5535417189704859318</id><published>2012-01-13T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T16:00:03.155-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>American Characters in Chinese Films</title><summary type='text'>http://asiaobscura.com/2011/11/prosthetic-noses-red-wigs-and-whiteface-american-characters-in-chinese-films.html

Hollywood’s never been too subtle when it comes to Asia.

Mickey Rooney, yellow-skinned, buck-toothed and slanty-eyed, howling “Horry Gorightry!!!” down the staircase yet again. Warner Oland, carefully quoting his ancient proverbs before smacking Number Two Son yet again. And what was</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/5535417189704859318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/american-characters-in-chinese-films.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5535417189704859318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5535417189704859318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/american-characters-in-chinese-films.html' title='American Characters in Chinese Films'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8838305920234594453</id><published>2012-01-13T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T12:00:06.839-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><title type='text'>DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8838305920234594453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/dj-earworm-mashup-united-state-of-pop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8838305920234594453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8838305920234594453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/dj-earworm-mashup-united-state-of-pop.html' title='DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ail7D_k0s9w/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7416870629590515291</id><published>2012-01-13T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:00:04.320-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><title type='text'>A Humorous, but cautionary Tail</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7416870629590515291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/humorous-but-cautionary-tail.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7416870629590515291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7416870629590515291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/humorous-but-cautionary-tail.html' title='A Humorous, but cautionary Tail'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/CdYZnft3SI8/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4954571248100643284</id><published>2012-01-12T20:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T20:39:36.284-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Federal judge orders 'immediate' removal of Cranston school prayer mural; appeal unlikely</title><summary type='text'>Federal judge orders 'immediate' removal of Cranston school prayer mural; appeal unlikely: from The Providence JournalOnce again reason wins and religious freedom is defended. Now if all these Christians, who profess to follow Christs order to love their neighbor as themselves, would show their loyalty to his will and stop threatening, belittling, and insulting a young woman who was brave enough </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/4954571248100643284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/federal-judge-orders-immediate-removal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4954571248100643284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4954571248100643284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/federal-judge-orders-immediate-removal.html' title='Federal judge orders &apos;immediate&apos; removal of Cranston school prayer mural; appeal unlikely'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3190964673295115885</id><published>2012-01-12T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T16:00:05.449-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>The Day - Three guys on a seesaw: Today's vets come home to a very different nation | News from southeastern Connecticut</title><summary type='text'>The Day - Three guys on a seesaw: Today's vets come home to a very different nation | News from southeastern Connecticut

...when we came home we all benefitted from the G.I. Bill. Zeke used the very low-interest loans to buy a waterfront cottage and a small fishing boat, which he moored in his backyard.
Nobby went to Georgia, apprenticed in the plumbing and pipefitting trade, then opened his own</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3190964673295115885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/day-three-guys-on-seesaw-todays-vets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3190964673295115885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3190964673295115885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/day-three-guys-on-seesaw-todays-vets.html' title='The Day - Three guys on a seesaw: Today&apos;s vets come home to a very different nation | News from southeastern Connecticut'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-310933343211878142</id><published>2012-01-12T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T14:13:08.857-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Canadian Gov.'t Dissolves Every Same-Sex Marriage of US Citizens</title><summary type='text'>Canadian Gov.'t Dissolves Every Same-Sex Marriage of US Citizens: Canadian Gov.'t Dissolves Every Same-Sex Marriage of US Citizens: Thousands of Americans have gone to Canada over the past few years to get married. As of today, their marriages are nullified, thanks to conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new policy.
Dan Savage is one of the people whose marriage was unceremoniously </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/310933343211878142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadian-govt-dissolves-every-same-sex.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/310933343211878142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/310933343211878142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/canadian-govt-dissolves-every-same-sex.html' title='Canadian Gov.&apos;t Dissolves Every Same-Sex Marriage of US Citizens'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-5772481553701098141</id><published>2012-01-12T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T12:00:08.148-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Kevin Rudd's sister quits Labor over gay marriage policy</title><summary type='text'>Ms Rudd did not resign from Labor when her brother was toppled as prime minister.
She remained in the party because she believed it would be bad for the country to see Opposition Leader Tony Abbott become prime minister.
"The Leader of the Opposition should be thinking of the welfare of the nation and he was not. He had personal attacks," she said.
Now, she has quit Labor over the issue of gay </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/5772481553701098141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/kevin-rudds-sister-quits-labor-over-gay.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5772481553701098141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5772481553701098141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/kevin-rudds-sister-quits-labor-over-gay.html' title='Kevin Rudd&apos;s sister quits Labor over gay marriage policy'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7175700700419299381</id><published>2012-01-12T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T08:00:01.002-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free will'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='justice'/><title type='text'>Free Will and Responsibilities Reliance</title><summary type='text'>I've brought up free will before, and as I remember, I ultimately came to the conclusion that I wasn't even sure, couldn't be sure, what was meant by the term free will. Given the understanding that we have instincts, that our decisions are made long before we are even aware of making them, that our actions can be punished and are therefor restricted, or for simple behavioral studies there was no</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7175700700419299381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-will-and-responsibilities-reliance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7175700700419299381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7175700700419299381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-will-and-responsibilities-reliance.html' title='Free Will and Responsibilities Reliance'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7164241561266204120</id><published>2012-01-11T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T16:00:04.740-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skepticon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atheism'/><title type='text'>The Straw Vulcan, Julia Galef Skepticon 4</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7164241561266204120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/straw-vulcan-julia-galef-skepticon-4.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7164241561266204120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7164241561266204120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/straw-vulcan-julia-galef-skepticon-4.html' title='The Straw Vulcan, Julia Galef Skepticon 4'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/tLgNZ9aTEwc/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2995099183831099222</id><published>2012-01-11T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T12:00:05.850-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>REDDIT MAKES ME HATE ATHEISTS - SKEPCHICK</title><summary type='text'>I've made it a point that I'd like to see moderate and liberal Christians speaking out against the more conservative and fundamental varieties who claim to speak up for all Christians when they practice their homophobia, their sexism, their racism. It's important that they do so, not just to show fundamental Christians that they don't speak for all Christians, and hopefully that they don't speak </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2995099183831099222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/reddit-makes-me-hate-atheists-skepchick.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2995099183831099222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2995099183831099222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/reddit-makes-me-hate-atheists-skepchick.html' title='REDDIT MAKES ME HATE ATHEISTS - SKEPCHICK'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6847732771876542364</id><published>2012-01-11T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T08:00:10.653-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Heads in the Sand</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/heads-in-the-sand-20111201

GOP politicians have increasingly questioned or flatly denied the established science of climate change. As the presidential primaries heat up, the leading candidates have either denied the verdict of climate scientists or recanted their former views supporting climate policy. As the tea party grows in influence, and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6847732771876542364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/heads-in-sand.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6847732771876542364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6847732771876542364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/heads-in-sand.html' title='Heads in the Sand'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-7088330875126845963</id><published>2012-01-10T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T16:00:00.912-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Law'/><title type='text'>Deportation could split up lesbian Vt. couple</title><summary type='text'>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LESBIAN_COUPLE_DEPORTATION?SITE=MOSTP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

...federal immigration authorities have told Ueda she needs to leave the United States for her native Japan by Dec. 31, a move that would split up a couple who have been together more than a decade and were married under Vermont law in April.
...the Obama administration has pledged not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/7088330875126845963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/deportation-could-split-up-lesbian-vt.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7088330875126845963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/7088330875126845963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/deportation-could-split-up-lesbian-vt.html' title='Deportation could split up lesbian Vt. couple'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3816623307920717157</id><published>2012-01-10T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T12:00:04.255-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales</title><summary type='text'>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer-with-secret-iran-sales.html

Egorova-Farines wasn’t rewarded for bringing the illicit payments to the company’s attention. Her superiors removed her from the inquiry in August 2008 and fired her in June 2009, calling her incompetent, even after Koch’s investigators substantiated her findings. She sued Koch-Glitsch in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3816623307920717157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3816623307920717157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3816623307920717157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer.html' title='Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6292821706479467138</id><published>2012-01-10T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T08:00:02.228-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Employee health and well being</title><summary type='text'>At a Texas Foundry, An Indifference to Life

This is why we can't rely upon capitalist based systems as concerns employee well being. The whole aim of a capitalist system is to make money. Don't get me wrong, that's not a bad goal by any means. The problem is that a purely capitalist system aims to cut corners, to save money at all other costs. Unchecked that means it will cost worker health and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6292821706479467138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/employee-health-and-well-being.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6292821706479467138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6292821706479467138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/employee-health-and-well-being.html' title='Employee health and well being'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-909330549571755237</id><published>2012-01-09T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T16:00:06.645-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Lot of news to be found on Theropods lately</title><summary type='text'>Microraptor – the four-winged dinosaur that ate birds

O’Connor analysed the fossil with Xing Xu, a Chinese scientist who has made a career from discovering beautiful feathered dinosaurs. Microraptor is one of his most important finds. This tiny animal, about the size of a pigeon, had four wings, with long feathers on both of its legs as well as its arms. It was, at the very least, a very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/909330549571755237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/lot-of-news-to-be-found-on-theropods.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/909330549571755237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/909330549571755237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/lot-of-news-to-be-found-on-theropods.html' title='Lot of news to be found on Theropods lately'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6921599857234280176</id><published>2012-01-09T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T12:00:02.819-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Helpful Mouse Fetuses Naturally Send Stem Cells to Mom to Fix Her Damaged Heart</title><summary type='text'>Helpful Mouse Fetuses Naturally Send Stem Cells to Mom to Fix Her Damaged Heart

How the Heck:
The researchers started with two lines of mice: normal mice and mice genetically engineered to express  green fluorescent protein (GFP), which glows a distinctive green when exposed to blue light, in their cells. They mated normal female mice with GFP-producing male mice. This meant that half the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6921599857234280176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/helpful-mouse-fetuses-naturally-send.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6921599857234280176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6921599857234280176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/helpful-mouse-fetuses-naturally-send.html' title='Helpful Mouse Fetuses Naturally Send Stem Cells to Mom to Fix Her Damaged Heart'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3756302198503130088</id><published>2012-01-09T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T08:00:12.568-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>The Partisans: Rick Perry - Weak, man.</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3756302198503130088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/partisans-rick-perry-weak-man.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3756302198503130088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3756302198503130088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/partisans-rick-perry-weak-man.html' title='The Partisans: Rick Perry - Weak, man.'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/BbrI3F7p6-o/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-6859163170184144260</id><published>2012-01-06T20:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T20:00:05.641-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Our Universe</title><summary type='text'>To Fly Free in Space:  At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was farther out than anyone had ever been before.  
A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway:  Higher than the 
Ringside with Titan and Dione:  Orbiting in the plane of

Aurora Pictures: Rare Northern Lights Seen in U.S. South



The video speaks for itself, but to think that a deity created </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/6859163170184144260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-universe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6859163170184144260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/6859163170184144260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-universe.html' title='Our Universe'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/mcBV-cXVWFw/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2498492777249389073</id><published>2012-01-06T16:00:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T16:00:00.643-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><title type='text'>Steven Tyler, Alice Cooper, Weird Al - Come Together</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2498492777249389073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/steven-tyler-alice-cooper-weird-al-come.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2498492777249389073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2498492777249389073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/steven-tyler-alice-cooper-weird-al-come.html' title='Steven Tyler, Alice Cooper, Weird Al - Come Together'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/SX63mUW0-B0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3433595513165642295</id><published>2012-01-06T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T12:00:07.679-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><title type='text'>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3433595513165642295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/hobbit-unexpected-journey-trailer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3433595513165642295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3433595513165642295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/hobbit-unexpected-journey-trailer.html' title='The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/UGM1RB73Zso/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3635570727125408260</id><published>2012-01-06T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T08:00:05.024-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freyjas&apos; Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>World’s Largest Balloon Sculpture Created by a Single Artist</title><summary type='text'>http://designyoutrust.com/2011/10/14/worlds-largest-balloon-sculpture-created-by-a-single-artist/

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3635570727125408260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/worlds-largest-balloon-sculpture.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3635570727125408260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3635570727125408260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/worlds-largest-balloon-sculpture.html' title='World’s Largest Balloon Sculpture Created by a Single Artist'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-4497652303212082325</id><published>2012-01-05T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T16:00:07.048-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pics'/><title type='text'>Photo</title><summary type='text'>Photo: 

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/4497652303212082325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/photo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4497652303212082325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/4497652303212082325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/photo.html' title='Photo'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-5497936832599381201</id><published>2012-01-05T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T12:00:01.468-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apologetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>A Thought</title><summary type='text'>I found myself this morning wondering about Christian proofs for their god. And for the sake of this let me state that I am speaking of Christians in general and that I do know not all Christians follow the same specific beliefs. I just find it odd that Christians will claim that the Bible is proof of their deity, but then they also write other books defending the Bible, offering their own proofs</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/5497936832599381201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/thought.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5497936832599381201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/5497936832599381201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/thought.html' title='A Thought'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-8966279151173110163</id><published>2012-01-05T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T08:00:10.191-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>What Newt Gingrich Isn't Telling You About His Literacy Program</title><summary type='text'>http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/newt-gingrich-earning-by-learning

The more I learn about conservative politicians the more I can only conclude that they are all guilty of the very things they accuse anyone else of being. "Homosexuality is bad!" He's gay. "The Government keeps more than half it gets in fees meant to support others!" He's own social programs do just that. "These people are</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/8966279151173110163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-newt-gingrich-isnt-telling-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8966279151173110163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/8966279151173110163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-newt-gingrich-isnt-telling-you.html' title='What Newt Gingrich Isn&apos;t Telling You About His Literacy Program'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2083850456454810570</id><published>2012-01-04T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T16:00:01.246-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skepticon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atheism'/><title type='text'>The Religious Right VS Every Woman on Earth Skepticon 4 Rebecca Watson</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2083850456454810570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/religious-right-vs-every-woman-on-earth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2083850456454810570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2083850456454810570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/religious-right-vs-every-woman-on-earth.html' title='The Religious Right VS Every Woman on Earth Skepticon 4 Rebecca Watson'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/f6VXNTZYsyk/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-2267363722011471432</id><published>2012-01-04T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T12:00:00.347-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Gay and Vilified in Uganda</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/opinion/gay-and-vilified-in-uganda.html

Many Africans believe that homosexuality is an import from the West, and ironically they invoke religious beliefs and colonial-era laws that are foreign to our continent to persecute us.

The way I see it, homophobia — not homosexuality — is the toxic import. Thanks to the absurd ideas peddled by American fundamentalists, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/2267363722011471432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/gay-and-vilified-in-uganda.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2267363722011471432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/2267363722011471432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/gay-and-vilified-in-uganda.html' title='Gay and Vilified in Uganda'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537982665717661204.post-3311111767935037987</id><published>2012-01-04T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T08:00:07.310-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>Obama's Restrictions on Morning-After Pill Are Politically Driven</title><summary type='text'>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/07/obama-s-restrictions-on-morning-after-pill-are-politically-driven.html

Just in case you were wondering what the humdrum was about Plan B.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/feeds/3311111767935037987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/obamas-restrictions-on-morning-after.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3311111767935037987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2537982665717661204/posts/default/3311111767935037987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ideaswithheld.blogspot.com/2012/01/obamas-restrictions-on-morning-after.html' title='Obama&apos;s Restrictions on Morning-After Pill Are Politically Driven'/><author><name>Confused</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00261479840421231243</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j7nBdEZAy0k/TUnLbg1FFcI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OHtNWGb9P20/s1600/confused.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
