Posted on June 11, 2007 by thestateofblog
Hat tip: Dina
From CBS News
“A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders had considered, and [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2007 by thestateofblog
The media turned the story of a snobby rich boy into a love story.
“The Atlanta lawyer who flew on crowded airplanes while infected with a dangerous form of tuberculosis said Friday he did not think he presented a danger when he flew, and he apologized to his fellow passengers.
“I don’t expect those people to [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2007 by thestateofblog
From the Chicago Sun-Times last week:Food prices were up 3.9 percent in April over a year ago. The overall inflation rate in the same period: 2.6 percent.
Over the past five years, food prices have risen 12.2 percent nationwide.
Among the fastest-rising items: bread, beef, eggs, apples, lettuce, oranges, salad dressing and soft [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2007 by thestateofblog
“One of the reasons that forgiveness can be so challenging is that we feel we are condoning the actions of the person who caused our suffering, but this is a misunderstanding of what is required. In order to forgive, we simply need to get to a place where we are ready to stop identifying ourselves [...]
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