• Social Affairs

    Economics of Planned Parent...

    As you may have heard, last week an Anti-Abortion Political group (The Susan B. Anthony List) spent over half a million bucks trying to get Congress to cut $75m in funding to Planned Parenthood, a women’s health care provider that also performs the most abortion in the U.S.. An important thing to note is that abortions account for less than 3%...

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    posted by bigred on April 13th

  • Business

    The Rising Price of Oil ...

    I’m always amused when I see groups of people organizing “Gas Strikes” in the U.S. – an attempt to lower the price of gas by boycotting consumption for a day or two. It’s not difficult for producers to realize that the demand of oil in places like the U.S. is to a great extent inelastic. That is, the United States i...

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    posted by boxman on March 23rd

  • Foreign Affairs

    Intervention in Libya

    With the turmoil in Libya escalating each day, it seems that certain western countries are going to have to seriously consider the possibility of intervention. The widespread violence and major humanitarian concerns seem to be just the beginning of the uprising as Gadaffi refuses to step down and is using very aggressive military force to put do...

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    posted by coolshade on February 23rd

  • Science & Technology

    The need for speed!

    When it comes to public transportation, America is undoubtedly behind. While it’s true we do not suffer from the same mass-crowding issues of Europe and Japan that make transit an absolute necessity, our energy efficient future relies on this new transit infrastructure. This week, President Obama proposed his goal to give 80% of Americans ...

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    posted by bigred on January 27th

  • Social Affairs

    Graffiti

    In my opinion it is a valid art form, but belongs on a canvas. I hate the young fucking punks who think it’s cool to destroy public and private property and use my tax money to have it cleaned up. 99.9% of it graffiti someone’s moniker that I don’t care about, put on a public bus or building that I have to look at. Burners, Thr...

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    posted by patricklawler on June 18th