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==April 2015==
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<vote poll=world9544>The [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/business/media/comcast-time-warner-cable-deal.html Comcast and Time Warner] merger has died.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9545>The [[Congress|Senate]] passes a bill on [[slavery|human trafficking]], but the [[Republicans]] have [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/sex-trafficking-bill-abortion_n_7120028.html attached an anti-abortion] bill to it.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9543>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122963 Racism kills '''a lot''' of people.]</vote>
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<!--<vote poll=world9542>Lasers fired through the [[EmDrive]]'s resonance chamber by NASA researchers [http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/nasa-may-have-accidentally-developed-a-warp-drive/ show variances in reception time higher than expected or in theory possible given normal conditions.] Don't get any grand hopes up yet, as the experiment is ongoing, and the promises of the EMDrive are unknown at best, but this is no crank-report; [http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36313.1820 real scientists are doing real science here], with something that's made them utter the most exciting words in the real science world: "Huh, that's weird." For more information on the EMDrive, look [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive here].</vote>-->
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<vote poll=world9541>In the name of [[Conservative correctness|political correctness]], [http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/04/21/Ohio-student-outraged-when-Feminist-removed-from-picture/5571429627509/ school principal and photographer erase the word feminist from an eighth-grader's shirt.]</vote>
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<!--<vote poll=world9540>Lasers fired through the [[EmDrive]]'s resonance chamber [http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/nasa-may-have-accidentally-developed-a-warp-drive/ show variances consistent with a warp field, including travelling faster than the speed of light.]</vote>-->
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<vote poll=world9539>The University of Alabama [http://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/index.ssf/2015/03/university_of_alabama_elects_f.html elects its first black SGA president in 39 years.] The SGA Senate [http://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/index.ssf/2015/04/university_of_alabama_sga_bloc.html refuses to confirm any of his appointments, preventing the consideration of any other business.] [[Obama|Sound familiar]]?</vote>
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<vote poll=world9538>Relevant to this site: [http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/final-note/now-amazon-will-let-you-rent-goats Amazon.com will help you rent goats.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9537>The USA is not the only western country where [http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32419952 "white" police like to visit violence on "black" youth.].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9536>Turns out non-violent garden-variety loons can be found among Western Muslims too - [http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/67982411/female-islamic-students-banned-from-running Islamic school principal in Australia bans girls from running sports in case they lose their virginity!] (Also thinks ISIS is a plot by Western countries.)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9535>[http://news.sciencemag.org/health/2015/04/fda-takes-new-look-homeopathy More on the FDA's homeopathy inquiry].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9534>[http://www.gallup.com/poll/182348/uninsured-rate-dips-first-quarter.aspx US uninsured rate drops to 11.9%]. Thanks, Obama.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9533>[http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/22/none-of-its-true-wellness-blogger-belle-gibson-admits-she-never-had-cancer "None of it's true,"] says wellness blogger who claimed to have beaten cancer by changing her diet.</vote>
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<!--<vote poll=world9532>[http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/no-link-autism-and-vaccines-mmr/ Study of 95,000 children finds no link between vaccines and autism, even in children at high risk for autism.]</vote>-->
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<vote poll=world9531>[http://www.businessinsider.com/atheism-isnt-bad-for-your-well-being-2015-4 "Being an atheist isn't bad for your mental health, new study says"]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9530>[http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missing-black-men.html?src=me&abt=0002&abg=1 "1.5 Million Missing Black Men"]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9529>In a massive study involving 95,000 children, researchers have confirmed that [http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/no-link-autism-and-vaccines-mmr/ there is no connection between the MMR vaccine and autism, even in high-risk populations]. Focus is now shifting on studying the effectiveness of the drinking of water as a preventative measure against dehydration, and whether or not the habitual inhalation of oxygen is an effective deterrent against death.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9528>[[Daesh]] leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] said to be in a critical condition [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-wounded-air-strike following an airstrike].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9527>The [[FBI]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-overstated-forensic-hair-matches-in-nearly-all-criminal-trials-for-decades/2015/04/18/39c8d8c6-e515-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html admits to using flawed] hair analysis for decades. Meanwhile, Americans who support the death penalty [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/04/17/most-americans-support-the-death-penalty-they-also-agree-that-an-innocent-person-might-get-put-to-death/ are unconcerned if] innocent people are killed.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9526>[http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/0419/Is-America-beginning-to-accept-atheists Is America beginning to accept atheists?] ( [[Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines#Betteridge.27s_law_of_headlines|Probably not]], but hey.)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9525>[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/healthy-baltimore-man-dies-after-being-restrained-police-n344506 And here we go again].  [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-freddie-gray-arrest-documents-20150420-story.html Man somehow has spine severed by police while being arrested "without force or incident"].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9524>John West and Kim Frederick, two [[Hillary Clinton]] backers, come up with a list of words they claim constitute [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/03/26/the-13-words-you-cant-write-about-hillary-clinton-anymore/ "coded sexism"].  "Sexist words, they say, include 'polarizing, calculating, disingenuous, insincere, ambitious, inevitable, entitled, over confident...'".  [http://i.imgur.com/ZByUIZt.jpg What happens next] is [http://i.imgur.com/MPFYPmg.jpg no less brilliant] [http://i.imgur.com/lMUK1C8.jpg for being predictable].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9523>[[Mehmet Oz]] gets some [http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/health/dr-oz-columbia-letter/ love from his fellow physicians]. He's also been [http://www.vox.com/2015/4/20/8455401/sony-wikileaks-dr-oz shilling for Sony.]</vote>
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<!-- <vote poll=world9522>A 15-year-old public school student [http://www.israelandstuff.com/15-yr-old-submits-a-holocaust-denial-report-called-holohoax-gets-an-a submits] a [[Holocaust denial]] report called Holohoax, and gets an A.</vote> -->
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<vote poll=world9521>[[FDA]] [http://www.centerforinquiry.net/newsroom/center_for_inquiry_invited_to_testify_against_homeopathy_at_fda_public_hear/ announces] public hearing on regulation of [[homeopathy]], [[Center for Inquiry]] invited to testify.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9520>[[Kentucky]] judge [http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2015/04/16/kentucky-judge-rules-gay-marriage-ban/25904085/ rules against gay marriage ban], stays his order until SCOTUS ruling.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9519>Sounds like science fiction: [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576515000867 Using a laser designed for particle accelerators to deorbit space debris from the ISS]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9518>[http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/4/140507 Chimpanzees in Fongoli, Senegal, have invented spears].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9517>[https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2 U.S. House, Senate pass HR2]. HR2 (among other things) [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2/text#toc-H4BA33EE85B7F4FA69951FB04615E53BB continues] federal funding for "personal responsibility" sexual education at $75 mil/year and [https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2/text#toc-H3C7380230EB54C8597682EF8147BA341 increases] funding for abstinence-out-of-marriage education from [http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:710%20edition:prelim) $50 mil/year] to $75 mil/year.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9516>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs New ''Star Wars'' trailer]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9515>[http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/have-you-seen/2015/04/15/25849193/ SpaceX "lands" their Falcon 9... and it promptly falls over sideways.]</vote>
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<!--<vote poll=world9514>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122683 Maybe this could have been prevented by shutting down everything.]</vote>-->
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<vote poll=world9513>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/supreme-court-rules-against-prayer-at-city-council-meetings-1.3033595 In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada rules that prayers at city council meetings are a violation of freedom of religion.] ([http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15288/index.do Link to judgment])</vote>
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<vote poll=world9512>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/14/iran-marzieh-afkham-first-female-ambassador-since-islamic-revolution Iran appoints first female ambassador since the Islamic revolution.] (This article also serves as a good overview of women's status in Iran today.)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9511>[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/foxs-john-stossel-smacks-oreilly-over-christian-victimhood-claims-youre-just-a-10-foot-tall-crybaby/ ‘You’re just a 10-foot-tall crybaby’]. [[John Stossel]] defends [[secularism]] on [[Fox News]].</vote>
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<!--vote poll=world9511>{{wpl|Alan Lomax|Alan Lomax's}} [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/03/28/148915022/alan-lomaxs-massive-archive-goes-online vast collection of folksong and folktale recordings] is [http://research.culturalequity.org/home-audio.jsp now available online]</vote-->
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<vote poll=world9510>[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/14/european-commission-antitrust-charges-google European Commission to announce antitrust charges against Google]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9509>[[Barack Obama]] [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32312008 plans to remove] [[Cuba]] from “state sponsors of terrorism” list.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9508>Parents flee to Mexico after [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/texas-church-members-accused-of-starving-demon-possessed-toddler-and-then-trying-resurrect-him/ starving and trying to resurrect their "demon-possessed" baby].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9507>Florida Governor Scott [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/gov-ricks-scott-anti-science-purge-begins-state-employee-banned-for-uttering-climate-change takes his anti-science purge to the next level] with mental screening and all for Floridan officials who utter "climate change" or "global warming".</vote>
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<vote poll=world9506>[[Barack Obama]] proposes [http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/politics/obama-mandatory-voting/ mandatory voting] as a solution to low voter turnout. There are doubts it [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/21/obama-suggests-making-it-mandatory-to-vote-that-would-change-very-little/ would change anything.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9505>[[Marco Rubio]]: [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32291674 Now running for US President].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9504>Whoa.  The universe [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-04/uoa-aun041015.php might not be expanding as fast as we thought.]  Meaning there might not be as much dark energy as previously thought. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9503>[[Nigel Farage]] has [http://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-13/polish-prince-challenges-nigel-farage-to-18th-century-style-duel/ been called to the field of honor.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9502>To the immense surprise of absolutely nobody, [[Hillary Clinton]] [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2015/apr/12/hillary-clinton-announces-2016-presidential-campaign-iowa is running for president].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9501>Anti-vax mother changes her mind [http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/67706280/antivaxxer-mother-recants-after-her-seven-children-contract-whooping-cough after all 7 of her children get whooping cough.]  And is quite brave to be public about it IMO.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9500>Slate: The [[American Civil War|War to Preserve Slavery]] [http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2015/04/after_appomattox_by_gregory_downs_reviewed.html ended later than we think]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9499>[[Tony Abbott]]'s government goes into [[stopped clock]] mode and [http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-withdraws-childcare-payments-for-antivaccination-parents-20150412-1mj837.html stops childcare payments for anti-vaccinators.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9498>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32272604 Pope Francis calls Armenian WW1 killings 'genocide']. Now just wait for [[Turkey]]'s officialdom to [[Armenian Genocide denial|to go haywire]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9497>[[Rand Paul]] throws [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/10/rand-paul-walks-out-live-interview hissy fit when questioned by a journalist, for the third time in a week].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9496>[http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/9/most-in-us-do-not-support-religious-freedom-laws.html According to a new poll, most Americans do not support ‘religious freedom’ laws.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9495>This just in: [http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/04/08/michigan-football-jim-harbaugh-american-sniper-screening Former 49ers coach wants to watch neocon Oscar bait after a screening of it was canceled due to protestors.] Naturally, the comments sections is full of pure uncut [[anti-intellectualism]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9494>Terrible human being [[Todd Kincannon]], who once hoped that Ray Rice's girlfriend "learned her lesson when he beat her," [http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/crime/family-values-republican-goes-berserk-gets-arrested-for-domestic-violence-screenshots-and-audio/ arrested for domestic violence.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9493>And not to be outdone, Christian doctors in Ontario [http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/christian-doctors-challenge-right-refuse-care-religious-grounds are fighting for the right to refuse treatment, on religious grounds.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9492>Another entrant in the race to be "the worst kind of human on the planet:" [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/tennessee-bill-allows-christian-counselors-to-reject-suicidal-lgbt-students/ A 2013 bill in Tennessee would allow Christian counselors to reject suicidal LGBT students.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9491>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/09/barack-obama-calls-for-end-to-conversion-therapies-for-lgbt-youth Barack Obama calls for end to 'conversion therapies' for LGBT youth]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9490>Iran [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/iran-calls-global-nuclear-disarmament-timetable-150409011200288.html calls out 5 nuclear powers] on their utter failure to eliminate stockpiles; Russia and China hop on the bandwagon to amp up pressure for Western nations to disarm.</vote>
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<!-- Duplicate of world9475 <vote poll=world9489>Policeman charged with murder for shooting an unarmed man running away. Warning, video in link could be considered disturbing[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/08/michael-slager-walter-scott_n_7023204.html]</vote> -->
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<vote poll=world9488>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/08/for-the-first-time-scientists-find-complex-organic-molecules-in-an-infant-star-system/ CH<sub>3</sub>CN found in baby star system,] with potential implications for likelihood of life forming elsewhere.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9477>Human ignorance can be lethal... [http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32214019 ''for baby tortoises.'']</vote>
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<vote poll=world9476>Black man pulled over by cops in 'Merica. [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32223868 You just know it didn't end well.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9475>[http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31988721 Transitional life ....]and it's not even a fossil (yet).</vote>
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<vote poll=world9474>[[Rand Paul]]: [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32197054 now running for president].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9473>[http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/apr/07/brontosaurus-is-back-new-analysis-suggests-genus-might-be-resurrected The brontosaurus] may be coming back.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9472>A [[GOP]] congressman who sponsored H.R.718 (aka, the [[abstinence education|Abstinence Education]] Reallocation Act of 2013) has an unmarried 17-year-old daughter.  [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/05/1311905/-GOP-Abstinence-Only-Rep-Cassidy-s-unwed-teen-daughter-is-pregnant-Can-he-work-AND-be-good-father# Can you guess the next part of this story?]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9471>Last Week Tonight [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M interviews] [[Edward Snowden]], and has him explain [[NSA]] surveillance via the only metaphor many Americans will actually understand: your naked pics. ([http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/06/edward-snowden-john-oliver-last-week-tonight-nsa-leaked-documents Writeup.])</vote>
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<vote poll=world9470>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-danger-being-wiped-out-5448779 <s>God</s> Allah joins anti-ISIS coalition.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9469>[http://www.newsweek.com/hackers-claim-leak-messages-between-kremlin-and-frances-front-national-319442 Putin and Le Pen sitting in a tree...]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9468>[[Indiana]] convicts a woman [http://www.vox.com/2015/4/3/8336863/an-indiana-woman-is-facing-20-years-in-prison-for-feticide/ for the murder of her own fetus.] 38 states have fetal murder laws. [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/02/purvi_patel_feticide_why_did_the_pathologist_use_the_discredited_lung_float.html Prosecuters use a discredited technique to convict her of murder.] The technique is from the seventeenth century and has been used in other cases with serious risk of miscarriage of justice.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9467>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/03/how-the-case-against-anthony-hinton-on-death-row-for-30-years-unraveled/ Anthony Ray Hinton] is yet another [[African American]] victim of miscarriage of justice.  Hinton was released after almost 30 years enduring [http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/life-on-death-row-in-alabama.html the harsh conditions] on [[Alabama]]'s death row.  [http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/03/us/alabama-death-row-inmate/ Experts maintained for 12 years the guns Hinton was accused of using did not match evidence in the murder cases but authorities chose to ignore this].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9466>The [[caucasian|white skin]] of [[Europe]]ans is [http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2015/04/how-europeans-evolved-white-skin a recent evolutionary innovation] that was rare until around 6,000 years ago. It has absolutely nothing to do with other things that are being referenced to as "[[Young Earth Creationism|6000 years ago]]"</vote>
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<vote poll=world9465>Al-Shabaab militants [http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/02/africa/kenya-university-attack/ kill 147 students at a Kenyan university.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9464>A historic agreement is in the works with Iran [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/iran-nuclear-deal-announcement-expected/story?id=29952510 including getting them to agree to step back their nuclear development plans in exchange for lifting lots of sanctions].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9463>A Canadian Conservative MP quits the party to sit as an independent in order to [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bc-mp-quits-conservatives-says-his-christian-worldview-was-suppressed/article23709160/ speak freely about his creationist beliefs]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9462>[[Qatar|Qatari]] sports club accused of coercing migrant workers into running a half-marathon in jeans and flip-flops in an attempt to beat a world record. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/11503669/Asian-labourers-press-ganged-into-joining-Qatar-marathon-record-attempt.html No, this isn't an April Fools story.]</vote>
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<!--<vote poll=world9461>[[Fox News]] pundit [[Tucker Carlson]] calls critics of Indiana's religious freedom law [http://www.salon.com/2015/04/01/tucker_carlson_lashes_out_at_critics_of_indianas_anti_gay_law_these_are_jihadis/ jihadists].</vote>-->
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<vote poll=world9460>Paper about [[plagiarism]] detection [http://retractionwatch.com/2015/04/01/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-plagiarism-guideline-paper-retracted-for-plagiarism/ redacted] for... [[irony|plagiarism]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9459>[https://www.aftau.org/news-page-computers--technology?=&storyid4702=2183&ncs4702=3 Want a tricorder?]  Using rapid filter changes on a smartphone camera to do spectral analysis, and identify composition of substances at a distance.</vote>
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<!-- send yer April Fools to Blogs vote poll=world9458>[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/520042a.html Here be dragons.]</vote -->
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==March 2015==
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<vote poll=world9457>In what can only be described as a backhand by [[Adam Smith#The invisible hand|the invisible hand]], a [http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/03/30/womens-group-becomes-first-pull-conference-indy/70677836/ labor union becomes first to pull conference from Indy]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9456>[[Enoch Powell|Enoch "Rivers of Blood" Powell]] [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tory-mp-enoch-powell-investigated-as-alleged-member-of-westminster-paedophile-network-10142235.html now being investigated] as part of the historic Westminster paedophile ring. Rumours of him being part of a [[satanic ritual abuse]] ring may still be bullshit.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9455>One dead, two injured after vehicle [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32121316 attempted to ram the entry gates of the NSA campus in Ft. Meade, MD.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9454>Anything Indiana can do, Florida can do [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/28/1374050/-FL-Legislator-s-Revenge-Bill-Goes-After-Children-Allowing-ALL-Discrimination-Take-That-Indiana?detail=facebook_sf worse. Way, way worse.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9453>Noah way!! [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/arts/television/trevor-noah-to-succeed-jon-stewart-on-the-daily-show.html Guess who's replacing Jon Stewart...]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9452>“Yes, we took her and we raped her. So what?” – [http://colombiareports.co/more-than-54-colombian-girls-sexually-abuses-by-us-military-report/ At least 54 Colombian girls sexually abused by immune US military]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9451>Remember how Boehner invited Bibi to Congress and to mess with the nuclear negotiations? [http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/boehner-blames-obama-administration-bibis Totally Obama's fault.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9450>Ted Cruz grew up listening to classic rock. [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-9-11-taste-in-music 9/11 changed everything.] <sup>He either likes country music, or country music makes him feel like a glass being yelled at by Ella Fitzgerald</sup></vote>
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<vote poll=world9449>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32086627 Christianity, pederasty and obesity]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9448>Stupid shit Republicans did this week #4346567: [http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/VitterDollarCoin.pdf Sen. David Vitter (R-La) filed an amendment with the Senate Budget Committee that would "strike out a provision that makes it easier for Washington elites to force Americans to give up their dollar bills and use dollar coins, like Europeans."]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9447>For once, health professionals get the credit they deserve, as [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32088310?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central British medic cured of Ebola.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9446>[http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/religious-freedom-bill-becomes-law-indiana Indiana Republican governor Mike Pence signs Religious Freedom Bill into law.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9445>[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/us/army-bowe-bergdahl-desertion-charges.html?ref=politics Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion]; the army's (unreleased) interview purportedly clears him of attempting to aid the Taliban, of the claim that soldiers had died while searching for him, and of his seeking to desert indefinitely.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9444>[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/world/middleeast/army-apologizes-for-handling-of-chemical-weapon-exposure-cases.html?ref=politics U.S. Army apologizes for (lack of) treatment of their members who became victims of chemical weapons in Iraq.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9443>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/26/airlines-change-cockpit-rules-after-co-pilot-blamed-for-germanwings-crash Airlines change cockpit rules after co-pilot blamed for Germanwings crash ]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9442>Apparently, Obama was ''really'' pissed at Netanyahu, as he has [http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/03/25/administration-declassifies-top-secret-doc-that-reveals-israels-nuclear-secrets/ declassified] a formerly top-secret, detailed document (from 1987) on Israel's neither confirmed nor denied nuclear weapons program, thereby allowing it to become public through a FOIA request. That happened just before this dude spoke to congress (before the Israeli election). ([http://irmep.org/cfp/DoD/071987_CTAIIANN.pdf Full PDF])</vote>
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<vote poll=world9441>[http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150323-how-long-will-life-on-earth-last How long will life survive on Earth?]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9440>[[Ted Cruz]]: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/25/ted-cruz-global-warming_n_6940188.html 'Global Warming alarmists are the equivalent of the Flat-Earthers'.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9439>[https://www.vpointnews.com/Article/5705/here-is-why-oisin-tymon-didnt-report-jeremy-clarkson Turns out Jeremy Clarkson is an asshole]
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<vote poll=world9438>[http://www.dailydot.com/politics/star-wars-tatooine-isis-tunisia/?fb=dd The Empire has captured Tataouine.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9437>A headline only America could generate: [http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-family-band-arrested-charged-following-fatal-gunfight-with-police-at-walmart-136273/ End-times-themed Christian band arrested, after fatal shoot-out with cops, outside Walmart.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9436>It seems [[Benny Hinn]] can't [http://www.charismanews.com/us/48860-benny-hinn-admitted-to-california-icu-for-heart-related-issues heal himself.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9435>[http://theweek.com/speedreads/545923/students-upset-attend-ted-cruzs-liberty-university-event-face-fine You need to pay a fine] to exercise your [[liberty]] of not <s>[[DFTT|trolling]]</s> attending Ted Cruz's speech about running for president at [[Liberty University]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9434>[[Indiana]] could [http://news.yahoo.com/gamer-convention-could-leave-indiana-over-religious-freedom-031040527.html lose massive gamer convention] as protest against anti-gay bill, cost state approximately $50 million. UPDATE: [http://files.gencon.com/Letter_to_Attendees.pdf The bill is in, the con will stay as long as contracts require, with an implication of relocation in 2020].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9433>''Duck Dynasty'' star Phil Robertson has come under fire for making very offensive comme-- Wait, isn't this an old news story? Oh, no, [http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/03/24/phil-robertson-duck-dynasty-hate-speech_n_6934164.html it's happened again, this time towards atheists.] Oh dear.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9434>Germanwings flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Dusseldorf [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32030270 has crashed in the French Alps]. Unfortunately, no reported survivors.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9432>Scientific knowledge continues to evolve:  [http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-has-a-layer-no-one-knew-about/ar-AA9XbJd "Earth Has A Layer No One Knew About"]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9431>[[Ted Cruz]] shows off his ''fantastic'' political integrity by [http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/politics/ted-cruz-obamacare/ opting to sign up for Obamacare], saying "we should follow the text of the law".</vote>
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<vote poll=world9430>Riposte to California's "Kill the Gays" act: [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/24/1372992/-Activist-counters-kill-the-gays-initiative-with-Intolerant-Jackass-nbsp-Act The Intolerant Jackass Act]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9429>Inexplicable WTF of Americans, part umpteen:  [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/22/man-admits-putting-in-coffee_n_6918752.html Ejaculating into coworker's coffee] is not a [[sex crime]] in [[Minnesota]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9428>The World still has a long way to go: [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/universe-japan-not-japanese-critics-article-1.2160304 The Japanese contestant for "Miss Universe" is being criticized for not being Japanese enough.] </vote>
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<vote poll=world9427>The biggest obstacle to acceptance of nuclear power is the lies the industry tells. [http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/theres-dead-cat-bottom-fukushima-unit-1 Fukushima DID melt down].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9426>[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/23/david-cameron-i-would-not-serve-third-term-as-pm Cameron says he won't run for a third time if he wins a second term in May.]
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<vote poll=world9425>[http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/23/gold-in-faeces-worth-millions-save-environment Getting gold from shit.]  A new take on "Where there's muck there's brass!"</vote>
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<vote poll=world9424>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150322_FEMA_to_deny_funds_to_warming_deniers.html#c2TAezrbtqrOILBu.99 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will deny funds to states whose governors refuse to acknowledge climate change.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9423>The Clown Car of Candidates, 2016 edition, is underway, as [[Ted Cruz]] [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/22/us-usa-election-cruz-announcement-idUSKBN0MI0G720150322 officially throws his hat into the ring.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9422>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/22/lee-kuan-yew Lee Kuan Yew], the [[autocrat]]ic founder and architect of modern [[Singapore]], has passed away.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9421>Senate hearing has a little fun with a [[Florida]] official who, [[Rick Scott|by decree]], [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/22/mock-cant-say-climate-change/  can't say 'Climate Change']</vote>
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<vote poll=world9420>Useful context on the Iran nuclear deal: [https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/20/asked-iran-deal-potentially-slowing-military-sales-lockheed-martin-ceo-says-volatility-brings-growth/ Analysts worry whether it could impede (US) weapon sales.] But stay relaxed: “According to Hewson [Lockheed CEO], ‘A lot of volatility, a lot of instability, a lot of things that are happening’ in both the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region means both are ‘growth areas’ for Lockheed Martin.”</vote>
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<vote poll=world9419>[http://www.vox.com/2015/3/22/8270411/california-lgbt-executions California's ballot initiative process at its very finest]</vote>.
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<vote poll=world9418>Mississippi passes the "Jesus Take The Wheel" bill, in an apparent attempt to kill off church congregations by [http://www.clarionledger.com/story/politicalledger/2015/02/05/jesus-take-the-wheel-passes-house/22931465/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin= letting them use actually-unqualified bus drivers.] 'Cos not knowing how to drive a several-ton misguided missile is just fine if God is on your side!</vote>
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<vote poll=world9417>Attempts in explaining the WTF of Americans, part umpteen:  [http://www.vox.com/2015/3/12/8194903/apocalypse-causes-poll There are as many people who believe judgement day will be the cause of apocalypse as people who think climate change will cause said apocalypse.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9416>Hypoallergenic products [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/20/what-is-hypoallergenic-video_n_6909108.html? ain't necessarily so.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9414>Validation of [[Skarka's Law]] by frat members, part 2: [http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/03/18/member-of-penn-states-kappa-delta-rho-defends-fraternity/#WYfHv103DblYW2lj.99 Defending taking naked pictures of passed-out women without their consent].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9413>What products are we making in this plant again? Oh right... [http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150320/archer-heights/150-firefighters-battle-extra-alarm-fire-archer-heights-thursday fire extinguishers].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9412>Daesh shows its disapproval of the Shi'ite Houthi militia by [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/20/yemen-suicide-bombings-sanaa-mosques-shia-huthi-muslims-scores-dead killing 126 people in Mosque bombings in Yemen].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9411><s>You shall know them by their love. San Francisco Catholic church [http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/03/18/homeless-saint-marys-cathedral-archdiocese-san-francisco-intentionally-drenched-water-sleeping/ installs a watering system to drench sleeping homeless people.]</s> "Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy." They've apologized and will [http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/03/18/controversial-watering-system-dousing-homeless-as-they-sleep-at-saint-marys-cathedral-in-san-francisco-to-be-removed-in-next-15-days/ dismantle the system]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9410>Health Canada approves [http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/health-canada-licensing-of-natural-remedies-a-joke-doctor-says-1.2992414 fake natural remedy,] cooked up by a TV crew.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9409>[http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/19/politics/african-american-man-found-hanging-in-mississippi/ Hanging death of Mississippi black man being investigated by FBI and DoJ Civil Rights division.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9408>[http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/18738248/rev-creflo-dollar-arrested-on-family-violence-charges Rev.] Creflo [[Irony|Dollar]] asks for [http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/13/living/creflo-dollar-jet-feat/ upwards of 60 million dollars] in donations for a new "Church" jet.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9407>The [http://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/hc-rock-cats-name-0319-20150318-story.html Hartford minor league baseball team] will be named the Yard [[Goat]]s.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9406>Sociology professor [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/17/us-professor-arrested-plane-rant-venezuela-karen-halnon smoking on a plane] probably '''''is''''' a gesture of revolutionary solidarity, in these times.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9405>Maybe, just maybe, if you don't use the [[Nigger|N-word]] when you say [[Friend argument|"some of my best friends have been niggers."]] people won't pay as much attention to [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/cameron-stout-missouri-obama-threat whatever you have been plotting].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9404>An amazing story of determination versus cancer [http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/67445340/belle-gibson-faked-her-cancer-story turns out to be less than advertised].  Turns out making a profit from fakery can extend to App Stores.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9403>Your hate speech has a messaging problem [http://www.komonews.com/news/local/3-Bothell-HS-students-IDd-as-suspects-in-racist-graffiti--296781651.html if you have trouble identifying who you hate].  And the Swastika is not helping.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9402>Despite trailing in the polls on the days up to the election, [http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/netanyahus-likud-surges-to-stunning-israeli-election-win/ar-BBikm5n Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party wins 30 seats in Israeli elections], likely securing him the position of Prime Minster. [http://www.timesofisrael.com/washington-offers-chilly-response-to-netanyahu-reelection/#! What this means for international relations is not clear].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9401>[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/18/dominic-grieve-brexit-2m-britons-abroad-illegal-immigrants-eu-echr “Brexit would make 2m Britons abroad illegal immigrants overnight”]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9400>In shocking conformity with the fates of most darknet markets, Evolution Marketplace, another Silk Road successor, [http://www.businessinsider.com/deep-web-drug-marketplace-evolution-closes-apparent-scam-vertu-kimble-2015-3 has vanished and its owners fled with $12 million worth of Bitcoins].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9399>[http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/03/17/3634877/jeb-bush-minimum-wage/ Jeb Bush calls for the elimination of the federal minimum wage.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9398>[http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/candidates-campaign-day-israeli-vote-29661968 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises no Palestinian state if he is re-elected.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9397>The scientific evidence is starting to come in, and [http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2203906 substandard vaccination rates are almost certainly to blame] for the recent measles outbreak.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9396>UKIP leader Nigel Farage's election bid is to force the children of migrants [http://gu.com/p/46jng/fb out of free education for five years] in order to help fund <s>rich private schools</s> the state.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9395>[[Ted Cruz]] vows to repeal the [http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/03/16/3633972/ted-cruz-makes-impassioned-plea-repeal-federal-legislation-not-exist/ non-existent federal legislation establishing Common Core.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9394>We need [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-dies-after-gun-goes-during-bike-ride-cops-n322771 moar] good clothing items with guns to stop bad clothing with guns.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9393>As the [[Syria#Civil_war|Syrian civil war]] enters its fifth year, [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/15/kerry-us-negotiate-bashar-assad-syria Kerry says that the US will have to negotiate with Bashar al-Assad].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9392>Two French sociologists [[Sokal_affair|"Sokal"]] the [http://crookedtimber.org/2015/03/09/carte-blanche/ Maffesolian band of sociology.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9391>Coming soon:  [http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/03/magnetic-rust-controls-brain-activity Magnetically triggered <s>mind</s> brain activity control].  What could possibly go wrong? </vote>
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<vote poll=world9390>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31864218 "Skeptic" offers 100,000 Euro reward to prove Measles is a virus (rather than psychosomatic), is ordered to pay up].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9389>[https://peerj.com/articles/830/ Listening to music affects the expression of genes in the brain].  Epigenetics: Because regular genetics isn't complicated enough.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9388>[[Kent Hovind]] has been [http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2015/03/12/jury-finds-kent-hovind-guilty-of-contempt-of-court-no-verdict-on-fraud-charges/ found guilty of contempt, faces sentencing on June 12th.] Jury not convinced of fraudulent intent.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9387>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/03/oklahoma-house-passes-bill-restricting-marriage-to-people-of-faith/ Oklahoma House passes bill to prevent any non-clergy from providing marriage licenses.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9386>[[Skarka's Law]] strikes again. [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/texas-oklahoma-frat-racist-tweets This time defending the Oklahoma frat house racist chants.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9385>Can we now please phase out {{wpl|Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs|incandescent bulbs}} when we have [http://www.designingwithleds.com/novel-led-packaging-adds-filaments-retro-bulbs/ LED bulbs that looks almost the same] in almost every way?</vote>
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<vote poll=world9384><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">At last, Sir Terry, we must walk together.</span> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11467688/Sir-Terry-Pratchett-dies-aged-66.html Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night. The End.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9383>China tells the [[Dalai Lama]] that he ''will'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/world/asia/chinas-tensions-with-dalai-lama-spill-into-the-afterlife.html?ref=world&_r=2 reincarnate, and on their terms too.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9382>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frO1T3vZNrA “As a matter of long-standing policy, the US does not support political transitions by non-constitutional means. Political transitions must be democratic, constitutional, peaceful and legal.”]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9381>[http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a14507/enceladus-saturn-moon-ocean/ Enceladus, Saturn's 6th largest moon, has a warm ocean with hydrothermal vents. This is the first ever discovered outside of Earth, and makes for the most habitable off-world environment ever found.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9380>[http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118093 A scientific analysis of conspiracy news consumers].  Highlights: Both "pro-science polarized" people and "conspiracy anti-science polarized" people form self-selecting groups, conspiracy nuts outnumber us, conspiracy nuts are far more likely to reshare conspiracy articles, pro-science people are more likely to engage contrary articles in comments or conversations.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9379>[[Charlie Hebdo]] staff [http://www.newsweek.com/charlie-hebdo-given-islamophobia-award-muslim-group-312392 posthumously named 2015 International Islamophobes of the Year by the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9378>Texan Teabagger newbie representative Molly White offers a bill that states that even if the [[SCOTUS]] declares gay marriage legal in Texas, [http://wonkette.com/579213/texas-rep-lady-aint-about-to-let-no-full-of-itself-supreme-court-gay-marry-texas Texas can ignore them.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9377>[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289615000380 Rationality isn't determined by single factor].  That is to say, while individual kinds of biases and fallacies crop up recurringly for individuals, ''different'' kinds of biases have weak relationships with each other and intelligence.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9376>Just how much more fucked up can a story get? [http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/justin_harris Justin Harris (R-AR) and his wife first adopt two little girls, then rehomed them a year later (after first trying to return them to the Dept. of Human Services) in a house, where the older girl (6) was raped by her foster father. Now it turns out Harris performed exorcisms on the elder girl who "needed specialized care."]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9375>Huge meta-study by Australia's [https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-topics/complementary-medicines/homeopathy-review National Health and Medical Research Council] finds [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/homeopathy-no-more-effective-than-placebos-major-study-says/6302722 homeopathy no better than placebos.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9374>[[South Africa]], where being on live TV [http://ewn.co.za/2015/03/11/SABCs-contributing-editor-Vuyo-Mvoko-mugged-live-on-TV doesn't stop you getting mugged.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9373>After 47 GOP Senators [http://thedailybanter.com/2015/03/how-not-to-do-diplomacy/ breach federal law] by writing to Iran, telling them that any nuclear deal made with Obama could be repealed by the next President, it turns out [http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2015/mar/09/part-ii-iran-responds-gop-letter an Iranian minister knows more about international law and the US Constitution] than these 47 fuckwits.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9371>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/hypervelocity-star-escape-our-galaxy_n_6831236.html Fastest Star Ever Seen In The Milky Way Is Headed Out Of Our Galaxy]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9370>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/09/lebanese-tv-presenter-cuts-short-interview-with-sexist-islamist-scholar Lebanese female TV presenter tells Islamic scholar where to put it.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9369>Fanta has a funny definition [http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.644648 of the "Good Old Times."]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9368>First rule of [[Florida]] Department of Environmental Protection is you [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article12983720.html don't talk about] whether you have a policy of not using the phrase "[[climate change]]" or "global warming" in official communication.  Second rule of the Florida DEP is you don't use the phrases "[[climate change]]" or "global warming".</vote>
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<vote poll=world9367>[http://www.people.com/article/planet-fitness-cancels-womans-membership-transgender?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag Fitness gym sides with transgender customer after a complaint is lodged against the use of her preferred washroom.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9366>[http://www.sciencealert.com/missing-galaxies-from-the-early-universe-have-been-rediscovered Great-grandaddy galaxies rediscovered.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9365>Notorious British DAESH member Mohammed Emwazi (Jihadi John) reported to have been [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11456282/Mohammed-Emwazi-expelled-from-Tanzania-for-being-drunk-and-disorderly.html held in Tanzania for drunkenness] in 2009 while trying to join [[al-Shabaab]]. Not very Muslim.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9364>[[Boko Haram]] [http://news.yahoo.com/boko-haram-leader-pledges-allegiance-islamic-state-group-210202677.html pledges allegiance to] [[Daesh]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9363>Blaming "teenage risk taking" for crime rates among youth don't make quite as much sense [http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/5/1/2158244015573359 when poverty rates are factored in]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9362>Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney won the 2007 Oscar for his [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0854678/?ref_=nmawd_awd_1 film about how America became very un-American after 9/11.]  But the obstacles he faced making that film in the waning years of Bush-Cheney were nothing compared to what he dealt with while making his new [[Scientology]] doc, ''Going Clear''.  [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/05/are-tv-networks-scared-of-scientology.html Every single TV news network he contacted (and offered to pay) for news footage about Scientology refused to provide any, fearing endless litigation.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9361>Of course all those lefties in the UK in the '80s who spoke of Thatcher and the Tories like they were barely-human in their evil were just ''exaggerating''. [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]: [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/06/britain-s-horrific-vip-pedophile-cover-up.html The Party Of Fucking Children and Coverups Of Fucking Children.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9360>Homeless people a problem?  [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/05/rep-don-young-wolves-would-solve-homelessness/ Let loose the wolves!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9359>[http://walacea.com/campaigns/lsd/ This is your brain on drugs.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9358>[http://www.space.com/28736-dawn-spacecraft-ceres-arrival-full-coverage.html Dawn is in orbit around Ceres,] the first dwarf planet to receive a visitation from Earth.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9357>In order to destroy any cultural distinction in the Arab states, [[Daesh]] [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/isis-destroys-ancient-assyrian-site-of-nimrud bulldozes the ancient city of Nimrud]. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/07/isis-militants-destroy-hatra-iraq Hatra also].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9356>As more GOP-led states try to implement religion-based discriminatory laws, we get this gem from Oklahoma State Senator Joseph Silk, [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/us/anticipating-nationwide-right-to-same-sex-marriage-states-weigh-religious-exemption-bills.html?_r=0 "The L.G.B.T. movement is the main thing, the primary thing that’s going to be challenging religious liberties and the freedom to live out religious convictions. And I say that sensitively, because I have homosexual friends."] </vote>
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<vote poll=world9355>In a story just now getting national attention, the [[Arkansas]] House of Representatives (controlled by [[small government]]-loving [[Republicans]]) voted on February 23 to [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/arkansas-law-could-force-workers-to-friend-their-boss_b_6812096.html require people employed to work with children to "friend" their bosses on social media so that their activities can be more easily tracked.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9354>[[Bill Nye]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/03/proof-hes-the-science-guy-bill-nye-is-changing-his-mind-about-gmos/?tid=sm_fb fixes] his [[inverse stopped clock]], renouncing his anti-[[Genetically modified food|GMO]] views.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9353>[http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/03/nj_man_burned_while_praying_over_fajita_skillet_no.html An appeals court rules that Applebee's is not liable for a N.J. man's burning his face while praying over a fajita skillet.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9352>[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/nyregion/new-york-to-add-two-muslim-holy-days-to-public-school-calendar.html Count down to the religious right doing their nut in 3... 2... ]</vote>
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<!--<vote poll=world9351>[[Ben Carson]] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/ben-carson-apologizes-prison-gay_n_6804464.html only makes it a few hours before his first gaffe apology] after saying prisons prove homosexuality is a choice. "Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight -- and when they come out, they're gay," says Carson.</vote>--><!--Merged with world9350-->
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<vote poll=world9350>[[Ben Carson]] [http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/03/u-m_alum_ben_carson_announces.html throws his hat into the ring]. '''Update:''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/ben-carson-apologizes-prison-gay_n_6804464.html Only makes it a few hours before his first gaffe apology] after saying prisons prove homosexuality is a choice. "Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight -- and when they come out, they're gay," says Carson.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9349>[http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/03/fossil-jawbone-discovery-is-earliest-evidence-of-human-genus-homo/ Here's a jawbone] that God put in the ground to test our faith.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9348>[[Alabama]] Supreme Court tries to drag state back out of 21st century, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/03/alabama-same-sex-marriage_n_6796380.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 orders probate judges to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses.] Let's see how long before they get overruled.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9347>[http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/3/netanyahus-hardline-on-iran-a-four-point-reality-check.html Way to go, Bibi.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9346>Yucky eunuch-y business: It has come to light that Indian celebrity religious guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/india-400-men-cut-off-their-testicles-get-closer-god-following-advice-guru-1489971 convinced 400 people to castrate themselves to bring themselves closer to God in 2000].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9345>The transitional animal the flying <s>kitty</s> [http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31711446 weasel]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9344>That feeling that your opposition to the death penalty is wavering. That. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31698154 Delhi rapist says victim shouldn't have fought back]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9342>In a surprise to pretty much everybody living here, Nebraska's Gay Marriage ban [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/us-usa-gaymarriage-nebraska-idUSKBN0LY1MM20150302 is ruled unconstitutional]. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9341>[http://www.livescience.com/49957-new-species-peacock-spiders.html Meet Skeletorus and Sparklemuffin.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9340>Using sales taxes (which hurt the poor) instead of property taxes (which hit the rich) to pay for education has left [[South Carolina]] [http://www.wltx.com/story/news/2015/03/01/2006-tax-swap-dug-state-into-866-million-hole/24218113/ with an $866 million shortfall.]  Everyone seems to act like fixing the problem would only make it worse.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9339>[http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Bill-OReilly-admits-he-did-not-see-Irish-terrorists-kill--in-Northern-Ireland.html Facts go in, lies come out.  You can't explain that.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9338>How are some relatives of Coptic Christians (with the concurrence of [[Franklin Graham]]) reacting to the recent mass beheadings by [[ISIS]]?  [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/03/01/a-most-unsettling-trend-christians-rejoicing-in-isis/ By thanking them for starting] the [[Apocalypse]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9337>Because "sex is priceless" and therefore has no monetary value, North Carolina's Ethics Commission has declared that sex between politicians and other people (as long as they aren't  registered as a lobbyist, but can be paid for by a third party) is [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/27/gifts-for-politicians/ "not reportable as gifts or ‘reportable expenditures made for lobbying’ for purposes of the lobbying law’s expenditure reporting provisions."]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9336>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/26/the-siberian-crater-problem-is-more-widespread-and-scarier-than-anyone-thought/ So the Siberian permafrost is melting at an accelerating rate, releasing methane, which causes more warming.] But don't worry, [[Jim Inhofe]]—who is the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee—has [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/02/26/jim-inhofes-snowball-has-disproven-climate-change-once-and-for-all/ scientifically proven that global warming doesn't exist because it snowed somewhere].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9335>[http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/cu-la022715.php How hypothetical life without liquid water might work]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9334>[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html Bridge? Spock here. Beam me up.] '''UPDATE:''' [http://www.inquisitr.com/1881975/westboro-baptist-church-announces-intent-to-picket-leonard-nimoys-funeral/ There's Klingons off the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow...]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9333>Songs like "Do You Wanna Touch Me" and "I Love You Love Me Love" take on a whole new, creepy meaning [http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/gary-glitter-jailed-for-16-years-1.1824882 as Gary Glitter gets 16 years for sexually assaulting young girls.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9332>"If I can take on 100,000 protestors, I can do the same across the globe." [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/26/1367228/-Scott-Walker-s-ISIS-gaffe-causes-explosion-of-mocking-images?detail=facebook The Web mocks] [[Scott Walker]]'s insanely dumb comment.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9331>Another day, another [http://m.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31646977 shooting spree in US-America.] Sometimes it hardly feels newsworthy anymore, especially in a state where [http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article9311399.html gun deaths outnumber deaths from auto accidents.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9330>[http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article9311399.html#storylink=cpy "But there's no connection, and you'd be a fool and a communist to make one. There's no connection between having a gun and shooting someone with it, and NOT having a gun and NOT shooting someone."]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9329>Rest in peace, Ahmed Rajib Haider. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/27/american-atheist-blogger-hacked-to-death-in-bangladesh An American atheist blogger has been murdered in Bangladesh, after a long series of threatening messages.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9328>In Indiana (and many other US states), you [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/26/felony-murder-teenager-55-years-jail-indiana don't need to kill to be a murderer]. A then-16 year old could be imprisoned for 55 years, because his friend got killed by the owner of a house they broke into, presuming no-one was there.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9327>Score a [http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/26/389259382/net-neutrality-up-for-vote-today-by-fcc-board win for net neutrality] '''Update:''' [http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&version=bc6fa62db48803b337cc04295bc63adc&f=npr2way&t_i=389259382&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Fblogs%2Fthetwo-way%2F2015%2F02%2F26%2F389259382%2Fnet-neutrality-up-for-vote-today-by-fcc-board&t_e=FCC%20Approves%20Net%20Neutrality%20Rules%20For%20&t_d=FCC%20Approves%20Net%20Neutrality%20Rules%20For%20%27Open%20Internet%27&t_t=FCC%20Approves%20Net%20Neutrality%20Rules%20For%20&s_o=default# That didn't take long] '''Update:''' [http://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-uses-morse-code-1934-date-to-mock-net-neutrality-ruling/ Now verizon starts trolling].</vote>'
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<vote poll=world9326>The leader of UKIP's LGBT group [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/02/26/ukips-lgbt-chair-quits-i-couldnt-defend-the-party-any-more/ has quit] "due to disillusionment of policy direction and dissatisfaction at the failure of the leadership to set a gay-friendly tone".</vote>
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<vote poll=world9325>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/26/south-korea-legalises-adultery South Korea decriminalises adultery]. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/26/condom-makers-shares-surge-after-south-korea-legalises-adultery Condoms rise].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9324>The Israel Experience With [[Mike Huckabee]]: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-huckabee-tour-guide-in-the-holy-land/2015/02/22/f0395335-1716-4f7f-9ce6-5e12c781d823_story.html come for the country-western star with the "Texas: We Don’t Call 911" cap], stay for the proclamation that "If you’re an enemy [of Israel], you’re in real trouble. God doesn’t change his mind about this stuff. It’s an eternal book."</vote>
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<vote poll=world9323>[[Andrew Wakefield]] continues to make a career out of martyrdom and quackery, this time as an [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/health/2015/02/24/andrew-wakefield-vaccine-oregon/23967797 "expert witness" to the Oregon legislature].</vote> 
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<vote poll=world9322>[[Bill O'Reilly]] faces another ethics question after he states in ''Killing Kennedy'' he was outside the home of George de Mohrenschildt as he committed suicide in Florida (he related hearing the shotgun blast)...[http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/25/media/bill-oreilly-jfk-george-de-mohrenschildt/index.html?iid=HP_LN even though he was <s>caught</s> recorded on tape as being in Dallas at the time where he worked as a reporter]. Also(blog) [http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/02/25/another-fabrication-oreilly-never-witnessed-the/202667 Another fabrication: O'Reilly never witnessed the murder of nuns in El Salvador]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9321>More Republican medical "knowledge:" [http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/02/24/3626567/nevada-assemblywoman-cancer-fungus/ Cancer is a fungus and can be flushed from the body using salt water.] This from a proposed bill, offering cancer sufferers "more options." The bill's proposer is [https://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/fiore-has-had-seven-figures-liens-filed-against-her CEO of a dubious healthcare company.] (The bill is a "right to try" bill being pushed in several states by the Koch-Libertarian [[Goldwater Institute]].)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9320>[[David Tredinnick]], MP: If you don't think the [[NHS]] should use [[astrology]] for diagnosis, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/25/astrology-help-nhs-claim-conservative-mp-david-tredinnick you're a RACIST!!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9319>[[Ron Paul]]: [http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ron-paul-congressional-black-caucus-only-against-war-because#.qo7Z1EdVN "Black Caucus only against war because they want that money for food stamps."]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9318>Australian Prime Minister [[Tony Abbott]] says that [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/02/australia-national-security-law-muslim-concerns-150223102229958.html civil liberties must be sacrificed in order to protect Australians from attacks.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9317>[[Bill O'Reilly]] <s>says he doesn't want to play anymore</s> tries to [http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/23/media/bill-oreilly-falklands-cbs-news/index.html?iid=HP_River put his scandal to rest by showing footage of other reports confirming what he said, but not that he was actually there], missing the point entirely.  If that is not enough''"I am coming after you with everything I have''," O'Reilly told the Times. "''You can take it as a threat''." </vote>
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<vote poll=world9316>Well, he had a fancy flip chart, so there must have been truth in it when back in 2012 [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/23/leaked-spy-cables-netanyahu-iran-bomb-mossad Netanyahu told the UN there was an imminent nuclear threat by Iran] despite his own [[Mossad|intelligence agency]] having told him something different.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9315>(German) As measles [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/13/measles-berlin-traced-unvaccinated-refugees-two-cases-linked-us break out] in Berlin, too, the German consumer's magazine 'Stiftung Warentest' warns of measles and calls for immunization. [https://www.facebook.com/stiftungwarentest/posts/10153602041523332 What follows is a bullshit storm by anti-vaxxers.] The magazine reacts by refuting every factual claim with science and by debunking any imputation in a most enjoyable way.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9314>It simply [[Evolution|has no end]].  [http://www.newsweek.com/impending-drug-resistant-malaria-outbreak-huge-threat-308511 We now have drug-resistant malaria as well]. ([http://thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2815%2970032-0/fulltext Lancet paper], [http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2815%2970046-0/fulltext Lancet editorial.])</vote>
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<vote poll=world9313>[[Kirk Cameron]] cleans up [http://news.moviefone.com/2015/02/22/razzie-awards-2015-winners-full-list/ at the Razzies.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9312>As well as energy companies, guess [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-change-denier-willie-soon-funded-energy-industry who's been funding] climate-change denier [[Willie Soon]]? [[Koch brothers|That's right]]. And, he's been carelessly forgetting to mention the conflict of interest in his papers. $oon, however, [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/21/nyt-smears-scientist-willie-soon-for-telling-the-truth-about-global-warming/ says that he's been smeared].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9311>Ethics in journalism strikes again, where you'd least expect it.  [http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/02/tea-party-news-network-staffers-resign-202811.html Mass resignations] at the [[Tea Party]] News Network over its [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/19/tea-party-news-network-turns-off-the-faithful-with-fight-videos.html descent from ideology into clickbait].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9310>American and British intelligence agencies [https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/ broke into the networks] of the primary manufacturer of cell phone SIM cards to obtain the cards' encryption keys. They also appear to have gained access to some phone companies' systems.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9309>Definitely the worst thing you will read today: Parents try to reverse kids’ [[autism]] by [http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/weird-news/parents-giving-bleach-enemas-to-cure-their-children-of-autism-yeah-thats-a-thing/ ‘flushing out’ vaccines] with [[Miracle Mineral Supplement]] bleach enemas.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9308>After a report at Mother Jones questions [[Bill O'Reilly]]'s statements about his "war correspondent" credentials, Bill states [http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/20/media/mother-jones-bill-oreilly-apology/index.html the writer will be "in the Kill Zone" once the truth comes out].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9307>Trans? Genderqueer? [[Pope Francis]] [http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/pope-francis-compares-trans-people-nuclear-weapons190215 has an opinion about you.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9306>Judges and court officials in Oklahoma could be fired for performing same-sex marriages, [http://hosted2.ap.org/OKALT/6925fc66a1c64961b0d6c29f13d41c48/Article_2015-02-17-OK-XGR--Gay%20Marriages-Penalty/id-e74967a217894bde972008a84ceb4080 thanks to a bill that's passed committee and moved to the full State House.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9305>Schadenfreude department: Fresh after tearing Brian Williams a new one, including invoking the Founding Fathers and insisting "the press must be honest," [[Bill O'Reilly]]'s [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/02/bill-oreilly-brian-williams-falklands-war been caught lying about his own "war correspondent" credentials.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9304>Faced with the highest poverty rate, 2nd highest school drop-out and teen pregnancy rates, Mississippi lawmakers spring into action... [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/17/1365045/-Mississippi-House-passes-Jesus-Take-the-Wheel-Act?detail=email# and declare churches exempt from commercial driving licence requirements.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9303>In all fairness, Rudy, I sincerely doubt your own mother loves you, [http://news.yahoo.com/rudy-giuliani-obama-doesnt-love-america-131637875.html you really can't expect Obama to]. '''Update:''' The ''New York Daily News'' (by no means a liberal bastion) [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/wayne-barrett-rudy-giuliani-love-article-1.2122253 rips him a new one]. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9302>Scientists [http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/02/human-dna-enlarges-mouse-brains use human DNA to enlarge mouse brains].  What could possibly go wrong?</vote>
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<vote poll=world9301>Hope you aren't too attached to eating [http://phys.org/news/2015-02-climate-wheat-production.html bread]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9300>Deadly antibiotics-resistant CRE [http://abcnews.go.com/Health/superbug-outbreak-california-hospital-160-exposed/story?id=29071426 invades] Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, kills 2 and leaves more than 160 others exposed.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9299>Oops, [[Ku Klux Klan|that]] was definitely not what we meant with the acronym [http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Krispy-Kreme-Hull-drops-KKK-Wednesdays-Ku-Klux/story-26038167-detail/story.html "KKK"].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9298>[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/18/met-police-join-search-chelsea-fans-caught-abusing-black-man-film-paris-metro "We’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like it"]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9297>GOP district delegate [http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/02/woman_who_fatally_shot_herself.html fatally shoots herself in the eye adjusting her bra holster.] (Only good lingerie with a gun can stop bad lingerie with a gun.)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9296> Chicago cop Richard Zuley, renowned for his <s>[[Psychopath|psychopathy]]</s> professionalism and effectiveness, [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/18/guantanamo-torture-chicago-police-brutality exported his techniques] to [[Guantanamo Bay]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9295>Unless you're getting your vaccines [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uoc--aga021815.php prenatally], they're not causing autism.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9294>Firm gender binaries are pretty much pseudoscience now. [http://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 It's really quite a lot more complicated than that.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9293>[[Rand Paul]]'s attempt to troll his way into the White House [http://www.vox.com/2015/2/17/8055949/rand-paul-hillary-pinterest hits a snag.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9292>All-white [[Faux News]] team freak out over professor's "whiteness" course. [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/neo-nazis-threaten-arizona-state-professor-over-whiteness-course-after-fox-news-freakout/#.VOSZpbAnAyQ.facebook Now Stormfront et al are issuing death threats to said professor.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9291>Oklahoma GOP lawmakers protecting your precious kids from that there book larnin': they have literally passed emergency legislation to [http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/02/17/3623683/oklahoma-lawmakers-vote-overwhleming-ban-advanced-placement-history-class/ ban AP US History classes], partially on the grounds that it's ''not'' nothing but [[American exceptionalism|pro-US propaganda]]. Some want to ban ''all'' AP classes. '''UPDATE:''' Instead, students would have to study [http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/02/18/3624062/oklahoma-bill-banning-ap-us-history-make-students-study-ten-commandments-3-speeches-reagan/ the 10 Commandments and speeches by Saint Ronnie.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9290>A critical mass of nutters? [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11416352/Nigel-Farage-to-join-Sarah-Palin-at-CPAC-conference-for-US-conservatives.html Nigel Farage to join Sarah Palin at CPAC conference for US conservatives]. Well, apparently the CPAC'ers [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nigel-farage-addresses-nearly-empty-room-during-us-conservative-conference-speech-10074264.html didn't give much of a fuck about Farage].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9289>[http://www.buzzfeed.com/andreborges/mujhse-shaadi-karo-gay Big fat gay Indian wedding.] Couple marries with small group of supportive friends and family in traditional ceremony and then attends pride parade.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9288>[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/firing-squads-utah-house-vote GOP-Dominated Utah House Gives A Green Light To Bring Back Firing Squads]</vote>
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<!--See below <vote poll=world9287>"Fox News North, eh" [http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/02/13/sun-news-network-canadas-fox-news-north-has-bee/202530 shuts down.]</vote> -->
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<vote poll=world9286>Started a week ago, but in case you missed it: In what is called the biggest banking leak in history, over 50 media outlets around the world publish documents, showing that the Swiss arm of the HSBC bank actively helped their customers evade taxes in their home countries. Among them are high-value criminals and, on the <strike>same</strike> other side, prominent persons and wealthy donors of Clinton's charity or the British Tory party. Side note: The revelations came at a time when [[Ed Miliband]] was under fire for being “anti-business” because of his agenda against tax evasion by businesses. Now Cameron has to explain why he made the former HSBC boss Stephen Green his trade minister back in 2011, four months after the first evidence for misbehavior by HSBC was available to him; and why the British tax authority achieved four-times worse in enforcing tax repayals compared to France or Spain. [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/11/hsbc-files-timeline-from-swiss-bank-leak-to-fallout Timeline of events leading up to this], [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/08/hsbc-files-expose-swiss-bank-clients-dodge-taxes-hide-millions?CMP=share_btn_tw Full story].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9285>Saturday afternoon, in Copenhagen, [[Denmark]] a [[terrorism|terrorist]] shot [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31475803 one man dead] and wounded three police officers during a debate on [[blasphemy]] and [[free speech]] involving a cartoonist who has caricatured [[Muhammad#Depictions|Muhammad]]. During the night, the gunman [[antisemitism|went to Copenhagen's synagogue]] and, attempting to attack a bar mitzvah ceremony, killed a young Jewish guard and wounded two police officers. This was [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/14/copenhagen-blasphemy-lars-vilks-prophet-muhammad-krudttonden-cafe in apparent imitation] of the [[Charlie Hebdo#2015 attacks|Charlie Hebdo attacks]]. In the early hours of Sunday morning, the police spotted the suspected gunman. As the police called out to him, the gunman opened fire on the police; they returned fire, killing him.</vote>
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<!--already in blogs<vote poll=world9284>[http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31446387 "Let us turn ours into a country of mushrooms by making mushroom cultivation scientific, intensive and industrialized!"]  [[North Korea]] is going to get smurfy '''''their''''' way.</vote>-->
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<vote poll=world9283>NY GOP State Senator Thomas Croci thinks a [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/state-senator-terrorist-registry-article-1.2115132 "terrorist registry"], modelled on sex offender registries, will stop [[terrorism]]. "This legislation will send a clear message to all terrorists — Stay out of New York," he actually said.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9282>[[8chan]] discovers that [[doxing]] a [http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/notorious-8chan-subboard-has-history-wiped-after-federal-judges-doxing/ federal judge]  [https://archive.today/8FtHc attracts attention.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9281>The [[Arkansas]] state house and senate votes to enact a [[sharia law|sharia-style law]] that would [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/arkansas-lgbt-discrimination_n_6680802.html prohibit cities and counties from enacting local LGBTQ anti-discrimination laws.]  All in the name of pro-business uniformity, of course.</vote>
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Halifax [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-shooting-plot-foiled-by-tipster-police-say-1.2957279 dodges a bullet]. Thank Goat.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9279>[[Irony]] alert:  [[Pope Francis|World's top]] [[celibate]] tells [[childfree]] couples [http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/12/hip-pope-declares-couples-who-dont-want-kids-selfish-says-they-are-a-greedy-generation/ that remaining childless makes them "selfish" and "greedy".]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9278>Bob Nygaard, [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/12/bob-nygaard-private-investigator-psychic-fraud scourge of psychic fraud].</vote>
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<vote poll=worlds9278>[[Canada]]'s long media nightmare ends with the [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sun-news-network-to-shut-down-permanently-sources-1.2955664 quiet death] of [[Toronto Sun|Fox News North]]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9277>Je suis en train d'intenter un procès. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/12/paris-lawsuit-fox-news-reporting-no-go-zones-non-muslims The City of Paris votes to sue Fox News over false reporting after the Charlie Hebdo killings.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9276>Prospective presidential candidate Ted Cruz [http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/ted_cruz_introduces_bill_to_strip_federal_benefits_from_married_same_sex_couples introduces a bill to strip federal recognition of same-sex marriages]. Meanwhile, in Florida, a lawmaker says people are not forced to use the bathroom and that [http://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/florida-lawmaker-says-using-restroom-is-a-choice-for-transge#.pfg2Kab43 trans people "choose to go to the restroom."] What a time to be alive. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9275>Turkish children are increasingly [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-31296419 destroying buildings with pickaxes and using the materials to make giant stone dicks.] Apparently.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9274>[[Kansas]] governor [[Sam Brownback]] [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/10/sam-brownback-lgbt-discrimination_n_6656620.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay%20Voices yanks protection for LGBT state workers].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9273>[http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/jersey-judge-gay-conversion-therapy-claims-fraud-28893385 New Jersey Judge: Gay Conversion Therapy Claims Are Fraud]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9272>Childhood exposure to smog can have [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/tuom-usf021115.php 10 point effect] on IQ.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9271>Islamophobic bus ads defaced with [http://toybox.io9.com/islamaphobic-bus-ads-in-san-francisco-are-being-defaced-1681857271 pictures of Muslim superhero.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9270>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/10/fox-news-obama-verbal-rape_n_6652546.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000018 You know, just saying it was a poor choice of words would've gotten your point across just as well.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9269>Anti-theist is charged with a [http://abc11.com/news/3-shot-to-death-in-chapel-hill-man-charged/512086/ triple homicide] against Muslims in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, allegedly over an ongoing parking dispute.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9268>The National Academy of Sciences floats a proposal to [http://www.katu.com/news/national/Fed-report-Time-to-examine-purposely-cooling-planet-idea-291401341.html seed the atmosphere with sulfur pollution] to mimic volcanic eruptions to slow global warming.</vote> 
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<vote poll=world9267>A sad, sad day for satire and for journalism: after over fifteen years, [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jon-stewart-leaving-daily-show Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9266>Welp. Jeb Bush [http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/10/8013531/jeb-bush-florida-email-dump-privacy basically inadvertently doxxed a whole bunch of people]. Whoops. (No actual personal information in article)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9265>[http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/crime/2015/02/05/police-6-year-old-kidnapped-to-scare-him/22950695/ <s>My parents acting out as a</s> stranger danger]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9264>[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/10/melanies-marvelous-measles-anti-vaccination-bad-amazon-reviews-us-outbreak Anti-vax book "Melanie’s Marvelous Measles" gets 800 one-star reviews on Amazon].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9263>Anonymous [http://anonhq.com/anonymous-hacktivists-strike-blow-isis/ reports its first successes] in taking out [[Daesh]] Twitter accounts.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9262>If you're a microbiologist looking to identify some unknown [[DNA]], you need look no further than the [[NYC]] [[mass transit|subway]] system.  [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/nyregion/among-the-new-york-city-subways-millions-of-riders-a-study-finds-many-mystery-microbes.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&_r=1 "Almost half of the DNA found on the system’s surfaces did not match any known organism and just 0.2 percent matched the human genome."]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9261>There's an excellent reason why Charles Manson called off his impending wedding: [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/charles-manson-wedding-off-after-it-emerges-that-girlfriend-afton-elaine-burton-just-wanted-his-corpse-for-display-10034793.html she only wanted him for his body.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9260>[http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/09/alabama-judge-same-sex-gay-marriage SCOTUS refuses to extend stay of judicial ruling on same-sex marriages in Alabama], with only [[Antonin Scalia|Tony]] and [[Clarence Thomas|Tommy]] dissenting. Local politicians and judges all defer to the court's wisdom, and promise to read the Constitution and to abide by it in future (I made that last bit up).</vote>
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<vote poll=world9259>No big surprises here: e-cigarettes [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116732 pose a substantial risk to human health]. (If you vape at voltages actual users hardly ever do.) Well, maybe one surprise no exception for nicotine free vapes.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9258>For a mere US$ 10,500, you can have an [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/09/perfect_your_mp3_listening_pleasure_with_this_bonkers_ethernet_cable/ Ethernet cable] that will [[Audio woo|make your MP3s sound better]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9257>Oregon, where upskirt pictures of a minor aren't a privacy issue, [http://www.inquisitr.com/1823182/oregon-upskirt-photos-ruling/ as long as she's wearing underwear, and the pictures aren't taken in a locker-room.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9256>[http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-teen-killed-classmate-and-uploaded-selfie-police-say-20150209-139kdn.html After shooting a classmate, what should you not do? a) Take a selfie; b) Send your selfie to others c) All of the above]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9255>Aging <s>dictator</s> president [[Robert Mugabe]] took a tumble at Harare Int'l Airport on the 4th of February. For some reason, the Zimbabwean government  [http://www.herald.co.zw/president-in-carpet-mishap/ issued a denial that he ever fell in the first place] and reportedly tried to force journalists to delete evidence. Instead, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/02/05/robert-mugabe-fell-over-tried-to-hide-it-and-ended-up-becoming-a-meme/ it goes viral.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9254>[http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/rachelwitkin/nra_board_member "Perhaps a good paddling in school may keep me from having to put a bullet in him later.”] Look, [[NRA]], even this big-time firearms collector of a WIGOer thinks your guys are ''insane''.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9253>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/07/climate-change-marchers-private-security-protest-police Britain invents the protest tax.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9252>[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/08/deluded-dysfunctional-republicans-congress A British journalist's personal analysis] of current [[Republican Party]] attitudes in the U.S. [[Congress]]. (Gary Younge: in general, thoughtful and sound.)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9251>Florida Man wants to [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/florida-reverend-christopher-benek-wants-convert-artificial-intelligence-christianity-1486912 convert artificial intelligences to Christianity.] ([[Roko's basilisk]] should go for this one big time.)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9250>[http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31168511 Woman becomes overweight after fecal transplant], <s>despite carefully designed/monitored diets</s>.  Append obligatory fecal jokes here.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9249>[http://www.donotlink.com/dkz5 OMG Newcastle's favourite mud puddle coloured brew causes cancer]. Spoiler: It probably doesn't. (Sorry the only site I could be bothered to find was the Daily Fail. [Replaced link with DoNotLink --])</vote>
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<vote poll=world9248>An attempt to replicate the "[[cold fusion]]" [[Energy Catalyzer]] [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-02/06/cold-fusion-reactor goes bang.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9247>[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/06/aristotles-masterpiece-1684-sex-manual-up-for-auction The ioye of sexe], 1684 style: [http://www.exclassics.com/arist/ariintro.htm ''Aristotle's Masterpiece''].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9246>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-rules-on-doctor-assisted-suicide/article22828437/ In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down laws against assisted suicide]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9245>[http://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/florida-bill-would-criminalize-transgender-people-using-sing#.wfglQ8PRb Only in Florida, I guess...]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9244>[http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/6/merkel-and-hollande-head-to-moscow-for-ukraine-talks.html Talks in Moscow over the Ukraine... Looks promising, maybe...?]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9243>Dear [[Richard Dawkins]]: [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/richard-dawkins-wants-to-lovebomb-iran--with-erotica-10015488.html Just stop talking!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9242>Kickstarter -- Now the home of the [[Laundry ball]]. [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crystalwash/crystal-wash-20-clean-laundry-with-no-detergents Crystal Wash 2.0, Clean Laundry with No Detergents]. The page claims that the balls increase the pH of the water to 8.5, and release Hydrogen Peroxide into the wash (Fun fact: Those should not work together. Hydrogen Peroxide lowers PH.) Hits all the marks for the Laundry-Ball scam, including focusing on gimmicks like an embedded, Bluetoothed PH scanner and a phone app. Guess what? It's over half-way funded, asking for $100,000, and it's Staff-Picked. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9241>One does not simply get suspended from school for stupid reasons. Or maybe one does. [http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/02/9-year-old-boy-suspended-for-using-lord 9-year-old suspended from Texas school after making "terroristic threats" with the One Ring To Rule Them All.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9240>[http://www.wired.com/2015/02/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-verdict/ First they came for the drug-pushing, money-laundering, hitman-hiring Bitcoin advocates,] and I was pretty okay with that actually.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9239>[http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/04/fox-news-shows-isis-video-jordan-pilot Faux News sinks to new low], contemptible even by their standards.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9238>Scientists may be on to the first stages of [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/uol-sdv020415.php a general anti-viral medication].([http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/01/28/1420812112 original paper])</vote>
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<vote poll=world9237>Revenge porn site founder guilty, [http://internet.gawker.com/this-revenge-porn-creep-is-going-to-prison-1683714592 faces 20 years in jail.]</vote>
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<!-- see wigo9230 <vote poll=world9236>Perhaps in an attempt to one-up [[anti-vaccination movement|anti-vaxxers]], a freshman [[GOP]] senator [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/02/03/the-next-public-health-debate-hand-washing/ has expressed his opinion that restaurant workers should be given the choice to opt out of washing their hands after visiting the restroom.]  Hooray for freedom!</vote> -->
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<vote poll=world9235>[[Bobby Jindal]]'s official portrait is [http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/bobby-jindals-official-portrait-isnt-quite all <s>white</s> right.] ('''Update:''' not the official portrait. The official one is merely ''lightened.'')</vote>
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<vote poll=world9234>Being LGBTQ apparently [http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/3/7971609/league-of-legends-esports-tournament-lgbtq gives an unfair advantage in video games.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9233>Not content with earning the wrath of the planet by beheading their hostages, [http://thebea.st/1zbq1yN ISIS executes their latest victim by burning him alive.] '''UPDATE:''' [http://gaw.kr/cTBICKI Well played, Jordan, well played.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9232>[[Hillary Clinton]]: [http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/02/politics/hillary-clinton-vaccines/ "The earth is round and vaccines work".]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9231>[http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/feb/03/mps-vote-favour-three-person-embryo-law British MPs approve mitochondrial transfer law], despite objections from the Anglican and Catholic churches.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9230>Think the GOP's anti-vax stance is bad? Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) says [https://www.districtsentinel.com/freshman-gop-senator-im-okay-not-forcing-restaurant-workers-wash/ he’s okay with the idea of service industry workers returning to work without washing their hands after touching their unmentionables, as long as customers are made aware of the situation.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9229>[[Chris Christie]] decides [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/02/02/christie-breaks-with-obama-over-measles-vaccine-calls-for-balance/ there's votes in dead children too.] He slightly walks back his original embrace of "parental choice", but not so much you'd notice.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9228>Rand Paul states that [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/rand-paul-child-vaccinations_n_6599560.html he knows children who wound up with profound mental disorders from vaccination, so he wants to give parents a choice].  One wonders if his source was the same as [[Michele Bachmann]]'s that made her look like a goofball.  Either way since Obama has come out in favor of vaccines then the GOP ''must'' come out against it. '''UPDATE:''' [http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/02/03/rand-paul-gets-a-booster-vaccination/?_r=0 A new world record in backpedaling has been set.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9224>Croatia [http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/croatia-cancels-debt-thousands-its-poorest-n298456 cancels debts] for its poorest citizens.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9227>Slicing into a woman's pelvis with a hacksaw and cauterising the wound with a soldering iron is [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/02/02/barbarous-pelvis-sawing-of-pregnant-women-in-ireland-was-a-longstanding-catholic-specialty-survivors-say/ love for the child]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9226>[[Barack Obama|President Obama]] to parents doubting ‘indisputable’ science: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/02/get-your-kids-vaccinated-obama-tells-parents-doubting-indisputable-science/ ‘Get your kids vaccinated’]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9225>[http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/30/s-africa-grants-parole-to-apartheid-death-squad-leader.html South Africa grants parole to apartheid hitman known as "Prime Evil".] Which gives us an important question: Who appointed Minister Masutha?</vote>
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<vote poll=world9225>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/30/us-bulgaria-zhelev-idUSKBN0L30QA20150130 Bulgaria's first democratically-elected president Zhelyu Zhelev dies.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9223>[[Mitt Romney]] [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/mitt-romney-not-running-in-2016-hugh-hewitt will not run in 2016.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9222>[http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/29/7949153/law-order-svu-gamergate-episode-nbc-tv Yet another media triumph for GamerGate]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9221>Texas, [http://crooksandliars.com/2015/01/texas-legislature-introduces-bill-allowing where teachers are allowed to shoot students.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9220>Utah parents murder children, then commit suicide, because [http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/28/us/utah-family-deaths/index.html they feared a looming apocalypse.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9219>President Castro says Obama [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31029946 needs to return Gitmo] 7 years after he was elected promising to close it down.  </vote>
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<vote poll=world9218>[http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/01/29/04/37/jewish-leader-gets-trapped-overnight-inside-auschwitz Jewish Leader accidentally gets trapped in Auschwitz]<sup>Not [[The Onion]]</sup></vote>
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<vote poll=world9217>The [[American Family Association]] [http://www.mediaite.com/tv/evangelist-bryan-fischer-has-been-fired-maddow-reports/ has fired] [[Bryan Fischer]] for comments regarding teh gayz and [[Godwin's law|Nazi Germany]] ('''Update:''' but only "as a spokesperson and director of issues analysis", he still will host his AFA talk show).</vote>
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<vote poll=world9216>Hey kids!  Let's smoke some [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150128/hells-kitchen-clinton/scientology-backed-anti-drug-program-at-work-city-public-schools astro turf] and huff [http://drugs.gawker.com/scientology-warns-kids-against-moon-gas-and-other-str-1682367950/+cushac moon gas]!</vote>
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<vote poll=world9215>BENGHAZI WAS A COVER-UP! [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/dems-accuse-republicans-benghazi-cover-up Of course, we mean the Republican manufactroversy.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9214>[[Conspiracy theories]] [http://phys.org/news/2015-01-crude-conspiracy-theories.html#jCp might be right], if they involve waging war for oil. (This apparently came as news to someone, somewhere.)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9213>[http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/y1snfo/the-nightly-show-tuesday--january-27--2015-season-1-ep-01006 The Nightly Show tackles vaccines and the measles epidemic.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9212>At age 86, [[James Randi]] finally [http://web.randi.org/home/an-amazng-adventure-to-be-continued retires from the James Randi Educational Foundation.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9211>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mike-buchanan-leader-justice-men-5046517 Feminists are just a bunch of ‘hatchet-faced miserable' women] so I'm standing for parliament, [https://j4mb.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/141228-v6-general-election-manifesto.pdf here's my manifesto], (tl;dr: "Waaaa, waaaaah, whaa!") (Incidentally he's a big fan of [[Paul Elam]])</vote>
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<vote poll=world9210>[http://www.theage.com.au/national/health/antivaccination-group-encourages-parents-to-join-fake-church-20150127-12zcrc.html Australian anti-vaxxers are encouraging parents to join a fake church to avoid vaccination requirements for daycares]</vote>
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<!--belongs in CLogs<vote poll=9213>You'd think that bible colleges would teach what not to do when creating a [[straw man]].  Why else would a [[North Carolina]] pastor (who has obviously never met an [[atheist]]) so blatantly [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/01/26/pastor-creates-a-fake-world-renowned-atheist-to-rail-against-and-imagines-him-abandoning-his-godless-faith/ write a syndicated article about a fictional "world-renowned atheist" named "Farhis O’Hare" who "has left his faith"?]</vote>-->
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<vote poll=9212>We're shocked!  A [[fad diet]] supplement [[woo]] meister [[Dr. Oz]] has been pushing [http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/government-confirms-one-of-dr-ozs-favored-diet-pills-is-a-total-hoax/ar-AA8C1ub is "a total hoax."] Also found on this page: ads for various questionable weight-loss treatments.</vote>
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<vote poll=9211>[[Russia]] takes [http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/26/sp-downgrades-russia-credit-rating-to-junk.html another financial hit.]</vote>
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<vote poll=9210>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/mass-surveillance-threat-human-rights-council-europe Mass surveillance is a fundamental threat to human rights], says a report by the parliamentary assembly of the [[Council of Europe]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9209>The myth of a Good Guy with a Gun is [http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/01/good_guy_with_a_gun_myth_guns_increase_the_risk_of_homicide_accidents_suicide.single.html statistically wrong on every level.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9208>The anti-austerity, anti-capitalism party, Syriza, wins the Greek general election. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30977714 Euro plummets amidst talk of renegotiating the bailout and reversing austerity measures.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9207>The [[North Korea]]n government [http://theconversation.com/new-front-opens-in-cold-war-of-the-koreas-restaurants-36451 has been opening North Korean-themed restaurants all over the world,] setting off a debate over ([[irony meter]] alert) who has the property rights to the Korean culinary tradition.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9206>A simple graph shows the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/22/the-devastating-impact-of-vaccine-deniers-in-one-measles-chart/ increasing effect of vaccine denial.]</vote>
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<!-- <vote poll=world9205>[http://proofs.wiki Proofs.wiki], a wiki about rational proofs was just created</vote> -->
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<vote poll=world9204>[http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/sarah-palin-seriously-interested-in-2016-white-house-run#.yf2aBQ4Zr ahahahaha... hahahahah... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...] (Warning:  Contains [[Sarah Palin]].)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9203>Senate Republicans remove "civil rights" and "human rights" from subcommittee name, stating that the subcommittee would be a "watchdog against unconstitutional overreach and will hold the Obama Administration accountable for its actions." [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/23/civil-rights_n_6534922.html Long live the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9202>Oklahoma state legislators are pushing for bills that would: [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/gop-lawmakers-declare-all-out-assault-on-marriage-for-same-sex-and-atheist-couples-in-oklahoma/ require a confirmed religious official to perform a wedding, removing judges entirely from the process; remove any official who grants marriage licenses to gay couples; and legalize antigay discrimination.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9201>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/23/alabama-gay-marriage_n_6535610.html Alabama joins] other states where gay marriage bans have fallen as everybody looks to the Supreme Court's decision this year. When a deep south [[Shrub]] appointee [http://www.scribd.com/doc/253551999/1-14-cv-00208-53-Alabama-Opinion-and-Order calls you out] on your bullshit, you may need to rethink your arguments.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9200>[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/salford-academic-stumbles-top-secret-8492134 Thatcher knew about the Westminster pedophile ring]. The evidence was found in a place where the Government denied there being evidence when they looked. Hmmm. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9199>[http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/22/cooperation-british-spies-gaddafi-libya-revealed-official-papers Cooperation between British spies and Gaddafi’s Libya revealed in official papers.] It's ugly. Meanwhile, the inquiry into the [[Iraq war]] by the British parliament gets [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/20/chilcot-report-iraq-war-delayed-general-election delayed] until after the general election in May 2015.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9198>[[Tennessee]] woman freaks out over "pentagram" [http://www.wistv.com/story/27802693/controversy-over-possible-pentagram-symbol-on-mid-south-bus on school bus.] Not sure what's dumber, her reaction or that this gets reported as news. Even other Southerners mock her. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9197>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30945324 The King is dead.]  [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/west-reaction-king-abdullah-death-saudi-arabia-exception-human-rights Western leaders pay tribute] and overlook the poor [[Saudi Arabia]]n [[human rights]] record. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9196>[http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/22/doomsday-clock-three-minutes-to-midnight/22158457/ The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight], citing Climate Change and stasis on Nukes. Internet reaction is to reference an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Minutes_to_Midnight Iron Maiden song].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9195>[http://io9.com/king-tuts-burial-mask-has-been-irreversibly-damaged-1681085211 King Tutankhamun's Burial Mask, the most famous archaeological relic in the world, has been "irreversibly damaged" during a botched cleaning attempt].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9194>German court rules that men are allowed to [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30937492 stand and deliver.]  Yes this is taking the piss!</vote>
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<vote poll=world9193>In the face of Shi'ite Houthi rebels, the [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/world/middleeast/yemen-houthi-crisis-sana.html?_r=0 Yemeni federal government has stepped down.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9192>[http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/01/20/azucar-bakery-anti-gay-words-cake/22061115/?AID=10709313&PID=6149513&SID=i58gibid4z00ag8y00dth Bakery facing religious discrimination complaint for refusing to make anti-gay cake], despite offering [http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/22/bakery-accused-of-religious-discrimination-for-refusing-to-write-anti-gay-message-on-cake-5032529/ a workaround].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9191>[http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/21/cia-torture-report-architect-denounces-republican-claw-back-copies Dianne Feinstein denounces Republican attempt to claw back copies of CIA torture report]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9190>Republicans (Even [[James Inhofe]]!) [http://mashable.com/2015/01/21/inhofe-senate-climate-not-hoax/ admit Global Warming is happening, but deny it's human-caused]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9189>[[Mike Huckabee]], a [[2016 Republican Party presidential nomination#May run|potential presidential candidate]] for 2016, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/21/mike-huckabee-gay-marriage-supreme-court_n_6512042.html says that if the SCOTUS rules for Gay Marriage, the states can just ignore them]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9188>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30903516 Yemen's presidential palace attacked by Shia Houthi rebels.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9187>[http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/19/3612952/montana-yellowstone-river-oil-spill/ 50,000 gallons of oil spill into Yellowstone River after a pipe line bursts.]</vote> 
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<vote poll=world9186>Remember the [[Native American|First Nations]] girl who chose traditional medicine over conventional chemotherapy for her completely treatable leukemia back in October? Her health made a turn for the worse, and she has passed away following a stroke indicative of the cancer spreading to her brain. [http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/19/makayla-sault-who-refused-chemotherapy-for-leukaemia-in-favour-of-alternative-treatments-has-died/ Her parents blame the chemotherapy.]</vote>
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<!-- <vote poll=world9185>[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/al-sharpton-acting-article-1.2082818 The most annoying person on the planet now wants to march on the Oscars.] Noting that a black actor has not won an Oscar since way, way, way back in 2013, the Reverend [[Al Sharpton|Al (Shakedown) Sharpton]] has called for an emergency meeting.</vote> -->
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<vote poll=world9184>[http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/19/global-wealth-oxfam-inequality-davos-economic-summit-switzerland?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 Same old, same old. *sigh*]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9183>Liam Neeson criticizes America's gun culture during a press tour. [http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/19/news/liam-neeson-gun-control-boycott/index.html No points for guessing what happened next.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9182> [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] national, Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for setting up a liberal blog and criticising Saudi religious authorities.  [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/17/saudi-blogger-raif-badawi-global-pressure-release The first 50 lashes were carried out but the second 50 were postponed] [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/22/flogging-saudi-blogger-raif-badawi-postponed twice] because the wounds had not healed and further lashings might kill him.  Future lashings are planned [https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/saudi-arabia-free-raif-badawi-flogged-blogger every week after Friday prayers] till the sentence is complete . There are
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[http://livewire.amnesty.org/2015/01/15/five-ways-you-can-help-raif-badawi/ Five suggested ways you can help Raif Badawi] and [https://campaigns.amnesty.org/actions/write-for-rights-raif-badawi an online petition] that [[Amnesty International|Amnesty]] hopes can help. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9181>Remember [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks Civil Forfeiture]? Eric Holder has now [http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-seized-asset-sharing-process-that-split-billions-with-local-state-police/2015/01/16/0e7ca058-99d4-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html somewhat prohibited] it.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9180>It's happening: the [[SCOTUS]] has granted ''writs of certiorari'' (an announcement of a plan to review lower court findings) to the same-sex marriage cases in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and will decide if [http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-to-decide-whether-constitution-requires-states-to-recognize-same-sex-marriage-1421440632 the 14th amendment protects it.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9179>One of the boys who claimed to have visited and returned from [[Heaven]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/01/15/boy-who-came-back-from-heaven-going-back-to-publisher/ recants his tale].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9178>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/16/guantanamo-diary-a-classified-handwritten-manuscript Mohamedou Ould Slahi's Guantanamo Diary is finally published]. WARNING: the extracts are not easy reading.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9176>[http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/01/16/17/56/miami-police-defend-using--black-teenagers-mug-shots-as-targets Miami cops are using the mugshots of black teenagers for target practice.] And yes, they defend it.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9175>[http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/13/bill-de-blasio-veto-chokehold-illegal-new-york New York mayor Bill de Blasio says he'd veto a bill by city lawmakers that would make it illegal for a police officer to put a person in a chokehold during an arrest.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9177>[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/16/national/history/japan-asks-u-s-publisher-mcgraw-hill-correct-textbook-references-regarding-comfort-women/#.VLj3XywukZx Japan asks U.S. publisher to ‘correct’ textbook references to 'comfort women', the Japanese euphemism for the women forced into prostitution during military conflicts.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9174>Ross Ulbricht, ''a.k.a.'' Dread Pirate Roberts, drug-dealing money-laundering hitman-hiring proprietor of the [[Bitcoin]]-powered Silk Road, who was [http://www.wired.com/2015/01/silk-road-trial-undercover-dhs-fbi-trap-ross-ulbricht busted by feds using a library computer logged into the Silk Road admin panel], puts forward as his defence that [http://www.wired.com/2015/01/isilk-road-trial-opening-statements/ he started the site, but handed it over to someone else, who only talked him into coming back in time to be busted by the feds.] This is literally his defence. But wait! He's just claimed that Mark Karpeles, of massively-failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, [https://twitter.com/kari_paul/status/555820627907846144 was the ''real'' Dread Pirate Roberts!] But wait, there's [http://www.dailydot.com/crime/ross-ulbricht-silk-road-mark-karpales-fbi/ actually links to Karpeles in the story.] Good Lord.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9173>Clemson University in [[South Carolina]] [http://www.heraldonline.com/2015/01/14/6704086/clemson-faculty-plan-for-tillman.html begins process] of renaming building dedicated to Benjamin Tillman, virulent 19th-century racist. Well, better late than never.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9172>So, [[Pope Francis]] has developed a reputation as an enlightened breath of fresh air in the [[Vatican]].  Except when it comes to ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'', [[free speech]] and [[satire|satirizing]] or insulting someone's [[faith]] and [[belief]].  In that case, Papa Frankie [http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-magazine-attack/pope-francis-freedom-speech-one-cannot-make-fun-faith-n286631 thinks that there are limits to questioning the "dignity" that he says every religion has.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9171>[[Louie Gohmert|The dumbest man in Congress]] [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/not-the-onion-louie-gohmert-named-legislator-of-the-year-by-texas-judges/ is named "Legislator of the Year" by Texan judges.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9170>[[Mike Huckabee]] [http://crooksandliars.com/2015/01/huckajesus-chides-obamas-letting-their questions Obama's parenting skills] for letting his daughters listen to Beyonc&eacute;. Of course, Huckabee's kid had [http://crooksandliars.com/2007/12/16/huckabee-squashed-charges-against-his-son-for-stoning-hanging-dog hung a stray dog, slit its throat and stoned it to death.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9169>March for solidarity in Paris? Cool! [http://www.mediaite.com/online/ultra-orthodox-jewish-newspaper-edits-female-world-leaders-out-of-charlie-hebdo-march/ Just keep those nasty vaginas out of it!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9168>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/12/map-literally-every-goat-in-the-united-states/?tid=pm_business_pop| Map of literally every goat in the United States]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9167>Meanwhile, winning the award for fewest fucks given, [[Charlie Hebdo]]'s next cover features [[Muhammad]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-post-carries-new-charlie-hebdo-cover-depicting-prophet-muhammad/2015/01/12/e4fce506-9ac0-11e4-96cc-e858eba91ced_story.html holding a "Je suis Charlie" sign.] Also considers a run of ''<s>three</s> five'' million copies.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9166>[[David Cameron]]: If we don't ban encrypted messaging apps like Snapchat, then we can't read your messages, [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/12/british-prime-minister-suggests-banning-some-online-messaging-apps/ and the terrorists win!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9165>[[Antivax]] parents [http://time.com/3664553/disneyland-measles-antivaxxers/ spread disease through Disneyland]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9164>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/13/nostradamus-wrong-astrologer-advised-sri-lankas-president-election Sri Lankan astrologer didn't have the heart to tell the president what the stars <i>really</i> said.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9163>Old school RatWiki [http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30583512 goats!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9161>New [[Charlie Hebdo]] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/01/12/charlie-hebdo-reveals-next-cover-a-cartoon-of-prophet-muhammad-behind-the-sign-je-suis-charlie/ cover revealed]. Muhammad appears again.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9160>South Dakota's ban on Marriage Equality [http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-dakota-must-allow-gay-marriage-judge-n284881 is declared unconstitutional], as the [http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/5th-circuit-looks-poised-strike-down-same-sex-marriage-bans bans of the deep south are under review] as well</vote>
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<vote poll=world9159>Is the security of the West in competent hands? [http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/12/us-central-command-twitter-account-hacked-isis-cyber-attack Yes, of course it is!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9158>Meanwhile in Nigeria, Boko Haram has [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/09/boko-haram-deadliest-massacre-baga-nigeria massacred] an estimated 2.000 people. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/12/-sp-boko-haram-attacks-nigeria-baga-ignored-media Not heard about it?]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9157>[http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/taxpayers-to-fund-teaching-of-pseudoscience-20150110-12i8fa.html Under Abbott's education "reforms"], the Australian government will fund education in [[homeopathy]], [[iridology]], [[naturopathy]], and other forms of alt-med nonsense.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9156>Not all Muslims are terrorists: [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/10/charlie-hebdo-policeman-murder-ahmed-merabet the brother of the murdered Paris policeman speaks.] <b>Update</b>: [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/10/paris-supermarket-kosher-hero-attack Lassana Bathily: the Paris kosher supermarket hero]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9155>Winfield, Alabama city council announces that [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/08/god-is-now-the-owner-of-a-town-in-alabama-and-all-hell-is-breaking-loose/ God now owns their town].  God was not asked if He wanted it.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9154>Reconstruction of the face of a Native American girl who died 12000 years ago [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/first-americans/hodges-text reveals a face that doesn't match contemporary ideas about race], though genetic tests confirm she's related to the ancestral population.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9153>Due to high rate of road accidents, Russia has announced tightened medical restrictions and contraindications to driving, encompassing those with hereditary eye disorders, severe epilepsy, dementia... [http://www.dw.de/russia-hits-transgender-drivers-with-license-ban/a-18180841 compulsive gambling, PTSD, transvestism, and transgenderism?]  ''Oh dears.''(Official Russian Gov Doc with ICD-10 references can be found at http://government.ru/media/files/A5X9GSAYrpA.pdf)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9152>[[Charlie Hebdo]]: What do you do after much of your staff is murdered on the job? Cease publication? Suspend operations temporarily? How about publish next week's issue on schedule and [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-one-million-copies-of-magazine-will-be-published-as-french-media-vow-to-keep-it-running-9965277.html print ''over 20 times'' the standard run.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9151>Judge [http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/0108/Judge-orders-foie-gras-be-allowed-in-California-A-chef-s-world-after-all overturns California ban on ''pâté de foie gras''].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9150>[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953614008168 Receiving food stamps objectively boost academic performance and IQ in children] compared to children living in poverty who don't receive assistance.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9149>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/07/philippines-pope-francis Filipinos may lose bladder and bowel control during Papal visit.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9148>Plop open some vials of penicillin and gulp it down in celebration! We need space for our new [http://www.nature.com/articles/nature14098.epdf?referrer_access_token=ph6qzMyNNnXvOvThDEHw4NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PvwA6rMMnycnymQk5ZOpb5ktLjj6cTh7j_4Otw8h3aTC_S-jNWM_cpWoZJvH8p_8kZq0jbIjPq4QTvYUn5Y8-A antibiotic], defeating all tested mutants of ''Staphylococcus aureus'' and ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis''!</vote>
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<vote poll=world9147>Another stupendous victory for [[Gamergate]]! Intel announces a [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/technology/intel-budgets-300-million-for-diversity.html $300 million diversity initiative, directly inspired by Gamergate fooling them into pulling an ad campaign.] And [[Anita Sarkeesian]] and Feminist Frequency are directly involved. (Gamergate are evidently [[deep cover liberal|deep cover]] [[cultural Marxism|cultural Marxists]].)</vote>
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<vote poll=world9145>[[NAACP]] office [http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-explosion-rocks-naacp-building-in-colorado-20150106-story.html bombed in Colorado Spring], no deaths or injuries to be reported.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9144>[[Charlie Hebdo]]'s Paris office [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30710883 was attacked by Islamists], 12 people dead. '''UPDATE:''' [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linternaute.com%2Factualite%2Fsociete-france%2Fcharlie-hebdo-les-terroristes-identifies-recherches-a-reims-et-a-pantin-0115.shtml&edit-text=&act=url The shooters have reportedly been identified; one has reportedly turned himself into the police, claiming he was not in Paris the day of the shooting.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9143>[http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/british-farmer-forced-to-turn-half-his-murderous-herd-of-nazi-cows-into-sausages-9958988.html?cmpid=facebook-post British farmer forced to turn murderous Nazi cows into sausages.] {{onion}}</vote>
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<vote poll=world9142>A story that gives ''[[HuffPo]]'' a chance to talk about [[Streisand effect]]:  At a recent county council meeting in Frederick County, [[Maryland]], councilman Kirby Delauter [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/kirby-delauter-name-reporters_n_6424252.html got upset at the local newspaper for publishing the name Kirby Delauter without first getting the permission of Kirby Delauter to publish the name Kirby Delauter in the paper.  Aw, that Kirby Delauter.  He's such a Kirby Delauter.] '''Update:''' Mr Delauter realises what a huge dick he was being and [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/07/kirby-delauter-apologizes/ properly apologises.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9141>[http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page Mommy Dearest] Phylis Schlafly says [http://jezebel.com/phyllis-schlafly-college-women-get-raped-because-they-1677798292?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=tuesdayPM college women are being raped because they go to college, duh].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9140>[[South Carolina]] legislators file bills to [http://www.wltx.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/06/bills-target-gun-rights-education-in-sc-schools/21333569/ teach gun rights in school], with help from the [[National Rifle Association|NRA]] on defining just what those rights include.</vote>
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<vote poll=world9139>Problem: People keep robbing stores. Solution: <strike>Ban guns.</strike> [http://kfor.com/2015/01/02/wearing-your-hoodie-in-public-could-soon-cost-you-up-to-a-500-fine/ Ban hoodies everywhere in Oklahoma’s public!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9138>[http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/04/pittsburgh-police-chief-end-white-violence-photo-angry-officers?CMP=share_btn_tw Three cheers for Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay! ...And three more jeers for the Fraternal Order of Police.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9137>[[Louie Gohmert|The dumbest man in in Congress]] [http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/01/louie-gohmert-climate-house-speaker believes [[global warming]] will lead to more plants.]  For context, [http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_tar/?src=/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/006.htm the decrease in plant biomass from deforestation is one of the primary anthropogenic causes of global warming.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9136>[[Louie Gohmert|The dumbest man in in Congress]] wants [http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/texas_congressman_louie_gohmert_is_running_for_speaker_of_the_house John Boehner's job.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9135>[[John Boehner]] - Scalise's 10-year association with KKK Grand Wizard was an [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-boehner-steve-scalise-erred-in-judgment-but-i-support-him "error in judgement,"] but GOP top brass are [http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/boehner-absolves-scalise-over-white-supremacist-controversy happy to have the totally-not-a-white-supremacist as their majority whip.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9134>Randy Andy has allegedly gone [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-andrew-been-secretly-filmed-4915421 way beyond the Koo-ee I'm Stark-ers stage.]  [http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/jan/05/prince-andrew-story-runs-and-runs-but-editors-should-beware We don't know the truth] but [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/02/prince-andrew-named-us-lawsuit-underage-sex-allegations court cases] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30692699 are pending] and [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2897615/Prince-Andrew-s-sex-slave-Virginia-Roberts-writing-tell-memoir.html there may be a book].  This will run and run. The Queen [http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/05/europe/prince-andrew-sex-abuse-allegations/ is not amused.]  </vote>
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<vote poll=world9133>[http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/03/researchers-find-the-ancient-genetic-link-between-fish-fins-and-animal-hands/ Researchers find the ancient genetic link between fish fins and animal hands.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9132>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11323558/Anti-terror-plan-to-spy-on-toddlers-is-heavy-handed.html You just can't start early enough to find out potential terrorists.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9131>Evolutionism goes on beyond <s>zebra</s> mere [[Darwinism]]! (actual title far more inflammatory) [http://www.salon.com/2015/01/03/god_is_on_the_ropes_the_brilliant_new_science_that_has_creationists_and_the_christian_right_terrified/ “Under certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life”]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9130>In the past 24 hours, [[Bitcoin]] has [http://i.imgur.com/btpp2Xt.png dropped from US$310 to US$260.] Follow the carnage [http://www.coindesk.com/price/ live on Coindesk!] '''Update:''' Bitstamp? [http://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/2rd8y5/uh_oh_looks_like_bitstamp_is_in_trouble/ Aaaand it's gone.] What an ''amazing'' coincidence they got hacked the ''day'' after a price crash!</vote>
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<vote poll=world9129>It turns out that, even in terms of revealed preferences, Uber-style price gouging means [http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/uber-drivers-say-rideshare-surge-pricing-backfired-on-new-years-eve/Content?oid=2915795 the free market doesn't trust you after you burnt them once.]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9128> "Just the way she goes sometimes".  Actually 2/3 times, apparently.  [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/01/us-health-cancer-luck-idUSKBN0KA1S320150101  Recent studies suggest] that about 2/3 forms of cancer are [[Cancer woo | not preventable]], so sit back, crack open a beer, and let the chips fall where they may. </vote>
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<vote poll=world9127>The Bible -  [http://www.newsweek.com/2015/01/02/thats-not-what-bible-says-294018.html so misunderstood it is a sin.] Pull up the deck chairs, get a beer, let's watch the fun....[http://danielbwallace.com/2014/12/28/predictable-christmas-fare-newsweeks-tirade-against-the-bible/ right on time!]</vote>
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<vote poll=world9126>Sony tries to use the DMCA to suppress people [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/musician-turned-rogue-sony-e-mail-publisher-hit-with-dmca-claims/ reposting leaked documents detailing their financial malfeasance.] We're sure that will [[Streisand effect|work just fine]].</vote>
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<vote poll=world9125> Starting off the New Year, [http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30632539 the man who helped inspire Viagra and the creator of the "Periodic Table Videos"] have been knighted. </vote>
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Revision as of 02:59, 26 April 2015

hey SJW Scum.

I hope yall starve.

Love, Pro-GG

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