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"It is difficult to deal with terrorism through non-violence," ...
says the Dalai Lama

So what would Jesus do? If I remember correctly, he protected poor people from being cheated by temple sharks by whipping them on the tuckus...

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Freakonomics says:
Peter Thompson’s research found that there had been more than 150 million commercial flights since 1970 without a single water landing. How rude of Chesley Sullenberger to make Peter Thompson start counting over from zero after saving 155 lives in a water landing yesterday.

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There actually was a spy named Smiley....more HERE.

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There is an "information gap" on birth control pills....
no kidding...
on the other hand, women in the past figured the small risk was better than six kids...
but now with minilaporotomy sterilization, that might not be true...

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