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		<title>A Call for Civil Disobedience</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Al Gore has recently called upon young people to engage in civil disobedience to stop the construction of coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration:
&#8220;If you&#8217;re a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Kind of Veggie Burger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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PETA has offered a $1 Million reward to the first scientist able to produce in vitro meat that is indistinguishable from real meat. PETA explains that the meat would be produced from animal stem cells that have been “placed in a medium to grow and reproduce.” The decision to support in vitro meat production was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When you care enough to send the very best&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rapture is upon us!
Now as you ascend into heaven, you can have the comfort of knowing that your friends and family will receive your last words.  Simply visit www.raptureletters.com to prepare in advance your post-rapture email.  Your email will automatically be sent to friends and family after your sweet reunion with Jesus.  
Are you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Descartes&#8217; Magical Berry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Descartes is famous among undergraduate philosophy students for his hyperbolic doubt.  Early in the Meditations on First Philosophy, he provides his readers with various reasons for doubting information that is acquired from or through the senses.  After pointing out that the “senses often deceive,” he suggests that it is “prudent never to trust [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Akratic gamblers sue Ontario casinos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicted gamblers in Ontario have launched a $3.5B lawsuit against the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation in Toronto.  
The gamblers claim that they signed up for a &#8217;self-exclusion&#8217; program that was not adequately enforced.  
This is an interesting (albeit unsuccessful) instance of self-control.  
The gamblers in this case seem to have freely imposed limits upon their freedom. [...]]]></description>
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