CIA Experimentally Altered the Minds of Children

Seeded on Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:18 AM EDT (Australian News Network)

Seeded by Gas Pants Press (Clipped by sheadunn)

EASILY lost, on page 425, in the mass of the CIA's notorious "Family Jewels" files is a short paragraph outlining "potentially embarrassing Agency activities".

cia, harvard-university, hypnosis, us-news, lsd, mind-control, sirhan-sirhan, robert-kennedy, big-pharma, mkultra

Ancient Protection To HIV Became Our Downfall

Seeded on Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:11 PM EDT (Sciam)

Seeded by Kaylin (Clipped by sheadunn)

Early in our evolution humans were able to fend off viruses that would normally kill chimpanzees by creating a protein that neutralized these viruses. Skip ahead a few thousand years and the protein that made us immune to ancient viruses is now causing us to die from HIV.

evolution, science, hiv, virus

Homo History

Seeded on Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:57 AM EDT (thestranger.com)

Seeded by spiffie (Clipped by sheadunn)

Gay people, since forever, have mostly been born into straight families.

odd-news, humor, homosexuality, gay-pride, stonewall

Police to gain a live view in buses

Seeded on Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:56 AM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

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Chicago police in patrol cars soon will be able to peer inside nearby city buses by electronically tapping into onboard video cameras, the Chicago Transit Authority's vice president for technology said Wednesday.

technology, police, bus, wi-fi, big-brother, cta

What is the "issue" with same sex marriage?

Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:09 PM EDT

By TheJonesGirl (Clipped by sheadunn)

I've been in literally countless threads and discussions regarding same sex marriages and fail to see what it is that the other side is against--and I am hoping to understand.

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gay-marriage, marriage, politics, same-sex-marriage, civil-unions

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Safari on Windows: A Cold Glass of Water in Hell, or Hell Freezing Over?

Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:44 PM EDT

By Kyle Baxter (Clipped by sheadunn)

As Steve Jobs booted into Windows XP to demonstrate Safari 3 on Windows, he remarked, "This is odd." Understatement of the year, Steve. Seeing XP on stage at an Apple keynote was, in a word, scary.

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technology, apple, ipod, itunes, safari, windows, pcs, steve-jobs, vista, xp

The Top Ten Myths About HIV/AIDS (VIDEO)

Seeded on Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:35 PM EDT ()

Seeded by Majda (Clipped by sheadunn)

Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS , a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections).

health, aids, hiv, virus