Credulity encourages us to believe without thinking and skepticism encourages us to disbelieve without thinking. Both are folly. The credulous person accepts tales of the supernatural without bothering to find out if they are a) true or b) from God. The skeptic reflexively rejects the supernatural, not on the basis of the evidence, but on the basis of a personal dogma which rules out the supernatural in advance of and in the teeth of whatever evidence there may be.

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A tale of two American economies
Source: The Globe and Mail
While the United States recently reported 3.5 per cent GDP growth in the third quarter, suggesting that the most severe recession since the Great Depression is over, the American economy is actually much weaker than official data suggest.
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Privateering and National Defense: Naval Warfare for Private Profit
Source: independent.org
The history of privateers goes back to the early Middle Ages. Originally, it was a method by which a citizen of one nation who had been victimized by a citizen of another nation could achieve restitution for his losses (Petrie 1999, 2-3).
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Maj. Nidal Hasan: What Happened at Ft Hood?
Source: smallwarsjournal.com
Major Nidal Malik Hasan MD MPH, a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army, has now been charged with multiple specifications of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, under Article 188 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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What International Health Expert Thinks of the Flu Vaccine
Source: articles.mercola.com
President Obama and his top health officials are engaging in a major public relations effort to divert attention away from whether its swine flu vaccine is effective and safe by focusing attention on whether there is enough of it to go around. And the media is cooperating fully.
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks into High Gear
Source: The Nation
In a recent Nation cover story, William Greider decried the lack of attention being paid by the media to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) charged with investigating the causes of the financial meltdown.
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— angela593

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I still am not sure where Gladbutterfly comes from or how she got to Newsvine, as she must have come from a world far more advanced and caring then most. However, I have to say, I sure am honored and touched to be a friend. I have always been glad to read her comments that have a personal and caring touch, her photos are awesome and she just adds so much to Newsvine. I am glad she arrived !
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