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Dec 30 / 9:35am

Political views 'hard-wired' into your brain

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Scientists have found that people with conservative views have brains with larger amygdalas, almond shaped areas in the centre of the brain often associated with anxiety and emotions.

On the otherhand, they have a smaller anterior cingulate, an area at the front of the brain associated with courage and looking on the bright side of life.

 

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Aug 25 / 2:02pm

Nearly Half of Active Duty Troops Have Children.

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from http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/

Do you know a chickenhawk who excuses himself from enlisting because he has children?  I've met a few...

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Aug 18 / 12:46pm

Big oil money at the state level mostly goes to influence the public, not the politicians — Sunlight Foundation Blog

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Somebody tell me: how are we ever going to stop Global Warming so long as Exxon, Chevron, BP and the other Big Oil & Gas companies can easily buy our elections?!

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Aug 12 / 8:16am

Filibusters and arcane obstructions in the Senate : The New Yorker

Sit and watch us for seven days,” one senator says of the deadlocked chamber. “You know what you’ll see happening? Nothing.

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Aug 11 / 7:49pm

Conservapedia: E=mc2 Is A Liberal Conspiracy!

To many conservatives, almost everything is a secret liberal plot: from fluoride in the water to medicare reimbursements for end-of-life planning with your doctor to efforts to teach evolution in schools. But Conservapedia founder and Eagle Forum University instructor Andy Schlafly -- Phyllis Schlafly's son -- has found one more liberal plot: the theory of relativity.

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