<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Socrates1's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:58:02 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Krugman, Keynesian Economics, and Alchemy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Every time I read a piece by Paul Krugman I pull my hair and gnash my teeth while wondering how it is that someone of his stature can be so completely wrong in so many ways.&nbsp; Whether I look at the way he frames the issue, the way he avoids acknowledging certain facts while m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11718681-krugman-keynesian-economics-and-alchemy</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11718681-krugman-keynesian-economics-and-alchemy</guid><category>congress</category><category>wall-street</category><category>fed</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>economics</category><category>debt</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>obama</category><category>bailout</category><category>theory</category><category>krugman</category><category>ec</category><category>fiat-money</category><category>stimulus</category><category>keynesian</category><category>big-banks</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Do We Get Brain Freeze? Scientists Explain</title>
<description><![CDATA[
They found that the sensation of brain freeze appears to be caused by a dramatic and sudden increase in blood flow through the brain's anterior cerebral artery. As soon as the artery constricted, the brain-freeze pain sensation wore off.The scientists were able to trigger the a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11705955-why-do-we-get-brain-freeze-scientists-explain</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11705955-why-do-we-get-brain-freeze-scientists-explain</guid><category>health</category><category>cure</category><category>headache</category><category>slurpies</category><category>snowballs</category><category>health-professional</category><category>do-we-get-brain-freeze</category><category>medical-news-today-not</category><category>food-induced-migraines</category><category>scientists-explain</category><category>flavored-ice</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:58:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Abortion and the &quot;War on Women&quot;...or is it Men?....I forget.</title>
<description><![CDATA[In any discussion related to the right to abort, the one premise that seems to be supported by all pro-choice advocates is the &ldquo;it&rsquo;s my body&rdquo; argument.&nbsp; This premise seems to be the spring from which numerous other assumptions and strategies flow.&nbsp; Pro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11652852-abortion-and-the-war-on-womenor-is-it-meni-forget</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11652852-abortion-and-the-war-on-womenor-is-it-meni-forget</guid><category>women</category><category>issues</category><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>rights</category><category>natural</category><category>conflict</category><category>liberal</category><category>men</category><category>gender</category><category>pregnancy</category><category>pro-life</category><category>discussion</category><category>conservative</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>fetus</category><category>procedure</category><category>solution</category><category>single-parent</category><category>its-my-body</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:43:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Abortion and Natural Rights</title>
<description><![CDATA[How can one believe in the existence of natural rights while at the same time supporting the right to an abortion? &nbsp;After much thought, it would seem to me that these two positions are mutually exclusive. &nbsp;If natural rights, as opposed to inalienable rights which I sugg&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11533005-abortion-and-natural-rights</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11533005-abortion-and-natural-rights</guid><category>women</category><category>constitution</category><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><category>arts</category><category>egg</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>fetus</category><category>individual</category><category>right-to-life</category><category>sperm</category><category>zygote</category><category>right-to-chose</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 08:10:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Rights of the Individual in a Societal Context---Part II---Survival</title>
<description><![CDATA[In part I of this series I touched on the notion that individual rights are the first casualty when the survival of&nbsp;any particular society is at stake.&nbsp; In part II I would like to expand just a bit on that thought, thus providing a firm foundation for future articles ad&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11529029-the-rights-of-the-individual-in-a-societal-context-part-ii-survival</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11529029-the-rights-of-the-individual-in-a-societal-context-part-ii-survival</guid><category>us</category><category>constitution</category><category>politics</category><category>right</category><category>community</category><category>left</category><category>ethics</category><category>culture</category><category>united-states</category><category>liberal</category><category>bill-of-rights</category><category>restrictions</category><category>society</category><category>freedom</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>conservative</category><category>philosophy</category><category>rightwing</category><category>individual</category><category>interpretation</category><category>libery</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 04:14:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Rights of the Individual in a Societal Context---Part I</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rights of the Individual in a Societal Context---Part I
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The question of how to address the tension between the rights of the individual and the rights of the society has been a focus of Western philosophers almost from the beginning.&nbsp; Socrates eventually provided &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11514716-the-rights-of-the-individual-in-a-societal-context-part-i</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11514716-the-rights-of-the-individual-in-a-societal-context-part-i</guid><category>us</category><category>constitution</category><category>politics</category><category>democracy</category><category>bill-of-rights</category><category>freedom</category><category>liberty</category><category>philosophy</category><category>morality</category><category>federalism</category><category>individual</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 07:34:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>May Day protests show weak immigration movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[While a black preacher told 100 immigration protesters that incarcerated blacks and detained immigrants faced similar challenges, Jesse Morgan stood to one side of the May Day demonstrators, holding a large sign that read "Radical Queers Resist."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Brumback]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kate Brumback]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11497657-may-day-protests-show-weak-immigration-movement</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11497657-may-day-protests-show-weak-immigration-movement</guid><category>us</category><category>immigration</category><category>woes</category><category>us-news</category><category>movement</category><category>may-day</category><category>jesse-morgan</category><category>queers-resist"</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 08:17:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f93a307-c983-4f02-af80-0039f1853fc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f93a307-c983-4f02-af80-0039f1853fc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A demonstrator, who wished not to give his name, rallies in front of the Georgia Capitol Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Atlanta. A May Day rally at the Capitol Tuesday that organizers called a historic coming together of immigrants and working people was significantly smaller than in recent years, drawing only about 100 people. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=922229a3-0cd2-4806-8b2f-dea180e94320.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=922229a3-0cd2-4806-8b2f-dea180e94320.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evelin Villegas, 4, of Norcross Ga., joins her parents during a rally in front of the Georgia Capitol Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Atlanta. A May Day rally at the Capitol Tuesday that organizers called a historic coming together of immigrants and working people was significantly smaller than in recent years, drawing only about 100 people. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5843d7f4-9147-48f8-8e49-6f3f6206047e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5843d7f4-9147-48f8-8e49-6f3f6206047e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jesse Morgan, left, looks on during a May Day rally Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Atlanta. While a black preacher told a crowd of about 100 immigration activists that incarcerated blacks and detained illegal immigrants faced similar challenges, Morgan stood to one side of the May Day protesters holding a large sign that read &quot;Radical Queers Resist. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3694285a-021a-428b-97fb-e4807e422304.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3694285a-021a-428b-97fb-e4807e422304.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jesse Morgan, left, looks on during a May Day rally Tuesday, May 1, 2012, in Atlanta. While a black preacher told a crowd of about 100 immigration activists that incarcerated blacks and detained illegal immigrants faced similar challenges, Morgan stood to one side of the May Day protesters holding a large sign that read &quot;Radical Queers Resist. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Police arrest man for paying with real $50 bill - The Daily Breeze</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some days you just can't win.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11495678-police-arrest-man-for-paying-with-real-50-bill-the-daily-breeze</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11495678-police-arrest-man-for-paying-with-real-50-bill-the-daily-breeze</guid><category>us</category><category>arrest</category><category>money</category><category>tennessee</category><category>justice</category><category>odd-news</category><category>cash</category><category>tn</category><category>travesty</category><category>fifty</category><category>counterfiiet</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 06:06:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>        B. B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (From B. B. King - Live at Montreux 1993)      - YouTube  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Possibly my favorite song of all time. &nbsp;I'm not sure what the words say about me, but the melody, the&nbsp;rhythm, and the accents just come together to the point where I cannot ever shut the music off until the song is over.
Just thought I'd share, and see how it ranks wit&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11481509-b-b-king-the-thrill-is-gone-from-b-b-king-live-at-montreux-1993-youtube</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11481509-b-b-king-the-thrill-is-gone-from-b-b-king-live-at-montreux-1993-youtube</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>blues</category><category>mood</category><category>drifting</category><category>favorite-song</category><category>best-song</category><category>bbking</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 07:15:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Socrates153AED493-7F19-BFF8-849B-F345A24EA09A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Socrates153AED493-7F19-BFF8-849B-F345A24EA09A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>World Mysteries - Strange Artifacts, Ancient Flying Machines</title>
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It would seem that the Mahabharata is describing an atomic war! References like this one are not isolated; but battles, using a fantastic array of weapons and aerial vehicles are common in all the epic Indian books. One even describes a Vimana-Vailix battle on the Moon! The abo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11461111-world-mysteries-strange-artifacts-ancient-flying-machines</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11461111-world-mysteries-strange-artifacts-ancient-flying-machines</guid><category>india</category><category>war</category><category>flight</category><category>science</category><category>ancient</category><category>atomic</category><category>ufos</category><category>governmental-military</category><category>sanskrit-investigation</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:41:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Fraud of Islam | Amil Imani</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Adding insult to injury, Islam has powerful and unwitting allies in the masses of good-hearted gullible Americans who bend over backwards to protect the long cherished principle of religious freedom. And it is this magnificent provision of our society that made&nbsp;Hillary Cli&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11447958-the-fraud-of-islam-amil-imani</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11447958-the-fraud-of-islam-amil-imani</guid><category>muslim</category><category>violence</category><category>religion</category><category>ethics</category><category>islam</category><category>freedom</category><category>jihad</category><category>truth</category><category>morality</category><category>individual-rights</category><category>religion-of-peace</category><category>value-system</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Can An Individual Be Immoral?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Can An Individual Be Immoral?
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I would suggest that it is impossible for any individual to do wrong, as in commit an immoral act, under his own system of ethics.&nbsp; I understand, or at least assume, that there may be some readers who disagree with the premise, and thus I&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11446278-can-an-individual-be-immoral</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11446278-can-an-individual-be-immoral</guid><category>religion</category><category>right</category><category>ethics</category><category>wrong</category><category>society</category><category>philosophy</category><category>morality</category><category>theology</category><category>fre</category><category>individual-rights</category><category>free-will</category><category>value-system</category><category>societal-rights</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:50:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Human Rights Petition: STOP THE RFID CHIP healthcare cards for the 2011,2012,2013 Obama healthcare plan | Change.org</title>
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Reasons and descriptions are provided with many warnings and side effects to the human mind and body, in which this device causes much damage and control without one's consent of the rfid chip device.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11419035-human-rights-petition-stop-the-rfid-chip-healthcare-cards-for-the-201120122013-obama-healthcare-plan-changeorg</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11419035-human-rights-petition-stop-the-rfid-chip-healthcare-cards-for-the-201120122013-obama-healthcare-plan-changeorg</guid><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><category>plan</category><category>matrix</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>freedom</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>big-brother</category><category>chip-implant</category><category>1984</category><category>tyranny</category><category>the-people</category><category>obama-healthcare</category><category>verichip-rfid</category><category>warning-rfid</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:43:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Socrates18A1830E3-62C7-5421-1391-93A8F4AE52EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="107" width="145" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Socrates18A1830E3-62C7-5421-1391-93A8F4AE52EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Foundational Premise Of Citizenship</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Foundational Premise Of Citizenship
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For a variety of reasons, questions related to the concept of citizenship have recently become a matter of debate on a much more frequent basis.&nbsp; This essay is not designed to address any particular question, issue, or individua&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11355871-the-foundational-premise-of-citizenship</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11355871-the-foundational-premise-of-citizenship</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>citizen</category><category>vote</category><category>voting</category><category>democracy</category><category>franchise</category><category>government</category><category>united-states</category><category>tribe</category><category>citizenship</category><category>governance</category><category>individual-rights</category><category>disenfranchised</category><category>subject</category><category>responsibilities</category><category>duties</category><category>privileges</category><category>property-test</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:32:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Campus diversity suffers under race-blind policies | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Ward Connerly, an African-American businessman who has led a national campaign against affirmative action, sees the practice as a form of racial discrimination.
"I don't believe in proportionality," said Connerly, who heads the American Civil Rights Institute. "The taxpayers h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11333391-campus-diversity-suffers-under-race-blind-policies-fox-news</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11333391-campus-diversity-suffers-under-race-blind-policies-fox-news</guid><category>white</category><category>minority</category><category>politics</category><category>american</category><category>ucla</category><category>california</category><category>asian</category><category>university</category><category>system</category><category>affirmative-action</category><category>blind</category><category>uc</category><category>berkeley</category><category>quota</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:10:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>&quot;Laplace's Demon&quot;..A Theoretical Premise Negating the Existence of &quot;Free Will&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at a certain moment would know all forces that set nature in motion, and all positions of all items of which nature is composed, if this intellect were also &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11329425-laplaces-demona-theoretical-premise-negating-the-existence-of-free-will</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11329425-laplaces-demona-theoretical-premise-negating-the-existence-of-free-will</guid><category>religion</category><category>ethics</category><category>demon</category><category>philosophy</category><category>theory</category><category>morality</category><category>individual</category><category>variable</category><category>laplace</category><category>free-will</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:39:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Atheists Show Their Bigotry And Prejudice…..Again</title>
<description><![CDATA[Atheists Show Their Bigotry And Prejudice&hellip;..Again
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It&rsquo;s an interesting thing to see how some atheists think, and this was certainly the case in a recent discussion surrounding the story of two men kissing in a public venue in Australia.&nbsp; The story, as well&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11327411-atheists-show-their-bigotry-and-prejudiceagain</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11327411-atheists-show-their-bigotry-and-prejudiceagain</guid><category>conference</category><category>australia</category><category>gay</category><category>religion</category><category>right</category><category>protest</category><category>left</category><category>law</category><category>ethics</category><category>culture</category><category>islam</category><category>men</category><category>islamic</category><category>kiss</category><category>christian</category><category>atheism</category><category>morality</category><category>intolerance</category><category>tolerance</category><category>atheist</category><category>values</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:41:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Marijuana-Uses  &amp;raquo; Blog Archive   &amp;raquo; Mr. X by Carl Sagan</title>
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This account was written in 1969 for publication in Marihuana Reconsidered (1971). Sagan was in his mid-thirties at that time. He continued to use cannabis for the rest of his life.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11290761-marijuana-uses-raquo-blog-archive-raquo-mr-x-by-carl-sagan</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11290761-marijuana-uses-raquo-blog-archive-raquo-mr-x-by-carl-sagan</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:06:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>All I know about the Zimmerman Case..</title>
<description><![CDATA[1.&nbsp; It seems an Hispanic man killed an African American young adult male in Florida.&nbsp;
2,&nbsp; Based on the ethinicity of the person killed, the other party may not "really" be Hispanic.
3.&nbsp; The vast majority of Black Americans are absolutely sure, based on the rac&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/14/11192145-all-i-know-about-the-zimmerman-case</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/14/11192145-all-i-know-about-the-zimmerman-case</guid><category>death</category><category>race</category><category>florida</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>police</category><category>right</category><category>justice</category><category>prejudice</category><category>left</category><category>bias</category><category>murder</category><category>racism</category><category>liberal</category><category>obama</category><category>racial</category><category>naacp</category><category>al-sharpton</category><category>conservative</category><category>zimmerman</category><category>legal-system</category><category>man-slaughter</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:56:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Origin of April Fools' Day    &amp;#8211; The Express Tribune</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11186218-origin-of-april-fools-day-the-express-tribune</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11186218-origin-of-april-fools-day-the-express-tribune</guid><category>history</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:02:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Does Free Will Exist?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Does Free Will Exist?
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The debate over whether free will exists has been going on for centuries and I have to admit I&rsquo;m really not sure why.&nbsp; I would suggest that perhaps part of the problem lies in the propensity of some to switch their definition of free will i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11114593-does-free-will-exist</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11114593-does-free-will-exist</guid><category>religion</category><category>right</category><category>ethics</category><category>culture</category><category>wrong</category><category>society</category><category>christian</category><category>independent</category><category>morality</category><category>punishment</category><category>atheist</category><category>reward</category><category>free-will</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:58:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican</title>
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Without remorse, Democrats deliberately keep blacks in poverty because Democrats have&nbsp;built their political power base on the backs of poor blacks, just as Democrats built their economic power base on the&nbsp;backs of poor blacks during the days of slavery. The centuries-&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11077500-why-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-was-a-republican</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11077500-why-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-was-a-republican</guid><category>white</category><category>south</category><category>byrd</category><category>new-york</category><category>georgia</category><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>race</category><category>slavery</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>alabama</category><category>prejudice</category><category>left</category><category>wallace</category><category>lincoln</category><category>nixon</category><category>bias</category><category>kennedy</category><category>vote</category><category>senator</category><category>racism</category><category>black</category><category>lies</category><category>civil-war</category><category>legislation</category><category>reagan</category><category>republican</category><category>jim-crow</category><category>democrat</category><category>integration</category><category>support</category><category>spin</category><category>segregation</category><category>mlk</category><category>jr</category><category>al-gore</category><category>socialism</category><category>plantation</category><category>suppression</category><category>emancipation</category><category>southern-strategy</category><category>lbj</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:18:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Socialism, Banking, and Authoritarianism</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the past I have suggested that socialism, in any form, requires a massive bureaucracy and, as a result, requires massive government, which can only mean massive intervention on the part of that government.&nbsp; This, in my view, also suggests that the system must restrict lib&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11048428-socialism-banking-and-authoritarianism</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/06/11048428-socialism-banking-and-authoritarianism</guid><category>money</category><category>politics</category><category>right</category><category>currency</category><category>left</category><category>economics</category><category>fiat</category><category>banking</category><category>benefits</category><category>liberal</category><category>comments</category><category>communism</category><category>discussion</category><category>libertarian</category><category>conservative</category><category>capitalism</category><category>socialism</category><category>theories</category><category>marxism</category><category>free-enterprise</category><category>liabilities</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 06:17:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is Islam A Pagan Religion?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is Islam A Pagan Religion?
Interesting question.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m no stranger to Islam, Islamic History, or Islamic Customs, but somehow I&rsquo;d never really made the connection.&nbsp; We hear a lot about how we all worship the same God, Abrahamic Religions in general, the monot&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004066-is-islam-a-pagan-religion</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004066-is-islam-a-pagan-religion</guid><category>religion</category><category>m</category><category>muslims</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>christianity</category><category>pagan</category><category>theology</category><category>paganism</category><category>black-rock</category><category>kpr37</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:49:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What Christianity Means To Me....</title>
<description><![CDATA[I have written several articles related to Christianity, including one discussing why I support Christians and another, with a slightly different approach, discussing why I support Christianity.&nbsp; As it turns out, it seems I may never have focused on what Christianity means t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10986401-what-christianity-means-to-me</link><guid>http://Socrates1.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10986401-what-christianity-means-to-me</guid><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:58:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
