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Officer says god shielded him from Pentagon gunman

By thecodepounder | Published March 5, 2010

Ah yes, the power of belief. I’m sure it never occurred to the officer that his god could have just as easily prevented his being shot in the first place.
Of course, by all accounts the shooter was a 9/11 “truther”, so it would appear that we have irrational beliefs on both sides of the equation.

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Cringely on homeland security

By thecodepounder | Published January 11, 2010

Contrast these three situations: 1) you are sitting in a hotel bar in Mongolia and want to use your Visa card to buy a round of drinks for your friends, and; 2) your Mom is at the check-out counter at a Sears store when the clerk asks her if she wants to apply for a [...]

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Christopher Hitchens on airplane security measures

By thecodepounder | Published December 29, 2009

What nobody in authority thinks us grown-up enough to be told is this: We had better get used to being the civilians who are under a relentless and planned assault from the pledged supporters of a wicked theocratic ideology.
You know, every time I read an article about terrorism or terrorists I just can’t help but [...]

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