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Preparing for the cold in NM

For them, this IS cuddling.

How religious are Americans really?

Two in five Americans say they regularly attend religious services. Upward of 90 percent of all Americans believe in God, pollsters report, and more than 70 percent have absolutely no doubt that God exists. The patron saint of Christmas, Americans insist, is the emaciated hero on the Cross, not the obese fellow in the overstuffed costume.

There is only one conclusion to draw from these numbers: Americans are significantly more religious than the citizens of other industrialized nations.

Except they are not.

 

Read the rest at www.slate.com

Deportee

This is my favourite rendition, by far, of the old Woody Guthrie song, Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon (Deportee).

Happy Holidays from us to you

Research & Rescue wishes you and yours a brilliantly joyous holiday season!

RIP Blake Edwards

RIP Blake Edwards, Director of The Pink Panther Films.

Google Demo Slam: Epic Docs Animation

Brilliant presentation, done completely in Google Docs

Action Alert: Combat Sex Trafficking in the U.S.

Received this action alert via e-mail:

The FBI estimates that more than 100,000 underage girls are exploited for sex in the Unites States each year. Sex trafficking is a modern form of slavery, yet all too often victims are difficult to identify and trafficked persons are often prosecuted as prostitutes or deported as undocumented immigrants.

The Senate has already passed a bill by unanimous consent that would call victims of sex trafficking what they are -- victims -- and establish pilot programs which would provide counseling, education, and basic support for these young women. This bill, the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act (S. 2925/H.R. 5575), would also mandate participation at all levels of law enforcement and educate officers and prosecutors in how to identify, investigate, and prosecute traffickers.

With just days remaining in the lame duck session, we cannot allow the House to fail to take action to support young women exploited by sex traffickers in our very own country. To act now is to make a real difference in the lives of thousands of women and girls.

Combat Sex Trafficking in the U.S.

Digital Story of the Nativity

Best. Christmas. Video. Ever.

If Restaurants Were Like the Education System « Education Stormfront

Interesting post over at Education Stormfront today.

Imagine an alternate reality.  In this world there is only one kind of restaurant.  Each looks different from the outside but inside they are pretty much identical.  They are run by the government as a service because everyone needs to eat.  In fact attendance is mandatory until you become an adult.  The government provides buses that come around early in the morning and pick everyone up and take them to their restaurant.  Now keep in mind the patrons don’t actually get to choose which restaurant to go to.

Upon arriving at the restaurant...

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