"The NYPD is reportedly planning to install hundreds of cameras around the city that can automatically recognize the faces of suspected criminals or...
Pretty damn funny, and pretty damn accurate: "I can't quite wrap my head around the whole Mary-Kate and Ashley fandom thing. They're not good actresses. They...
Many thanks to the boys in Judas Priest: "You think you've private lives Think nothing of the kind. There is no true escape I'm watching all the time. I'm made...
"Rebelling against the US authority in Iraq is not treachery, nor is it giving "false comfort to terrorists," as George W. Bush recently cautioned Spain's new...
Intriguing article I came across, perfect for anyone fascinated by the themes of "Blade Runner." As a side note, no matter what Ridley Scott wants to say, he...
"A group of City Council members charged Wednesday that the citywide reading exam given to third-graders last month that will help determine whether or not...
In an episode of "Different Strokes" that was ahead of its time both Arnold and Willis take an IQ test and the results read that they are retarded. It asked...
I just saw a commercial for this: "An immigrant (Hanks) fleeing the war that ravages his tiny Eastern European homeland finds himself stuck in the terminal of...
... That's not a culturally-biased question, that's a question that can't be answered because there isn't enough information to solve the problem. But I guess...
it's based to some degree on a gentleman who can't (or won't) return to his country of origin because, i think, he left for political reasons and won't be...
... I once had a ditto-head coworker insist that the whole "culturally biased" argument is bogus. "Rush said it isn't possible for a question to be culturally...
"Judge orders couple not to have children - ... The mother was found to have neglected her four children, ages 1, 2, 4 and 5. All three children who were...
... I guess you really CAN'T make something like that up. Something about the real story strikes me as fishy, though. There are just too many coincidences and...
... Oh, I don't doubt that--of course tests are often targeted at a very specific group of people. But an IQ test given in America should be no more biased...
"Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, in a news conference with Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said the problems in Iraq are due to a 'lack of...
... The logical error here is that "racist" does not mean the same as "biased" It is fair to say a test has a bias. It is not fair to say that a test is...
... say that ... Yet that is exactly what they are doing (saying the tests are racist), because in the popular imagination "biased" = "racist". And therefore...
... asininity like this which is causing me to seriously consider never voting again. Politicians wonder why voter turnout is so low, but they never stop to...
"When given power over others, some human beings (including women) will abuse that power in sickening ways." http://www.reason.com/cy/cy051104.shtml I recently...
... Did not read the link yet, but I wanted to comment (before I forget) that the abuse at Abu Ghraib reminds me of the Stanford Prison Experiment (as applied...
... I rented that movie a few months ago. It is seriously fucked. And I can't say I didn't think it was realistic. I think a lot of these types of stories...
"Focus On The Family damages more souls than they save... The subtle nature of their crime blinds even themselves. They leave their offices each evening,...
... Just master the four-move checkmate. It's good on the novice player for maybe two games, before they catch on. Count de Monet: My Lord, you look just like...
"'We have many reasons to pray and many reasons to believe that God listens to our prayers,' First Lady Laura Bush said at Governor George Pataki's annual...
"A civilian communications contractor... You tell me what contractor now wants to help rebuild the nation we unilaterally saw fit to "shock and awe" to get its...
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