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Rupert Murdoch Continues Frothy Push

Since the notoriously computer-illiterate 80 year-old Rupert Murdoch only sent his first email two years ago, some are suspecting the his new Twitter feed is actually being written by his 43 year-old wife, Wendi Deng, who joined Twitter on the same day as her husband. Deng’s first language is not English, which might explain the curious syntax of Rupert’s tweets.

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Tired Meme: Atheism=Genocide

The Friendly Atheist responds to the billboard campaign promoting Larry Taunton’s new book. Taunton thinks that because Stalin was an atheist, he committed awful acts of genocide. That argument makes as much sense as saying his mustache was the cause of all the horrors. It’s also an argument that’s been refuted over and over and over again. Stalin didn’t kill …

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IL Hate Group: We’re Being Oppressed

In response to a pro-gay editorial by the Chicago Tribune, the Illinois Family Institute is siding with those hell-bound papists at the Catholic Church over this year’s Chicago Pride parade. The virulent hatred many homosexual activists have for Catholic (and Protestant) orthodoxy is fully comparable to the virulent hatred that members of the KKK had. Perhaps the Trib’s editorial board …

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Nicotine Test For Hospital Employees

If you want to get a job at Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, you’ll have to submit to a test for nicotine use. If you test positive, you don’t get the job. “This is just the next step in creating a tobacco-free environment and it’s just an effort to focus on the well-being of our employees,” said Geisinger spokeswoman Marcy …

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Life Expectancy Rises For New Yorkers

According to a just-published report, New Yorkers are now living longer than the national average. Mayor Bloomberg is taking credit, citing his long-running campaigns against smoking and obesity. The life expectancy for babies born in New York City reached 80.6 years in 2009, the highest level recorded and one that surpasses the national life expectancy rate, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg …

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