Update: The movie is now playing in Janesville but not Rockford. So we are heading up to Janesville’s Wildwood theatre for the 7:10 p.m. showing of Saturday, May 7. Here is a Google map. Free movie outing this weekend for Rockford College students. See the new Atlas Shrugged movie this weekend. Cost to students: Free. […]
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September 11, 2001 was almost ten years ago. The Middle-East since then: Yasser Arafat died, exact cause unknown, in 2004. Saddam Hussein was executed in 2006. Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. In 2009, Teheran, Iran saw political riots. 2010 saw major and minor protests in a dozen middle-eastern and north African countries spilling
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Natural News surveyed its readers asking which corporations they believed to be the most evil: Monsanto topped the list, followed by B.P., Halliburton, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Merck, Wal-Mart, and Nestlé. Natural News writer Mike Adams reported on the survey results, chiming in to agree and add his opinion that Monsanto is not only evil but psychotic
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Egalitarianism wins. Chipotle restaurant lost an appeal opportunity when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Chipotle had been sued by a wheelchair-bound customer who complained that while other customers could see their food being prepared a four-foot high counter blocked his view from his wheelchair perspective. The plaintiff argued that his rights
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Very cool ten-minute talk about thorium’s prospects as a large-scale source of energy. Sorenson blogs at Energy from Thorium. And here is a primer on thorium from the World Nuclear Institute. Currently, its seems that China and India lead the world in exploring thorium as an option.
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A high-energy video feature on the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, hosted by Rock Valley College. I participated in a panel discussion at the event and am featured in the video for about 30 seconds starting around 3:15. Thanks to Chris McGill for inviting me, and kudos to the event’s organizers for a good-spirited, information-rich day.
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With cartoonists like Zach Weiner, who needs philosophy professors? Click here or on the image for a humorous summary of the metaphysical turf wars. (Thanks to J.S. and T.N. for the link.)
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Now I remember what this picture of Dagny Taggart reminded me of. Works of art, indeed.