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I think the author of that article brings up a good point:
America may not have prison camps, but its corrections system is disastrously overcrowded, and the rise of private prisons has increased the likelihood of human rights abuses within our borders. With more than two million Americans behind bars, the United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world.
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Colossal Camels of Canada:
The fossils, found on a frigid ridge in Canada's High Arctic, show that modern camels actually come from giant relatives that roamed the forests of Ellesmere Island 3.5 million years ago.

Finding the fossils that far north was a complete surprise, Rybczynski told Melissa. But apart from the wow element, this discovery can tell us important things about a much warmer world.

Rybczynski said that when these giant camels roamed Canada, the High Arctic was a much warmer place. (The arctic was 14 to 22 degrees Celsius warmer; the globe was two to three degrees warmer.)
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It would be interesting to see a state by state chart comparing abortion restrictions to the amount and quality of public assistance available to children after they're born.
 
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Greece may have to forfeit all its gold in the new bailout agreement.

"But down there in the small print of the Greek deal lies the nasty side for Greece. There lies a heavy penalty clause; Greece's lenders will have the right to seize the gold reserves in the Bank of Greece under the terms of the new deal.

Greece has 111 tonnes of gold. In other words Greece has given up on its "money in extremis", gold. If they default they will have nowhere else to go. Its international assets will be seized and it will not be able to trade internationally at all.

Today we are watching both Iran and the Sudan use their gold to buy food for their country as they have nowhere else and nothing else to get it with. Under the terms of this new deal Greece has effectively forfeited that last resort. ..."

"...The option of leaving the Eurozone and surviving independently has now gone. If they do default [and many think the shrinking economy will force them down that road] they will have to accept whatever terms they can scrape together from the E.U. in order to survive! "
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It's just a place for like-minded people to get together. They call it "church" for effect/to get a point across.
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I think so too and using the term church was to get free advertising. Harmless I suppose although I don't really see what atheists would have to talk about.:p
 
Yeah I was wondering that. Do they get together and bang on about how much they dont believe in God :/
 
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