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Let’s get a few things immediately on the table:

“Despite the fact that 117 people in Asia have been infected by the strain and 60 have died, H5N1 in its current form does not easily infect humans.”
Quoted from CNN article of 18 Oct 2005.

So all the hoopla about pandemics isn’t rooted in today’s facts but rather [...]

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Okay, Let’s jump right into this one: quoting from Paul Murphy’s blog (and adding numbers for easy reference), sentences 1 - 3 set-up his conclusion in sentences 4 & 5:

#1. People really are both more and less than the sum of their experiences.
#2. It’s common, for example, to hold strong opinions that simply [...]

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It’s commonly understood that people may attempt to use statistics to mislead or deceive the public, or even to manipulate public opinion. Most would agree that numbers don’t lie—but people sometimes do.
Even so, an article from OpEdNews.com tells about a recent poll from Ipsos Public Affairs (highly-regarded as a non-partisan polling company) that reveals a [...]

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According to this post, 9 U.S. Senators voted in such a way (on 05 October 2005) that suggests they approve of torturing detainees. These Senators are named, and linked to their official contact pages, below:
Allard, Wayne (R-CO), Bond, Kit (R-MO), Coburn, Tom (R-OK),
Cochran, Thad (R-MS), Cornyn, John (R-TX), Inhofe, James (R-OK),
Roberts, Pat (R-KS), Sessions, Jeff [...]

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In the May/June 2005 Issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is an article describing Exxon Mobil Corporation’s forecast of an impending non-OPEC oil-production plateau in 5 years. UPDATE: previous link broken; correct link is Oil:Caveat Empty)
If you don’t understand the meaning of that sentence, please stop now and read it again (and again, [...]

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