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    Abu Ghraib: Rape and sodomization of women and children

    So the pictures were wrong, but he acknowledged there was rape. This seems like a lot worse that what happens at fraternity initiations (wasn't that the comparison back then?). Or maybe not? I kind of like the idea of assuming every frat boy got fucked in the ass when he joined ;).
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    High speed rail between Eugene and Vancouver, BC ... would you take it?

    Eugene to Vancouver: 425 miles. Europe is small, but not that small ;). A simliar train ride costs around 50 Euro in Germany fwiw.
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    Atheist Billboards going up for the holidays

    Well, the numbers show that about half the people in the US think exactly like that. To clear up any misunderstanding: I don't. Considering the last election in California (which is one of the more progressive states), I thought it was rather clear that a)homosexuals are one of the least...
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    Atheist Billboards going up for the holidays

    link link I don't think the main reason for using Santa is because they want to attack christians. The ad is equating belief in a god to belief in Santa Claus and thus calling religious people naive (or worse). They chose Santa because he is easily recognisable. It's an ad-campaign after all.
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    Blu-Ray

    Those aren't 7 Megabits, those are 7 Megabytes in your calculation. But the whole 50 gb aren't used for the movie alone, so it's probably more interesting to look at only the movie data. There are already "copies" of movies with 1080p resolution encoded with h.264 out there, those are...
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    Atheist Billboards going up for the holidays

    I hope this post was meant to be sarcastic. Anyways, considering America would rather vote a homosexual into the White House than an atheist, it kinda tells you how favourably people view atheists in the US.
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