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Watch Free Episodes | 11 hours ago by PAULA NEAL MOONEY
»»»»»»»» The View October 9, 2008 - Watch The View Co-Hosts Talk About Obama and McCain’s Connections… So the ladies of The View had another lively discussion yesterday — Thursday, October 9, 2008 — talking about Obam read more
Bring On The Bloomin' Onion And Don't Lose The Keys
Beyond Left Field | October 9th 2008 by don kingery
I rarely go to Outback Steakhouse. The food there is just ok to me and 90% of the calories you manage to choke down are fat...Having said that, I went last night. I was invited and not paying so hell why not? No sooner had we pulled up read more
Cannibalism is the solution?!
darksiren's domaine | October 9th 2008 by Scylla Opal
In RP, anyway. I've been playing Huntress in my Abby RPoL game again and it's *really* cathartic right now. Particularly the hunting, killing and eating mortals part. Hmm, sounds kind of Digital Devil Saga-ish. :P But I've just had a really rough day read more
Reed: Electoral College has Outlived its Usefulness
Butt and ReButt | October 8th 2008 by Dan Johns
Hi, folks, and welcome back. Let me begin by asking you to please spread the word that Butt and ReButt is back, and we want to be a strong force for reasonable, intelligent discussion and debate. So if your friends are not reasonable and intelligent, read more
Dano: Keep the Electoral College System...It's What the Founders…
Butt and ReButt | October 7th 2008 by Dan Johns
Okay, folks. Following a lengthy time during which I didn't feel I could do justice to the debates because of my head injuries, I'm getting back into it. While things are still difficult, I think I can function well enough, now, to give this a shot. read more
Chongqing Woman Dragged To Death By Porsche For Car Key
Odd News | October 7th 2008
A Chongqing woman who got into minor accident with a BMW is dragged to her death after the BMW driver's friend tries to drive away with her keys in a Porsche. read more
The Prodigal Pilot Returns! Let’s slaughter the fatted calf, be…
Partner of a Pilot | September 30th 2008 by Partner of a Pilot
Well, Bf got back, at last. Though it wasn’t quite the reunion I had hoped for. Bf was, understandably, completely knackered after his eleven hour flight home (as was I from no sleep) and we both crashed into bed asleep, for a few hours whilst read more
Argumentum ad hominem
Cubik's Rube | September 30th 2008 by Cubik's Rube
It’s logical fallacy time, here in Skeptictionary corner. An argumentum ad hominem might look like this: Is a convicted drunk driver really qualified to comment on a matter of such importance? Since when did we start listening to suggestions fr read more
Winning An Argument
Life's sweets and spices | September 25th 2008 by liza
For most married couples, arguments will always be a part of their lives. My husband and I were not spared from this. When we were newly married, not a single would pass without having any argument. But whether it was petty or a serious one, what& read more
A bump on the head
darksiren's domaine | September 24th 2008 by Scylla Opal
Something happened earlier that put me in a bad mood. I hurt my head, too. It was during an argument. My ear was getting better but now my head has a bump. encrypted entry (PalCrypt) here I may or may not make a habit of encrypting entries. This one read more
How Persuasive is Your Marketing?
Web Data Source | September 22nd 2008 by WebDatamation - Akshay Sura LLC
We know that SEO can deliver traffic, but we know from experience that traffic alone is not enough. Skeptical consumers require more from your websites’ proposition to relinquish their reservations. This requires persuasion and persuasion marketing read more
Diswashing disput results in woman facing assault charges
Odd Planet | September 21st 2008 by Tricia
A 20 year old woman is now facing charges of aggravated assault after she allegedly bit her boyfriend, broke a picture frame across his face and swung at him with a sword (who has a sword in their home???) during an argument about …. him not do read more
The Government Bails Out The Banks But Who Bails Me Out?
Credit, Debt, Life and Steve | September 19th 2008 by Steve Rhode
Is it just me or does it seem a little unfair that the government is bending over backwards to help bail out the banks from their poor decision making and profit attempts but there is no government agency to help bail out you or me if we need it? Sho read more
How the Superman Syndrome Ruins Student Writing
David W. Boles' Urban Semiotic | September 18th 2008
Hubris is dangerous in the classroom. The student that believes nothing can be learned that isn't already known catches nothing. The instructor that believes in an all-knowing prescience guarantees nothing worthwhile is cast for the captu read more
Thoughts About Friendship
Funny Buburuza | September 17th 2008 by Claudiu
Friendship is a single soul. Aristotle True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. Dave Tyson Gentry The secret to friendship is being a good listener. Unknown A single friend thinks the friendship over when you have an arg read more
How to win an argument everytime
Organize Your Life For The Better | September 17th 2008 by Rod Low
Did it happen to you that sometimes, even if your argument may seem better with more information, people watching the argument seem to support the other guy instead? Here is an example of what I am talking about: Person A: The moon landing was a hoa read more
Don't get sucked in.
Alone-With-God | September 16th 2008
So things for all intents and purposes seem to be going well, but of course nothing ever is at it seems. You know the quip: "It's almost too quiet...Something isn't right?" Yeah, I almost found my self in it last night but I caught myself just befo read more
Fight With Me; Sen. John McCain
All Women's Talk - For Women Only! | September 13th 2008 by olga
By Johanna Peralta “Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight for what’s right for our country,” Senator John McCain, National Republican Convention. Cruising through the channels, waiting for my husband to get home. read more
I'm inflammatory
Satire Report | September 8th 2008 by Ian McConnaughey
It was Sunday. I was en route to a dinner with friends, and my friend Bob* was on his cell phone. I overhead him saying, "Oh, yeah. I know. Well Michael's right here, you want to talk to him? Ok."So I get the phone. It is Bob's and my mutual friend G read more
Forming An Argument
The Writer's Pulse | September 8th 2008 by Atlas
faeryan At the core of any good persuasive writing is a reasonable argument. How you make that argument will determine its effectiveness, and so I’d like to take this opportunity to review the elements of a good persuasive argument. No, not lik read more
Why Are Women So Complicated?
Henshin's Rebirth Blog Site | September 8th 2008 by Henry Ticong Jr.
Due to boredom, I finally encourage myself to search Google about a question that is lingering in my mind for quite some time. I have heard and read this a thousand times before; why is it that women are always referred to as a problem or a complicat read more
groundrules
Glossarie | September 7th 2008 by glossarie
just a few questions… groundrules by kieryn graham glossarie senior correspondent O kay, boys and girl, please do not make me come over there, and especially do not make me talk to you “in the mom voice”—we all hate when I have read more
Mission: Critical - Interactive Tutorial for Critical Thinking
The Best Free Training | September 5th 2008 by Mike G
Topic: Critical thinking, including analysis of arguments, reasoning, fallacies, and techniques of persuasion Format: Online text tutorial with interactive practice exercises and feedback Reviewer/email: Mike G - greers_pm@yahoo.com This clean, si read more
Has there been any innovation in Computer Science in the last dec…
Simple Thoughts | September 5th 2008
I was having an argument with a friend from school, I met after 20 years. His point was in the last decade or so there hasn't been any real innovations in computer science. He says the concept of virtual machine was there for 40 years, thin clients s read more
Making an argument without emotion
Women Channel | September 2nd 2008
Having attack for words or presenting each argument often make the emotion unstable, and causing an opposition. For not lasting long, obey the base rule of it:Fit conditionDon’t ever discuss essential thing in tired. Because you can do maximally. I read more
the majority and being right
adamcoster.com | August 31st 2008
I just had a short, interesting, but unoriginal, thought today that I wanted to share: You often hear people say “the majority is not always correct” or exactly the opposite, that “100 million people can’t be wrong.” Bot read more
Don’t Be Emotionally Drained Without Knowledge Gained
conditional cognition | August 28th 2008 by conditionalcognition
Too often, when in the midst of a discussion or debate, people get worked up when others refuse to accept their opinions. Just because a person does not accept your viewpoint does not mean that you should take it to heart. A rejection of one’s read more
Religion…
Breathing and Thinking | August 27th 2008 by Brandie Wiley
My sister just stormed out of my house. She didn’t even say goodbye. In fact, I didn’t even know she had stormed out until I casually walked down the stairs thinking we were going to watch an episode of the Sopranos. She was angry at my m read more
How to Fight an Argument on the Internet
A Distorted Reality. | August 27th 2008 by Alexander Young
My Mr. Dialysis and Astro Reality articles on Starve in Heaven caused somewhat of a shitstorm. This, in all honesty, was kind of the intention; but some of the responses really made my days. The fanboy/fangirl-ism that these two convey is really some read more
Loops
Life n its Lessons | August 26th 2008
I got asked a question last week.. to which honestly i had no answer … An axiom of anyone’s practical wisdom when questioned… Can sometimes make it impossible for one to answer..None the less i tired my best An old maxim goes a sing read more
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