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- What I would Change About the World: To start, I would subtract organized religion.
- Current Project: A mid-twenties crisis
- Influences/Heroes: Charles Darwin - Eric Schlosser - Richard Dawkins - Thomas Jefferson - Ken Griffey Jr.
- Political Bent: Optimistic
- Favorite Bands: Tokyo Police Club - Nas - The Kooks - Sum 41 - The Vines - The Boxing Lesson
- Favorite Directors: Wes Anderson
- Favorite Movies: The Life Aquatic - The Godfather - Annie Hall - Snatch - Donnie Darko - Patton - City of God - Waking Life - Seven
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- mako2424 voted up Senator Al Franken "Net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time." we should stop big corporations like Google and Verizon from taking control of our precious internet. 2 years ago
Sen. Al Franken: We Have a Free Speech Problem By Tim Karr, August 20, 2010 Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) warned a packed house Thursday night in Minneapolis that the corporate takeover of our... more
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- mako2424 voted up NATO Strikes Kill 3 Afghan Civilians, 3 Police 2 years ago
Top NATO officials are constantly warning that the most important part of their long term war strategy in Afghanistan must include avoiding killing civilians and building up the nation’s... more
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- mako2424 voted up Soldiers Punished For Not Attending Christian Concert 2 years ago
For the past several years, two U.S. Army posts in Virginia, Fort Eustis and Fort Lee, have been putting on a series of what are called Commanding General’s "Spiritual Fitness"... more
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- mako2424 voted up Obama turns up heat over ruling on campaign spending 3 years ago
WASHINGTON — President Obama took aim at the Supreme Court on Saturday, saying the justices had “handed a huge victory to the special interests and their lobbyists” with last... more
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- mako2424 voted up Google to China: Censorship ends right here 3 years ago
Internet search giant Google dropped a bombshell on Chinese authorities Tuesday with the announcement that the firm is "no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn,"... more
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- mako2424 voted up How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | Mark Lynas | Environment | The 3 years ago
Copenhagen was a disaster. That much is agreed. But the truth about what actually happened is in danger of being lost amid the spin and inevitable mutual recriminations. The truth is this: China... more
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- mako2424 voted up Houston Elects Annise Parker, Its First Openly Gay Mayor 3 years ago
Annise Parker (born May 17, 1956, Houston, Texas) is a Houston-area politician, the mayor-elect of Houston, and the current Controller of the City of Houston, which is a position second only to... more
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- mako2424 voted up YouTube Pulls Atheist Video After Making Front Page of Digg.com 3 years ago
This satirical infomercial, which had been on YouTube for months, was pulled by Youtube, who deemed it “inappropriate content,” only after it skyrocketed into the top three topics on... more
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- mako2424 voted up Lame Music Videos on iTunes 3 years ago
On this week's 'White Hot Top 5' Sergio Cilli looks at the best selling music videos on iTunes. On the list: Beyonce, Sugarland, Justin Beiber, Taylor Swift, and Miley Cyrus.... more
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- mako2424 voted up Stephen Colbert on Glenn Beck's crisis of sincerity (Video) 3 years ago
Steven Colbert and Glenn Beck both share a crisis of sincerity. Stephen understands what Glenn is going through when the media doubts his sincerity. Watch and enjoy as Colbert finds a sincere, if...
