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Why Madoff Belongs in Guantanamo Bay

I'm not a proponent of the death penalty by any stretch of the imagination, but someone like Bernard Madoff should have the decency to just off himself. Of course this is a catch-22 since we know that the man...

3 comments    treason ponzi ponzi scheme
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Before there was 'Pinapple Express" they were "Freaks and Geeks"

Seeing Seth Rogan and James Franco reunited at last in the stoner comedy 'Pineapple Express', made me reminisce about the first time I saw the pair together, or for that matter the first time I saw them...

3 comments    tv shows geeks 1980s
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Issues in Tattoo Culture

Technological changes have greatly impacted the process of tattooing as well as its rise in popularity, beginning with Thomas Edison's electrically powered stencil pen in 1875. Although the pen's "intended use was to transfer designs onto textiles...

7 comments    technology medical tattoos
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Girls, Beware of Boyfriends

1761 Nicolas Monsiau   I’ve just ended a two and a half year relationship. Two and a half years might not seem so long for some but I’m only twenty three so it’s a pretty big chunk of my adult life so far. Added to that the fact that I’ve...

2 comments    advice relationships friends
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Social Control in Maori Society

A Traditional Maori Performance at the Auckland Museum. Social control in pre-European Mâori society was maintained through the use of a complex system involving the concepts of mana, utu, and tapu, the transgression of which usually earned one...

1 comment    social culture laws
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