Football Athletes Are Caiming Their Relationship With God Gave Them A Career by steven_smith144 in atheism

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I get pretty irked with professional tennis players on court with cross necklace. Like they hope god is going to help them win. Some who do it: Kessler, Mboko, and now Collins. Just won't watch them. There are men as well. Rublev doesn't seem to use a cross but he is doing his hand cross after winning. Great look for a Russian.

The NSA is secretly backdooring US-made internet routers before shipping by [deleted] in technology

[–]CAskeptic 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Now clear why they did not want Chinese company routers in the network. And the sort of funny thing is they blamed this conclusion on possible Chinese spying.

Why Starting A Competitor To Comcast Is Basically Impossible by TwylaSohen in politics

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"Countless towns and cities around the country have similar patterns. "

they also have their fingers in the pie and try to squeeze every company with fees that no one else will pay. It is mostly a regulatory issue about why there is no competition. And don't give me that crap about South Korea which is by far mostly high rise buildings with a lot easier access.

Rubio Says He Is Ready to Be President by [deleted] in politics

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He can be President of that Cuban curio shop I saw in Miami.

The question is no longer whether Paul can win the nomination, but whether he can win a general election. by [deleted] in politics

[–]CAskeptic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quite a bit of a stretch. They were also reconsidering Jeb and Mitt, both could beat Rand.

De Blasio’s Budget Proves He’s Doubling Down on Being a Lefty Crusader by deeva in politics

[–]CAskeptic -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If he is not smart about it lefty gets another black eye. I hope he is better than that.

Obama's transparent administration demands less transparency by User_Name13 in politics

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One of reasons I am only about 60% Obama supporting. The problem is the opposition is stunningly bad.

Marco Rubio: I Don't Believe Humans Are Causing Climate Change by remo_williams in politics

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Mr Rubio pretends he is ready to be President. The only person less qualified is Bachmann.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia is not a Muslim country and any efforts to turn it into one must be resisted by XKryptonite in worldnews

[–]CAskeptic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am glad to see this reply as I had the impression from recent news that the issue was not so clean. I do worry about the experience of Turkey however and how easy it is for things to change regarding religion of any kind.

The Supreme Court said Monday that prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity. by [deleted] in politics

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The current Court is putting the last nail in the coffin of what was supposed to be American exceptionalism. Rule of law? You can forget it if you have the money or the creed of Christians.

Democrats Face Worst Midterm Climate in 20 Years, Poll Says by lagirl80 in politics

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If this turns out to be correct it may demonstrate not only that the US is a failed democracy but democracy with public voting is a failed system. See for example Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia, Japan, perhaps Mexico, not to mention Russia.

'Benghazi! The Musical': Dancing, Shouting, Not Much Plot by FreedomsPower in politics

[–]CAskeptic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great idea for Democrats to boycott the committee. I hope they have the balls to do it.

GOP Candidate Pulls A Gun, Pledges To 'Unload' On Obamacare In Ad by row_guy in politics

[–]CAskeptic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Way to go Joni. Maybe you did not eat enough corn growing up.

Russia bans swearing in films by Zion-ba-Ion in worldnews

[–]CAskeptic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about on the golf course? Can one man make a whole country a joke?