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Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Are teenage Americans influenced by conservative pundits like Limbaugh, Beck, and O'Reilly?: 1 of 31

If you earned minimum wage by flipping burgers would you listen to a millionaire who stated or implied that you and people like you were lazy and stupid? Talk show hosts like Limbaugh, Beck and O'Reilly make their money via bombast and verbal bullying. Their talent runs toward a certain kind of verbal diarrhea or audio auto-...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inspired by E. E. Cummings: 4 of 34

It is Spring And the whole world is petal wonderful. Bright petals Pink as flesh Thick as snow Sharp and fringed at the edges And pink to the point of madness An old man in an arbor growing hope And cherries and apples. She was tiny and running and Dark to the point of Africa And she pointed to the tree with a pudgy finger A...
Education > College Life Tips for sharing a bathroom in a college dorm: 1 of 7

If you share a large barracks style restroom with a lot of people the best time to use it is right after it's cleaned. Plan showers, shaving etc. accordingly. The worst time to use a "mob bathroom" is right before it's cleaned. You are better off waiting or trying to use public facilities elsewhere than using a multi-person ...
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Town hall meetings are democracy in action: 2 of 13

It has been said that democracy is two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch. Some have observed that true democracy would be mob rule. What makes the United States different is that the rights of the minority are protected and on occasion even defended by the state. A shouting match generally adds more heat ...
Sciences > Biology (Other) Biology science fair ideas: 1 of 6

Have you ever thought about eating your garbage? How about grinding your garbage up into a puree and using the resultant glop to shampoo your hair? The sun, the soil, and the rain have gone through a lot of trouble to create the weeds thrown away as garbage. In the recyclable world we live in it is a shame to let all that st...
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Political commentary: America's shifting political mood: 3 of 17

Barack Hussein Obama's goal is to take money from people who earned it and give it to people who did not. It's called income redistribution. That is what health care reform and Cap and Trade do. Conservatives and moderates do not find Obama's socialist leanings palatable. The press, which has always been a social...
Jobs & Careers > Occupations (Other) Five ways to make additional money for the holidays: 2 of 11

5 Ways to Make Additional Money During the Holidays When it comes to desperately seeking employment, the holidays are the time when you can separate the men from the boys and women from the girls. This is the time to put up or shut up. This is the moment when we find out if you were just a lazy malingerer w...
Health & Fitness > Weight Issues Lifestyle changes needed for weight loss: 6 of 27

There is no minimum daily requirement for refined sugar. One of the worst things ever done to the children of America is to feed them refined sugar and corn syrup. Adults should eliminate sodas from their diet for two reasons. They have no nutritional value and they are making you fat. For the same re...
Sciences > Physical Science (Other) Understanding static electricity: 3 of 12

35 people died in a huge fireball on 6 May 1937. The freak accident destroyed an entire mode of transportation. It was the Hindenburg disaster and some think it was caused by a build up of static electricity. On Feb 7, 2008 a disastrous explosion in a sugar mill blew up three silos and covered the destroyed factory with shre...
Sciences > Chemistry The components of an atom: 2 of 8

We humans are surface dwellers in every sense of the word. Everything we experience about the world is what we can gather from exteriors. We often require special instruments and years of diligent study to see into the heart of things. The observation that we are surface dwellers only is especially true when it c...