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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What did JK Rowling do wrong? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 11:23 am
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| J.K. Rowling didn’t want to be called a Holocaust denier. That backfired. The Streisand effect is a phenomenon that occurs when someone attempts to hide information but winds up boosting it to far more eyes. The name comes from the time Barbra Streisand tried to suppress a picture of her house. The... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Christian Zionism |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 11:08 am
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Replies: 42
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| The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there News flash: The apocalyptic war of Gog and Magog has just begun. Soon, as per prophecy, most of Israel will be destroyed, while some Jews will remain until the bitter end as witnesses to Jes... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Blaze Bernstein murder - Antisemitic as well as homophobic? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 10:45 am
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| ‘His last name was Bernstein’: Exchange over yarmulke brings antisemitism into focus in murder trial Any notion that Judaism would take a backseat in Samuel Woodward’s trial for the murder of Blaze Bernstein dissolved in five words, delivered with barely concealed contempt at the end of the trial’s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: ADL Says Palestinian Scarf Equals SWASTIKA |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 10:25 am
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Replies: 40
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| The ADL’s new ‘report card’ for campus antisemitism gets an F from Hillel and some Jewish students Some Jewish students would like to see the Anti-Defamation League after class. This week the antisemitism watchdog organization unveiled its Campus Antisemitism Report Card, a series of letter grades ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Autism studies/research thread |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 10:07 am
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Replies: 89
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| Examining Sex Differences in Autism Heritability - JAMA Network Key Points Question What are the sex-specific etiological origins of autism spectrum disorder? Findings In this cohort study including 1 047 649 Swedish children, 12 226 (1.17%) received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder; heritab... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Autism studies/research thread |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:58 am
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Replies: 89
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| Are We Closing In on a Breakthrough in Autism Treatment? Autism has proven to be one of the most difficult-to-treat indications, but troublesome symptoms may someday find new relief. Last week, Roche Holdings (NASDAQOTH: RHHBY) announced it had received breakthrough therapy status from the Food and... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: [IMPORTANT] Hamas launches foot assault against settlements. |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:48 am
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| More than 14 Palestinians killed as violence flares in West Bank Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was killed as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities s... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Mideast War blowback |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 8:45 pm
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Replies: 327
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Jakki wrote: Thank you for updating this thread regularily.
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Mideast War blowback |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 8:32 pm
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Replies: 327
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| 'October 7 is about to be every day:' Columbia rally sees Hamas support A woman in a Keffiyeh shouted at a pro-Israel activist, "We are Hamas," outside Columbia on Wednesday. "We're all Hamas," she said at the counter-protesters that had rallied outside the university. Anti-Isra... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: U.S. to sanction IDF battalion |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 8:21 pm
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| Israel aghast as US said poised to sanction notorious IDF unit; Netanyahu: ‘A moral low’ The Biden administration is slated to announce sanctions against the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank, the Axios news site reported on Saturday... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Mideast War blowback |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 8:09 pm
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Replies: 327
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| USC decision to cancel Muslim valedictorian's speech further inflames tensions on campus Some students at the University of Southern California said their sense of pride was dashed this week when the school canceled Muslim student Asna Tabassum's valedictorian speech out of security concerns. They ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Dickey Betts co-founder of Allman Brothers R.I.P. |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 5:56 am
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| The co-founder of the Southern rock institution was known for “Ramblin’ Man,” a countryfied guitar style all his own, and inspiring a character in Almost Famous Dickey Betts, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band whose piercing solos, beloved songs and hell-raising spiri... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The ASD Band |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 3:54 am
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| ASD BAND: A (MOSTLY) REFRESHING AUTISM ROCK DOCUMENTARY - Thinking Persons Guide to Autism For the majority of its 53 minute runtime, ASD Band: The Movie offers a straightforward, fly on the wall account of a band writing and recording songs while preparing for the first live gig. This might sound ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Man LIGHTS HIMSELF ON FIRE outside Trump Trial |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 2:28 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Man sets himself on fire outside courthouse where Trump trial is being held A man set himself on fire Friday outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place. The man was in the designated protest area outside. Police officers and officials ran toward hi... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: CBS and Billy Joel's Performance |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 2:16 pm
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| Heidi Game Also in 2012 NBC cut away well before the ending of the Closing Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics . Who is going to rewatch the entire concert again just to catch the last song? Hopefully the last song will be put on youtube but it won’t be the same. It will be one song that will not be th... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Mideast War blowback |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 12:11 pm
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Replies: 327
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| They criticized Israel. This Twitter account upended their lives. Since Oct. 7, StopAntisemitism has flagged hundreds of people who have criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza. Many were swiftly fired. Dani Marzouca was in bed trying to sleep when the phone started buzzing. An organization dedicated t... |
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