Drink this...

It's gonna cost to mint fairness into this...

The government discriminates against blind people by printing money that all looks and feels the same, a federal judge said Tuesday in a ruling that could change the face of American currency.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson ordered the Treasury Department to come up with ways for the blind to tell bills apart. He said he wouldn't tell officials how to fix the problem, but he ordered them to begin working on it. 

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Hailing the genetic discovery of this...

Genetic breakthrough reveals the differences between humans

Once again reminding us of the fallibility of science.

I'm telling ya, one day a scientist is gonna split open an atom and find evidence of God inside.

Exposing the hypocrisy of this...

From The Daily Free Press, the independent student newspaper at Boston University:

Looking to draw attention to what they call the "worst form of bigotry confronting America today," Boston University's College Republicans are circulating an application for a "Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship" that requires applicants be at least 25 percent Caucasian.

"Did we do this to give a scholarship to white kids? Of course not," the scholarship reads. "Did we do it to trigger a discussion on what we believe to be the morally wrong practice of basing decisions in our schools and our jobs on racial preferences rather than merit? Absolutely."

The scholarship, which is privately funded by the BUCR without the support of the university, is meant to raise awareness, group members say. BUCR member argue that racial preferences are a form of "bigotry." The group has a similar view on affirmative action.

Me too.  Bravo.

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Did I mention the most memorable frat party I ever attended was at BU? I was 18, there was alcohol involved, there was the spotting of hot guy across the room and moving straight in for a kiss, there was the leaving of the car behind and getting a cab home, there was not having enough cash to pay the cabbie upon arrival. And then there are the few hours in between I can't remember at all...

Whose audience is paying more attention to this...?

Iranian President Mahoud Ahmadinejad: "The western powers created the Zionist regime in order to expand their control of the area. This regime massacres Palestinians everyday, but since this regime is against nature, we will soon witness its disappearance and destruction."

Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris: "Israel is a cancer spreading through the body of the Islamic nation... the Jews are a virus resembling AIDS from which the entire world suffers."

Jay-Z and Russell Simmons: "What's hot? Respect for people. What's not hot? Hating people for their color or religion."

Unhijabing this...

AP - Earlier this year on an Arabic Web site, a Muslim woman scholar posted an open letter to the Islamic world. "Take off the veil, sister," began Elham Manea, a professor of Yemeni descent who now works in Switzerland.

Her opinion was not new - that head scarves and other coverings for women are not mandated by the Quran or Islamic tradition. But the essay's impassioned tone quickly grabbed attention.

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