Day: March 1, 2015

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7 Survival Life Hacks that could save your life.

Fernando Kaskais

by HouseholdHacker Here are some AMAZING quick and simple life hacks in this survival edition. Enjoy! Check out AUDIBLE! http://audible.com/household 1. Need some light in a pinch and a candle alone won’t cut it? Grab a soda can and cut open the sides, fold them out and place the candle in. This will reflect your light and give you some decent protection from the elements. 2. If you ever find yourself without a clean water source grab a piece of cloth and 2 containers. Put the dirty water in one container and run the cloth from it to the empty … Continue reading 7 Survival Life Hacks that could save your life.

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Why racism is not backed by science

Fernando Kaskais

As we harvest ever more human genomes one fact remains unshakeable: race does not exist by Adam Rutherford Barely a week goes by without some dispiriting tale of racism seeping into the public consciousness: the endless stream of Ukip supporters expressing some ill-conceived and unimaginative hate; football hooligans pushing a black man from a train. I am partly of Indian descent, a bit swarthy, and my first experience of racism was more baffling than upsetting. In 1982, my dad, sister and I were at the Co-op in a small village in Suffolk where we lived, when some boys shouted “Coco … Continue reading Why racism is not backed by science

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How Toxic Are the Food Colorings in What You Eat?

Fernando Kaskais

Big companies like Nestle are quietly making the switch to natural food coloring. What are the dangers? By Ari LeVaux Nestle announced last week that it plans to remove all artificial colors and flavors from its candy bars. The company said it was doing so in response to consumer preferences, not because there was anything dangerous about the artificial products it was using. Nestle isn’t the only company making the switch. Hershey’s is beginning its journey in this direction as well. Luke J.W. Haffenden, the chief flavorist with Novotaste, a Montreal-based flavor solutions provider, told me he thinks these moves … Continue reading How Toxic Are the Food Colorings in What You Eat?

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Depression & Anxiety: Freedom Without Responsibility

Fernando Kaskais

By John G. Messerly Consider these two questions: 1) Are you responsible for being depressed or anxious? And 2) Should you feel guilty or ashamed of being depressed or anxious? Let’s consider the first question. Here are four possibilities: 1) You’re not free, and thus you are not responsible for being depressed; 2) You’re free, and thus you are responsible for being depressed; 3) You’re not free, but you are still responsible for being depressed; 4) You’re free, but you are not responsible for being depressed. ​Consider the benefits and costs to each option: The benefit of adopting #1 is … Continue reading Depression & Anxiety: Freedom Without Responsibility

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How Iron Age Literacy Spawned Modern Violent Extremism

Fernando Kaskais

By Valerie Tarico Why aren’t Muslim and Christian extremists extremely peaceful? The answer lies in the Iron Age setting of the Bible and Quran—when literate cultures replaced the Golden Calf with the Sacred Text. Diplomats, religious leaders, and peacemakers of many stripes keep insisting that ISIS isn’t about Islam. They point to a host of other factors including colonialism, injustice, lack of economic opportunity, and hopelessness. They’re not altogether wrong, but they are missing the tyrannosaurus rex in the room. ​At one level, ISIS cannot be about “Islam,” because Islam is as varied as the number of sects or even … Continue reading How Iron Age Literacy Spawned Modern Violent Extremism

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The Anarchist Cookbook: Burn After Reading

Fernando Kaskais

By majestic “In 1971, William Powell published The Anarchist Cookbook, a guide to making bombs and drugs at home. He spent the next four decades fighting to take it out of print,” writes Gabriel Thompson at Harpers: In September 10, 1976, during an evening flight from New York to Chicago, a bearded passenger handed a sealed envelope to an attendant. The note began: “One, this plane is hijacked.” In the rest of the letter, the passenger, a Croatian nationalist named Zvonko Busic, explained that five bombs had been smuggled onboard, and that a sixth had been placed in locker 5713 … Continue reading The Anarchist Cookbook: Burn After Reading