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5 Things They Never Told Us | Cracked.com College is important, but what you study? Not so much. Focus on learning how to be a human, and focus on networking and meeting the right people, because they are much better at hiring you than your GPA is. Professors and Deans and your parents will stress […]

Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net It has often been seen on the Internet that to find God in the Constitution, all one has to do is read it, and see how often the Framers used the words "God," or "Creator," "Jesus," or "Lord." Except for […]

Your Kind Not Wanted Here | Mother Jones An analysis by the North Carolina State Board of Elections showed that any new law requiring a state-issued ID could be problematic for large numbers of voters, particularly African Americans, whose turnout in 2008 helped Obama win the state. (tags: politics race)

Fatal shooting prompts outcry among Sikhs, Muslims – Sacramento News – Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee (tags: race)

Coal Reignites A Mighty Battle Of Labor History : NPR (tags: coal labor social military economy sustainability history)

Wired 13.10: Building Your Own Air Force, One Mig at a Time — I'm planning a feature on a similar subject to this WIRED article, whose main focus is the Mi-24 helicopter–Shahryar (tags: technology money military) Libya: The African Mercenary Question (Videos) Global Voices has covered stories of mercenaries from Serbia bombing civilians from airplanes. […]

One legal expert explains why trying to ban sharia is a "monumental waste of time." via reddit.com What do you make of these state-level efforts to ban consideration of sharia in American courts?  Other than the fact that such bans are unconstitutional — a federal court recently held that a ban would likely violate the […]