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Vine Congress: Can you compromise?

We all know our nation is quite divided, where everyone believes what he or she wants for the country is best. Being we are such a diverse society, there will never be a unanimously accepted solution to our problems as there will always be a group that does not agree or like the  …

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Why is buying/selling an organ so wrong?

Last night, I watched an episode of Harry’s Law that focused on a case of buying/selling organs. Long story short, the young man was in court to overturn the law that was keeping him from receiving this life-saving organ, which the seller was in full support as he desperate …

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A little laughter for the day

You know why there are no carpool lanes in tunnels? Because people complained about getting carpool tunnel syndrome. -Co-worker just told me that one.

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What would you do if you and a loved one where stranded/lost in the wild?

So recently I caught the latter half of the movie The Canyon. Not particularly a great movie, but watchable, except I don't recommend viewing it during dinner time like we did.

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The Big Question: Should creationism be taught in schools? A British take on the subject.

Two points that sparked my interest in this video: 1. A priest speaking against teaching creationism. 2. It is understood we like to teach children the facts. This is the reasoning of why creationism should be taught in schools.

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Pet owners, your help is requested.

Ok, so here's the situation: In the process of repairing my house - will be done... soon-ish - so my request is not time sensitive at all. My boyfriend and I are planning on getting pets. Him, a cat and me, a dog.

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Frozen flash mobs

Something on NV got me scrolling through all the flash mob videos on youtube and I think this is the most interesting I found. Among all the dance flash mobs is this one... I want to say eerie, but it's not.... I liked it, that's it. =)

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Stop being a child and say one "nice" thing.

Now there are articles upon articles about how bad or wrong the other side is on this issue or that issue. The condescension, belittlement, and outright insults are abundant.

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My obituary/funeral invitation

Yes, death is sad, but I'd really prefer people not be sad when it comes to things to do with me. Always a silver lining or positive opportunities. So here is how I'd like to announce my death and plan my last party. Hey, maybe this is purely because I'm a control freak.

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What if you didn't have to work?

Say you found yourself with a steady comfortable income (one that covered your bills and a good chunk to save for yourself) that did not require you to work any more.

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I just can't remember...

So apparently the new news is that Obama forgot his kids age (or something like that - didn't delve past the headlines and some comments).

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I don't want to be nice to whiny people anymore. Really.

So this weekend, I was spending time with my boyfriend and his mom who's in town visiting. We were enjoying the pool of the hotel she's staying in and I just so happen to notice one of the employees and realized it's my best friend from high school.

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Differing customs

Today, I randomly was thinking about local, Hawaii, customs we have that I found differ from other parts of the US. Here in Hawaii it is pretty standard to address older (than one's self) adults as Auntie or Uncle as a sign of respect.

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Who gets "credit"?

I'm seeing all this back and forth of who takes credit for bin Laden's death, It just begs the question, who would be given credit for a failed mission? Had the mission gone awry and there were civilian and/US casualties, who would get "credit" for the incident? Obama, Bush, SEAL …

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How Pro-Choice are you?

I know the term pro-choice is pertaining to giving women the choice between the options of giving birth, adoption, and abortion.

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Calling all parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents...

So I have a question, well more seeking advice from the wise. How do you deal with a delinquent 16 year old that is not your own, but a relative?

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See if you can top these.

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners:

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Have you gone insane yet?

Here on NV (and real life too) things seem to just get crazy. We have heated debates, often times with the same people over the same topics.

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How would you restructure the US educational system?

This stems from various recent education related articles and am curious to see if people have ideas for the improvement of our obvious crumbling system that is suppose to be the foundation of our future generations.

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T

"Respect is earned"

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Why are you so b*tchy/crazy? Is it that time of the month again?

To may that final question would be the epitome of a slap in the face, but to me, it's a valid question.

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The Bermuda Triangle of their lives

So I'd like to get other opinions on this. Okay, so the list of players: Person A, we'll call her Jasmine. Person B, we'll call him Karl. Person C, we'll call him Marvin.

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Hi. My name is JmetheSad and I'm a StarCrack addict.

I've "wasted" countless hours since obtaining the game running around killing humans, aliens and insects. I have found myself stuck in a constant thought process of how to better set up my base to defend against various rush attacks as many like to do.

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Talk Radio: Active Military Women 250% more likely to get divorced?

So I was listening to talk radio today and the DJ posed the question, based on a statistic he heard that active military women are more likely by 250% to get divorced than her male counterparts, why is divorce more likely for women than men?

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Get it out of my head!!!!

So I completely blame my 17-year old sister, her boyfriend and the morning radio stations for having Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls" song stuck in my head. So it started last night, my sister and her boyfriend found this video I HAD to watch on youtube:

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