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Read a story today of how the Governator (Schwarzy) had announced plans for Universal Healthcare in California. Any news on this in the US?

Just a guess at the Daily Mail's headline for this news.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5230006.stm Sounds quite sensible really - but i'm looking forward to the tabloid take on this. Any better headline suggestions?

It seems to be a favourite past time of the media these days, catch your attention with a health scare story. This one claims that one *sugar sweetened* soft drink a day will cause 80% of women to become diabetic...

[SIZE=3] It took three weeks for them to agree to ask Iran to temporarily stop their nuclear development a month from now or else there will be no consequences. The mullahs are doubtless soiling their robes.

I've noticed in a previous poll that soft atheists are the majority here. So I wonder whether there are actually any grades in their "softness". The way I understand it, soft atheists say that the existence of a God is highly improbable but since they can't prove his absence they don't...

Terminology warning: What this Californian is calling "soft drinks" might be called soda or coke in other parts of the country/world. I was at an airport a few months ago, and saw a little kid who could not have been more than 4 years old or so drinking a soft drink. I personally find this...

That's the standard term use to describe atheists of that belief... seems to be that most atheists subscribe to that philosophy, at least the intelligent ones. The differing degrees are also called "weak" and "strong" atheism, respectively. The way Randi worded things, it indicates he didn't...