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In which John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian ...
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In which John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course we're glad that Greek civilization spawned modern western civilization, right? Maybe not. From Socrates and Plato to Darius and Xerxes, John explains two of the great powers of the ancient world, all WITHOUT the use of footage from 300.
Resources:
The Histories of Herodotus: http://dft.ba/-he...
Plato: http://dft.ba/-plato
Plays of Aristophanes: http://dft.ba/-ar...
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In which John offers a summary of the health care reform bill that just ...
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In which John offers a summary of the health care reform bill that just passed the U.S. senate, discussing the insurance exchange market, pre-existing condition clauses, medicare taxes, and other fine points of the still-under-debate bill. Here's a good explanation of how the insurance exchanges will look like: http://bit.ly/eIwNE
Thanks to Alan Lastufka
( http://youtube.co... ) for the Ben Nelson asshat photo.
About abortion: The senate plan works like this: Policies covering abortion would be available in the exchange market (at least in some states), but those plans would have to collect two separate premiums--one covering everything other than abortion, and one for abortion coverage. The subsidy (available to all families making less than about $88,000 a year depending on number of kids) would only apply to the non-abortion policy.
If this seems like a hilariously stupid distinction, that's because it is. Ultimately, it of course doesn't matter which policy the subsidy goes toward. But then again, every federal program "supports" abortion in some way. For instance, without federally funded highways, it would be impossible for most women to get abortions. All government spending indirectly goes to support all activity in America, but it's ridiculous to say that, for instance, food stamps encourage meth use, even though sometimes people trade meth for food they bought with food stamps. It's equally disingenuous to say that this bill will allow federal funding of abortions, unless you're willing to argue that all government spending funds abortion.
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Preorder Will Grayson, Will Grayson: John Green's new book, written with...
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Preorder Will Grayson, Will Grayson: John Green's new book, written with David Levithan: http://bit.ly/wil...
In which John and his newborn baby Henry discuss the idea of an Ultimate Concern: Should you have one, what's yours, and what should it be? Also, Henry does adorable stuff, because he is adorable.
Huge thanks to ChateauOfADoubt for helping me get this video up with my new camcorder: http://www.youtub...
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In which John discusses his excitement over the Harry Potter and the Hal...
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In which John discusses his excitement over the Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince movie, the benefits of nerd life, and Hank's resemblance to Perez Hilton according to http://www.20q.net/
Chicagoans: Come meet me and lots of other nerdfighters this Thursday at 11 AM at Harold Washington Library. Call 312-747-4780 to reserve tickets.
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Myles Erlick performs Elton John's Tiny Dancer... with himself!
Myles is ...
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Myles Erlick performs Elton John's Tiny Dancer... with himself!
Myles is Gianni's Nephew and will be appearing in more Walk off the Earth video's in the future. This is just a small taste of what Myles can do!
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