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  • (Score: 1) by gishzida on Friday March 14 2014, @01:05PM

    by gishzida (2870) on Friday March 14 2014, @01:05PM (#16325) Journal

    Their "Degrees" are always measured in Thirds...

  • (Score: 1) by CoolHand on Friday March 14 2014, @02:49PM

    by CoolHand (438) on Friday March 14 2014, @02:49PM (#16410) Journal

    "giving someone the third degree" is actually a Masonic reference to the third degree of Master Masonry when the Fellowcraft candidate for Master Mason is symbolically slain as a proxy for grandmaster Hiram Abiff...

    So, obviously, FreeMasons are controlling the NSA/CIA and setting all standards for temperature measurement also...

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    • (Score: 2) by wjwlsn on Friday March 14 2014, @11:08PM

      by wjwlsn (171) on Friday March 14 2014, @11:08PM (#16677) Homepage Journal

      I thought it was the Stonecutters that controlled everything?

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  • (Score: 2) by Jaruzel on Saturday March 15 2014, @05:10PM

    by Jaruzel (812) on Saturday March 15 2014, @05:10PM (#16874) Homepage Journal

    What? Like this?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Degrees [wikipedia.org]

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