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The U.S. Shouldn’t Bless Honduras’s Flawed Elections
God's Politics Blog —
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Elections took place Sunday, Nov. 29 in Honduras with National Party leader Porfirio Lobo declared the winner. But elections carried out under a state of emergency — with visible military and police presence, by a government installed by coup, with a…4 hours ago -
Candlelit Vigil to remember Ian Tomlinson tonight
Harpymarx —
Authority: 534
I will be attending the vigil to remember Ian Tomlinson this evening . The family of G20 protest victim Ian Tomlinson are due to lead a candlelit vigil to remember his death. Mr Tomlinson, 47, died after he was pushed to the ground by a police officer during clashes in the City of London that marred the meeting ...4 hours ago -
Even Dan Hannan opposes the ban on minarets
Liberal Conspiracy —
Authority: 682
Is it still committing heresy to link favourably to right wing Tory MEP Daniel Hannan ? Ah well, I was never going to be invited to the Cool Kids’ table anyway: The decision by Swiss voters to outlaw the construction of minarets strikes me as regrettable on three grounds. First, it is at odds with that other ...6 hours ago -
Sheriff Joe Arpaio Foiled by "Bohemian Rhapsody" at School Talk
Runnin' Scared —
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Joe Arpaio -- the sadistic sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona who has instituted a female chain gang, cut prisoners to two meals a day, and is contemplating a run for Governor -- was invit...8 hours ago -
Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot Act Expires
JustGetThere —
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Editor: If its unclear, read the Bill of Rights ABC News | Rushed into law by Congress just weeks after Sept. 11, 2001 three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act granting officials far-reaching surveillance and seizure powers in the name of national security, are due to expire this New Years ...9 hours ago -
Controversial school drug tests get under way in Hong Kong
Thaindian News —
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Hong Kong, Dec 1 (DPA) The Hong Kong government Tuesday began a controversial trial project to test 22,000 secondary school pupils for drug use.From Tuesday, urine samples were being taken from pupils in 23 schools and results shared between teachers, police and social workers in a move to tackle a growing tide of ...10 hours ago -
David Cameron declares war on the "nonsense" of the "over-the-top health and safety culture"
thetorydiary —
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David Cameron is making a very welcome speech to Policy Exchange later today in which he will outline how he wants to dismantle the ridiculous elements of "the great knot of rules, regulations, expectations and fears that I would call the over-the-top health and safety culture." Whilst most health and safety ...13 hours ago -
BBC photographers are not a criminals either
B12 Solipsism —
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So how many photos of St Paul’s Cathedral are taken every day? How easy would it be for someone to find a photo without even having to visit London? Pretty easy, methinks . 1 Or just purchase a postcard, usually sold right in front of the building in question. And of course, what terrorist needs to have snapped ...14 hours ago -
Switzerland Votes to Prohibit Minarets
Thinking Out Loud —
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I never knew when I wrote my original post on this subject on September 18th , that when the vote took place two months later, it would generate so many new visits here. According to traffic on this blog on the days leading up to and after the Swiss voted on the weekend to prohibit Muslim mosques from ...16 hours ago -
ACLU proves critics can roll up sleeves, retain independence
The Platform —
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St. Louis City Justice Center from the corner of Tucker Boulevard and Clark Avenue. KEN SHIMIZU/POST-DISPATCH Teddy Roosevelt didn’t hide his contempt for gadflies and after-the-fact fault finders. “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the…18 hours ago -
The "Black Jail"
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
Authority: 147
One big news item from the weekend was the stories in the Post and the Times about a "black" detention site at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The stories fill in some details about whats going on at the jail, which previous reporting had suggested is a separate, Special Operations-run interrogation facility ...22 hours ago -
Europes 1788 moment | David Marquand
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 988
The EU must look to late 18th-century America for the kind of debate it needs about its future It is hard to think of a more telling example of the British medias propensity to get the wrong end of the stick than the hue and cry over the two latest additions to top-level EU officialdom. Herman Van Rompuy, the new ...23 hours ago -
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Alternative Tulsa —
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P olitical writer Jacob Weisberg has published a column that turns conventional wisdom on its head , which is often a good move. Writing at Slate.com, Weisberg challenges the notion that President Obama has had a weak beginning. Indeed, Weisberg says Obama has had a highly successful first year , ...23 hours ago -
Tacoma Police Killings
Cato @ Liberty —
Authority: 740
National Review Online invited me to offer comments on the four police officers who were murdered in Tacoma, Washington. Here’s an excerpt: The vicious killing of the police officers in Tacoma, Washington, may well have political repercussions for Mike Huckabee, as others have noted here. The primary ...1 day ago -
The Swiss Minaret Ban: Some Things Never Change
Cato @ Liberty —
Authority: 740
In the Letter Concerning Toleration , John Locke wrote, Nobody… neither single persons, nor Churches, nay, nor even commonwealths, have any just title to invade the civil rights and worldly goods of each other, upon pretence of religion. Those that are of another opinion would do well to consider with themselves ...1 day ago -
Is Cato ‘Liberal’ on Criminal Law Issues?
Cato @ Liberty —
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Kent Scheidegger, who blogs over at Crime and Consequences , takes issue with the recent New York Times article that said liberal and conservative groups are finding common ground on criminal justice issues. He makes some fair observations but then he had this to say about Cato: The picture is somewhat ...1 day ago -
Andrew Napolitano Gets Down To Basics.
TAPPED —
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Andrew Napolitano is a former judge on the New Jersey Supreme Court who has his own Fox News show and generally offers the standard over the top fare that has come to be associated with Fox "coverage." But today in the LA Times , he offers a very good defense of the decision to try terrorists in civilian courts, ...1 day ago -
Activists again urge disbarment for Yoo, Haynes
Political Blotter —
Authority: 475
Two Bay Area lawyers who played roles in the Bush Administration’s legal justifications for torture should be disbarred, according to papers filed Friday in Washington, D.C. Disbar Torture Lawyers , a group of non-governmental organizations with more than a million members, filed complaints with the District of ...1 day ago -
ID Cards In Manchester
Politics Index —
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Dave Page is opting out of the spiffing new Manchester ID cards opportunity. Wonder why?I don’t need to carry about vast quantities of paperwork with me on a daily basis to prove my identity or address. I rarely need anything more than my bank card to talk to my bank. A card that lives in [...]1 day ago -
SCOTUS: Dont Release Torture Photos
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
Authority: 147
Congress already made sure the Obama administration wouldnt have to release photos of detainee abuse, but on Monday, the Supreme Court told the government the same thing: no worries. A federal appeals court ordered the photos, which the ACLU is seeking under the Freedom of Information Act, released earlier this ...1 day ago
