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• Fantasy On Trial (Again)

  
  http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com — Authority: 407
  I’m on my home from Denver, where I testified as an expert witness at a deeply troubling trial—a trial that’s become way too common in America. Here’s the situation: The defendant “Mr. Jones” goes into a Yahoo adult chat-room, and makes it clear he wants to have conversations about sexually dominating a ...
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• Praying Away the Devil in the Health Care Details

  
  Indecision Forever — Authority: 559
  You know whats been sadly lacking in the increasingly convoluted and confusing debate over health care reform? The ancient mythologies of fearful Bedouin tribespeople. Why is there not more of that in this discussion? Dont worry. Our prayers have been answered … The Family Research Council Action PAC held an ...
  7 hours ago

• Welcome to "Pleasant" Grove

  
  c-Blog — Authority: 128
  Yesterday, at the request of the Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Town East Mall security seized a tenants entire inventory of t-shirts reading "Welcome to Pleasant Grove" under an image of a body being thrown into a car trunk – a little reminder that enclosed malls are part of the "Constitution-Free Zone," to ...
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• Let people speak

  
  When Falls the Coliseum — Authority: 483
  Mike McGowan writes today about campaign finance laws and how they limit free speech . As I understand the way these laws work — and someone correct me if I am wrong — it would be legal for a show like The West Wing to run a full-hour episode that had as the major theme the evils of gun ownership. The show ...
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• Away with the manger!

  
  American Conservative News Politics & Opinion - The Land of the Free — Authority: 141
  A frequent contributor to my local newspaper wrote a piece before Christmas urging that religious Nativity displays don’t belong on government property. Since the piece was only superficially about the Nativity, and sought to expound on issues pertaining to The First Amendment, church/state separation, and claims ...
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• May Congress Regulate the Loudness of Television Commercials?

  
  Akron Law Caf — Authority: 429
       Loud television commercials are a problem at our house.  During television shows my wife and I tell the kids "Turn it up!" because we cant hear as well as they do- at the volume they are comfortable with the shows sound like mumbling to us.  But when the commercials come on they are so loud we all ...
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• The insanity in the UK just gets worse

  
  Photography is Not a Crime — Authority: 495
  By Carlos Miller On the bright side, the mainstream media in the United Kingdom seems to be making a determined effort to expose the insanity and paranoia behind Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, which is the UK’s version of the Patriot Act, meaning it gives police blanket powers to harass and intimidate ...
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• Parks apologizes for High Line arrests

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 562
  From A Walk in the Park : On Saturday artists were allowed to sell their wares on the High Line without incident for the first time. The day before the Parks Department reversed its position which had resulted in three arrests. Their previous vending policy only permitted selling items which included designer ...
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• Obama, Federal government will go bankrupt, December 16, 2009, ABC News, Charles Gibson, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Health care taxes needed, Obama fears 2010 2012 elections

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 558
  Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest of the out of control socialist, Democrat controlled Congress, have been spending taxpayer money at a rate that would bankrupt any cash flow. Today, Hillary Clinton, speaking in Copenhagen, committed $ 100 billion to poor countries for climate change. Yesterday, ...
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• Religious Liberty Threats, Mountains & Molehills

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 449
  By Charles C. HaynesFirst Amendment CenterA very bad year for religious liberty got worse earlier this month when the Russian Supreme Court upheld a regional court ruling prohibiting Jehovah’s Witnesses from gathering to worship and banning their publications as “extremist” literature.Jehovah’s Witnesses in ...
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• Obama threatens base closing, Senator Ben Nelson, Breaking News, Nelson rejects abortion component, Senators letter, Carl Levin, John McCain, Michael Goldfarb report, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, BRAC closure, US Strategic Command, Signed DeMint, Ens

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 558
  Breaking news: (Just announced) Ben Nelson rejects abortion component of Senate Health Care Bill. ***  More breaking news 1:00 PM ET, see below *** From Michael Goldfarb of The Weekly Standard, 11:01 PM, December 16, 2009. “20 GOP Senators Call for Investigation of Offutt Threat”  “Twenty Republican ...
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• Conflict Heats Up Over Government’s Firing of Former Military Commission Prosecutor

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  The New York Times editorial board weighs in today in defense of Col. Morris Davis, the Air Force officer fired from the Congressional Research Service after he publicly criticized the government’s handling of Guantanamo detainee cases. That’s sure to ratchet up the pressure on CRS to reinstate Davis. Davis ...
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• Congresswoman, CALM Thyself! LA Times Eschews Eshoo Nanny State Bill to Regulate Ad Volume

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 580
  The  LA Times has come out swinging in a devastating editorial against Rep. Anna G. Eshoo’s (D-CA)  Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act ,  passed by the House on Tuesday.   As Adam  Thierer and I have discussed ( here , here , and here ), this silly paternalist law would require the ...
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• Tom Coburn MD, OK Senator, Health Care Bill is Scary, Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2009, Harry Reid, Seniors will die sooner, Medicare cuts, Government coercion instead of patient cues, Empowers Medicare to deny treatment based on cost, Sections 3403

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 558
  From the Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2009, written by Tom Coburn, MD, a senator from OK. “The Health Bill Is Scary” “By TOM COBURN” “I recently suggested that seniors will die sooner if Congress actually implements the Medicare cuts in the health-care bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
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• The First Amendment & Net Neutrality: Be Careful What You Wish For

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 580
  As I noted here a few days ago , the Federal Communications Commission held a workshop on Tuesday about “ Speech, Democratic Engagement, and the Open Internet .”  It was a shockingly one-sided affair with the deck being stacked almost entirely in favor of advocates of Net neutrality regulation. Worse yet, those ...
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• Editorial: Fired for Speaking Out

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  A retired Air Force colonel who wrote about how detainees should be tried was unjustly fired by the Congressional Research Service.
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• “The Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act” Passes in House

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 580
  My friend Pablo Chavez, Managing Policy Counsel of Google, brings to my attention the fact that the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act (H.R. 3714) was pending before the House today, and I’m happy to note that it passed late this afternoon. The bill, which is co-sponsored by Reps. Schiff and Pence in the ...
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• Michael Goldfarb on Glenn Beck confirms White House call and threat to Senator Ben Nelson, Obama thugs, December 16, 2009, Ben Nelson threatened to vote for Senate Health Care Bill

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 558
  Yesterday, December 15, 2009, the Citizen Wells blog quoted a report from the Weekly Standard that indicated that the White House, Obama, threatened to close an Air Force base in Nebraska if Senator Ben Nelson did not vote for the Senate Health Care Bill.  “Source: Dems Threaten Nelson In Pursuit of 60 While the ...
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• Former Rep Ted Klaudt claims “common law copyright” in his name to try and suppress news stories about him being a sick child rapist

  
  The Legal Satyricon — Authority: 556
  We sure do see a lot of intellectual property abuse around here. This has to be the best one yet. Former South Dakota State Representative Ted Klaudt claims that he has a “common law copyright” in his name, and thus any news organization or other publication that uses his name must pay him [...]
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• DU Cyber Rights Conference Recapped

  
  Wash Park Prophet — Authority: 421
  The University of Denvers had a conference this past November on Cyber Civil Rights, mostly devoted to how to address various forms of online misconduct, mostly harassment. Professor Eric Goldman has a detailed recap of the conference at his Technology and Marketing blog. What was discussed? Whether online based ...
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