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• Sheriff Joe Arpaio Foiled by "Bohemian Rhapsody" at School Talk

  
  Runnin' Scared — Authority: 740
  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...
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• Thousands leave refugee camps in Sri Lanka

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Colombo, Dec 1 (DPA) Thousands of refugees from the civil war in Sri Lanka Tuesday began leaving refugee camps six months after the government opened the camps, an official overseeing the refugees said.Major General G.A. Chandrasiri said as many as 9,300 people left the camps the first day.About 300,000 people were ...
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• I thought we were supposed to get Change We Can Believe In - not change of face…

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  Only the average Americans are doing the right things. They’re saving more (savings almost 5% which is about $550B annually at last check - but not enough) and paying off some debt. It’s the US government that’s spending oddly enough like there’s no tomorrow. Wall Street is booming one last time. If a Great ...
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• Public schools in a theocracy

  
  Teaching Comparative — Authority: 130
  If theres no separation of church and state in Iran, there should be no problem with prayer in schools. The ruling elite does see a problem of un-Iranian activity in schools, though. Now, schools, like army units, are to get clerics assigned to them. Its not unlike the party cadres assigned to nearly any organized ...
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• Superior court Judge looks to become first black to serve on the Boston appeals court

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 146
  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on Tuesday for Superior Court Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson, President Obama’s nominee for the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Click on image to read full article.     Thompson, who has been a trial-court judge in Rhode ...
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• Richard Cohen on Same Sex marriage: A right to say ‘I do’

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 545
  No. 2 -- the longest section of the [Manhattan] declaration -- applies to same-sex marriage. It amounts to a confession of confusion, a cry by the perplexed who have come to think that same-sex marriage is at the core -- the rotten core -- of much that ails our society. Everything from divorce to promiscuity is ...
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• Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot Act Expires

  
  JustGetThere — Authority: 131
  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 ...
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• Iraq inquiry should issue interim finding that war was illegal, law lord Lord Steyn says

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Lord Steyn says it would be a mistake for issue of legality to be kicked into the long grass until after the election The Iraq inquiry should publish an interim report before the general election declaring the war illegal, a former law lord said today. Writing in the Financial Times , Lord Steyn said that it would ...
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• Local Motors: a business model of our times

  
  SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore — Authority: 537
  Local Motors: the car the people built Online and Offline Recently I wrote a series of posts called Commonwealth in the Networked Society. There was one on Big Pharma and open source , one on open source mobility run from the University of Rotterdam called c,mm,n , and one on a company called Local Motors . I ...
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• Gay marriage blocked in Argentina

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Buenos Aires couple set to show up for Latin Americas first gay wedding and plan protest if stopped They had planned a wedding day like Latin America has never seen. But as José María Di Bello and Alex Freyre were being fitted for their tuxedos an Argentinian judge issued an order late last night blocking the ...
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• Controversial school drug tests get under way in Hong Kong

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  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 ...
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• Tiger Woods Badly Flawed (and so Is Obama)

  
  White Civil Rights — Authority: 128
  by James Buchanan Tiger Woods’ reputation took a major hit over Thanksgiving as a golf-club wielding jealous wife battered him over an affair that made the tabloids just a day earlier. At first a bizarre story about a traffic accident at 2:30am was reported. Supposedly the wife had bashed out the rear windows to ...
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• Everyones does it, the liars now too

  
  Posted at wordpress.com — Authority: 411
    The Bible also lists this sin of lying as one that can lead us to hell along with some other grievous ones. (Rev 21:7 KJV)  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Rev 21:8 KJV)  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and ...
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• Law official beaten to death in Bihar

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Patna, Dec 1 (IANS) A law official was beaten to death Tuesday by his neighbours in Bihar’s Chapra town after a dispute over a leaky stove turned violent, police said. Five people have been arrested for the crime.Harinder Prasad Sharma, who is an additional public prosecutor in Chapra district civil court, was ...
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• End Exceptions to the Stupak Amendment

  
  http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.com — Authority: 402
  You know what the Stupak–Pitts Amendment does to the healthcare reform bill, right? It prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for: * any abortion, or * any part of the costs of any health plan that covers abortion, * except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother’s life. This amendment is designed ...
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• David Cameron declares war on the "nonsense" of the "over-the-top health and safety culture"

  
  thetorydiary — Authority: 682
  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 ...
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• Major Setback to Effort to Repeal California’s Prop 8 in 2010

  
  The Liberal OC — Authority: 503
  The effort to take the marriage equality battle back to the California ballot in 2010 experienced a major setback today when the Courage Campagn  announced it was calling for more research and time to change hearts and minds before returning to the ballot to restore marriage for gay and lesbian couples in ...
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• Should Divorce be Outlawed to Protect Marriage?

  
  American Reality — Authority: 130
  John Marcotte, a California web designer, is proposing to ban divorce throughout the state. Marcotte has launched his petition in response to voter’s decision to prohibit same-sex marriages in the state. Obviously, this initiative is unlikely to gain enough signatures to make it onto the ballot, but I like the ...
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• BBC photographers are not a criminals either

  
  B12 Solipsism — Authority: 444
  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 ...
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• Corvallis, Eugene definitely have their favorites in Civil War

  
  Oregon Living — Authority: 804
  The communities that are home to Oregon State and the University of Oregon make their allegiances perfectly -- and unsurprisingly -- clear.
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