civil

Tag details

Welcome to the 'civil' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'civil'.

Look up Offsite Link "civil" at The Free Dictionary

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “civil”

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


    Runnin' ScaredAuthority 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...
    1 hour ago
  • Thousands leave refugee camps in Sri Lanka


    Thaindian NewsAuthority 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 ...
    2 hours ago
  • I thought we were supposed to get Change We Can Believe In - not change of face…


    InvestmentWatchAuthority 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 ...
    2 hours ago
  • Public schools in a theocracy


    Teaching ComparativeAuthority 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 ...
    2 hours ago
  • Superior court Judge looks to become first black to serve on the Boston appeals court


    Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American NewsAuthority 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 ...
    2 hours ago
  • Richard Cohen on Same Sex marriage: A right to say ‘I do’


    TitusOneNineAuthority 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 ...
    2 hours ago
  • Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot Act Expires


    JustGetThereAuthority 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 ...
    2 hours ago
  • Iraq inquiry should issue interim finding that war was illegal, law lord Lord Steyn says


    The Guardian - guardian.co.ukAuthority 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 ...
    3 hours ago
  • Local Motors: a business model of our times


    SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan MooreAuthority 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 ...
    3 hours ago
  • Gay marriage blocked in Argentina


    The Guardian - guardian.co.ukAuthority 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 ...
    3 hours ago
  • Controversial school drug tests get under way in Hong Kong


    Thaindian NewsAuthority 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 ...
    3 hours ago
  • Tiger Woods Badly Flawed (and so Is Obama)


    White Civil RightsAuthority 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 ...
    5 hours ago
  • Everyones does it, the liars now too


    Posted at wordpress.comAuthority 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 ...
    5 hours ago
  • Law official beaten to death in Bihar


    Thaindian NewsAuthority 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 ...
    5 hours ago
  • End Exceptions to the Stupak Amendment


    http://sexualintelligence.wordpress.comAuthority 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 ...
    6 hours ago
  • David Cameron declares war on the "nonsense" of the "over-the-top health and safety culture"


    thetorydiaryAuthority 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 ...
    6 hours ago
  • Major Setback to Effort to Repeal California’s Prop 8 in 2010


    The Liberal OCAuthority 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 ...
    6 hours ago
  • Should Divorce be Outlawed to Protect Marriage?


    American RealityAuthority 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 ...
    7 hours ago
  • BBC photographers are not a criminals either


    B12 SolipsismAuthority 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 ...
    7 hours ago
  • Corvallis, Eugene definitely have their favorites in Civil War


    Oregon LivingAuthority Authority: 804
    The communities that are home to Oregon State and the University of Oregon make their allegiances perfectly -- and unsurprisingly -- clear.
    8 hours ago

Comments about civil

Personal attacks are NOT allowed
Please read our comment policy