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• Someone please tell Mrs. Al-Ghizzawi that her husband is cleared for release

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 488
  …if that means anything. It’s a long story, but after waiting eight years locked in Guantanamo, Abdul Hamid Al-Ghizzawi ’s tale could stand a listen. But his lawyer H. Candace Gorman is not allowed to tell it, she’s under court orders to keep mum. Even after details reached the foreign press, a judge ordered ...
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• Free Lynne Stewart!

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 125
  Protest the Jailing of Lynne Stewart.   One of the first victims of the Patriot Act, she she was convicted of aiding and abetting terrorism in the course of her legal work. Based on her years of defending the most exploited, and government infringement of attorney-client confidentiality in the case, she was ...
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• 26 November 09

  
  blueollie — Authority: 139
  Workout notes 2 miles at Barton Springs in 1:12:58 (36:07/36:51). 39 F air temperature (68 F water); not my fastest but this was in line with what I do when I am at the start of swim training; I’ll take it given I haven’t swam longer workouts lately. The pool was almost empty at the start (6:30 am); some ...
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• SC: Charleston Passes Nondiscrimination Laws

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  The city of Charleston, South Carolina has passed two ordinances prohibiting housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender expression, according to The Advocate. The passage of the laws is a sign of real progress in a mostly anti-gay rights state. Charleston is the second ...
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• Talking about birth certificate access with others

  
  Joy's Division — Authority: 112
  Boy, did I preach me up a storm today. *sigh* It is exhausting. I was talking with a very interested man from the ACLU, I mean he was interested once we established that NO, I am not asking the ACLU to find my parents for me, NO, I am not concerned that AB372 will LET adoptees get their birth certificates, ...
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• Thanksgiving Day 2009: Things Could Be Worse

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 811
  "It could have been worse" is not a Thanksgiving sentiment normally associated with Norman Rockwell or grandma in her gingham dress. But this has been a tough year and it comes at the end of a troubling decade that could easily be described as the Anxious Aughts. So today as we look out at our turkey-trimmed and ...
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• Im Officially a Journalist

  
  who's your nanny? — Authority: 123
  After years of being accused of being a shitty journalist by people who didnt know the difference between a news story and an op-ed, I can now say Ive officially published my first article as a reporter, and its a scoop. So folks -- you know who you are -- you can let me have it if you find the piece rife with ...
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• "the gray area": in which i am detained, harassed and threatened at the border

  
  we move to canada — Authority: 135
  In September, I helped a war-resister friend of mine take care of some paperwork. Unable to obtain his birth certificate, he needed a friend with a US passport to attest to certain facts. As I slid my passport under the window at the US Consulate, I thought to myself, I wonder what will happen the next time I use my ...
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• Loving Our Veterans

  
  Last Free Voice — Authority: 108
  Loving our VeteransBy Don Meinshausenfreedonnow@yahoo.com Despite the holidays of Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day there is little appreciation for veterans. Oh there may be a few generals and politicians pontificating and maybe a parade and a concert but that’s usually seen as patriotic blather for the media and ...
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• Where Was The Libertarian Party?

  
  Last Free Voice — Authority: 108
  Election Day 2009 has come and gone. Relatively speaking, this election was as insignificant as any off-year election is, as opposed to a mid-term election, but it still could have been an important year for the Libertarian Party, if we had simply bothered to show up. There were six elections / ballot initiatives ...
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• Another Gitmo official quits

  
  Orange Punch — Authority: 145
  Even though Phillip Carter is a former WaPo staffer, this story on him resigning as asst. SecDef for detainee affairs doesn’t even pretend to try to dig for possible deeper reasons for the resignation, contenting itself with the official boilerplate about “personal and family reasons.” Whatever the reason — ...
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• Gay Rights & Destroying the Term Faggot

  
  Political Cartel — Authority: 129
  FaggotInside this word lay a history of hate for homosexuals. In every derogatory sense it was used to humiliate and disparage. In a recent episode of South Park “F-Word”  the show used satire to bring up an excellent point about the changing meaning of the word.As South Park pointed out, the word started as a ...
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• HIV Travel Ban Update

  
  MoJo Blog Posts: kevin drum — Authority: 149
  The HIV travel ban will officially be lifted on January 4.   Its about time.
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• Wikileaks 9/11 Pager Message Dump: Who Was Tapping All Those Messages?

  
  Runnin' Scared — Authority: 734
  The muckrakers at Wikileaks have unleashed a trove of pager messages from 9/11, allegedly intercepted by "an organization that has been archiving US telecommunications prior to 9/11." (Now...
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• A look at the terror watchlist

  
  SayUncle — Authority: 658
  By the numbers : An audit by the DoJ found a 35% error rate based on spot checks of names on the list. But some of our legislators want to use that to deny you your civil rights.
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• Knock Knock

  
  SayUncle — Authority: 658
  Who’s there? I ate mop. In NC : The Greenville Police Department and Pitt County Sheriff’s Office will be going door to door late Tuesday afternoon to educate people on gun laws and why it is important to report gun crimes.
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• Wake-up call for the cops..??!!

  
  Harpymarx — Authority: 537
  So British policing needs a wake-up call …says Denis O’Connor Laughably ACPO argues: The Association of Chief Police Officers welcomed the report, but argued it was already taking steps to balance facilitating protest and balancing human rights. Its lead on uniformed operations, Chief Constable Meredydd ...
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• Zionist Jews in New York Congress, Mayor Bloomberg and Atty. General Holder Move Against Second Amendment

  
  Pragmatic Witness — Authority: 112
  Senator Gillibrand and Representative McCarthy have introduced the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2009. Ostensibly designed to prosecute gun traffickers, the bill would also deny the Second Amendment to anybody on the so-called terror watch list. The legislation is supported by New York City Mayor Michael ...
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• Revealing Clothing

  
  Samuel J. Scott — Authority: 130
  JERUSALEM — British researchers have discovered what sensible men have always known:Striking the right balance between revealing too much and being too conservative in how much skin is on show has long been a dilemma for women when choosing the right outfit for a night out.However, a study by [...]
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• Ongoing Tally of UC Protest Arrests

  
  Student Activism — Authority: 568
  This post is a way for me to keep track of the arrests in the current wave of protest at the University of California — for my own reference and for others’. As of the afternoon of November 24, unless I’m missing some, there have been 113 arrests… Wednesday, November 18 14 at UCLA : twelve students, two ...
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