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• Al-Qaeda: Obama Must Walk in the Footsteps of Bush

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 656
  Could we be seeing a bit of a revival of the legacy of George W. Bush? That’s the underlying implication of this article by Yves Thréard of France’s Le Figaro newspaper. For Le Figaro , Yves Threard writes in part: Humility prohibits untimely and definitive comments on al-Qaeda, that army of criminals ...
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• If You’re Not Following What’s Going Down in Iran; You Should Be!

  
  Diary of a Broken Vessel — Authority: 114
  What is wrong with us? It seems that the media has become little more than a distributer of entertainment news with only Cliff’s Notes on the things that truly matter. The current civil unrest, protests, and violence happening in Iran at this very moment merits more news coverage than it has currently received ...
  7 hours ago

• NY - Lawmakers take aim at sex offenders

  
  Sex Offender Issues — Authority: 149
  Original Article 12/30/2009 By Tricia Cruz Want to amend law for repeat offenders BUFFALO - Its a law aimed at protecting people from sex offenders. But is it working? The convicted sex offender at the center of this issue right now is _____. Hes been called a vampire by the Erie County DA and if you ...
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• More on ICBC Injury Claims and the “Worker v. Worker” Defence

  
  ICBC Personal Injury Claims Lawyer Erik Magraken | Victoria & Vancouver Island BC — Authority: 124
  When a person is injured through the fault of another in British Columbia the injured party generally has the right to make a claim for compensation against the at fault party through our Civil Litigation system (ie. a tort claim through the Courts). There are some exceptions to this and one such exception is found ...
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• VA Selects Permanent Location for Historic Civil War Monument

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 146
  VA Selects Permanent Location for Historic Civil War MonumentWASHINGTON (Dec. 30, 2009) - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• No Fly Lists.....Watch Lists....Presumed Guilty

  
  U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum — Authority: 456
  OK, heres my beef with No fly and Watch lists! I think it is a civil rights issue. Particularly when terrorism is touted as a criminal act, yet the basic rights criminals have, e.g. Miranda, are dispensed with. How about names that are the same or similar. Every city I go to, I take out the phone book and look up ...
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• Dallas County to settle whistleblower suit from former DAs investigator

  
  CRIME — Authority: 580
  Dallas County commissioners are scheduled to vote this Tuesday to settle a 2004 lawsuit filed by William J. Hughes, a former district attorney investigator who said he was fired after reporting unethical behavior in his office. Hughes, 65, a former Dallas police officer and 16-year DAs investigator, was fired in ...
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• AFTAH – Hated for Telling the Truth (Part One)

  
  Americans For Truth — Authority: 594
  TAKE ACTION by Dec. 31st: Please support Americans For Truth with a tax-deductible gift before the year’s end: www.americansfortruth.com/donate/ . All donations received online by midnight Dec. 31st — or postmarked no later than Dec. 31st for regular mail gifts — can be deducted on your 2009 tax return. ...
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• How About a Metal Detector That Could Look Into The Future?

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 143
  Spencer S. Hsu and Robert O’Harrow provide an uncharacteristically confident intro paragraph for a Washington Post story in their piece about airport security: Aviation security could be improved with the use of databases containing passengers’ personal information, technology such as body scans and better ...
  13 hours ago

• Burr and Turd Blossom

  
  Butner Blogspot — Authority: 114
  Here’s a tidbit from the N&O I found amusing, it seems we (NC) have a lot to look forward to in 2010.Karl Rove, the chief strategist for President George W. Bush, will be coming to Raleigh next month to help raise money for the re-election campaign of Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr.Although details have not ...
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• Iranian Protests

  
  Samuel J. Scott — Authority: 436
  Ayatollah Kadivar, a critic of the Iranian regime, believes that the government will collapse. Read the interesting interview here.
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• Caribbean: Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba Islands to Recognize Gay Marriage

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  Married and registered gay couples will obtain legal protection against discrimination by government agencies in the BES islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba after the islands have obtained their new status as public entities in the Dutch Kingdom. Articles will be included in the Civil Code for the BES ...
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• Tracking the Progress of Gay Marriage Around the World - Map

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  This week, two men in Argentina became the first same-sex married couple in Latin America. The gay rights activists from Buenos Aires were married in Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego state. Argentina’s constitution does not define marriage as strictly between a man and a woman, allowing local ...
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• A Fitting End of the Year Statement

  
  Wake up and LIVE — Authority: 131
  From todays Daily Office, there was one line that seemed to jump off the page from the Third Letter of John: Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.--3 John: 11 This exhortation seems the most fitting statement for ...
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• FEDERAL APPEALS COURT LIMITS USE OF TASERS

  
  UNDERNEWS — Authority: 152
  LA Times - A federal appeals court ruled that a California police officer can be held liable for injuries suffered by an unarmed man he Tasered during a traffic stop. The decision, if allowed to stand, would set a rigorous legal precedent for when police are permitted to use the weapons and would force some law ...
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• Corruption and Civil Liberties

  
  Heretical Ideas Blog — Authority: 135
  Matthew Yglesias makes an interesting parallel between anti-corruption efforts and civil liberties: Simply put, the main way that corruption gets exposed is through a combination of a free press and active, opportunistic opposition parties eager to make hay out of corruption scandals. The Chinese government has had ...
  15 hours ago

• Baytown, Texas Residents Demand Vote on Red Light Cameras

  
  goldiron — Authority: 141
  Baytown, Texas Residents Demand Vote on Red Light CamerasVoters in Baytown, Texas file petition calling for referendum on red light cameras.  Baytown, Texas will be the next city where voters decide the fate of red light cameras. A total of 1324 residents, more than double the number required, signed a petition ...
  15 hours ago

• Hollow Sync

  
  Notes in Samsara — Authority: 134
  Via a comment from the inimitable Nella Lou at the inimitable gniz place I learned that not only does "Bill" Harris not like people saying hes a liar and a scammer, but he evidently doesnt want "disparaging" things said about him, his products or the Centerpoint e Research Institute [sic] . Either that or his ...
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• Court Documents: Civil Suits, December 29

  
  Bay Crime Watch — Authority: 132
  09006544CA EMINENT DOMAIN - PANAMA CITY BAY COUNTY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT -VS- H4C LLC 12/29/2009 09006548CA CONTRACT AND INDEBTEDNESS - BAY STONE CONSTRUCTION LLC -VS- M & M COOP CONSTRUCTION CO INC 12/29/2009 Post from: Bay Crime Watch
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• COP TASERS PATIENT FOR HAVING DIABETIC SEIZURE

  
  UNDERNEWS — Authority: 152
  Courthouse News Service - A suburban Chicago police officer Tasered a man 11 times while he was having a diabetic seizure, and the 56 seconds of needlessly inflicted electric shock, "inflicted . . . while he was lying unresponsive on the floor of his bedroom, permanently scarred [him] and caused him neurological ...
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