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• Crooked Politician Anthony Adams Won’t Run for Reelection

  
  White Civil Rights — Authority: 126
  by James Buchanan For almost a year, the John and Ken Show in California relentlessly attacked the pudgy, lying traitor Anthony Adams after Adams betrayed his promise not to raise taxes and voted for the biggest tax increase for any state in the US ever. A recall effort against Adams was shamelessly obstructed ...
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• Wednesday Debate: “Are Israel and Apartheid South Africa Really Different?”

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 638
  A debate between  Haaretz ’s Akiva Eldar, who asked on Monday , “Are Israel and apartheid South Africa really different?” and David Newman of The Jerusalem Post , who replied , “Security or Discrimination?”: ELDAR The day after the murder of the settler Meir Hai about 10 days ago, Major General ...
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• Liberal Jews and Israel / a case of split personality disorder

  
  Promised Land — Authority: 121
  Last Saturday I met an Israeli-American friend who came for a short visit from his studies in Europe. We talked some politics, and finally came to an issue which always puzzles me: the fact that American Jews are unwilling – almost unable – to criticize Israel, both in public and in private, and even when Israeli ...
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• Did You Know? Countdown to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (01/06/10)

  
  Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog — Authority: 146
  Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about Martin Luther King & the Civil Rights Movement Jan. 06 : 12 Days to MLK Day Did you know that the holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King was signed into law 15 years after his death, by President Ronald Reagan? The bill had faced opposition by ...
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• Billionaire Girard’s Imperfect Legacy

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 580
  In his early-19th century will, Stephen Girard , one of the richest persons in United States history, endowed a school, Girard College , for the education of white boys who were poor and orphaned. As of the early 21st century, the Philadelphia school (whose Founder’s Hall is pictured at right and from which I ...
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• Court to Cops: Stop Tasing People into Compliance

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 461
  Quote: The use of Tasers has become increasingly controversial over the last year, following high-profile cases such as the Tasering of a 10-year-old girl who had refused to take a shower and video of a 72-year-old great-grandmother who was Tasered following a driving offense. Now a federal appeals ...
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• Criteria for Body Scan Screenings

  
  Law is Cool — Authority: 124
  We seem to be getting mixed messages today about the use of body scanners in Canada. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada conducted two Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) for the Canadian Air Transport Security Association (CATSA) to assess the impact of whole body scanners. Assistant Privacy Commission Chantal ...
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• Tobacco Regulations Largely Upheld By Court

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 150
  Big tobacco had a minor win, the judge said that the FDA could not the use of color and graphics in their advertisements, which is pretty much in line with the law as I understand it for "corporate free speech," but allowed a ban on using merchandise and sponsorships to stand : The judge struck down some modest ...
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• This is Despicable

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 150
  In an in your face to basic civil rights, justice, and American values, the Obama administration is halting transfer of Guantanamo detainees back to Yemen . Remember, these are the ones who were investigated, and determined not to be terrorists . So, innocence doesnt matter, its politically inconvenient, so well ...
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• Choudary- “UK Head of Al-Muhajiroun”. WHO??? WHAT???

  
  Tony Blair — Authority: 439
  Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index All Links to ‘The Trial of Tony Blair’ posts Sign the Ban Blair-baiting petition here . Most recent sig comment: “The Best PM this Country had. Shame on the media.” Comment at end 6th January, 2010 CHOUDARY – “UK HEAD OF Al-MUHAJIROUN ...
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• More people than water

  
  Sir Arthur's Den — Authority: 114
  The news isnt that fresh, and the topic doesnt get attention in this period of holidays, presents and thoughtless spending by whom can still afford them (with debts). Nevertheless its a problem that everybody, sooner or later, will have to deal with in the upcoming future. Fresh water supplies are, already today, ...
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• Giveaway: (DVD) March On! The Day Martin Changed the World

  
  Hilltown Families — Authority: 132
  March On!The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World… and more stories about African American historyThis January, as America prepares to commemorate the birthday of our country’s most iconic civil rights leader and Black History Month, families can learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. and other heroes of ...
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• Grassley warns: Immigration bill with ‘amnesty’ has little chance

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 666
  Monday, reports emerged that liberal Democrats won’t push too hard to assist illegal immigrants under health care reform as long as the White House commits this year to separate immigration reform complete with a plan to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country. Tuesday, U.S. ...
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• Please Write Letters! Open the Prop 8 Trial to Cameras

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 749
  (photo: Craig C.) Judge Vaughn Walker set a very short comment period for the public to weigh in on whether cameras should be permitted in his federal courtroom for the Boies/Olson challenge to Proposition 8 here in San Francisco. Letters are due by FRIDAY JANUARY 8th and must be delivered in hardcopy. From Karen ...
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• Gay Marriage Vote Coming Soon in NJ Senate

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 734
  The New Jersey Senate has reportedly scheduled their vote on whether to legalize gay marriage on Thursday. Timing is key in determining the outcome of the issue in the Garden State, as gay marriage advocates only have a sympathetic governor in office for another two weeks.  —KA The New York Times: Five ...
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• Steele uses racial epithet to argue that the GOP doesn’t need to be more moderate: ‘Honest Injun on that.’

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 825
  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has been out aggressively promoting his new book, “Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda,” which was just released yesterday. He went on Sean Hannity’s Fox News last night to discuss Republican principles and insisted that the Republican ...
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• FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE

  
  New York Real Estate Lawyers Blog — Authority: 150
  On Thursday, January 14, 2010, at 6pm NYC Media and the New York City Commission on Human Rights, in collaboration with the Apollo Theater Education Program, will present a free screening of Fighting for Justice: New York Voices of the Civil Rights Movement followed by a panel discussion at the legendary Apollo ...
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• RedState’s Erickson Stands By Assertion That Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Was An ‘Affirmative Action’ Award

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 825
  When it was announced last year that President Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize , RedState editor Erick Erickson tweeted that Obama only won the award because “the Nobel Committee had affirmative action quotas it had to meet .” During an appearance on the Colbert Report last night, Stephen Colbert ...
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• The crickets have another gig…

  
  The Sirens Chronicles — Authority: 135
  Happy first Monday after of a long ass vacation, y’all! Thanks the gods for coffee. Shall we? A bitch read that many man-on-woman married couples are citing Fa cebook in their divorce filings and I’m waiting for the marriage protectionists to respond. ***crickets warm up with vocal exercises*** Will ...
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• Will the New Orleans mayoral race turn into an all-white showdown?

  
  Facing South — Authority: 482
  This year will mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina -- a disaster that brought dramatic changes not only to the physical landscape of the Gulf Coast but also to the regions politics. Some of those political changes are apparent in the current race for mayor of New Orleans, where its becoming ...
  20 hours ago

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