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• Maine Counselor Called Out for Marriage Support

  
  Anglican Mainstream — Authority: 157
  by Kim Trobee, editor CitizenLink.com A complaint says social workers can have their own opinions on issues, but do not have the right…to make public comments. Don Mendell, a guidance counselor at Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Maine, is getting flack for appearing in an ad supporting repeal of ...
  8 hours ago

• Google Wont Remove Offensive Michelle Obama Pic

  
  Gold-Plated Witch on Wheels — Authority: 437
  Liberals need to recognize that free speech includes speech they dislike, which is why Google wont remove a picture that makes Michelle Obama look like a monkey. "Its offensive to many people, but that alone is not a reason to remove it from our search index," Google Inc. spokesman Scott Rubin said Tuesday. "We ...
  12 hours ago

• "hollywood 10" blacklisted 63 years ago today!

  
  rundangerously — Authority: 426
  on november 25, 1947, the day after ten directors, producers, and writers were cited for contempt when they refused to testify before the house un-american activities committee, a group of movie industry executives announced that the ten men would be immediately fired or suspended, and not hired in the future -thus ...
  13 hours ago

• Pamela Geller, Human Events: Silencing Free Speech

  
  Atlas Shrugs — Authority: 716
  Excerpt: Nonie Darwish, the executive director of Former Muslims United and author of Cruel And Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law ,was scheduled to speak at Columbia and Princeton last week, but bothevents were canceled under pressure from Muslim groups on campus. Darwish,a ...
  15 hours ago

• Citation for Gesture Costs Pittsburgh

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  A man who was given a ticket for gesturing with his middle finger at a police officer won a civil rights suit against the city.
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• Through a (Media) Lens darkly – Newspeak review part 2

  
  Ethical Martini — Authority: 115
  “Not only is journalistic ‘objectivity’ impossible, the attempt to achieve it is morally abhorrent.” Newspeak in the 21st Century , p.239. This deserves some attention and discussion, it’s tempting to just go “Yep,”, but if I sleep on it, I might be more considered in my response. The rest of the ...
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• Shahin Najafi, Iranian creative rapper

  
  Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead — Authority: 532
  Shahin Najafi , an influential Iranian rapper has released his first solo album “ Illusion ”. He is the most prominent Persian protesting rapper. His main lyrical topics are society, politics and religion. According to Wikipedia, he studied sociology in university but failed to obtain a degree, because he felt ...
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• ACLU files suit defending anti-Islam shirts (even a broken clock…)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Monday on behalf of the Dove World Outreach Center claiming the Alachua County school district’s policy against anti-Islamic T-shirts intrudes upon the wearers’ freedom of speech. The shirts, which read “Islam is of the devil,” raised controversy when ...
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• “KILL GAYS” PREACHER HOSTED BY LONDON UNIVERSITIES

  
  Gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV Gay TV, gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV — Authority: 137
  Human rights activist Peter Tatchell has urged the Vice-Chancellor of University College London to resign after the university plans to host an event by extremist preacher Abu Usamah.In a statement released today, Tatchell says: “University College London is planning to host an extremist Islamist preacher, Abu ...
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• Slovakia: Mobile Internet Providers Put an End to Internet Neutrality

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  This month, a second Slovak mobile internet provider has kept its promise and started to filter internet access for its customers. A month ago it was Orange, now followed by T-Mobile. Already time ago there were cases when some (name them local or minor) providers were blocking torrents, if not completely, then ...
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• Pamela Geller, American Thinker: Free Speech Silenced at Columbia and Princeton

  
  Atlas Shrugs — Authority: 151
  Free Speech Silenced at Columbia and Princeton Pamela Geller A shocking cave-in.   Excerpt (read it all ): Cowards. Pathetic cowards. Havent these Ivy League know nothings done their homework? Have they studied Islam? Jihad? Have they read Dr. Andrew Bostoms The Legacy of Jihad and his Legacy of Islamic ...
  2 days ago

• Russia: Mansion of The President Has A Lot To Offer

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  The Russian presidents mansion became a topic of discussions on the Internet when people found a bidding offers invitation for services at the government Web site [RUS] dealing with different types of tenders. Giving the coordinates identical with the ones of the most important residency in the country, the ...
  2 days ago

• Gratitude and Thanksgiving

  
  One City: A Buddhist Blog for Everyone — Authority: 430
  by Ellen Scordato Thanksgiving, a particularly American holiday, is coming up on Thursday. What are we giving thanks for? What am I grateful for? What are you grateful for? These kinds of questions get asked a lot around this time of year. I try to compose a gratitude list almost every day, but I wont do that ...
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• Missouri is Ready for a Revolution. Are You?

  
  Doctor Bulldog & Ronin — Authority: 445
  This billboard is along I-70 in Lafayette, Missouri:
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• CNN on the UN resolution on blasphemy

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 151
  This is much more important than most people are aware of. The UN General assembly is considering a binding resolution on member nations (nearly all countries in the world) making it a criminal matter to say anything which may cast Islam in a bad light. This can actually include accurately reporting Islamic terrorists ...
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• Egypt: Alaa Mubarak for President?

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Several names have been thrown in the pool of candidates for Egypts 2011 presidential elections; In September 2005 Ayman Nour of Al Ghad Party and Noman Gomaa of New Wafd Party nominated themselves against President Hosni Mubarak . Nour was charged with fraud and Gomaa was accused of insanity! Since ...
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• Qatar: Cartoon of maid abusing child raises ire

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Cartoon published in Gulf Times Nov. 22 2009 Is it satire, or just bad taste? A cartoon of a crazed, angry-looking woman threatening a child with a dripping bowl of tainted gruel has left many Doha bloggers scratching their heads and looking for answers. The sketch, titled ‘Housemaids revenge, was published in ...
  3 days ago

• Bangladeshi cartoonist jailed for hurting muslim feelings

  
  Infidels Are Cool — Authority: 631
  Ever notice how it is a huge crime to hurt muslim sentiment, but no one seems to mind when a muslim blows him/herself up for allah, decapitates an infidel on video for allah, drives a truck bomb into a crowded marketplace, rapes a little girl and converts her to islam by force, or hijacks an airliner to use as a ...
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• Colorado Billboard Obama

  
  Woman Honor Thyself — Authority: 120
  A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up. The sign, completed Friday by artist David Lee, shows a grinning, cartoonish Obama and bears the words “PRESIDENT or JIHAD?” Underneath the president’s image ...
  3 days ago

• “Non-censorship”

  
  Aristotle The Geek — Authority: 119
  Dasgupta The 21st century is said to be a great leveller, a time yesterday’s great powers repudiate the great games of yore. Yet, there was a disturbing imagery from another age behind the choreography of President Barack Obama’s visit to China last week. For many, the reference in the joint statement to ...
  3 days ago

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