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- German government gives cold shoulder to Dalai Lama - Feature - Earthtimes (press release)
- UK: Whistleblower Spies Left Out in The Cold by New Government Rules
- Your tax dollars at work, border gaurds hold up traffic to check out Challenger
- "The judges of the Supreme Court shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state."
- Idea Lab: Vote Like Thy Neighbor
- Editorial: The Suffering of Soldiers
Arguments in defense of a housing bailout backed by the government
A government-backed mortgage bailout is needed, and it must be done right away.
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Mother’s day the saddest day
http://qazse.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ mothers-day-the-saddest-day/The wail of one grief stricken mother diminishes the multitude of smiles.
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Tsawwassen: Spirit of Delta Rally
http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ tsawwassen-spirit-of-delta-rally…This gets top billing in today’s Province news section, although it concentrates on the power lines issue. There is also no coverage of anything that was actually said at the rally itself. However a turnout of 2,000 people is not to be disregarded lightly. The big feature in that paper today is on housing affordability.
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Careers at Universiti Malaya (UM)
http://www.jawatankosong.biz/ 2008/ careers-at-universiti-malaya-um/Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur (UM) - Applications are invited from suitably qualified Malaysians for the following Posts: 1. Youth and Sports Officer (Grade S52) 2. Youth and Sports Officer (Grade S41) 3. Medical Officer (Grade UD47) 4. Administrative Officer (Grade N41) 5. Librarian (Grade S41) 6.
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Torture discussion
http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ torture-discussion/ThinkProgress has a good piece: In his new book, Torture Team, renowned international lawyer Philippe Sands documents the fact that Bush’s torture program was approved at the highest levels of the administration.
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Conservatives never want you to know what they’re doing
http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ conservatives-never-want-you-to-k…That’s why they love secrecy so much. From Canada: The federal Conservatives have quietly killed an access to information registry used by journalists, experts and the public that users say helped hold the government accountable.
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Column of the Day: Walter Williams on Historically Nutty Enviro Predictions
http://www.bizzyblog.com/ 2008/ 05/ 11/ column-of-the-day-walter-williams-on-his…From Townhall.com: Now that another Earth Day has come and gone, let’s look at some environmentalist predictions that they would prefer we forget. At the first Earth Day celebration, in 1969, environmentalist Nigel Calder warned, “The threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind.” C.C.
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The White House Knows Best
http://www.metafilter.com/ 71566/ The-White-House-Knows-BestLast week the second largest US physicians group endorsed medical marijuana. On Friday the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued a report which explains why they are wrong.
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Baghdad’s Other Power Struggle
http://www.truthdig.com/ report/ item/ 20080511_another_sort_of_power_struggle_i…Anna Badkhen As one U.S. soldier tells Truthdig foreign correspondent Anna Badkhen, it’s not entirely a bad sign that residents of Baghdad’s Saidiyah neighborhood are complaining about their meager daily power allotment: A year earlier they were concerned about just staying alive.
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How Much Lower Can We Go?
http://debsquirkyweb.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ how-much-lower-can-we-go.htmlAre there any depths to which this current administration will not sink? I know it seems like a stupid question considering everything they've screwed up over the last seven years, but even this one boggles what little mind I have left.
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arrest in penang - police double standard AGAIN!!!
http://lucialai.org/ 2008/ 05/ 12/ arrest-in-penang-police-double-standard-again…continuation from my 2 earlier posts ‘anti ISA rally in penang - 4 arrested‘ and ‘7 still in police station‘. read the update straight from the horse’s mouth - bk ong and stanleyf! ong at his penang watch site with photos (eg this photo you see here, taken from there). stanley’s report later on below.
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