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Who is John Yoo?
http://www.muditajournal.com/ archives/ 532.phpIn the article “Is John Yoo a Monster?” Esquire magazine provides a lovely, intimate look at the man who had the biggest role in shaping the Bush administration’s policies on torture. What I like best about the article is that I must use the words “lovely, intimate look” and “policies on torture” in the same sentence while describing it.
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Prez Campaign Rag
http://limslimericks.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ prez-campaign-rag.htmlPhoto is of Wiley all stretched out and bored with politics--plus, it's been since April 18 that I typed out silly rhymery here at Lim's Limericks, but not from lack of trying--tech gremlins have been at play here on Turtle Lane more often than is seemly to cat or man.
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Conservatives Ready to Throw Christian Group Under the Bus
http://pewview.mu.nu/ archives/ 263129.htmlA perfect example of why Christian groups need to be cautious when hitching themselves to a specific political party or ideology is the Christian Coalition's battle with free market advocacy group FreedomWorks over Net Neutrality.
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You can't have your cake...
http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/ intellectuelle/ archives/ 004411.htmlI've been thinking lately about the fact that, in the end, nothing that works against God's moral laws/natural law/C. S. Lewis' Tao can succeed. Therefore, we can neither destroy nor save the earth (or our country). But we can care...
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Jim Boyd on When the Press Fails
http://pressblog.uchicago.edu/ 2008/ 05/ 21/ jim_boyd_on_when_the_press_fai.htmlJim Boyd, the former deputy editorial page editor at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis has written an interesting piece on W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston's When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina for the Spring 2008 issue of the Nieman Report.
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Bible in Public Schools Bill Approved Overwhelmingly by Tennessee Legislature
http://www.mindonfire.com/ 2008/ 05/ 21/ bible-in-public-schools-bill-approved-o…I may actually agree with the state representatives of Tennessee in the following, though probably not for the same reasons: A proposal that would allow the state Department of Education to develop a curriculum for the academic study of the Bible in public schools has passed the House.
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Dear GOP
http://www.republicoft.com/ 2008/ 05/ 21/ dear-gop/I probably shouldn’t be giving you advice, but maybe because I’m a progressive, I can’t see someone in crisis without having a desire to help if I can. Besides, a couple of you guys have offered advice and suggestions to one Democratic candidate — not to mention asking questions I assume were designed to be helpful.
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Kristi Yamaguchi wins “Dancing With the Stars”
http://www.8asians.com/ 2008/ 05/ 21/ kristi-yamaguchi-wins-dancing-with-the-sta…As I had mentioned before, I don’t really watch “Dancing with the Stars,” but did know the finals were last night. Well, as I had thought from the beginning, Kristi Yamaguchi wins the competition, as reported in The San Jose Mercury News article, “Local hero Kristi Yamaguchi emerges as ‘Dancing’
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Unscripted...
http://pekebende.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ unscripted.html...Events. A year ago, a World Congress in IT (WCiT) would mean mad redo1 would be going as a participant. Pushing forward a year, mad redo1 was at the WCiT 2008 in a completely different role. This time around saw him returning to one of the things that he really likes doing, that is to be involved in a production of a theater/play/musical.
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Fathers aren't needed say MPs: Commons decides IVF babies can do without a male role model
http://blogwonks.com/ 2008/ 05/ 21/ fathers-arent-needed-say-mps-commons-decides…Fathers aren't needed say MPs: Commons decides IVF babies can do without a male role model May 21, 2008 at 7:36 am · Filed under 2008, Breaking, Child Support & Custody, Culture, Current Events, Current Events, Evolution, Evolution, Families, Family, Fatherhood, Feminism, Feminist Justice, Health,
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