Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
"We're seeking to raise the awareness amongst the general public to understand the need to get on with the business of settling outstanding land rights issues, and other outstanding issues that contribute to the growing and deepening poverty in First Nations and aboriginal communities," he said. "We want to see ...
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
It is inspiring and encouraging to hear so many people and organizations calling for a move away from divisive, territorial politics that have torn the left apart for the past decades. There is a sense of the overwhelming need for not only for real change in the US, but also ...
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
To white Americans, giving up television is a hardship; being black is not. Our data suggest that such resistance is not because white Americans are mean and uncaring, morally bankrupt or ethically flawed," adds Dr. Mahzarin R. Banaji, a professor of social ethics at Harvard University. "White Americans suffer from ...
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
MURPHY, Texas — A sting in which police teamed up with "Dateline NBC" to catch online pedophiles was supposed to send a flinty-eyed, Texas-style warning about this Dallas suburb: Don't mess with Murphy.
Instead, it has turned into a fiasco.
One of the 25 men caught in the sting — a ...
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
President Bush was asked for his thoughts about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro the other day. He responded that God will take care of him. As in kill him off, in time.Read the full story
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
On Thursday, the last court session before its traditional summer recess, the Supreme Court struck down school integration plans in Seattle, Washington and Louisville, Kentucky, ruling for the first time that local school officials cannot constitutionally consider the race of their students when implementing plans to maintain racial balance among ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
An anonymous user operating a computer traced to Stamford, Conn. — home to World Wrestling Entertainment — posted an entry to pro wrestler Chris Benoit's biography on Wikipedia.org announcing the death of his wife Nancy at least 13 hours before police in suburban Atlanta said they found her body along ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Ireland gets its first black mayor - Yahoo! News: "DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland elected its first black mayor Thursday, the latest sign of how rapid immigration is changing this once all-white nation.Read the full story
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a constitutional showdown with Congress, claimed executive privilege Thursday and rejected demands for White House documents and testimony about the firing of U.S. attorneys.Read the full story
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Coulter is a windup defecating doll. The disservice to the country is done by those who give her a public stage to parade her infamies.Read the full story
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