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Court’s back
Now that most people in the northern climes are putting away their pool floats for the season, the U.S. Supreme Court is back in action.
On the docket this term is the use of foul language on television.
When Cher appeared on the Billboard Music Awards in 2002, she used a four-letter word connoting sex. The next [...]
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Folksy can be funny
I really have to invest in a laptop and mobile router if only so I can blog while sitting in front of the t.v. (I could move the computer to that room, but there’s no room.) I would have loved to live-blog both the V.P. debate and the SNL skit this past weekend. Both events [...]
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Controlling Birth Control
There are a number of conservatives who are coming out against birth control, even claiming that it’s abortion (maintaining that preventing implantation is murderous). In that vein they wish to have birth control redefined as an abortifacient. But birth control is used for many other things by women: treatment of acne, period control, hormonal control. [...]
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Gustav and Palin
Hurricane Gustav is bearing down on the U.S. Barack Obama is now the officially the first Black man to be nominated for a major political party (though did Cynthia McKinney beat him in that aspect, she isn’t running for a major political party). And John McCain picked a woman with less legislative experience than Obama [...]
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Dogs Die in Invasion
Looks like people may have to start wearing tactical gear while just lounging around in their own homes. And don’t forget the dogs. Have them fitted too.
Mayor Cheye Calvo of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, and his mother-in-law were handcuffed and forced to kneel on the floor during the July 29 raid, which police said was [...]
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The Edwards Scandal
John Edwards admits to having an affair, but he’s denying fathering a child with his former lover.
First of all, I think Elizabeth Edwards is a beautiful person inside and out. She’s a true inspiration and certainly DOES NOT need the garbage that she’s going to have to put up with now. According to Sen. Edwards, [...]
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Gutter Throw-Away
Sick and homeless in L.A.? Expect to be dumped off on skid row without clothes and medications needed to treat your ailment. And if you’re using a wheelchair? Well, too bad for you. Some hospitals in L.A. want you to crawl your way out of the gutter.
The lawsuit alleges that employees of the Hollywood Presbyterian [...]
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