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Las Vegas Envy
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: July 17, 2008
You’ll remember that Massachusetts was the first state to legalize gay marriages, thanks to a court ruling in 2004. Everyone was not thrilled. There were petitions and attempts to pass constitutional amendments. Mitt Romney, who was evolving from liberal Republican governor to desperate Republican presidential candidate, declared his [...]

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Besides the fact that our leaders despise, use and abuse us - well here is a good example of the kind of people we have er……watching out for our interests and protecting our rights.
Addington Displays Contempt for Congress

James Joyner | Friday, June 27, 2008from http://www.outsidethebeltway.com

David Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was testifying under [...]

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Jenna Norwood visits a permaculture jungle farming community in Hawaii where residents live off-the-grid and off-the-land. The diet consists of wild, fresh, raw foods grown locally. Take the jungle tour with Jenna to get a glimpse of what life is like living jungle-style.

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On the (Mormon) Word of Wisdom
Dr. Gregory Lowrey
Here I describe the LDS (Mormon) Law of Diet called the Word of Wisdom contained in the LDS canon scripture the “Doctrine and Covenants” section 89, purported to be dictated directly by Jesus Christ, revealing the “order and will of God” regarding diet.
In Mormon tradition, the “order… of [...]

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Another Stimulus Package for the Pentagon: War Abroad, Poverty at Home
Paul Craig Roberts
Counterpunch
Friday, May 23, 2008
The US Senate has voted $165 billion to fund Bush’s wars of aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq through next spring.
As the US is broke and deep in debt, every one of the $165 billion dollars will have to [...]

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Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy
Case
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR and KIRK JOHNSON

Published: May 22, 2008

A Texas state court of appeals ruled Thursday afternoon that the state of Texas had no right to seize more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch in Eldorado, in the western part of the state, because there was not sufficient [...]

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From the ACLU Blogsite
Tue Dec 11, 2007 at 11:38:02 AM PDT

By T. Jeremy Gunn
The Constitution’s First Amendment guarantees that political candidates, like all Americans, have a right to talk about religion and their religious beliefs. This year many candidates for political office increasingly have been exercising that constitutional right and talking about their faith.
Of [...]

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TV Program Description
Original PBS Broadcast Date: May 13, 2008
A difficult journey that begins in hopelessness and shame for thousands of women in Ethiopia ends in a productive new life in this award-winning documentary airing in its television premier on NOVA. Filmed in a starkly beautiful landscape, the film juxtaposes the isolated lives of village women [...]

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From a Western Voices reader: Behavior like these raids is symptomatic of the politicization and militarization of the police, largely because of the infiltration of leadership echelons by officials who have been co-opted by special interest groups like the ADL, SPLC and others, offering free ideological “training” to departments nationwide in order to transform our [...]

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Congratulations to our tattoo winners! All monies go to pay Shandi’s attorney. Thanks so much to everyone who participated. We are thinking of more ways to say thanks to our supporters - coming soon! Very soon!
Also,I (Doc) went to court May 2 and got another postponement till June 18th in American [...]

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