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Connecticut's supreme court has overturned their ban on gay marriage! Now there are 3 US states where we homosexuals can destroy traditional marriage by combining our finances, visiting each other in the hospital and inheriting each other's estates. where I heard about it

In light of the Should the UK extradite Holocaust denier? thread I will tell you people a story my Grandma is telling me for years now: My German ancestors lived in White Russia near Odessa during the Nazi- Regime - and in 1941, the town was occupied by German forces. My Grandma told me that she never feared anything during her childhood until this happened: Across the...

Adelaide Institute founder(?) Gerald Toben has been arrested in England en route from USA to Dubai on an extradition warrant from Germany for holocaust denial. Should the UK extradite people for crimes which are not against the law in the UK? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7652274.stm

http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/n...183065535.h tml Quote: The controversial Sydney art exhibition by photographer Bill Henson is set to open to the public, despite looming criminal charges and the withdrawal of several works featuring naked young adolescents....police have seized 20 of 41 photographs from the exhibition and plan to launch ...

Why are American interviewers so soft? Palin would be eaten alive by a Paxman or a Humphries, and, of course, on the floor of the house, were she in Britain rather than the USA. Watching the clips of the Couric interview, I was utterly shocked about how much Palin was able to get away with, and by the fact that Coruic did so little work pinning her down or following up on the ...

I've just seen someone driving at well over the speed limit (in town) near where I live, whilst using a mobile phone, and even negotiating a corner one-handed with it stuck to his ear. I phoned my local police station and asked if I could report drivers doing this. I was told that if a driver was reported more than once in this way, he or she would probably be prosecuted. The ...

Originally Posted by Grizzly Bear Just as I did at the University earlier today I'll offer my heartfelt condolences. May we never forget.... Honestly, how likely is it that it is going to be forgotten? What appears to be forgotten are the millions of lives that have been destroyed in the Middle East since, for no good reason, ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skA-F...well.com/bl og/ Dr. Paul has been warning about where we were headed for years, but was routinely dismissed as a whacko by people not fit to breath the same air. And now Fox, who went out of there way to marginalize him and make him appear foolish can't seem to have him on enough. I saw Bill Mahr last night and he had the former Comptroller...

I just noticed this thread on a UK gardening newsgroup, read through the message and note how it starts off as as a protest against destruction of countryside and quickly turns into an 'angry' hate campaign about minorities: Quote: This weekend, beginning 4 Oct 08, over 800 people, from all sections of the County, far and wide, gathered in the ...

Apparently, the strategy of trying to isolate Russia helping Georgia may not have worked as planned! Venezuela wants to work with Russia on nuclear energy CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he was interested in accepting Russia's offer of help in developing a civilian nuclear power program. "We certainly are interested in developing nuclear...

Adelaide Institute founder(?) Gerald Toben has been arrested in England en route from USA to Dubai on an extradition warrant from Germany for holocaust denial. Should the UK extradite people for crimes which are not against the law in the UK? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7652274.stm

http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/n...183065535.h tml Quote: The controversial Sydney art exhibition by photographer Bill Henson is set to open to the public, despite looming criminal charges and the withdrawal of several works featuring naked young adolescents....police have seized 20 of 41 photographs from the exhibition and plan to launch ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skA-F...well.com/bl og/ Dr. Paul has been warning about where we were headed for years, but was routinely dismissed as a whacko by people not fit to breath the same air. And now Fox, who went out of there way to marginalize him and make him appear foolish can't seem to have him on enough. I saw Bill Mahr last night and he had the former Comptroller...

In light of the Should the UK extradite Holocaust denier? thread I will tell you people a story my Grandma is telling me for years now: My German ancestors lived in White Russia near Odessa during the Nazi- Regime - and in 1941, the town was occupied by German forces. My Grandma told me that she never feared anything during her childhood until this happened: Across the...

I just saw a short clip on CNN about the national debt clock not being able to show the 10 Trillion in Debt: http://us.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2...debt.clock. cnn Is the Debt something to be concerned about? - And if so, why?

Interesting Glenn Greenwaldd column in Salon today, "Porn producer invokes the Bush/Yoo defense--unsuccessfully." Quote: On Friday in Tampa, Florida, Paul F. Little was sentenced by a federal judge to 3 years and 10 months in a federal prison after being convicted of the grave and terrible crime of distributing pornography "over the Internet and ...

Apparently, the strategy of trying to isolate Russia helping Georgia may not have worked as planned! Venezuela wants to work with Russia on nuclear energy CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he was interested in accepting Russia's offer of help in developing a civilian nuclear power program. "We certainly are interested in developing nuclear...

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/af....ap/index.h tml Quote: A man on a hijacked ship carrying tanks and heavy weapons said Tuesday that the ransom had been reduced to US$8 million. It was unclear if he was officially speaking for the pirates holding the vessel. I wonder how long it will take them to realise all they are going to get is US$0 ...

I just noticed this thread on a UK gardening newsgroup, read through the message and note how it starts off as as a protest against destruction of countryside and quickly turns into an 'angry' hate campaign about minorities: Quote: This weekend, beginning 4 Oct 08, over 800 people, from all sections of the County, far and wide, gathered in the ...

Connecticut's supreme court has overturned their ban on gay marriage! Now there are 3 US states where we homosexuals can destroy traditional marriage by combining our finances, visiting each other in the hospital and inheriting each other's estates. where I heard about it