Month: January 2006

Thursday Bucket O’ News

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.                  ...

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Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 230

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing. image and poem below the fold Hostage American reporter Jill Carroll...

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No-fly lawsuit: partial victory

Cross posted at Happening-Here We need some kind of victory today! Today you can celebrate that $200,000 of your tax dollars will be paid to the American Civil Liberties Union to help that organization continue to stand up for...

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NSA Illegal Spying Program in a Nutshell

The administration’s legal justifications for bypassing FISA and “authorizing” surveillance of Americans is clearly breaking the law. This post is going to sum it up in an easy to understand nutshell.The proof...

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What’s your vote worth?

I spent several hours today comparing the number of voters in a given US state with the number of electoral votes that state gets.  I then compiled a table of what I found out, with data from 2000 to show how it actually...

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