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Tag: interesting story

May 19
2010

Pa. Republican Attorney General Subpoenas Twitter

Science

Via Techcrunch comes a very interesting story out of Pennsylvania. Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate, Tom Corbett, has subpoenaed Twitter in attempts to identify some anonymous critics: The account @CasaBlancaPA, whose owner is identified as ‘Signor Ferrari’ (a criminal in the film Casablanca, played by Sydney Greenstreet) on Twitter, links to this blog in […]

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Apr 25
2010

Arizona Racism Before It Was Law

Society

Here’s an interesting story out of Arizona (via DKos): A Valley man says he was pulled over Wednesday morning and questioned when he arrived at a weigh station for his commercial vehicle along Val Vista and the 202 freeway. Abdon, who did not want to use his last name, says he provided several key pieces […]

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Oct 14
2008

If You Aren't White You Aren't RIght For McCain

Misc

Have you noticed when watching McCain speeches how white the crowds are? Last week a black man spoke at a townhall meeting and the media jumped all over it, like they were saying “wow a black guy”. But it isn’t only black faces missing from McCain events or even his campaign; it’s brown and yellow […]

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Sep 10
2008

How They Are Shaping The Debate

Misc

The National Review is trying to push the sexist meme even more: The “lipstick on a pig” phrase was bad, yes, but kind of schoolyard nasty. But this riff, which followed in Barack Obama’s little speech is far worse: …you know Sarah Palin is an interesting story.” The crowd booed. “No, she’s new!” Obama said. […]

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Mar 12
2007

Halliburton To Move To Dubai

Misc

This is a really interesting story that is thankfully gaining attention. Halliburton announced this weekend that they will be moving their corporate headquarters from Houston, Texas to Dubai. There are a lot of questions surrounding this move – the biggest on their taxes. Halliburton generates a large portion of their income from U.S. contracts and […]

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May 25
2006

Greenwald Responds

Misc

By now I am sure most of you have read about Delay thinking Stephen Colbert is actually some right-wing journalist, even though his show is obvious satire and appears on Comedy Central. If you are in the dark on this then check out Think Progress. Now Bob Greenwald has responded: Life as I have known […]

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Mar 6
2006

Triangulating Hamas, Abbas and al-Qaeda

Misc

Interesting story here from ThreatsWatch stating that al-Qaeda has a presence in Palastinian Territories: With the latest release of yet another global message from al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, there is certainly much to comb over. On its surface, it appears primarily a repeat of calls for more jihad, with merely new causations and motivations. What stands out as […]

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Dec 21
2005

German Police Punk The CIA

Misc

An interesting story from Germany which gives us some insight into how they view our leaders and their use of rendition: German police in 2003 shielded a German national suspected of terrorism by the United States from questioning by the CIA, according to a newspaper report to be published on Thursday. Die Zeit weekly said […]

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Nov 30
2005

Banned From The U.S. – New Address A .COM

Misc

Here is an interesting story about a blogger who has now found himself not welcomed in the United States: Bloggers have no privacy and should expect none—a lesson painfully learned by a Canadian citizen who was recently turned away after U.S. border guards Googled him and pored over his blog to discover where he lives. […]

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Nov 10
2005

Did Israel Know Abour The Jordan Bombings?

Misc

Here is an interesting story from the Israeli newspaperHaaretz Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent A number of Israelis staying on Wednesday at the Radisson hotel were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel […]

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