Archive for February 4th, 2005

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2005-02-04
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ARE “THE FAR-RIGHT” SIMPLY OLD-FASHIONED LEFTISTS? I seem to be doomed to challenging conventional ideas about the nature of the political spectrum — most notably in that I often point out that Hitler was a Leftist. I also however, have done a thorough empirical examination (via survey research) of the libertarian idea that the...

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No good deed goes unpunished

2005-02-04
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Read this… Note this part: “The victory wasn’t sweet,” Young said Thursday afternoon. “I’m not gloating about it. I just hope the girls learned a lesson.” … The judge said that he didn’t think the girls acted maliciously but that it was pretty late at night for them to be out. He didn’t award...

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Friday Fax Relay – UN Disabilities Negotiation/Right-to-Die

2005-02-04
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FRIDAY FAX February 4, 2005 Volume 8, Number 7 Controversy Surrounds UN Disabilities Negotiation Today the United Nations closes the fifth in a series of two-week drafting sessions intended to produce an internationally binding convention on the rights and protection of people with disabilities. Despite mounting pressure to finalize the text, which the UN...

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University of Akron poll

2005-02-04
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This recent poll confirms that President Bush won the majority of the Catholic vote in November, and increased his share of the Hispanic Protestant vote dramatically over the year 2000. Not surprisingly, the Catholic voters who sided with Bush were more devout or “middle of the road”, while those siding with Kerry tended to...

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Garofalo mad at getting “the finger” from Congress

2005-02-04
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Janeane Garofalo, radio host, sometimes actress, part time comedian, and full time dead-ass wrong, is upset that some Republican members of congress dipped their fingers in ink before Bush’s State of the Union address to show solidarity to the Iraqi voters. Either some members of Congress dipped their fingers in ink, or it’s entirely...

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Israeli- Palestinian “negotiations” continue

2005-02-04
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What haggling? The word “haggling” would indicate that there was some give and take on both sides. The only giving is being done by the Israelis who continue to make concessions even while Abbas does not hold up his end of the bargain by shutting down Palestinian terrorist groups. Israel on Thursday approved a...

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