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  • For cripes sake, stop canceling innocent Russians

    03/10/2022 6:08:25 AM PST · by Kid Shelleen · 58 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 03/09/2022 | ALLAHPUNDIT
    I should say up front that I’m okay with canceling those who engage in actual fascist theatrics: I’m onboard with canceling Putin’s personal friends and cronies too. Oh, and the entire Russian economy. That should also be canceled until Russia withdraws. Threatening Russian performers and making a bonfire of Russia’s culture is where I get off, though.
  • Garcia: News can lose you (SF Chron losing money w/both hands-Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

    06/07/2007 11:16:14 AM PDT · by abb · 27 replies · 821+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | June 7, 2007 | Ken Garcia
    It’s far too premature to write about the demise of the San Francisco Chronicle, but it may be fair to say that the moves taking place over at the once-mighty newspaper’s headquarters these days have a faint murmur of a death march. Highly respected editors and reporters some consider among the most talented at the paper are being called into meetings and then quietly escorted from the building at Fifth and Mission streets, leaving those behind in shocked silence. It is the grim, somewhat inevitable consequence of an organization that lost its way and panicked in its efforts to find...
  • Gitmo Conditions Worsening: Amnesty (by IslamOnline)

    04/05/2007 10:36:10 AM PDT · by bedolido · 20 replies · 583+ views
    islamonline ^ | 4-5-2007 | IOL Staff
    CAIRO — Conditions in the US detention facility in Guantanamo are worsening with the sweeping majority of detainees being held in cruel isolation, Amnesty International said in a new reported issued on Thursday, April 5.
  • I Don't Want Anyone To Wind Up Like Me (Good Read)

    02/02/2007 4:41:12 AM PST · by misterrob · 23 replies · 1,325+ views
    The Boston Glob ^ | 02/02/07 | Jackie MacMullan, Globe Staff
    It has all unraveled; his career, his marriage, his health, his reputation. Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson was once a Super Bowl champion and a fan favorite, admired for his jarring hits and thoughtful approach to a violent game. But now he is a struggling ex-athlete who has become unreliable and unreachable, making promises and commitments he does not keep, the subject of steamy tabloid gossip, shunned for an alleged domestic abuse incident involving his wife. Johnson, 34, suffers from such severe depression that some mornings he literally cannot pull himself out of bed. When the crippling malaise overtakes him,...
  • Jennings ignores setbacks, calls for revote in Florida

    12/06/2006 7:21:18 AM PST · by Princip. Conservative · 45 replies · 1,949+ views
    Democrat Christine Jennings was in Washington over the last two days renewing her call for a revote in her race against Rep.-elect Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), as government and independent reviews failed to support her case. Jennings said she would do everything she could to see the legal challenge through. She set up shop at Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee headquarters and was to meet with lawmakers including Reps. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.), Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) and Rush Holt (D-N.J.). She was also asking for financial support and continuing to push her case to the news media. Jennings’s visit came as state officials...
  • HATE FUROR AT PACE U. (Koran in toilet sparks outrage)

    10/20/2006 6:55:18 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 94 replies · 1,981+ views
    Muslim activists called on Pace University yesterday to crack down on hate crimes after a second copy of the Koran was found in a toilet at its Manhattan campus. "This incident meets the legal definition of a hate crime," said Aliya Latif, a member of the Association of Muslim American Lawyers. "Indeed, this is no different from placing a burning cross in front of a house or painting a swastika on a locker." The discovery of the holy book in a toilet at Pace's lower Manhattan campus on Oct. 13 follows a similar act at Pace on Sept. 21. Earlier...
  • 'Cocaine' drink claims to be real thing

    09/21/2006 8:26:54 AM PDT · by COUNTrecount · 36 replies · 1,019+ views
    Daily Mail UK ^ | Sept. 21, 2006
    Anti-drug campaigners today attacked the makers of a soft drink who have called their product cocaine. The high-energy drink is being billed as a "legal alternative" to the class A drug, using a massive hit of caffeine instead of cocaine. Its maker claims the title is "a bit of fun" but critics slammed the technique as a cynical ploy which could tempt young people into using drugs. The drink's inventor, Jamie Kirby, said: "It's an energy drink, and it's a fun name. As soon as people look at the can, they smile." He claims Cocaine is "350 percent stronger than...
  • Indecency Complaints in Q1 '06 Surpass Full 2005 Count

    05/31/2006 8:36:09 AM PDT · by Paul678 · 6 replies · 450+ views
    Billboard Radio Monitor ^ | May 31, 2006 | Tony Sanders
    Indecency Complaints in Q1 '06 Surpass Full 2005 Count By Tony Sanders Billboard Radio Monitor May 30, 2006 There already have been more consumer complaints filed this year concerning obscene, indecent or profane programming on TV and radio than were filed for all of 2005. The FCC’s latest tally of such consumer complaints in the first quarter jumped by 118,115 filings this year to come in at 275,131 complaints for the three months ended March. That’s a 75% increase over last year’s comparable 157,016 filings received in the first quarter of 2005. For all of 2005, there were 233,471 indecency/obscenity...
  • Stars come out to protect their images

    03/25/2006 4:25:33 PM PST · by Fintan · 16 replies · 307+ views
    HARTFORD, Conn. - Three familiar faces from Hollywood urged Connecticut legislators yesterday to help protect their images.Actors Paul Newman, Christopher Plummer and Charles Grodin, all state residents, said they worry that technology has made it possible to access their films, images and voices, and to use that material to produce another product they know nothing about."We are suddenly cloned into something we're not," Plummer said. "We are robbed of our individuality, and our life's work is tarnished."A bill before the legislature's Judiciary Committee would forbid use of another person's "right of publicity," such as their name, voice, signature, photo, image,...
  • Kellogg asked to end marketing junk foods to kids

    01/19/2006 4:10:03 AM PST · by SheLion · 140 replies · 1,367+ views
    yahoonews.com ^ | 1-18-06 | Brad Dorfman
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - A consumer group wants to keep Tony the Tiger from promoting sugary cereals on the SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon show or anywhere else kids are watching.   The Center for Science in the Public Interest said on Wednesday it would sue Kellogg Co., the maker of cereals such as Frosted Flakes, and Viacom Inc., which runs the Nickelodeon cable network, if the companies do not change some marketing practices aimed at children. The Center said letters had been sent to Kellogg and Viacom saying it would settle for a commitment from the companies within 30 days rather than sue....
  • Limbaugh's Adopt a Soldier Misguided (Vanity)

    11/10/2005 11:40:07 AM PST · by faithincowboys · 138 replies · 3,354+ views
    I am a fan of Limbaugh's but I think the soldiers don't need a 24/7 subscription. I think Limbaugh would've been a real mensch if he had just endorsed a standard Adopt- A - Soldier program that provided them with the normal TLC-- food, shaving kits, etc. He didn't have to get his beak wet... I would've gladly participated in a standard program, the subscription thing is a missed opportunity that risks appearing self interested. I don't care if a bonehead from Rio Linda gave him the idea.
  • GORE WARNS: 'AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN GRAVE DANGER'

    10/06/2005 8:12:32 AM PDT · by truthandlife · 207 replies · 4,783+ views
    Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference Oct 06 10:04 AM US/Eastern By The Associated Press NEW YORK Here is the text of former Vice President Al Gore's remarks at the We Media conference on Wednesday in New York: I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the way America's fabled "marketplace of ideas" now functions. How many of you,...
  • Russia, China join against US 'star wars'

    06/18/2005 3:26:49 PM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 32 replies · 869+ views
    MENAFN ^ | June 17, 2005
    WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- Russia and China have joined forces in a major U.N. forum to oppose U.S. plans to develop new space weapons. And the move could herald a far more wide-ranging strategic cooperation between the two nations. Russia and China have joined forces to urge the U.N. Conference on Disarmament to launch a new round of international negotiations to prevent the increased militarization of space. On June 9, the two countries issued a joint working paper calling for the reactivation of the moribund Committee on Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space that was discontinued in...
  • Clinton: ‘I paid a big price’ ('Starr assaulted Constitution, House charges were false')

    06/01/2005 5:01:22 PM PDT · by Libloather · 97 replies · 2,642+ views
    MSNBC ^ | 6/01/05 | Brian Williams
    Clinton: ‘I paid a big price’The former president on his legacy, his health and his wife's future By Brian Williams Anchor & “Nightly News” Managing Editor NBC News Updated: 6:52 p.m. ET June 1, 2005 CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. - Former president Bill Clinton is just back from a grueling 14-day, 12-nation, 16-stop tour. **SNIP** I asked the president a blunt question about his legacy and any regrets he may have that impeachment will always play a prominent role in how his presidency is remembered. Clinton: It probably would, because — but to be fair, you said you're being blunt with me....
  • French Voters Soundly Reject European Union Constitution

    05/30/2005 9:17:20 AM PDT · by DJ Taylor · 16 replies · 724+ views
    The New York Times ^ | May 30, 2005 | ELAINE SCIOLINO
    PARIS, May 29 - Turning its back on half a century of European history, France decisively rejected a constitution for Europe on Sunday, plunging the country into political disarray and jeopardizing the cause of European unity. The victory for the no vote - 55 percent to 45 percent - came in a nationwide referendum on the European Union constitution after a bruising campaign that divided France and alarmed Europe. Foreshadowed in recent polls, the no vote could doom the 448-article treaty because all 25 members of the European Union must ratify it before it can take effect. The rejection could...
  • DSS VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS!!!!!!!

    05/02/2005 11:40:22 AM PDT · by violetgrim · 134 replies · 2,303+ views
    Taba's Diary ^ | 5/2/05 | Amanda Harris
    My son was taken from me when he was only 2 months old because I supposedly "worshiped the devil" in front of him. I am an atheiest. I don't even belive in the devil. It ruined my life and at the same time opened up a whole new world of horror stories from other parents. How our government is walking all over the rules they put in place to protect us and how our civil rights are violated each and everyday. EVERYONE especailly those with families should be aware of this!!! Please visit my sites and sign my petition to...
  • Poohbah's Opus

    04/01/2005 4:26:00 PM PST · by Poohbah · 1,974 replies · 42,594+ views
    Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, sayeth Qohotoleth... | 01 April 2005 | Poohbah
    First, this is NOT an April Fool's joke. I am leaving Free Republic. Over the past two years, civility and thoughtful discourse has vanished from this site, replaced with demands for ideological conformity that are straight out of Stalinist Russia or China's Great Cultural Revolution, and unrelenting uncivility if said conformance is not forthcoming. This trend began with the California recall election, where certain posters were allowed to flame the living beejezus out of those who didn't wholeheartedly support Tom McClintock, or thought that he wasn't running a campaign capable of winning. It extended into the Keyes campaign last year,...
  • The "dirty campaign"

    02/21/2005 5:11:29 PM PST · by Kitten Festival · 6 replies · 289+ views
    The American Thinker ^ | Feb. 21, 2005 | Thomas Lifson
    Venezuelan Information Minister Andres Izarra is stomping his feet and crying because the mean ol' US media is being so nasty to Marx-crazed tyrant Huga Chavez. According to Izarra, continuous publication of information disclosing false data and making baseless accusations in US media has prompted the Executive to conclude that Venezuela is "indeed" facing a "media offensive," a "dirty campaign or war similar to the one launched by Otto Reich in the 80's
  • Democrats Demand Bush Halt Attacks on Reid

    02/11/2005 12:14:47 PM PST · by Foolsgold · 34 replies · 1,252+ views
    Drudge ^ | 2/11 | APO
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats demanded Thursday that President Bush order a halt to personal attacks on the party's leader, Sen. Harry Reid, and expressed regret that they had failed to mount a stronger defense for his defeated predecessor. ``This is a new Democratic Party,'' Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said at a news conference called to release a letter telling Bush to muzzle his ``political operatives.'' ``It says to the president, `You will not intimidate us','' said Schumer, who likened the attacks on Reid to political knee-cappings. The letter itself was written in milder terms. ``We urge you to keep...
  • Singer Curses at Inaugural Youth Concert

    01/19/2005 4:01:28 AM PST · by Happy2BMe · 148 replies · 3,715+ views
    WASHINGTON (AP) - You might say the Janet Jackson moment of President Bush's inaugural festivities came Tuesday at a youth concert with hundreds of preteen Hilary Duff fans in the audience.No nudity was involved, but the Vince Neil-style profanity probably didn't win rock band Fuel any fans at the Federal Communications Commission, nor from the parents at the concert. Now the Pennsylvania band is just hoping the concert, "America's Future Rocks Today," wasn't aired live. Borrowing a word from Motley Crue's Neil, the lead singer of Fuel proclaimed, "Welcome to the greatest ----ing country in the world." Brett Scallions followed...