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  • Malala Yousafzai: The Latest Victim in the War on Children in Pakistan

    10/09/2012 9:42:20 AM PDT · by mquinn · 4 replies
    Time ^ | 10/9/2012 | Krista Mahr
    A 14-year-old activist and blogger was shot in the head on her way back from school in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Tuesday, the latest in a troubling string of incidents involving children in Pakistan. Malala Yousafzai was injured along with two travel companions when Taliban assailants opened fire on their vehicle in the town of Mingora. By evening, Yousafzai, who started blogging about the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education in Swat when she was 11, was in stable condition and en route to a military hospital in Peshawar.
  • Michele Bachmann's husband being trashed at Wikipedia

    07/19/2011 9:57:11 AM PDT · by mquinn · 19 replies
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    Hi, I don't think I have ever posted my own topic so hopefully this comes out ok and is in the right place. I am confused on the difference between a topic and a keyword, sorry. There is something disturbing at the wikipedia right now. A user some here might have heard of, a David Shankbone (I know. ick), a noted homosexual activist and pornographic pornographer, has created a wikiarticle on Michele Bachmann's husband Marcus found here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Bachmann the problem is that the article has not been created because the wikipedia people think he is worthy of recognition - what...
  • Black lawmakers rethink Clinton support (with arm-twisting by Jesse Jackson Jr.)

    02/15/2008 8:33:42 AM PST · by mquinn · 14 replies · 40+ views
    Associated press via Yahoo! News ^ | Fri Feb 15, 1:33 AM ET | David espo
    In an interview, Cleaver offered a glimpse of private conversations. He said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois had recently asked him "if it comes down to the last day and you're the only superdelegate? ... Do you want to go down in history as the one to prevent a black from winning the White House? "I told him I'd think about it," Cleaver concluded. Jackson, an Obama supporter, confirmed the conversation, and said the dilemma may pose a career risk for some black politicians. "Many of these guys have offered their support to Mrs. Clinton, but Obama has won...