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Independent U.S. Senate candidate Evan McMullin called on Sen. Mike Lee to “break from partisan extremes” and get behind the bipartisan gun safety proposal unveiled in the Senate this week. McMullin said in a brief news conference via Zoom on Monday that he supports the proposal as a common-sense plan to protect children, families and gun rights.

A public university in New York is sponsoring an event ahead of Thanksgiving that wishes to “erase” the beloved holiday and replace it, according to a tip received through Young America’s Foundation’s Campus Bias Tipline. On November 8, the University at Buffalo Intercultural and Diversity Center (IDC) is sponsoring an event titled “The Real History of Thanksgiving” as a part of their “Tough Topics” discussion series. “Why is Thanksgiving still celebrated in America when the truth behind the holiday is the massacre of Indigenous communities? How can we erase this whitewashed history for good? Come out to the IDC to...

NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change opponents plan to stage a hunger strike to demand a meeting with U.S. Congressional leader Nancy Pelosi, they said on Tuesday, in the political battle over global warming. The protesters said they want a one-hour on-camera meeting with Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to discuss reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025. "You have yet to pass even symbolic legislation recognizing the climate crisis as a national emergency. With all due respect, you have failed," they said in an open letter. "Meet with us or leave...

Two Clearwater residents, Keith McNeill and Jean Nelson, recently attended Citizens Climate Lobby-Canada’s annual conference and lobbying days, which were held Oct. 21-24 in Ottawa. “It was four days full of firsts and mosts,” said Cathy Orlando, the national director of CCL Canada. “We had the most number of face-to-face meetings: 44 in one lobbying blitz.” There were 49 lobbying meetings in all. Fifty-one CCL volunteers lobbied in those meetings, and in total, 65 people attended the conference. Armed with two days of training and networking, 240 signatures from businesses and NGOs on their open letter and 652 print media...

A small group of demonstrators protesting police brutality, poverty and inequality marched on the Mummers Parade this New Year's Day. The demonstration ended with two people being arrested. The group of about 50 marched toward the Broad Street parade route around 1 p.m. Friday and at one point tried to pushed past police to get into the street, but were held back. The demonstrators instead kept to the crowded sidewalks and walked down blocked side streets around Center City. "I think this movement here has changed the conversation a lot," said Lucy Duncan as she held a large sign carrying...

Toronto's Catholic Register is parrotting this story from RNS referring to a front-page article at L'Osservatore Romano calling the cartoons of Mohomet "blasphemous." This is quite incredible really. One can blaspheme God. One cannot blaspheme a man. If Mahomet ever really existed can be debated. If he did, he was a warlord; a murderer, a child-molester and a Jew-hating Christ denier -- and antichrist. He was no prophet. I'm not suggesting that we should engage in mocking anyone; but I won't call the mocking of a man, blasphemy because it is not. Shame on those Catholics who would use such...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. -- Gunmen stormed a Kissimmee home and put two families' lives in danger. But deputies said a set of car keys led to their arrests. The suspects were arrested a short time after the home invasion. Deputies said they ransacked a home on Sample Street Wednesday night, armed with guns and aimed them right at the victims. However, they made a crucial mistake that led to their capture. One of the women, who lives in the house, was sitting out on the patio Wednesday night, when a group of men, armed with guns forced her back inside....

Will some of our Tea Partiers check out the local hotels in or near Woodstock?

The Joint Chiefs chairman has a word of warning to Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: A rapid of withdrawal from Iraq would lead to a "chaotic situation" and would "turnaround the gains we have achieved, and struggled to achieve, and turn them around overnight.

Carter Endorses Gore, Says Former Veep Can Win More Than OscarsFebruary 23, 2007 ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: In an exclusive interview with former President Jimmy Carter set to air on Sunday's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos", Carter lavished praise on "(his) favorite Democrat) former Vice President Al Gore. Carter told ABC News, "If Al should decide to run -- which I'm afraid he won't -- I would support Al Gore." The former Democratic President asserted Gore could accomplish much more in the White House than he ever could as a private citizen, saying to Stephanopoulos, "His burning issue now...

Robert Sungenis, Ph.D., and Robert Bennett, Ph.D. have released their book, Galileo Was Wrong, on cdrom. The book is 1000+ pages of scientific evidence supporting and explaining geocentrism. Anyone who takes the time to read this book will come away with a different perspective on geocentrism, and will have to wonder how we could have been fooled so easily for so long. The book is available here: Geocentrism.comMark Wyatt

PETA Protest June 14, 2006 09:06 AM CDT Around noon Tuesday there was an unusual sight in downtown Lafayette. On the corner of Jefferson and Congress, a woman painted like a tiger sat in a cage in protest. She says it's all for fair treatment of animals. As PETA volunteer Sarah Harley gets ready to take her position, a crowd begins to gather, all to see the lady in the cage. "PETA sometimes has to do shocking things to get attention and if you look around, you can tell this is bring a lot if attention. Now hopefully, less people...

Alleged felons accused of driving a stolen car to court. Two Bowling Green men who drove to their trial at the Butler County Courthouse in Morgantown not only were convicted, but were arrested again when the trial was over. Authorities say Terry Hunt, 39, and Justin Hawkins, 24, were accused of driving to the courthouse Tuesday in a stolen car. Hunt and Hawkins had driven a 2005 BMW to the courthouse to attend their jury trial on arson and fraudulent insurance acts. After the discovery of the stolen vehicle, police searched the residence of the two in Bowling Green and...

Two on Daley staff accused of doling out patronage jobs Feds say drunk, 'goofballs' hired; scandal moves closer to mayor July 20, 2005 CHICAGO (AP) -- One was a drunk. Some were laughed at as "goofballs." One was declared the best-qualified candidate for a job on the city payroll -- even though he was dead. All of them were recommended for city jobs or hired because they were politically connected and helped to get out the vote on Election Day, according to U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald. "That's the world we want to end," Fitzgerald said Monday in announcing charges...

Durbin’s “Silent Scream” In a cornfield last year, a group of citizens gathered to select their candidate for the 2004 Democratic Convention. This happened in dozens of farms and homes and meeting places all over the state. Their final decision? John Kerry. The losing candidate was someone who was the prohibitive front runner all of 2003. It was a shoe-in. But there was only one problem. The citizens of Iowa chose someone else. To Howard Dean in must’ve been a shock. Leading all the way for a year, only to be slapped upside the head with a cheap right. He...

hello everyone. i have posted a few times regarding the site i created, www.moveOut.biz well, the business side of it has failed. no matter, it was a small investment and i've had fun. i would, however, appreciate it if any of you who lurk at DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND could get the word out over there that this site exists. the most fun i've had is with the few emails i've received from the tin-hatters. i tried to get on DU but was summarily banned even though i picked the che guevara avatar. i appreciate any help you can give in funneling...

High School Students Camp Out To Protest Bush Boulder High Students Say They're Acting Out Lessons Learned In Civics Class BOULDER, Colo. -- About 70 high school students who say they are upset about the direction the nation is heading camped out in the school library Thursday night, demanding a visit from Republican Party leaders. Students began their protest Thursday night and stayed through Friday morning, when Democratic congressman, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, visited with them for more than an hour.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A day after dozens of peace activists boarded double-decker buses and a taxi to travel from London to Baghdad in hopes of preventing bombing by the U.S. and its allies, the Bush administration criticized their efforts. "We would not recommend that people allow themselves to be used by a tyrant and a dictator who has a history of doing horrible things to even his own people as well as his neighbors," White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told Fox News Sunday. "So this is not the time for people to call themselves human shields." On Saturday,...

Richard Byrne is leading a protest at Northwood army baseAnti-war group Voices in the Wilderness is protesting at the armed forces' HQ in Northwood, west London, on Saturday, against possible conflict with Iraq. Protester Richard Byrne explains why he thinks military action would be catastrophic. "I am opposed to the war on Iraq for lots of reasons, mainly because it is likely to cause massive civilian casualties. Like the porky guy with the chemical weapons doesn't? Ever hear of the secret police? - Ivan And also because all violence produces cycles of violence which come back again and again. Perhaps...

Second cloned baby to be born in Europe in next few days, Clonaid says 1 hour, 43 minutes ago PARIS - The head of the company claiming to have created the world's first cloned human told French television Thursday that a second cloned baby would be born somewhere in Europe in the next few days. Interviewed on France-2, Brigitte Boisselier said the child would be born "in Europe before Sunday." She declined to name the country. Boisselier is chief executive of Clonaid, which is linked to a religious sect that believes space aliens created life on Earth. She is also...