Jul

30

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” Goes Green

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Scholastic Inc., publisher of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, announced that the 784-paged book will be more environmentally friendly.
In agreement with the Rainforest Alliance, Deathly Hollows pages will contain a minimum of 30% post consumer waste fiber. In addition, 2/3 of the paper will be approved by the Forest Stewardship Council. In their news [...]

Jul

25

Marine ordered Iraqi women and kids shot, squad member testifies

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[From: The International Herald Tribune
The Associated Press
CAMP PENDLETON, California: A Marine charged with murdering two girls and killing several other Iraqis gave orders to shoot into a roomful of children and young women, a squad member testified.
Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum then went into the room himself, followed by loud noise that could have been M-16 [...]

Jul

25

Which inspiring woman are you?

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Take our test and find out which famous feminist from history you identify with!

At Inspiring Women

Jul

24

Old-line Republican warns something’s in the works to trigger a police state

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[From: The Raw Story]

Thom Hartmann began his program on Thursday by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies.
He then introduced old-line conservative Paul Craig Roberts — a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan who has recently become known [...]

Jul

10

Reading is getting ready for Green Party

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[From Reading Eagle Newspaper]
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader will speak during the political organization’s annual national conference, which opens Thursday at The Abraham Lincoln hotel.
By Mary E. Young
Reading, PA – Berks County will turn greener than it ever has been Thursday when the political party that has adopted that color as its name and [...]

Jul

7

The Bush War Slogan Memorial

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Jul

4

Presidential Operating Systems

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[From: J-Walk Blog]
An analysis of the operating systems and servers used on the presidential candidates’ web sites: Is the next President of the United States running Linux?

It’s fascinating to me that the Dems are predominantly Open Source except for Hillary Clinton and the Republicans are predominantly Microsoft with the exception of Ron Paul, [...]

Jul

4

George W. Bush: General Contractor

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[From: The Specious Report.]

Imagine that you have bought your dream house. There are repairs to be made, so you hire a contractor.
“You have termites,” the contractor says. “I have to bomb your house.”
“Shouldn’t we wait to see if we have evidence of termites?” you ask.
“No, the termites are a clear and present danger. We need [...]

Jul

3

Bush calls off Libby’s sentence

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FAVORITE OF CHENEY’S STILL CONVICTED BUT WON’T GO TO PRISON
By Amy Goldstein
Washington Post

WASHINGTON – President Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby on Monday, sparing Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff 2 1/2 years in prison after a federal appeals court had refused to let Libby remain free while he appeals [...]

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