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[From GreenerComputing]
By Andrew Binstock
The golf expression “It’s the rub of the green” means the equivalent of “them’s the breaks.” It refers to the fact that you’re going to have your share of good luck and bad luck when your ball is on the green. Every so often you’ll hit a divot or other irregularity — [...]

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[From Long Island Wins]
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced the next step in his campaign against Long Island’s immigrant community. He wants to introduce legislation requiring all licensed contractors to participate in the Federal e-verify system. This would mandate that before a worker can be hired, an employer must first file an electronic submission [...]

[From SignOnSanDiego.com]
State ban on gay marriage overturned
By Greg Moran
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
May 15, 2008
The state Supreme Court struck down California’s law banning same sex couples from getting married, in a historic decision Thursday that declared the law unconstitutional discrimination.
The decision will surely touch off an impassioned political fight.
The 4-3 opinion is the high court’s most important [...]

[From Truth Dig]

[From Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines]

This isn’t the first time someone has accused Sen. John McCain of not being conservative enough, but now former Republican congressman-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr is upping the ante on his critique of McCain’s conservatism by running against him in this year’s presidential election.

The Los Angeles Times:

“The government has run amok fiscally,” [...]

[From Your Black World]
The Sean Bell Acquittal is the Tip of the Racially-Divided Iceberg
by Dr. Boyce Watkins
www.BoyceWatkins.com
Like the rest of the world, the Sean Bell verdict shocked me out of my socks.   I was taken aback that the officers in the case were acquitted of all criminal charges.  The case hurt me because, like Sean [...]

[Via Black Prof]
The Statement below is by Christopher C. Cooper, JD on behalf of The National Black Police Association, Chicago, IL, cooper@sxu.edu
The acquittals of the three New York City Policeman who killed unarmed Sean Bell further damages the psyche and perception of the justice system by people of color.  There was blatant disregard by Judge Cooperman, [...]

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