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Yahoo! News - New York tramples Bill of Rights to protect 'grass'? |
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10:25 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
New York's Central Park has long been the logical place for mass gatherings, with its sprawling Great Lawn and, well, central location. In 1991, singer Paul Simon drew 750,000 there. In 1995, Pope John Paul II celebrated a mass that drew more than 130,000. And in 1997, country singer Garth Brooks played to a crowd of 250,000. But political assemblies on the eve of the Republican National Convention appear to be taboo. This week, city officials persuaded a federal judge to keep the park off limits Saturday to a protest rally by 75,000 people jointly sponsored by an Arab-American coalition and an anti-war group. In a nationwide poll conducted earlier this year for the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center and American Journalism Review, only 10% of respondents could name the right of assembly and free association as one of those guaranteed by the First Amendment. After the oppression of British colonial rule, those were among the rights the Revolution was fought for. They're still worth defending. Protecting municipal grass is a thin excuse for mowing down those rights. Yahoo! News - New York tramples Bill of Rights to protect 'grass'? |
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American Prospect Online - ViewPrint |
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10:08 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
At a high-society dinner during the 2000 campaign, George W. Bush looked out on the audience and joked, This is an impressive crowd. The haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base. For most Americans, the last four years have represented a low point in our economic history. But for the big-business interests financing the Bush campaign, these have been high times. American Prospect Online - ViewPrint |
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Can you sweat off those snacks? |
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| Topic: Health and Wellness |
9:48 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
] Can you sweat off those snacks?
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] See how much exercise it'll take to burn them away in 30
] minutes Of course they don't tell you that you can burn 80 calories an hour just sleeping. Can you sweat off those snacks? |
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Mormon Guide to Overcoming Masturbation |
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| Topic: Society |
8:46 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
A friend a mine who had been a Mormon missionary came across this "guide," circa 1970, on tattered photocopy. In fact, the pages were stuck together.
Anyway, we were so amused by it (esp. "Suggestion 19"), I thought it deserved a wider audience.
] STEPS IN OVERCOMING MASTURBATION
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] Mark E. Petersen
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] Council of the 12 Apostles Mormon Guide to Overcoming Masturbation |
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| Topic: Science |
8:24 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
Purty Graphics. Has nice interactive animations of the planets and various space probes. JPL NASA Solar System |
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The People's Guide to the Republican National Convention |
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| Topic: Current Events |
8:11 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
] The People's Guide to the Republican National Convention
] is the definitive guide to the public events surrounding
] the Republican National Convention (RNC) in New York
] City. Produced with the contributions of some of New
] York's finest artists, this 33"x22" full-color,
] double-sided, highly detailed map of New York City comes
] folded down to fit easily in your pocket and contains
] everything a visitor or a New Yorker needs to navigate
] this summer%u2019s biggest event.
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] The People's Guide has over 600 points of information,
] including:
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] RNC event locations - protest sites -
] accessible bathrooms - city resources -
] affordable restaurants - affordable lodging -
] bike shops - bail bondsmen - wifi spots -
] legal pointers - important NYC landmarks -
] comprehensive calendar The People's Guide to the Republican National Convention |
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IQ and the 2000 Election, State by State |
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| Topic: Society |
8:03 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
Frankly, I'm pretty doubtful of these numbers. I wonder if Scopes has a page on this? ] Here's the average IQ by state according to the Ravens
] APM:
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] AVG IQ AVG Income
] '00 Electoral
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] (1) Connecticut..................113 $26,979
] Gore
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] (2) Massachusetts................111 $24,059
] Gore
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] (3) New Jersey...................111 $26,457
] Gore
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] (4) New York.....................109 $23,534
] Gore
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] (5) Rhode Island.................107 $20,299
] Gore
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] (6) Hawaii.......................106 $21,218
] Gore
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] (7) Maryland.....................105 $22,974
] Gore
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] (8) New Hampshire................105 $22,934
] Bush
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] (9) Illinois.....................104 $21,608
] Gore
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] (10) Delaware....................103 $21,451
] Gore
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] (11) Minnesota...................102 $20,049
] Gore
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] (12) Vermont.....................102 $18,834
] Gore
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] (13) Washington..................102 $20,398
] Gore
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] (14) California..................101 $21,278
] Gore
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] (15) Pennsylvania................101 $20,253
] Gore
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] (16) Maine..... IQ and the 2000 Election, State by State |
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[CIA Director Nominee] Goss Backed '95 Bill to Slash Intelligence (washingtonpost.com) |
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7:47 am EDT, Aug 26, 2004 |
] The Bush reelection campaign has been blasting Democratic
] presidential nominee John F. Kerry as deeply
] irresponsible for proposing intelligence cuts at the same
] time. A Bush campaign ad released on Aug. 13 carried a
] headline: "John Kerry . . . proposed slashing
] Intelligence Budget 6 Billion Dollars."
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] But the cuts Goss supported are larger than those
] proposed by Kerry and specifically targeted the "human
] intelligence" that has recently been found lacking. The
] recent report by the commission probing the Sept. 11,
] 2001, attacks called for more spending on human
] intelligence. [CIA Director Nominee] Goss Backed '95 Bill to Slash Intelligence (washingtonpost.com) |
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