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Legalizing Sports Gambling Breakdown with Council Member Robert White Jr.

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D.C. Council men Robert White joined The Quick Silva Show to talk about the details of legal sports gambling in D.C. He talked about the proposed amendment that could possibly aid people of color and women business owners in the sports betting bill. This amendment will be proposed to the D.C. council tomorrow.  

Legalizing Sports Gambling Breakdown with Council Member Robert White Jr.

100,000-Plus in Madison for Rally for Workers’ Rights – VIDEO

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MADISON, WI (FDL) – In what has been billed the largest rally in the history of Madison, over 100,000 people packed the Capitol Square for a “Rally for Workers’ Rights” to protest the budget repair bill and the proposed stripping of collective bargaining rights from public employees. Madison Police told AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale that they estimated the crowd at 100,000 30 minutes before the 3pm… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Firedoglake Discovery Date : 27/02/2011 01:00 Number of articles : 2

100,000-Plus in Madison for Rally for Workers’ Rights – VIDEO

Internet Kill Switch Debate Still Very Alive

Regardless of the outcome of the proposed legislation, in the case of a national emergency, Internet access will be marginal at best, and business continuity plans that rely heavily on the notion that employees will be able to login to corporate networks from home are severely flawed… https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/9659-Internet-Kill-Switch-Debate-Still-Ve… added by: Paisano1

British PM Shuts Down 3rd Runway At Heathrow For Good

photo via flickr Want evidence that the conservatives in the UK are different than the conservatives in the US? While conservatives here won’t cap carbon and do the bidding of Big Oil–including apologizing to them after the worst spill in US history–across the Atlantic Prime Minister David Cameron, a Conservative, has decided to not allow the proposed 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport to move forward…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Proposed Mosque at Ground Zero draws protests

A proposed mosque and community center at Ground Zero continues to draw protest from the right wing fringe. Sunday, close to a thousand angry, uninformed Americans gathered in lower Manhattan to demonstrate against plans to build the mosque and community center near the site of Ground Zero, where the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed by Islamic hijackers on September 11, 2001. Opponents of the proposed mosque call it “offensive” and “demeaning”. Their angry and perverse paranoia willfully transforms a gesture of good will and community spirit into an insult to Americans and a celebration of Muslim fanaticism. http://www.examiner.com/x-10853-Portland-Humanist-Examiner~y2010m6d8-Proposed-Mo… added by: unimatrix0

Animal cruelty & China’s amazing technicolour dogs

China drafted its first animal protection law this week, but that hasn’t stopped Chinese pet owners. The latest fad in the country is a multi-coloured fur job

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Animal cruelty & China’s amazing technicolour dogs