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David Banner’s ‘Something’s Wrong’ Video Shoot Postponed

Clip was to be shot at community rally, but increase in attendees led to safety issues.

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David Banner’s ‘Something’s Wrong’ Video Shoot Postponed

President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Obama awarded for his ‘efforts to strengthen international diplomacy.’ By Gil Kaufman President Barack Obama (file) Photo: Mark Wilson/ Getty Images After eight years of retreat from the world stage under President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday by a committee that praised his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Obama became just the third sitting U.S.

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Beyonce Agrees To Tone Down Concert For Malaysian Date

‘We are against Western sexy performances; we don’t think our people need that,’ an opposition group had said. By Matt Thompson Beyonc

Major ruling against Ashcroft highlights evils of preventive detention

Yesterday — in a very significant decision (.pdf) written by Bush-43-appointed federal judge Milan Smith and joined by a Reagan-appointed judge — the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a lawsuit to proceed that was brought against John Ashcroft for the illegal and unconstitutional detention of American Muslims. The suit was brought by Abdullah al-Kidd, an American citizen of African-American descent who converted to Islam.

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Mali women’s rights bill blocked

The president of Mali has announced that he is not going to sign the country's new family law, instead returning it to parliament for review.

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Naked Man in a Van with a Rifle Gets Arrested of the Day

I don’t know what kind of world we live in where we can’t sit in our van’s naked with a rifle threatening to blow the motherfucker up if people get any closer and if we do we get arrested. Where’s the fuckin’ freedom in that.

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The Birthers: Who Are They and What Do They Want?

Liz Cheney and Lou Dobbs have recently defended the “birthers,” the dumb group of internet psychos who think it’s impossible that a black man could’ve been democratically elected president. Where did they come from and what do they actually believe? Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961.

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A Lambeth Pilgrim's Blog: Mainline Protestants and Same-Sex Marriage

Mark Tooley is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, an advocacy group that supports conservative positions within mainline denominations.

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A Lambeth Pilgrim's Blog: Mainline Protestants and Same-Sex Marriage

Can veiling save women? « I write…

Actually, they have to look as much as possible as men, because more often men are on these positions . That is why a Muslim woman on such occupation will be a change in the norm

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Sexual Objectification 101 – Presidential Edition | The Global …

There is never any questioning as to how it feels to be in the young woman’s position and depicted by one’s body part as a fun play regarding presidents who are only men after all, right? In this little play where we all get to chuckle …

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