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CBS Fires Former Iraq Commander for Speaking Out Against Bush Policies in Iraq

Do No Evil – NEW YORK - It took CBS two weeks to fire Don Imus for calling a college women's basketball team "nappy headed hos," but it only took them two days to fire Major General John Batiste for speaking out against the president and his policies on the war in Iraq. Groups critical of the war and President Bush say it is an outrageBatiste, a Re

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:13pm

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A Million Road Deaths Every Year? It's Just the Price of Doing Business

Do No Evil – Corporate social responsibility often resembles the adventures of The Good Soldier Svejk. In 1914, about to be conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army, Svejk puts on his old uniform and a volunteer's buttonhole and, waving his borrowed crutches and shouting "To Belgrade, to Belgrade!", has his landlady push him to the recruiting office

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:13pm

Teachers fired, but the school has a new parking lot
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Teachers fired, but the school has a new parking lot

Do No Evil – 5 teachers' contracts are terminated as a newly repaved parking lot is approved.

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:13pm

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Is Imperial Liquidation Possible for America?

Do No Evil – In politics, as in medicine, a cure based on a false diagnosis is almost always worthless, often worsening the condition that is supposed to be healed. The United States, today, suffers from a plethora of public ills. Most of them can be traced to the militarism and imperialism that have led to the near-collapse of our Constitutional system of chec

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Vet Prosecuted for Protesting Military Recruitment in Library

Do No Evil – Tim Coli served in the first Gulf War and now suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. On March 12, he and his wife, Yvette, went to the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library in Ohio. At 37, she is a student at Kent State and needed to study for a biology test. Tim, 40, was reading some books. Then they noticed two military recruiters trying t

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:13pm

White House opposes 3.5 percent pay raise for military
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White House opposes 3.5 percent pay raise for military

Do No Evil – Troops don't need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a policy statement laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill. They said the administration strongly opposes both the 3.5% raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases "unnecessary".

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:12pm

Can We End the American Empire Before It Ends Us?
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Can We End the American Empire Before It Ends Us?

Do No Evil – In politics, as in medicine, a cure based on a false diagnosis is almost always worthless, often worsening the condition that is supposed to be healed. The United States, today, suffers from a plethora of public ills. Most of them can be traced to the militarism and imperialism that have led to the near-collapse of our Constitutional system of chec

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:12pm

Chalmers Johnson: Evil Empire - Is Imperial Liquidation Possible for America?
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Chalmers Johnson: Evil Empire - Is Imperial Liquidation Possible for America?

Do No Evil – When Reagan coined the phrase "evil empire," he was referring to the USSR, & I basically agreed with him that the USSR needed to be contained & checkmated. But today it is the US that is widely perceived as an evil empire, & world forces are gathering to stop us.

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Where is Humanity Headed?

Do No Evil – Michael Laitman, PhD gives a public lecture in Toronto on where humanity is headed using the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah to define the stages of humanity's evolution (including the ones we haven't yet reached).

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:12pm

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Agency seizes 75 tonnes of drugs

Do No Evil – The new "British FBI" has seized nearly 75 tonnes of cocaine and heroin in its first year. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) also disclosed that three criminals have turned "supergrass" under new laws brought in to crack down on the Mr Bigs of the criminal underworld.

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Philanthropist Auctions Rolls Royce Fleet For Cancer Hospital

Do No Evil – Real-estate developer Richard J. Solove's collection, unique in the United States because it includes Rolls-Royce's Silver Ghost models from the years 1907 to 1915, could fetch more than $15 million when it's auctioned in August. The proceeds will go to the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus.

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:12pm

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Woman held for trying to smuggle heroin via DHL

Do No Evil – Tajik police have arrested a woman for trying to smuggle heroin in a refrigerator through express delivery firm DHL, the interior ministry said Friday.

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:12pm

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Spring Thaw Brings Out Nudity in Small Vermont Town

Do No Evil – BRATTLEBORO, Vt. Spring has arrived in this southeastern Vermont town known for its live-and-let-live culture. The trees are less bare, and some local residents are more so.

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:12pm

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Tom Hayden: Who Polices the Police? The Case of MacArthur Park

Do No Evil – Every great Los Angeles policing crisis since 1965 has resulted in modest but real reforms which would have been impossible to achieve otherwise. The current crisis arising from the LAPD assaults on immigrant rights protesters and reporters in MacArthur Park provides yet another opportunity.

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Report: Thief Caught While Counting Loot

Do No Evil – A thief rejoiced too early and was caught red-handed while counting his loot not far from the place where he had snatched a woman's handbag.

Voted for on May 19, 2007 06:12pm