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I'm a Canadian. I'm a Catholic. I'm a computer scientist who'll soon be trading his computer for a classroom.
I'm an actor. I'm a singer. I'm a lover. I'm a dreamer. I'm a politically active 30-something. I'm a pacifist. I'm pro-life but pro-Choice. I'm in favour of gay marriage, straight marriage, open marriage, and multiple marriage, so long as all participants are fully consenting adults.
I'm in favor of optional prayer in the classroom, in the park, in the workplace, in traffic. Freedom of religion means freedom: to practice it, to ignore it, to discuss it, to criticize it, to ridicule it, to defend it -- to do anything but control it. Or control others with it.
I'm prone to spend way too much time "Propelling". I'm an addict. I'm coping.
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Amid droughts and failed crops, a cycle of poverty worsens -- latimes.com »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 4 days ago in Political News
A 2007 study of 13 Bundelkhand villages found that up to 45% of farming families had forfeited their land, and in extreme cases some were ...
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Is Erik Prince 'Graymailing' the US Government? »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Did Blackwater's owner speak to Vanity Fair to send a message to the Justice Department about the government secrets he could reveal?
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The in-depth ...Read (61) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at thenation.com
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Doctors take legal action to demand Kelly inquest reopened »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Political News
Six doctors are taking legal action to demand that the inquest into the death of weapons expert David Kelly is reopened because there is not ...
(read more)Read (257) | Share | Discuss (7) | Read Full Story at independent.co.uk
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Child victim of racist firebomb attack released from hospital after miracle recovery - Radio Prague »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Family
Many in the Czech Republic were shocked and outraged when neo-Nazis
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firebombed the home of a Romany family in north Moravia earlier this year.
The ...Read (178) | Share | Discuss (4) | Read Full Story at radio.cz
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Torture continues at US prisons in Afghanistan »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Political News
Recent media reports reveal that the US military continues to carry on torture and illegal detention in Afghanistan at a dungeon known to inmates as ...
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Machiavelli on Blackwater »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
One would think America's military leaders would take into account the lessons of history. I am not saying that Machiavelli is necessarily right about ...
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Prague, One Pint at a Time - Evan Rail - NY Times »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Health & Fitness
The Czech Republic is home to about 125 breweries, ranging from tiny brewpubs to industrial giants, according to the list at www.pivovary.info. A ...
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Ron Paul: Every man for himself »
Posted by: 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Pull US troops out of Afghanistan. Leave Iran alone. Legalise drugs. Get the government out of people's private lives. Say no to the bailout ...
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Examining Obama's Rationale for Escalating the War in Afghanistan | Foreign Policy Journal »
Posted by: 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
The consideration then had mostly to do with U.S. interests in seeing oil and gas pipelines constructed in transit through the country. It cannot ...
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How the War Hawks Caged Obama »
Posted by: 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Two of President Barack Obama’s most acclaimed Cabinet appointments – keeping Republican Defense Secretary Robert Gates and picking former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to be ...
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Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill »
Posted by: 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
One of the greatest performing one of his greatest..Enjoy!
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[And I DESPERATELY needed a break from all things political and 600 pages of Microsoft ...Read (230) | Share | Discuss (9) | Read Full Story at youtube.com
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Obama's Questions For Obama »
Posted by: 3 weeks, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
Just under three years ago, when another presidential administration was insisting that its military commitment in a faraway land was not open-ended -- but was refusing ...
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Guantánamo: Idealists Leave Obama’s Sinking Ship |
Andy Worthington »Posted by: 3 weeks, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
Last week, lawyer, ex-Army Captain and Iraq veteran Phillip Carter, described by Glenn Greenwald as “a very harsh critic of the Bush administration's detention ...
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A Tragic Mistake »
Posted by: 3 weeks, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
After going through an extended period of highly ritualized consultations and deliberations, the president has arrived at a decision that never was much in doubt ...
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The perils of being commander in chief »
Posted by: 3 weeks, 2 days ago in Political Opinion
One of the common complaints of George W. Bush's presidency was his tendency to politicize the military and turn troops into props. The man ...
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