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Of Qurans and Circuses
Pastor Jones and an Imam address the media during a a press briefing where Jones announced that he was calling off the Quran burning. Gainesville, FL - Pastor Jones canceled the Quran burning ceremony. Will wonders never cease? I have to tip a hat to...

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Burning Qurans and Muslim retaliation: Ignorant Hate and Ignorant Hate
The warm and friendly monument to tolerance on the front lawn at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, FL. As of now Pastor Terry Jones is still planning to burn a number of Qurans this Saturday night to commemorate September 11th. Jones is a...

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Playing games with military absentee voting…
Tallahassee, FL - The 2000 Presidential election debacle left us with many gifts. The nationally televised statements and actions on everyone's part showed us adults behaving like too many kids in a sandbox. Florida was comedic fodder for years afterwards...

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Bullshit: The missing episode in the seventh season set.
As a fan of Penn & Teller's Bullshit it is disappointing to find out the Vatican episode was not included in the 7th season DVD set. Both Showtime and Penn & Teller have been silent on the omission. Even after numerous inquiries, there is...

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Independence Day
On this day in 1776 our nation was born. The colonists won this nation with blood. They released the people of this new nation from tyranny, outrageous taxes and no representation in government. Our Founding Fathers set out to protect the people from...

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"Groups" want FCC to police "Hate speech" on the web
EW turned me on to this entry on "The Hill" The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being urged to monitor "hate speech" on talk radio and cable broadcast networks. A coalition of more than 30 organizations argue in a letter...

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Then take the bus!
Islamic leaders, in their infinite wisdom, issued a Fatwa against Muslims entering the new body scanners used in airport passenger screening. A Fatwa is basically a religious order that all Muslims are expected to follow. They object to the candid body...

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Was part of your vote for Obama based on warrant-less wire tapping?
Many people, some who might even be reading this blog, based some part of their 2008 presidential vote on objections to President Bush's warrant-less collection of cell phone call records, location data and taps on international calls. No matter how...

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A follow up to yesterday's post on Dr. Peter Watts arrest a tthe Port Huron Border
Indianapolis, IN - Have you ever read something and said to yourself, "Oh how I wish I'd written that?" Allow me to recommend this blog post by someone I've never heard of, but makes an incredible amount of sense. The Scriptorium: jamie...

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Cory Doctorow and a story just too good to fact check
Indianapolis, IN - I got to meet and talk with Cory Doctorow at Penguicon a few years ago. At the time I knew there many things we would disagree on. His politics lean somewhere just to the left of Nancy Pelosi. Doctorow's stance on copyrights and...

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