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Friendly Atheist & Friendly Atheist Contest #32: Atheist Motivational Posters Re…: 2:34pm 33 reviews atheist
http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/07/16/friendly-atheist-contest-32-atheist-mot...

http://www.shof.msrcsites.co.uk/wipe.jpg: 2:31pm 123 reviews satire
http://www.shof.msrcsites.co.uk/wipe.jpg

The Cramps: How To Make A Monster: 11:53am 0 review music
http://www.thecramps.com/pages/new_album.html

Poll: Calif. voters oppose marriage ban -- Queer Lesbian Gay Election News -- Ga…: 11:28am 1 review gay-culture, politics, rights
http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2008/07/18/1; "Poll: Calif. voters oppose marriage ban"

The majority of California voters oppose Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment on November's ballot that would end same-sex marriage in the state, the Associated Press reported Friday.

The newly released California Field Poll survey found that 51 percent of voters are likely to vote against Prop. 8, while 42 percent support the proposed amendment.

McCain in Bad Shape Over Ape Rape Jape - Political Machine: 10:33am 1 review politics
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/07/17/mccain-in-bad-shape-over-ape...; John McCain - funny guy and friend to women everywhere.

What a shmuck:

"According to the Tucson Citizen, here's what McCain, then a two-term Congressman from Mesa, said during his run for the Senate:

Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'"

Send Karl Rove to Jail!: 8:25am 14 reviews crime, justice
http://sendkarlrovetojail.com/; A horse whipping would be too much to hope for...

Opinion: Orwell could have a case against Bush - OCRegister.com: Jul 17, 7:23pm 7 reviews government, satire
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/columns/article_923391.php?refer...; "Orwell could have a case against Bush"

Lawyers for the estate of George Orwell have announced their intention to sue President Bush for plagiarism.

"We have long believed that this administration has stolen much of its policy from Mr. Orwell's writings," said attorney Will Bilyalotz. "Expressly, '1984' and 'Animal Farm.' In some cases, like the illegal surveillance of its own citizens, this administration has lifted the passages word for word from '1984.' Just changing the year doesn't protect the president from copyright laws."

Ashcroft defends waterboarding before House panel - CNN.com: Jul 17, 2:31pm 2 reviews government, liberties
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/17/ashcroft.waterboarding?iref=hpmostpop; Ashcroft and others who maintain that waterboarding does not constitute torture should submit to the technique...

"Ashcroft defends waterboarding before House panel"

ABBA Tribute Band - Arrival - The worlds greatest ABBA show: Jul 17, 10:33am 1 review music
http://www.arrival.se/; Just bought tickets!

ABBA – The Concert Arrival from Sweden stands as the ultimate tribute group with the true original sound and stage presence. This 12-piece band has been praised by critics and seen by thousands of fans who have taken the journey from 1969 to 1981 with the story of ABBA. Their greatest hits are performed in a live concert setting with period instruments, vintage costumes, hairstyles, onstage mannerisms, speaking voices, and unmistakable harmonies capturing the essence of ABBA.

Al-Marri and the power to imprison U.S. citizens without charges - Glenn Greenwa…: Jul 17, 6:45am 4 reviews liberties, politics, rights
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/16/al_marri/; "Al-Marri and the power to imprison U.S. citizens without charges

Of all the constitutionally threatening and extremist powers the Bush administration has asserted over the last seven years, the most radical -- and the most dangerous -- has been its claim that the President has the power to arrest U.S. citizens and legal residents inside the U.S., and imprison them indefinitely in a military prison, without charging them with any crime, based on his assertion that the imprisoned individual is an "enemy combatant." Beginning with U.S. citizen Yasser Esam Hamdi (detained in Afghanistan), followed by U.S. citizen Jose Padilla (detained at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport), followed by Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri (in the U.S. on a student visa and detained at his home in Peoria, Illinois), the Bush administration has not only claimed that power in theory but has aggressively exercised and defended it in practice.

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Thus, the President can order anyone in the U.S. imprisoned in a military brig as an "enemy combatant" -- even if they have never fought on a battlefield or with a foreign power against the U.S. Rather, mere accusations by the President of "terrorism" are sufficient to justify the indefinite incarceration of such an individual as an "enemy combatant," who is then denied basic Constitutional guarantees.

To say that such individuals can be held "for the duration of relevant hostilities" means, of course, that such individuals can be imprisoned by the President in a military brig not just for years but for decades"

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