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10 Dec 2010 14:53

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U.S.: Obvious kidnapping trial has even more obvious verdict

  • YES the weird bearded dude did kidnap Elizabeth Smart source
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09 Dec 2010 21:43

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Politics, U.S.: The best one-sentence description of how DADT repeal failed

  • A procedural failsafe that’s theoretically meant to protect the rights of minorities was just used to restrict the rights of minorities.
  • Ezra Klein • Regarding Democrats’ failure to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell today in the Senate. Klein is, of course, referring to the filibuster, which allows 41/100 Senators to block any legislation from passing. Note: According to Klein, this quote (or the spirit of it) originated from his ace intern, Dylan Matthews.  source
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09 Dec 2010 21:33

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U.S., World: Smart idea: TSA pats down India’s American ambassador

  • We are going to take it up with the government of United States, and I hope that things could be resolved so that such unpleasant incidents do not recur.
  • Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna • Reacting to the shoddy treatment that the Indian ambassador to the U.S., Meera Shankar, got recently. That’s right, an ambassador got chosen for a pat down. But here’s the thing. Foreign leaders have the clout to make them stop. Regular people? They don’t. source
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09 Dec 2010 11:10

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U.S.: Federal health officials: Smoking causes immediate negative effects

  • cause Federal health officials say that smoking causes immediate damage in people’s lungs and DNA (even at tiny amounts), and must be prevented.
  • reaction The Obama administration (which includes a president that still smokes) will redouble its efforts to get people to stop smoking. Start with the president, guys. source
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08 Dec 2010 21:27

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U.S.: The FBI lets another guy ruin his life by making up terror threat

So, this place almost got blowed up because the FBI decided to make some idiot think he was blowing up a bomb. This wasn’t a thwarted terror threat; this was theater. source
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08 Dec 2010 11:18

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U.S.: See ya, Tommy Porteous: Senate impeaches federal judge

  • uncommon U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous of Louisiana has been impeached and removed from his post for reasons of misconduct – the first federal judge impeachment since way back in 1989.
  • unfortunate Porteous, 64, has been suspended with pay for two years, but since he didn’t make it until age 65, he won’t be getting his federal pension. Bet that misconduct doesn’t seem so smart now, does it? source
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07 Dec 2010 10:32

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U.S.: New York psychiatric patient’s death-by-restraint ruled homicide

  • unfortunate A psychiatric patient at the South Beach Psychiatric Center on New York’s Staten Island was acting out and had to be restrained. He died as a result of the facility’s actions.
  • unfortunater Investigators have labeled Jawara Henry’s death, due to chest and neck compression, a homicide. It was not a judgment on the facility’s conduct, authorities say. source
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07 Dec 2010 10:09

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U.S.: North Carolina Navy dude nailed for trying to sell classified info

  • $3,500 the amount Navy Reserve intelligence specialist Bryan Minkyu Martin was offering for confidential information he got thanks to his job
  • three number of times he met at a motel with a federal agent playing a foreign official before getting arrested; shoulda gone with Wikileaks source
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07 Dec 2010 10:00

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U.S.: Federal Judge Thomas Porteous: Meet a guy who could get impeached

For the first time since our greatest president met Monica Lewinsky, a federal official is up for impeachment. Porteous, from Louisiana, is facing misconduct charges. source
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06 Dec 2010 21:52

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Tech, U.S.: Consumer Reports tells us what we already knew about cell phones

  • AT&T is the worst cell phone provider, says CR source
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