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13 Jun 2009 11:52

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World: Iran election: There’s protests in the streets of Tehran

Mir Hussein Moussavi said for supporters to rebel against a “governance of lie and dictatorship,” and that’s what they’re doing. source
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08 Jun 2009 17:30

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Politics, U.S.: George W. Bush has moved on. Protester Cindy Sheehan hasn’t.

  • I think this is going to be the protest of the summer. It’s really picking up a lot of energy.
  • Cindy Sheehan • On her latest move to draw attention to the Iraq war … another protest of ex-President Bush’s Texas home. Gee, that’s creative. Not that the war doesn’t deserve the attention, but Bush isn’t exactly in a position to fix the mess he created now, is he? Did you pull a newspaper out of 2005 or something and read it wrong? • source
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04 Jun 2009 21:06

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World: Working around the edges of China’s Tiananmen ban

  • 62,800 Number of people who organized in semi-autonomous Hong Kong, to protest on Tiananmen Square’s 20th anniversary source
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30 May 2009 14:36

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U.S.: Fred Phelps & Co. think the gayest place on the planet is Rhode Island

Unfortunately for them, the Westboro Baptist Church didn’t actually find providence in Providence. source
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20 May 2009 16:07

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Politics, U.S.: A junior congressman takes on overzealous airport security

  • The images offer a disturbingly accurate view of a person’s body underneath clothing, even allowing Transportation Security Administration officials to distinguish gender or see the sweat on a person’s back. Americans should not be required to expose their bodies in this manner in order to fly.
  • Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz • Arguing against the use of whole-body imaging as a part of airport security. The new method can detect far more than current metal detectors, including gender and significant amounts of detail. On the other hand, it also means you won’t have to take off your shoes. • source
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28 Apr 2009 10:55

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Offbeat, World: Chomp, chomp: Man eats his own finger in act of protest

  • It had been years since some of his co-workers had been paid. An official for a union in Serbia got a point across in a pretty insane way – to show how much his fellow union members at the Raska Holding textile factory were starving because of unpaid wages, he cut off, then ate his own finger. Zoran Bulatovic explained his logic: “We, the workers have nothing to eat, we had to seek some sort of alternative food and I gave them an example. It hurt like hell.” Ya think? source
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15 Apr 2009 20:20

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Politics, U.S.: Conservatives teabag the nation; liberals feel a little dirty

Just think, this all started with some d-bag on CNBC saying something about the economy he now regrets saying. source
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15 Apr 2009 10:08

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Politics, U.S.: Tax day tea parties: Because we need more pre-fab media events

  • They are worried that our nation is quickly being taken in the wrong direction by politicians who are more concerned about the next election instead of the next generation.
  • Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina • On why people are getting involved in the tax day tea parties being held across the country. He claims the events are bipartisan but only Republican politicians seem to be taking part in them. Hmm. • source
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12 Apr 2009 09:55

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World: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, on getting attacked

  • I believe the people have seen what happened to me. They have seen that the protesters were trying to hurt me and smash the car.
  • Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva • Who barely made it out of a tense situation alive. Protesters have been calling for a dissolution of the government for days. Despite the scene, Thai troops – who are out and about, with tanks in tow – have not directly taken on the protesters. Abhisit says he will do his best to bring peace to the situation and restore order. • source
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12 Apr 2009 09:45

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World: A state of emergency couldn’t stop the protesters in Thailand

In this photo, the Thai prime minister’s secretary, Niphon Promphan, was pulled out of a car after protesters attacked him. source
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