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The Golden Compass – What’s so Terrible?

The Golden Compass – What’s so Terrible?

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Many Americans have so confused power with spirituality that they can no longer tolerate fictional explorations on some of the very topics that religious communities ought to be considering. I have received a number of whisper-campaign communications, all based on the idea that the film The Golden Compass is evil and atheistic and horrible and we all need to boycott it and keep our children away from it and all sorts of other nonsense. I have to admit that it…

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$52M to Ashcroft from Justice Department

$52M to Ashcroft from Justice Department

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From TruthOut, news that the Department of Justice awarded former Attorney General John Ashcroft a $52 million contract, “among the biggest payouts reported for a federal monitor,” to help the US Attorney’s Office in New Jersey monitor leading manufacturers of knee and hip replacements. $52M to help one state in one precise industry. Interesting. I wonder how much monitors have been getting to check out toy manufacture. I wonder what the total budget of the New Jersey US Attorney’s office…

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Stop Big Media Now

Stop Big Media Now

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Banking on your short attention span, big media is giving it another shot. Stop Big Media is trying to get the word out. Tell Congress not to dismantle media ownership rules! Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has been keeping a secret from the American people. He wants to push through plans to remove decades-old media ownership protections. And he’s trying to do it without public scrutiny. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) have introduced groundbreaking…

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No Amnesty for Telecom, Uphold Constitutional Rights

No Amnesty for Telecom, Uphold Constitutional Rights

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“The legislation directly conflicts with the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, requiring the government to obtain a warrant before reading the e-mail messages or listening to the telephone calls of its citizens, and to state with particularity where it intends to search and what it expects to find. Compounding these wrongs, Congress is moving in a haphazard fashion to provide a “get out of jail free card” to the telephone companies that violated the rights of their subscribers. Some in…

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Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)

Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)

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The fourth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4), the most comprehensive United Nations assessment report on environment, development and human well-being has been officially launched at the UN Information Center. See the BBC special report on the state of the planet in graphics. How many earths again? Download the entire report (pdf, 21.9 mg). United Nations Environment Programme brochures and reports Over the last 20 years, the human population has increased by a third, global trade has tripled, and per capita income…

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Paul McCartney Torture Song?

Paul McCartney Torture Song?

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The official video for Paul McCartney’s new single “Nod Your Head” reminds me of clapping your hands at a Peter Pan show “if you believe in fairies.” [youtube width=”300″ height=”174″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUktwAjG2y4[/youtube] But listen to it. There is a necrophiliac conformist robot quality to the whole thing. Then I’m picturing a woman tied up, being tortured perhaps – why would someone need to “nod their head” unless they couldn’t speak? I’m picturing some sociopath saying “Yeah, baby, you can’t speak, but if…

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