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Restore Habeas Corpus

2007/05/16 VirusHead Comments 0 Comment

Sign the Alliance for Justice Petition to Restore Habeas Corpus Petition Text: We call on the United States Congress to enact legislation that will restore our Nation’s commitment to law and freedom. In the fall of 2006, Congress passed a law governing military commissions, which included a provision that stripped certain detainees of their habeas corpus rights. Habeas corpus has been the bedrock of our justice system for centuries. The Supreme Court asserted that it “is the fundamental instrument for…

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Synchronicity Humor

2007/05/13 VirusHead Comments 0 Comment

Speaking of Jung (see last post), have you ever paid attention to those odd groups of coincidences, the ones that cluster together in uncanny ways? If you were prone to magical thinking, you might think that the universe was trying to send you a message. Given quantum realities, maybe that’s not so far-fetched after all. I stumbled upon this humorous piece just after going through my job search file. Doubly funny because I am almost tempted… The Ultimate Rejection Letter…

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Laughing at Attempted Theocracy

2007/05/13 VirusHead Comments 0 Comment

You’ve probably heard by now (via the attorney firing scandal, Monica Goodling) that the Bush administration has appointed more than 150 graduates of Regent (Pat Robertson‘s 29-year-old bottom-tier law school) to prominent positions in the US government. No? Regent itself estimates that “approximately one out of every six Regent alumni is employed in some form of government work.” Their students aren’t interested in attending top-ranked universities which might challenge them. They want to become “God’s instrument” in changing the policies…

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JWs Protect Known Pedophiles and Abusers

2007/05/13 VirusHead Comments 4 comments

Jehovah’s Witnesses have a strange way of handling pedophilia and other forms of sexual and domestic abuse. They require at least two witnesses to testify to the abuse before they will take it seriously. Since they are also loath to involve “worldly authorities,” they often don’t report abuse to the police. Sometimes they even punish the messenger – the victim of abuse – for speaking. If you are a Jehovah’s Witness that has been abused, sexually assaulted, or beaten –…

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Caught My Eye

2007/05/12 VirusHead Comments 2 comments

What caught my eye this morning, in no particular order… A majority of members of Iraq’s parliament have signed a draft bill that would require a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq and freeze current troop levels. Support our Oops The cost of postage stamps will go up again Monday – 41 cents for a first-class letter. Over the past four years, between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day (about $5-15 million daily) of Iraqâ€™s oil production…

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