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POPSTuning out the Braindead Megaphone Post election blah-blah tells us America is (as everyone reasonable surely knows) a center-right nation. But Obama won by twice the margin of GWB when they said Bush had a conservative mandate, and interviews suggest Americans knew exactly what they were after.
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POPSBurma Comic Jailed For 45 years At the time, he seemed to think the government would have no problem with his activities. "No, we never encounter any problems, because we negotiated with them, and we just want to pass our donation parcels. We just want to encourage our people - this is our duty," he told the BBC in an interview just before his arrest. Our correspondent says such breathtakingly disproportionate punishments send two clear messages from the generals who rule Burma: that they will brook no opposition in the lead-up to their carefully managed transition to what they are calling a "discipline-flourishing democracy"; and that they are unconcerned what the rest of the world thinks.
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POPSModern Day Pirates Documentary Kaj Larsen's fascinating film of pirate gangs in one of the most heavily trafficked seaborne trading routes in the world. He meets with and interviews members of the pirate gangs who are sophisticated and ruthless. video link follows: http://current.com/items/89495678/modern_day_pirates.htm
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POPSThe Center-Right Nation Exits Stage Left For anyone who didn't read the attribution, this is written by a fellow at the Hoover Institution, who are far, far from liberal. But the "exits stage left" line makes me wish it were possible to reasonably use the stage direction from Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale : Exit, pursued by a bear. Heh.
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POPSAmerica's Racist/Cotton Belt Yup That settles it. This half-breed New Yorker living in California is NEVER, EVER traveling to the former Confederate states for any reason. Anything they got can be shipped to California. Or I can just do without. See also: Three Brits & their film crew almost get beaten to death in Alabama for offending redneck sensibilities while filming a TV show.
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POPSThe World Reaction To John Lennon's Death (cont.)Yesterday network camera crews remained stationed outside the Dakota. Television news film included interviews with some of the thousands of mourners who showed up at the building to sing and, in some cases, weep. In New York, WOR-TV devoted more than half of its noontime newscast to the Lennon story
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POPSAlice Donovan Memorial Benefit The daughters of Alice Donovan are holding a memorial benefit in her honor Saturday, November 15 to remember the 6th year anniversary of her being missing.
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POPSRacial Profiling Ruckus in Palo Alto "Victims of the recent crime wave in Palo Alto have variously described their assailants as being black, Latino, white, or Pacific Islander males, so many residents of Palo Alto and neighboring cities are wondering why the police chief is apparently targeting African Americans. Community leaders including Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and Palo Alto Mayor Larry Klein expressed deep concern about Chief Johnson's ability to continue to act as head of the city's police department. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, issued a statement condemning the chief's original remarks. Eshoo said that Chief Johnson had "demonstrated a profound lack of judgment and leadership." In an official statement the Congresswoman said that the Police Chief should rescind her comments and orders or resign. Palo Alto Mayor Larry Klein said the chief's remarks were "unacceptable, unconstitutional and un-American."
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POPSMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's War On The Leftist Media The Republic used to be a middle of the road newspaper until Keven Willey became editorial page editor in 1998. Under her lead, the paper took a hard turn to the left. Willey left in 2002 to become editorial page editor of the Dallas Morning News. That newspaper has had a steep decline in circulation throughout Willey's tenure, most recently decreasing 11.7% since 2007. At the same time the Republic began declining, a right-leaning blog called espressopundit.com emerged and devoted considerable coverage to the Republic's demise. Blog owner Greg Patterson had access to inside information, revealing in advance layoffs and other shakeups at the paper, accompanied by photographs of a sinking ship.
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