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Britain’s Supreme Court denies final Assange extradition appeal
Britain’s Supreme Court said on Thursday it has rejected an application by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden. “The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has dismissed the application made by Ms Dinah Rose QC, counsel for Mr Julian Assange, seeking to reopen their…
Anti-LGBT leader: Same sex adoption is ‘a form of sexual abuse’
The director of issues of the anti-LGBT rights group American Family Association (AFA) on Wednesday claimed that kids were facing “a form of sexual abuse” when they were adopted by same sex couples. During his Wednesday radio program Focal Point, Bryan Fischer pointed to a debunked study that suggested children…
HBO apologizes for depicting George W. Bush’s head impaled on a pike
U.S. cable network HBO apologized this week after Internet users spotted a replica of former President George W. Bush’s head in an episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones, shown severed and impaled on a pike. The former president’s likeness was first spotted by commenters on Reddit.com, who noted that the…
Michelle Malkin freaks out, calls Juan Williams ‘snotty’ in heated ‘Hannity’ exchange
Blogger and “Twitchy.com” proprietor Michelle Malkin and Fox News political analyst Juan Williams engaged in a spirited bit of back-and-forth on Wednesday night’s edition of Fox News’s, “The Sean Hannity Show.” During a discussion of revelations about the cyber warfare program against Iran, Malkin accused Williams of being mired in…
Warren: Americans ‘understand the game is rigged’
Speaking to MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Wednesday evening, Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D) said that in her time on the campaign trail, she’s realized that most Americans “understand the game is rigged,” and that “they’re ready for somebody to get out there and talk to them about it.”…
Meghan McCain says she doesn’t use marijuana… frequently
The daughter of former Republican presidential nominee John McCain says she supports the legalization of marijuana, but doesn’t use the drug — at least not “frequently.” Meghan McCain on Tuesday explained to NBC host Jay Leno why she made the decision to support marijuana legalization in her latest book, America,…
Union of Concerned Scientists backtracks on GE-funded think tank attack
The Union of Concerned Scientists has revised a report accusing major US companies of distorting the public conversation about climate change, saying it made a mistake counting donations from General Electric to thinktanks. The survey of 28 companies found a big gap in some instances between corporate messages on climate…
British Columbia’s top health official recommends legalizing ecstasy
Methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), the pure form of a street drug commonly known as ecstasy, should be legalized and sold in measured doses by government-regulated stores, British Columbia’s top health official said Thursday. Dr. Perry Kendall, the Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, told CBC News that people occasionally die from…
Colbert: Unionized cafeteria workers are killing America and must be stopped
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert dedicated this nightly “The Word” segment to the phrase “Free Lunch” and to discussing the corrosive influence of labor unions on the American way of life. Unions are killing America’s small towns, said Colbert, “Their demands for a livable wage and…
Urban Greeks rent land from farmers to grow food during economic crisis
In his day job, Dimitris Koutsolioutsos crunches numbers for his uncle’s firm, which deals in jewellery and duty-free. In the early mornings and late evenings, he helps people become farmers. Not literally, but it does seem to be catching on. The idea behind www.gineagrotis.gr (the name means ‘Become a farmer’)…
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