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Debris from 9/11 plane found near site of proposed ‘Ground Zero mosque’
A 5-foot long piece of debris believed to be from one of the planes involved in the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 was found wedged between two nearby buildings, including the site of a proposed mosque and community center that was slammed by conservatives. WNBC-TV reported that…
Tensions surround 9/11 memorial on anniversary
Tensions over how to pay proper respect to the dead are overshadowing New York’s memorial at Ground Zero as a gap widens between survivors and the general, more forgetful public 11 years after 9/11. Just days before the latest annual remembrance of the cataclysm that saw hijacked airliners flown into…
EPA scientist who warned of caustic dust from Ground Zero wins job back
A government scientist sacked for exposing the dangers to firefighters from the caustic air at Ground Zero in the days after 9/11 got her job back on Monday. A federal court ordered that Cate Jenkins, a chemist at the Environmental Protection Agency, be reinstated to her job with back pay.…
What The Hell Is Ground Zero, Anyway?
As the debate has endlessly worn on about the Park 51 Islamic community center, two things have become abundantly clear. The first is that much of our discourse in this country is fundamentally driven by a strain of Islamophobia tempered only by the fact that overt displays of violence are…
Oh, *That’s* Why You Call Them Jerkoffs
Since Muslims have decided to piss off conservatives by being Muslim on American soil, the inevitable response has finally come: an extended gay joke. So, the Muslim investors championing the construction of the new mosque near Ground Zero claim it’s all about strengthening the relationship between the Muslim and non-Muslim…
9/11 Was The End Of Irony…And The First Amendment
Manhattan is a place where millions of people live. They work there, they date there, they eat there, they get married there, they raise children there – and they worship there. This is not the function of meat-eaters trying to stick it to vegetarians (and vice versa), or fertile people…
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