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Posted by Deana in Community & Activism, Fun, Government, Plain foolishness, Politics on February 5th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

When Michael Moore made his recent documentary “Sicko”, he left out a segment because he thought no one would believe it. Now, through the power of the Internets, you can watch for yourself and discover the amazing infrastructure and services in Norway.

Posted by Chris in Government, Travel, World on November 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

You’ve probably seen this already. (I hope you have, because I’d personally make it front-page news all over the country.) The New York Times ran a story yesterday that exposes a secret Justice Department brief endorsing torture, written after the same department publicly denounced the same tactics. When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” [...]

Posted by Chris in Crime, Government on October 4th, 2007 | Comments Off

My aunt and uncle have recently had several opportunities to go to DC to speak with Senators and Congresspeople about the issue of asbestos. As a result, they’ve gotten a chance to meet many of the personalities we see in the news, including Barack Obama. Thus, I’ll let my uncle describe this video of Senator [...]

Posted by Deb in Government, Holiday! Celebrate!, Politics on July 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

How well would you do on a citizenship test? No cheating, now! Google is not allowed. When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services (INS) officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that [...]

Posted by Chris in Fun, Government on July 3rd, 2007 | 5 Comments »