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Latin American Youth go Green at CILA 2009!

over 1200 youth gathered from all over Latin America for the International Conference of the Americas in the Dominican Republic... more

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Domestic Workers United and Allies Urge Legislators to Pass Bill of Rights

On Nov. 4th 2009, on the steps of City Hall members of Domestic Workers United City Officials, Union Leaders, Clergy, and Allied... more

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Need to feed hungry families cultivates "gleaning" interest

From sea to shining sea regular joe's are stopping to unload bounties on the less fortunate, in a tradition that goes back to... more

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Sponsor Patch

This is awesome!! We need campaign finance reform NOW!!! Our reps need to represent us and not just corporate interests!! We... more

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SHOCKING NEW GLOBAL-WARMING DATA / TIPPING-POINT REACHED ! = PERMAFROST MELTING IN ARCTIC !

SHOCKING NEW NASA DATA / NEW PREDICTION = "3 TO 5 YEARS NO ICE IN ARCTIC" THE PERMAFROST = IS NOW THAWING....... more

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THE TRUTH ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING... THE REALLY~ INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Global warming... is much worse that you think. PLEASE SELECT: "WATCH FULL PROGRAM" Summary: Dan... more

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The Real Recovery - A Collaborative Investigation

We’re launching a big project today on Current News. And we’re going to need your help. Here’s the idea:... more

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Great White Sharks Lack Extended Social Skills

The ferocious great white sharks of Northern California spend their time devouring sea lions, traveling, mating and, occasionally,... more

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(Right to Observe) These Streets Are Watching 2

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Bay Bridge reopens after nearly a week

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reopened Monday, six days after two steel rods and a steel crossbeam plummeted from the span... more

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Obama Lifts Ban On Persons With HIV/AIDS From Entering Country

Lifting the 22-year ban leaves a dozen countries in the world that still continue the practice. President Obama made the... more

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A New Wrinkle in the JFK Assassination Story

First seen in a recent documentary on the History Channel, new evidence provided by Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh, President... more

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Islamic Countries Push A Global 'Blasphemy' Law

Under the leadership of Pakistan, the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Council wants to give the religious antidefamation... more

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Rod Snaps -- Bay Bridge Shuts Down for 24 Hours

As many as three vehicles were damaged during Tuesday afternoon's commute when repair work done to fix a cracked eyebar... more

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First daughters get H1N1 shots as supplies increase

Much of America still waits to receive the H1N1 vaccine but the first daughters are in good hands;11-year-old Malia and 9-year-old... more

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White House opens website programming to the public

The online-savvy administration on Saturday switched to open-source code for http://www.whitehouse.gov — meaning the... more

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Quinceañeras Growing in Popularity

The centuries-old tradition began as a ceremony to introduce girls to society on their 15th birthday and signified that they were... more

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According to victims of prosecutions in Maine’s Bar Harbor region, what is taking place is a modern day Witch Hunt. Court documents suggest that numerous men are currently facing charges of sexual misconduct in a small county of little more than 50,000 people. At the center of these prosecutions is a 44 year old Assistant District Attorney Mary N. Kellett, who has a reputation for prosecuting men on questionable evidence and questionable probable cause. As in the Salem Witch Trials, these prosecutions are often based solely on accusations with no physical or corroborating evidence.

The public’s notions that prosecutors are faithful guardians of civil rights and conservative discretion prove to be false in Hancock County. In practice, the prosecutor’s credibility is publicly re-enforced solely through wide publicity of rare convictions. The line between justifiable and unjustifiable prosecutions of men is blurred by selective media coverage.

The prosecutors like Mary Kellett act with full immunity for their actions against men.

And it’s not just for alleged sex crimes for which men are systematically punished by the District Attorneys office in Hancock County. Men in the community have been criminally charged for such alleged crimes as splashing water on their wives, spitting, for “terrorism” due to offensive song lyrics, visual aggression, and for what often can be viewed as any action against a female. But at least those “crimes” don’t carry the stigma and a 30 year prison sentence which comes with each class “A” gross sexual assault charge, which is a frequent charge against men in Hancock County, and one of the easiest and most profitable for a prosecutor to undertake.
One Bangor television station aired an interview with a local rape crisis center official who stated that even if a woman falsely accuses a man of rape, it is most important for law enforcement to believe the woman, act on her report, and do exactly what she wants them to do. This implies that arresting, charging, and publicly prosecuting innocent men is less harmful than for authorities to question the words and motives of a woman making the accusations. This appears to be the policy adopted in the Bar Harbor region of Maine.
Crime statistics for the region have consistently shown a low rape rate, yet not long after becoming a prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett offered her own statistic of the Bar Harbor region. Speaking to a local newspaper she stated that it could be difficult to find jurors in the area for sex cases because many people have been victims of sex offenses or have been accused of committing them.
Prior to being arrested and charged for his wife’s accusations, Filler sought help from a local domestic violence organization which turned him away and chose to give assistance to his abusive wife instead. Filler sought a protection order from court and his wife decided to drop the “nuclear bomb” of divorce and custody battles. She accused Filler of abuse, child molestations, and spousal rape. She demanded immediate custody of their children. A video about the events appeared on YouTube.
So powerful is the myth against men, that despite difficult fiscal and economic times, the flow of funding to the domestic violence industry continues to be strong, as does the prosecution of men. The message of the rhetoric being sent to the girls in Maine is “blame the boys for everything and the State will do the rest”, so maybe the message to the boys in Maine should now be “God help you”.

--More at the linkAccording to victims of prosecutions in Maine’s Bar Harbor region, what is taking place is a modern day Witch Hunt. Court... more

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In Naples' mob, there's no glass ceiling

Women have risen to top rungs in the Camorra, unlike in Italy's other mafias. They're also violent.

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Facebook-strangelove: or how i learned to stop worrying and love the internet

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Facebook as a clever guise; truly, the genius marketing ploy of the 21st century if not of all time.
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facebook is as it would lead you to believe, "a social networking site," as we have seen this has potential to be really very misleading (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/18/facebook.reversal/index.html). although, as well as allowing you to keep in touch with your friends, however, they collect information deemed valuable and sell it to third party companies which in turn proceed to advertise and solicit products to you, the individual–a target audience of one. whereas we would normally be organized into a few target audiences for corporations to pursue, instead facebook provides a platform for corporations to "pigeonhole" the individual into "niche markets" at the same time to maximize profit while reducing ad placement campaign failures losses and expenditures.

these arguments, including but not limited to the previous, are shallow and vacuous in light of what is really going on, i.e. the willingness in participation of individuals to voluntarily submit private information that can be recorded and stored for later use in favor of the interested parties. whether it be primarily third party small business groups and corporations or ultimately the government (as all of our average time spent and position of mouse clicks are also documented and can be viewed by D.A.R.P.A. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA) holding anything you say or do can be used against you in the court of law (see also: http://current.com/items/91135668_facebook-poke-leads-to-woman-s-arrest.htm) as well as digitally documenting a paper trail tied to your name local access point, address, mail, e-mail, phone number banking account and credit cards etc.

we've most definitely entered an age of accountability, where the individual is responsible for their transactions and/ or interactions as well as whatever else may transpire on the internet. where upon certain occasions it has caused certain individuals to lose their jobs or otherwise prevented them from getting one. pending the abolition of the net neutrality act(source available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality), the internet is more or less a democratic medium in that it can either be used for or against the private individual whom so ever over indulges themselves in it.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Facebook as a clever... more