links for 2007-01-30
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In 2005, 37 million people, approximately 13 percent of the total population, lived below the poverty line, as defined by the Census Bureau. Poverty imposes costs on the nation in terms of both programmatic outlays and productivity losses that can affect
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there can be no exemptions for faith-based adoption agencies offering public funded services from regulations that prevent discrimination.
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They are expected to be loyal citizens of a country whose flag and national anthem, steeped in Jewish imagery, explicitly exclude them. A country in which a recent poll found that 68 percent of Jews would refuse to live in the same building as an Arab. A
- Today is no-fucking-comments-on-Israel Day
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I like the anti-war rally video. Seems like it mus have been a cool event.
Posted by: Matt | January 30, 2007 5:33 AM | Reply to this comment
re: bushes' gaffe
this is ridiculous. i mean, this man, the "leader of the free world", still cant pronounce the word "nuclear", for gods' sake. give it a rest. (except when he fucks up REALLY good-then i wanna get my yucks with everyone else).
Posted by: jonathan becker | January 30, 2007 6:40 AM | Reply to this comment
re: hobbit humans
i remember reading about this in 2004. i thought then "anyone whos' ever read "zippy the pinhead", or seen the movie "freaks", couldn't possibly think this is a microcephelac. but scientists don't get exposed to such "lowbrow" crap :) so it took them awhile to figure it out.
Posted by: jonathan becker | January 30, 2007 6:49 AM | Reply to this comment
re: youtube footage of anti war rally
as a rock fan, musician and member of many bands over the years, i think i have a better than average ability to gauge the size of crowds, and that sure didn't look like "tens of thousands" to me. maybe the footage was taken early on. looks like fun, though. i liked the guy with the "world" between his legs. i certainly know how THAT feels.:)
Posted by: jonathan becker | January 30, 2007 8:03 AM | Reply to this comment
Can we comment on Palestine? :-)
Posted by: terry levine
| January 30, 2007 9:36 AM | Reply to this comment
Hell No! :+) they are next door neighbors to you know who.
Posted by: Norm
| January 30, 2007 9:50 AM | Reply to this comment
re: the Salon article you posted, certainly the country in question has a lot of work to do in making its minority community feel at home. Being a minority in a majority ethnic country, whether the US (with blacks and latinos), France (with Arabs), Germany (with Turks), Canada (with Quebecois), or Egypt (with Copts) is always a challenge. There's no excuse for comments from those who wouldn't live in the same building as the minority community. But look at what just one terrorist attack on US soil did for Americans' perception of Arabs. Now imagine those kinds of attacks several times a year for 60 years. Both sides need to do a better job of understanding each other. And when peace comes, so too will acceptance and respect.
Posted by: terry levine
| January 30, 2007 9:52 AM | Reply to this comment
boys...be nice.;)
Posted by: jonathan becker | January 30, 2007 10:08 AM | Reply to this comment
How about Cyprus? or the suez canal?
Posted by: terry levine
| January 30, 2007 10:18 AM | Reply to this comment
too close. and those are dark skinned people there. they could be mistaken for palestinians. or sefardic jews. I want to talk about zippy the pinhead.
note: this post has been edited by onegoodmove, someone just broke a rule.
Posted by: jonathan becker | January 30, 2007 10:42 AM | Reply to this comment
Isn't that where you know who vacations :) I'm starting to think my rule for the day precludes all post on any topic, cause as some would say you know who is everywhere.
Posted by: Norm
| January 30, 2007 10:44 AM | Reply to this comment
you got that right, norm. say, thats a nice shirt you're wearing.lol
Posted by: jonathan becker | January 30, 2007 10:53 AM | Reply to this comment
Hey Jonathan, I'm sephardi, so be careful!No internecine warfare please!
Posted by: terry levine
| January 30, 2007 11:18 AM | Reply to this comment
oh, yay! i get to be the first one to be edited for rule- breaking! that is SO rock'n'roll. must be my irish blood:) actually, i'm not kidding about that. sicilian, too. i was adopted. so about that internecine warfare, zak...well, that's what defines us as irishmen.:)
Posted by: jonathan becker | January 30, 2007 11:28 AM | Reply to this comment
and semites. :-)
note: edited by onegoodmove to enforce the rule of the day.
Posted by: terry levine
| January 30, 2007 11:36 AM | Reply to this comment
am i the only one cracking up about "The Satirical Political Report FOX NEWS" headline?
Posted by: alamandrax
| January 30, 2007 11:55 AM | Reply to this comment
For all you Randy Newman fans (Norm), there's now a video of him singing "A Few Words" up on his site:
http://www.randynewman.com/
Posted by: Susan | January 30, 2007 11:19 PM | Reply to this comment
Hey, thanks for the link. I appreciate it.
Posted by: Norm | January 30, 2007 11:29 PM | Reply to this comment