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Category Archive for 'Politics'

Lies, damn lies, and the press

In a widely run story, a teacher was wrongfully detained in Sudan after her students named a class teddy bear “Mohammed”. Absolutely ridiculous, to be sure.
Some facts about the recent rally:

From the BBC to AP, most media outlets count the rally at around 1000 protesters
Out of all those protesting, only a small [...]

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Crabby Old Sensationalism

I enjoy Facebook. Ever since KU was added as a school, I have been a happy member of this social network. It has allowed me to keep in contact with friends old and new, correspond on coursework, and now it is becoming a new vehicle for career growth in my post-college life.
Being a [...]

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Oh Sweet Irony!

For those of you who have been following the NSA/AT&T (err, at&t, there, now it’s a different company) fiasco, I bring you a wonderful ad that crept its way into Google Reader this afternoon:

Oh man do I love things like this!

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Burqa Banning

I ran across a shocking article today and I can’t really begin to describe my frustrations. Before going too far into it, take a look at these highly contradictory comments by Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk:
“The Cabinet finds it undesirable that face-covering clothing - including the burqa - is worn in public places for [...]

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