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Kevin Smith made a movie with such a bothersome title he cannot even place ads for it in some places. Some newspaper, TV and outdoor ads for Smith's comedy "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" have been rejected because of their content or the five-letter word that ends the title.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/movies/Zack_and_Miri_Make_a_Porno_BANNED
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While attacking faiths like Scientology and Christianity might stir up some controversy, poking fun at Islam is like pissing on a bee hive. Maybe this is why Parker and Stone have stayed away from attacking it a lot. They perpetually portray Jesus, but only once portray Mohamed. Portraying Mohamed, of course, is not allowed in the Muslim faith, Full Digg post: http://digg.com/comics_animation/South_Park_Free_Speech_a_Bad_Day_for_Religion
http://theedger.org/2008/09/25/south-park-free-speech-a-bad-day-for-religion-part-3-islam/
Facts are stubborn things. Check the permanent record and it's all there. So, how many "diggers" are going to try to report the FACTS as "inaccurate" this time?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Voted_Against_Biden_Law_Requiring_Free_Rape_Exams
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/09/mccain-voted-against-biden-law.html
I am a Christian and I would never ever make the mistake of saying I am of some other religion. Maybe the truth was accidentally put forth. His actions would indicate that he is a Muslim rather than a Christian. No one who follows Christianity could ever support abortion, homosexual marriage, infanticide and say their are many ways to God. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Christian_or_Muslim
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74635
There's been some widely publicized controversy regarding the competition age of the Chinese women's gymnastics team recently. I have an Internet connection, that means I should be able to verify the age of the gymnasts in question with primary state-issued documents and find out for myself if someone's cheating, right? Right. Let's go to work.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/olympics/Stryde_Hax_Hack_the_Olympics
http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2008/08/hack-olympics.html
Several days ago, an independent game developer asked pirates a simple question: why? The pirates have responded, and the reasons people pirate games aren't surprising. The challenge is to now react to this information with positive change. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/gaming_news/You_want_to_know_why_Pirates_give_indie_game_dev_an_earful
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080814-you-want-to-know-why-pirates-give-indie-game-dev-an-earful.html
Responding to the nation's worst unemployment rate since the Hoover Administration, President Bush addressed the nation's 8.2 million unemployed workers in a televised speech Monday. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/people/Bush_Addresses_8_2_Million_Unemployed_Get_A_Job
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30512
A federal judge has sided with Congress in its fight with the Bush administration over whether top White House aides can be subpoenaed by Congress. U.S. District Judge John Bates said there's no legal support for that stance. He refused to throw out the case and said the aides can be subpoenaed.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Judge_rules_Bush_aides_can_be_subpoenaed
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Federal_judge_rules_Bush_aides_can_0731.html
Science, it would appear, has the raw material for a new religion. But can it become a more congenial guest in the house -- church, temple, mosque -- of religion? It seems that science is often so determined to proselytize or even evict all of the current occupants when it should coexist as peacefully as possible with religious traditions.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/general_sciences/How_Science_May_be_in_Danger_of_Becoming_a_Radical_Religion
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/religion_science/
Frika Chia Iskandar’s stature and personality suggest she’s more likely to be a bubbly seventeen year old than a twenty-six year old HIV-positive activist. The Indonesian woman was barely able to see over the podium at a recent conference while retelling stories about her family’s reaction to her positive status, including a story about them buyingFull Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Why_Americans_Are_Ignoring_HIV_and_AIDS
http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22180/45787-americans-ignoring-hiv-aids
Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, says one source.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_In_Negotiations_To_Acquire_Digg_For_Around_200M
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/22/google-in-final-negotiations-to-acquire-digg-for-around-200-million/
According to reports, Khadr — who was just 15 years old when captured — was tortured while held by the U.S. in Bagram, Afghanistan, where “he was repeatedly brought into interrogation rooms on stretchers, in great pain” and “pain medication was withheld, apparently to induce cooperation.”Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Fox_News_15_yr_old_detainee_maybe_deserved_harsh_treatment
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/15/fox-news-host-15-year-old-detainee-maybe-deserved-harsh-treatment/
Video on Fox Business News where Bob Barr talks about his campaign strategy, double digit polling in some states (10% in NH), early online success, and American's being completely fed up with their government. Continue the Liberty Revolution that is sweeping this country. Visit BobBarr2008.com and join the campaign!!!Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Barr_McBama_Two_Sides_of_the_Same_Coin_More_Government
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-M6vUR2eBQ
Why the rise in gas prices is a good thing for Americans.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/10_Things_You_Can_Like_About_4_Gas
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819594_1819592,00.html
With enough signatures, Californians could be voting to legalize marijuana in the upcoming November election. They need 694,354 signatures by September, 5, 2008. It's totally do-able. Its been over a decade since Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, was passed with over 5 million votes in favor.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/California_to_Legalize_Weed_for_Everyone
http://laist.com/2008/06/30/california_to_legalize_weed_for_eve_1.php
Where Gas prices hit hardest throughout the U.S. Where Gasoline is least expensive. Distribution of Wealth. - Gas prices are high throughout the country, but how hard they hit individual families depends on income levels, which vary widely.
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/3_Graphs_Showing_The_Varying_Impact_of_Gas_Prices
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/06/09/business/20080609_GAS_GRAPHIC.html
Barack Obama leads John McCain 49%-44% among "likely" voters, the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. A month ago, McCain had a 48%-47% advantage.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Poll_Obama_Overtakes_McCain_In_National_Poll
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/03/poll-obama-overtakes-mcca_n_104826.html
The homemade signs says it all: Buy a drink, help my cat. Aspen Granath hopes the plea will draw enough customers to her lemonade stand on a street corner to pay for expensive surgery for her cat, Patches.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/people/Kids_Open_Lemonade_Stand_to_Help_Their_Cat_Get_Surgery
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_fe_st/odd_lemonade_mission
Convinced the planet's oil supply is dwindling and the world's economies are heading for a crash, people around the country are moving onto homesteads, learning to live off their land, conserving fuel and, in some cases, stocking up on guns they expect to use to defend themselves and their supplies from desperate crowds of people who didn't prepareFull Digg post: http://digg.com/environment/With_Energy_fears_looming_survivalists_on_the_rise
http://green.yahoo.com/news/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_us/environmental_survivalists.html
Any military member or military family member who supports Bush's party after this outrage should seek professional help.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Bush_I_Gave_Up_Golf_For_The_Troops
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/13/bush-i-gave-up-golf-for-t_n_101595.html
Israel at 60 is a more evolved and brutal form of apartheid than South Africa did, according to anti-apartheid leaders, like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the country's current government minister Ronnie Kasrils, who is a Jew. Israel therefore deserves a boycott, divestment and sanctions until it abides by international law and respects human rightsFull Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Israel_vs_South_Africa_Time_for_a_Boycott
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9515.shtml
Oil jumped to another record on Tuesday, and the government said it expected gasoline prices to peak at a national average of $3.73 a gallon in June, just as the summer driving season kicks off.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Gas_Prices_Expected_to_Peak_in_June_I_Pray_They_Do
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/business/07oil.html?ex=1367899200&en=56aecdcca0a3dd14&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
Sold by her parents and smuggled into the U.S., one young girl did a family's dirty work for two years. And then help arrived.....Full Digg post: http://digg.com/people/The_Slave_in_the_Garage
http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/slave-in-the-garage/article55737.html
Because the children, from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or F.L.D.S., have never eaten processed foods, the new shelter mantra is whole grains and fresh vegetables. Because they have never been to public school, the equivalent of home schooling will be established in shelters. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/people/Sect_Children_Face_Another_World_but_Still_No_TV_2
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/us/26raid.html?hp
Not all homeless panhandlers are homeless. Who knew enterprising people would play on others emotions for tax free income?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Professional_Panhandler_Girl_Pretends_to_be_Homeless
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=84523
Globally the need to survive will create more wars. Food not guns needs to be the solution.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Guns_for_Free_But_Food_Will_Cost_You
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/world/americas/18food.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
Ever wonder where your tax money is going? Well now you know.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Your_Tax_Money_42_Going_to_War_4_4_to_Education
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home/#/
The speech given today that has been generally considered to be one of the pinnacles of political honesty and rhetorical brilliance was the work of Obama alone, not his political team.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Obama_wrote_the_whole_thing_Himself
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/18/17135/6770/569/465227
A 15-year-old girl who stopped her out-of-control school bus was hit with a Saturday detention because she was supposed to be in when the accident happened.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Student_disciplined_after_stopping_out_of_control_school_bus
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/14/state/n051307D84.DTL
"You know, I wish I could tell you that there was a panacea for this kind of thing, but you've noticed that there's been multiple shootings all over this country within the last six months," NIU Police Chief Don Grady told reporters. "...it's unlikely that anyone would ever have the ability to stop an incident like this from beginning."Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/What_s_Changed_Since_the_Virginia_Tech_Massacre
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4298050&page=1
From Boston to Burlingame, Calif., sneak a peek at how much property seven figures will purchase.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/What_1_Million_Buys_In_Homes_Across_The_U_S_3
http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2008/02/14/homes-million-property-forbeslife-cx_mw_0214realestate.html
More than 100 New York feminist leaders released a joint statement Sunday afternoon criticizing Hillary Clinton and supporting Obama for president - evidence that Clinton's support among women activists has declined significantly in the days before the super-Tuesday primary.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Jon_Wiener_Feminist_Leaders_Oppose_Hillary_Endorse_Obama
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-wiener/feminist-leaders-oppose-h_b_84715.html
...By nearly 60 million kilometers. People seem to be getting their panties in a bundle about the upcoming asteroid that's posied to hit Manhattan on January 28th, but Bad Astronomy tries to set the story straight that it will not only miss, but barely affect Earth at all.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/space/Asteroid_TU24_to_MISS_Earth_on_January_28th
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/01/06/asteroid-to-miss-earth-january-29/
The news ticker at the start of the movie said that the Giants would lose New England in the Super Bowl, for the 2nd time in the season.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/movies/I_am_Legend_Predicts_Super_Bowl
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Montana's governor called on 17 other states Friday to join its rejection of the fed's Real ID rules, but DHS says rebel states will be punished. Starting May 11, citizens of rebel states can't use their driver's licenses to enter any federal building or board a plane without a patdown. States that agree can get extension on pricey regs until 2014.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Montana_Calls_for_Real_ID_Rebellion_Dares_DHS_to_Reject_IDs
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/montana-governo.html
The US heading towards becoming the US/EU? Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/US_to_join_Europe
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59713
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's plan to eliminate all income taxes and replace them with a flat consumption tax has the support of martial arts guru Chuck Norris but few economic analysts.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Huckabee_tax_plan_raises_eyebrows_in_US
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0636604820080106?rpc=64
That didn't last long! Citing disagreements with the organization, Intel Corp. said Thursday it has abandoned the One Laptop Per Child program, dealing a big blow to the ambitious project seeking to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing countries.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/hardware/Intel_Quits_One_Laptop_Per_Child_Program_2
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTEL_ONE_LAPTOP_PER_CHILD?SITE=CAGRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
In the last five years, 557 people were slain on Oakland's streets, making it the state's second-most murderous city, behind Compton. A handful of their killers, speaking from prison, describe an environment where violence is so woven into the culture that murder has become a symbol of manhood.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/We_are_creating_Supercriminals_Disrespect_1_Reason_to_Kill
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/12/09/MNS1RBLQ5.DTL&type=printable
Barack is interviewed by TechCrunch's Michael Arrington on technology issues.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Q_A_With_Senator_Barack_Obama_On_Key_Technology_Issues
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/26/qa-with-senator-barack-obama-on-key-technology-issues/
Morality and empathy are writ deep in our genes, as are savagery and bloodlust. Science is learning what makes us both noble and terrible—and perhaps what can make us better....Full Digg post: http://digg.com/general_sciences/What_Makes_Us_Moral
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1685055_1685076_1686619,00.html
Mouse over any state and you'll see statistical information for child poverty, senior poverty, and overall poverty within each state. You can also see which states report the most violence.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Map_The_Geography_of_American_Poverty
http://www.nccbuscc.org/cchd/povertyusa/map.htm
Actress Lindsay Lohan checked in and out of jail on Thursday, spending just 84 minutes behind bars for a drunken driving and cocaine-possession conviction, Los Angeles police said. Others, at the same time, get mandatory 10+ years. Are celebrity ***** above the law now?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/celebrity/Lindsay_Gets_84_Minutes_for_Cocaine_Others_Get_Mandatory_10_Years
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1533860120071115?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
Wow. Equally beautiful and sad.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/odd_stuff/When_he_died_his_wife_commissioned_a_sculpture_an_expression_of_love_NSFW
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ahdf4tpgjkth_384c6cmz7
Faced with grave moral issues--a criminal and unpopular war that is costing the country the lives of thousands of its young people, and hundreds of billions of dollars a year, a president who treats the Constitution like so much toilet paper, and an economy that is being hollowed out like a Halloween pumpkin, these Democrats are doing nothing.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Dead_Men_and_Women_Walking_in_Congress
http://www.populistamerica.com/dead_men_and_women_walking
Senate Republicans have blocked a bid by Democrats to give US troops in Iraq more home leave - a plan strongly opposed by Bush. The Democrats wanted US troops to have time off between tours in Iraq equal to their 15-month deployments. The measure needed 60 votes to pass in the Democratic controlled Senate but received only 56 votes.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/US_Troops_Iraq_Leave_Bid_Blocked_by_Republicans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7003919.stm
Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a business card that him as a U.S. Senator and said, "What do you think about that?" the report states.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/GOP_Senator_Arrested_for_lewd_conduct_in_airport_bathroom
http://rawstory.com//news/2007/GOP_Senator_Larry_Craig_arrested_in_0827.html
The threat of terrorism and civil unrest is a major contributing factor to the cities that suffer from the worst liveability scores, as are poor development indicators. Algiers is the least liveable destination in the survey, with a score of 64.7%.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Top_10_and_Bottom_10_Liveable_Cities_in_the_World_2006
http://economist.com/markets/rankings/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8908454&CFID=16415879&CFTOKEN=94552766
Absolutely despicable piece of video - now we all know that most of Congress works for La Raza, and doesn't give a damn about America. Our taxes are going to the welfare of people who have broken the law, and our paid representatives care not for Justice. Money is their motive.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/DISGUSTING_Corrupt_Democrats_Cheat_To_Give_Illegal_Aliens_Welfare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyEfmDtxdhM
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