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A Mormon as VP?

godandculture.wordpress.com 20 hrs ago

John McCain will announce his Vice-Presidential pick on or before August 29th. With all of the speculation that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is on the short-short list, I’m reposting the excerpts from the interview...

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A star-studded trailer ... for a book

usatoday.com yesterday 3 related

Joss Whedon. Damon Lindelof. Brian K. Vaughan. Um, Christopher Hitchens? What could possibly bring these four men together? Answer: The new trailer for The Book of Lies, Brad Meltzer's anticipated new novel. It examines two...

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Britain's terror laws have left me and my family shattered

legitgov.org yesterday 2 related

I am innocent yet was detained without charge in solitary confinement for days on end. By Hicham Yezza 18 Aug 2008 On May 14 I was arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act - on suspicion of the "instigation, preparation...

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The British scandal surrounding reduced compensatory ... [Sexual Assault Compensation]

gawker.com Aug 18, 2008

The British scandal surrounding reduced compensatory payments to drunken rape victims has turned into a drunk-lady-shaming extravaganza, with Peter Hitchens (brother of the notoriously drunk Christopher Hitchens) joining the...

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Part II: Geez, When Will Women Stop Getting Themselves Raped Already?

shakespearessister.blogspot.com Aug 18, 2008 6 related

Trigger warning.]Peter Hitchens—the younger, dumber, assholier, and even more incoherent brother of professional fuckhead Christopher Hitchens—has now thrown his two pence into the Daily Mail's stupendously thoughtful salon on...

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ARTICLE: South Ossetia Isn’t Kosovo. (slate.com)

weaponsofmoderndemocracy.blogspot.com Aug 18, 2008 13 related

Whatever Moscow says, there are at least six significant differences between the two situations. By Christopher Hitchens Posted Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at 12:00 PM ET While it is almost certainly true that Moscow's action in the...

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ARTICLE: South Ossetia Isn't Kosovo. (slate.com)

georgien.blogspot.com Aug 18, 2008 6 related

Whatever Moscow says, there are at least six significant differences between the two situations. By Christopher Hitchens Posted Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at 12:00 PM ET While it is almost certainly true that Moscow's action in the...

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New books on religion offer insights and a few surprises

deseretnews.com Aug 16, 2008 1 related

They include a look at the Dalai Lama and 'Sundays in America' By Susan Campbell The Hartford Courant Published: Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008 12:33 a.m. MDT If you're looking for a break from the overheated political race, some new...

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‘God Is Not Great’

cianboland.com Aug 15, 2008

I finished reading Christopher Hitchens excellent polemic on religion last night. Rather than supplying arguments against the existence of god, Hitchens instead focuses on providing examples of how religion retards human...

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interglacial.com

Master of Conventions

interglacial.com Aug 14, 2008

Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer New York Review Books "I am a ‘left conservative.’” That was Norman Mailer’s jaunty but slightly defensive self-description when first I met him, at the beginning of the 1980s....

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