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Dead Black Man Was Tasered Nine Times by White Cop

Posted by theangryindian from Alternet

A 21 year old black man in Winnfield, Louisiana, named Baron "Scooter" Pikes, was tasered 9 times in 14 minutes by a white police officer in January after he was arrested and handcuffed. He died. Seems a tad excessive to me. However, here's the story of his arrest and subsequent death according to the police report by the arresting officers:

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George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead

Posted by okami from Feeds.gawker

Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

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Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights - Editorial - NYTimes.com

Posted by okami from New York Times

In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.

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Right Web | Pentagon Reined in Cheney's Plans for Iran Strikes

Posted by okami

Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration official.

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Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Madden removed from air by ESPN

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

Mark Madden, who made his reputation with bold, outlandish attacks on famous people, has been permanently removed from the air by ESPN.

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United States Sanctioned Massacre of Korean Civilians

Posted by JXC from Yahoo News!

An official from the Bush Administration recently lectured me on why south Koreans who express anti-American sentiments are misguided and misinformed about the history of our two countries. I actually thought it was a pretty funny statement coming from an administration so clueless about other societies. Here's another reason why we should be more critical of such statements ...

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Was there something wrong with my service?

Posted by Villagenyc

by Cody Lyon

EXCERPT:
The practice of tipping was actually a European import. In the United States, tipping took off in the 1920s after overcoming great opposition from those who saw it as patronizing and un-American.

And, up until the 1970s, waiters and waitresses could expect to earn an average 10 percent gratuity on restaurant checks. At some point, during the period from 1970 to 1980, servers across the country got a raise to the current 15 percent.
But even among individual American patrons, tipping habits can vary wildly.

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