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More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence
Posted by okami from Yahoo News!
Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes' career. Yet the "Theme from Shaft" was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes - who died Sunday at age 65 - was responsible.
Obama Opposes Slavery Reparations - AOL Black Voices
Posted by sigil
Black Presidential Candidate is against Slavery Reparations.)
Freed hacker could work for police - 16 Jul 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news
Posted by Newshogg from New Zealand Herald
Bullfighting is tried by the International Court of Justice for Animal Rights in Geneva. - swissinfo
Posted by slicely from writeon.swissinfo.ch
The bullfight: a traditional, spectacular ballet of death that pits man against beast, or a ritualised sadistic slaughter?
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.
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.
why does Chris Matthews keep saying African-Americans aren't "regular people"?
Posted by theangryindian from Media Matters
The past several months have brought a congealing conventional wisdom among many reporters and pundits that MSNBC is lurching to the left. It is perhaps unsurprising that this story line would emerge. It is, however, nonsense. Why is the story line unsurprising? Quite simply, several of its most prominent advocates have a clear interest in MSNBC being seen as liberal.
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