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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:51:13 -0800

The thing, of course, that plagues the whole issue… is that human rights are in fact invested in states, which have their national interests. They are also dependent on the interests of the great powers. Who could, who would dare, to bring the United States or any of its government officers to justice for having violated human rights? The United States… [is] protected from responsibility to human rights. It’s more than a matter of failing to live up to an ideal. It is the way in which human rights are continuously inserted into power politics, the power politics of states, that worries me.

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:35:10 -0800

London Calling - The Right Profile - The Clash
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:28:08 -0800

A man is lifted off his feet by a gust of wind on the beach at Hurst Point, Dorset Photo: Steve Poole/Rex Features, in the Guardian.

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:26:11 -0800

London Calling - Spanish Bombs - The Clash
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:19:43 -0800

Robert Jensen, "How I Stopped Hating Thanksgiving and Learned to Be Afraid," CommonDreams.org (Nov. 15, 2009)

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:19:26 -0800

London Calling - Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:19:56 -0800

i12bent: Artist Georgia O’Keeffe walking with her dogs, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1966 Photographer: John Loengard, LIFE

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:12:54 -0800

Anti-gay church sets its sights on Jews
For more than a decade, Westboro Baptist Church has raised a ruckus with the message that God hates gays, posting itself outside government buildings, college campuses and even the funerals of American soldiers. But in recent months, the Topeka,...
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:55:51 -0800

Fred Phelps's organization (the "God Hates Fags" pastor) has decided God hates Jews, too

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:44:05 -0800

Talal Asad and Abdullahi An-Na’im in conversation
Talal Asad and Abdullahi An-Na’im both stand at the forefront of the challenging and constructive exchange taking place today between European and Islamic traditions of political, legal, and religious thought. At a recent event organized by Georgetown...
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:03:05 -0800

NASA -The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:02:08 -0800

NASA -The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower In North America, the first Leonid display should occur around 4 a.m. EST on the morning of Nov. 17. Expect two to three dozen meteors per hour. In Asia, two to three HUNDRED meteors per hour may be visible (about twelve hours later). A NASA spokesman comments: “A remarkable feature of this year’s shower is that Leonids will appear to be shooting almost directly out of the planet Mars,”

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:39:14 -0800

NASA -The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:55:51 -0800

In hand sanitizer we trust
Call it worship without worry: An Italian inventor has devised an electronic holy-water dispenser to reduce exposure to the H1N1 virus.
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:36:08 -0800

Get Glue: The Network That Sticks With You

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:06:03 -0800

Google Street View Guys
I favorited a YouTube video: Road trip! To photograph the entire country. See our videos a month earlier at http://www.collegehumor.com and follow us on http://www.twitter.com/collegehumor
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