Archive for December, 2011
“Promotes Resentment” Toward Whites: Judge Rules Tucson’s Mexican/American Studies Program Illegal, Paving Way For Its Termination (6)
Los Angeles Times: The Tucson school district’s Mexican American studies program violates state law, an Arizona administrative law judge ruled Tuesday, paving the way for the possible demise of the program. The judge affirmed a prior decision by the state’s schools chief that the Tucson Unified School District’s program violates a law that aims to [...]
#Occupy Activists Meet In Iowa, Plan Caucus Attacks (4)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Already they have interrupted Michele Bachmann and drawn a withering putdown from Newt Gingrich as “all noise, no thought.” Now, to the dismay of Iowa Republicans, Occupy activists in Des Moines are vowing to expand their protests as GOP presidential hopefuls converge on the state that speaks first in the [...]
Report: Internet Bill Would Target Political Websites (1)
Politico: The conservative and liberal blogospheres are unifying behind opposition to Congress’s Stop Online Piracy Act, with right-leaning bloggers aruging their very existence could be wiped out if the anti-piracy bill passes. “If either the U.S. Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA) & the U.S. House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) become law, political blogs such [...]
British Islamist Anjem Choudary: Jesus Would Be Muslim And Implement Shariah Law If Alive Today (11)
L.A. Voters To Decide If Porn Stars Must Wear Condoms (2)
NBC News: A proposal that would require adult film actors to use condoms has qualified for the June ballot after proponents gathered enough signatures to put the issue before Los Angeles voters. Proponents gathered more than 70,000 signatures, exceeding the 41,000 required to place the issue on the ballot, according to AIDS Heathcare Foundation spokesman [...]
Iran Threatens To Block Straight Of Hormuz If More Sanctions Imposed (24)
Fox News: Iran is threatening to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz – a key world oil route in the Persian Gulf – if the West imposes more sanctions over its controversial nuclear energy program. The sanctions stem from a U.N. watchdog report that alleges the country may be developing nuclear [...]
Pentagon: No Homecoming/Victory Parade For Iraq Troops (5)
NBC News: Americans won’t be seeing a huge ticker-tape parade in New York City anytime soon for troops returning from Iraq. It’s not clear if veterans of the nine-year campaign will ever enjoy the grand, flag-waving, red-white-and-blue homecoming that the nation’s fighting men and women received after World War II and the Gulf War. Officials [...]
Iran Seeks Death Penalty For American Accused Of Spying (6)
Iranian state TV broadcast a confession by Amir Mirzaei Hekmati last week. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An American man accused by Iran of working for the CIA could face the death penalty, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Tuesday. In a closed court hearing, the prosecution applied for capital punishment, the report said, because the [...]
Wayne’s World Co-Writer Found Dead Of Apparent Suicide In Seedy Hollywood Hotel (1)
Los Angeles Times: A former “Saturday Night Live” writer who co-wrote the first draft of “Wayne’s World” with Mike Myers was found dead the day after Christmas in a Hollywood hotel room, an apparent suicide. TMZ first reported Joe Bodolai’s death. Coroner’s officials confirmed Tuesday that Bodolai, 63, was found in a hotel on the [...]
