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Legalistic excuse to kick out Aung San Suu Kyi

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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11 March 2010 (Legalistic excuse to kick out Aung San Suu Kyi)
The Burmese generals have invented a legalistic excuse to

force Aung San Suu Kyi out of the National League for Democracy.

This illustrates the principle that laws deserve only the respect they
earn.

Urgent: Medical Marijuana in MA

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (Urgent: Medical Marijuana in MA)
Massachusetts citizens: call Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, and State Rep. Sanchez, co chair of the Joint Committee on Public Health, and Senate President Teresa Murray, to support HB 2160, the medical marijuana bill. For more info, see
mpp.org.

Peter Bethune's Japanese vacation

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (Peter Bethune's Japanese vacation)
A Sea Shepherd protestor who
boarded a Japanese whaling ship,
to conduct a symbolic arrest of its captain, faces charges carrying 3 years in prison. Meanwhile Japanese anti-whaling activists who found whale meat that had been stolen by whaling ship crew, and showed it to the authorities as evidence of that theft,
still face trial
for "stealing" the meat.

More of the Same in the Holy Land

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (More of the Same in the Holy Land)
A
growing protest campaign
opposes Israel's evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem.
Israel has put 30% of Gaza's farmland off limits to the inhabitants, but people there are
engaged in nonviolent protest
too. Nonviolent protests also continue in West Bank towns including Bil'in.
So the
Israeli government demands
that the Palestinian Authority repress these protests, threatening reprisals if it does not. This clearly shows that Israel is opposed to human rights.

ACTA tripped up in EU

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (ACTA tripped up in EU)
The European Parliament
voted nearly unanimously
to oppose ACTA. This is a victory, but not a complete victory over ACTA. The European Parliament has limited power.
It is too bad this article uses the
propaganda term "piracy"
to refer to forbidden sharing of copies.

Is this the American Way?

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (Is this the American Way?)
Christine Stevens may
lose her home because she disconnected her electricity
and lived without a refrigerator. We need laws about the quality of housing offered for sale or rent, to protect the public from mistreatment. But if you live in your own house, as long as it isn't dangerous to others, they have no business telling you it isn't good enough.

Expect this

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (Expect this)
The Republican Party's
message to its supporters,
which presents centrist Democrats as Batman's enemies, is based on a big lie: that these Democrats are "socialists".

Pay attention

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (Pay attention)
Theory: congressional Democrats planned all along to pass a bad health care bill.
The theory as stated
has a flaw: it assumes that Democratic legislators planned to be voted out of office. I expect most of them can be bought, more or less, but I doubt they would sell their careers. Nonetheless, it is useful to look in these directions for a theory.

Democracy in Burma

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (Democracy in Burma)
Burma's dictators say they have
annulled Aung San Suu Kyi's election
as president. Their "law" cannot change the truth, which is that her prior election as president annuls any authority they claim to have.
The UN official in charge of Burma's human rights record called for
investigation of the dictators
for crimes against humanity.

DIY in the West Bank

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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13 March 2010 (DIY in the West Bank)
The Palestinian Authority is adopting a law
forbidding Palestinians from working
in the Israeli colonies in the West Bank. This boycott, entirely nonviolent, is an obvious step, but it will require real sacrifice.