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Pregnancy Could Mean Court-Martial for GIs in Iraq
Major General Anthony Cucolo wants his troops leaving room for the holy ghost in northern Iraq. From CNN: A new order from the general in charge of U.S. troops northern Iraq makes getting pregnant or impregnating a fellow soldier an offense punishable by court-martial. The directive, part of a larger order restricting the behavior of…
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Closing Up Shop
The record store was once a beloved staple of nearly every American neighborhood, but slowly, it has been going the way of Victrolas, eight-tracks and 45s, headed for the nostalgia section of American history. The latest casualty is Dr. Wax, one my favorite shops in Chicago. Located in the eclectic, multicultural South Side enclave of…
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More Than Words
When the Wall Street Journal retracted one of its online stories earlier this month because it was “plagiarized from several publications,” journalism geeks and bloggers clamored furiously about ethics and accuracy, the future of newspapers and, of course, WSJ owner Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. Admittedly, we were part of the fury. It turns…
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Nine Things We Didn’t See in ’09
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Most of us went into 2009 with all of the optimism in the world. The first black president ever was sworn into office. The biggest pop star in the world would be returning to the stage.…
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Why Democrats Deserve a Pat on the Back for The Health Care Bill
The Senate has voted to vote on health care reform. Reactions to the series of late-night, last-minute votes that should, if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, result in that chamber’s passage of a health care reform bill by Christmas Day, has been mixed. On the one hand, progressives are mad (really mad)…
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We'd Love to Help, But This Danish…
Gargantuan EMT fail according to Mike Bloomberg and the rest of civilization. From The New York Times: Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday blasted two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a pregnant woman who had collapsed in the coffee shop where they were taking a break. The woman and her baby later died.…
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Who Is This GI?
Who is this man? Spain is searching for the family of this unidentified soldier who fought against the Fascists during that country’s civil war. From The Guardian: As a volunteer in the International Brigades that fought in Spain‘s civil war, the unidentified black soldier in the photograph was one of the first Americans to die…
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Reform Bill Clears Major Senate Hurdle
Early Monday morning, Senate Dems scored a major victory after the health care reform bill passed one of three necessary votes before a final vote can be called for. From The Washington Post: The 60-40 tally, taken shortly after 1 a.m., followed 12 hours of acrimonious debate and required senators to trek to the Capitol…
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DC Residents Bring Snow to a Gun Fight!
Totally reasonable response. Or something. Here’s more footage of a cop in a snorkel threatening to clap on somebody if another snowball gets thrown. “It’s so snowy in the streets/ how in da heck do we sposed to keep peace…”
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Letter From Jo’burg
No sooner had I left my U.S. home and all its fractious politics that I ran into the same scenario thousands of miles away in my other home, South Africa. I came back to brutal opposition politics and a bubbling cauldron of dissent within the ruling party not unlike America’s Blue Dog Democrats. In South Africa, the ruling…