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Because God says so - Dobson, Claiborne & Obama Wrestle With A Plural World

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:43:56 PDT
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life just released another fabulous research summary, in which they report that the politically relevant finding is the fact that, as the 294-page report says, "Americans have a non-dogmatic approach to faith" — that is, a large majority of nearly every religious group believes there are other paths to salvation. According to the study, "Seventy percent of Americans with a religious affiliation say that many religions — not just their own — can lead to eter

George Carlin's trail of dirty words lives on in cyberspace - Los Angeles Times

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:51:10 PDT
George Carlin's trail of dirty words lives on in cyberspace - Los Angeles Times KVAL George Carlin's trail of dirty words lives on in cyberspace Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago Comedian George Carlin, who died Sunday, was no techie. His medium was the spoken word. He pushed the envelope on free speech over the broadcast airwaves, with a radio variation of his famous comedy routine, "The Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV," ... Do Carlin's 'Seven Dirty Words' Shock Today? ABC News Comics old an

Find your audience with AdPlanner

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:29:33 PDT
Find your audience with AdPlanner Posted by Garett Rogers @ 1:29 pm Categories: Google AdWords, Google Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Tool, Google Ad Planner, Csv, Productivity, Web Site Development, Internet, Garett Rogers Google launched a new service today called “AdPlanner” which gives advertisers a clearer picture of where they should be looking to place ads online. Taking user demographics into consideration, Google will suggest a list of websites that it recommends the advertise

Citing Google, pornographer claims orgies are bigger than apple pie

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:21:34 PDT
In the summer of 2006, authorities in Pensacola, Florida, arrested Clinton Raymond McCowen, a middle-aged entrepreneur who founded CumOnHerFace.com, a leading pre-IPO video portal whose business model relies on what you might call use-her-generated content: According to prosecutors, McCowan regularly recruits one or two women and a couple dozen men to carry on sexually with each other in various porn-set houses across Pensacola. He records the orgies, of course; at the time of his arrest, he ha

Lesbos islanders in court over use of word 'lesbians'

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:24:05 PDT
Lesbos islanders in court over use of word 'lesbians' A court hearing begins in Athens today that is set to add to the debates about gay rights in one of Europe's more conservative countries. Ugandan bishop attacks European attitude towards gays An Anglican bishop has urged the government of Uganda to keep homosexuality illegal. Eria Paul Luzinda said that "not all that comes from Europe is superior and must be taken up." Gay MEP slams Daily Mail report as "inaccurate and highly mi

Letchworth Girls' Rugby

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:56:00 PDT
The number one blog for information about girls (and women's) rugby in the UK. Based around a girls rugby team in Hertfordshire, England, the blog also includes information on every aspect of the game in the UK and often overseas. Humorous and opinionated, the blog has a reputation for being the first with the news.

This doc doesn't belong - National Post


This doc doesn't belong
National Post, Canada - 16 hours ago
... also the subject of Where I Belong, which was made under the auspices of the National Film Board, and is screened tonight on CBC Newsworld's The Lens. ...


We made it -- 1 Billion PCs

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:30:02 PDT
With little fanfare, Gartner announced yesterday that the number of computers in use worldwide had reached 1 billion. I remember many a speech in the mid to late 1990’s —- Andy Grove, Craig Barrett and other Intel executives expousing the company vision of “a billion connected PCs”. Well, it’s here now, at least the ‘billion’ part. Good for Intel and the PC Industry, we had a vision and charted a course to get here, but what now? What is lost amid the simple reporting on the numbers, as import

Legal News Watch Launches Asbestos Today

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:00:01 PST
SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) November 3, 2003– Legal News Watch today announced the debut of Asbestos Today (http://www.asbestostoday.com), a single, central location where consumers can easily find...


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Hot trends for June 24, 2008

Lesbian parents get new rights in New South Wales

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:00:53 PDT
Lesbian parents get new rights in New South Wales The rights of lesbian parents in New South Wales, Australia have been expanded under laws passed by the state government. Your job is to protect all citizens, Gambian leader told A New York-based human rights group has said that the President of the Gambia is failing in his responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of all. Equal treatment bill stalls in Lithuanian parliament Not enough MPs turned up to vote for a new equalit

Today in Porn, iPhone Edition

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:21:54 PDT
Thanks to the California Lawyer for the heads up. A few highlights: "...now, thanks in large part to the iPhone's video dexterity, short clips are becoming a staple of the mobile porn business. The speed promised by the iPhone 2.0 is much anticipated. Google Trends, which measures Web buzz, shows a sharp increase over the past year in the popularity of the term 'iPhone porn.'" ... "'It's by far the porn-friendliest phone,' says Devan Cypher, representative for San Francisco–based Sin City

Louis Vuitton Utah Collection for Man

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:18:52 PDT
Yes it’s a Vuitton, a masculine cut Vuitton without a Damier Canvas, a Monogramm Canvas pattern or an oriental-Japanese trend lead flowers and squares pattern, just rough long-life quality leather. The Utah collection reveals a variety of contemporary bags for any edge of men such as the younger sliced Messenger($2.250) with a large single buckle c

Don Imus Strikes Again

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:44:51 PDT
A REAFFIRMATION … BUT NOT HOW YOU MIGHT THINK By Mande Wilkes FITSNews - June 24, 2008 - “Once you go black you never go back” is true, at least in the sense that once you’re pegged as a racist, every syllable you utter thereafter will be analyzed and parsed and eventually regarded as further evidence of your racism. Such is the case with Don Imus, who just last year lost his job after making the infamous “nappy headed ho” quip. Yesterday he did it again, and by “it” we mean that he made

Text This Number to Find Beck on a Jukebox Near You

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:51:45 PDT
The TouchTunes jukebox company has scored upcoming Beck album Modern Guilt for release on July 1st on its networked system of 10,000 nationwide jukeboxes, one week before it goes on sale. To find out where it's playing, fans can text the word "BECK" to 40411. An automated text messaging system responds a few seconds later with a request that the user enter a city, state or zipcode. When I tried this, I received a message in return that says "Sorry, no TouchTunes jukeboxes have Modern Guilt n

Madonna's estranged brother to write tell-all book

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:04:35 PDT
Madonna's estranged brother to write tell-all book He served as the artistic director for Truth or Dare and then again for her Girlie Show Tour. Then, by most accounts, Madonna and brother Christopher Ciccone had a falling out. Obama campaign appoints director of LGBT Vote Throughout the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Hillary Clinton enjoyed the overwhelming support of the gay and lesbian community. Lesbian parents get new rights in New South Wales T

Tuesday Morning Linkage

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:49:27 PDT
LaSalle Lofts in San Pedro from our visit last November. You've come a long way, baby.] · Marmol's Palms House gets national exposure for being so darn green MR Prefab] · Job losses threaten to make housing slump worse WSJ] · Quite a slump: Listing prices down $149k from peak LA Land] · Trends in Marketing: Clean surfaces sell MB Confidential] · 710 Freeway tunnel revived. Furious debate ensues Star-News] · San Pedro's LaSalle Lofts go on sale; FHA loans available Daily Breeze]

Welcome, Getting Loopy Listeners

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:48:42 PDT
If you’re here because you heard my interview with Mary Beth on Getting Loopy, welcome! (If you aren’t here because of that, go have a listen. If you were listening live but didn’t hear the end because we went about eight minutes over, you can hear those last eight minutes from that link, too.) A few things we talked about: Interweave Crochet, CrochetMe.com, IC submission guidelines, Knitting Daily TV, books I’ve written or co-authored, posts I’ve written about editing, John Scalzi’s blog (I d

All Headline News Creates News Gathering Division.

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:01 PDT
Wellington, FL (PRWEB) April 13, 2005 -- Premiere news aggregator and content syndication service All Headline News Corp has announced that it launched it's own news gathering and editorial...

BBC NEWS | England | Councils admit using spying laws

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:29:51 PDT
"West Berkshire used the powers 192 times - 24 cases resulted in further action with police, courts, or other agencies, although it is not known if any resulted in convictions. "

Apology could become a defining television event of our time (The Globe and Mail)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:13:11 PDT
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Text This Number to Find Beck on a Jukebox Near You

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:51:45 PDT
The TouchTunes jukebox company has scored upcoming Beck album Modern Guilt for release on July 1st on its networked system of 10,000 nationwide jukeboxes, one week before it goes on sale. To find out where it's playing, fans can text the word "BECK" to 40411. An automated text messaging system responds a few seconds later with a request that the user enter a city, state or zipcode. When I tried this, I received a message in return that says "Sorry, no TouchTunes jukeboxes have Modern Guilt n


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