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OWS protestor doesn’t own his tweets, judge rules
In a candid ruling, a New York judge said a protester can’t stop prosecutors from searching his Twitter account because he doesn’t own the tweets in the first place.
Judge Matthew Sciarrino Jr. cited a “widely-believed” but “mistaken” notion about online privacy rights and said that search and seizure protections don’t apply because we “do not have a ‘physical’ home on the Internet.”
- pablo280
President Obama threatens Iran and Syria: “I will always stand with Israel”
- he did right, know what happened to the only president who dared to be critical of the state of I?georgesIII
- georgesIII0
...An upstate New York woman was arrested early today after she allegedly threw a pink sex toy at a cop, who was struck in the forehead by the foot-long device...
- pango0
http://www.practikel.com/2012/01…
Christian Group Shows Up To Chicago Gay Pride Holding Apologetic Signs.
This is an amazing photo that captured the moment a gay man hugged a member of a Christian group, that came to Gay Pride to apologize for the way the church has treated homosexuals. It’s nice to see people of faith have common sense enough to know that hate and prejudice is wrong. A step in the right direction towards equality and something everyone should learn from. THIS is the kind of compassion that religion teaches, but far too often doesn’t follow. Well done.
Since seeing this photo, a friend of mine had introduced me to more of the story. A man, by the name of Nathan, is the one you see above hugging the gay guy in his underwear, or Tristan rather. Well, Nathan wrote a blog about this day and this moment and what his and his fellow church-goers had done. Here is what he had to say:
I hugged a man in his underwear. I think Jesus would have too.
I spent the day at Chicago’s Pride Parade. Some friends and I, with The Marin Foundation, wore shirts with “I’m Sorry” written on it. We had signs that said, “I’m sorry that Christians judge you,” “I’m sorry the way churches have treated you,” “I used to be a bible-banging homophobe, sorry.” We wanted to be an alternative Christian voice from the protestors that were there speaking hate into megaphones.
What I loved most about the day is when people “got it.” I loved watching people’s faces as they saw our shirts, read the signs, and looked back at us. Responses were incredible. Some people blew us kisses, some hugged us, some screamed thank you. A couple ladies walked up and said we were the best thing they had seen all day. I wish I had counted how many people hugged me. One guy in particular softly said, “Well, I forgive you.”
Watching people recognize our apology brought me to tears many times. It was reconciliation personified.
My favorite though was a gentleman who was dancing on a float. He was dressed solely in white underwear and had a pack of abs like no one else. As he was dancing on the float, he noticed us and jokingly yelled, “What are you sorry for? It’s pride!” I pointed to our signs and watched him read them.
Then it clicked....
- Ramanisky20
In a direct attack on the GOP’s War on Women, a new project called “Sluts Across America” has been launched to highlight the absurdity of judging those who use birth control “for totally valid, responsible, and mature reasons”; show that supporters of reproductive rights exist everywhere; and re-appropriate and take ownership of the derogatory term “slut.”
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Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her
- this guy's a pinhead tooprophetone
- it's a double whammy for him "sorry honey, i feel terrible, i just thought you were the pig"prophetone
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Teens Turn to Hand Sanitizer to Get Drunk
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Brazilian actor dies after accidental hanging in 'The Passion of the Christ' play
The cause of death was not immediately available. Photos taken by a local photographer show the final moments of the play as Klimeck, in the role of Judas Iscariot, hangs himself as described in the Bible in the book of Matthew.
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MOSCOW — Russia has been hit with a wave of copycat teenage suicides so pronounced that President Dmitri A. Medvedev felt compelled on Thursday to warn news media outlets against making too much of the deaths, for fear of attracting more imitators.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/2…
- Ramanisky20
Looking tense but focused, Breivik spoke calmly about the shooting rampage, beginning with the moment he took a small ferry to Utoya, an island in a lake outside Oslo. He was disguised as a policeman, carrying a rifle and a handgun. He also brought drinking water because he knew he would get a dry throat from the stress of killing people.
Breivik's first two victims were Monica Boesei, a camp organizer, and off-duty police officer Trond Berntsen, a security guard.
"My whole body tried to revolt when I took the weapon in my hand. There were 100 voices in may head saying 'Don't do it, don't do it,'" Breivik said.
But he did.
- ukit20
Bollywood actress Meenakshi Thapar reportedly has been gruesomely killed by two of her co-stars in a failed attempt to extort money from her family.
26-year-old Thapar was strangled and then beheaded after allegedly being kidnapped by two aspiring actors that she met on the set of her latest film "Heroine".
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Nine Montreal-area residents have been charged in connection with a massive international drug sting that nabbed more than more than 43 tonnes of hashish worth an estimated $860 million.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
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Adobe CS6 Launches April 23
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,…- Fuck Adobe. I am sick of the cycle and them not fixing the bugs in the last versions just so you buy the next.ETM
- the good news is the premium suite is only $99...prophetone
- ...per month.ETM
- pablo280
Man strips naked at airport as protest against TSA http://wtvr.com/2012/04/18/polic…
- Awesome! The best part is the guy is 50 but looks like a 20something folksy hipstereighteen
- GeorgesII0
- If my memory serves me correct, the yanks already tried that and got their asses politely handed to themfuturemongolian
- Granted that was 200 years ago... I think they have been working on their military since then.ETM
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40 Years in Solitary:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/…
- georgesIII0
"Three suspected cannibals have been arrested by Brazilian police on suspicion of having murdered and eaten as least two women who they may have turned into incredibly delicious pastries. "