Parrothead Jeff

Ryanair calendar - 2008 cabin crew charity calendar
Fox News:
MADRID, Spain — Spain’s government-run Women’s Institute has labeled a 2008 calendar for low-cost airline Ryanair featuring bikini-wearing air hostesses as sexist and said it would be sending letters of complaint to Irish and EU authorities.
Yep, it’s come down to this. Ryanair, a low-cost carrier [...]

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Fascism comeback in Italy?
Recently, Italian lawmakers once again took aim at modern life, introducing an incredibly broad law that would effectively require all bloggers, and even users of social networks, to register with the state. Even a harmless blog about a favourite football squad or a teenager grousing about life’s unfairness would be subject to [...]

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KENS 5 Eyewitness NewsMan cited for burning Mexican flag
Arizona Daily StarCity man arrested after Mexican-flag burning
It’s gotten to the point where it’s OK to burn an American flag in protest these days. Say what you want, but I agree with that as long as the person burning it owns it. I think [...]

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FOXNews.com - Capitol Architect Lets ‘God’ Fly On U.S. Flag Certificates - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum
WASHINGTON — The Architect of the Capital, responding to a public outcry, ruled Thursday that, from now on, the word “God” may be inscribed on certificates accompanying flags that have flown over the [...]

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FOXNews.com - Iranian Students Stage Rare Demonstration Against Ahmadinejad - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
TEHRAN, Iran — An estimated 100 students staged a rare demonstration Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a “dictator,” which prompted scuffles with hardline students at Tehran University.
These [...]

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This Should Concern You
“Limbaugh isn’t the only one who needs to be made uncomfortable about what he says on the radio,” says a House leadership source. “We don’t have as big a megaphone as these guys, but this all political, and we’ll do what we can to gain the advantage. If we can take them [...]

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Stop the ACLU - Chaplain’s firing inspires churches to rally
He said the issue first arose several years ago when he was asked to pray over the opening of a new hospital unit. He was told he would not be allowed to include “in Jesus’ name.”
He objected, and was ordered to take a diversity course, which [...]

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DesertExile: A big double standard
…The Officer testified that he was westbound on Wilshire Bl. when he noticed the man driving eastbound, as the man neared and passed, he raised his middle finger to the Officer. The Officer executed a u-turn and stopped the man to ascertain what his hostility stemmed from. After stopping the man, [...]

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Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » Valedictorian Sues School for Religious Liberty
During her 30-second message Erica spoke about her faith in Jesus Christ. Afterwards, she was escorted to see the assistant principal, who said she would not receive her diploma because of the speech she had given. Principal Brewer later indicated that her comments [...]

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Student cracks Government’s $84m porn filter | NEWS.com.au
A MELBOURNE schoolboy has cracked the Federal Government’s new $84 million internet porn filter in minutes.
30 minutes was all the time an Australian teenager needed to defeat a filter that the Australian Government distributed for free in an effort to assist parents in keeping adult material on the [...]

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I was thinking about something I saw on Lex’s blog - the Great Firewall of China. Many people these days try to portray China as not all that bad. They ignore the human rights abuses and the complete lack of respect for patent and copyright laws. Very little attention is paid to [...]

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