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Move over Rambo, you're cramping new man's style - Yahoo! News PARIS (AFP) - Macho man is an endangered species, with today's male more likely to opt for a pink flowered shirt and swingers' clubs than the traditional role as family super-hero, fashion...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, member Chris Link of Norfolk, Va., top, adjusts the cellophane covering on the costume of demonstrator Dezeray Rubinchik of Philadelphia, top right, during a protest in front of the Statehouse, in...

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Article from TNR

Published on June 5 2005

The New Republic Online: Equivalency Test n a recent report, Amnesty International referred to the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo as "the gulag of our time." The term--a Russian abbreviation for Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, or Main Camp Administration--refers...

The Corner on National Review Online ERRRANT WATERGATE THOUGHTS [Cliff May] Today, I’m pleased to say, there could be no repetition of Watergate. Two reasons: 1) The DNC is no longer housed in a hotel suite, it’s now in a multi-million dollar building,...

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Deep Throat

Published on June 1 2005

The Nation | Blog | The Online Beat | The Mysteries of Watergate | John Nichols ...Far from being someone who feared for the Republic, Felt was a protégé of longtime Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover. Felt certainly couldn't have...

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From the Football

Published on May 30 2005

I swear, I think this is the best laugh I've had in a LONG time..... lgf: Voting a la Francaise The French are voting on the European Union Constitution, and polls suggest it has a good chance of being rejected. Young Katia Volman chose a very French...

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US Gulag

Published on May 28 2005

US Undermines Rights, Guantanamo Like 'gulag' - Amnesty - New York Times "``The USA as the unrivaled political, military and economic hyper-power sets the tone for governmental behavior worldwide,'' Secretary General Irene Khan said in the foreword to...

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now THAT'S a headline

Published on May 22 2005

Top News Article | Reuters.com "Bush promises probe into Saddam underwear pictures"

OpinionJournal - Featured Article With the revelation that a copy of the Quran may have been desecrated by U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay, Muslims and their governments--including that of Saudi Arabia--reacted angrily. This anger would have...

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Leaving the left

Published on May 22 2005

Leaving the left Nightfall, Jan. 30. Eight-million Iraqi voters have finished risking their lives to endorse freedom and defy fascism. Three things happen in rapid succession. The right cheers. The left demurs. I walk away from a long-term intimate relationship....