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Archive for August, 2007
China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is “an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation.”
Sphere: Related ContentHilly Kristal, founder of iconic punk rock club CBGB, dies
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Hilly Kristal, whose rock club CBGB served as the birthplace of the punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads, has died after a battle with lung cancer, his son said Wednesday. He was 75.
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Monday, August 27th, 2007How copyrighting, capitalism, and lawsuit chaos disturbed the radical utopia of Burning Man.
Rapper-Actor DMX Has His Own Pit Bull Problem
Monday, August 27th, 2007Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies removed 12 distressed pit bulls from the Phoenix area home of rapper-turned-actor DMX in a raid that also found a number of firearms, police said on Friday.
Sphere: Related ContentMike Bloomberg! Sam Nunn! Is the Third-Party Movement a Joke?
Friday, August 24th, 2007This nostalgia, combined with the genuine frustration many Americans do feel with partisan politics–the Unity ‘08 website proclaims that 82 percent of Americans think Washington is too polarized to function–has sparked centrist-chic mini-buzz around Unity ‘08.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
There is a hypocrisy and sociopathology of the soul that is so grotesque, it is like metastasized cancer. Such is the affliction that infests George W. Bush.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Crafting of Obama
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Webster’s defines a staircase as “a means of access as from one level to another, consisting of a series of stairs with or without a balustrade.” When you set out to erect a staircase, the key task is measurement. Every space must be painstakingly configured to the nth degree. The runners, risers and stair treads must all conform to a master plan.
When Barack Obama launched his presidential bid, he became a carpenter. He was forced to make a decision: Did he want to build a staircase, o
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
So, Whose Base Would Hillary Rally More?
Thursday, August 16th, 2007[Democratic leaders] say the former first lady may be too polarizing for much of the country. She could jeopardize the party’s standing with independent voters and give Republicans who otherwise might stay home on Election Day a reason to vote, they worry.
In other words, as Andy Arnold, chairman of the Greenville, S.C., Democratic Party, put it:
“I think Hillary is someone who could drive folks on the other side out to vote who otherwise wouldn’t.”
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