The artist behind the iconic "Hope" poster featuring Barack Obama, Shepard Fairey, is collaborating with Levi's for an upcoming collection titled Obey x Levi's. Set to debut October 29 at Levi's flagship store in Times Square in New York City, the collaboration will feature...
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"Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set...
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"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes...
The first thing I said when I heard Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was being indicted was,”Good, about time”. The second thing I said was, “When will western war criminals, such as President Bush, be indicted?” It is highly unlikely that the International Criminal...
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Implementing this change, officials said, would cost $1 million. Imagine this: after a family's house burns down, or someone doesn't get rescued, the fire department says "Yea, well, between the station and your...
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
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(*room temperature)"Muqtada Al-Sadr Announces He’s Retiring From Leadership Of Sadrist Movement, Sequestering Himself
The leader of the Shi'ite Sadrists in Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has announced in a letter to...
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This is almost as bad as the pregnant woman being tasered. At least no one died or was seriously injured this time around."Donnell Williams had just gotten out of the bath tub, wearing only a towel around his...
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Pilgrims to Lourdes traveling via the Vatican's 737 jet ran into a very worldly problem: the carry-on liquid ban. Lourdes (located in France) may be famous for its holy water, but visitors ahd to dump any that...
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June 6, 2007To the Fans of Jericho:
Wow!
Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and
probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television
series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been
heard.
As...
In what is seen as a conciliatory gesture to the opposition, Ukranian President Yushchenko has delayed elections by nearly a month."Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has postponed the date of parliamentary...
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CPT (‘temporary stay centres’), detention camps for immigrants.These are actually concentration camps for people guilty of being poor and without the right papers.CPT are not simply prisons, they are true...
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"Police say a British historian was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and jailed because he refused to obey a uniformed officer's order to use a crosswalk and wouldn't show identification.
The historian says he had no idea the upset young man was a police officer.
"Where I'm...
CHICAGO The ACLU Thursday answered the "cease and desist" letter sent to a local businessman by lawyers for Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-Press owner and Publisher Wendy McCaw with a letter of its own -- demanding...
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"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to...