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Legal Marijuana in our lifetime?
Will we see sweeping reforms in US drug policy, or will the USA's "War on Some Drugs" (to borrow from R. A. Wilson) continue?
:: STARTED BY I, Libertine
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:10 12.08.07
Hello Kitty and the Police
Hello Kitty armband designed to punish and shame police officers in Thailand.
:: STARTED BY lille christina
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:29 10.08.07
Lies of the day - keeping track
Just keeping track of the lies so that we don't miss any good ones. Please add to the list.
:: STARTED BY Nick's Experimental Wrongness
:: 145 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:35 06.08.07
Things that have been worrying me[1]-China's cultural heritage and the one child policy
Chinese country girls- 'maggots in the rice'?
:: STARTED BY hoatzin
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:20 24.07.07
Bank Loans for the Poor: Will Capitalism Save The World?
The Grameen Bank loans money to "the poorest of the poor," who then use the money to begin entrepreneurial ventures in their communities. Will capitalism bring an end to global poverty?
:: STARTED BY xenoglaux
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:18 16.07.07
Sarkozy says 'No' to mass pardons
French president cancels tradition of Bastille Day pardoning.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:29 10.07.07
Sic Transit Gordon Mundi
To discuss the Premiership of Gordon Brown.
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:54 08.07.07
U.S. Supreme Court votes to curb school districts' diversity plans
Crazy pill moment happening again in the U.S Supreme Court. This time it's racial integration in public schools being torn down.
:: STARTED BY XK
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:07 07.07.07
"Due to the effects of September 11..."
Post examples of things being attributed, mostly wrongly, to the 11.09.07 terrorist attack in New York.
:: STARTED BY Not Here Still
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:30 04.07.07
The Dying Days of Tony Blair
What is Tony Blair hanging on for?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 99 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:01 02.07.07
US Vice Presidents and High School Civics
Sometimes you just have to laugh. File under: balance of powers, rewriting the constitution, executive orders, classified documents, idiocy, humor, WTF?
:: STARTED BY *
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:10 29.06.07
Mike Gravel
Alaskan senator and Democratic candidate for '08 -- a fiery orator who seems to make a point of ruffling feathers. Is he a straight shooter? Does he stand a chance?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:50 28.06.07
A thread about the ongoing situation in Palestine
Rolling news and comment
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:25 21.06.07
Rape accusation against Duke lacrosse team
Duke Lacrosse team, horrifying sexual violence and racial hatred, reactions from the press and attorneys. Content may be disturbing.
:: STARTED BY *
:: 354 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:38 20.06.07
Drought in the USA
Went to the levee but the levee was dry... dustbowl, depression, lake on fire, America feeling the effects of climate change some more
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:16 15.06.07
Third Parties
The United States is, some say, saddled by an entrenched two-party system. What about Greens, Libertarians, Natural Law-ists and the rest?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:13 15.06.07
I love chavs
The return of class politics
:: STARTED BY jmw
:: 54 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:56 14.06.07
A barrister provoked outrage during ongoing UK rape case
Discussion about UK case. Also UK folks can you apply pressure to this?
:: STARTED BY XK
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:01 08.06.07
Sustainability and the left
Whatever happened to progress?
:: STARTED BY jmw
:: 118 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:37 05.06.07
Hugo Chavez, Socialism in South America
Socialist with the mostialist? President of Venezuela wins a third term, Latin America turning red, the rise of anti-US rhetoric
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 54 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:46 05.06.07
Have a potentially transmittable drug-resistant respiratory disease? Fly the friendly skies!
Keywords: XDR TB, selfishness, individual rights, Apocalypse.
:: STARTED BY Mistress of Cats Kali
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:20 01.06.07
The Future Lies in China
China, the future, environmental and human rights concerns, censorship, Tibet, & the possibility of a new cold war.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:03 31.05.07
Fixated Threat Assessment Centre = thought police?
The Home Office's new Fixated Threat Assessment Centre could be somewhat sinister. Does it have a Room 101?
:: STARTED BY Mon Oncle Ignatius
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:10 27.05.07
Turkey and EU
should Turkey be permitted to join the EU?
should Turkey bother when it's clear (central) Europe doesn't want them to join?
Wouldn't it be stronger in a Pan-Turkic Federation now that all the turkic ex-soviet republics have shitloads of oil?
:: STARTED BY yawn - thing's buddy
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:31 27.05.07
Gays prohibited from giving blood
blood donation, homosexuality, HIV, AIDS, discrimination, Red Cross, African Americans, Africans, pandemic, protest
:: STARTED BY TeN
:: 52 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:06 22.05.07
U.S. Congresspeople's "Food Stamp Challenge"
Some Washington types try to spend a week on a "food stamp budget" ($21) and blog about it.
:: STARTED BY MattShepherd: LARGELY ABSENT!
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:55 21.05.07
Thinking about copyright violation? GO TO JAIL.
Do not pass go! As the U.S. looks at making "attempted" copyvio a crime, we get closer and closer to the Thoughtcrime state...
:: STARTED BY MattShepherd: LARGELY ABSENT!
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:06 19.05.07
Oderint Dum Metuant: Dissent from within
Dissent and contention over the (proposed) war on Iraq from within the governments of the US and UK.
"Oderint dum metuant" means "let them hate, as long as they fear."
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 33 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:26 17.05.07
How long will Gordon Brown last?
Tick tock, tick tock, will Gordon Brown have time to get settled in to the seat of power, or is he just keeping it warm for the transition from Blair to Cameron?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:38 14.05.07
Help me understand my politics
In which a confused chap in his mid-twenties asks a screenful of non-accountable strangers to dissect his beliefs.
:: STARTED BY Happy Quadrangle
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:16 11.05.07
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