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Khalida's father says she's 9-or maybe 10....The trafficker found them anyway and demanded his opium. So Shah took his case before a tribal council in Laghman and begged for leniency. Instead, the elders unanimously ruled that Shah would have to reimburse the trafficker by giving Khalida to him in marriage. Now the family can only wait for ( Read more... )

Without the rhetoric and talk about who's most inspiring, CNN has a chart of where each candidate stands on the issues.

linkSince McCain is almost definitely the Republican nominee, I'll mention his stances ( Read more... )

I put up with him panting after Bush, thinking he just had an overdeveloped sense of loyalty or whatever, but this?

McCain to speak at Liberty UniversityJERRY FALWELL'S university ( Read more... )

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Who cares about prostitutes, or any women for that matter?

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My thanks to the LJ community dark_christian for the point out.

Falwell threatens to sue/boycott groups that 'subvert' Christmas

Evangelical Christian pastor Jerry Falwell has a message for Americans when it comes to celebrating Christmas this year: You're either with us, or you're against us.

I'll take 'against'"They'll be reporting to 750 ( Read more... )

"The Internal Revenue Service has warned a prominent liberal church it could lose its tax-exempt status because of an anti-war sermon a guest preacher gave on the eve of the 2004 presidential election, church officials say."

Link"The IRS warned the church in June that its tax-exempt status was in jeopardy because such organizations are prohibited ( Read more... )

Well, he actually HAS been a judge. That's something. OTOH, Bush is running back to his roots, here.

AlitoTwo of his decisions ( Read more... )

Very very tired. Also somewhat bemused by Pat Robertson calling for the assassination of the President of Venezuala. I guess it's a Who Would Jesus Whack kind of thing. Of course, he wants to nuke the state dept. too, so we can't really accuse him of playing favorites ( Read more... )

Is a bad idea in London.

Inquiry into de Menezes shooting deathIf true, this is absolutely horrific ( Read more... )

Zulu.

Really. Proud warriors, and all that. Or Masai. Who could possibly object?

How about Muslims? Or Jews! The Fightin' Jews would be the greatest name ever.

Bush criticizes ban on team name""I think they insult those people by telling them, 'No, no, you're not smart enough to understand this. You should be feeling really horrible about this ( Read more... )