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In the wake of the Fort Hood slaughter by Nadal Hasan, disturbing patterns are emerging between that bloodbath and 9/11. An act of terror driven by Islamist extremism. Many victims died. Many others suffer. And all the red flags were once again ignored.
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Liberal Democrats declared a huge victory this past Tuesday in NY-23 against the Tea Party movement and the despised Rush-Beck-Palin Evil Trinity. Yet not only has Rep. Bill Owens wiped away all that good work, he may have just sunk the Democrats in 2010.
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In all of the Obama administration's, NEA's and EIF's propagandistic efforts in the cause of "service" and promoting policies like healthcare and cap-and-trade, something very important is getting lost: The Arts. Time to get back to basics.
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In a surprising victory for Democrats, Bill Owens has defeated Doug Hoffman in NY-23. Many other major races went the Republicans' way, including a surprise upset in NJ by Chris Christie over incumbent Jon Corzine. In Maine, voters rejected gay marriage.
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According to a new report by the Financial Times, the blockbuster 'Terminator' name brand and franchise are on the auction block. The deal won't include productions already completed, but will apply to future film and TV spinoffs and merchandising rights.
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There's a huge battle going on for the soul of the Republican Party in NY-23. Democrats may take great amusement in the fact that Republicans have engaged in fisticuffs, but if history is any indicator there's a lot for both parties to be worried about.
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As a six-year veteran who served America honorably, and having seen some of the darker corners of this earth, to me Old Glory represents much of what is good in the world, freedom and equality in particular. So why do so many in the US find it offensive?
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In a record-setting 59-0 rout of the Tennessee Titans in snowbound Foxborough, Massachusetts, QB Tom Brady and the New England Patriots rewrote the record books, including an NFL-record five touchdowns for Tom Brady in the second quarter alone.
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According to reports by AP, the BBC and FOX News, at least twenty people, including five senior commanders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, have been killed in a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran. The regime is blaming the Sunni group Jundallah.
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Senior White House Aide Anita Dunn, who recently claimed FOX News was an arm of the Republican Party, was caught on video claiming that former Chinese Communist Party Leader Mao Zedong was one of her two favorite philosophers. The other? Mother Teresa.
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In a dramatic policy shift that violates a pledge Obama made during his campaign last year, his administration has signaled that it will be negotiating with the Sudanese government of Gen. Omar Bashir to end the genocide that has wracked Darfur.
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CBS2 News in Chicago reports that 115 of 800 female students at Paul Robeson High School in Chicago are expectant moms-to-be.
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ESPN announced that Rush Limbaugh's bid for the St. Louis Rams has been dropped by prospective buyers, allegedly over charges of making blatant racist statements which have since been proven to be fabrications. Wasn't it really over his political views?
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Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights lawyer and the 2003 Nobel Peace Price laureate, congratulated President Obama for his own Nobel win, then urged him to "put his Nobel hat on" and stress human rights in his dealings with Iran.
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Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may be in a coma. The regime launched a probe into opposition cleric Mahdi Karroubi. A top Ahmadinejad official's daughter applies for asylum in Germany. Russia balks, China talks, and AMPAS wraps an Iran film seminar series.
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Yesterday I reported on how blacklisted Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed Aria would be in L.A. for an AMPAS film series on Iran. ABC News just reported that Iran barred Fatemeh and another filmmaker from leaving Iran because of their political activities
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AMPAS is launching a week-long series on Iranian film to be hosted at UCLA and the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater. Guests include ten Iranian film artists now in L.A. Among them is actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria, who was reported to be blacklisted in Iran
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Arsham Parsi, a gay Iranian activist, fled Iran for his life in 2005. He settled in Canada in 2006 and founded IRQR, an NGO that helps LGBTs flee Iran or fight their deportation back to certain death.
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Billionaire Guy Laliberte, founder of the world-famous Cirque de Soleil, became Canada's first space tourist, and the world's first space clown, when he blasted off this morning for the orbiting International Space Station aboard the Russian SOYUZ TMA-16.
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Actors, directors, pundits and French officials have demanded Roman Polanski's release. On the other side of the debate, majority public sentiment in both the US and France favors Polanski's extradition to justice. Passions are running high on both sides.
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