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Link. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has just heard arguments regarding the constitutionality of DC's gun ban. Maybe people want to find out whether they have a right to keep and bear arms before turning them in to the DC police. Prediction: The number of drug dealers who will volunteer to...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cia_leak_trial Libby was convicted of perjury. Will this close the chapter on Plamegate? Lurker

Hmm....

This is one of those thinly veiled attempts to incite hated against Latinos. Although this stupid law supposedly includes the Canadian flag, the Burundi flag and the flag of Tanzania the REAL concern is potentially illegal immigrants flying the Mexican flag. Can't have THAT in the U.S...

Illegal immigration has been in the news lately, and the topic of some debate here. This is just a thumbnailed idea, really. I figured that if it was truly flawed, then some folks around here could probably suss it out pretty quickly. How about this: We allow people in Mexico(Or anywhere...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/778767.html I often hear it is just a matter of keeping the law, if Palestinians just did that, all would be ok, and they are to be condemned for not doing so. It appear Isreal is no better at keeping the law.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4999610.stm The branch of government which is supposed to keep illegal immigrants out of the country is actually employing them. Apart from the irony does anyone else think this means the Home Office needs to get it's act together?

I've seen some right-wing bloggers claim that the real cause for the fall of Rome was that they did not prosecute their illegal aliens. Some of these folks cite Peter Heather's "The Fall of Rome: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians" as supporting their view. Does anyone know if this book...

Amendment XVI The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration. How do the Tax dodgers explain away the 16th when the claim that the tax is...

There is a documentary on the History Channel tonight (7:00 p.m. MST) that outlines the history of marijuana and how it became illegal. I've wanted to mention this documentary regarding the illegal alien "problem," but couldn't find a way to cite it (it's copyrighted material that is for sale...

I was watching the news and local jerky law enforcement officals were warning everyone that they wer busting people for smuggling/using fireworks into the state. jailing people for traditionally celebrating their countries independance + freedom. shameful irony.

While looking up dumb laws in the 'Humor' section, I came across this one So does this mean that psychics are illegal? I can't recall anyone ever being charged under this law

Whats the big deal? If someone is vain enough to take drugs to get all big n buff, who are we to stop them. Sure theres that whole danger thing. So what. Plastic surgery and smoking are dangerous. They are still legal.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/24/weird.laws.reut/index.html

Commentary: "A Global Accounting: An Occasional Column" March 10, 2005 edition Why the new jobs go to immigrants By David R. Francis Wall Street cheered and stock prices rose when the US Labor Department announced last Friday that employers had expanded their payrolls by 262,000 positions in...

LONDON : Unskilled foreigners will find it harder to migrate to Britain under new proposals due to be announced. The plans also call for stricter screening of asylum seekers and tighter border controls, the country's interior minister said. The government of Prime Minister Tony Blair has drawn...

This came from a good friend of mine. She wound up not attaching the documents because of their size... What I'm looking to find out is if anyone here has heard of this and knows more details. Is this law as broad as she thinks? Is the alarmist tone misleading in some way? Does some of...

HANOI - French President Jacques Chirac has said the US-led war in Iraq was illegal and expressed his fear for the country's future in the face of a "civil war". In an interview with China Central TV filmed last month ahead of a visit to China this week, Chirac reiterated his strong opposition...

Sometimes people just go way too far. Compliments of http://www.debunkers.org

http://www.humaniststudies.org/enews/index.html?id=158&lid=1113#n14 This question has me stumped. You do sign a contract when you're married. You do vow to be "true" to the one you marry. What would the punishment be if it were illegal? I think our court systems have enough criminals to...

Much discussion among sceptical vets regarding a letter which appeared in Veterinary Times last week. Background. In the UK vets are bound by a law known as the "cascade" which obliges them to use licensed medicines where available, choosing from a "cascading" list of availability. Read all...

I was 1/2 ass watching EXTRA or one ofthose lame celebrity shows. They had a little story about some B rated celbrity who was in NYC fliming somthing I forget. Anyhoo she had some scarf on that covered her face. She then was arrested cause police thought she was a protester (she wasnt)...

John Kerry, January 2004

The BBC is carrying the story of the new Sexual Offences Act which, amongst many (mostly positive) things, makes it illegal for under-16s to kiss. The story explains that the law forbids "sexual touching" with any part of the body, even through clothing. The Government has said, of course...

From: Thu Mar 25, 2004 Reuters Er...ahh...mmmm...well if it's good enough for Professor Fortunat Lumu...it's good enough for me! ;)

Wow, I'm vegetarian so I don't care, but I still think it's really wierd and hypocritical: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8806682%255E1702,00.html Can anybody think of any good reasons for this law?

Did you know that most illegal immigrants from China do not arrive in the United States with a curator's knowledge of Ming ceramics?

The eating of someone who is already dead, with their prior consent. Is this even wrong? Apart from an unsubstantiated feeling of uneasiness, what is wrong with it?

Reprint of Guardian article I remember Tricky and other forum members endlessly arguing that the war was illegal, while others insisted otherwise. Well, now that Perle has finally come out in the open and admitted that international law just didn't suit the Bush administration, will these...

In the tradition begun with my racism thread, I've given this one sort of a provocative title. Sorry to anyone who's gotten the wrong impression. :D If you became angry, or flushed upon reading the title though, I feel you. I've learned to dislike many things over my long and tedious life...