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"I respect the jury's verdict," Bush said in a written statement. "But I have concluded that the prison sentence given to Mr. Libby is excessive. Therefore, I am commuting the portion of Mr. Libby's sentence that required him to spend 30 months in prison."

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President Bush Also Vetoed A Bill That Would Overturn His Careful, Ethical Approach To Stem Cell Research. If this legislation became... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1716 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:34:46 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1715/t/Chinese-surname-weirdness.html
Read this...

Chinese surname shortage sparks rethink

feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1715 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:42:26 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1718/t/Court-Rules-Against-Enemy-Combatant-Policy.html Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri v. Commander S.L. Wright, USN Commander, Consolidated Naval Brigade granting Al-Marri habeas relief. The Court found that the government must release Al-Marri from military custody within a reasonable time. I have yet to read the Opinion but thought I would link it for anyone interested. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1718 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:59:44 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1721/t/Precedential-Internet-Child-pornography-case.html United States of America v. Daniel Voelker According to the facts of the case, Voelker "briefly exposed the buttocks of his three year-old daughter over a webcam that was connected... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1721 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:19:02 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1717/t/Charles-Taylor-and-Liberian-war-crimes.html feeds@yuku.com (MadArchitect) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1717 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:27:57 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1720/t/The-Roman-civil-wars-according-to-Appian-.html
I just started reading Appian's account of the Roman civil wars, and I thought it might be helpful to have a few Romaphiles handy in case I had any questions. I hope you don't mind my enlisting your help.

For example, I thought you might be able to clarify the political maneuvers over the apportioning of land in the 2nd century BC that leads up to the civil wars. I think I understand the basics of what... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MadArchitect) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1720 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:17:46 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1723/t/Atheist-Wilson-Gives-22-5-Million-for-Catholic-Fund.html Atheist Wilson Gives $22.5 Million for Catholic Fund

By Patrick Cole

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Philanthropist and retired hedge-fund manager Robert W. Wilson said he is giving $22.5 million to the Archdiocese of New York to fund a scholarship program for needy inner-city students attending Roman Catholic schools.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1723 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:13:04 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1724/t/Oregon-s-Access-to-Birth-Control-Act.html Access to Birth Control Act. According to the Governor's press release, the Act requires "employee health insurance plans to provide prescription drug coverage of birth... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1724 Wed, 30 May 2007 17:23:18 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1712/t/-quot-Banned-for-life-Gay-men-still-can-t-donate-blood-quot.html FDA wants to prevent HIV spread; Red Cross, others say it's 'unwarranted'

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Gay men remain banned for life from donating blood, the government said Wednesday, leaving in place - for now - a 1983 prohibition meant to prevent the spread of HIV through transfusions.

The Food and Drug... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1712 Tue, 29 May 2007 13:09:10 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1727/t/George-Tenet.html Meet the Press this morning? Or intend to read his book ( At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA)? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1727 Sun, 06 May 2007 20:11:30 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1722/t/Court-Backs-Ban-on-Late-Term-Abortion-Procedure.html Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the 2003 ban on late term abortions.

This is indeed scary. I think it demonstrates the flavor that Supreme Court decisions will have with... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1722 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:53:36 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1725/t/Virginia-Tech.html
I have yet to hear a good reason why the campus was not locked down after the first killings were discovered. After all, all the authorities really knew at that time was that they had a double homicide on their hands and the killer was still at large.

I have heard excuses like they assumed that the first two killings were a murder suicide, but if... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Frank 013) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1725 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:56:49 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1730/t/politics-and-environmentalism.html
The sad thing is that my fellow citizens will actually believe it is a green and economical solution, and wet their hemp drawers in their urgency to vote for them.

Idiots.

Regards,
M. Graham

Trouble rather the tiger in his lair... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (murraygraham) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1730 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:47:22 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1728/t/Justice-Texas-style.html like this come from Texas, the state with the highest execution rate post-1976 bar none?

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James Curtis Giles spent 10 years in prison for a gang rape he has long said he did not commit.

On Monday, more than a decade after his release, a prosecutor told the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrosem) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1728 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:03:25 GMT http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/1726/t/God-exists-cause-I-say-so-I-don-t-care-about-facts-.html Cheney the Dick

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WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney repeated his assertions of al-Qaida links to Saddam Hussein's Iraq on Thursday as the Defense Department released a report citing more evidence that the prewar government did not cooperate with the terrorist group.

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