4 month ago
Rod Begbie : Civics and Citizenship Study Materials - One for the Americans: download the "Civics Flash Cards", and see how well *you'd* do on the Citizenship test. #
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9 month ago
nelson : Colbert vs. Lou Dobbs - Paul's right, this is hugely bizarre. And more than a bit upsetting.
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9 month ago
Linkorama : Substance, not style - Despite what many believe, there are significant differences in policy between Barack Obama and the other candidates
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10 month ago
Linkorama : Craig Barrett - A Talent Contest We're Losing - With Congress gridlocked on immigration, it's clear that the next Silicon Valley will not be in the United States.
deusx : Craig Barrett - A Talent Contest We're Losing - washingtonpost.com - "With Congress gridlocked on immigration, it's clear that the next Silicon Valley will not be in the United States."
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11 month ago
deusx : Matthew Yglesias (November 05, 2007) - Should Illegal Immigrants Get Driver's Licenses? (Domestic Policy) - "The problem with saying "yes" isn't just that it's unpopular, it's that it's unpopular because it sounds ridiculous."
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14 month ago
Rod Begbie : Welcome to America | Guardian Unlimited - "When writer Elena Lappin flew to LA, she dreamed of a sunkissed, laid-back city. But that was before airport officials decided to detain her as a threat to security" [via] #
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18 month ago
Rod Begbie : Happy Mondays man refused US visa | News | NME.COM - Bez won't be appearing with the Happy Mondays at Coachella this weekend. What's the point in seeing them, then? Bez *was* the Happy Mondays. #
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18 month ago
deusx : LSD as Therapy? Write about It, Get Barred from US :: News :: thetyee.ca - "Now I am being seen as one of those drug users, perhaps an addict, perhaps a dealer, one can't be sure. In the matter of a second, I became powerless, whatever I said wasn't going to be taken seriously. I was labeled, sorted and disposed of. Dismiss
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22 month ago
jimray : NPR : Border Fence Firm Snared for Hiring Illegal Workers - Irony you are a fickle mistress
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jimray : Va. Congressman fears more Muslims elected - Xenophobic asshat
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28 month ago
Rod Begbie : Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test? - I managed 85%, with only a couple of guesses. Not on there: "We all know the 13 stripes are for good luck. But why does the American flag have precisely 47 stars?" [via] #
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28 month ago
deusx : Fanatical Apathy · The Best-Ever Argument for Exploding Burritos - "Granting amnesty to the guy who’s been washing dishes at your favorite neighborhood restaurant for the past 7 years: Unthinkable."
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29 month ago
jkottke : Maciej takes George Will to task on bilingual ballots - Maciej takes George Will to task on bilingual ballots. Will thinks bilingual ballots are "a mockery of the rule of law" because you need to speak English to become a citizen. Maciej says, "the insinuation that voters might want ballots in Spanish because
cameron : On Bilingual Ballots - Maciej takes George Will to camp on the idiocy of his argument against bilingual voting ballots
cobra libre : maciej ceglowski: on bilingual ballots - "Their linguistic fearmongering is harder to pull it off now than at the start of the last century, when there actually were entire American communities that never learned English and had their own civic conversation, in their own moon language. Curiously #
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29 month ago
deusx : Obesity times influx-Commentary-The Washington Times, America's Newspaper - "To the extent Americans adjusted their lifestyle to a reduction in the supply of immigrant labor by doing more household tasks, obesity would decline and health would improve."
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30 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Americas | Immigrants begin US boycott day - Damnit! Why didn't I find out about this until I was already at my desk? I could totally have done with pulling a sickie, and pretending it was a political statement. #
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38 month ago
kayodeok : US tests $3.5m computerised lie detector - The US Department of Homeland Security has earmarked $3.5m to help scientists develop next-generation computer-based lie detectors
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