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It was more than 45 years ago that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. enunciated his “Dream” to a huge throng on the Capitol Mall. There is no doubt that substantial progress toward ethnic equality has been achieved since that time, even to the point of having elected a Black US President. The Minority Home Ownership Gap: But there is some way to go. Home ownership represents the core of the “American Dream” that was certainly a part of Dr. King’s vision. Yet, there remain signifigant gap in homeow

On September 24, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the guest on Larry King’s CNN talkshow. In this interview, Chavez offered thoughts from the United States to Iran; from oil politics to the Gaza War; from his thoughts about assassination to his wishes when he was a child. Click here to view the embedded video. LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, Venezuela’s outspoken, headline making president Hugo Chavez. He called George W. Bush “The Devil” and now says it seems there are two Barack Obamas.Quadrant Online has a forum on the Left that picks up on the What's Left series of articles run by The Australian. Here some of Australia’s leading Left thinkers explain what it means to be Left. Left more or less means social democracy, the ALP's light on the hill and the Rudd Government. Mervyn F. Bendle says that: the very best the Left can come up with as a unifying value is “equality”, understood in various incompatible ways, from the comparatively straightforward nos

President Hugo Chávez met on Friday with Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and with King Juan Carlos eluniversal.com | Sep 11, 2009 According to the Venezuelan president, the political, economic and social relation between Spain and Venezuela is “very important” and must be undertaken “on a basis of equality, affection and without paying attention to the bearers of lies that exist everywhere” Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said on Friday that he is wilIn a recent report entitled ‘Microcredit boon for Penang’s poor’ in Malaysia’s ‘Sun2Surf’ online publication , Penang-based freelance journalist Mr Himanshu Bhatt discusses the recent introduction of a ’microcredit aid’ scheme in Penang. Penang is a state in the North of Western Peninsula Malaysia. Sun2Surf is the web companion to Malaysia’s widely read ‘The Sun’ newspaper. Dubbed the ’People’s equality bridging project’, the microcredit scheme was announced last month as a joint effort betw

''I know that they intended to silence us with hate. However, we are choosing to unite and come over that with a stronger voice, and a message that we are here - and we deserve equality as well as everyone else.'' Heidi Williams of the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center responding to the vandalism of a billboard that featured a gay marine, Tim Smith, saluting and the words, ''I'm gay and I protected your freedom.'' ''That billboard is going to get a lot of reaction. TABC News Bill Clinton Echoes 'Right-Wing Conspiracy' Theme New York Times When Hillary Clinton suggested in 1998 that there was a “vast right-wing conspiracy” out to get her husband, the remarks drew wide attention and scorn among conservatives. Now Bill Clinton himself is echoing that line, saying that such ... Bill Clinton Says Right-Wing Conspiracy Now After President Obama ABC News A 'right-wing conspiracy' against Obama? Clinton says yes. Christian Science Monitor Bill Clinton Explains Why

James Dobson and his Focus on the Family empire rose to fame on a philosophy of authoritarian parenting that consisted of generous doses of spanking to ensure agreement, conformity, and obedience. That philosophy was often criticized for its frequent outcome: Aggressive behavior, youth-on-youth violence, anxiety disorders, and externalization or projection of one’s problems. Christian Rightists countered that the benefits of harsh discipline outweighed these costs. However, two new studies bTonight's Rescue Rangers are vcmvo2, dadanation, sunspark says, mem from somerville, Got a Grip, jlms qkw, and srkp23 with vcmvo2 editing The diaries up for rescue are: StandUpToRacism looks back at a time filled with the exuberance of youth, when life stretched before him and all things were possible, in One Beautiful Moment... Long Ago. RLMiller details the crucial significance for the climate bill of the term/concept REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation aAnother competition on Food Fight, this for goody bags from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs . Looks like Donncha’s Cork photowalk facilitated by Hotel Pat and the Montenotte Hotel went well. Well done to Donncha on looking after everyone. Should Murphy’s Ice Cream do an ice cream to campaign for equality? Via M , new book from Irish author Alan Glynn. National College of Ireland running great lunchtime talks. Legends in your Lunchtime. Kind of like Moo Cards. Memolio. FROM BLOG.TARAGANA.COM KATHMANDU – They became the first sexual minority in South Asia to wrest the right to same-sex marriage and have a say in the new constitution. Now Nepal’s transgender community is aiming to conquer the world outside by taking part in the international pageant for transgenders to be held in Thailand next month. Sandhya Lama, the 21-year-old Miss Gay Nepal, will represent the nascent republic at the Miss International Queen 2009, the fifth edition of the pageant for

I gave this talk this morning in my ward. It’s my second in 7 years of membership. The photograph is from a friend’s mission to Canada. We are a living church. One of our greatest blessings is that we belong to a church with continuing, ongoing revelation. The heavens are open. Most Christian denominations have a closed canon of scriptures, meaning that they believe the Bible contains all of God’s words to his children, and that nothing further can be added or will be given to the earth. TheFor the next two weekends, Maine Catholics are being shown a DVD that essentially tells them it is their moral duty to vote against marriage equality for same-sex couples. Fortunately, a group calling itself Catholics For Marriage Equality is here to remind those same parishioners that they actually have minds of their own: Catholics for Marriage Equality Again Urges Support for NO on 1 to Protect Marriage Equality Organization wants “the diocese to know it is not speaking for all faithA lot of the Hollywood suckups and Child rapist defenders are coming out of the woodwork, so if Hollywood wants to be known as Polanski defenders. Anne Applebaum of Washington Post He can be blamed, it is true, for his original, panicky decision to flee. But for this decision I see mitigating circumstances, not least an understandable fear of irrational punishment. Polanski's mother died in Auschwitz. His father survived Mauthausen. He himself survived the Krakow ghetto, and later emigrat

By John W. Lillpop Anyone doubting the hypocrisy of liberals should consider the following: * Execution of a convicted killer is cruel, unusual & barbaric; whereas a woman’s right to abort the life of an innocent child is inalienable; * Starving a helpless victim like Terri Schaivo to death is acceptable; but using lethal injection to end the life of a brutal killer is not; * Discrimination based on race or gender is wrong. Except when waged against Caucasian men, in which case it is The day turned absolutely glorious about halfway through AIDS Walk San Diego Thousands of San Diegans took to and lined the city’s streets from Balboa Park to University Avenue this morning for the 20th annual AIDS Walk San Diego. Faced with massive cuts in funding from Sacramento and serious declines in private donations to local HIV/AIDS organizations, the community stepped up and stepped out San Diego style hoping to make up some of the short

Deals with Bharat are not worth the paper they are written on We have often written about the futility of discussions with Hindustan about anything. For the past 60 years, none of Bharat’s neighbors have been able to resolve any border or water dispute with Delhi. This includes, Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, Lanka, China, Myanmar and Maldives. None of the neighbors has been able to resolve any of the issues. All neighbors hate Bharti intentions and do not like the sanctimonious bullying that they areA talk by Mark Ellingsen at the recent Bristol Anarchist Bookfair First of all I would like to make a distinction between utopia and utopianism, or the spirit of utopia. So let’s start with a couple of definitions which I think is close to how I see the two concepts: Definition of utopia: “The word describes an ideal community free from conflict which incorporates a clear set of values and allows the complete satisfaction of human needs.” . Definition of utopianism:

“R ule Brittania! Brittania rules the waves! Bretons never, ever, ever will be slaves!” That’s an anthem to be sung with vim and vigor. A strident chorus you can really get behind. It’s epic and sweeps you along with it. But it’s not really appropriate any more. In fact the closest we could get would be: “We own all the big guns, we control the news. We fund all your armies, oppose us and you’ll lose. America, America, Aammmeeeeeericaaa

Just your basic left-leaning, snark-loving, disbelieving, AIDS-aware online hangout for intelligent 'mos and the folks who love us.There are many kinds of surprises in mathematics and theory: here are some examples Gil Kalai is one of the great combinatorialists in the world, who has proved terrific results in many aspects of mathematics: from geometry, to set systems, to voting systems, to quantum computation, and on. He also writes one of the most interesting blogs in all of mathematics— Combinatorics and more ; I strongly recommend it to you. Today I want to talk about surprises in mathematics. I claim that

Equality Now calls on the Democratic Party of Japan , the country's newly-elected administration recently sworn into office, to ban all games that normalize and promote violence against women and girls. During a recent review of ...Now everything will be fine because there's an agenda! Full equality? Now? Right. Sober up buddy. The "T" is gonna sink that ship. Just watch. You are so gullible. What is that like? Posted by: Mark | Sep 26, 2009 7:19:56 PM ...Feminist censorship advocacy group Equality Now is launching yet another attack on “hentai,” vowing to make the newly elected DPJ administration ban any.

Although there is no admission charge to the event, donations to Equality Now are strongly encouraged. Donations will be collected at the event, and can also be made online. In 2008, more than $850 was donated to Equality Now from the ...This fantastic total includes $66750.59 donated to Equality Now and $8097.98 to other charities. But we're not done yet, so please continue to support CSTS events. We're hoping to top last year's Global Donation of $107219.15! ...Join CSTS in raising money for Equality Now. All it'll take is a couple of clicks of your mouse and you'll be helping the amazing Equality Now with this new contest. There are 12 cash prizes for favorite charities and all you have to do ...Now, they're focused to getting as many people as possible to Washington, D.C. on October 11, 2009 for the National Equality March. Sutton Foster, the Tony-winning star of Shrek the Musical, attended a Broadway Impact rally over the ...Until now functions as a type have been without a very meaningful or useful notion of equality. This result implies that, in the cases considered, functional equality for statically defined functions can be proven statically. ...