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...What it shows you is that we’re all mixed up,” Gates said. “We might claim different ethnic identities in the day, but when the lights went out all those barriers came tumbling down...
...case, Justice officials claim that the secret NSA program has always used the "probable cause" standard even when a FISA warrant hadn't been obtained. But that explanation doesn't hold water with some legal experts. Last week, General Hayden himself admitted that in cases where the NSA does not first go to the courts, "the trigger is quicker and a bit softer than it is for a FISA warrant." Putting it more bluntly, Philip B. Heymann, a former Clinton Administration deputy attorney general, says, "The only reason they are doing warrantless searches is because they want to do them...
...selling cheap clothes, the Garment District also runs a continual do-good mission. Their website proudly proclaims that the Garment District “is committed to the mission of being an ethical recycling company which offers high quality clothing for any taste.” Their claim of being “an ethical recycling company” is not just talk. Each year, The Garment District, Inc. processes millions of pounds of clothing, much of which is purchased from charity organizations who need the revenue. Only about a third of the clothes are tagged for sale. The Garment...
...everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.? For some of the cast members on television?s ever-multiplying number of reality shows, those 15 minutes aren?t always what they?re cracked up to be. These contestants signed onto reality shows for the fun and adventure. Instead, they claim that viewers were left with an impression of them that was anything but real...
...approach to Canada's most important trade partner and political ally--by sounding like a Liberal Party nationalist. He startled reporters at his first press conference by declaring he took exception to a remark made earlier in the week by U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins, who questioned Canada's claim to sovereignty over Arctic waters. "It is the Canadian people we get our mandate from, not the ambassador from the United States," Harper snapped, noting his government has "significant plans" for asserting its Arctic rights...