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...These little mean-spirited attacks could be stopped dead by a simple state domestic partnership benefit law," Buseck said of the suits filed against Cambridge and Boston. "If the House passed it and the governor signed it, the case in Cambridge would be moot...
...other side of the aisle, even the expectations game appears almost moot. Since his wide defeat in last week's Washington State beauty contest, Bradley has stumped all week long in New York, finally garnering some headlines. For his pains, Bradley shaved 10 points off Gore's lead in the state over the weekend, but still trails by a 30 percent margin in the Zogby daily tracking poll. That's a gap that even Bradley's pal Michael Jordan would be unable to jump, and, in that light, MSNBC reported Monday that aides said the ex-senator was already planning...
...Actually, at this point in her career, Madonna is probably miles above criticism. Her cult of personality is so large that to even criticize her music seems something of a moot point. When asked how he felt about Madonna's version of his song, even Don McLean said, "I have received many gifts from God but this is the first time I have ever received a gift from a goddess...
...course, I believe, as many do, that all these changes will become moot owing to the coming invasion of Superior Beings from the 12th Quadrant of the Fifth Dimension, known to us earthers as the Great Nebula in Orion (see my essay "Who Will Destroy Our Civilization and Lay Waste to Life on Earth as We Know It in the Next Century?" in the next Visions issue). If the indicators are correct, the mother ship of these Ecstatic Beings will emit a cloud of radioactive gas that blankets the planet, wiping out all life for a period...
...couldn't legally be electrocuted, and in Alabama, that means he can't be executed. Any judicial review will take months, if not years, to wrap up," says Sanders. The Court was poised several months ago to examine a similar case in Florida, until the state rendered the arguments moot by replacing electrocution with the more popular (and, its supporters argue, more "humane") lethal injection as its chief method of execution. Tarver's lawyers are hoping Alabama won't use the same strategy to expedite their client's execution; they maintain Tarver, who is black, was denied a jury...