Thousands gather to show their solidarity with Charlie Hebdo victims in France and Britain as Francois Hollande declares tomorrow a day of mourning 

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Breaking: Foie Gras Is Legal in California Right Now; Anti-Foie Ban Invalidated

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One Tweet Perfectly Sums Up the Big Problem With How We Talk About Terrorism

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Former ‘Onion’ editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed

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It Sadly Unclear Whether This Onion Article Will Put Lives At Risk

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23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting

Slaves freed from SKorean salt farms face misery in shelters – Yahoo News.

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How Florida farmworkers won a fairer deal from America’s biggest food companies – CSMonitor.com.

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This Graduate Stripped Down For All The Right Reasons

nice

NYPD Cops Stop Patrolling Streets, Crime Rates Begin Falling; Traffic Violations Down 94%

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How inequality made these Western countries poorer

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The rise and ugly fall of a moderate Syrian rebel offers lessons for the West

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Here Comes The Saudi Dynasty Succession Crisis …

“He is not a real prince; his mother was a slave and there are other brothers who are more competent,” [emphasis: mine]

What a fucking surreal sentence to read about a modern-day government.

U.S. ski team prospects die in avalanche in Austria

R.I.P.

If Palestinians join ICC, Israel’s actions may trigger court’s jurisdiction

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court would have a hard time arguing that the occupation and the plight of Gaza Palestinians are outside their jurisdiction.

 

Exactly

Israel freezes Palestine tax funds over ICC bid

Israel has halted the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinians following their bid to join the International Criminal Court, Israeli officials say.

Racist, spineless, assholes act without honor.

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Palestine’s ICC bid could mark turning point: 

If court accepts Palestine’s application, prosecutor could open investigation into war crimes and genocide by any party.

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HarperCollins sorry for omitting Israel from atlas

The omission was made because of “local preferences,” Collins Bartholomew, a mapping subsidiary of HarperCollins, told Tablet, a Catholic news website that first to reported the story. The company said their customers in the Gulf region, where the book was primarily sold, would find Israel’s inclusion “unacceptable,” Tablet reported.

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Obama’s drug-sentencing quagmire

Uselss, ineffectual hack.

War or No War, Winning in Afghanistan ‘a Matter of Political Will’

Bullshit. It’s a matter of having an actual executable plan for success instead of a bunch of doublespeak fed running around in circle getting people killed without accomplishing anything.

No plan? No win.

Gay banner removed from Pride DVD cover in US

Jeezus, it’s bad enough without the lies and denial

Superman ‘ecstasy’ pill deaths are result of ‘illogical and punitive drugs policy’

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Roma baby buried in France after racism row

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