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Just Like Me

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Irritation, Irritate, Judge, Arjuna Ardagh, Self-Acceptance, Judgment, Reflection, Practices and Tools | Tags: Blame, Compassion, Leap Before You Look, Projection, Living News
Arjuna Ardagh

It is the habit of the mind in separation to want to externalize everything. If we have not fully accepted the anger or hurt or rigidity we carry within our own hearts, we seek it out in others and blame or judge the qualities we see.

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Ford's Lucky Day Revisited

Geri Spieler | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Geri Spieler

Thirty-four years later, the Secret Service is still trying to understand the mind of that 45 year old woman, mother and doctor's wife who aimed and shot at Gerald Ford.

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McDonnell On Gays: Robert McDonnell's Comments On Gays Resurface After Thesis Uproar

Washington Post | Amy Gardner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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As chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee, McDonnell sat at the head of the proceedings, with his Senate counterpart next to him and commit...

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Judge: CIA Officials Misled Me; Unseals Secret Files

McClatchy | Michael Doyle | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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A federal district judge ruled Monday that the CIA repeatedly misled him in asserting that state secrets were involved in a 15-year-old lawsuit involv...

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The JusticeBot 9000

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The JusticeBot 9000: You said you wanted a machine that took all the human factor out of the law, so that emotion and empathy would be forever banished from the bench.

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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Federal Judge Tosses Warrantless Wiretap Cases

AP | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

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SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for ...

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Judge Who Ordered Judith Miller Jailed Appointed To Spy Court

Raw Story | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Thomas F. Hogan, Spy Court, Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Wiretapping, National Security Agency, Court, Judith Miller, Politics News

The judge who ordered former New York Times journalist Judith Miller jailed for refusing to reveal her sources has been appointed to the Foreign Intel...

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Bye-Bye O.J. Simpson

Diane Dimond | Posted 01.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Up to 33 Years, Nicole Brown Simpson, Judge, 9 Years Before Parole, Jackie Glass, O.J.Simpson, Ron Goldman, Sentenced, Las Vegas, He Got Away With Murder!, Entertainment News
Diane Dimond

At every country club and golf tournament, at every fancy dinner and social event O.J. Simpson has attended some one was whispering, "Murderer!" or, "He got away with murder!"

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Will All Judges Who Have Viewed Porn Please Stand Up?

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Peter Scheer

To look at porn is a right that we all have, and for good reason: in a free society, government has no business overriding private choices about what movies to see, books to read or photos to view.

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