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The Wedgie Bottom Is the Summer's Most-Controversial Bikini Trend
by jvolstad   8 comments, latest 3 days ago
I like! ...

Australian Meditation Instructor slain by Somali cop
by Quigley   30 comments, latest 1 day ago
So this appears to be a flat-out murder, with no justification possible. All we know is that this Somali born cop named Mohammed shot a skinny woman in her...

Gun control doesn't work: Seattle imposes gun tax to fight "gun violence in 2016 ", murders double for first 5 months of 2017...
by Goran_K   35 comments, latest 1 day ago
Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess introduced the tax in 2015. It puts a $25 tax on every firearm sold in the city and up to 5 cents per round...

Has traditional journalism lost its relevance
by sagacious1   40 comments, latest 4 days ago
"The primary purpose of journalism is to provide citizens with the information they need to be free and self-governing," Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach. News editors are no longer the...

Neoliberalism
by Bellingham Bill   9 comments, latest 1 day ago

Can you point out the Hitler
by Tenpoundbass   3 comments, latest 6 days ago

Why War in the Middle East? We Gotta Major Failed State Just Next Door
by Herb   12 comments, latest 5 days ago
The police officers gripped their assault rifles tightly as they stared at the men filling plastic tanks and loading them onto a dozen pickup trucks in a cornfield in...

End to Star Chambers
by just_passing_through   9 comments, latest 4 days ago
For years, college campuses across the country have been conducting witch hunts to expel or punish men accused of sexual assault. Those may soon be coming to an end, thanks...

Haiti Official Who Exposed The Clinton Foundation Is Found Dead
by Blurtman in #JustACoincidence   8 comments, latest 4 days ago
Former Haiti government official shoots himself in the head in Miami-area hotel Klaus Eberwein, a former Haitian government official, was found dead Tuesday in a South Dade motel room in...

Surgery for early-stage prostate cancer does not lead to longer lives, study finds
by BayAreaObserver in #Cancer   Posted 4 days ago
A long-term study of men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer has confirmed that patients who forgo immediate surgery have the same odds of living another decade or two as patients...

Border Patrol union chief praises 'miraculous' drop in illegal immigration under Trump
by zzyzzx in #trump   1 comment, latest 4 days ago
The significant downturn in the number of illegal border crossers between the U.S. and Mexico is "nothing short of miraculous," National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said on...

McCain may die soon
by RealEstateIsBetterThanStocks   5 comments, latest 13 hours ago
Washington (CNN)Diana Orrock, the Republican national committeewoman for Nevada, shared an article on Monday calling for the death of Sen. John McCain for his hawkish foreign policy views. "Amen,"...

Clinton Even More Unpopular
by zzyzzx   7 comments, latest 2 days ago
The former secretary of state has always been a polarizing figure, but this survey shows she’s even lost popularity among those who voted for her in November. More than...

Orgeon to start taxing bicycles!
by zzyzzx   32 comments, latest 18 hours ago
In Oregon, a state known for its avid bicycling culture, the state Legislature's approval of the first bike tax in the nation has fallen flat with riders. Democratic Gov....

dan8267 blocked me but he comments on my comments.
by komputodo   20 comments, latest 22 minutes ago
If I'm such a moron that I don't deserve to comment on his posts, why would he bother to comment on my comments on other threads?

Our newest Realtor
by jvolstad   14 comments, latest 2 hours ago
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This used to be a Free Speech Forum.
by HEY YOU   3 comments, latest 4 days ago
Patrick has allowed snowflakes to control who has free speech. " Donald Trump and Steve Bannon could then have gone on to build an online media empire, but Hillary Clinton...

Saudi Woman Arrested After Snapchat Appearance in "Immoral" Clothing
by Herb   27 comments, latest 1 day ago
A young woman is at the center of a controversy about clothing in Saudi Arabia, after she posted videos of herself in one of the nation's most conservative provinces...

The Gathering Storm vs. the Crisis of Confidence
by BayAreaObserver in #Politics   2 comments, latest 6 days ago
Are we living through an era that resembles the 1930s, when authoritarian leaders were on the march, democratic leaders failed to stand up to them, the international system buckled, and...

JP Morgan Chief Blasts US Dysfunction: 'It's almost an embarrassment being American'
by Herb   10 comments, latest 5 days ago
“We need infrastructure reform,” he said. “We need corporate tax reform. We need better skills and education. If we don’t focus on these things, we are hurting average Americans...