June 2009

  • Human Trafficking: Kidnapping, Rape and Modern Day Slavery

    By sarajean on 6/24/09 11:14pm
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    The word “traffick” conjures images of bumper-to-bumper taxi cabs, women applying lipstick in smudgy lines, and men screaming obscenities at whatever unfortunate creatures that happen to be deadlocked in front of them. After the award-winning fillm Traffick hit theaters, the public may have become more aware of what the word can really mean. But human trafficking, the most heinous form of the word, is the third largest industry on earth, just behind the arms and drug trades. (Hopefully Liam Neeson's latest hit movie Taken will alert the public as Traffic previously did.)

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  • The TSA is a Menace to Society

    By becksta on 6/20/09 2:41pm
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    TSATSAWhen I fly, I take my shoes and belt off. I have had my face cream confiscated in the name of safety. I should count my blessings that I have never (yet) been interrogated for nothing more than following the law of the land.

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  • OHP State Trooper stops ambulance...transporting a patient

    By macallister on 6/15/09 5:48pm
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    Whatever you do, don't get pulled over by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Even if you have witnesses. Even if you're a paramedic, transporting a patient to the hospital, you don't want to piss off these OHP good ol' boys.



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  • Riots, Demonstrations in Iran

    By msarko on 6/13/09 8:50pm
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    Today, several massive protests broke out in cities all over Iran in response to the supposed landslide victory of sitting president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supporters of the former Prime Minister and vocal reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi have come out in tens of thousands, shouting for freedom and accusing their government of rigging the election.

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