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Putin Orders His Officials Not to Allow Recession
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Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned his officials to make sure their
efforts to cool down an economy driven to overheating by military spending
don'...
Ontario Doubles Down on Nuclear Power
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Ontario has always been a clean-energy giant, deriving half of its
electricity from nuclear power and 25 percent from hydroelectricity. Now,
the central Ca...
France, Germany Speed Cameras Torched, Tilted
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[image: Speed camera accident]By Richard Diamond/Staff Reports
A speed camera in Petershagen, Germany, was damaged Thursday after it
failed to prevent an ...
Fluoridation Fails North Dakota
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Despite its 96.5% fluoridation rate, 70% of North Dakota Kindergartners
have tooth decay - 47% are untreated. 93% of American Indian/Alaska
Native Kind...
Abdur Biswas (Sep 1, 1926 - Nov 3, 2017)
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Bangladeshi Statesman. He served as the 11th President of Bangladesh from
October 10, 1991 to October 9, 1996. He was educated at Dhaka University
where he...
Thank You.
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I've never been much of a writer (let alone one of my father's caliber),
but I know that I must express my thanks to you all somehow.
The support that we h...
By JAMES MINTON Advocate Baker - Zachary bureau Published: Dec 4, 2007 - Page: 1B
A federal judge has barred Zachary from enforcing part of an ordinance making it a crime to publicly direct “offensive, derisive or annoying words” at another person.
U.S. District Judge James Brady, in a ruling Friday, granted an injunction in favor of John Todd Netherland, the Baker resident threatened with arrest in November 2006 for preaching outside a Plank Road restaurant against drunkenness and fornication.
The ruling says the section of Zachary’s disturbing-the-peace ordinance in question contains the words “annoying,” “offensive” and “derisive,” but does not clearly say what conduct is impermissible.
Those terms “fail to provide objective, discernable meaning,” the ruling says.
“Speech that is considered ‘annoying’ or ‘offensive’ varies by individual opinion. One wishing to go to a public place and speak cannot know what type of speech will be prohibited in Zachary, and the terms of the ordinance give way to arbitrary enforcement by police,” Brady wrote.
Netherland sued the city and police Lt. Troy Eubanks earlier this year after being threatened with arrest for preaching from a public easement near the parking lot of Sidelines Grill at the Plank Road-La. 64 intersection.
The manager of the restaurant, which serves alcoholic beverages, said during a September hearing he called police after “several customers complained about a man in the parking lot calling them fornicators.”
In his ruling, Brady said police never saw Netherland in the parking lot, but he may have briefly strayed onto the lot.
Nevertheless, Netherland “expressed his religious message from a public easement,” Brady wrote, calling a public easement a “quintessential traditional public forum” for exercising First Amendment rights.
“Religious speech cannot be silenced because it is controversial or offensive,” the ruling says.
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UPDATE thanks to central la politics blog we have the 'ruling on plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction.'
click here to download the 26 page .pdf file (63 k)
The towering legacy of the House of Detention
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“This building’s architecture tells one story. But its human history tells
another— and we need to confront both,” said Loyola Law School professor
Andr...
Caption needed.
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I need a caption for this pic.
I'll start:
*Thanks for giving sixty of my fellow Afrikaners refugee status Mr.
President. *
*No problem, Elon. Than...
Police Jury meets Tuesday
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The Lincoln Parish Police Jury will meet Tuesday, June 13, Lincoln Parish
Court House, 100 West Texas, third floor. Here are the meeting times and
agendas....
Electoral Deter-men-hers
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Virgotex summarized the matrix of root voting impulses for Dems in 2020:
Democratic voters don't want "another" white male. They want a female
candidate...
Welcome to the Alexandria Postcard Collection
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Postcards are an important medium in telling stories of the past. They are
historical masterpieces, showing life at points in time.
Greetings from Alexandr...
Rain Update, 1:10 p.m.
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Our OEP Director has been asked about the effect the rain from folks who
were concerned about it over topping. The pic below was taken today and
show 6-7″ ...
brief dashcam clip of alleged sex offender arrest
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brief dashcam clip of alleged sex offender arrest
some guy on a bicycle was allegedly looking at children through binoculars
across the street from the k...
Saying goodbye to our Old House
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I never thought this day would come. We had to say goodbye to the “Big
House”, the old house, the Hynson-Ringgold house (and many other names)….
We were tr...
57th presidential inauguration 21 january 2013
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57th presidential inauguration 21 january 2013
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Jesus and the Holy Spirit
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Description www.eaec.org
www.facebook.com/EuropeanAmericanEvangelisticCrusades Welcome to
Resurrection Life of Jesus Church. We are a Bible centered group ...
A Racist Christian Prayer for Israel's War on Gaza
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One of the Christian Zionist cheerleaders for Israel has been John Hagee of
Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, TX. Hagee's war prayer before the second
w...
The Real Origins of Neocons
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*Russian Lies: Shadow of Jabotinksy*
by Joachim Martillo (ThorsProvoni@aol.com)
Philip Weiss reviews *They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, ...
Our Future Looks Glorious…if We Repent
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“The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry…” ~ Proverbs 10:3 I remember
how this text struck me as I read it for the first time as a young boy[...]
Last Days Lunacy and End Times Madness
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Podcast: LAST DAYS LUNACY and END TIMES MADNESS (The following commentary
is a reprint of the chapter Bible Basics 101: Last Days/End Times and The
Second ...