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The "mosque" debate is not a "distraction"
Published on 2010-08-23 23:46:00
Amplify’d from www.salon.comThe New York Times article on this rally describes similar incidents, including how a student who carried a sign that simply read "Religious tolerance is what makes America great" was threatened and told that "that if the police were not present, [he] would be in danger." Does anyone believe that their real agenda is simply to have Park51 move a few blocks away to less Sacred ground, or that they're amenable to some sort of Howard-Dean-envisioned comp
120 sickened by ammonia leak at Ala. plant
Published on 2010-08-23 23:40:00
Amplify’d from www.google.comTHEODORE, Ala. (AP) — At least 100 people were sickened Monday and scores more were forced to hide inside their homes and a school after as much as 800 gallons of ammonia leaked from an Alabama plant that freezes chickens and ships them worldwide.At least nine people had to be hospitalized, authorities said, but none of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening. Others were treated and released, mostly for breathing difficulties.The leak was report
What Fox has wrought: Anti-Park51 protests full of right-wing hate
Published on 2010-08-23 23:39:00
Amplify’d from mediamatters.orgFox and the right-wing media have led the opposition to Park51, often using inflammatory, anti-Muslim rhetoric, and comparing Muslims to Nazis, among other things. Recent anti-Park51 protestors have echoed the right-wing media's rhetoric and imagery, invoking Nazis and anti-Muslim smears. Sekulow compares Islamic center to "monument to kamikaze pilots" at Pearl Harbor. On the August 4 edition of Fox News' Happening Now, co-host Jon Scott
