Barack Obama's political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy that he supports. Already weakened by several court rulings and state referendums, affirmative action now confronts a challenge to its very reason for existing. If Americans make a black person the leading contender for president, as nationwide polls suggest, how can racial prejudice be so prevalent and potent that it justifies special efforts to place minorities in coveted jobs and schools?
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Batman producers want Clint Eastwood for Mayor
The producers of the new Batman movie are trying to persuade Clint Eastwood to play the Mayor of Gotham City in their next film, which is the follow-up of The Dark Knight, and hits cinemas this summer...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Real Sex Traffic (part 5)
husband and his kidnapped wife finally reconciled, plus footage from court room, where the trafficker was on trial...
The Real Sex Traffic (part 4)
footage from Antalya (Turkey), with documentary team and one victim´s husband trying to reach pimps... plus hidden footage with a talk with pimp´s wife, who is involved in kidnapping young girls as well
The Real Sex Traffic (part 3)
more interviews with several victims, including footage from one of the victim´s home (after returning)
The Real Sex Traffic (part 1)
documentary about (forced) prostitution
1st part provides an interview with a "trafficker" and interview with a husband of the victim
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
new Mummy coming out soon, I think on 1st of August... have fun :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0859163/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0859163/
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Can the Martian arctic support extreme life?
Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the sunless sea bottom vents in the Pacific.
Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars?
Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars?
NASA warming scientist: 'This is the last chance'
Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action...
James Hansen´s "We're toast if we don't get on a very different path" statement couldn´t be clearer.
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James Hansen´s "We're toast if we don't get on a very different path" statement couldn´t be clearer.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Catholic Priest's Gay Sex Tryst Caught on Tape - Vatican
interesting video about Vatican clergy member Tommaso Stenico, who was taped approaching to a young man, saying "homosexual sex isn't a sin, son"...
Tommaso Stenico claims that "he was just posing as a thief among thieves"
decide for yourself ;)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
FANTASTIC 4 VS GHOST RIDER - WHICH WAS BETTER?
interesting, nevertheless amateur, review video about movies "Fantastic 4" and "Ghost rider"
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Everett attacks British Army
Actor Rupert Everett (verbally) attacked British soldiers, branding them "whining wimps" and "pathetics", when compared to recruits in the days of "Victorian Britain".
That sounds great, but seemingly all-wise actor forgot something: if it is so easy to go to Iraq and Afghanistan, why doesn´t he volunteer?
That sounds great, but seemingly all-wise actor forgot something: if it is so easy to go to Iraq and Afghanistan, why doesn´t he volunteer?
Monday, June 9, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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