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Photos from the Bin Laden Compound
reut.rsWARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW
Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.
USA to "offer troops" to Iraq
It use to be called: War — or Occupation….now it’s called ‘offering troops.’
Not that this story makes any difference, because Withdrawal doesn’t mean withdrawal any more, anyhow.
No time for more details. I’m going to ‘offer a SWAT team,’ to my neighbor. I guess I could also ‘pay off in full,’ a few credit cards….as long as ‘pay off in full,’ doesn’t mean pay off in full — This word nonsense may have other advantages…I guess I could beat someone up and steal their money and tell them it was a ‘reform program,’ or how the mugging was actually an act of “protecting the people.’
Amplify’d from www.msnbc.msn.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a16s8q
Brazil To Become 15th Country To Offer Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide
thinkprogress.orgHistory has been made in Brazil today, as the National Council of Justice (Portuguese: Conselho Nacional de Justiça) has voted 14-1 to support a resolution stipulating that same-sex couples should be able to receive marriage licenses throughout the entire country. In 2011, the Brazilian Supreme Court had ruled that it was unconstitutional to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, but up to this point, local jurisdictions could decide whether to offer the freedom to marry — 12 states and the federal district had already started doing so.
Pending the implementation of this ruling, Brazil will become the 15th country to offer nationwide marriage equality, joining Uruguay and France, who passed laws just last month.
