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In the Indian city of Rajkot, a number of Hindu organizations, supported by both the Congress and BJP parties, have launched demonstrations to protest the arrest by local police of 37 people who displayed swords in a procession last week celebrating the Hindu festival of Maha Shivratri (The Night of Shiva). Express India today reports that [...]

DISENFRANCHISE A GENDER? Virginians fight back against anti-woman “personhood” legislation By Don C. Reed Women are increasingly realizing there may be no place for them in the formerly Grand Old Party, except as second class citizens, their rights defined by an increasingly narrow minority: Ancient White Males. Nothing wrong with being an AWM—that pretty much [...]

Now that sex abuse victim claims have all been filed (see prior posting) in the bankruptcy proceedings of the the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, the Archdiocese reports that in bankruptcy court proceedings on Feb. 9: The judge ruled that the claimants could no longer bring a negligence claim against the archdiocese.  It also found that the [...]

Attorneys for New York City have asked that Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis be removed from the case that-shall-never-end for bias against white firefighters. Garaufis appointed an independent monitor to oversee FDNY’s efforts to increase so-called diversity in the department, which the judge called “a stubborn bastion of white male privilege.” About four million of [...]

The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a federal lawsuit against Grand Central Partnership, Inc. for violating a prior consent decree and committing new illegal acts in firing a black Rastafarian security officer 3 months after he complained to the EEOC about threats and his supervisor’s ignoring of them.  Grand Central Partnership is a [...]

We’re all aware of how fond California lawmakers are of introducing and passing bills that give government-mandated special favors to certain racial and ethnic minorities, despite a 15-year-old voter-approved law that bars the practice. The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), which raises legal challenges against government programs that violate the law barring racial preferences, issued a [...]

JTA yesterday reported that a French iPhone app called “Jew or Not Jew?” was removed from the French iPhone app store after Jewish groups and human rights groups claimed it violates French law. The app allows the user to guess whether various public figures are Jewish or not.  French law prohibits the collection of personal [...]

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CUB SCOUTS AGAINST A FOREST FIRE?  Despite Odds, Supporters of Paralysis Cure Research Can Win By Don C. Reed On  May 27th, in Sacramento, California, there will be a legislative forest fire.  In the Appropriations committee, dozens of good bills will be considered. Most will die.   Assembly Bill 190, (Wieckowski, D-Fremont) our bill to fight paralysis– [...]

According to CNN, at least 12 people were killed and 24 injured in Afghanistan’s Mazar e-Sharif in an attack on a United Nations assistance mission building. The attack with knives and small arms followed a demonstration protesting a reported burning of a Qur’an last month by controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones. (See prior related posting.) [...]