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US: Blue Mountain School Needs Your Help (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

One of the few democratic public schools, Blue Mountain, a charter school in Oregon, faces closure because of a politically stacked change in its local board. Letters need to be sent to the State Superintendent. Here is the info from board member Laura Stine:Dear Friends,Imagine, as a kid, going to a school where you could [...]

January 23, 2008:

Study: False Statements Preceded War (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Finally, there's some news about the nonexistance of 9/11 Attacks and IraqWASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.The study concluded that the statements "were [...]

January 16, 2008:

House-party teen shows no remorse (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Corey Delaney's wild party could cost him a $20,000 damages bill and his parents are threatening him with scary consequences.But the defiant 16-year-old has called on other teenagers to get him to organise their next party after his 500 guests caused mayhem in his suburban street in Melbourne's south-east on Saturday night.Police are considering billing [...]

January 13, 2008:

Admirers of Constitution Booted for Wearing Impeach T-shirts in DC (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

With the original First Amendment "Freedom of Speech" looking on, admirers of the U.S. Constitution in the Washington D.C. National Archives Building today were ordered to leave for wearing tee-shirts reading "Impeach Bush and Cheney." Many of the tourist-activists were in town to hail the arrival of impeachment marcher John Nirenberg, the 61 year-old college [...]

January 11, 2008:

New ID rules may complicate air travel (4 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

New regulations for ID cards and flying in America is a scary thought (for some). WASHINGTON - Millions of air travelers may find going through airport security much more complicated this spring, as the Bush administration heads toward a showdown with state governments over post-Sept. 11 rules for new driver's licenses. By May, the dispute [...]

January 10, 2008:

Persecuted Homeschool Family to Leave Germany (3 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

The Neubronners, a German homeschooling family in Bremen, Germany, have been fighting for several years to homeschool their children. When the government refused to allow them to homeschool, they sued. In response, they have been harshly persecuted by the local authorities.The Neubronners have suffered intense pressure in the form of huge, coercive fines (nearing $10,000), [...]

January 8, 2008:

Happy New Year (No Comments)Posted in: Site Updates by SoulRiser @ 12:00 AM

Happy new year! ... long time no news. Not much to say. Most stuff happens on the forums these days. But I did fix a really stupid issue with the site layout in Internet Explorer that has been there for ages. All it needed was one little tag. I can't believe I didn't figure that [...]

Mexican boy glues self to bed to avoid school (12 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A 10-year-old Mexican boy glued his hand to his bed to avoid going back to school after the Christmas break, authorities said Monday."I thought if I was glued to the bed, they couldn't make me go to school," the boy, Diego, told AFP. "I didn't want to go, the holidays were so much fun.""I remembered [...]

January 5, 2008:

South African teens go kissing crazy (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Johannesburg - Thousands of South African teenagers were due to take part in "kissathons" across the country on Saturday in protest over a new law that bans all consensual sexual activity among under- 16s, including kissing and canoodling.The social networking site Facebook has become a rallying point for teens angered by the new Sexual Offences [...]

January 1, 2008:

Nanny Rudd censors the internet (9 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

KEVIN Rudd's fledgling government has just made its first major policy blunder. And it's a doozy.This is a piece of political lunacy that will intrude into all our lives whether we like it or not

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