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Everyone has heard of Rosa Parks, but a week before the incident, the courts declared seating by race was illegal for interstate buses...because Pvt Sarah Keyes refused to change seats.

Global warming alert: 40 below in northern Minnesota...
Been there, done that....if you don't have a garage, you have to plug in your car...if you don't have a plug in, a blanket and a 25 watt bulb next to the engine block helps.

WaPost admits: Not as bad in Afghanistan as the hysterics suggest. And the reason is: ROADS.

Hitchens disses PC UK bishop...Saying that Sharia law should be allowed to judge family and other type court cases sounds fine in theory, but too bad this (pdf) report on domestic violence and honor killing in the UK just happened to be released, showing how it works in practice...

And Tom Lantos has died...