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Judge: “To discriminate further against Ms. Kulstad because of her sexual preference in this day and age is no different than telling a person to go to the back of the bus because of her skin color.”
Members of both parties voted against the bailout of mortgage backed securities.
9 US attorneys were fired in 2006, and many believe it was politically motivated–illegal under federal law. The justice dept appointed a prosecutor to investigate possible criminal charges.
Ehud Olmert: “(I am saying) what no previous Israeli leader has ever said: we should withdraw from almost all of the territories, including in East Jerusalem and in the Golan Heights.”
A German bank is on the verge of bankruptcy because of the US mortgage crisis and the resulting credit problems.
Posters in Israel offer 1 million shekels to anyone who kills a member of Israel’s “Peace Now.” A pipe bomb injured Zeev Sternhell–an opponent of Israeli settlements.
During Ramadan, observant Muslims fast from sun-up to sundown. In Dubai, it is against the law to break the fast in public–even for non-Muslims. This demonstrates the danger of legally imposing religion on others.
Chinese astronauts achieve another milestone in their nascent space program: the dangerous spacewalk. Meanwhile in the US, McCain criticizes spending even $3 million for science.