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On Thursday the US Supreme Court struck down the D.C ban on handgun ownership as unconstitutional. It’s decision overruled 200+ years worth of lower court decisions that suggested that the intent of the amendment strictly concerned gun ownership in […]
Author Archives: Suzie - George Washington
I have a BA in European Studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs. My area of interest is in Comparative Politics, specifically Democratization. Currently I am working on a comparative analysis of extremist movements within democratizing countries.
In addition to the geekness, I have a strange fascination with ducks, an obsession with multicolored pens, and can’t bear to eat lobsters [they mate for life 
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of DC Thugs (and More)
June 27, 2008 - 1:00 pm
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Comments (4) Re-Charge Your Phone With the Power of Dance — Seriously (and More)
June 25, 2008 - 2:00 pm
And Now the News with Kandy Korrespondent
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of ending the death penalty for the crime of child rape. This is the second such ruling this year. Last September an unofficial national moratorium on the death penalty went into effect when the court agreed to hear […]
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Comments (0) Hate Your Life? Buy Ian Ushers’ on Ebay (and More!)
June 23, 2008 - 11:30 am
On Sunday, presidential opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai quit the race ending all hopes of a Mugabe-free Zimbabwe in the near future. Tsvangirai said that with the rising violence, he could not in good conscience ask his supporters to turn out to vote knowing that they might very well be going to their death. Sound […]
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Comments (0) Guantanamo, Water-boarding, Secret Prisons…Who Are You and What Have You Done to My America?
June 20, 2008 - 11:30 am
I don’t know if it’s just me, but it really seems like a day doesn’t go by without seeing some story about torture in Guantanamo Bay or a new revelation into CIA secret prisons. At first I was stunned, then I was disgusted. Now I’m just plain mad.
Mad that hundreds of men and women are […]
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Comments (14) Over 2,386 Marriage Licences Granted in CA as Same-Sex Marriage is Legalized (and more!)
June 18, 2008 - 12:00 pm
It’s time for the news with Kandy Korrespondent!
On Monday, California performed its first round of legally recognized same-sex marriages. Among the first love-birds to say the magic words, were Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, the original plaintiffs in the 2004 lawsuit challenging the gay marriage ban as unconstitutional. In San Fransisco, pioneering gay activists Phyllis […]
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Comments (0) UK Protesters Send Message to US: Stop the Illegal War and Repression of Civil Liberties! (and more!)
June 16, 2008 - 3:30 pm
It’s your daily dose of Kandy Korrespondent!
International tensions are building up once more over Irans’ nuclear program. On June 1st, the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany agreed to offer Iran various incentives in return for the halting of its uranium enrichment program. They also warned, however, of punitive measures should Iran refuse the […]
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Comments (0) Iowa Mourns Tornado Tragedy at Boy Scout Camp, (and more!)
June 13, 2008 - 1:30 pm
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A tornado ripped through the Little Sioux boyscout camp in Iowa, on Wednesday afternoon, killing four and injuring at least 40. Most of the injured were on a hike when the tornado struck. The 93 boys ages 13 to 18 along with 25 staff members had been attended a […]
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Comments (0) Why the Hell is Gas is over $4 a Gallon?!: An Attempt to Explain
June 12, 2008 - 2:30 pm
“Dude—what is up with gas prices??”
This is the question on all of our lips in one form or another. Different people will give you different answers. – “It’s the damn OPEC countries!” “It’s the evil oil execs!” “Stop the speculators!” And so on.
At the end of May, the Bigwig Execs of all major American […]
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Comments (8) Bush’s Final Visit to Germany Goes Unprotested: “Bush is not even popular in the role of the enemy anymore.” (and more)
June 11, 2008 - 1:30 pm
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On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon opened the UN Aids conference in New York with the grim announcement that the world is losing the fight against HIV-AIDS. He noted that drug innovation is not keeping up with the growing numbers of new infected– 2.5 million people became infected with HIV […]
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Comments (2) 16,500 Condoms, 125 Scientists, 4 Months of Antarctic Darkness, hmmmm… (and more!)
June 10, 2008 - 4:30 pm
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According to a recent report by Human Rights Watch, at least two-thirds of Guantanamo inmates are at high risk for mental breakdowns. The report states that 185 of the 270 detainees at Guantanamo spend 22 hours in tiny cells, with little to no fresh air and light, with […]
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