Read Alejandro Honeker's opinion column at the Daily Mississippian: It’s time for common-sense gun laws
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The Liberal Convention in Vancouver, Canada,  chose yesterday the Liberal party's new leader, Michael Ignatieff, who will carry the party's banner in the next election. Here comes Ignatieff's introductory video and his speech before the Convention:

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Michael's Convention Speech from Liberal on Vimeo.

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The RNC launched an ad critizicing the Obama administration's national security policy. It seems GOPers are not willing to let the Guantanamo prison to be closed and torture to be ruled out. More fear-mongering from an increasingly reactionary party.

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In a shocking move, Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) announced on Tuesday his decision to switch parties and become a Democrat. Specter said he found himself "increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy." One of the last moderate Republicans left in the Senate and in the Northeast, Senator Specter affirmed he was not willing to let the Republican primary electorate --which, after a massive diaspora of moderates to the Democratic Party, has become a minority of right-wing conservatives-- d...

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The UK Lib Dems announced today that, if elected, they will cut the amount of income tax paid by lower and middle-income individuals by £700 a year. Overall, the plan does not represent a net tax cut but a 'tax switch', being funded by closing loopholes for companies and slightly increasing taxes on wealthier individuals.

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The anti-gay marriage TV ad titled "Gathering Storm," produced by the so-called "National Organization for Marriage," shows the level of desperation the far right is having after the victory of the marriage equality movement in Iowa and Vermont. The far right has ran out of arguments to oppose same-sex marriage (not that they ever had any) and has adopted plain bigotry to stop equal rights for everybody. 
Watch the ad and look for yourself.  


As you may expect, it didn't take too long for hun...
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Just one word to describe this video: hilarious! (and so true and sad). You'd better watch it! 

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Conservatives and Republicans are organizing "Tea Parties" across the country and sending tea bags to members of Congress to protest against "President Obama's tax increases" and government spending. No wonder it was them the ones who created the current massive deficit. But the funny thing about this "teabagging" idea is the notion behind it. These right-wing extremists believe that the Federal Reserve should be eliminated! They also seem to hate taxes just for the sake of hating taxes. Thi...
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Check out Alejandro Honeker's weekly column at the Daily Mississippian: The fallacy of judicial activism.
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