And, the news. I've been trying to keep Bin Laden out, but I think this is significant

[scottobear]

Mississippi School To Move Into Last Century
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The Tate County (Miss.) School Board has decided to stop electing separate black and white high school homecoming queens and courts - next year. Opponents of the practice have filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights and had sought to invalidate a Sept. 18 election of two slates of candidates.

They term the outdated practice "racist'' and illegal. A similar situation at Hernando High School in 1997 was investigated by the Office of Civil Rights and led to race-neutral elctions there.

CIA, We Did Not Teach Bin Ladin
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Numerous comments in the media recently have reiterated a widely circulated but incorrect notion that the CIA once had a relationship with Usama Bin Ladin. For the record, you should know that the CIA never employed, paid, or maintained any relationship whatsoever with Bin Ladin.

Comments

[warmellie.livejournal.com]

do you know at the last election in Alabama there was a selection to vote on abolishing the law banning interracial marriages? Yes. It has been illegal for a black person to marry a white person up until the year 2000 in this state, but they ignore the law and ppl can marry anyway. I don't know the outcome of the election on that amendment. But i certainly hope the damn law was abolished!! I know I voted for it to be.

Ah yes, the joys of living in the Deep South.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

hmm... I wonder if it's like some of the sodomy laws we recently had removed from the books.

(sodomy meaning any non-married, non-missionary-style sex)

[warmellie.livejournal.com]

ah yes! I think that stuff is illegal too. as well as bringing your livestock in the middle of town after sundown. *chuckle*

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

heh... I like your halloween icon!

[artemii.livejournal.com]

if the cia didn't train him against the soviets in afghanistan, then which governmental branch did? *shrug*

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Good question. Just passing the press relase on.