How To Swim In A Burqa?

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I don't suppose these will be gracing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition anytime soon, but now there is swimwear for Muslim women: the burquini!

It is the product of Australians' concerns that they might have been harboring some anti-Muslim racism, concerns that were heightened after a neo-nazi rampage of violence against Muslims. In response, the country has been carrying on an outreach program to bring Muslims into mainstream Australian life, and apparently few things are more Australian than their beach life and their Surf Life Savers, or lifeguards as we would know them.

(Source: Raymond Bonner for The New York Times)

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How To Swim In A Burqa?

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I don't suppose these will be gracing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition anytime soon, but now there is swimwear for Muslim women: the burquini!

It is the product of Australians' concerns that they might have been harboring some anti-Muslim racism, concerns that were heightened after a neo-nazi rampage of violence against Muslims. In response, the country has been carrying on an outreach program to bring Muslims into mainstream Australian life, and apparently few things are more Australian than their beach life and their Surf Life Savers, or lifeguards as we would know them.

(Source: Raymond Bonner for The New York Times)

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Unpatriotic Use of the PATRIOT Act

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No doubt, a lot of people will be shocked to learn that there have been abuses of the PATRIOT Act, in which the FBI has improperly and illegally accessed private information of individuals. Usually, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is sooo scrupulous about not overreaching. The response of the responsible officials:

"There is no excuse for the mistakes that have been made, and we are going to make things right as quickly as possible," the attorney general said.

FBI Director Robert Mueller said he was to blame for not putting more safeguards into place.

"I am to be held accountable," Mueller said. He told reporters he would correct the problems and did not plan to resign.

In other words: "Oops, we got caught, tee-hee!"


(Source: Lara Jakes Jordan at Breitbart.com)

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Unpatriotic Use of the PATRIOT Act

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No doubt, a lot of people will be shocked to learn that there have been abuses of the PATRIOT Act, in which the FBI has improperly and illegally accessed private information of individuals. Usually, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is sooo scrupulous about not overreaching. The response of the responsible officials:

"There is no excuse for the mistakes that have been made, and we are going to make things right as quickly as possible," the attorney general said.

FBI Director Robert Mueller said he was to blame for not putting more safeguards into place.

"I am to be held accountable," Mueller said. He told reporters he would correct the problems and did not plan to resign.

In other words: "Oops, we got caught, tee-hee!"


(Source: Lara Jakes Jordan at Breitbart.com)

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That Coulter Mojo

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Hate her or lust her, or both, Ann Coulter is a force. Some who are farther out on the right wing are building on Ann's 'faggot' comment, taking up the taunt that John Edwards could be our first woman president. Rush Limbaugh is foremost among the poison-tongued wags.

On the other hand, a number of newspapers are dropping the leggy harpy. But she presumably knows that TV is where the action is at and that circus needs all the hot acts it can get. That's entertainment!

But, John, you really are so pretty.

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Sources

1. Eric Kleefeld for TPMCafe.com

2. Greg Sargent at TalkingPointsMemo.com

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That Coulter Mojo

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Hate her or lust her, or both, Ann Coulter is a force. Some who are farther out on the right wing are building on Ann's 'faggot' comment, taking up the taunt that John Edwards could be our first woman president. Rush Limbaugh is foremost among the poison-tongued wags.

On the other hand, a number of newspapers are dropping the leggy harpy. But she presumably knows that TV is where the action is at and that circus needs all the hot acts it can get. That's entertainment!

But, John, you really are so pretty.

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Sources

1. Eric Kleefeld for TPMCafe.com

2. Greg Sargent at TalkingPointsMemo.com

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