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    An end to freedom? Berlin mulls public transport booze ban

    JULY 14, 2011 2:15PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin wall, neukölln, ehrhart körting, bvg, liberty, beer, alcohol, europe, freedom, germany, berlin

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    • 38 Ratings
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    Pictures of America from New York

    JUNE 30, 2010 12:11AM

    By trilogy


    Topics: photos of america, new york, liberty, subway

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    • 2 Ratings
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    With BP for Richer or Poorer

    JUNE 24, 2010 10:53AM

    By Dr. Vanessa Neumann


    Topics: news, politics, technology, oil, bp, deepwater horizon, liberty, alaska, offshore drilling, onshore, regulators, pension funds

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    • 10422 Views
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    G20 Summit Brings Martial Law to Pittsburgh (Link to Part 2)

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 4:13PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: national guard, military, police, security, dissent, protest, activism, g20, pittsburgh, iran, obama, change, bailouts, economy, unemployment, totalitarian, civil liberties, liberty, freedom, media, news, politics

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    Closing of Gitmo "On Track" Despite Delay of Key Reports

    JULY 21, 2009 9:37AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: liberty, freedom, civil liberties, aclu, news, politics, government, cia, cheney, interrogation, detention, prison, guantanamo bay, gitmo, guantanamo, intelligence, republicans, democrats, moral, immoral, illegal, legal, rule of law, law, detainees, torture, bush, obama

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    • 38 Comments
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    Thomas Jefferson and the Flames of Liberty

    JULY 2, 2009 7:54AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: fourth of july, independence day, history, jefferson, freedom, liberty, open call

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 1413 Views
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    What Haunted the Gates of Notre Dame Killed Dr. Tiller

    JUNE 2, 2009 8:32AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: politics, news, media, doctors, notre dame, randall terry, liberty, freedom, hate, violence, health care, pro-abortion, radicals, extremism, pro-choice, obama, schultz, maddow, olbermann, terrorism, abortion, dr tiller

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 4740 Views
    • 88 Comments
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    Obama Didn't Betray the Left, the Left Betrayed the Left

    MAY 29, 2009 8:51AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: politics, health care, freedom, liberty, constitution, accountability, betrayal, left, kucinich, wars, afghanistan, iraq, change, hope, republicans, progressives, liberals, obama

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    • 14 Ratings
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    Obama, 9/11, and the Perceived Threat from al Qaeda

    MAY 22, 2009 8:07AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: guantanamo, torture, terrorists, extremism, muslims, obama, national security, iraq, afghanistan, guantanamo bay, constitution, cheney, human rights, liberty, freedom, politics

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 6492 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    How I Learned To Oppose Gay Marriage

    APRIL 13, 2009 7:41AM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: activist judges, threats, liberty, religious, same-sex, communities, faith, gathering storm, prop 8, iowa, vermont, discrimination, 2m4m, two million, hate speech, national organization for marriage, homophobic, nom, marriage, gay

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 887 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Abiding in Tolerance

    FEBRUARY 28, 2009 7:24AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, tolerance, intolerance, pluralism, invasion, sovereign, sovereignty, liberty, freedom

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    • 52 Ratings
    • 9848 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Open Letter of Apology to the Patient I Saw Last Night

    JANUARY 25, 2009 1:59AM

    By pontificatrix


    Topics: human rights, liberty, legal hold, psychiatry, pseudocyesis

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    • 1 Ratings
    • 2570 Views
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    Fannie and Freddie Suspend Foreclosures into January 2009

    NOVEMBER 20, 2008 6:25PM

    By Anthony M. Freed


    Topics: bailout, taxes, dollars, trillions, billions, racism, paulson, banks, liberty, democracy, coup, fascists, wall street, greed, robbery, ponzi scheme, fraud, classism, equality, rights, veterans, children, women, real, help, hope, credit, money, life, people, story, pain, refinance, modification, short sale, economy, loan, foreclosure. mortgage

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