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Link: NYC Bans References To Dinosaurs, Birthdays, Halloween, Dancing In Standardized Tests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/new-york-city-ba...
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The most controversial topics in the elementary classroom. In an effort to eliminate potential “unpleasant emotions” among students, the New York Department of Education has placed a ban certain words.
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Uggs Banned From Pennsylvania Middle School
Style Buzz Starting Monday, the principal at Pottstown Middle School is enacting a ban on Uggs and “open-top boots” in response to kids' stashing phones and snacks in their fugly footwear during class. A local news station discovered that some parents aren't pleased with the blessing in disguise. (The mom at 1:00 is my favorite.)
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Rick Perry Wants To Outlaw Abortion In Cases Of Rape And Incest Because A DVD Told Him To
Politics Buzz Absurd excuse for flip flopping on an important issue for the sake of wooing Iowa evangelicals? Or the absurdest? A quote from Rick Perry explaining why he changed his mind from allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest, a position he held as recently as last month, to wanting a total ban.
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Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Couples From Membership
Culture Buzz After Stella Harville brought her Zimbabwe-born fiance to the Gulnare Free Will Baptist church last summer, a former pastor proposed to ban interracial couples from joining the Pike County congregation “to promote greater unity among the church body.” Church members voted 9-6 in favor of the ban this week.
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Filipino Lawmaker Proposes ‘Anti-Planking Bill’
Culture Buzz In reaction to students planking on the streets of Metro Manila as a protest against the rise in oil prices, a Filipino congressman has submitted a bill that would ban the practice. Here is what Representative Winston “Winnie” Castelo wrote in his explanatory note of House Bill 5316, otherwise known as “Anti-Planking Act of 2011.” (Sources: Sun Star, Congressman Castelo's website)
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Video: Restaurant Bans Children
McDain's Restaurant in Monroeville, Pennsylvania has raised the ire of baby-makers everywhere by banning children under 6 years of age. Owner John Vuick says parents with misbehaving children are “impolite” and “selfish,” and that those children are “not the center of the universe.” An army of angry Facebook mommies will soon bury you with indignant comments, Mr. Vuick. You have been warned.
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Image: San Francisco Might Ban Pet Stores
You know what San Francisco needs to ban? The ability to ban things. Apparently certain factions of the San Fran political system believe purchasing anything from a goldfish to a puppy from a store is the equivalent of setting up a puppy mill in your back yard. Because nothing says democracy like draconian laws.
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Link: Google Bans Microsoft Windows Company-Wide
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/...
Google has banned Microsoft Windows from internal use. Employees will be given the choice between Apple's Mac OS and Linux. Adding insult to injury, Google is also publicly citing Windows security problems for the decision and blaming Windows vulnerabilities for the China hacking incident.
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Link: Banning lobbying could save American democracy
http://trueslant.com/allisonkilkenny/2009/07/06/banning-l...
American democracy is on the brink of falling apart, and one solution might be to ban the practice of lobbying, which has become too corrupt and consuming.
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Little People Call For “Midget” Ban
TV Buzz Little People are asking the FCC to ban the word Midget on television after Joan Rivers suggested hanging midgets for a commercial on an episode of Celebrity Apprentice in April. Little People are claiming that the term “midget” is as offensive and inappropriate as an racial or ethnic slur, and should not be allowed on television. I think the easier solution would just be to ban Celebrity Apprentice from television.
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Prop. 8 challenge reaches Calif. court
We track the battle between left-wing and right-wing sites on important news topics. At 8:35am on March 03, 2009. we detected breaking news about “Prop. 8 challenge reaches Calif. court”. This page shows the headlines about “Prop. 8 challenge reaches Calif. court” from both sides.
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Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban
We track the battle between left-wing and right-wing sites on important news topics. At 8:37am on February 27, 2009. we detected breaking news about “Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban”. This page shows the headlines about “Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban” from both sides.
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U.S. Troop Coffin Photos to be Allowed
We track the battle between left-wing and right-wing sites on important news topics. At 6:39pm on February 26, 2009. we detected breaking news about “U.S. Troop Coffin Photos to be Allowed”. This page shows the headlines about “U.S. Troop Coffin Photos to be Allowed” from both sides.
