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Second Scott Walker Staffer Canned For Online Racism

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“The campaign of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) fired deputy finance director Taylor Palmisano on Tuesday after learning that she’d tweeted out bigoted comments about Hispanics in 2011. Shortly after Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Daniel Bice notified Walker’s campaign of the tweets, which made derogatory comments about a housekeeper in …

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Dubai Jails US Citizen For Parody Video

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“A U.S citizen and former Minnesota resident has been in jail in Dubai since April 2013 for a video he made last year about poking fun at a group of suburban would-be tough guys. KARE-TV reported that 29-year-old Shezanne Cassim was accused by authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)of …

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Counterfeit Banksy Prints Sold By Walmart

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“Mega-corporate Walmart has been selling prints of the celebrated graffiti artist’s work for an everyday low price of $25 to a whopping $869 on its website, and mislabeling other artists’ work as Banksy’s in the process.” Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses. Read more: http://laist.com/2013/12/02/wal-mart_sells_banksy_artwork_on_we.php#photo-13 Download audio …

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YouTube ‘Radicalizers’ Targeted By NSA

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Read more by Glenn Greenwald, Ryan Gallagher, and Ryan Grim: Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part Of Plan To Discredit ‘Radicalizers’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/nsa-porn-muslims_n_4346128.html “The NSA believes the targeted individuals radicalize people through the expression of controversial ideas via YouTube, Facebook and other social media websites. Their audience, …

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