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talkpoliticsSo The Mercatus, a right-wing think tank, has declared North Dakota -- which recently passed an incredibly restrictive anti-abortion law, one of the free-est of all the fifty states
Once again, we see that when right wing libertarians use the word "liberty," they're using their own extra-special definition of it. As Salon has pointed out reproductive freedom apparently isn't even entered into the calculations,
Women, you see, just don't count.
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Once again, we see that when right wing libertarians use the word "liberty," they're using their own extra-special definition of it. As Salon has pointed out reproductive freedom apparently isn't even entered into the calculations,
Women, you see, just don't count.
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Date: 30/3/13 11:15 (UTC)First arrest of Abu Qatada? October 2002.
He's been in and out of prison ever since, but given that, for all his hateful and evil opinions, we still haven't managed to extradite him to either Jordan or the US…well, you can draw your own conclusion.
How do you think he'd fare in the US? Free speech, and all that, what: despite the fact we're in the process of shackling our press.
But then again: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n05/john-lanchester/riots-terrorism-etc (http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n05/john-lanchester/riots-terrorism-etc)