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POPSFour things about the Hofstra rape/recant story More: 4) Honestly, this case just makes me so sad. I think it's highly likely that something bad happened that night, whether or not she literally consented. It's hard to imagine something like this happening if all the parties had engaged in direct sexual communication and sought enthusiastic, affirmative consent - not just lack of protest. For me, this whole mess just demonstrates how badly we need a real sea-change in how we talk about and view sex in our culture. Here's where a conclusion should go, but this column has none. Because this case has none. And this crisis has none. At least none so far. But we're working on it. Right?
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POPSvictim admits rape from 4 was a lie whoa !!!!!!!!! Fist one here to stand up for women and against this kind of stuff but this is totally wrong. Don't she kn0w she only made it harder for any real rape victim to to be taken seriously. I suppose the and her family will after the lawsuits i am sure will be filed from this. Will pay rest of life.
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POPS "Obama's 95% Illusion" Given that he wasn't clear on the actual rate changes involved, I asked, "but which type of tax would go down?" He insisted that under Obama's plan, income taxes would be lower, as well as capital gains taxes on start up businesses and small entrepreneurs (though the capital gains tax would otherwise increase). SHORTLY AFTER my exchange with Plouffe, I was listening to David Axelrod, Obama's senior strategist, and I decided to put the question to him slightly differently: "Let's say you're making $50,000 a year," I posited. "What taxes would you see go lower under the Obama plan?" I queried as to whether that money would come in the form of a check, or a lower rate. "You would see a reduction in your taxes, in the taxes that you pay," he insisted. After further questioning, he added, "The mechanism for it has to do with deferring part of the withholding taxes, but you should talk to our budget folks on that."
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POPSJohn McCain About to Bite Cindy? McCain looks like a growling, rabid dog, about to bite a chunk out of his wife's face. Run Cindy, run! Of course the Obamas look like a loving couple in the background.
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POPSA moment of lucidity McCain realizes he's been heading the wrong way for a very long time. Never too late for sudden insight. BTW which one looks ready to lead?
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POPSPresidential Debate Moderators Announced The Commission on Presidential Debates announced the moderators for the three 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates Tuesday morning. Each of the debates, except the second presidential debate, will be divided into eight, 10 minute segments devoted to a single topic. During that time the candidates will be able to engage each other in direct exchanges. Each of the debates will be 90 minutes long.
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POPSEmanuel To Negotiate Three Presidential, One Vice President Debate With McCain Obama campaign manager David Plouffe on Saturday tapped close Obama friend Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) to negotiate debate details with the McCain team and the Commission on Presidential Debates. The bi-partisan commission has had debates on the drawing board for quite some time. While there is nothing to preclude the campaigns from having more, sponsored by others, Plouffe in his letter said that was unlikely.
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POPSLong Island politics and Sufism The Revealer has a piece on Peter King's vendetta against the Islamic Center of Long Island, and how his statements have inadvertently put him in the middle of an intra-Islamic conflict.
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POPSLetting the President Say What the legislation is likely to do even sooner is put the CIA's secret-prison program back online. That's right: back online. Although when he revealed its existence, the President left the impression he had suspended the program in response to a June Supreme Court ruling, that's not so. What neither he nor Congress nor the CIA has publicly acknowledged is that the agency halted the "special interrogations" in its secret prisons more than nine months ago.
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