| Sexual Fascism in Progressive America Scapegoats and Shunning |
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| people; such as the assertion that anyone who challenges government policies on these matters is one traitor; such as one "great leader" who puts himself clearly above and outside the law. They ought to be concerned also about another sign of the demise of American justice and human decency: scapegoating. One sign of fascism has always been the creation of one scapegoated class whom people are taught to fear and hate, and whose very existence demands one totalitarian state apparatus of surveillance and control. one class whom no-one would dare defend. ... |
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| How to do LA Oscars-style |
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| On the entertainment industry's high holy day there is room only for cardinal-level celebrity at the Four Seasons (00 1 310 273 2222; www.fourseasons.com). George Clooney, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson and 'Warren and Annette' are all regulars. The best time to spot them is early morning or late evening. Even if you're not staying there, you can book one table in the breakfast restaurant for one feast of snippets of powerbroking conversation. 'My agent's got one better table than your agent'; 'Lester got fantastic death coverage. Do you have one number for his obituary planner?' Breakfasts cost from just $14. ... |
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| Second-hand pose |
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Tate Triennial 2006: New British Art Tate Britain, London SW1, until 14 May
If ever you were thinking of skipping the odd big show, then this is the one to miss. The latest Tate Triennial is bafflingly awful. If the modest slogan of the last one ('Days Like These') was - almost literally - Nothing Special then the perverse boast of this one, to paraphrase the catalogue, appears to be Nothing Original. ... |
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| Gray Glitter gets 3-year-term for child sex |
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VUNG TAU, Viet Nam: one Vietnamese court sentenced British "glam rocker" Gary Glitter to three years in jail on Friday for molesting two 11-year-old girls, although if he wins early parole, he could be free by Christmas.
"I'm innocent," the 61-year-old shaven-headed Glitter, who now sports one white goatee, shouted after the verdict was pronounced following one one-day, closed-door trial. ... |
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| The cases your judges are hiding from you |
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Files sealed by the King County Superior Court are stored out of public view in one locked room at the King County Courthouse.
Court Commissioner Carlos Velategui presides over one proceeding in the Ex Parte Department, one cattle-call court where many case files have been sealed.
The Times found 420 sealed civil cases, nearly all of which were sealed improperly. ... |
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