By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5697-Grassroots-Politics-Examiner~y2009m8d4-ACLU-launches-website-on-prolonged-detention-of-immigrants-in-US The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a new website today as it claimed in a federal court in Pennsylvania today that the government is violating the law by detaining people for prolonged periods of time - sometimes for years - while they fight their immigration cases, without ever giving them a hearing on whether their detention is justified ...Read More

By Ron Moore MTV today announced the nominees for the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Nude-Angelina-Jolie-park-bench-statue-to-promote-the-acceptance-of-public-breastfeeding Daniel Edwards the artist know for work such as "Monument to Pro-Life," featuring Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, and "Octomom: String of Babies" has unveiled a new work with the support of Phantom-Financial ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5697-Grassroots-Politics-Examiner~y2009m7d28-The-International-Gay-and-Lesbian-Chamber-of-Commerce-reveals-the-most-gay-friendly-corporations Discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in employment is all too common but not in all cases according to the International Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m7d28-Human-Rights-Watch-Cambodia-forcibly-relocating-HIVaffected-families-into-de-facto-colonies The Cambodian government should urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto AIDS colony it has created and immediately stop sending HIV-affected families there, more than 100 international HIV/AIDS and social justice organizations and experts said in a joint letter delivered on July 27, 2009 to Cambodia's prime minister and health minister ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m7d28-China-Labor-Watch-labor-violations-bogus-standards-in-WalMarts-Chinese-supply-chain The China-U ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m7d28-ASPCA-head-says-deliberation-on-decision-to-reinstate-Michael-Vick-particularly-thoughtful Now that Michael Vick has paid his price to society is he permitted to be employed? That is the challenge as Americans outraged at his crime that demanded a stiff punishment must now accept that the millions of dollars lost and incarceration will allow Vick to return to society ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m7d22-In-the-Loop-a-profoundly-uproarious-film-about-how-language-leads-to-war Who needs 3-D? In the Loop, a film set for release this week lobs verbal volleys at the audience at such a frantic pace that you feel a need to take cover Theater seats should be fitted with seatbelts for this wild ride as the movie’s ferocious and frantic pace and energy never stops ...Read More

By Benjamin Lozovsky Link: http://www.examiner.com/x-13543-NY-Food-Examiner~y2009m7d10-The-55th-annual-Summer-Fancy-Food-Show-Brooklyn-goes-global-New-York-goes-local Last week, the country’s largest city got a little bigger ...Read More

By Benjamin Lozovsky http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-13543-NY-Food-Examiner~y2009m6d19-5-Spoke-Creamery-The-big-apple-does-its-own-cheese When you think about Westchester, a certain cheese comes to mind, and it’s not necessarily the food type ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5697-Grassroots-Politics-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Group-says-Ohio-Governor-eliminates-all-financial-assistance-for-career-college-students Thousands of students who hope to earn associate degrees offered by 37 for-profit career colleges across Ohio may not be able to afford to begin or continue with their education according to the Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools ...Read More

By Ron Moore http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5697-Grassroots-Politics-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Randall-Terry-warns-of-potential-violence-if-health-care-reform-passes “Let all those in government be warned: They cannot order people to pay for murder and betray God Himself without horrific consequences” -Randall Terry Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue, and other local anti-abortion advocates will hold a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, July 21 to discuss what they will and will not do if healthcare passes ...Read More

By Ron Moore [http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2071-DC-Special-Interests-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Antiquities-from-Iraq-continue-to-surface-on-the-market] "Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things ...Read More

Somewhere over Washington, D.C. this week Dylan Thomas is smiling ...Read More

Michael Moore has long served as a political gadfly as his films touch a nerve dealing with hot button issues from gun control, 9/11 and health care ...Read More

One of the challenges facing any new technology is the need for testing in real world conditions ...Read More

We are pleased to announce that our online networking community for independent artists is finally ready to launch FlipThaScript ...Read More