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Ku Klux Klan description…
Mississippi plan for KKK leader license plate criticized
The KKK was a secret racist group active after the Civil War and well into the 20th century. Wearing White robes and masks, KKK mobs sometimes lynched blacks without trial.
While it is strictly true that the KKK conducted no trials, pointing this out implies that the blacks they lynched had committed a crime, and that the KKK was some kind of vigilante group, and not terrorists. It would be far, far more accurate to say, “The KKK routinely murdered blacks in public lynchings.”
M.C.L.
The phrase “without trial” doesn’t seem to be needed in that sentence anyway, since taking action without legal authority is part of the very definition of the word lynch: GBU Editor
File photo showing a Ku Klux Klan member during a demonstration in Huntsville, Texas on June 22, 2000 REUTERS/Adrees Latif
An oxymoron?
Mubarak likely to quit, Brotherhood fears coup
CAIRO, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looked likely to step down on Thursday after more than two weeks of protests against his 30-year rule and the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood said it looked like there had been a military coup.
“Islamist Muslim Brotherhood” (in re Egypt and elsewhere) seems rather redundant, as the existence of a non-Islamist Muslim Brotherhood would seem to be something of an oxymoron.
Our daily bred?
Turkmen leader orders beauty contests for horses
Once prized by Alexander the Great for their speed and stamina, Turkmenistan’s thoroughbred horses are being groomed for a series of beauty contests, ordered by a presidential decree published Monday.
The Akhal Teke breed is a distinct breed from the Thoroughbred breed.
The word Thoroughbred should only ever be used to describe horses registered with The Jockey Club as Thoroughbreds.
Contradictory concepts?
Tide turns in favour of Egypt’s Brotherhood in revolt
But perhaps the most novel element in its manifesto is that it advocates “jihad,” innovative interpretation of the Koran to bring Islamic law in tune with the demands of changing times.
The definition provided in your story is for a concept known as “ijtihad,” not “jihad.” These are different, and in a way contradictory, concepts.
Lost in translation?
I’d like to bring to your attention that your report\translator mistranslated what the police officer stated of the incident.
He said jonongon which means public\people, but your translator said mobster.
Who had the right age?
Comedian Charlie Callas dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Charlie Callas, a rubber-faced stand-up comedian and Mel Brooks regular who worked on television, in films and on stage for five decades, died Thursday in a Las Vegas hospice. He was 86.
Reading both the AP and your article concerning the death of Charlie Callas via Yahoo! News I noted that your story had him at 86 and AP said 83.
The wrong king?
Geoffrey Rush against re-editing “King’s Speech”
Rush also voiced his frustration over critics who say “The King’s Speech’ distorts history by omitting details, such as Edward VII’s (Guy Pearce) Nazi sympathies and Winston Churchill’s (Timothy Spall) support of Edward VII during his embarrassing abdication of the throne to his brother.
The article wrongly attributes actor Guy Pearce to playing Edward VII. He is in fact playing Edward VIII. King Edward VII was Queen Victoria’s son.
Only $22 billion?
WikiLeaks founder Assange slams Swiss banker arrest
He said Switzerland was not the only country involved in the offshore banking structures that were depriving tax authorities worldwide of some $22 billion.
In German, a “billion” is what is typically called a “trillion” in English.
A slew of choices…
She weighed about 100 pounds (45 kg) when she wore that iconic metallic gold bikini and slayed Jabba the Hutt, the massive, slug-like alien in “Return of the Jedi.”
“I’ve jumped out of a plane. I’ve walked over coals, repelled down a mountain. And I’m afraid of scales,” Fisher said.
Disinterested source?
Analysis: States look to save with lockdowns, private prisons
“Release is not the only option there in California. There is capacity elsewhere,” said James F. Blumstein, director of the Health Policy Center at Vanderbilt University, who has researched private prisons.
They may also get an additional boost if California’s leaders lower prison spending from the level proposed by Governor Jerry Brown in his state budget plan.
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