links for 2008-06-12

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• BBC NEWS – Canada apology for native schools
  (tags: FirstNations First-Nations)
• BBC NEWS – Legacy of Canada’s residential schools
  (tags: BBC christianity culture government NativeAmerican racism religion First-Nations FirstNations abuse Canada indigenous)
• BBC NEWS – ‘They wanted to brainwash us’
  (tags: abuse First-Nations FirstNations culture canada amerindian amerindians child+abuse Civil+Rights genocide indian NativeAmerican native-americans native racism)
• America’s Medicated Army – TIME
  An eerie report that reminds me of the depiction of the fictional army in the future from the pilot shows for Star Trek: The Next Generation – “Farpoint”
  (tags: Military veterans drugs Army iraq psychology Afghanistan suicide war)
• If you’re a celebrity, it’s good to be in France – CNN.com
  “This country is medieval in terms of its legislation about printing information about celebrities,” fumed Loic Sellin, editor of glossy Voici magazine … Ahh diddums, the ickle bickle gossiper can’t make as much money out of exploiting other people’s fa
  (tags: paparazzi)
• Judge Offers Lesson In U.S. Citizenship – washingtonpost.com
  A great idea – now if only politicians were required to be sworn in on the same ground!
  (tags: ANC Arlington-National-Cemetery INS CIS CBP naturalization citizenship US veterans)

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