Odious News

 
The politics and law of odious redistricting
Crain's New York Business (blog)
There is a farce taking place in New York these days as a legislative task force named LATFOR goes around the state holding public hearings on the plan it has drawn up for new legislative and congressional districts to reflect the 2010 Census.

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An ode to odious Fred the Shred
Mail & Guardian Online
Spare a thought this week, if you will, for Fred the Shred, also known as Fred Goodwin, the erstwhile boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Not too many years ago, Goodwin was the sharpest British banker around, so much so that he was knighted for his ...

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Odious New Anti-Transgender Bill Introduced in Tennessee General Assembly
Huffington Post (blog)
A new anti-transgender "bathroom bill" was filed in Tennessee's General Assembly today by a Republican state Senator. The bill "restricts access to public restrooms and public dressing rooms designated by sex to members of that particular sex.

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Ahram Online
New IMF loan would be 'odious' and illegitimate, says Egypt debt amnesty group
Ahram Online
A group demanding the cancellation of Egypt's debts has branded a potential new IMF loan as "odious", saying any future borrowing should be decided by the Egyptian people and based on a full and transparent appraisal of the country's economy.

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Andreas Whittam Smith: Honours are odious and harmful, and it's time they went
The Independent
It is the titles that are odious. In the first place, the honour extends beyond the recipient to the wife of the knight who may call herself "Lady" this or that. I am not clear, however, that the system works the other way round.


 
Odious profits and the Enbridge pipeline
rabble.ca (blog)
The gains from doing this are "odious profits" that exist only because of massive costs externalized onto third parties (I'm riffing off the term "odious debt" -- that incurred by dictators, usually for military hardware, for which the people are ...

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National Post (blog)
Michael Den Tandt: Ottawa charts a dangerous course on Iran
National Post (blog)
By Michael Den Tandt The wizened mullahs who rule Iran are odious and unhinged. But are they suicidal? Would they take actions that would see themselves, their country and millions of their people burn in the nuclear fire? This is a question we must ...

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