A New York Yankee in an Oz-tralian Court

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Much to blog about in the news, including what John Edwards as VP might mean for democracy in America and the return of rights to Americans.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, this Yankee is touring Australia right now. I’ll have some mosque pictures up, and hopefully some interesting information about Muslims Down Under, but other than that, I’ll be on the DL for a couple of weeks.

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