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We Don't Need No Education...
Mon Sep 7, 2009 11:43 AM EDT
It doesn't happen often but… Keith missed the point.
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Moving the Embassy?
Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:11 PM EDT (CBC)
What happened the last time a major political figure campaigned on moving their country's embassy to Jerusalem. Why would the Republicans open up that old can o'worms? A few votes at the expense of national (and world) security.
Habs defend Koivu's French
Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:20 PM EDT (CBC)
Now they are @!$%#ing with HOCKEY? I can't stand it, really I can't.
Deja Vu
Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:42 PM EDT
News item: Duceppe to make French his priority in Parliament Gilles Duceppe, leader of the Bloc Quebecois, had some intriguing words for students at the University of Montreal this week:
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Mom charged with buying guns for son
Seeded on Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:15 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
Yessssssssssss! Don't get me started on parental responsibility. And this goes way beyond denial and the type of *benign* neglect that many parents practice. Seriously, wtf. And on a side note, MSNBC really should get that Newsvine button already...
MSNBC Buys Newsvine
Seeded on Sun Oct 7, 2007 4:47 PM EDT (CNBC Top News and Analysis)
The first thing they will have to do is have their affiliates (including the story source, CNBC) add the NV seed link...
Ethics, Role Models, Facts and Arguments
Fri Sep 7, 2007 11:51 AM EDT
It has long been a contention of mine that schools ought to prepare students for the real world. School society should, in an age-appropriate fashion, mirror adult societies such as the workplace.
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Newsvine Seed Button on UK Times Site!
Seeded on Mon Feb 5, 2007 10:43 PM EST (The Times)
The UK newspaper website Timesonline has redesigned and added a Newsvine button!
Bush's Four Anti-Terror Successes All Fictional
Seeded on Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:10 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
This article formed the basis for the latest in Keith Olbermann's "special comments". All of the anti-terror claims debunked.
Paranoia, 1; Freedom of Speech, 0.
Seeded on Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:50 PM EST (The Washington Post)
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- An elderly man who wrote in a letter to the editor about Saddam Hussein's execution that "they hanged the wrong man" got a visit from Secret Service agents concerned he was threatening President Bush...
Bringing Democracy to Iraq - At Bush's Pleasure?
Seeded on Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:52 AM EST (The New York Times)
He put it far more bluntly when leaders of Congress visited the White House earlier on Wednesday. "I said to Maliki this has to work or you're out," the president told the Congressional leaders, according to two officials who were in the room.
US Army urges dead to re-enlist
Seeded on Sat Jan 6, 2007 2:58 PM EST (BBC News)
The US Army is to apologise to the families of officers killed or wounded in action who were sent letters urging them to return to active duty. The letters were sent to more than 5,100 Army officers listed as recently having left the military.
John Dean's Take on Presidential Signing Statements
Seeded on Fri Jan 5, 2007 7:36 PM EST (writ.news.findlaw.com)
The Problem with Presidential Signing Statements: Their Use and Misuse by the Bush Administration By JOHN W. DEAN Written a year ago but possibly even more relevant in light of recent developments.
Just Another Common Garden-Variety Outrage
Fri Jan 5, 2007 7:24 PM EST
So, it turns out that while you were busy with the holidays last month, the President of the United States was busy too.
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Anti-Zionists and the impossible peace
Seeded on Wed Jan 3, 2007 11:49 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)
Anti-Zionists promote their cause by propagating phony charges against Israel to discredit and delegitimize the Jewish state.
The Cartoon I'd Like to Draw
Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:20 PM EST
If I could only draw... This would be my political cartoon of the week: A large housecat with the face of George W. Bush, presents a gift at the feet of his owner, George Bush I: a dead rat with the face of Saddam Hussein.
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It's Already a Success; All it Has to do Now is Occur!
Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:23 PM EST
Why I object to giving out *best of the year* awards before the year is actually over: this one is definitely a contender for Best Attempt at Elevating Truthiness and Spin to a Whole New Level
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US EPA Increases by 4 TIMES, threshold for reporting toxic releases.
Seeded on Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:22 PM EST (CBC)
Efforts to curb pollution in North America have taken a blow from a U.S. decision this week to exempt thousands of facilities from having to publicly report their toxic releases.
Sudden Decline in Breast Cancer Could Be Linked to HRT
Seeded on Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:25 PM EST (medscape.com)
Rates of women taking hormone replacement therapy, and women coming down with breast cancer, have declined in parallel since 2003. Didn't they tell us hormones were harmless? Guess they just wanted us to stop @!$%#in'.
Sex Offenders, Guns, and Jimmy Buffett, Oh My!
Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:11 PM EST
Update on a news story I blogged about in October, in which an American teacher, convicted of a sex offense for fondling an underage student, was allowed by US authorities to serve his sentence as a parolee, living in his home with his wife and child in Canada:The good news is, C …
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Seals Find a Friend in Margaritaville
Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:52 PM EST (hsus.org)
Jimmy Buffett's Restaurants Join the Canadian Seafood Boycott
Judith Regan blames Jews for Dismissal
Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:14 AM EST (The New York Times)
Judith Regan complained about a "Jewish cabal against her," according to notes released by her former employer, the News Corporation. Seeded directly from NYT site. Original title ("New Dispute Over Firing of Publisher") went nowhere, let's see how this one does.
Obscure? Who You Calling OBSCURE?
Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:49 PM EST
Poor Stephen Harper. Scary in his own country, and now obscure outside of it, at least according to Chris Matthews, host of the MSNBC political show, Hardball.
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A New Front in the War Against Hugging
Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:50 PM EST
Today's news brings another skirmish in the global war against displaying affection. Not to be outdone by the politically-correct Brits, this time it's Americans who are asserting their right to be protected against unprovoked cuddles.
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Same Story, Different Spin
Fri Dec 8, 2006 3:06 PM EST
Being obsessive, I subscribe to breaking news e-mail alerts from various news sources. Two of these just came in, one from CNN and one from MSNBC, and I had to shake my head at the seemingly conflicting headlines:
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