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Republican Ad slanders Harold Ford in TN
Seeded on Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:45 PM EDT (NPR)
Why is the Republican Party so easy with such garbage these days? Is that what it feels is required to win? Republicans with the intelligence to know better must surely be disappointed. Says Vanderbilt Poli-Sci professor, John Gere:
Bush dismisses Iraq death toll study
Seeded on Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:58 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School study that got some attention here on the 'Vine yesterday has been dismissed by Bush, the top military in Iraq, and the Brookings Institution, a conservative thinktank.
New Study at the Lancet: 655,000 Iraqis die because of war
Seeded on Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:25 AM EDT (thelancet.com)
A new study released at the Lancet by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (they published one a year or so ago-- this is an update to that) demonstrates Iraqi loss of life is far higher than originally suggested by conventional reporting.
Speculation FOX is censoring YouTube
Seeded on Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:59 AM EDT (YouTube)
There is a flurry of vlogging going on regarding the Chris Wallace interview with former president Bill Clinton.
On Muslims, Hate, Terror and Freedom; A response to Newsvine writers
Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:31 PM EDT
There have been some articles recently about Muslim hatred of America (or lack thereof), outcry against the Pope, etc. that have caused a lot of discussion and animated dialog here on the 'Vine, just as the issue does in our lives outside of Newsvine.
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Bush Plans Military Action for Iran-US Future?
Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:47 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
And here's the counterpoint from Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post who reads Bush's plan as diplomacy followed by military strikes.
Bush Plans Diplomacy for Iran-US Future?
Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:41 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
On the Opinionator Blog in the New York Times, two stories were highlighted from the Washington Post contrast readings of what Bush intends as policy future with Iran. David Ignatius thinks it's diplomacy...
About War and Diplomacy in Post-9/11 America and the World: In Response to a Newsvine Seed.
Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:02 PM EDT
Not long ago I read a seed here on the 'Vine that was an Interesting opinion piece from the Times, London.
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Real Debate Sunday Overshadowed by 9/11 Miniseries
Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:18 AM EDT
At the same time that the television network 9/11 docudrama (or whatever term is used by ABC as a descriptor) took place, a Discovery Channel-Ted Koppel documentary and "town meeting" regarding National Security and Civil Liberties in post-9/11 America was aired.
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Jumping up and down Screaming
Fri Sep 8, 2006 3:36 PM EDT
Why do we keep going? Why do we keep pounding on one another? The ideology meter is maxing out! We are aligned on either side of the left and right fence and standing there, yelling at one another. Ever see the movie Green St. Hooligans? It's about British football firms (gangs).
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Bush Says U.S. in 'Ideological Struggle'
Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:13 PM EDT (Forbes)
President Bush on Thursday predicted victory in the war on terror at a time when Americans are disillusioned with his strategy, likening the struggle against Islamic fundamentalism with the fight against Nazis and communists in the last century.
Text of Rumsfeld's Speech
Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:27 AM EDT (defenselink.mil)
Address at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Here is the speech Rumsfeld gave in Salt Lake City if you have not read it for yourself.
Previously Unknown Bach Work Discovered
Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:21 AM EDT (Forbes)
A previously unknown work by Johann Sebastian Bach has turned up in a crate of 18th-century birthday cards removed from a German library shortly before it was devastated by fire last year, researchers said Wednesday.
Voices Raised from History
Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:07 PM EDT
I often wonder if our leaders, Democratic or Republican are true students of history. They should be. They should carry with them this country's great lessons, good and bad, and those of the world.
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Escaping ComAir 5191's fate...
Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:31 PM EDT
How sad a plane crash is. Perhaps this is because it's such a horrifying and helpless thing to ponder or find yourself a part of. I am sympathetic, intensely so, to this happening every time I hear about it-- ComAir...
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More on Wal-Mart - Getting into banking?? Local banks worried.
Seeded on Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:24 PM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
A battle over Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s effort to get into financial services may derail the growth of company-owned banks -- as well as Utah's ambitions to become to such lenders what Delaware is to corporations.
PlayStation 3 tackles world ills
Seeded on Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:13 AM EDT (BBC News)
Distributed computing's next big thing? The spare processing power of Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) will be harnessed by scientists trying to understand the cause of diseases like Alzheimer's.
Blogged to Death
Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:04 PM EDT
This morning's seeds have got me wanting to say a few things that have been tied up in scribbles and notes on my pc, but nagging to get out in more complete form. Here's a go at it.
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A skeptic's approach to e-voting
Seeded on Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:15 PM EDT (The San Jose Mercury News)
Against his druthers, San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer Warren Slocum recommended, and the board of supervisors last week approved, a plan to go all-high tech at the polls in November.
In Bay Area, approval of Plan B raises hopes but also fears
Seeded on Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:05 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
As Bay Area women got word they will soon be able to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription, many hailed the decision as a major victory for women's rights.
TWO CENTS / Should Plan B be available to minors without a prescription?
Seeded on Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:02 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Some sample opinions from the column: Make them available so young girls don't have to buy them on the black market and get in more trouble than they are in already. And make the price affordable, too.
Google seeks regulatory exemption for cash hoard
Seeded on Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:56 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Google's most recent quarterly balance sheet listed assets totaling $14.4 billion, including $4 billion in cash and $5.8 billion in marketable securities.
The Opinionator - Bush's 'Distaste for Diplomacy' - New York Times Blog
Seeded on Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Sorry.. the link doesn't work without a subscription. Here is an outtake:
Blog censorship gains support
Seeded on Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:39 PM EDT (CNET)
Most Americans believe bloggers should not be allowed to publish sensitive personal information about individuals, according to a new survey. Read on into the results to find a lot of interesting data relative to public perception of Blogging.
Skeptical About Skepticism
Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:33 PM EDT
It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going downhill.
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