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NY-23: Scozzafava Endorses Democrat!

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 10:46 AM EST (msnbc.com)

State Assemblywoman Diedre Scozzafava, who abruptly withdrew as the GOP candidate in a New York congressional race, has thrown her support behind the Democrat rather than the Conservative Party candidate favored by fellow Republicans.

politics, election, republican, gop, new-york, democrat, bill-owens, scozzafava, dan-hoffman

Reid Calls On Americans: "Push Hard" NOW the Fight Begins!

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:05 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Harry Reid calls on Americans. Moveon.org is praising him. A bill with a public option has been introduced. All you teabaggers and reform resisters, here is your notice: this is the opening bell. You are about to hear from the Obamanation.

politics, democrats, congress, republicans, gop, health-care, reform, nancy-pelosi, legislation, harry-reid

Crazy Or Brilliant? Plan To Build Giant Floating Airport Off California Coast

Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:34 AM EDT (infrastructurist.com)

The airport-in-the-ocean idea is not a new one. Among other places, Hong Kong did it recently–filling in 4 square miles of the South China Sea with rocks and dirt to build an artificial island. By all accounts the resulting facility is lovely.

us-news, california, airport, san-diego, construction, sierra-club, kevin-costner, urban-sprawl, nimby, waterworld

Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own - Ars Technica

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:43 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

ISPs may not act for years on local complaints about slow Internet—but when a town rolls out its own solution, it's amazing how fast the incumbents can deploy fiber, cut prices, and run to the legislature.

technology, internet, broadband, cable, isp, dsl, adsl, fiber-optic, dial-up, service-providers

G-20 Protester Arrested for Using Twitter. Iranian Protesters get International Praise, American Protesters Arrested

Seeded on Sun Oct 4, 2009 12:58 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Pennsylvania State Police arrested Elliot Madison alleging he used Twitter to direct the movement of protesters and inform them about law enforcement actions at last month's summit.

politics, iran, police, protest, twitter, law-enforcement, summit, pittsburgh, g20, anarchy

DeMint Defiantly Leads GOP Delegation To Meet With Illegitimate Honduran Post-Coup Government

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 7:03 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Seeded by teresa-498430 (Clipped by James Andre)

excerpt: ""Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has announced that he will be visiting Honduras today to meet with the de facto regime of acting Honduran President Roberto Micheletti in sheer defiance of the position taken by the US government and international community.

politics, united-states, united-nations, mitch-mcconnell, zelaya, jim-demint, roberto-micheletti, hondurus, europeannations, organization-of-the-u-s

The History of the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay

Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:29 PM EDT (globalsecurity.org)

In December 1903, the United States leased the 45 square miles of land and water for use as a coaling station.

politics, military, cuba, guantanamo-bay, navy, gitmo, haiti, migrants, enemy-combatants, carribean

You Thought the Segway was Cool? Amazing Unicycle Unveiled[video]

Seeded on Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:34 AM EDT (BBC News)

Car-maker Honda has unveiled a prototype of a battery-powered unicycle, deigned for the elderly. The one-wheeled U3-X "personal mobility vehicle" can travel at speeds up to six kilometres (3.7 miles) per hour and was shown off in Tokyo, Japan.

technology, japan, transportation, honda, disabled, segway, unicycle, personal-mobility

Muslims Mass at the Capitol, No One Cares. Why Not?

Seeded on Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:58 PM EDT (CNN)

Thousands of Muslims gathered Friday on Capitol Hill for a day of prayer that organizers said was intended to inspire American Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Where is the coverage? The photos, videos and interviews? Am I mistaken about the curious lack of coverage?

politics, islam, church, muslims, state, prayer, washington-d-c

A McDonald's Is Never More Than 107 Miles Away

Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:00 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Saying McDonald's is ubiquitous in the United States isn't terribly newsworthy. But blogger Stephen Von Worley has creatively figured out the farthest distance any hamburger-loving American could be from the Golden Arches. (Hat tip to BuzzFeed)

us-news, restaurant, mcdonalds, michael-moore, fast-food, franchise, supersize

Envion Oil Generator turns plastic waste into oil

Seeded on Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:00 PM EDT (gizmag.com)

The ground-breaking Envion Oil Generator (EOG) gave its first public performance at the Montgomery County Solid Waste Transfer Station in Derwood, Maryland recently.

technology, environment, global-warming, maryland, recycling, plastic, refined-oil

Are Chicken and Fish as Unhealthy as Red Meat? | Health and Wellness

Seeded on Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:44 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by newbroom (Clipped by James Andre)

Chickens make up over 95 percent of all the animals slaughtered in the U.S. The sheer numbers killed are astounding. Over 9 billion chickens are slaughtered each year. That's 24 million a day, 300 per second.

health, environment, food, sustainability, meat

A year ago, Beck called for a bailout bigger than $700 billion; now claims he "[h]ated" Bush for starting bailouts

Seeded on Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:41 AM EDT (Media Matters for America)

Seeded by jedipunk (Clipped by James Andre)

From the September 22, 2008, edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck and the September 21 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

politics, bailout, glenn-beck

ACORN CEO: "We will not stand for this modern day McCarthyism."[video]

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:52 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

"Just because he's a United States Senator doesn't make his mouth a prayer book."

politics, acorn, pimp, ho, public-funding, ed-show

President Obama Grilling with Bobby Flay

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:53 AM EDT (YouTube)

Chef Bobby Flay advises the President not to take a peek before flipping his steak at the White House Young Mens Barbeque on June 19, 2009.

us-news, obama, president, bbq, grill, bobby-flay, white-ouse

White House Launches New Website, Moves Towards 'Cloud Computing'

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:34 AM EDT (Welcome to the White House)

Apps.gov is an online storefront for federal agencies to quickly browse and purchase cloud-based IT services, for productivity, collaboration, and efficiency.

politics, obama, president, white-house, security, software, computers, budget, procurement

Annie Le: Police Storm Lab Tech's Home

Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:17 PM EDT (thedailybeast.com)

More than a dozen police and FBI agents stormed the Middletown, Connecticut apartment of Yale lab technician Raymond Clark, mere hours after the New York Post reported that Clark was the infamous "person of interest" who failed a polygraph test during the investigation of grad st …

us-news, murder, wedding, law-enforcement, connecticut, yale, bride, annie-le, lab-tech

Man Hurls Racial Slurs, Beats and Kicks Woman in Front of Her 7yo Daughter

Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:23 PM EDT (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A man beat an Army reservist in front of a Morrow Cracker Barrel, yelling racial slurs at her as he kicked her in the head, Morrow police said. The assault happened in front of the woman's 7-year old daughter, who stood there, crying, witnesses told police.

us-news, racism, georgia, abuse, assault, army-reserve, racial-slurs, cruelty-to-children

Senator Franken In The Round

Seeded on Sat Sep 5, 2009 12:09 AM EDT (YouTube)

Bringing reason to the debate over health care reform. Pass it around.

politics, health-care, conservative, liberal, reform, senator, al-franken, town-hall, tea-bag

Madonna booed over gipsy speech

Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:09 PM EDT (romaniantimes.at)

Madonna was booed by fans in Romania after she told them to be nice to gypsies.

world-news, music, discrimination, concert, bigotry, romania

Tragedy Strikes Again for Virginia Tech

Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:04 PM EDT (The Roanoke Times)

The bodies of two young Virginia Tech students from central Virginia were found Thursday in a remote area of Montgomery County, and authorities are considering their deaths to be a double homicide.

us-news, shooting, virginia-tech, campground, homicide-murder

Satellites Unlock Secret To Northern India's Vanishing Water

Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:16 PM EDT (Science Daily)

Seeded by nyghtshayde (Clipped by James Andre)

Groundwater loss in northern India is particularly alarming because there were no unusual trends in rainfall – in fact, it was slightly above normal during the study period.

world-news, india, water, earth, ecology, drought, enviroment

Conservative Injured Protesting Health Care Reform, Needs Help With Medical Bills-Has No Insurance!

Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:23 PM EDT (Political Animal)

Over the last few days, a conservative activist in St. Louis named Kenneth Gladney seems to have become something of a cause celebre in far-right circles.

politics, protest, conservative, liberal, socialism, health-care-reform, activism, progressive, town-hall

Republicans Use Swastikas To Demonize Obama

Seeded on Sun Aug 9, 2009 6:52 PM EDT (failedmessiah.typepad.com)

Seeded by Blearc (Clipped by James Andre)

Rush Limbaugh posted a graphic showing Obama's healthcare plan morphing into swastikas.

politics, rush-limbaugh, swastikas, gas-bag, limburger

Right Wing Goals: the complete delegitimization of Obama and the wholesale destruction of the progressive movement

Seeded on Sun Aug 9, 2009 1:32 AM EDT (Media Matters for America)

The conservative playbook has been laid bare, and it is ugly. In the face of this summer of hate, progressives must persevere.

politics, obama, congress, president, republican, gop, health-care-reform, pelosi, liberalism, fear-mongering

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Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay Marriage Is Wrong
Source: FOXNews.com
A manager at a Massachusetts retail store claims he was unjustly fired after he told a colleague he thought her impending marriage to another woman was wrong. Peter Vidala, 24, told FoxNews.com he was terminated in August from his position as second deputy manager at a Brookston …
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Black students told to act like slaves
Source: United Press International
Parents and teachers at a North Carolina school are protesting a history lesson that involved African-American students pretending to be slaves.
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West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback
A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.
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Dark Red Spot Found on Kuiper Belt Object Haumae
Source: Technology Review
Unlike all other large Kuiper Belt Objects, which are covered in methane ice and so slightly red in colour, Haumea and its two moons are covered in water ice, giving them a blue tinge. Moreover, Haumea is much denser than water and so must have a rich rocky core.
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NOT AGAIN!: Michele Bachmann: 20,000 teabaggers in capitol yesterday. Capital Police: 3,000-5,000.
Source: theplumline.whorunsgov.com
Michele Bachmann's tea party yesterday may have left her with an inflated sense of her influence and popularity — at least, judging by the fact that she put the number of tea partiers who showed up yesterday to five times the estimate in some news accounts.
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