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Blackwater accused of serious crimes by former employees
Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:29 PM EDT (Michigan Messenger)
Two former employees of Blackwater (now called Xe), a private military contractor founded by Michigan native Erik Prince, have submitted sworn affidavits in a federal court case in Virginia alleging that Prince is motivated by anti-Muslim religious fervor and that he and his comp …
Why do we need health-care reform? Everything is just fine the way it is.
Seeded on Sat Aug 1, 2009 1:25 AM EDT (Newsweek)
Go ahead, shoot me. I like the status quo on health care in the United States. I've got health insurance and I don't give a damn about the 47 million suckers who don't. Obama and Congress must be stopped. No bill! I'm better off the way things are.
Lobby Firm Sent Forged Climate Change Letter To Congressman
Seeded on Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:35 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
The letter -- subsequently obtained by TPMmuckraker -- had actually been sent by someone at the D.C.
Stupid Questions of the Day
Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:12 AM EDT
If you're born again, will you be required to have two birth certificates? Why do they call it a 'one night stand' when you lay down for it? First we had 'birthers', now we have 'deathers', what's next? Livers?
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Movie/record industry rep says that you shouldn't expect to be able to play your media for as long as you own it
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:41 AM EDT (Boing Boing)
It's hilarious that the same yahoos who argue for perpetual copyright (implying that copyrighted works have value forever) also argue for time-limited ownership (implying that people who buy copyrighted works should be content to enjoy them for a few weeks or years until the DRM …
"LUCA" -Search for the Common Ancestor of All Life
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:12 AM EDT (Daily Galaxy)
Just as linguists have been able to establish that all human languages have a common origin, so it turns out that all cellular life has a common origin. The ancestor of all life on Earth today has been dubbed LUCA, short for Last Universal Common Ancestor.
The Space Elevator Games -Next Big ESPN Series?
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:02 AM EDT (Daily Galaxy)
In final proof that sports channels don't know what the hell they're doing, for the last five years NASA and The Spaceward Foundation have been running "The Space Elevator Games" - a competition to build a robot and cable to literally CLIMB INTO SPACE - and TV still shows skatebo …
Vitter Responds To Voinovich: I'm For "Core Conservative Values," Not For Straying From Them
Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:29 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) is responding sternly to Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH), who blamed Southerners for dragging the Republican Party's fortunes down.
Republicans Stepping Away From The Birthers
Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:27 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
It's now looking like a lot of prominent Republicans, ranging from party leaders to big-name pundits that we usually expect to make outrageous partisan attacks, are doing something they'd been previously neglecting: Definitively cracking down on the Birthers, rather than playing …
'Wait A Second. Barack Obama is a Connecticut Vampire?'
Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:00 AM EDT (Washington Independent)
Last night, Orly Taitz told readers of her blog that she'd taped an interview on The Colbert Report and expected it to be edited to maker her look silly.
Detroit City Charter Revision Commission candidates hesitant to bar all felons from public office
Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:07 AM EDT (Michigab Messenger)
Among the 167 names on the double-sided Aug. 4 primary ballot is Monica Conyers. The former city councilwoman who announced her resignation in June after pleading guilty to bribery charges is on the ballot for re-election.
A Harvard Professor Says Some Stupid Things
Seeded on Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:33 PM EDT (FiveThirtyEight)
No, this is not about Henry Louis Gates. I'm not about to wade into that particular controversy.
O'Reilly's Fuzzy Math
Seeded on Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:32 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
Canadians have a longer life expectancy - because there are 10 times more people in the US.
Expect tougher rules, product safety chief to tell Chinese
Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:56 PM EDT (McClatchy)
The new head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission leaves Tuesday on a trip to warn Chinese and other major Asian exporters to expect tougher regulation of toys, drywall and other products found to have recent defects after entering the U.S.
Super Secretive Supercapacitor CEO Tells All in Leaked Phone Call
Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:45 PM EDT (TreeHugger)
In what appears to be a huge leak, the notoriously secretive Dick Weir of Eestor did a phone call with someone that got out, copied, transcribed and put up on TheEEStory.com.
McCain Campaign Investigated, Dismissed Obama Citizenship Rumors
Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:17 AM EDT (Washington Independent)
While they ruled out any chance of the 'birther' lawsuits holding up in court, lawyers for the McCain campaign did check into the rumors about Obama's birth and the assertions made by Berg and others.
Scientists find ways to make electronic data self destruct
Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:01 AM EDT (Discoveryon)
Worried that the college binge drinking photos posted on the internet will reappear to haunt during a job interview? Cheer up. Researchers have found a method that makes electronic data self destruct itself.
Stupak denies knowledge of connections to mysterious 'C Street' house he lives in
Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:37 PM EDT (Michigan Messenger)
Despite weeks of media attention paid to the now-infamous "C Street" house owned by The Family, a secretive Christian group, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak — who lives at the house near the U.S.
Walter Cronkite has died
Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:33 PM EDT
At age 92, Walter Cronkite, the CBS news legend has passed away after a long battle with cerebrovascular disease. "Uncle Walter" came to represent the face of news to many people in a day when TV news was the most trusted source.
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Stephen Hawking: Why Isn't the Milky Way "Crawling With Self-Designing Mechanical or Biological Life?"
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:38 AM EDT (Daily Galaxy)
In his famous lecture on Life in the Universe, Stephen Hawking asks: "What are the chances that we will encounter some alien form of life, as we explore the galaxy?"
Monday Funny - Abbott and Costello go Computer Shopping
Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:51 AM EDT
You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on...
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Only Forceful Action Can Change Foreclosure Crisis Tide
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:13 AM EDT (Washington Independent)
The time may be ripe for a shift in strategy as the foreclosure machine grinds on, and new foreclosure notices reach the troubling milestone of 10,000 per day.
Some Choice Words for the 'Select Few'
Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:00 AM EDT (Common Dreams)
If you want to know what really matters in Washington, don't go to Capitol Hill for one of those hearings, or pay attention to those staged White House "town meetings." They're just for show.
Stupak scrutinizes bottled water in Capitol Hill grilling
Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:07 AM EDT (Michigan Messenger)
The multi-billion dollar bottled water industry, which has major operations in Michigan, has gone to great lengths to market its product as clean, healthy and superior to other water. But at a congressional hearing led by U.S. Rep.
The Slightly Twisted News for Today - 7/7/09
Tue Jul 7, 2009 2:13 PM EDT
The memorial for Michael Jackson was performed today. Critics say it was his best work in years. Al Franken, an alleged comedian, was sworn into the US Senate today. He now joins the other 99 jokers.
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