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Statistics from last night's flyering campaign downtown
Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:16 PM EST
Number of hours I overslept my alarm: 1.5 Number of strange accessories I put on in my just woken up state: 7, I think. Number of bikes that belong to me that were still locked the the pole outside just as I had left it a few hours prior: 0. Yup.
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Poor Is Over! If you want it. Happy Fairness from Occupy The Economy.
Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:50 AM EST
In about five hours, I'm going to be getting on my bike, riding in the general direction of downtown, armed with a bunch of packing tape, and about oh....I don't know...600-700 flyers? Earlier this evening I had put the final details on the flyers I'd come up with, printed them …
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First things first...If I donate to the WSPA will they let me stop looking at those horrifying ads?
Fri Nov 4, 2011 9:23 PM EDT
Because they are KILLING ME. After an extended hiatus from Newsvine, I find myself back here once again, hungry for more political minutiae, more explosive and incendiary headlines and still MORE of the hair-brained totally nonpartisan warfare.
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Bachmann: I'll create 'millions of jobs'
Fri Nov 4, 2011 8:46 AM EDT
Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann believes she can create millions of jobs for struggling Americans if elected president.
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GOP strategy: Root for failure - Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Seeded on Tue Nov 1, 2011 9:55 AM EDT (Politico)
President Barack Obama is offering middle-class Americans sensible bipartisan solutions to help get the economy moving again, as the Republican presidential field continues pandering to the most extreme elements of its party in the important early primary and caucus states. Th …
This Bird Can Shake His Tail Feathers
Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:08 PM EDT (NPR Science Friday)
"When Irena Schulz discovered her sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleonora), Snowball, dancing to the Backstreet Boys, she posted a video of it on YouTube. Among the millions of viewers were neuroscientists Aniruddh Patel, John Iversen and Micah Bregman.
Should Sarah Palin Start Her Own Party?
Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:55 PM EST
I don't mean a party like with hats and balloons and cake and a clown and stuff. I mean like her own political party, nay, a THIRD political party.
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San Francisco: A good place to look at the plight of vets
Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:12 PM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)
If you'd like to pick a spot to highlight the problem, San Francisco would be an excellent choice. Bobby Rosenthal, a coordinator for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said there are an estimated 2,000 homeless veterans living in the city.
Who do you trust to tell you the truth?
Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:36 PM EST
MSNBC? Nope. Fox News? No way! The New York Times? Oh, hell no! Wall Street Journal? Don't think so. Washington Post, Politico, National Review, CNN, NPR, PBS, The Economist, Al Jazeera? No, no and, let's see...no.
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Beloved desert tortoise returned to Cupertino home
Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:28 AM EST (San Jose Mercury News)
He's baaaaaaaack! Butch, the 150-year-old desert tortoise who apparently was taken from his Cupertino yard on Sept. 25, was returned home safely early Monday, healthy and raring to go — to sleep, that is.
Before we look forward, let's laugh at the past: A Timeline of Gaffes, PT. 1
Sat Nov 8, 2008 8:34 PM EST
Well, now that this long election cycle is finally over, and we know who our president for the next 4 years will be, I though it might be fun to travel back down the road that got us here. And when I say road, I mean the road that was paved in political bloopers.
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And it seems as though KEITH might ALSO feel sorry for her too. In a small, borderline-impossible-to-detect, veiled-with-ridicule kind of way...
Thu Nov 6, 2008 11:23 PM EST
"Is Sarah Palin being sort of - I don't mean to defend her - but is she being destroyed because she didn't understand that she wasn't supposed to be one of those people, she was just supposed to use those people?"
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I FEEL SORRY FOR HER, OK??? There I said it.
Thu Nov 6, 2008 1:44 AM EST
Now that Sarah Palin is no longer a clear and distinct threat to the existence of humanity, I'm allowing myself more and more to see her as who she is: a woman, a mother, a wife, and a daughter who, by some kind of cosmic abnormality in the universe, was offered a pair of really …
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A Last Push To Deregulate
Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:52 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.
Obama's 30 minute commercial: how effective was it? [vote]
Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:47 PM EDT
What was Obama setting out to accomplish by airing his 30 minute campaign commercial and did he succeed?
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Military Dogs Get New Vet Hospital
Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:28 AM EDT (Discovery.com)
Oct. 22, 2008 -- A new $15 million veterinary hospital for four-legged military personnel opened Tuesday at Lackland Air Force Base, offering a long overdue facility that gives advanced medical treatment for combat-wounded dogs.
VIDEO: Bear Orphans Released
Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:21 AM EDT (National Geographic)
October 27, 2008—Poaching of female brown bears leaves thousands of cubs orphaned in Russia each year. Now two human-raised orphans have been returned to the wild.
Palin A "Whack Job," Top McCain Adviser Says
Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:19 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
One of John McCain's advisers recently called his running mate Sarah Palin a "diva" after she went off-script at a rally, and suggested she was looking after her own political future over the current campaign.
The Lives and Careers of Obama and McCain [Fun AND Educational!]
Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:07 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Not as comprehensive as you want it to be, but still lots of info...
S.F. gang injunction zone controversial
Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:31 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
The city attorney has obtained civil injunctions against five gangs since 2007. But in geographic terms, the action against the Norteños was by far the broadest, extending over 60 square blocks.
US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria
Seeded on Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:19 PM EDT (Associated Press - Google)
A U.S. military official said the raid by special forces targeted the foreign fighter network that travels through Syria into Iraq. The Americans have been unable to shut the network down in the area because Syria was out of the military's reach.
Newsweek:We Should Talk to Our Enemies
Seeded on Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:35 PM EDT (Newsweek)
"America faces a complex and difficult geopolitical landscape. The next president needs to act more creatively and boldly to defend our interests by revalidating diplomacy as a key weapon in our national arsenal and rebuilding our understaffed and underfunded diplomatic corps.
McCain Ad Uses Biden's "Warning"
Seeded on Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:11 AM EDT (CBS News)
John McCain's campaign is out with a new ad this morning, one that uses Joe Biden's comments at a recent fundraiser about international tests that Barack Obama may face if elected.
Ringling Bros circus to go on trial for elephant abuse
Seeded on Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:21 AM EDT (Agence-France Presse )
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The legendary Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus goes on trial Monday in Washington for allegedly abusing the elephants that perform in the group's shows.
If you haven't watched Frontline's 'The Choice 2008', you really should...preferably before Nov. 4
Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:08 AM EDT
It's hard to have missed any facts in McCain or Obama's respective bios if you spend more than an hour a day on Newsvine, or if you watch the news networks or listen to the radio.
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