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ACORN Sues Congress

Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:38 AM EST (NY Daily News)

The much-maligned and video-taped ACORN is suing over Congress' recent defunding of their group, charging it was unconstitutional on many fronts.

politics, acorn, congress, constitution, due-process

Outrage (and Irony) over wall blocking free U2 Berlin concert - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:05 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Fans hoping to glimpse U2's free concert celebrating 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell were outraged Thursday to find that a nearly 6-1/2-foot (2-meter) high metal barrier was installed to block the view for those without tickets.

world-news, irony, u2, berlin, berlin-wall, mtv

The Next Detainee Photo Scandal: Get Ready for Abu Ghraib, Act II

Seeded on Tue May 12, 2009 2:17 PM EDT (TIME)

Five years ago, people around the world were sickened by photographs that surfaced showing U.S. troops abusing Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Act I resulted in an avalanche of congressional hearings, 15 Pentagon probes and courts-martial. More than 400 U.S.

us-news, abu-ghraib, prisoner-abuse, war-on-terror, human-rights, aclu

Gallery: Flickr users make accidental maps

Seeded on Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:24 AM EDT (newscientist.com)

Billions of photos have now been uploaded to the internet, and many are tagged with text descriptions. Some are even geotagged – stamped with the latitude and longitude coordinates at which the image was taken.

technology, flickr, geocode, gallery

Minnesotans won't know second Senator until at least June

Seeded on Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:52 AM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

The state Supreme Court set the schedule today for the legal showdown between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman over the Senate seat that has been vacant since January.

politics, norm-coleman, al-franken, minnesota, senate, election

Calif. Considering Space Solar Power

Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:46 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

The California Public Utilities Commission is considering a plan that would provide 200 megawatts of electricity -- enough for about 150,000 homes -- from solar power collected in space.

science, solar-power, alternative-energy

Thin, healthy people cost tax payers more in health care expenses.

Seeded on Wed Apr 8, 2009 9:33 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Smoking takes years off your life and adds dollars to the cost of health care. Yet nonsmokers cost society money, too — by living longer.

us-news, smoking, sin-tax, health-care, tobacco

Obama Embraces Bush Position on Warrantless Wiretapping

Seeded on Wed Apr 8, 2009 1:39 PM EDT (indybay.org)

DOJ Claims Illegal Surveillance Protected by "Sovereign Immunity", Keeps Straight Face

us-news, eff, nsa, warantless-wiretapping

The dark side of Dubai

Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 1:53 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports

world-news, dabai, uae, slavery, human-rights

Fannie, Freddie pay $210 million to keep employees

Seeded on Fri Apr 3, 2009 2:19 PM EDT (MarketWatch.com)

More than 200 people are getting the money, and the highest-paid person will receive $1.5 million over the three-year period, according to a letter written by Lockhart, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the companies.

us-news, fannie-mae, freddie-mac, bonuses, economy, tarp

IBM And Sun: There Will Be Blood

Seeded on Fri Apr 3, 2009 11:35 AM EDT (Forbes)

When titans collide, blood runs. And as rumors circulated Friday that IBM and Sun Microsystems are inching toward a deal to sell the Silicon Valley computing pioneer to Big Blue for close to $7 billion, IT industry watchers began speculating on how the integration would proceed.

business, ibm, sun, merger

Unanimous ruling: Iowa marriage no longer limited to one man, one woman

Seeded on Fri Apr 3, 2009 10:32 AM EDT (The Des Moines Register)

The Iowa Supreme Court this morning unanimously upheld gays' right to marry. "The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution," the justices said in a summary of their decision.

us-news, gay-marriage, gay-rights, constitutional-law, iowa

Thin and Inexpensive Netbooks Affect PC Industry

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 10:49 AM EDT (The New York Times)

AT&T announced on Tuesday that customers in Atlanta could get a type of compact PC called a netbook for just $50 if they signed up for an Internet service plan — an offer the phone company may introduce elsewhere after a test period.

technology, netbooks, attt, microsoft, intel, qualcom, dell, nvidea, asus, acer

Pious 'fight death the hardest'

Seeded on Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:00 PM EDT (BBC News)

People with strong religious beliefs appear to want doctors to do everything they can to keep them alive as death approaches, a US study suggests.

science, atheism, death

Some Banks, Citing Strings, Want to Return Aid

Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:49 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Some bankers say the conditions have become so onerous that they want to return the bailout money. The list includes small banks like the TCF Financial Corporation of Wayzata, Minn., and Iberia Bank of Lafayette, La., as well as giants like Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo.

us-news, tarp, bailout, economy, banking

Dreaming of cutting the subscription TV cord

Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:19 AM EDT (CNET.com)

The economy is in the toilet, and I know I'm not the only person in America who is looking for ways to cut costs. Top on my list in 2009 is finding a way to eliminate my $100 a month cable TV bill.

technology, netflix, hulu, apple-tv, youtube, roku, vudu, xbox, playstation, slingcatcher

Barbie dolls illegal?

Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 12:05 PM EST (nbcaugusta.com)

Democratic delegate Jeff Eldridge introduced a bill Tuesday that calls for a ban on sales of Barbie dolls, and others like it, in the state

us-news, barbie, nanny-state, west-virginia

Daschle's Demise Is Just the Beginning: Get Ready for a Torrent of Populist Outrage

Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 1:54 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Americans have had just about enough of watching insiders with the right connections living well off the rest of us.

politics, obama, daschle, lobbyists, washington-insiders, corruption

It's Not Going to Be OK

Seeded on Wed Feb 4, 2009 11:19 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The economic crisis could plunge the U.S. into a long period of social instability. Our democracy is in peril; the threat of totalitarianism is real.

politics, democracy, economy, obama, empire, totalitarianism, financial-crisis, inverted-totalitarianism

Google Earth Goes Deep With Ocean Simulations

Seeded on Mon Feb 2, 2009 1:34 PM EST (The New York Times)

During a recent test drive of the new features at Google's San Francisco office, I swooped in over Hawaii and dived beneath the undulating wave-dappled surface of the Pacific to explore canyons, reefs and other features that are now charted precisely everywhere that government …

technology, google, google-earth, ocean, oceanography

Ocean Dead Zones Could Reach Mass Extinction Levels

Seeded on Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:47 AM EST (Discovery.com)

The future of Earth's oceans is beginning to look a lot like a mass extinction, according to new research.

science, climate, climate-change, global-warming, noaa, dead-zones, ocean, mass-extinction

Environment Blamed in Western Tree Deaths

Seeded on Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:57 PM EST (The New York Times)

Rising temperatures and the resulting drought are causing trees in the West to die at more than twice the pace they did a few decades ago, a new study has found.

science, trees, forestry, logging, climate, cimate-change, global-warming

Break out your summer clothes--it's going to get hotter sooner

Seeded on Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:43 PM EST (Sciam)

Hate the cold? Well hey, here's a cynically silver-lined perk to global warming: Hot days come earlier than they once did.

science, glabal-warming, climate-change, nature, climate

Wanted: Island caretaker with experience lazing

Seeded on Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:00 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Position: Island caretaker. Duties: Lazing around Australia's Great Barrier Reef for six months. Salary: 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000).

jobs, australia, tourism, travel, dream-job

Porn Kings to D.C. - Help Us Through Hard Times

Seeded on Wed Jan 7, 2009 11:15 AM EST (tmz.com)

"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind," Flynt says. "It's time for Congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America."

us-news, porn, stimulus, economy, bailout, larry-flynt, joe-francis

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What [Climate Change Opponents] Really Believe
Source: The New York Times
If you follow the debate around the energy/climate bills working through Congress you will notice that the drill-baby-drill opponents of this legislation are now making two claims.
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Daily Kos: "Trawling for assassins": Evangelical nuts want Obama dead UPDATED: CAFEPRESS DROPS MERCHANDISE
Source: Daily Kos
Tonight, Rachel Maddow aired a bonechilling interview with former fundamentalist leader Frank Schaeffer in which Schaeffer accuses evangelical zealots and far-right wing nuts of fomenting violence against our president.
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ex 'President' George W. Bush unveils 'bush institute' wtf?
The man who was undoubtedly the worst president we ever had. (Not to mention a man who should be tried for numerous crimes..
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Funding an illegal police state, one (innocent) person at a time
Source: detnews.com
Local law enforcement agencies are raising millions of dollars by seizing private property suspected in crimes, but often without charges being filed -- and sometimes even when authorities admit no offense was committed.
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Temperature records: More highs than lows
Record high temperatures are occurring more than twice as often as record lows.
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