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NPR : Evangelical Voters May Be Up for Grabs in '08

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2007 7:36 PM EDT (NPR)

he death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell marks a changing of the guard for religious conservatives that has been under way for several years.

politics, religious-right, falwell

U.S. soldier hailed for bravery in Iraq says Pentagon spin doctors made it all up | the Daily Mail

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:19 PM EDT (the Mail online)

But it later emerged that her gun was jammed with sand so she couldn't use it and she was only injured when her vehicle crashed.

Corps Restricts Non-Issued Armor Use

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:06 AM EDT (Military.com)

"Individual Marines [and] Sailors may not use commercial PPE in lieu of government tested, approved and issued PPE," the message states. "Individually-purchased commercial PPE will not be reimbursed by command [or] unit funds."

marine-corps, world-news, new-army-armor-dragon-skin, marine-corps-directive

Brother just expelled from high school for being "Asian and Quiet"

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:09 PM EDT (forums.somethingawful.com)

Apparently, someone took offense to a shirt he wore before the VT killings with "4 out of the 5 voices in my head tell me to go for it" on the front, and complained to the office about him being "asian and quiet". Exact words.

arkansas, virginia-tech, us-news, stupid

Limbaugh: Virginia Tech shooter was a liberal

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:50 PM EDT (ABC News Blogs)

"If this Virginia Tech shooter had an ideology, what do you think it was? " Limbaugh asked. "This guy had to be a liberal. You start railing against the rich and all this other -- this guy's a liberal. He was turned into a liberal somewhere along the line.

virginia-tech, us-news, limbaugh

NAACP Says STOP To Hip Hop

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:08 PM EDT (hiphopdx.com)

"The NAACP STOP Campaign is urgently needed to combat recent remarks and continual visual depictions that cast African Americans in a negative light," Interim NAACP President & CEO Dennis C. Hayes says of the project.

entertainment, naacp, hip-hop, imus

Kucinich announces impeachment charges against Vice President Cheney

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:26 PM EDT (The Raw Story)

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After being delayed twice, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) finally delivered charges which will form the basis for articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney.

politics, impeachment, dick-cheney, dennis-kucinich, kucinich, impeach-cheney

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The deplorable treatment of Subcontinental Muslims by Arabs

Seeded on Sun Jan 7, 2007 7:18 PM EST ()

"The Indian labourer sat between them, absorbed in his own thoughts, waiting patiently for the flight to end. Then he made a grave mistake, he asked for a beer. All hell then broke lose - the off duty Gulf Air crew took it upon themselves to insult this man.

india, pakistan, muslim, religion, islam

Bush administration nervous, Detainee Abuse Charges Feared

Seeded on Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:19 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

An obscure law approved by a Republican-controlled Congress a decade ago has made the Bush administration nervous that officials and troops involved in handling detainee matters might be accused of committing war crimes, and prosecuted at some point in U.S. courts.

bush, politics, guantanamo-bay, gitmo

Whistle blowers evidence of AT&T spying on Americans

Seeded on Tue May 23, 2006 12:24 AM EDT (Wired News)

In 2003 AT&T built "secret rooms" hidden deep in the bowels of its central offices in various cities, housing computer gear for a government spy operation which taps into the company's popular WorldNet service and the entire internet.

bush, politics, spying, at, nsa

Music Review: Common - Be

Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:43 PM EDT

There are very few times where I will truly anticipate an album release. In the summer of 2005, the only CD that I went to a midnight release or even really pined over daily for was this album.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, rap, hip-hop, kanye, soul, jay-dee, j-dilla, common, b-boy

Records: Official convicted of phone jamming called White House

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:09 AM EDT (CNN)

Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show.

politics

Privatizing the internet - Fighting back

Seeded on Sun Mar 5, 2006 10:32 PM EST (vgrc.ddstuff.com)

If successful in Congress, these companies would open the door to violate what techies call "net neutrality." It is the principle that Internet users should be able to access any web content they want, post their own content, and use any applications they choose, without restricti

technology, internet, grassroots, internet-rights, consumer-actions

The Big Four record labels are escalating their attack on Patti Santangelo, the New York mother who's so far the only person to stand up to them.

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:57 PM EST (p2pnet.net)

"They're not treating this as a single case or as seeking a verdict for $3,500.00. They're treating this as a symbol for how the other cases will go and I hope everyone who reads this will recognize the serious impact this case could have on their children."

technology, piracy, mp3, riaa, p2p

Cam'ron Plans To Confront Pedophiles And Release It On DVD

Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:47 PM EST (vh1.com)

Throughout his career, Cam'ron has put more than a few MCs on notice, but now he's turning his scorn toward sexual predators who try to hook up with kids on the Internet.

odd-news, hip-hop, funny, pedophiles, camron

Bush: Budget will spur growth, rein in spending

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2006 1:52 AM EST (CNN)

After returning to the White House from New Hampshire, the president signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which makes $39 billion in cuts to student loan subsidies, Medicare, Medicaid, farm subsidies and other programs.

bush, budget, medicare, politics, republicans, deficit, us-news, student-cuts

Bill Nye, the Science Guy, gets hitched

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2006 4:36 PM EST (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Nye, who hosted the educational PBS series "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" during its nine-year run, married his fiancee, Blair Tindall, on Friday, it was announced Tuesday.

entertainment, science, marraige, mit, bill-nye

Discovery of hundreds of new species in remote New Guinea

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2006 3:30 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

An astonishing mist-shrouded "lost world" of previously unknown and rare animals and plants high in the mountain rainforests of New Guinea has been uncovered by an international team of scientists.

animals, science, enviorment, zoology

MSI Shows Off Upgradeable Graphics Card

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 2:25 AM EST (xbitlabs.com)

MSI has what maybe the first ever upgradeable graphics card!

technology, tech, computers, gaming, modifications, upgrades

Two million pilgrims making Hajj

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 2:23 AM EST (CNN)

"The Hajj is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (or, "Makkah") and is the fifth of the "Five Pillars of Islam" in Sunni Islam and one of the ten Branches of Religion in Shi'a Islam.

U.S. helicopter crash kills 12 in Iraq

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2006 5:50 PM EST (CNN)

"The helicopter, which was carrying a crew of four and eight passengers, was flying along with another aircraft between bases in the north of the country, according to news releases from the U.S. military."

war, military, iraq-war