By Henry A. Wallace An article in the New York Times, April 9, 1944. What is a fascist? How many fascists have we? How dangerous are they?
Hello my friends. I would very much appreciate it if you took the time to read the following, and to offer any guidance, help, or expertise you may have to share.
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Amnesty International USA condemned in the strongest terms the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision April 16 to reject Troy Davis' petition for a new trial on the well-substantiated claim that he is innocent.
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Islamic Scholars have asked me ''Iqbal, Newton had an Islamic influence in his education. I forgot his name, do you know whom I am speaking about?''
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Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him.
When the U.S. military began sending terror suspects to Guantanamo in 2002, President Bush proclaimed that it was unwavering U.S.
A recent article on newsvine offered hope and encouragement to so-called "Fundamentalist Christians".
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The identity of the first puppy -- the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months, the one President Obama has seemed to delight in dropping hints about -- leaked out yesterday.
It started with feelings of complete exhaustion in the middle of golf rounds. An active one time marathoner, I felt that if I didn't eat I wouldn't make it up the next small hill toward the flag.
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PHILADELPHIA — It looked like the kind of toy telescope a child might have made with scissors and tape — a lumpy, mottled tube about as long as a golf club and barely wider in girth, the color of 400-year-old cardboard, burning with age. The spyglass, one of two surviving, h …
SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like such a simple thing to do: buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, save the planet. But a lot of people these days are finding the new compact fluorescent bulbs anything but simple.
BELLINGHAM — Two vehicles stolen from the Smith Kia dealership last week have been recovered by local law enforcement. But the news isn't so good for the dealership's mechanic, Tim Griffith, 43. His tools — 20 years' worth — were stolen as well.
Here we go. Genesis of this is over here, if you are not familiar. In essence this is a traveling book, accumulating art and writing along the way. It is a form of The Exquisite Corpse.
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The poor you will always have, the good book says, but as for the rich man, he will wither away like a delicate flower in the midday sun.
Out of consideration for Newsvine, and it being a site I have come to appreciate a great deal, I am doing it a favor here, and publishing only as a "meta" article.
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(CNN) -- Members of the international community have welcomed Barack Obama becoming the 44th President of the United States -- and the first African-American to take leadership of his country.
It is with much relief that I present the fruits of our labor: The Unofficial Vine: A Collection of User Selected Works from Newsvine.com This project has been more than a month in the making, and it is finally complete.
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A Russian professor at an Ohio university has applied to patent a method for snuffing out hurricanes by flying jet fighters around the eye of the storm at supersonic speeds
The first hand account of this story from the son-in-law (who works there) was quite interesting. From what I'm told, the night before the fish are laid out to thaw the night before for the morning shift to process.
It's not easy being Alan Greenspan these days. As the former Federal Reserve chairman, he urged government regulators to take a light touch while banks like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers buried themselves—and the economy more generally—under a mountain of debt.
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Space beer, the result of a five-month mission to boldly grow, where almost no one has grown barley before, has landed in Japan.
Low-income hardest hit Low-income families have been hardest hit. Nationally, enrollment at a local public college costs families in the top fifth of income just 9 percent of their earnings, while families from the bottom fifth pay 55 percent — up from 39 percent in 1999-2000.
Abraham Biggs snr called for tougher regulation of internet sites after his 19-year-old son took an overdose of anti-depressant pills in his bedroom and then filmed himself on a webcam as he lay dying.
The Accused: Supreme Conservative Republican Evangelical American Moralizers -- S.C.R.E.A.M.
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Jacob Sullum over at Reason Magazine has a new article up that rehashes most of the same worn out talking points that place the blame for mass shootings like those at Virginia Tech and Fort Hood at the feet of weapons bans and gun control advocates.
This simple question requires only a yes or no answer.
By Henry A. Wallace An article in the New York Times, April 9, 1944. What is a fascist? How many fascists have we? How dangerous are they?
that the aggregate polling data for how voters list their party affiliations has remained remarkably steady since the Obama administration took office. If anything, the GOP's appeal has worsened.
In the last month, the amount of 'trolls' ,banned people returning under other names, and spammers who post comments on every article who aren't even intuitive enough to realize that 'Tyler' is not a user, but rather the moderator. (Yes, I'm calling you out.
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Some day I'm going to be inspired enough by your encouragement to finally post something original on my own column! Til then-
None who knew him had any doubts
None who doubted him did anything but pout
No matter, all, as he was hope itself
And lived, oh God, sharing his soul's wealth
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Don't worry, Trog, I love you too. (not just Winnie and Geminga)
There's room in my heart for lots of people!
— nearing
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Thank you for the invitation to be friends. I have friends, now!
— Saysimba
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Just wanted to say thanks for your pitch to nearing on staying in the U.S. You said every thing I wanted to say. We need folks like her now, more than ever. Thanx again.
— Geminga
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