Wherever you go, there you are

The anger of the festering fringe

Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 12:46 AM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)

A refreshingly SANE take on the lunatic fringe from our friend Roger Ebert.

politics, society, wingnut, lunatic-fringe, teabaggers

Adventures in Demagogy : Fox's deconstruction and restructuring of American reality on a daily basis, talking point by talking point

Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:49 AM EDT

It's easy to go all acerbic when arguing with people whose idea of a convincing argument is one of Beck's or Limbo's carelessly strung together tapestries of lies. They're all attitude and no substance.

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Don't Call Them Hermaphrodites

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:04 AM EDT ()

Notable quotes from this article: "like one out of every 2,000 people, she was born with an intersex body. Intersex, or DSD (Disorders of Sex Development), is more complicated than most people think.

sports, sex, society, hermaphrodite, caster-semenya, intersex-rights

Megan Fox Calls Her Power Over Men 'Supernatural'

Seeded on Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:47 PM EDT (PEOPLE.com)

OK. I don't know Megan Fox from Shinola, and celebrity gossip just ain't my thing. I just read this article because of the weird title (it's got "Supernatural" in it).

entertainment, megan-fox, sexual-power

The Informant!

Seeded on Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:15 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)

This sounds like a winner to me. Another un-moronic comedy I'd actually pay to see. Matt Damon seems to really go for broke in there and show once again how talented he is. AND our friend Roger Ebert gave it four stars. I mean, what more do you need?

entertainment, matt-damon, movie-review, steven-soderbergh, kurt-eichenwald, the-informant

Homing pigeon faster than Internet? In S. Africa, the answer's yes.

Seeded on Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:38 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

For all you techies out there, this story has a cool factor of 111% Notable quote :

technology, internet, carrier-pigeons, data-tranmission

Woody Harrelson puts new spin on movie superhero

Seeded on Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:49 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

This looks like a really sweet little movie. When studios treat a project like the plague and bona fide stars gleefully hop on, you just know it's going to be beautiful and smart. Notable quotes from the article :

entertainment, superhero, independent-film, defendor

Is This The End Of The Two Party System? Let's talk about it...

Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:57 PM EDT

Here's the premise : The Democrats are not doing good, it's the Republicans that are doing bad... extremely bad!

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democrats, politics, republicans, democracy, government, lieberman, ralph-nader, bernie-sanders, two-party-system, ron-paul

There Are Thousands Of ACORNs. Deal With It!

Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:21 AM EDT

It's a classic.

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politics, mental-health, limbaugh, entrapment, beck, wingnuts, acorn

Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study

Seeded on Wed Sep 9, 2009 12:05 AM EDT (Reuters)

While this may be true, I tend to wonder about Rush Limbaugh's leftovers.

stem-cell, health, rush-limbaugh, liposuction

Samurai Mind Training for Modern American Warriors

Seeded on Sun Sep 6, 2009 11:37 PM EDT (TIME)

Two combatants. One is going into combat knowing that, even if he gets killed, a glorious reward is waiting for him in heaven. Either way, he wins. The other combatant goes into combat wondering if he'll ever get to kiss Mary Lou back home again.

health, war, us-army, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, mind-training, traumatic-shock-syndrome

How games change your brain

Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 5:17 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

This article expands a bit on "Is Tetris Good For The Brain?" (http://joulesbeef.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/01/3214381-is-tetris-good-for-the-brain).

health, mental-health, video-games

Creationists will NOT be tolerated anymore : Gesnarf!

Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:06 AM EDT

As a Dude who studied archaeology and who worked in the field, I'm very worried by some of the posts here from people who seem to want to drive home the point that the evolutionists take evolution as a matter of faith as much as creationists take creation on faith, and thereby ar …

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evolution, politics, newsvine, archaeology, creationism, fundamentalism, darwinism

Libya broke promise not to celebrate Lockerbie release, says Kenny MacAskill

Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:12 AM EDT (The Times)

This summary from the Daily Beast : "The justice secretary in Scotland who released convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds says the man broke a promise not to celebrate his homecoming.

scotland, world-news, idiot, lockerbie, kenny-macaskill, abdelbaset-ali-mohmet-al-megrahi

Lockerbie bomber plans tell-all book: report

Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:33 AM EDT (Google)

The Lockerbie bomber is planning to write an auto-biography to "proclaim his innocence" by disclosing new information behind Britain's deadliest terrorist attack, a report said Monday.

scotland, world-news, lockerbie, kenny-macaskill, abdelbaset-ali-mohmet-al-megrahi

Is LSD Good for You?

Seeded on Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:27 AM EDT (The Daily Beast)

Window Pane, Purple Haze, microdot or blotter, call it what you will : acid is making a comeback! Serious research is now going on to explore the benefits of LSD. Mr. Huxley, Dr. Leary, our profound apologies.

drugs, science, acid, lsd, medical-research, suicide-headaches

Scalia's Death Row Lunacy

Seeded on Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:09 AM EDT (The Daily Beast)

The following quote will alert you to the fact that something's fishy here :

justice, death-row, us-news, antonin-scalia, capital-punishment, lunacy

Poll: Huge Majority Of Republicans Say Fox News Is Reliable - Greg Sargent's blog

Seeded on Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:40 PM EDT (theplumline.whorunsgov.com)

In this poll, Republicans overwhelmingly rate Fox News from "reliable" to "extremely reliable". Will wonders never cease, praytell?

politics, republican-party, cnn, democratic-party, fox-news, msnbc, polling, political-media

Michele Bachmann Will Be President BUT ONLY If God Orders Her To

Seeded on Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:05 AM EDT (Wonkette » top)

Please, God...

politics, republicans, wingnuts, idiots, bachmann, 2012-contenders-stupid

Obama Faults GOP in Health Debate

Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:04 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

President Barack Obama, seeking to rally his base, accused Republican leaders Thursday of trying to block a health-care overhaul from the start and again threw his weight behind a government-run insurance plan.

politics, health-care, obama, republican, obstructionism

Health Care Reform, Once And For All...

Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:40 PM EDT

Health care is diseased.

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politics, health-care, health-insurance, comunism, socialism, morons, health-care-reform

Blame the Messenger

Seeded on Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:34 AM EDT (The Daily Beast)

Notable quote from this article : "This iron certitude has been Obama's bane since he became a public figure.

politics, obama, robert-gibbs, white-house-press-secretary

Obama's Latest Foreign Slip

Seeded on Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:57 AM EDT (The Daily Beast)

Georgia just now sent troops to fulfill a fighting role in Afghanistan. This antagonizes the Russians and so, according to the author, it's not a good thing, and Obama is to be blamed for this ungood thing happening. Read on.

russia, georgia, politics, obama, foreign-policy