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Republicans seek to nix greenhouse gas regulation
Seeded on Tue Feb 1, 2011 10:37 PM EST (deseretnews)
WASHINGTON — In a sharp challenge to the Obama administration, House Republicans intend to unveil legislation Wednesday to ban the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act and expect to advance the bill quickly, officials disclose …
What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:27 AM EST
Howdy folks. I rarely write anything much on Newsvine anymore but after studying the race for the best picture of 2010 I felt I had to make a statement. I confess that I have only seen 3 of the contenders but they seem to be the top 3 contenders so here are my opinions.
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1,000 tigers killed in decade; extinction near
Seeded on Tue Nov 9, 2010 11:32 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Body parts from more than 1,000 wild tigers have been seized over the past decade, crimes that are adding to the extinction crisis faced by the species whose numbers are estimated at around just 3,200 worldwide, a wildlife monitoring network reported Tuesday.
Iowa Judges Defeated After Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
Seeded on Wed Nov 3, 2010 10:53 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Leaders of the recall campaign said the results should be a warning to judges elsewhere.
Who are these "older more conservative" voters?
Tue Nov 2, 2010 11:25 PM EDT
I assume they are folks over the age of 70, and people under the age of 50, as I don't know of a single baby boomer who would be caught dead voting for a Republican.
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It is nearly Halloween but there are no movies to watch but the oldies
Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:21 PM EDT
Yep you heard it here first. Do you remember how horror movies scared the crap out of you in your youth? I sure do and the Universal films of the 1930s scared the poop out of me back then and they still do actually.
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State goes overseas for lethal injection drug
Seeded on Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:44 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
FLORENCE, Ariz. — Facing a nationwide shortage of a lethal injection drug, Arizona has taken an unusual step that other death penalty states may soon follow: get their supplies from another country.
Parents Television Council on the Defensive
Seeded on Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:54 PM EDT (The New York Times)
But the organization now finds itself damaged, defanged by court challenges to the F.C.C.'s hard-line position, by its own dwindling finances and by internal troubles that resulted in its accusing a former senior employee of extortion.
I don't even own a cellphone and let me tell you why
Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:21 PM EDT
First of all I have nothing against people who feel the need to be wired at all times so they can tweet their friends about their latest adventure or about how their baby made his or her first steps.
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Use of Drug Challenged in Death Penalty Case
Seeded on Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:46 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Arizona plans to execute Jeffrey Landrigan next week, but his lawyers are arguing that one of the drugs that the state intends to use to end his life may not be good enough.
Health Care in the USA is a disgrace
Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:10 PM EDT
I will continue to write articles about this and to whine on a regular basis until the day I die which may not be long considering the state of the American helath care system if you want to call it that.
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Here is a typical Tea Party statement for your reading pleasure
Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:14 PM EDT
“It’s a flat-out lie,” Mr. Dennison said in an interview after the debate, adding that he had based his view on the preaching of Rush Limbaugh and the teaching of Scripture. “I read my Bible,” Mr. Dennison said.
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Health Insurers Test New Payment Incentives for Cancer Care
Seeded on Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:54 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Several large health insurers, including UnitedHealthcare and Aetna, are focusing on one of the country's most costly diseases: cancer.
Gays in the military is mainly an issue for the politicians and the generals. The troops could probably care less
Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:07 AM EDT
Here is another astounding bit of wisdom from me. I am not speaking for all enlisted men but when I did my 4 years back in the Vietnam days of course I was aware of gay soldiers but like nearly everyone else back then it was no big deal. In fact it was no deal at all.
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Mothman Controversy
Seeded on Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:27 PM EDT (news.spreadit.org)
Mothman Controversy – The Mothman is a creature that has been allegedly sighted in the 1960s in West Virginia.With Halloween just on the horizon, many people choose to dress up like the legendary Moth man.
E.P.A. Report Opposes W. Virginia Mountaintop Mine
Seeded on Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:40 PM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — A top federal regulator has recommended revoking the permit for one of the nation's largest planned mountaintop removal mining projects, saying it would be devastating to miles of West Virginia streams and the plant and animal life they support.
Killing of Pakistan Doctor Part of Taliban War on Educated
Seeded on Fri Oct 8, 2010 11:15 PM EDT (The New York Times)
A week ago, two Taliban hit men, disguised in casual clothes and with stubble on their chins instead of beards, climbed the stairs to Dr. Khan's second-floor office and, as he had lunch between streams of patients, shot him at close range.
Foes of health care law lose key court ruling
Seeded on Thu Oct 7, 2010 11:30 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
DETROIT – A federal judge on Thursday upheld the authority of the federal government to require everyone to have health insurance, dealing a setback to groups seeking to block the new national health care plan.
Fire chief responds to questions after home left to burn
Seeded on Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:27 PM EDT (Heartland News)
OBION COUNTY, TN (KFVS) - Last week a fire department refused to respond to a house fire because the person living there hadn't paid the $75 fee for rural coverage. The house burned to the ground.
Mississippi judge jails attorney for not reciting pledge
Seeded on Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:16 PM EDT (Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News)
TUPELO, Miss. — A Mississippi judge ordered an attorney to spend several hours in jail Wednesday after the attorney chose not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in court.
Alan Grayson, Brash and Outspoken, Becomes G.O.P. Target
Seeded on Tue Oct 5, 2010 11:14 PM EDT (The New York Times)
ORLANDO, Fla. — Calling voters on behalf of Alan Grayson, the Florida congressman and Democratic firebrand, can require the finer arts of persuasion.
Economic Scene - Health Care Laws Uneven Path to Better Insurance
Seeded on Tue Oct 5, 2010 9:40 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Consider what it would be like to have a health insurance plan that capped annual benefits at $2,000. For any medical care costing more than that, you would have to pay out of pocket.
Will E-books replace paper books? Yeah most likely.
Mon Oct 4, 2010 11:27 PM EDT
I love reading books and have been reading the old fashioned paper versions for nearly 60 years but I can see things changing. I have never read an e-book but am thinking about getting a Kindle or something.
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Going to the Bar, Pistol in Pocket, Is Legal in 4 States
Seeded on Sun Oct 3, 2010 11:01 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Happy-hour beers were going for $5 at Past Perfect, a cavernous bar just off this city's strip of honky-tonks and tourist shops when Adam Ringenberg walked in with a loaded 9-millimeter pistol in the front pocket of his gray slacks.
I Just Heard a Great Movie Line
Sat Oct 2, 2010 9:58 PM EDT
I know I must be duplicating a few hundred previous articles with the same title or subject so please excuse me but when I hear a new movie killer line I just have to write about it.
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What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?
What Do you Think about Winter's Bone winning the Oscar for Best Picture?