Indian Tribes Make Own Cigarettes

Seeded on Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:37 AM EST (The New York Times)

ONEIDA, N.Y.

new-york, cigarettes, us-news, oneida-indian-nation, taxfree, seneca-nation

In Republican Race, a New Breed of Superdonor

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:28 AM EST (The New York Times)

This is an eye opening and in depth look into the amazing list of pac donors. Please be sure to look at the graph within the article. It's amazing who is financing Romney: the 1%, of course!

politics, santorum, gingrich, obama, romney, paul, graph, bain, 1-ers, super-pac-donors

Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:02 PM EST (Truthout - All Articles)

Finally Monsanto is being held responsible for the pesticide poisoning of a farmer in France. In a major victory for public health and what will hopefully lead to other nations taking action, a French court decided today that GMO crops monster Monsanto is guilty of chemica …

environment, not-news, farmer-with-neurological-disorders, france-lawsuit, monsanto-poisoning

Middle Schooler, Strip-Searched for Weed in Front of Other Students, Suing Georgia School District

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:10 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

This is appalling: a Georgia seventh grader was accused by fellow students in his middle school of having marijuana on him, when his middle school's Vice Principal forced him to strip in front of his accusers. Huffington Post:

us-news, lawsuit, resignation, public-strip-searching, school-firing

Mardi Gras Around the World

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:59 AM EST (Late Show: Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold" - Bing Videos)

Happy Fat Tuesday from around the world! Great slide photos of colorful celebrations... Think of Mardi Gras and vivid images come to mind: beads and masks, women and men in elaborate costumes (such as this one, in Venice) or nothing more than a few strips of fabric, out …

world-news, slide-show, new-orleans-mardi-gras, fat-tuesday-around-the-world, mardi-gras-cologne, mardi-gras-venice

Lonesome Dove

Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:08 PM EST

I took my dog Chico out for a short stroll in the icy breeze this morning. He isn't feeling very well. He pricked up his ears though, as I did mine when we heard the mournful call of a dove.

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not-news, sadness, mourning, chico, my-pal, plaintive, solitary-mate

Santorum leads Romney nationwide by eight points

Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:18 AM EST (CNN)

Is Romney simply this unappealing, or do the majority of Republicans really want to ditch Democracy as we know it to develop a whole new type of Theocracy According to Santorum?

poll, politics, santorum, gingrich, romney, theocracy

Billionaire Bigot Bankrolling Mitt Romney

Seeded on Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:30 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

February 19, 2012 | Frank VanderSloot's business practices and anti-gay activism--as well as his history of bullying journalists and bloggers--have brought the Romney backer lots of attention. In a column sure to rain lawsuit threats down upon him, Glenn Greenwald …

politics, romney, bigotry, homophobia, vandersloot, bankrolled

A Brother And Sister Get Married (And Later, Their Son Tweets It) : The Picture Show

Seeded on Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:19 AM EST (NPR)

What a great story of true true love! A must read for all romantics.

religion, true-love, brother-boniface, sister-damien

A Record Chain of Kidney Transplants - Interactive

Seeded on Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:20 AM EST (The New York Times)

A Good Samaritan kidney donation by a California man began a progression of kidney retrievals and transplants, as 30 donors gave their organs to 30 strangers on behalf of their loved ones. Related Article »

health, interactive, good-samaritan, kidney-transplants, record-chain

Is That A Starfish On My Face?

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:14 AM EST (NPR)

The problem is we don't see the problem. Because coral reefs sit below the water line, when they start to disintegrate (from pollution, overfishing, climate change, ocean acidification ... the list is long) most of us wouldn't notice.

science, knitting, starfish, crocheting, npr-reports, sea-art

Santorum: Obama makes US 'less safe'

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:53 AM EST (msnbc.com)

GEORGETOWN, Ohio -- Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Ohio voters Friday that President Obama had made the country less secure. "Ladies and gentleman, we have a president who not only apologizes for America, but consistently makes our country less safe," Santorum told the …

politics, ohio, homeland-security, santorum, alienation, us-enemies

Santorum's Gospel of Inequality

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:20 AM EST (The New York Times)

That was Fox News’s headline about Rick Santorum’s speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday. Santorum said, “I’m not about equality of result when it comes to income inequality. There is income inequality in America.

politics, obama, detroit, santorum, income-inequality, charitable-giving, praises-income-inequalityrdquo, statues-of-success

Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control -- And Why We'll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:14 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Conservative bishops and Congressmen are fighting a rear-guard action against one of the most revolutionary changes in human history. What's happening in Congress this week, as Rep.

politics, gop, contraception, womens-liberation, patriarchial-men

Conservative Pundits Concerned With Romney's Distance

Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:37 AM EST (The New York Times)

One morning in January, Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of the conservative magazine and Web site Newsmax, sat with Mitt Romney in his hotel room at the West Palm Beach Courtyard Marriott in Florida and offered some blunt advice about dealing with the news media.

politics, gop, mitt-romney, limbaugh, conservative-feedback

Daily Show Takes on Right-Wing Insanity on Women in Combat: Should Women Expect to Be

Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:34 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

It was quite the week for inappropriate comments about women in the military, from Rick Santorum's assertion that their emotions would get in the way and men would risk themselves to protect them, and then Fox News personality Liz Trotta who declared that the high incidence of ra …

politics, political-humor, vidoes, women-in-combat, right-wing-insanity

Fuel Gets Fruity: Converting Produce Scraps into Gas

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:36 PM EST (good.is)

The compost pile and worm bin are no longer the only appropriate resting places for peach pits, banana peels, and apple cores.

science, good-news, green-fuel, world-unite, fuel-gets-fruity, gas-from-waste

New Arrests in Murdoch Bribery Scandal Raise Question of U.S. Charges

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:09 PM EST (ProPublica: Articles and Investigations)

The arrested journalists, all from The Sun, were later released, and have yet to be charged with any crimes. (As The Wall Street Journal explained last summer, arrests in the U.K. are often made early [2] in a criminal investigation, and may not be followed by any charges.)

world-news, fox-news, arrests, bribery, murdoch, news-international

Sex and Food: The World's Strangest Aphrodisiacs Through Time

Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:58 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Hot chocolate? The potato? Piranhas? Throughout history, humankind has persisted in the belief that some foods are linked to sex.

odd-news, history, sex, chocolate, potato, vanilla, oysters, aphrodisiacs, british-isles, love-food

We Read The 2013 Budget So You Don't Have To

Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:46 AM EST (NPR)

NPR's Scott Neuman reports that the spending plan "aims to trim $4 trillion from the deficit over the next decade, while boosting spending to programs to stimulate the still-ailing U.S.

politics, taxes, homeland-security, pentagon, pell-grants, big-banks, fossil-fuel-producers, 2013-budget, environment-added

Happy Valentine's Day - Cookies for Breakfast

Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:54 AM EST

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not-news, breakfast, valentines-day-cookies, all-gorups

Newsvine, Self Expression and Friendship

Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:51 PM EST

Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. Joseph Pulitzer

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not-news, newsvine, learning, discussion, debating, self-discovery, spontaneity, self-expression, joseph-pulitzer, the-value-of-self-expression

Drums Beyond the Mountain

Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:17 PM EST

From the Indian reservation to the governmental school Well they're goin' to educate me to the white men's Golden Rule And I'm learning very quickly for I've learned to be ashamed And I come when they call Billy though I've got an Indian name And there …

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not-news, music, johnny-cash, utube, 50s-and-60s, native-americans-history

Most Expect to Give More Than They Receive, Poll Finds

Seeded on Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:00 AM EST (The New York Times)

A majority of Americans say they expect to pay more in federal taxes over their lifetime than they will ever receive in benefits from the government, according to a recent New York Times poll.

politics, poll, medicare, social-security, medicaid, government-reliance-most-americans

President Obama urges Congress to extend the payroll tax cut to prevent a tax hike on 160 million hardworking Americans.

Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:22 AM EST

I could definitely use the $1,000. I am wondering what congress will dream up to tack on. Wait for it...

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politics, anticipation, tax-cuts-for-the-middle-class, congress-and-its-other-issues, gotp-obstructionists

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