If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

Stefan Sirucek: EXCLUSIVE (Update): Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes

Seeded on Sun Feb 7, 2010 11:19 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

SNL is going to have fun with this....

politics, palin, tea-party, crib-notes

Dog Rescued After 75-Mile Trip On Ice Floe : NPR

Seeded on Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:38 PM EST (NPR)

A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating 75 miles on an ice floe down Poland's Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said Thursday. Now his saviors just have to figure out who really owns him.

rescue, poland, dog, world-news, ice

Revisiting George Washington.

Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:59 AM EST

The petty, and sometimes hateful partisan bickering over critical reforms, especially health care, but including the recent supreme court ruling about campaign funding leaves me wondering what our political landscape and elections would look like if we eliminated all political p …

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money, democrats, politics, republicans, george-washington, campaigns, political-parties

Homeless veteran who saved 5 in fire laid to rest

Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:48 PM EST

By Brett Zongker, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by njb)

Ray Vivier had been an adventurer, a Marine veteran who explored the country from South Carolina to Alaska, the father of five children.

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us, burial, south-carolina, marine, us-news, proper, ray-vivier

On Stupidity - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:34 AM EST (chronicle.com)

This article was originally published in Aug 2008, but I thought it was relevant to the current discussions of the Supreme court and voter behavior in MA. (NO I am not calling them stupid) On Stupidity By Thomas H. Benton

politics, ethics, unions, voters, popular-culture, anti-intellectualism

US Military Tribute - Far Away - Nickleback | Thank A Soldier | Causes

Seeded on Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:18 PM EST (media.causes.com)

I really hope the link to the video works....no matter what you feel about these wars, honor the service men and women who are there as our representatives.

iraq, politics, war, veteran, afgan

Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Campaign-Finance Provision

Seeded on Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:20 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)

In a ruling that radically reshapes campaign-finance law, the Supreme Court has struck down a key provision of the McCain-Feingold measure that bars corporations and unions from pouring money into political ads.

politics, campaign-finance, freedom-of-speech, hillary-clinton, corporate-donations, suprreme-court

What's the Difference Between a Liberal and a Progressive?

Seeded on Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:26 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

A good primer on the differences, though they are overlapping...

politics, progressive, liberal, conservative, philosophy, states-rights, tax-payer, federalsim

38 Reasons to Thank a Progressive….so far

Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:04 AM EST

1.AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 2.COBRA 3.COMMUNITY COLLEGES 4.CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 5.EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT 6.ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS 7.FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT- 8.FDIC 9.FIRE DEPARTMENTS 10.FOOD SAFETY LAWS 11.FOOD STAMPS 12.GI BIL 13.INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM …

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Conservative Vision Ascendant In Latest TX History Textbooks Draft; Gingrich, Schlafly Back In | TPMMuckraker

Seeded on Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:13 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)

As someone who grew up and currently lives in Texas, this in embarrassing to me. The rest of the nation has no quantifiable reason to believe me, but I swear to God we are not all dumb hicks that just fell out of a tree in east Texas.

texas, conservatives, politics, civil-rights, gingrich, hate, fdr, new-deal, marcus-garvey, progressives

Would We Use This Photo If These People Were White? (AUDIO) - Live in Washington w/ Jack Rice - Air America

Seeded on Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:50 PM EST (airamerica.com)

I look at this AP photo and I find it overwhelming. At the same time, I think to print the photo makes sense, as it is a true reflection of what is going on in Haiti. That being said, I have a question.

media, haiti, ap, race, politics, bias, photos, tragedy, dead-bodies

Dobbs Defends His Birther Advocacy:

Seeded on Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:22 AM EST (Think Progress)

Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs may be singing a new tune on immigration, however, he's sticking to his guns when it comes to defending his demand for evidence of President Obama's birthplace.

immigration, white-house, politics, obama, cnn, citizenship, dobbs, think-progress, right-wingers, birthers

Study: Fast morphine treatment may prevent PTSD

Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:01 PM EST

By Linda A. Johnson, AP Business Writer (Clipped by njb)

Quickly giving morphine to wounded troops cuts in half the chance they will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a provocative study that suggests a new strategy for preventing the psychological fallout of war.

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us, health, preventing, med, ptsd

Domestic abuse feeds on secrecy

Seeded on Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:14 AM EST (marinecorpstimes.com)

Let me be perfectly clear--I have no tolerance of violence in the home. Research literature has discussed for at least a decade the concept of 'negative emotionality" ---meaning about 50% of the time women actually instigate violent episodes in the home.

abuse, secrecy, dyfunctional-families, domestic-violnence

- The Big Zero - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:36 AM EST (The New York Times)

Then there are the politicians. Even now, it's hard to get Democrats, President Obama included, to deliver a full-throated critique of the practices that got us into the mess we're in.

bush, politics, gop, economics, republicans, obama, failure, krugman

Delaware Pediatrician Charged With Raping Patients - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:21 AM EST (The New York Times)

This makes me sick.

us-news

Think Progress Â» Baucus: Not A Single Republican Senator Has The Courage To Work Together To Pass Health Reform

Seeded on Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:57 AM EST (Think Progress)

In an uncharacteristically impassioned and frank speech on the Senate floor, Sen.

politics, gop, health-care-reform, gang-of-six, senante

Senate Democrats unite for landmark healthcare vote - TheHill.com

Seeded on Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:36 AM EST (TheHill.com)

Healthcare reform entered the inevitability stage in the Senate during the wee hours of Monday morning as Democrats came together on a party-line vote to all but lock in passage of the legislation on Christmas Eve.

senate, politics, healthcare, vote, reid, health-reform, cloture

: Yes To Social Security Cuts, No To New Jobs Bill

Seeded on Thu Dec 3, 2009 9:47 PM EST (Firedoglake)

Oh....bad news, I can't believe he really went there....wft? So tax payer dollars are OK for Wal-street, but not for Granny? Bernanke called for cutbacks in Medicare and Social Security even as unemployment rises and the middle class is endangered.

congress, wall-street, medicare, politics, bernanke, helth-care, social-securitity

SPCA seizes 1,045 animals from NW Houston home

Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:14 AM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

When SPCA investigators received an anonymous tip Wednesday afternoon about animals in need of medical care at a home in northwest Houston, they had no idea it would turn into one of the largest U.S. animal seizures in memory.

texas, animals, houston, puppy-mills, us-news, starvation, animal-cruelty, flea-markets, spca, criminal-behavior

Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Church - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sun May 31, 2009 1:24 PM EDT (The New York Times)

George Tiller, a Wichita doctor who was one of the few doctors in the nation to perform late-term abortions, was shot to death on Sunday as he attended church, city officials in Wichita said.

abortion, politics, kansas, murder, wichita, george-tiller

Fallen soldier's pooch gets a ticket out of Iraq

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 7:20 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Somewhere in Iraq today, a little yellow dog named Laia is starting the treacherous journey of a lifetime to the U.S., but the soldier who rescued her won't be part of her homecoming.

today, pets, peoplepetscom

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Kennedy affirms support for public healthcare plan

Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 8:31 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

Liberals pushing for the creation of a federally run health insurance plan won a major victory Thursday when Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) strongly indicated his commitment to the policy, one of the most controversial elements of healthcare reform.

politics, kennedy, healthcare-reform, private-insurance, public-plan

Obama: One of the biggest mistakes is this notion you have to dumb things down for the public

Seeded on Mon May 18, 2009 11:46 PM EDT (Think Progress)

n a 30-minute interview with Newsweek this past week, President Obama answers a wide array of questions dealing with the challenges he's had to confront in office.

politics, newsweek, american-public, president-obama

TheHill.com-N.D. lawmakers rally for journalist imprisoned in Iran

Seeded on Sat May 2, 2009 4:16 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

While lawmakers were scrambling to pass the budget before President Obama's 100-day anniversary, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) took the floor Monday evening to keep the case of Roxana Saberi alive.

iran, hunger-strike, politics, north-dakota, citizenship, journalisim, saberi

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Alexander's piece, published on Sunday, is filled with dubious assertions and strawman arguments from beginning to end. But it was not until I was almost through it that I came across a passage so ridiculous that I burst out laughing. Alexander writes:
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Why Is Everyone So Mean to Sarah Palin?
Now that Sarah Palin is no longer a government official nor is she running for office, I began to wonder why so much attention is still paid upon her. Some of the blogs and opinion pieces have been attacking her viciously.
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The Story That No One Will Tell
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The House candidate who raised the most money, from the most people, is an outspoken populist who tells it like it is on the war, on jobs, and on health care. His website is called CongressmanWithGuts.com.
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Outrage erupts after Joseph Farah questions President Obama's citizenship at tea party
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After declaring that it's "really great to be around like-minded folks," conservative journalist and editor of WorldNetDaily Joseph Farah launched into a ten-minute spiel about President Obama's citizenship (or, in his mind, possible lack thereof) during the National Tea …
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Sarah Palin is the consequence of decades of Republican anti-intellectualism, which has now reduced a former VP candidate to reading notes off hand (updated)
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Thank you for the welcome. I'm enjoying "newsvine" very much. I just found your message and thought I should return the "Hello" and good wishes.

— tank59850

NJB,

I have been gone for a little while, working my a-- off and started catching up with all my reading. You are writing and posting some great pieces. I invite you to come and read my latest article, 'Wake Up Dorothy, Wake Up America'. It is about the ridiculous myth of McCain and the value of remembering history in our country.

My current problem at the moment is the censorship of Insist09's article on the GOP as Terrorists. If the GOP and their surrogates can call Obama a terrorist, or communist, then in fairness, we should be able to accuse McCain or the GOP of being racists or terrorists too. Is there any way of appealing this situation to the Newsvine people?

God Bless us and keep us safe,
MaggieCat

— Maggie-264380

My wife and I have two Blue Healers. They are our children now that the others have grown up and moved out.

Your in Houston?

Hugggg I lived there two different times. I made a decent living there, but I really do not care for Houston. There was a saying," Galveston is the anal spot of Texas and Houston is 45 miles up it." At the time I had to agree.

— Oliver Shagnastey

One of these days I think I might figure out who this mystery woman is, if I can devote about 40 years of research into the knowledge and wisdom and really nice and warm comments she makes and whoa......How did you fit all that in again will battling DC traffic, stuffy meetings at times that could go for hours and then back to Houston and almost as much traffic and sent maintain a life and and...

Thank you for some amazing insights and some wonderful articles and a super friend also.

I still cannot believe you wrote a whole article about me ? Whoa.....That was wonderful feeling, thank you, very very much
Tedd

— Tedd Riggs

Hi, I just realized I could leave you a comment here (I'm new), unfortunately I e-mailed you first so just delete it (sorry!). Just wanted to lol with you at that "filly" comment about Big Brown, we're gonna catch hell for that.

— Cheryl Johnson