Keep on Rockin' in the Free World: See what good it does you

Seeded on Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:18 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"So why do pop stars return again and again to the political, despite the risk of ridicule, misunderstanding, artistic failure, and ineffectuality?"

music, politics, dissent, rock-and-roll

Yellow Journalism: Taking the "News" out of "Newsvine"

Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:38 PM EDT

Not too long ago, there was an article on Newsvine about "Bush-Nazi dealings" back around 1942-1951. It attracted 69 Up-votes, and 63 comments. There may be more by the time that you're reading this.

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technology, news, newsvine, propaganda, yellow-journalism, advertisements, sensationalism, partisanship, profiteering, jingoism

Bombs' Sway: The Palestinian Authority prescribes the death penalty for eating falafel.

Seeded on Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:38 AM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"The position of the Palestinian Authority, which was created as a result of negotiations aimed at achieving a lasting settlement between Israelis and Palestinians, is clear: All Israel must do to stop the terrorist attacks--excuse me, the perfectly legitimate acts of self-defense

israel, hamas, palestine, world-news, tel-aviv, suicide-bombing, falafel

Algae May Help Restore Human Eyesight

Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 12:40 PM EDT (Forbes)

"Blind mice were able to respond to light after researchers inserted a green algae protein into retinal nerve cell membranes that normally aren't sensitive to light..."

health, blindness, vision, biotech, eyesight

No, really, this war will be awesome! Can Bush's new national security strategy awaken a drowsy public?

Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 11:12 AM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"Realism is making a comeback even as the president has outlined arguably the most idealistic foreign policy goals since the days of Woodrow Wilson.

bush, iraq, iran, terror, politics, war, nuclear-proliferation, national-security-strategy

Farewell to Warblogging

Seeded on Thu Apr 6, 2006 10:43 AM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"Americans are always much more interesting than their political parties or ideological labels, and for a few months there it was possible for readers and writers alike to feel the unfamiliar slap of collisions with worlds they'd previously sealed off from themselves.

bloggers, blogging, blog, citizen-media, warblogging

State Cigarette Mob Can't Kick the Habit

Seeded on Wed Apr 5, 2006 9:47 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"Nowadays the states rake in more money from smokers than the cigarette companies do. Big Government and Big Tobacco have not just joined forces; they've become synonymous."

tobacco, cigarette, settlement, politics, government, smoking, reason

Government Goons Murder Puppies! The drug war goes to the dogs.

Seeded on Wed Apr 5, 2006 9:01 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"Last October police in Alabama raided a home on suspicion of marijuana possession, shot and killed both family dogs, then joked about the kill in front of the family. They seized eight grams of marijuana, equal in weight to a ketchup packet."

drugs, politics, police, marijuana, dogs, puppies, swat, war-on-drugs

Selling Off The Turnpike

Seeded on Wed Apr 5, 2006 10:44 AM EDT (New York Post)

"Leasing government-owned toll roads to investors is a good move. But revenue from such deals should go to building infrastructure, not to cover the latest budget crisis."

sale, new-jersey, privatization, new-jersey-turnpike, tolls, toll-roads, ive-got-a-bridge-to-sell-you

Cheerleaders 'sent to prison camp'

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 10:47 PM EDT (Australian News Network)

North Korean cheerleaders talk about their experience during a tour in South Korea; placed in prison for breaking a "code of silence".

korea, north-korea, south-korea, cheerleaders, world-news

China applies toon taboos

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 10:43 PM EDT (Variety.com)

"'Babe' was banned on the basis that animals can't talk and some viewers would be confused."

china, world-news, animation, censorship, cartoons

Monks Arrested In SWAT Team Action

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 10:39 PM EDT (KETV.com)

"'The case will be referred to the Immigration Court, and it's our hope that the monks will be allowed to depart voluntarily and go back to Tibet, which is what they wish to do,' Peck said."

immigration, politics, police, tibet, swat, monks, buddhists

Government Kills Blacks With AIDS Virus

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 10:34 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"Shockingly, many corrections officials oppose testing inmates for HIV infection when they are initially locked up because their budget-strapped institutions would then be obligated to pay for their treatment.

race, politics, aids, rape, prisons, hiv, prison-rape, prison-reform

You Can't Outlaw a Free Lunch: The Senate's lobbying reform proposal will fail because it's designed to fail

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 10:29 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"But the faux crackdown on lobbying does reflect a "hey, how'd that happen?" theory of honest government, a worldview in which lobbyists, and not Congressmen they corrupt, are responsible for the earmarks that snake their way into appropriations bills.

congress, politics, reform, lobbyists, lobbying-reform

A Bad Tax With Good Timing: The unsung virtues of the Alternative Minimum Tax

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 4:30 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"Given that higher revenues will be necessary to prevent a fiscal meltdown, from a politician's standpoint the AMT has a singular advantage: It increases taxes without requiring anyone to vote for a tax increase."

tax, taxes, politics, amt, alternative-minumum-tax

Adoption Swindle Shafts Dads: Equal rights for unwed fathers

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 1:59 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"In recent decades, thanks to both technology and social change, we have made strides to alleviate the inequality for women, helping them avoid unwanted childbearing. But we have lagged far behind in equalizing the situation for men.

politics, adoption, gender, gender-inequality

Losing Bet on Climate Change: Temperatures are rising - what now?

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 1:55 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"The question of how much danger the trend toward higher average global temperatures poses is still open, but that the earth's temperature is going up is not. The debate now is how bad it might get.

global-warming, politics, warming, climate, climate-change

Putting the cuckoo in our clocks

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 1:51 PM EDT (The Washington Times)

Daylight Savings Time: "It turns out the great energy-saver is really a guesstimate from an inconclusive study with a small sample size that is over 30 years old."

energy, oil, congress, politics, daylight-savings-time, daylight, daylight-savings

One Man, Many Wives, Big Problems

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 1:47 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

"The social consequences of polygamy are bigger than you think."

marriage, politics, polygamy, polyamory, polygyny

Stop talking about Newsvine!

Thu Mar 2, 2006 4:35 PM EST

The biggest problem on Newsvine right now is too many posts about Newsvine.

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technology, newsvine

English Wikipedia Publishes Millionth Article

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 2:12 PM EST (Wikimedia Foundation)

"The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the 1,000,000th article in the English language edition of Wikipedia. The article is about the Jordanhill railway station in Scotland, and it was started by Wikipedia contributor Ewan Macdonald.

technology, online, free, education, wikipedia, nonprofit, wiki, encyclopedia, knowledge, wikimedia

Muhammad Cartoons: Global Lynch Mob Attacks Free Speech

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 2:20 PM EST (Human Events online)

"[W]hen a real threat to our freedom to say what we believe without fear of prosecution or persecution comes... the mainstream media often has precious little to say." This page actually shows these oh-so-offensive cartoons.

denmark, muslims, free-speech, islam, boycott, extremism, prophet, censorship, cartoons, muhammad

The little Buddha of Bara

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:45 PM EST (-)

"It has been claimed that the 16-yr-old has not drunk even a single drop of water since he began his meditation on May 17, last year."

religion, nepal, odd-news, world-news, buddhism, buddha, pilgrims, meditation, bara

Editorial musings: The "Total Lack of Reason" in Politics

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:28 AM EST (Scrolling Meadows)

What does one do when faced with a total lack of reason in politics? When elections are decided not by reason and logic and reaching out to the other side, but rather by which side can scream loud enough to mobilize more of their supporters? What does it all mean to me?

editorial, politics, expectations, balance, republican, psychology, democrat, libertarian, emotion, irrational