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Science Museum Will Close During GOP Convention

Neophile — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:49:57 EDT

The Science Museum of Minnesota plans to close to the public during the Republican National Convention next year so it can host convention events.

Channel: Politics Tags: museum minnesota science museum of minnesota st paul rnc republican convention

Mosques Increasingly Not Welcome in Europe

Neophile — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:53:33 EDT

Europeans are increasingly lashing out at the construction of mosques in their cities as terrorism fears and continued immigration feed anti-Muslim sentiment across the continent.

Channel: Religion Tags: islam muslim mosque europe immigration terrorism

Republicans Block Presidential Library Disclosure Bill

Neophile — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:40:04 EDT

Republicans are blocking a bill that would force the disclosure of donors to President Bush's library, according to Democrats.

Channel: Politics Tags: republicans presidential library disclosure bill transparency

Gay Old Party :: Anti-Gay Alabama A.G. Caught Being Gay

_kam0_ — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:30:20 EDT

This may come as a shock, but a prominent anti-homosexual Republican attorney general has apparently been caught having homosexual sex intercourse with his homosexual gay male assistant. Bonus: The dude's wife caught him, in their bed.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: GOP homesexuality gay hypocrisy rumours

Hagee Demands YouTube Remove 120 Videos of Him

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:47:15 EDT

Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube.

Channel: Religion Tags: john hagee youtube video christian censorship christianity bigotry pastor

John McCain: "I Hate the Bloggers"

Neophile — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:59 EDT

JOHN MCCAIN: "Now we've got the cables. We've got talk radio. We've got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers. We've got all kinds of sources of information."

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain bloggers hatred election 2008

Canadian Soldier Found Dead at Camp Mirage

Neophile — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:16:20 EDT

A Canadian soldier has been found dead at a Persian Gulf military base.

Channel: News Tags: camp mirage canada soldier death united arab emirates

Exclusive: No ice at the North Pole

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:04:07 EDT

It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

Channel: Science Tags: Global warming Arctic Ice propeller eco news

Fridays Metal - Cryptopsy .- Death Metal

baddad59 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:27:46 EDT

This post is for Neophile.Crytopsy is a bad azz death/black metal band from the land up north. You got to watch this video,it will do something to you..what i'm not sure,but something.Enjoy this.

Channel: Music Tags: Cryptopsy metal black metal death metal canada.

Pastor Who Officiated at Jenna Bush Wedding Launches Pro-Obama Website

TimALoftis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:30:21 EDT

The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, leader of the largest Methodist congregation in the country, launched a website yesterday titled "James Dobson Does Not Speak For Me."

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 election kirbyjon caldwell james dobson barack obama

Supreme Court says individuals have right to own guns

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:44:01 EDT

The Supreme Court said on Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.

Channel: Politics Tags: Gun RIghts Supreme Court United States

George Carlin: Saving the Planet

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:18:06 EDT

Funny video of George Carlin on saving the planet. *WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE*.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: George Carlin saving planet funny video

McCain: World War III Would Justify Draft

Aidenag — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:46:57 EDT

McCain in 2006: "...We're in the early stages of what I would consider the Third World War..."

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Draft World War 2008 election Politics

Thursdays Metal - Destroy The Runner - Saints

baddad59 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:31:13 EDT

I like this band.They play with conviction.Loud,hard,and with a sense of melody.Got the growls,but also some decent vocals.Hope you enjoy.

Channel: Music Tags: destroy the runner metal rock.

Terrified by President Obama

catstevens — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:52:17 EDT

Mike Huckabee warned that the Illinois senator's views on such issues as partial birth abortion takes away the equality of unborn children, and that Obama makes him uncomfortable.

Channel: Politics Tags: Dobson Abortion Illinois Huckabee Obama

You Can't Fuel All the People All the Time

AlphaGnosis — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:41:42 EDT

Democrats couldn't care less about high gas prices. The consistent policy of the Democratic Party, going back at least to Jimmy Carter, has been to jack up gas prices so we can all start pedaling around on tricycles.

Channel: Politics Tags: You cant fuel. all people time gas prices Ann Coulter

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) ad touts ties to Obama, and Democrats protest

ybdogsct — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:04:44 EDT

Gordon Smith's ad begins with an announcer saying, "Who says Gordon Smith helped lead the fight for better gas mileage and a cleaner environment?" After a dramatic pause, the announcer adds, "Barack Obama." Over shots of Obama, the ad talks about how Smith co-sponsored a bill written by Obama in 2006 to raise fuel efficiency

Channel: News Tags: Gordon Smith Barack Obama

Many states turning to paper ballots for fall - The Boston Globe

engineer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:58:33 EDT

Florida's election fiasco in 2000 prompted many states to adopt electronic touch-screen voting systems, but after a spate of malfunctions and meltdowns in 2004 and 2006, paper ballots are making a big comeback.

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 election paper ballots comeback

Court rejects death penalty for raping children

david_nwpa — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:33:05 EDT

In a 5-4 vote, the court says the law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in cases of child rape violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Channel: News Tags: Louisiana Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual Punishment

US Retailers to Close Hundreds of Stores

Neophile — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:08:22 EDT

High and rising world oil and food prices, the implosion of the US housing bubble and the ensuing consumer credit vapour lock have cash-strapped US consumers staying out of retail stores in droves, and this is forcing dozens of US retailers to close hundreds of stores.

Channel: Shopping Tags: housing oil food energy stores closure retail bubble united states

Other presidents get airports even cities named after them, Bush may get a sewage facility

_kam0_ — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:21:09 EDT

San Francisco is to hold a vote on whether to rename one of its largest sewage treatment facilities after George W. Bush, in what supporters describe as "a fitting monument to the President's work".

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Bush politics presidential legacy

McCain 2005: Give Gitmo Detainees A Trial Or Release Them!

Aidenag — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:06:51 EDT

Recall last week how McCain lost his mind when the Supreme Court said that Guantanamo Bay detainees could not be detained indefinitely without charges and were entitled to ask a court for a hearing where the government would have to show why it was holding them, or that they be released.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Flip Flop McBush 2008 election Habeas Corpus Politics

White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail

Beau7890 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:55:58 EDT

The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week.

Channel: Politics Tags: EPA White House pollution climate change politics at all costs ostrich head in the sand

States Reject Bush's Abstinence-Only Funding

Neophile — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:13:25 EDT

Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush administration touts for slowing teen sexual activity. Barely half the states are still in, and two more say they are leaving.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush abstinence education sex ed funding

Vandals Deface Huntsville Neighborhood

ZiegfeldGirl — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:05:35 EDT

All over northwest Huntsville, you can find markings that read "VIP 256," Obama 08," and "M-13". They even hit the entrance of one subdivision that isn't even built yet.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Tagging Graffitti Gangs Vandalism Destruction

McCain Adviser: Terror Attack Would Help John McCain

ybdogsct — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:12:23 EDT

Charlie Black concedes that another terrorist attack on U.S. soil "certainly would be a big advantage to John McCain." Black's lobbying firm received millions from the brutal Angolan guerrilla leader. Black was a registered foreign agent for a collection of foreign leaders whose human rights records were harshly criticized.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Charlie Black terrorist attack 2008 elections

Study finds contradictions among Americans' religious beliefs

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:51:37 EDT

Americans remain heavily religious, but their views rarely conform to dogma, according to a massive new survey released this morning.

Channel: Religion Tags: Study . Religion Americans

Obama's Presidental Seal Thrown Under The Bus

bigurn — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:14:57 EDT

OK, who called it first? Obama drops the Presidential-looking seal after the press politely tells him it looks a skosh egotistical. This is what the Germans call "schadenfreude" - enjoying someone else's misfortune.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Presidential Seal Called Egotistical

White House Denies Army's Pitch for More Oversight

Neophile — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:33:40 EDT

The Army's march to overhaul its tarnished contracting system has been slowed by an unlikely foe: the White House. The Office of Management and Budget, President Bush's administrative arm, has shot down a service plan to add five active-duty generals who would oversee purchasing and monitor contractor performance.

Channel: Politics Tags: white house bush oversight army contractors iraq war

Comedian George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71

Deidre — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:39:10 EDT

Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: george carlin comedy comedian death propeller celeb news