Cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath

Christian Right Goes To War Over Newt Gingrich's Wife

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:32 PM EST (Silicon Alley Insider)

Seeded by Loretta Kemsley (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Influential evangelical leader James Dobson set off the fireworks at this weekend's Christian Right summit, giving a speech that lavished praise on Karen Santorum and asked whether Americans really wanted Callista Gingrich — "a woman who was a man's mistress for eight yea …

politics, santorum, gingrich, james-dobson, adultery, christian-right, sexual-slurs, attack-the-wives

Allman Brothers - Whipping Post (LIVE 1970)

Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:02 AM EST

By proglib (Clipped by ann in Texas)

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entertainment

NBC discloses Mitt Romney Wall Street $ campaign contributors - Eugene Headlines | Examiner.com

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:12 AM EST (Examiner)

Seeded by Raymond Max (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Bottom line: Mitt Romney is Wall Street. Today N.B.C. reporters exposed major campaign contributors with direct ties to Romney's Bain Capital.

politics, republican-party, news-politics, politics-in-america, politics-as-ussual, mitt-romney-for-president, parks-mccants-commentary, eugene-headlines, romney-wall-street

Oil lobby's financial pressure on Obama over Keystone XL pipeline revealed | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:07 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by FrozeNorth (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Obama has until 21 February to make a decision on whether to approve the pipeline, under a compromise tax measure approved late last year.

oil, politics, analysis, demand, obama, congressmen, lobbyists, consequences, transcanada, keyston-xl-pipeline

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The Feral Man

Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:03 AM EST

By Charlie Accetta (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Leaving for work each morning, still foggy from too little sleep, I neglect to look over toward the compact patio set laid out near the front door.

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ideas, religion, philosophy, feral-cats

Gynecology convention prohibits female lecturers

Seeded on Thu Jan 5, 2012 6:36 PM EST (ynetnews.com)

Seeded by bonos_rama (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Women's exclusion hits new low: Not one female doctor has been invited to speak in a conference on gynecology and halacha scheduled to take place next week.

doctors, israel, women, medical, fertility, medicine, world-news, reproduction, reproductive, womens-health

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Virginia attorney general to push bill allowing excluded Republicans on primary ballot

Seeded on Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:16 PM EST ()

Seeded by Leafydebater (Clipped by ann in Texas)

RICHMOND, Va.

election, politics, nominee, virginia, 2012, republican-party, mitt-romney, ballot, fox-news, republican

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The Farmer who Beat Monsanto

Seeded on Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:07 PM EST (Dr Mercola Newsletter)

Seeded by Dr Rex Dexter 'DeX' (Clipped by ann in Texas)

This is David versus Goliath.

technology, monsanto, dupont, court-cases, copyright-infringement, round-up-ready, genetically-modified-seed, dr-mercola, dr-rex-dexter, genuity

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US Government Cancels The 5th Amendment

Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:59 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by I'm God (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Indefinite detention of US citizens without trial or appeal. Military to usurp police powers at will. No habeas corpus, no posse comitatus, no nothing.

politics, fifth-amendment, military-dictatorship, epic-fail

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Cheney calls for air strike on Iran over captured drone

Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:31 AM EST (Raw Story)

Seeded by luckydog (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday that President Barack Obama should have ordered an “air strike” on Iran after they recently captured a U.S. drone. Earlier on Monday, President Barack Obama had explained that U.S.

cheney, politics, attack-iran, captured-drone

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McCaskill-led earmark probe finds $834 million in requests

Seeded on Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:14 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Seeded by proglib (Clipped by ann in Texas)

A six-month study of this year’s defense authorization bill has identified 115 spending proposals as earmarks worth $834 million, including 20 by Republican freshmen who campaigned against the pet projects, according to a copy of the report provided to The Washing …

democrats, politics, claire-mccaskill, congressional-earmarks, pat-toomey, republican-freshmen

Shale Gas Drilling's Dirty Secret Is Out

Seeded on Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:10 AM EST ()

Seeded by Ripley8 (Clipped by ann in Texas)

The EPA's findings about fracking's contamination of ground water have sent a shockwave through a gas industry in denial. Thursday's stunning announcement from US EPA that implicates hydrofracturing ("fracking") as the cause of groundwater contamination in Pavillion, W …

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Moore: "Wall Street Has Their Man And His Name Is Barack Obama"

Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:42 PM EST (RealClearPolitics)

Seeded by Texasguy01 (Clipped by ann in Texas)

MICHAEL MOORE, ON CNN: Well, "The Washington post" three weeks ago had this investigation and they said that President Obama has now raised more money from Wall Street and the banks for this election cycle than all -- than all eight Republicans combined.

wall, street, politics, michael, moore, obama, occupy

David Lynch supports teaching veterans to meditate

Fri Dec 2, 2011 9:16 AM EST

By Associated Press (Clipped by ann in Texas)

David Lynch wants soldiers and veterans to experience the stress-reducing benefits of Transcendental Meditation.

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people, us, lynch, us-news, david-lynch, transcendental-meditation

Church Bans Interracial Couples from Worshiping There

Seeded on Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:24 PM EST (Gawker)

Seeded by Carloz (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Pike County's racial controversy began in June, when 24-year-old Stella Harville brought Zimbabwe-born fiance Ticha Chikuni to worship at the Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church.

us, usa, kentucky, racism, us-news, video-links, interracial-couples

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Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. governor - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:10 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by usa1 (Clipped by ann in Texas)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.

taxes, us-news, kansas-city-star, privileged, fos

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Enough. Just Ahead Of Durban Summit, New 'Climategate' Emails Released

Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:33 PM EST (Carbon Brief)

Seeded by Physicist-retired (Clipped by ann in Texas)

An alternative selection of emails taken from the batch taken from UEA server that provided the basis for the 2009 'climategate' episode has emerged. Early this morning, someone calling themselves 'Foia' posted this link on the comments pages of various climate skeptic blogposts …

global-warming, drought, science, climate, climate-change, floods, extreme-weather, carbon-emissions, climate-skeptics, durban-conference

When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality? -- by David Frum

Seeded on Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:44 AM EST (New York Magazine)

Seeded by redsfan (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Some of my Republican friends ask if I’ve gone crazy..I say: Look in the mirror..I’ve been a Republican all my adult life..I have worked on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, at Forbes magazine, at the Manhattan and American Enterprise Institutes, as a …

economy, taxes, politics, david-frum, tea-party-republicans, rigiht-wing-extremism

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Who runs the Republican Party?

Sun Nov 20, 2011 8:22 PM EST

By sandra-359026 (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Tonight 60 minutes did an interview with Grover Norquist. That interview should frighten every American citizen. Grover Norquist (while grinning like a Chesire Cat) frankly told 60 minutes that He controls almost the entire Congess of the United States. Of …

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us-news

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Why Telecoms Get Away With Screwing Customers to Pump Up Their Massive Profits

Seeded on Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:51 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by Chum (Clipped by ann in Texas)

On October 27 the Federal Communications Commission announced a reform plan of the Universal Service Fund (USF) as part of its implementation of the National Broadband Plan.

rates, politics, verizon, fcc, wireless, telecommunications, corporations, att, greed, regulations

The Penn State Scandal Is Not An Anomaly But An Indictment Of What Has Become Of Many Intitutions of Higher Learning

Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:45 PM EST

By Roy Batty (Clipped by ann in Texas)

By now, we have all seen and read about the child rape scandal at Penn State. I won't go into details here. Having spent a number of years working in cooperation with the athletic program at a SEC school, I completely understand the handling of this by Penn State. I …

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college-football, tv, sec, athletics, money, education, corruption, penn-state, program, nittany-lions

Privilege is Protected ... PENN STATE and its Athletic Department gets an EPIC FAIL

Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:42 PM EST

By mountainfirefall (Clipped by ann in Texas)

My son and I had a discussion about this. That alone surprises me as he is an avid football watcher, football fan, and follower of all things football.

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football, sports, ap, coach, paterno, money, penn-state, crime, rape, wealth

The Moon & Jupiter rising over Bradford Pear trees.

Tue Nov 8, 2011 7:24 PM EST

By RDW-375737 (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Earlier this evening I managed to catch the Moon and Jupiter on the rise. It was a bit of a challenge due to partly cloudy skies which would just not give me a break. This picture was shot on a tripod with a Sony A350 @ f/6.3 an ISO of 100 on bulb for 10 seconds.

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science, moon, jupiter

5.6 magnitude Oklahoma quake causes some damage - Largest quake in Oklahoma history

Seeded on Sun Nov 6, 2011 10:43 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by luckydog (Clipped by ann in Texas)

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck in Oklahoma late on Saturday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said, toppling a chimney, damaging buildings and sending a boulder the size of an SUV onto a rural road.

us-news, oklahoma-quake

Gov. Jan Brewer Can't Explain Her Partisan Political Tampering In Arizona's Redistricting Process

Seeded on Fri Nov 4, 2011 5:11 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Seeded by James Andre (Clipped by ann in Texas)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has been under fire recently for her dramatic political move to interfere with the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission.

arizona, politics, commission, redistricting, impeachment, jan-brewer

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Making my rounds to all my listed friends here on Newsvine to wish you all happiness this coming new year and many more to come!
Penn 2012 and beyond!
— Penn-2066334

Thanks friend, the pleasure is mine!
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I'm wishing you a healthy, happy and prosperous 2011 Ann.

That it may rock.

- Henry.
— henry1966

Happy New Year!
http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/28/5726230-twas-the-night-before-congress
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Happy Holidays Ann!
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What Would You Want If You Could Have ANYTHING From SANTA?
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Thanks for connecting as friends. Ann, truly enjoy your writings. Thank you for taking time and sharing.
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Ann Thank you for the FR looking forward to catching up with you on some post. I try to stay close to the fun items and work on my writing. I hope you will take time to browse through my column and leave some comments on my work. very honored to me you and to have you show up in blue. Peace Knowlton.
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Great comments! Keep up the good work!
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I think our FRs crossed! Looking forward to seeing you a lot around the Vine. BTW, your Blake quotation above is from one of my very favorite poems. :-)
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just wanted to take a moment and say thank you, some days your column is like the calm in a storm, your kind words and encouragement are priceless. thanks for everythng. maddad (mark)
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Adding to your blog about song titles with women's names in them:

A disturbing but true fact about some popular songs:

1. Some of the angriest and darkest songs are actually about a love, male or female.

2. Some of the sweetest love songs are actually about drugs.
— juno716