Great comments and seeds... It's always great to find another person who has good intellectual responses for the some of nonsense being spouted... Keep up the good work!
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Your charm, curiosity, open-mindedness, knowledge and good nature make Newsvine a more pleasant place to learn. I wish my children could be your students!
Charm City is lucky to have ffeineandsugar guiding students' minds. Just offering one's thanks seems inadequate in light of the challenges and responsibilities accepted by those who strive to be outstanding educators. America needs more dedicated individuals like this person.
The GMO Scientists and Lawyers are at it again over in St. Louis. Now they're going after the wheat crop, one of the last major crops that hasn't been targeted by their schemes. Fortunately, there's a good petition up at change.org against this one. You know what to do.
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In the words of that great Boston band, The Modern Lovers, Pablo Picasso was never called an @!$%#.
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we see that there really are “Two Americas,” as the saying goes — and that’s no accident. It’s the result of a permanent elite that is removing itself from the rest of the nation.
The author of this blog post demonstrates what TRUE socialism (as opposed to anything we have in the USA, for example) results in - and proves, for once and for all, why capitalism is better: the risk/reward ratio under the socialist system is unacceptable for anyone who wants to …
Rejoice, brothers! File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden. For real. It took two years, but it's done: it's called the Missionary Church of Kopimism and has Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as its sacred symbols.
A man in the U.S. is suing Pepsi Co.
Part two of lovely little series guaranteed to educate and offend at the same time. NOT Politically Correct, but unlike #1, not so offensive that I can not seed it.
Crony capitalism is the most serious current danger to the American community, a threat not simply to government or the economy, but to our very way of life. It is the worst such threat since the trusts and monopolies of the early 20th century, and in much the same way.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Friday named four Senate Democrats to negotiate a full-year extension of the payroll tax holiday and said a surtax on millionaires is back on the table in the discussions.
The academy this year dedicated an $80,000 outdoor worship center — a small Stonehenge-like circle of boulders with propane fire pit — high on a hill for the handful of current or future cadets whose religions fall under the broad category of "Earth-based." Those …
Wesson oils, specifically the Canola Oil, Vegetable Oil, Corn Oil, and Best Blend, do in fact contain GMOs, prompting a class-action lawsuit over their misleading "100% natural" label claim.
In the new study, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health compared people who were given canned vegetable soup for lunch each day with people who got vegetable soup made without any canned ingredients. And they found that a couple hours after eating, the people wh …
<blockquote> After an ABC News report about the murder of a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, Congress has passed a bill designed to protect whistleblowers and improve the treatment of victims of violence and sexual assault. "We're so gratified, and actually amazed, that i …
November 27, 2011 will be a historic day for the Roman Catholic Church across the English-speaking world.
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Unions blow. I own a company with 90 highly-paid workers. Once, two of my highly-paid workers had the gall to even suggest unionizing. They were fired the next day. Yeah, I know it's illegal.
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Seventy-year-old Sharon Bullington may lose her home because she paid her mortgage a week early. That may not make much sense to the thousands of homeowners who are behind on their mortgages in Florida.
This is going to take more space than most articles here on the vine. I promised a good number of people that I would do some research on Rick Perry and publish an article on the Governor's real record in Texas. I am going to make good on my promise here.
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President Obama is trying to push a jobs agenda. But for the federal government to spur growth or create jobs, it has to spend additional money. The antediluvian Republicans who control Congress do not think that demand can be expanded in this way.
Yeah, I know. It's rude. It's offensive. It sure as hell ain't PC. But if you get off your high horse, it's funny as hell. Enjoy, and learn why TONES matter in Mandarin Chinese!
A recently approved herbicide called Imprelis, widely used by landscapers because it was thought to be environmentally friendly, has emerged as the leading suspect in the deaths of thousands of Norway spruces, eastern white pines and other trees on lawns and golf cours …
I didn't see anyone get raptured today. Did you? And if not, what do you want to do about it? Just wondering....
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Two weeks ago, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) marked “a new era for education in Indiana” when he signed into law one of the most expansive school voucher laws in the country, opening up a huge fund of tax dollars for private schools.
It's the end of the world as we know it? Not this time - here's a seed with 21 different apocalyptic prophesy failures on the scale of the pizza seen here, only worldwide. Enjoy!
Gaskins was suspended from Madison Academy for having hair that did not comply with the school's rules for how long boys can grow their hair. But Gaskins is sporting the shaggy hairdo for a very specific reason.
We have officially reached a level six, full-blown idiocracy when oversized and anthropomorphized stuffed animals are forced to explain a supposed left-wing theme in a feel-good holiday movie.
When Google's new privacy policy goes into effect on March 1, "more than 60" Google websites and properties will start sharing your personal data between them.
Time is not Newt Gingrich's friend because the more time he has the more he talks. And the more he talks the more he says things, as he just here this morning, he said that I would love to be civil, but I'm running against a maniacal liar. Now, that's pretty strong language.
U.S. DISTRICT COURT RULES IRAN BEHIND 9/11 ATTACKS December 23, 2011 A federal district court in Manhattan yesterday entered a historic ruling that reveals new facts about Iran's support of al Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks. U.S. District Judge George B.
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