Satire: Conversation with a Super Delegate

Seeded on Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:17 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

This piece by Andy Borowitz is a satirical transcript of a phone call to a super delegate from a member of the Clinton campaign.

campaign, clinton, politics, satire, phone-call, super-delegate

I Love You, But You Love Meat

Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:04 PM EST (The New York Times)

SOME relationships run aground on the perilous shoals of money, sex or religion. When Shauna James's new romance hit the rocks, the culprit was wheat. "I went out with one guy who said I seemed really great but he liked bread too much to date me," said Ms.

food, dating, relationships, vegan, vegetarian, kosher, home-garden, gluten-free, omnivorous

Egypt's Earliest Farming Village Found

Seeded on Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:39 PM EST (National Geographic)

Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known agricultural settlement from ancient Egypt, a new study says. The 7,000-year-old farming-village site includes evidence of domesticated animals and crops—providing a major breakthrough in understanding the enigmatic people of th …

history, egypt, neolithic, farming

Suit Against New Campaign Finance Law Claims Racial Bias

Seeded on Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:00 AM EST (The New York Times)

The real estate industry and lobbyists, who together provide millions in campaign cash for city candidates, are trying to overturn a new law that would vastly reduce how much they can donate.

campaign, lawsuit, politics, finances, racial

Conservative Rabbis to Vote on Resolution Criticizing Pope's Revision of Prayer

Seeded on Sat Feb 9, 2008 9:19 AM EST (The New York Times)

The revision of a contentious Good Friday prayer approved this week by Pope Benedict XVI could set back Jewish-Catholic relations, Conservative Judaism's international assembly of rabbis says in a resolution to be voted on next week.

religion, pope, catholic, rabbis, good-friday

MSNBC's Chelsea Comment Angers Clinton

Fri Feb 8, 2008 2:28 PM EST

By Beth Fouhy, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by GillianK)

A distasteful comment about Chelsea Clinton by an MSNBC anchor could imperil Hillary Rodham Clinton's participation in future presidential debates on the network, a Clinton spokesman said.

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clinton, politics, hillary-rodham-clinton, chelsea-clinton

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Mitt's End

Seeded on Fri Feb 8, 2008 12:29 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

For my money, no one really gets Mitt Romney exactly the way Chris Kelly does. I feel like he brought it all together in this greatest hits of Mitt Romney farewell hilarity.

politics, mitt-romney, suspends-campaign

Lawmaker Wants to Alcohol/Drug Test Everybody

Seeded on Thu Feb 7, 2008 8:11 AM EST (thebaynet.com)

Seeded by kwuark (Clipped by GillianK)

A Democratic lawmaker wants to drug test all driver's license applicants under 21 and vows to "fight like a tiger" to push the legislation, which he hopes will save lives. But opponents say the policy is unconstitutional, ineffective and prohibitively expensive.

drugs, politics, dwi, dui, driving, drug-testing

Obama's Experience vs. Clinton's Experience

Wed Feb 6, 2008 6:06 PM EST

By Double Demon (Clipped by GillianK)

A lot has been made of Hillary Clinton's experience, it is the theme of her campaign. Knowing a lot about Hillary, but little about what experience she has, I decided I would investigate her experience and compare it to Obama's experience.

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arkansas, chicago, election, clinton, illinois, politics, bill-clinton, harvard, little-rock, obama

Indian Fossil Bed Being Ground Into Cement

Seeded on Wed Feb 6, 2008 3:22 PM EST (National Geographic)

A fossil-rich region of India's war-torn state of Kashmir could be blasted out of existence by mining operations, according to eyewitness accounts by geologists.

history, mining, fossils, extinction, your-money, permian, nightly-news, your-business

Pantry Cleaners: Recipes For Homemade Cleaning Products

Seeded on Tue Feb 5, 2008 10:35 AM EST (Organized Home.com)

After having read an article about people over-using anti-bacterial cleaning products I came across this article which provides several highly effective recipes for homemade cleaning products.

homemade, home-garden, anti-bacterial, cleaning-products

Feminist Leaders Oppose Hillary, Endorse Obama

Seeded on Sun Feb 3, 2008 10:13 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

"More than 100 New York feminist leaders released a joint statement Sunday afternoon criticizing Hillary Clinton and supporting Obama for president - evidence that Clinton's support among women activists has declined significantly in the days before the super-Tuesday primary."

politics, barack-obama, hillary-clinton, feminists, enforse

Romney appears to be victor in Maine

Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 9:38 PM EST (Politico)

Mitt Romney calls it with 57% reporting.

politics, maine, mitt-romney

"Expelled" Reviewed - Is Ben Stein the new face of Creationism?

Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 8:06 PM EST (The Orlando Sentinel)

Seeded by spiffie (Clipped by GillianK)

He uses "straw man" tactics to attack, mainly The Origin of the Species, as Darwin wrote it in 1859. That's like a music critic reviewing "the latest" by only referring to Edison's wax cylinders.

entertainment, evolution, intelligent-design, expelled, creationism, christianity, ben-stein, expelled-movie

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A Dream of Cake

Sat Feb 2, 2008 2:36 PM EST

You may think I'm nuts, but last night I had a dream about cake and I can't get it out of my head. I can't stop thinking of this dream and now I'm on a quest to create something I've never seen before.

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food, cake, home-garden, cheesecake

Natural hallucinogenic sage may be banned. Feb. 2, 2008 at 12:24 PM

Seeded on Sat Feb 2, 2008 1:32 PM EST (United Press International)

Seeded by Larry H-189743 (Clipped by GillianK)

Alaska is one of 12 U.S. states considering making salvia, a potent natural hallucinogen which is a species of sage, illegal.

alaska, health, hallucinogen, salvia-divinorum, state-sen-gene-therriault

An Unloved New Island in Maldives

Sat Feb 2, 2008 1:20 PM EST

By Matthew Rosenberg, Associated Press Writer (Clipped by GillianK)

Running out of space in its crowded capital, this republic of 1,200 islands thought it had a can't-miss solution: build another island.

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island, world-news, unloved, maldives

Super Delegates: Super Heroes or Super Power-Mongers?

Sat Feb 2, 2008 9:49 AM EST

I've more involved in this election than any before it. I'm reading, I'm watching, I'm actively on the lookout for possible converts to my candidate. I'm also studying each primary and caucus to find out how many delegates are at stake and to whom they're going.

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politics, super-delegates

Does Conservative Talk Still Matter?

Seeded on Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:07 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

John Ridley comments on why Rush Limbaugh is even less relevant than some of us already think he is.

politics, rush-limbaugh, conservative, election-08

Why Don't Republicans Like John McCain: A View From Outside

Fri Feb 1, 2008 7:57 PM EST

Let's just start with this, I'm voting for Barack Obama in the New York Presidential Primary on Tuesday. I'm a registered Democrat, but really I lean more independent.

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politics, john-mccain, ann-coulter, conservative