"Sometimes the right answer to a question is a discussion - a mosaic of answers."
A designer's take on different styles of journalism.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A Dutch court refused Monday to ban a political party whose main goal is to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 12. The judge said it was the voters' right to judge the appeal of political parties.
Gingrich said in the coming days he plans to speak out publicly, and to the Administration, about the need to recognize that America is in World War III.
When the internet was developed in the 1980s, programmers had no idea how big it would become. They gave each address a "16-bit" number, which meant that the total number of available addresses worked out at about four billion (2 to the power of 32).
From Inventing A Nation, Gore Vidal. Emphasis mine. (My commentary below.) ---------- <> ----------
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Many times I've mentioned to friends how much I hate society but couldn't exactly articulate what it was, thus sounding a bit stupid.
A well-written and frank first-look at America by a British web designer. Please appreciate the sincere honesty and insight of John Oxton upon his return from New York and San Francisco. It is always a good idea to learn what others think of us after a good visit.
To those of you haven't seen Sky High, "whiner baby" is a term used to delineate persons who are whiners, persons who do not stand up and earn their spurs, and persons who generally immature. The Italian World Cup team: whiner babies, the lot of them.
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New section! There should be a section on Newsvine for very, very irritated users.
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Quite simply, watch this baby!
Last Friday at noon, I published the poll I've been wanting to publish for ages (please vote if you haven't already). The poll that hopefully will, if you'll excuse me, cease the whining on both sides of the aisle when it comes down to who outnumbers who.
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Respondents were asked whether they would "definitely vote for," "consider voting for," or "definitely vote against" three Democrats and three Republicans who might run for president in 2008.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly elected leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said on Monday she believed homosexuality was no sin and homosexuals were created by God to love people of the same gender.
Like many of you, today I am watching the headlines with a little bit of extra focus. Needless to say, the possibility of North Korea launching their missile (a missile that we don't fully know its capabilities) is worrisome.
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The May 13 story on the Web site Truthout.org was explosive: Presidential adviser Karl Rove had been indicted by Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald in connection with his role in leaking CIA officer Valerie Plame's name to the media, it blared.
Since I got on Newsvine in January, both sides of the aisle have been swearing that the other side is overpopulating the website. "Everybody here is a liberal nut!" "There are all these absolutist conservatives high-jacking my thread!" Etc. We've all heard it.
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WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs in connection for his middle-of-the-night car crash last month near the U.S. Capitol.
A few weeks later, at the end of December, Jackson claimed that the sheriffs roughed him up. Specifically, he claimed that bruises on his forearms were the result of too-tight handcuffs.
For months it was screams and dreams from left-wing news sites on the internet: Karl Rove is on the verge of being indicted in the CIA leak case! [This drama also played out last century with endless web warnings of Hillary Clinton indictments.]
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This morning I learned that Al-Zarqawi was killed. Al-Zarqawi had a very long list of atrocities, hardly limited to the United States.
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Something's happening. I have a feeling we're at some new beginning, that a big breakup's coming, and that though it isn't and will not be immediately apparent, we'll someday look back on this era as the time when a shift began.
Drug fiend Pete Doherty stoops to a shocking new low in pictures showing him injecting heroin into an unconscious fan.