Berkeley to Marines: You're 'not welcome in our city'

Seeded on Fri Feb 8, 2008 1:04 PM EST (CNN)

"If recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders," the item says... In Washington, a group of Republican lawmakers have introduced the Semper Fi Act of 2008 -- named after the Marine motto -- to rescind more than $2 million of funds for Berkeley and …

politics, military, berkley, liberals, democrats, iraq, war, marines, republicans, protests

Carlson: Register pollster again is scorned -- and again is right

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 7:54 AM EST (The Des Moines Register)

You all might remember that Iowa poll that came out the day before the caucuses that put Obama way ahead of Clinton. It was heavily criticized even by some Newsviners here. They said that it included too many independents and first time caucus-goers.

politics, polls, elections, primaries, caucuses, obama, democrats, clinton, edwards, republicans

Update: Students: Teacher's style, not faith, led to firing

Seeded on Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:43 AM EDT (The Des Moines Register)

Here is an update on this situation:

religion, bible, free-speech, atheism

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Global Warming debunked: "It's the nicest day I've ever seen"

Tue Sep 4, 2007 6:50 PM EDT

This last Thursday something incredible and unprecedented happened: It was a nice day. According to some, "the nicest day" they "have ever seen." The sky was blue and as clear as "the space in between Bush's ears," according to another local citizen.

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politics, weather, global-warming, satire, blue-sky, clear

Apple fires back: Apple terminates contract for NBC on iTunes

Seeded on Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:05 PM EDT (MacNN | The Macintosh News Network)

Apple just fired back at Universal. By preempting their decision to leave, Apple has fired a PR volley at Universal, further escalating the dispute between the two.

entertainment, nbc, apple, itunes, tv-shows, universal

Time poll: Edwards leads in Iowa

Seeded on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:54 PM EDT (The Des Moines Register)

Edwards: 32% Clinton: 24% Obama: 22% Richardson: 13%

politics, 2008-election, iowa-democrats, iowa-caucuses, primaries, presidential-election

UBS: iPhone demand 'solid', 800K target

Seeded on Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:48 PM EDT (MacNN | The Macintosh News Network)

Just more evidence that the iPhone phenomenon is anything but slowing down. They do note that new features would help sales and I agree with that, but it sounds like sales overall are still solid.

technology, apple, iphone, mac, cell-phones, phones, sales

Survey: Apple surging, Dell slumping

Seeded on Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:37 PM EDT (MacNN | The Macintosh News Network)

Apple is arguably the hottest brand name out there right now and studies like these are proving it. They have a real shot at some serious market penetration over the next few years if these trends continue.

technology, apple, imac, iphone, ipod, mac, sales

Study shows iPhone overcoming corporate barrier

Seeded on Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:54 PM EDT (Apple Insider)

More evidence that the iPhone is anything but a flop. Once Exchange support is introduced, I think you will seen even more acceptance within the corporate world and then the iPhone starts to become a real competitor to the Blackberry.

technology, iphone, apple, cell-phones, mobile-browsing, corporate, microsoft, exchange

Black-white prisoner ratio highest in U.S: How can Iowa change this?

Seeded on Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:32 AM EDT (The Des Moines Register)

While Iowa seems to lead the nation, it is a problem that is frequently brought up at the state level and at the national level as well.

us-news, crime, prisons, race, minorities, social-problems, iowa

What's your solution, Newsvine?

Mon May 21, 2007 11:34 PM EDT

In my previous article, The War in Iraq: A soldier's opinion, I lamented that the voices necessary to find a solution to Iraq may never be heard because of the shouting done by those on the extremities of the debate. Truthfully, my heart aches for a solution to be found.

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politics, war, iraq, bush

The War in Iraq: A soldier's opinion

Mon May 21, 2007 7:04 PM EDT

Before I really get into this article, I want to first offer up a disclaimer or two: First, I have yet to actually spend time in the desert; I have buddies that have been there and a few more that will be leaving soon, but I have not personally been there yet.

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politics, iraq, bush, war

Bush wants to derail wiretapping lawsuit against AT&T

Seeded on Fri May 4, 2007 1:47 PM EDT (CNET)

President Bush is backing a proposed law that would pull the plug on lawsuits alleging telephone companies illegally cooperated with the National Security Agency in its warrantless wiretap program.

politics, spying, wiretaps, nsa, privacy, rights, constitution

An End to the Income Tax: Good or Bad?

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:29 AM EDT (The Des Moines Register)

Is the "Fair Tax" a good alternative to our current tax system? What about the "Flat Tax"? Few would argue that our current tax system is in desperate need of an overhaul, but what is the best solution? Denis Calabrese, former Chief of Staff to Congressman Dick Armey and chief …

politics, taxes, economics, fair-tax, flat-tax

Gingrich Blames Virginia Tech Tragedy On Liberalism

Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:00 PM EDT (Think Progress)

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In the wake of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laid the blame for the tragedy at the feet of liberals. Here's what he said:

politics, gingrich, virginia-tech, shooting, gop, republican, blame, video, abc, election-2008

Myth crushed as hacker shows Mac break-in

Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:29 PM EDT (infoworld.com)

Seeded by Adam Hobson (Clipped by jmack02)

A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a $10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver.

technology, hack, mac, break-in, os-x, safari

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Study finds weak participation on Web 2.0 sites

Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:59 AM EDT (CNET)

From the article: Web 2.0, a catchphrase for the latest generation of Web sites where users contribute their own text, pictures and video content, is far less participatory than commonly assumed, a study showed on Tuesday.

technology, web-2-0, flickr, youtube, google

College Republicans pit "Illegals vs. Border Patrol" in game

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:10 AM EDT (The Des Moines Register)

From the article: Latinos and immigrant-support groups said they are appalled at a University of Iowa College Republicans event Thursday that would pit "illegal immigrants" against the "border patrol" in a game of capture-the-flag. "Immigration is becoming a very huge issue, si …

politics, immigrants, republicans, border-patrol, latinos, illegals

New Mac Pro uses special version of Intel Xeon processor

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 10:14 AM EDT (CNN)

Sure, it costs an extra $1500 or so, but come on, you are buying yourself the right to use a processor that nobody else has. We're talking about the 'best of the best of the best'.

technology, apple, mac, mac-pro, xeon, intel

The 21 Biggest Technology Flops

Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2007 4:14 PM EDT (Computerworld)

Computerworld has an interesting take on how they define what a 'flop' is and gives us a list of 21 'flops' as well as the option to vote at the end of the story on which one you think is the biggest. Some forgotten items in this list...

technology, flop, computers, internet, apple, newton, apple-newton

It's the Media That's Hot for Teacher

Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2007 12:10 PM EDT (ABC News)

From the article: The headlines are sexy and the stories salacious. But is the spate of recent media reports about female teachers having sex with their students an honest reflection of the truth or just so much media hype?

education, sex-scandal, teachers, students

President Accuses Democrats Of Placing Politics Above Needs Of U.S. Troops

Seeded on Tue Apr 3, 2007 12:20 PM EDT (CBS News)

From the article: "If Democratic leaders in Congress are bound on making a political statement, then they need to send me this unacceptable bill as quickly as possible when they come back.

politics, iraq, bush, war, troops, funding, congress

Mystery of How Pyramids Were Built Solved?

Seeded on Tue Apr 3, 2007 12:07 PM EDT (ABC News)

From the article: Now a French architect says that after studying the pyramids for eight years, he has solved the mystery with the help of 3-D computer animation. Jean Pierre Houdin believes the pyramids were built from the inside out, through an internal spiral ramp.

science, pyramids, egypt, mystery, architecture

Web 2.0 - Over and Out

Seeded on Sun Apr 1, 2007 1:45 PM EDT (earlystagevc.typepad.com)

Peter Rip from Crosslink Capital suggests I believe quite convincingly that the Web 2.0 bubble is bursting and that we are now at the point of asking ourselves, "What's next?" So I've got two questions that need asking: First, is the bubble bursting, and two, if it is, what come …

technology, web20, venture-capitalists, any-web

Sour news for GOP in poll

Seeded on Tue May 2, 2006 1:10 PM EDT (USA Today)

Every week the picture for Bush gets gloomier and gloomier. It is also looking like Republicans as a whole are starting to suffer as well, though it remains to be seen if these poll numbers translate into votes at the polls in November.

bush, democrats, politics, gop, republicans, polls, poll-numbers

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