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Neo Brutus is wields amazing powers of observation. I was astonished from the moment he entered the ranks of Newsvine columnists and commenters, and I have never been disappointed. I'd be him, if I wasn't me. He's funnier than I am.

— Claus Jacobsen

First Things First, Mr. Hawking

Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:19 AM EDT

Bigshot scientific dude Steve Hawking recently said if humanity can keep from killing itself off in 100 years, we have a shot of setting up other colonies of humanity around the galaxy. Cool.

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science, vinesci, stephen-hawking, hawking

Might As Well Start Here...

Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:27 PM EDT

Ouane Rattikone was a drug dealer. What makes him more important than, say, Snoop Dogg is that Ouane Rattikone was the commander of the Laotian Air Force during the Vietnam War. When Alfred W.

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politics, us, republican, democrat, libertarian, third-party, plutocracy, aristocracy, wealth-imbalance

Robertson Promotes "Primitive Relief"

Wed Jun 7, 2006 9:50 PM EDT

NORFOLK, VA. — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says it is the way God wants us to relieve ourselves - modestly. Robertson is leading the fight for a "more moral restroom," advocating slits and flaps in clothing in place of full or partial undress.

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odd-news, humor, satire, pat-robertson, toilet, robertson, poop

The Dusty Stranger

Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:51 PM EDT

An old man walked into the Oval Office. President Bush sat ready to receive a visitor, but hadn't expected this guy. This guy wore a cheap suit, a scraggly beard and leaned hard on his cane.

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us-news, iraq, bush, war, iraq-war

President Seinfeld

Mon May 15, 2006 11:58 PM EDT

Dick Cheney is the George Costanza of the Bush administration. I realized this as I was watching the television yesterday morning and this bit comes on about a fashion reporter winning a Pulitzer for criticism and I see why...

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us-news, bush, cheney, rumsfeld, rice, irony, seinfeld, condi

Ahmadinejad's Poker Hand

Fri May 12, 2006 3:40 PM EDT

The IAEA reported finding more highly-enriched uranium in Iran, this time at an Iranian defence facility. This is not the first time the IAEA has found traces of HEU where it should not have been in Iran.

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world-news, us, war, iran, middle-east, oil, nuclear, iaea, petroleum

The Economics of Abortion

Sun May 7, 2006 10:02 PM EDT

Let me make a disclaimer. I'm neither pro-abortion or anti-abortion. I'm in the middle. My moral leanings go more for the anti- side, but this is America, and we're not really supposed to be forcing our morality on other people.

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Failed Nations

Wed May 3, 2006 10:35 PM EDT

Full table here...

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world-news, iraq, us, bush, middle-east, nuclear, pakistan, africa, afghanistan, civil-war

Solving the Iranian Riddle

Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:06 PM EDT

Iran's building a nuclear bomb. No, this isn't a corroborated news story. It is that obvious, though. They've been getting pinged by the IAEA for several years over enrichment concerns and for having multiple nuclear development programs.

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world-news, iran, nuclear