Joy! As we prepare to bid adieu to the crapfest that was the year 2011 and look ahead to what will no doubt be the crapfest of 2012, let us remember that, if history has taught us anything, it’s that people (or at least American people) never learn a damn thing.
We must also keep in mind that, whatever we think about them, enhancements are going to happen.
What if your doctor couldn’t use scientific research about the drugs she was prescribing to you in order to ensure that you received the proper dosage of medication? What if a doctor had to navigate a complex thicket of procedural patents simply to treat her patients? We …
Rick Santorum, as one of the most fanatical and deranged representatives of this cult, makes it clear once again that they’re not simply trying to stop abortion — it’s about having total control over women’s reproductive systems: Santorum: States Sh …
Religious right crocodile Pat Robertson said on his TV show “The 700 Club” that God told him who the next president will be. But he’s “not supposed to talk about it.”
Every republican strategy assumes a short memory by working class white people. I say white people because the strategy does not work on minorities. Thank God for that. I think the short memory thing is even going away with working class whites now that we have the web.
George W. Bush should be prosecuted for his crimes against humanity and for dragging America into a genocidal war based on the false pretext over non-existent W.M.D. in Iraq in 2003. There can be no other way to describe a vainglorious, self-worshiping megalomaniac, George W.
Newt Gingrich is unlikely to win Tuesday’s Iowa caucus, but he will be a MAJOR story of the day after calling out Mitt Romney as a “liar” Tuesday morning on CBS’ “Early Morning.”
Foust, it turns out, has spent much of the past decade getting paid by defense contractors to front for them as one of their paid PR monkeys.
Sorry, all you Mayan-influenced doomsday enthusiasts, but it’s looking to some of the great minds over at NASA as though 2012 isn’t going to be particularly apocalypse-friendly as such.
Joe Klein points out that the newfound anonymity of attack ads, made possible by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which allows faceless money conglomerates to run ads on a candidate’s behalf without the usual “I approved this message,” makes …
I always enjoy art where the artist takes a thing meant for one purpose, such as a toothpick, and produces something entirely different with it.
There is something on many Newsviner's main pages they have not seen. To see if you have missed out, click here! Then, have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
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Four fracking wells in northeastern Ohio have been shut down by the state, after an increase in seismic activity, which many believe has been caused by the fracking itself.
Today is the third anniversary of Oscar Grant’s execution by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle.
Perhaps most obviously, the economic “experts” on whom much of Congress relies have been repeatedly, utterly wrong about the short-run effects of budget deficits.
Writing an opinion piece for the Lincoln (NE) Journal-Star, civil engineer Mike Klink calls TransCanada’s predecessor Keystone XL pipeline, for which he was a construction quality inspector, a “lemon” and a “proven loser.” Klink was fired from his …
Ron Paul has been running like a scared rabbit away from his racist newsletters, because he knows that ugly, overt racism has become political poison. But there are some kinds of bigotry that still play well with the conservative base.
An Oregon woman told NBC's "Today" show the 6-foot-tall model she created of a Barbie doll is designed to raise awareness of eating disorders. Galia Slayen, who brought her creation to the "Today" studio in New York Monday, said she first created the giant Barbie-like figure - …
New planet discovered in "habitable zone" of a sun 600 light-years away NASA's announced December 5, 2011 that the Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet, Kepler-22b, in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planetÕs surface.
In these turbulent economic times there are many of us who can't afford to buy the software would would like, or that we need.
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People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. ~Author Unknown
Here's to the bright New Year And a fond farewell to the old; Here's to the things that are yet to come And to the memories that we hold.
The world is changing fast--maybe faster than we ever thought. And within five years, science fiction is going to turn into non-fiction. We'll be able to read each other's minds, forget all our passwords, and create all our own homes' energy.
Thanks, McSpocky.
Happy New Year to you McSpockey!!!
First time I write one of these and hopefully many more with the new year around. I wish you a Happy New Year you are indeed out of this world.
Thanks McSpocky for the Gift and for being a good friend.
McSpocky
Thank you so much that long ago day when you FR'ed me. I have been remiss (as well as ignorant of many ways to use Newsvine) in not thanking you sooner.
May your year ahead be filled with happiness, health and prosperity.— cried
Making my rounds to all my listed friends here on Newsvine to wish you all happiness this coming new year and many more to come!
Penn 2012 and beyond!
McSpocky, I have accepted your FR with great humbleness.
BTW - I had been reviewing your comments and I have identified with them, as well as, enjoyed them.
I look forward to the sharing of ideas and comments in your column !!!
McSpocky this link was in one of American Idle's comments in one of her seeds about Walker of Wisoncin. It made me think of you. You are right about the trolls.
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/williamkwolfrum/2009/11/right -wing-trolls-strive-to-fo.php
Happy New Year, McSpocky! Look forward to another year of extraterrestrial McSpocky experiences.
— Neetu M.
Have you assigned someone else to tend the republiCON patch? Just checking.
I don't know what caused you to get all crazy and sent me a FR, McSpocky, but I hope I wrote something remotely intelligent. :P Gladly accepted and thank you very much!
McSpocky,
Be my NewsVine Friend, because I really like your NewsVine name, and your avatar too, and because you lean the same direction as I, politically.
Joe aka DancingSpiderman
Greetings McSpocky!
Thanks for the friend request-- my very first on Newsvine! I appreciate the welcome. Good posts on your part. Nice to find some intelligence in the universe!
"Newsvine's original extraterrestrial," huh? so that's your game? okay then; it's on like Donkey Kong. ;)
Thanks for the friend invite. Nice to see another indigenous soul on newsvine. Michael - Caribou Inuit.
We knew this was coming with our vast travel.
My Father has many mansions.
Thanks for the kind comment on my profile and emails
Great comments! Thank You :)
Thanks for the friendship. I am not very good on the computer, but am learning. I don't have any kids and noone young to hep me through it. I hope I can live up to your achievements. You seem to be very informed. I love your lounge. I only found it recently and didn't have time to comment as I had to make Thanksgiving preparations. Keep the good stuff coming. Love it.
Thanks for the invite. I'm new to newsvine so any and all suggestions welcome!
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