It is the Meeting of the Minds That Produces the BrainChild

Bottom Line - Mounting student loans a 'debt bomb' waiting to explode

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:50 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Another little gimmick engineered by the Government, Sally Mae.

business, wall-street, student-loans, ows, sub-prime-crisis, sally-mae

U.S. News - Devil in the details: Santorum hardly alone in belief in Satan

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:10 PM EST (msnbc.com)

By msnbc.com staff Rick Santorum is far from alone in professing a belief in Satan.

politics, gop, 2012, santorum, satan

The Catholic, the Mormon, or the Black Guy? Poll

Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:52 PM EST

It is hard to believe that we have hit a new low. Congress is about as popular as a Colonoscopy, and somehow we want to replay the Civil War and the separation of church and state debate.

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politics, obama, election, 2012, romney, santorum

Time for Banks to Start Paying Interest, Again

Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:38 PM EST

Banks have historically taken depositors money, then loaned it to carefully selected borrowers: who then pay interest for the privilege of of using someone else's money. But, then, enter the Fed.

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business, interest-rates, bernanke, monetary-policy, the-fed, qe2, qe1

War With Iran Being Engineered: RANT

Sat Feb 4, 2012 4:08 AM EST

Nobody would be pleased more than Saudi Arabia, if Israel got it on with Iran. First of all, they would have to give air clearance to Israel to fly over their territory. There might be an Arab Spring, but it isn't going to happen in Saudi Arabia.

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iran, iraq, israel, war, islam, oil, gulf

Does Circumcision Have Health Benefits? - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2012 8:18 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A male child does not consent to circumcision, do his parents really have the right to make a lifetime choice for another person based on controversial data or religious provision? It is time to make it a legal issue, instead of a medical or religious one? San F …

health, aids, hiv, jewish, circumcision, male-health

If Romney Wins the GOP Nomination, Will It Be Huntsman or Jindal?

Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:39 PM EST

So, assuming that the GOP Poison Pie worked on Gingrich, Romney will likely win the Republican Nomination. Ideally Huntsman would make a good running mate, in that both Romney and Huntsman are Mormon.

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politics, gop, president, 2012, mitt-romney, vice-president, bobby-jindal

Independent Refineries in Mid-West Would Solve Energy Distribution and Boost Economy

Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:18 PM EST

I am very perplexed about the Massive Oil and Gas finds in North Dakota and Eastern Wyoming. Various news reports have focused on the Booming Oil/Gas finds around Williston, North Dakota.

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business, canada, north-dakota, tar-sands, xl-pipeline, bitumen

Fed to savers: Cash is trash - Chuck Jaffe - MarketWatch

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:37 AM EST (MarketWatch.com)

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve has telegraphed the future of interest rates and inflation, and here’s the takeaway: “Money-market funds are the Stupid Investment of the Week.” Stupid Investment of the Week showcases conditions and characterist …

business, banks, inflation, ows, bank-of-america, the-fed, goldman-sacks

Obama: Finest Orator/President in History?

Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:33 AM EST

Most of us, reading the above, would grab a History Book; quickly thumb through, and point definitely to Washington, Roosevelt, Lincoln, or Kennedy.

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us-news, obama, washington, senate, house, state-of-the-union

How China Will Defeat America

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:30 AM EST (The Daily Reckoning)

Don’t expect spending on the pentagon to decrease. Not with our nation’s security at stake. And not with China posing an ever-greater threat. An article by Yan Xuetong, translated from mandarin, tells “How China can defeat America.” The gist of Mr.

business, china, trade, wto, military-industrial-complex, import, esport

Looks Like Japan Is Going To Buy Dozens Of F-35s To Keep Russia And China In Check - Business Insider

Seeded on Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:51 PM EST (Silicon Alley Insider)

In a deal that will bring the military alliance between Japan and the U.S. closer than ever before, the Pacific nation is expected to announce the Lockheed Martin F-35 joint task fighter as the plane to replace its aging fighter fleet. Read more: http:// …

world-news

Gay penguins get chick, become surrogate parents in adoption (Video) - Tampa Bay Tampa Top News | Examiner.com

Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 6:21 PM EST (Examiner)

Harbin Polar Land: Gay penguins given a chick are surrogate parents in China. Zoo officials say they will care for a twin baby from an inexperienced mom. Buddy and Pedro, another pair in Toronto, Canada just got some competition.

environment, nature, hate-crimes, common-sense, gay-animals, teavangelicals

the leaf (a poem)

Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:08 PM EST

winter's wanting silence calling dies the leaf by frost's ice hands brave sun-star face now, so mangled-wetness lies half-buried in muddy tomb flatly troddened nearly stemless sad, looks blankly-lastly upward... worm food now farewell, summer friend do return, again!

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Animal Tracks - Love conquers all: 'Gay' penguins will reunite in spring

Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:52 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Buddy and Pedro groom each other, make mating calls to each other, and basically hang out together a lot. Zookeepers regarded it as homosexual behavior – something not at all unknown among penguins or many other types of animals (not to mention human beings).

science, sex, love, penguin, sexual-orientation, gay-animals, mate-selection

Gay Penguins Split For Breeding (VIDEO) Love Denied: Relationship Fascinates Toronto Zookeepers

Seeded on Mon Nov 7, 2011 11:12 PM EST (the Post Chronicle)

Zookeepers say that Buddy and Pedro, two African penguins are nearly inseparable and have shown signs of mating behaviors.

odd-news, love, zoo, mate, gender-selection, gay-animals, diversity-in-nature

Banks on Welfare?

Tue Nov 1, 2011 12:42 AM EDT

Banks are supposed to pay interest to depositors, then loan that money to borrowers, at slightly increased rates. Banks are not supposed to be subsidized by the Fed, or Government, or Whoever the Hell they are. That is the number one point that the OWS should make.

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business, wall-street, banks, goldman-sachs, aig, interest, ows, occupy, ira, roth

Rock Center with Brian Williams - Born in the U.S.A.: Birth tourists get instant U.S. citizenship for their newborns

Seeded on Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:55 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Would be nice to be a "rich foreigner." Buy rights, insure happiness, and draw benefits for a minor inconvenience. No where else in the world is the population, so "out of the loop" as here in the Good Old US of A.

odd-news

Mayan filmmaker offers photo as proof of aliens, says Hawking agrees - MSN Movies News

Seeded on Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:10 PM EDT (MSN)

Proof of an Alien Civilization will not likely come from an official source, as the US Government. If Governments around the world have known about Alien Civilizations, they certainly have been complicit in depriving its citizens of the truth.

science, video, mexico, south-america, alien, proof, hawking

So, the Question Is: Have We Become a Nation of Sheep?

Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:04 AM EDT

Having lived through Viet Nam and went to War there, myself; I can tell you, that Students overtook Universities, burned records, protests covered the Nation from end to end, and we almost had a Civil War 2.

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politics, afghanistan, iraq, ows, class-warfare, nixon, viet-nam, war-on-poverty

How Far Away are We From a Collective Conscience?

Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:47 AM EDT

Newsvine could be part of Web 3.0 or Web 4.0. Almost instantly people are bouncing ideas off each other, transforming each other, and learning to adapt.

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science, internet, ufo, aliens, new-world-order, et

Bachmann's use of 'retardation' rankles - Health - Health care - More health news - msnbc.com

Seeded on Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:17 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Presidential candidate Rep.

gop, tea-party, debate, candidate, michelle-bachman, retard, tea-pary, bible-thumper

Is It Over?

Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:20 AM EDT

Here it is, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Lots of remembering, and lots of tears. Memorials, and new memorials to those that fell and those, whose wounds will never heal. It is sad, and America lost part of itself in the dust and the ashes. Somehow, surrea …

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us-news, afghanistan, iraq, war, terrorism, 9-11, osama-bin-laden, twin-towers

Why US Currency is Worthless

Fri Sep 9, 2011 2:53 PM EDT

Back, less the one hundred years ago, wages were poor: really? A person might earn $2.50 a day, bad, right? Not! That $2.50 was a Quarter Eagle gold piece, or about 1/4 ounce gold. Ok, so, that would be 1/4 time the current price of gold, which would …

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business, money, stock-market, perry, fiat, ponzi-scheme, the-fed, debt-bomb

Raise minimum wage, make lives and economy better - CNN.com

Seeded on Sat Sep 3, 2011 2:35 AM EDT (CNN)

While wages and salaries are now the lowest share of GDP since 1955, corporate profits are the largest share of GDP since 1950.

wall-street, main-street, commerce-department, national-employment-law-project, anne-thompson-raising

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