'Claire Air': How Bad Is It For McCaskill? | TPMDC

Seeded on Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:40 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

For those who decry TPM to be nothing but a far left rag, this story is amazingly frank and upfront about McCaskill's issues.

politics, missouri, claire-mccaskill, claire-air

Letter to a whiny young Democrat

Seeded on Fri Nov 5, 2010 7:18 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Very funny, true, and sad.

election, politics, obama, liberals

Anne Mitchell, Whistle-Blowing Nurse, Is Acquitted in Texas - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:57 PM EST (The New York Times)

This is a follow-up to a story that was on the Vine either last week or early this week (I forget). Glad this woman was acquitted, it would have sent a chilling effect had she been found guilty.

texas, nurse, us-news, whistle-blowing

Going Cheney on Climate - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Dec 9, 2009 2:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

A very interesting read. I hadn't heard of the "1% doctrine" before specifically, but it does make sense in a way. The problem, in my opinion, is that you'll pretty much over-react to everything, ensuring that you waste resources on every possible problem you encounter.

cheney, climate, friedman, us-news, dick-cheney, ny-times, climategate

Record industry faces liability over `infringement' - thestar.com

Seeded on Tue Dec 8, 2009 4:34 PM EST (Toronto Star)

Irony!

entertainment, music, file-sharing, riaa, cria, illegal-downloads

Bond Set In Oklahoma City Pharmacy Shooting

Seeded on Thu May 28, 2009 5:05 PM EDT (newson6.com)

Well, looks like that pharmacist may have crossed the line when he shot the 16 year old kid the second time. If he truly was unconscious when killed, this amounts more to execution than self-defense and the guy deserves jail time for it.

oklahoma, shooting, pharmacist, us-news, 2nd-ammendment, concealed-carry

Judge: 'Flipping the bird' was not illegal - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Seeded on Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:10 PM EDT (Tribune-Review News)

Awesome!

judge, cops, free-speech, odd-news, first-amendment, middle-finger, flipping-the-bird

We Deserve the Goverment We Elect

Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Sec. 8. Review. Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

business, congress, wall-street, crisis, bailout, lehman-brothers, mortage, bail-out

NYSE Euronext to Acquire American Stock Exchange | Reuters

Seeded on Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:25 AM EST (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Transatlantic exchange NYSE Euronext (NYX.PA: Quote, Profile, Research)(NYX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it agreed to acquire the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for $260 million in stock to boost its options business, exchange traded funds …

business, nyse, amex, stock-exchange

Goodbye wires… - MIT News Office

Seeded on Fri Jun 8, 2007 3:37 PM EDT (MIT)

Researchers at MIT have discovered an ingenious way of transmitting power wirelessly using resonant inductive magnetism. WiTricity is rooted in such well-known laws of physics that it makes one wonder why no one thought of it before.

power, science, wireless, mit