Barack Obama and Me

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:06 PM EDT (HoustonPress)

I'm wondering if this has been exposed on the 'vine much. The article is from February, but offers a lot of detail of Obama's early political career from a local Chicago reporter. Just a sample...

politics, barack, obama, chicago, south, side

When Barack's berserkers lost the plot

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 2:54 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

The backlash against the crazed vitriol spewing forth from the left hasn't helped Obama. In fact, it has hurt him. And even the left knows it now:

politics, obama, palin

NY Times buries retraction of Palin involvement with the Alaskan Independence Party

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 3:21 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Ms. Clark said her initial statement was incorrect and had been based on erroneous information...

politics, palin, ny-times, media-bias

Monogamy Rules

Seeded on Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:52 PM EST (Men's Health)

This is a great insight:

health, monogamy, relationships, men-and-women

Moderate Earthquake Hits San Jose, CA

Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:27 PM EDT

A moderate earthquake hit San Jose, California around 8:05 PM (PST) tonight. To residents in south Santa Clara County, it felt as though there were two distinct waves, and the quake lasted for 10 seconds or so.

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us-news, breaking-news, earthquake, bay-area

best of craigslist : My Son Is A Moron... He Did Not Come From My Loins...

Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:21 AM EDT (craigslist)

I think this is hilarious - and I wish him luck.

son, kids, odd-news, discipline, weed, grades

Islamic cleric decrees that sex while naked not okay for married couples

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:54 PM EST (Australian News Network)

Thank God I'm not a Muslim.

marriage, sex, odd-news, ridiculous, islam, fatwa

Revenge of the Flaming Mouse Proven False

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:38 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Someone didn't do their due diligence and the poor mouse took the blame - and after being burned alive - for shame!

fire, odd-news, reversal, us-news, mouse

FilmLoop Released for the Mac

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 8:24 PM EST (filmloop.com)

The pre-beta version of FilmLoop for the Macintosh is being released at Macworld.

technology, apple, software, mac, mac-world, filmloop, digital-camera

Jabez Author Quits Africa

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 5:12 PM EST (christianitytoday.com)

The man who wrote the smash-hit book "The Prayer of Jabez", has left his post working with Dream for Africa in Swaziland because of disappointing results.

africa, aids, world-news, missions, christianity

Double the Power? That Depends

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2006 2:54 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Dual core processors are getting a lot of hype, but they don't necessarily mean "twice the power." Your software apps have a lot to do with how much juice you'll get from the two-headed chips.

technology, intel, amd, dual-core-processors

Two Arrested in Slaughter of Va. Family

Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2006 2:47 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Besides being just plain sad, it caught my attention that one of the victims was Kathryn Harvey, the half-sister of actor Steven Culp (Rex Van De Kamp from "Desperate Housewives").

murder, crime, desperate-housewives, us-news, steven-culp

Who determines what is "news"?

Sat Jan 7, 2006 3:55 PM EST

I just posted an article about Google's showing at CES and was surprised to see someone add the tag "not-news" to my article. Now, I admit the article included commentary, the headline indicated as much. But, in my estimation it still contained news.

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technology, newsvine, commentary, not-news