Total Drivel

Weather Channel Founder Blasts Network; Claims It Is 'Telling Us What to Think'

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:39 PM EST (Businessandmedia.org)

Seeded by space guy (Clipped by kevinb66)

Well the backlash was sure to come, and now it is coming from the founder of the Weather Channel. I have quit watching the weather channel because of that inane Heidi Klum.

science, climate-change, weather-channel, al-gore, anthropogenic-global-warming

Tribune Studying Wrigley Naming Rights

Mon Mar 3, 2008 6:58 PM EST

By Rick Gano, AP Sports Writer (Clipped by kevinb66)

Wrigley Field is a shrine of sorts, a top Chicago tourist attraction and haven for baseball fans who revel in its throwback ivy-covered walls while partying and rooting for their Cubbies.

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mlb, sports, naming-rights, wrigley-field

Conservative Author Buckley Dies at 82

Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:25 AM EST

By Associated Press (Clipped by kevinb66)

William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. Communism had fallen long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word "liberal" had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest.

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entertainment, obituaries, buckley, us-news, war-ii, ivy-leaguer

Chicago Public Schools hopes to solve dropout problem

Seeded on Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:35 AM EST (Chicago Tribune)

Seeded by Dr. Diane Wakat, PhD (Clipped by kevinb66)

Nearly half of Chicago public school 9th graders who started high school in the last seven years have dropped out without earning a high school diploma, according to a study to be released Monday.

education, high-school-diploma, chicago-public-schools, freshman-drop-outs

Preparing for Economic Disaster

Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:31 PM EST

President Bush's announcement today that he is pushing for a $140 to $150 billion stimulus package in an effort to prop up a flagging economy makes me think that now is the time to prepare for the worst.

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oil, elections, economy, taxes, gas, democrats, economics, republicans, president-bush, us-news

California Government Seeks to Control Your Thermostat by Remote

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:44 PM EST (The New York Times)

From the article: Next year in California, state regulators are likely to have the emergency power to control individual thermostats, sending temperatures up or down through a radio-controlled device that will be required in new or substantially modified houses and buildings to m …

california, san-francisco, us-news, tyranny, fascism, california-energy-commission

Racial tensions roil Democratic race

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:29 PM EST (Politico)

From the article: The comments, which ranged from the New York senator appearing to diminish the role of Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — an aide later said she misspoke — to Bill Clinton dismissing Sen.

democrats, politics, bill-clinton, barack-obama, 2008-election, hillary-clinton

Report Identifies Firms at Risk of Global Warming Lawsuits

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 7:04 PM EST (CNN)

From the article: A host of well-known companies are leaving themselves open to shareholder lawsuits because they're not telling investors enough about how much they contribute to global warming or what it might cost them to clean up, according to a recent report.

business, global-warming, climate-change

Great global warming debate a bunch of hot air

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 7:01 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)

From the article: But no.

global-warming, climate-change, world-news

What Happened to Polls In New Hampshire?

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 6:15 PM EST (rasmussenreports.com)

From the article: It is hard to remember a time when the polling and expectations were so universally different from what really happened. At the same time, It is worth remembering that polling was generally on target for the Republican race.

politics, new-hampshire, polls, 2008-election, rasmussen, hillary-clinton, polling, barack-obama-democrats

Daley wants earlier curfew for teens

Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 2:48 PM EST (Chicago Sun-Times)

From the article: Kids under 17 would have to be off Chicago streets by 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends, under a curfew rollback proposed Tuesday by Mayor Daley to stop the epidemic of youth violence.

chicago, illinois, curfew, us-news, teens, mayor-daley

Of Prescriptions and Planes

Wed Jan 9, 2008 9:54 AM EST

This is a tale of government spending on two seemingly unrelated programs. On the one hand you have the biggest expansion of a particular government entitlement since 1966 and on the other fighter planes that are vital to our nation's defense.

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air-force, medicare, health-care, military, us-news, prescription-drugs, f-15, f-22, medicare-part-d, national-defense

NBC Admits: Media In Love With Obama - with Video

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 5:11 PM EST (newsbusters.org)

From the article: Credit should be given to both Cowan and Williams for not being afraid to admit what anyone who watches TV hasn't already noticed. Still, it makes you wonder what the point of such candor is.

media, democrats, politics, bias, brian-williams, barack-obama, nbc

Exclusive: Ron Paul Responds To New Republic Story

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 4:05 PM EST (Reason Magazine)

From the article: reason: Did the New Republic talk to you before they ran it? Paul: No, I never talked to them. reason: What do you think of Martin Luther King?

politics, republican, conservative, 2008-election, ron-paul

The bigoted past of Ron Paul

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 3:25 PM EST (TNR's The Worst Political Sex Writing The New Republic)

From the article: But, whoever actually wrote them, the newsletters I saw all had one thing in common: They were published under a banner containing Paul's name, and the articles (except for one special edition of a newsletter that contained the byline of another writer) seem des …

politics, republican, conservative, 2008-election, ron-paul

The Problem with this Presidential Election

Tue Jan 8, 2008 12:02 PM EST

Now that the Presidential primaries are underway I can start paying close attention to all the candidates running to be the most powerful person in the world.

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politics, president, primaries, liberal, republican, democrat, conservative, 2008-election

Black Colleges

Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 9:44 AM EST (townhall.com)

The Lincoln Review, a Washington-based black think tank, published an article titled "What Does the Future Hold for Historically Black Colleges?" in its September/October 2007 edition. It recalled the experiences of Bill Maxwell, a St.

college, education, blacks, racism, higher-education, african-american

Man of the Year: Rush Limbaugh

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:04 PM EST (humanevents.com)

From the article: What is it about Rush that drives the left crazy (that is, crazier than they already are)? The answer is actually quite simple: Rush is the most important voice in the conservative movement. Others want to be, some claim to be, but he is.

politics, republican, rush-limbaugh, conservative, man-of-the-year

Video: of Bill Gates last day at Microsoft - CES 2008

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 9:19 AM EST (YouTube)

A look into what a possible last day at Microsoft for Bill Gates would be like. Fresh from last night's keynote at CES 2008

technology, microsoft, bill-gates, humor, ces-2008

Can you win on dull?

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 8:44 AM EST (Politico)

From the article: Obama delivered a compelling, almost mesmerizing, speech, did not talk about any issue in detail and took no questions. His event lasted just over half an hour.

democrats, politics, new-hampshire, barack-obama, 2008-election, hillary-clinton

To win, Hillary Clinton needs to kill Bill

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 8:39 AM EST (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)

From the article: Obama's call for change makes things very difficult for Hillary. Should she, as Gore tried to do, now distance herself from her husband? Bill's role in her campaign was tentative at first, but Hillary has had to call on the genie of his charm.

democrats, politics, bill-clinton, new-hampshire, barack-obama, liberals, hillary-clinton

Man Kills, Cooks His Ex-Girlfriend

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 8:32 AM EST (ABC News)

From the article: A man killed his girlfriend, then filleted and cooked parts of her body before calling police to tell them what he was doing, authorities said Sunday.

texas, us-news, canibal

HillaryCare v. Obama: The Left's Health Care Spat

Seeded on Mon Jan 7, 2008 8:27 AM EST (OpinionJournal.com)

From the article: That Mr. Obama's mandate is limited to kids has led to a primary catfight that runs back several months, and Mrs. Clinton is pressing the issue especially hard now to attract liberals who think Mr.

democrats, politics, health-care, barack-obama, liberals, 2008-election, hillary-clinton, universal-health-care

Hsu Headed to Prison

Fri Jan 4, 2008 3:15 PM EST

By Paul Elias, Associated Press (Clipped by kevinb66)

Disgraced political donor Norman Hsu was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after a judge refused to throw out his 1992 no-contest plea to fraud.

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fundraiser, democratic, us-news, norman-hsu

A cold spell soon to replace global warming

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 10:22 AM EST (Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire)

From the article:Astrophysics knows two solar activity cycles, of 11 and 200 years. Both are caused by changes in the radius and area of the irradiating solar surface.

global-warming, science, climate-change, ice-age, global-cooling, fur-coats, solar-cycle

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