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Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- Rob, but that's not why you seeded or commented on this article. You specifically talked about Christianity and brought faith into the argument and how Christians were being treated overseas. Sorry, but you DO give two shits about it.
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- Ok, nevermind, you are being a generalizing bigot then. My mistake.
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- Talk about casting the finger of blame at the victim, Dennis. Wait, Fox news is the victim here? Yes, Dennis made a crass comment about screwing in a field, but maybe you should try to understand his point....
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- "Rob, you sound as if you feel that you have reasons to believe that the world is after you because of your faith... Man!" Heh, now he knows what being an atheist in a Christian nation is like. lol
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- @kpr - you could also add in: The murder of Dr. Tiller and similar murders of abortion doctors. Mel Gibson and the pastor of Sarah Palin's church demonizing the jews.
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- @kpr - I think you'll find everything you are looking for here: http://www.biblegateway.com/
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- Wow. How very racist of you.
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- jsbach - we can agree there! - crime must be punished and justice should prevail. BUT, this particular story is being promoted because its about "a christian." That's what I take issue with - being christian might have had little to do with it.
Christian Man Raped, Murdered for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Sat Jun 13, 2009
- Rob - those sources you gave were NOT CNN, MSNBC, etc. They were blogs that linked over to the story from "International Christian Concern (ICC)" which is not, as far as I'm concerned, an unbiased media organization.

A Buddhist Response to the Israeli / Hamas Conflict

Seeded on Tue Jan 6, 2009 11:06 AM EST ()

"I don't know precisely how to do this. But there must be a clear intention, a policy of non-retaliation, understanding that retaliation, however emotionally compelling, leads just to more retaliation.

world-news, buddhism, israel, palestine, hamas, conflict, war

History of Wind Chill and Why it Should Die

Seeded on Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:00 PM EST (Slate)

While I'm sitting in a cold wave here in northern Indiana, I couldn't help but read this article via Slate's Daniel Engber. It's a great summary of the history behind where Wind Chill comes from and why its a false unit of measure.

science, weather, wind-chill, slate, farce

Peaceful Protest In America?

Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:12 AM EDT

By Celestina (Clipped by Vulgrin)

On July 25, Mark and Deborah Kuhn were were arrested in Asheville, North Carolina, on charges of assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and desecrating the American flag. The bare facts of the case are as follows:

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us-news, asheville, north-carolina, protest, flag, police, arrest, civil-liberties

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How to End the War

Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:09 PM EDT

It's pretty obvious that the Congress and the President are going to continue to play politics with the Iraq War football, trying to thumb wrestle each other into submission. Instead of trying to do what's right, they are both digging in their heels and posing for the Press.

Continue reading this entry ...

politics, iraq, anti-war, protest, abortion, bodies, death

Back on the crack

Mon Apr 9, 2007 11:21 PM EDT

Ok, after a long self-enforced hiatus, I think I'm back on the NewsVine crack...

Continue reading this entry ...

newsvine, addiction

Video: Keith Olberman mourns Habeus Corpus

Seeded on Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:37 PM EDT (YouTube)

Not much else to say. Every American should really, truly, try to understand this issue and be ready to either euthanise our democracy, or be ready to intervene to save it.

politics, keith-olberman, habeus-corpus, bush, constitution

Video: Bush administration offered Bin Laden in Feb 2001

Seeded on Fri Oct 6, 2006 12:36 PM EDT (YouTube)

Not much to say. Watch the video. Take it as further proof that the Bush administration wasn't pay attention to terrorism before 9/11, if you wish, or take it as further propoganda based in a video clip on an out of context press conference. Make of it as you will.

politics, bush, taliban, bin-laden

U.S. banking group sees protections in Internet gambling bill

Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 5:39 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

The recent lunatic onling gaming bill thrust into the completely unrelated Port Security legislation may have a silver lining.

politics, gambling, internet, legislation, poker, business

Impeachment Evidence Against Bush

Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 12:16 PM EDT (impeachforpeace.org)

Whether you agree with every single point or not - this article / site has laid out a pretty thorough list of all of the individual pieces of evidence that, when summed together, provide a legal case for impeaching the President.

politics, bush, united-states, impeachment, evidence

Legalize Torture but Make Poker Illegal

Seeded on Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:13 AM EDT (upforanything.net)

This makes me sick. The House and the Senate included a more formal ban on Internet gambling and poker last night, in the PORT SECURITY BILL. Whats worse, they did so after they had removed key portions of the bill asked for by the democrats to protect mass transit systems.

politics, gambling, bill-frist, congress, jim-leach, security, poker

Video: What are we becoming?

Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:22 PM EDT (YouTube)

Jack Cafferty talks about a provision buried deep inside the bill passed this week regarding the treatment of prisioners that PARDONS THE PRESIDENT AND OTHERS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION RETROACTIVELY AND GIVES HIM IMMUNITY.

politics, bush, cnn, cafferty, pardon, terrorists, interrogation, senate, house

19 Year Old Diebold Technician Wins U.S. Presidency - Politics

Seeded on Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:58 AM EDT (CNET News.com)

Satire about how future Presidential Elections might go down. Click my name to read my other articles, and why I think that this satire is funny with a sinking pit in my stomach feeling.

politics, diebold, satire, election, voting-machines

Powell and Rice assure everyone Iraq is no threat pre-9/11

Seeded on Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:01 AM EDT (YouTube)

This youtube video, done with a scary conspiratorial voice over, has two clips from Powell and Rice before 9/11, both talking about how Saddam Hussein is NOT dangerous and has no weapons. Where were these clips at the end of 2002? Good one, main-stream media...

politics, iraq, powell, rice, 9-11, no-threat, arms, youtube

President Clinton Takes On Fox News

Seeded on Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:25 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Former President Bill Clinton, apparently told that he was going to be talking to Fox News about his recent convention to raise $7 Billion to fix some of the biggest problems in the world, gets ambushed by Fox News' Chris Wallace - and fights back.

politics, clinton, fox-news, osama-bin-laden, chris-wallace

Diebold voting machines opened with hotel minibar key

Seeded on Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:20 AM EDT (Boing Boing)

So, apparently, all you need to gain access to hack a Diebold machine is a standard key that you can buy on the Intertubes, or get from your hotel mini-bar. At some point, this all becomes so ridiculous that I'm just numb.

politics, voting, diebold, e-voting, insecurity

More Loose Change - 9/11 Commission Report Errors

Seeded on Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:00 PM EDT (Google)

This video shows a talk given by David Ray Griffin. While I'm still on the fence on the conspiracy theories, everyone should at least listen to the information to make their own conclusions.

politics, conspiracy-theories, 911-commission, spetember-11th

Major Problems At Polls Feared

Seeded on Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:08 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

The issue of electronic voting machines became very personal for me last week, when my sister-in-law in Baltimore had her vote "eaten" by the machine, and there was nothing she could do about it.

politics, voting, electronic-voting, election-fraud

Amazon Unbox User Agreement Disected

Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:28 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

Amazon Unbox is Amazon's new system for delivering digital content (namely movies) down to your computer. While I know very little about the service, I did feel like I needed to seed this disection of the Unbox license agreement by Corey Doctorow.

technology, digital, amazon, drm, content

House Votes To Disclose Earmarks

Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:33 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Once again, the House fails to make any real moves toward lobbying reform, and toward getting all of the loose money out of Washington. And once again, they do it in such a way to make it APPEAR that they did something useful.

congress, politics, ethics, lobbying, earmarks

Solar alchemy turns CO2 into fuel

Seeded on Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:01 PM EDT (New Scientist)

This is amazing stuff. Researchers in Italy have suceeded in experiments to convert the troublesome greenhouse gas carbon dioxide back into hydrocarbons that could be reused as fuel.

energy, fuel, science, ecology, hydrocarbons, chemists

U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel

Seeded on Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:24 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Everyone who changed their mind about going to war, and who realizes now what a mess Iraq is, needs to read this article.

bush, iraq, iran, nuclear, politics, iaea

Amazon's E-Book Reader: Kindle

Seeded on Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:27 AM EDT (ecogeek.org)

Amazon has announced that they are going to be building their own Ebook reader. It will be an E-Ink device and will presumably link up very nicely to Amazon.com to let you buy books.

technology, sony, amazon, eink, e-book, kindle

How to redraw the Middle East

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 10:09 PM EDT (armedforcesjournal.com)

This is a very interesting article and Before and After maps that show how it might be possible to redraw the entire middle-east around the cultural lines that already exist.

turkey, iraq, afghanistan, middle-east, iran, peace, politics, borders, khurds

New California law expands use of solar power

Seeded on Fri Sep 1, 2006 11:17 AM EDT (The San Jose Mercury News)

California passed a law last week to attempt to supplement their power grid with solar power, by creating incentives for homeowners to use some solar power and to force home builders to offer solar power options on new homes.

technology, power, california, law, ecology, solar-power

Flat Daddy eases Iraq separation

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:21 PM EDT (news.mainetoday.com)

I see where people are coming from with this one, but seriously, I think this is going to really warp some kids.

iraq, war, soldiers, families, national-guard, us-news

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Vulgrin has demonstrated a honed talent for issue based debate. He uses citations with gleeful abandon and presents his viewpoint succinctly and convincingly. He represents a worthy addition to the 'Vine and your watchlist (though I wish he'd write more posts!)

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