Bomb rocks community college in Central Florida

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 3:50 PM EDT (The Orlando Sentinel)

The Melbourne Police Department has confirmed that some type of "explosive device" was detonated this morning at Brevard Community College.

us-news, college, bomb

Florida Middle School student brutalized in bus hazing incident

Seeded on Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:32 PM EDT (wptv.com)

I heard about this incident from my sister, whose children were friends with the attackers. They thought it was quite hilarious. I dunno what's wrong with our kids when they think something like this is funny.

education, crime, bully, hazing, school-violence

NEWSHOUR calls McCain on another lie about Obama

Seeded on Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:57 AM EDT (PBS)

This is an audio story from Friday's NewsHour. Near the end, McCain attacks Obama in a since much repeated speech in which he claims that Obama contributed to the current financial mess by accepting money from the companies in question.

politics, obama, mccain, lies

Obama v. McCain: It's About the Supreme Court

Seeded on Sun Jun 8, 2008 9:32 PM EDT (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)

Whatever else you think of McCain or Obama, remember this when voting in November: The court's two most liberal justices are its oldest: John Paul Stevens turned 88 last month, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 75.

politics, obama, mccain, law, supreme-court, executive, judicial

Obama camp to offer Hillary cabinet position

Seeded on Sat May 31, 2008 11:11 PM EDT (Telegraph)

Hillary Clinton will be offered a dignified exit from the presidential race and the prospect of a place in Barack Obama's cabinet under plans for a "negotiated surrender" of her White House ambitions being drawn up by Senator Obama's aides.

politics, obama, election, president, clinton, cabinet

Clinton's 'Comeback kid' narrative ignores basic math

Seeded on Thu Mar 6, 2008 9:17 AM EST (National Post)

Yesterday TNR pointed out what Hillary needed to do to erase her deficit, and it looked bad.

politics, barack-obama, hillary-clinton, primary, math, momentum

Okay, so maybe this Obamania thing is real . . .

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:11 PM EST (dipdive.com)

Okay, I liked the original "Yes, We Can" video. Sure, the video itself was vapid and vain (I'll admit that images of a coy Scarlett Johanson totally do it for me), but I liked the idea of turning Obama's speech into an inspirational contemporary folk song.

politics, barack-obama, cult, will-i-am, obamania

NPR Audio: Two Texas Voters Say Only A Man Can Lead The Country

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:53 AM EST (NPR)

This Morning Edition story is called "Houston Democrats Split on Candidates," but about halfway through they shift to a church where they interview several young people about their votes.

politics

Obama forgives his way to the top?

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:37 AM EST (Politico)

In the course of the primary campaign, and perhaps in a preview of the fall election drama, Senator Barack Obama has accepted the apologies of three United States senators, a former senator, CNN and various lower-level supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton.

politics, barack-obama, hillary-clinton, race, primary, politically-correct

Does Obama's baritone give him an edge?

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:29 AM EST (Salon.com)

But set against that resonant Obama grain there is what appears to be a counter-grain of what is all too often labeled Hillary the Shrill, including all the gendered codes buried beneath the word "shrill."

politics, gender, voice, authority, public-speaking, tone, baritone, shrill, timbre

GOP's flesh-eating zombie candidate

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:59 AM EST (thehill.com)

Folks often joke about the blood-sucking parasites that infect politics, but the gibes about politicians and lobbyists are usually just that — jokes.

politics, penis-enlargement, burn-victims

FL State Senator Haridopolos a Controversial Hire @ University of Florida

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:40 AM EST (The Orlando Sentinel)

State Sen. Mike Haridopolos, responding to his controversial hiring at the University of Florida, said last week that he was working toward a Ph.D. in history at the University of Arkansas. UF said the same in a news release announcing his $75,000-a-year job as a lecturer.

politics, senate, florida, university-of-florida, tenure, florida-state-university, uf, fsu

Creationism @ the Home School Science Fair!

Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:01 PM EST (Utne)

Like all science fairs, you could tell which projects had parental help and which ones didn't at the 2008 Home School Science Fair.

science, evolution, students, creationism, intelligent-design, creation, science-fair

Girl at school was 39-year-old man

Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:56 PM EST (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man was arrested for trespassing this week after turning up at a high school dressed in a girl's uniform and a long wig, local police said.

odd-news, japan, crazy-people

Obama: First Female President?

Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:07 PM EST (Newsweek)

Obama is a female candidate for president in the same way that Bill Clinton was the first black president.

politics, gender

Teens losing touch with common cultural and historical references

Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:54 PM EST (USA Today)

Big Brother. McCarthyism. The patience of Job. Don't count on your typical teenager to nod knowingly the next time you drop a reference to any of these. A study out today finds that about half of 17-year-olds can't identify the books or historical events associated with them.

education, school, culture, teens, knowledge

Artist hangs herself after aborting her twins.

Seeded on Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:28 AM EST (Telegraph)

An artist killed herself after aborting her twins when she was eight weeks pregnant, leaving a note saying: "I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum."

abortion, depression, suicide

Rethinking the age of sexual consent.

Seeded on Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:12 AM EST (Slate)

Horny teenagers are being thrown in with pedophiles. The point of this crackdown was to lock up perverts and protect incompetent minors. But the rationales and the numbers don't match up. The age of majority and the age of competence are coming apart.

politics, sex, law, sex-offender, age-of-consent

Inspirational: Black Texas Students Refuse to be Disenfranchised

Seeded on Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:38 PM EST (ruralvotes.com)

Texas Republicans have worked overtime to make it harder for key Democratic voting groups to vote and be represented fairly. The redistricting games they've played are infamous.

politics, texas, students, vote

Cheney decided to get Iraqi oil in Spring 2001

Seeded on Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:24 PM EST (jtaplin.wordpress.com)

Iraq has oi -- er, that is, WMDs! Yeah, that's the ticket!

politics, iraq, oil, cheney

Clinton Says Obama Relies On "Winning"

Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:22 AM EST

DALLAS — Ignoring her sinking campaign and string of 10 straight defeats by rival Barack Obama, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed her case Wednesday that the Illinois senator offers little more than an ability to win again and again and again.

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politics, satire

Even counting FL & MI, Obama wins the popular vote!

Seeded on Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:52 AM EST (RealClearPolitics)

Popular Vote Total(O)10,175,212(C)9,279,313 Popular Vote (w/FL)(O)10,751,426(C)10,150,299 Popular Vote (w/FL & MI)*(O) 10,751,426(C)10,478,608 *Obama was not even on the ballot in Michigan, so he has no votes from that state.

politics, obama, election, clinton, primary, popular

Why you shouldn't call Obama's speech plagiarism.

Seeded on Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:37 PM EST (Slate)

Patrick and Obama, who rely on the same campaign wizard, David Axelrod, have shared enough campaign rhetoric to be declared separated at birth, as this Boston Globe article from 10 months ago shows. Here's additional evidence of Patrick-Obama sharing from Jake Tapper's blog.

politics, obama, clinton, plagiarism

The Atlantic's James Fallows sounds off on bogus plagiarism charge

Seeded on Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:38 PM EST (jamesfallows.theatlantic.com)

The "plagiarism" flap over Barack Obama is bogus and overstated. It makes me think worse about whoever is pushing this complaint, rather than about Obama himself.

politics, obama, clinton, speech, plagiarism

ABC News chides Obama while stealing from the Boston Globe

Seeded on Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:30 PM EST (Slate)

But before Tapper works himself into too much of a lather about Obama's failure to attribute properly—a pretty trivial offense because in the realm of speechifying, such borrowings have long been an accepted norm—he might consider his own news organization's similarly trivial …

politics, obama, clinton, abc, plagiarism

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