<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:55:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:06 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Who do you want the Boston Marathon bomber to be? </title>
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Yesterday&rsquo;s travesty in media and journalistic fail surrounding the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings was epic and public and brings into sharp relief how people view acts of terror and terrorists in America. I was at work when the first emails and texts sta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17809589-who-do-you-want-the-boston-marathon-bomber-to-be</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17809589-who-do-you-want-the-boston-marathon-bomber-to-be</guid><category>terrorism</category><category>us-news</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>bad-journalism</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:52:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blind Mothers-To-Be Find Solution in 3D Printing</title>
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The prenatal sonogram is a life-changing moment for many expectant mothers, giving rise to the inherent value these images hold whether as printouts passed among family members or posts on social media.
It&rsquo;s one of the joyous benchmarks of pregnancy, but one that has bee&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17777927-blind-mothers-to-be-find-solution-in-3d-printing</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17777927-blind-mothers-to-be-find-solution-in-3d-printing</guid><category>technology</category><category>blind</category><category>pregnancy</category><category>3d-printing</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:47:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunkCD2D3B98-12BE-9A82-D5AF-6415B9C4E67C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunkCD2D3B98-12BE-9A82-D5AF-6415B9C4E67C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>It's Tax Day in Michigan. Let's take a moment to remember that Republicans raised taxes on over half of us. | Eclectablog</title>
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f there is one thing that you could count on hearing in the stump speeches of Michigan Republicans during the 2010 midterm campaign it was that they were going to lower your taxes, by God. Smaller government funded by less taxes was their recipe for success.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17760565-its-tax-day-in-michigan-lets-take-a-moment-to-remember-that-republicans-raised-taxes-on-over-half-of-us-eclectablog</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17760565-its-tax-day-in-michigan-lets-take-a-moment-to-remember-that-republicans-raised-taxes-on-over-half-of-us-eclectablog</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:26:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-Sen. Fred Thompson says Obamcare could raise premiums enough to pay for a new Ford Explorer (Truth-O-Meter: False)</title>
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As District Attorney Arthur Branch on Law &amp; Order, former Sen. Fred Thompson was always ready with a wisecrack. In a recent Twitter post, the Tennessee Republican offered a pointed barb about President Barack Obama&rsquo;s health care law:
"Report: Obamacare could raise in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17587248-ex-sen-fred-thompson-says-obamcare-could-raise-premiums-enough-to-pay-for-a-new-ford-explorer-truth-o-meter-false</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17587248-ex-sen-fred-thompson-says-obamcare-could-raise-premiums-enough-to-pay-for-a-new-ford-explorer-truth-o-meter-false</guid><category>insurance</category><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>aca</category><category>fact-checker</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:34:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk78CEFFC4-6D03-74E0-376F-8855FEB7070F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="84" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk78CEFFC4-6D03-74E0-376F-8855FEB7070F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="84" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Arizona Congressman Opposes His Own Son's Marriage Equality | ThinkProgress</title>
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When Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) came out for marriage equality last month, he largely attributed his change of position to his gay son and his desire to support him. Apparently, Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), who is Mormon, was not so moved when his own son came out to him, as he explai&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17553084-arizona-congressman-opposes-his-own-sons-marriage-equality-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17553084-arizona-congressman-opposes-his-own-sons-marriage-equality-thinkprogress</guid><category>gay-marriage</category><category>religion</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>marriage-equality</category><category>matt-salmon</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 14:46:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk61DBB69B-3466-203A-1B7B-299269464BF0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="237" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk61DBB69B-3466-203A-1B7B-299269464BF0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Freeloaders of Hamilton County, Tennessee</title>
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Chattanooga, Tennessee sits in Hamilton County and, like so many cities, it could always use more tax revenue. Residents obviously pay taxes. So do most businesses. But not churches. They&rsquo;re exempt and &mdash; bad news for the city &mdash; there are a hell of a lot of the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17445535-the-freeloaders-of-hamilton-county-tennessee</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17445535-the-freeloaders-of-hamilton-county-tennessee</guid><category>taxes</category><category>religion</category><category>churches</category><category>church-property</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:39:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunkDB21A8A1-4DB3-18EE-D0DE-A6E4EC5B2FF0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="807" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunkDB21A8A1-4DB3-18EE-D0DE-A6E4EC5B2FF0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="242" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cardinal Keith O'Brien [Anti-Gay Priest] Had Physical Relationship With Accuser, Report Claims</title>
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The cardinal is hostile to gay rights, and has called homosexuality a "grotesque subversion." According to The Herald, at least two of the accusers have been frustrated by the cardinal's rhetoric about gay marriage.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416203-cardinal-keith-obrien-anti-gay-priest-had-physical-relationship-with-accuser-report-claims</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416203-cardinal-keith-obrien-anti-gay-priest-had-physical-relationship-with-accuser-report-claims</guid><category>religion</category><category>christianity</category><category>hypocrisy</category><category>gay-scandal</category><category>catholicism-homosexuality</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunkB8CD6E7C-B90F-182F-D4DC-B8B7B5A05971.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunkB8CD6E7C-B90F-182F-D4DC-B8B7B5A05971.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>(R) Sen. Rand Paul says immigrants should get a chance at citize - 14 News, WFIE, Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro</title>
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Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is telling a Hispanic business group that illegal immigrants should be allowed to become U.S. taxpayers and ultimately get a shot at citizenship.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17385816-r-sen-rand-paul-says-immigrants-should-get-a-chance-at-citize-14-news-wfie-evansville-henderson-owensboro</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17385816-r-sen-rand-paul-says-immigrants-should-get-a-chance-at-citize-14-news-wfie-evansville-henderson-owensboro</guid><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>amnesty</category><category>gop</category><category>tea-party</category><category>rand-paul</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:38:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk9FCD48A5-4CF3-FBF3-E583-03FBBEB57B54.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk9FCD48A5-4CF3-FBF3-E583-03FBBEB57B54.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Michele Bachmann says 70 percent of food stamp funding goes to 'bureaucrats' (Truth-O-Meter: Pants on fire!)</title>
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Federal bureaucrats are a favorite target at CPAC, the annual conservative conference that was held March 14-17, 2013. And in her address to the conference, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., served up a doozy.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375233-michele-bachmann-says-70-percent-of-food-stamp-funding-goes-to-bureaucrats-truth-o-meter-pants-on-fire</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375233-michele-bachmann-says-70-percent-of-food-stamp-funding-goes-to-bureaucrats-truth-o-meter-pants-on-fire</guid><category>politics</category><category>food-stamps</category><category>snap</category><category>fact-checker</category><category>michlle-bachmann</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:16:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk8FCD39ED-D55D-2FCC-3A27-A671D5BDE223.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="84" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk8FCD39ED-D55D-2FCC-3A27-A671D5BDE223.jpg&amp;width=120" width="84" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It? | Techdirt</title>
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$30,000 is a lot to spend fighting anything, much less something as nebulous as piracy. The fact that it was "half" of her profits was even more surprising, leading this AC to point out an easy way she could double her money. Wait. You mean she could double her profit by just d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17374092-indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-but-is-it-worth-it-techdirt</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17374092-indie-film-distributor-spends-half-her-profits-sending-dmca-takedowns-but-is-it-worth-it-techdirt</guid><category>piracy</category><category>movies</category><category>arts</category><category>dmca</category><category>inde-films</category><category>kathy-wolfe</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:31:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk3C9B1587-2562-6ADC-0C85-118312B26E43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jedipunk3C9B1587-2562-6ADC-0C85-118312B26E43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Covering the arrest of pastor Gregg Davison</title>
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There may have been a more significant post in the print addition, but the online story was a simple tale. Still, I picked it up in my news filter and two people sent it to me as a tip. What brought the incident to my attention today is the editorial posted by reader Pat Christ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17374019-covering-the-arrest-of-pastor-gregg-davison</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17374019-covering-the-arrest-of-pastor-gregg-davison</guid><category>pastor</category><category>religion</category><category>dwi</category><category>christianity</category><category>owi</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:22:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GOP Budget Revives 'Obamacare' Claims</title>
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The release of the House GOP budget by Rep. Paul Ryan has sparked a resurgence of false and misleading claims about the Affordable Care Act, which the budget seeks to largely repeal. On the Sunday talk shows, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Co&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17288024-gop-budget-revives-obamacare-claims</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17288024-gop-budget-revives-obamacare-claims</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>aca</category><category>helthcare</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:52:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Destroying the top two corporate/corporatist LIES about the Keystone XL pipeline</title>
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The two biggest lies perpetuated by the fossil oil industry (&ldquo;Big Oil&rdquo;) and their corporatist minions in decision-making roles in our government are that TransCanada&rsquo;s Keystone XL Pipeline will bring thousands and thousands of jobs to the U.S. and, perhaps mor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285446-destroying-the-top-two-corporatecorporatist-lies-about-the-keystone-xl-pipeline</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285446-destroying-the-top-two-corporatecorporatist-lies-about-the-keystone-xl-pipeline</guid><category>oil</category><category>gas</category><category>politics</category><category>keystone-xl</category><category>keystone-pipeline</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Paul Ryan: &quot;We're not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people&quot;</title>
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Paul Ryan explains the goal of the GOP&rsquo;s new rehashed plan to cure the nation&rsquo;s fiscal woes earlier today:
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285409-paul-ryan-were-not-going-to-give-up-on-destroying-the-health-care-system-for-the-american-people</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285409-paul-ryan-were-not-going-to-give-up-on-destroying-the-health-care-system-for-the-american-people</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>oops</category><category>paul-ryan</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:55:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Story False, Spreads - Business Insider</title>
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A satirical item published last week purporting that economist Paul Krugman had filed for bankruptcy has spread to Boston.com and the conservative website Breitbart this morning.&nbsp;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17271291-paul-krugman-bankruptcy-story-false-spreads-business-insider</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17271291-paul-krugman-bankruptcy-story-false-spreads-business-insider</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:48:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Faith-based prison programs: New study suggests religion may help criminals justify their crimes.</title>
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In 1996, noted criminologist Jewel asked a question that has long haunted those hoodlums prone to pondering the existential consequences of their actions: &ldquo;Who will save your souls after those lies that you told, boy?&rdquo; For generations of American crooks, the answer &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17268955-faith-based-prison-programs-new-study-suggests-religion-may-help-criminals-justify-their-crimes</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17268955-faith-based-prison-programs-new-study-suggests-religion-may-help-criminals-justify-their-crimes</guid><category>religion</category><category>prison</category><category>criminology</category><category>faith-based-rehab</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:03:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fox News's Steven Crowder fistfight case: No charges</title>
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Remember that fistfight on the grounds of the Michigan Capitol involving Fox News contributor Steven Crowder?
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17268639-fox-newss-steven-crowder-fistfight-case-no-charges</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17268639-fox-newss-steven-crowder-fistfight-case-no-charges</guid><category>politics</category><category>unions</category><category>foxnews</category><category>steven-crowder</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:33:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In Supreme Court Debate on Voting Rights Act, a Dubious Use of Statistics</title>
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In oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. introduced a statistical claim that he took to imply that an important provision of the Voting Rights Act has become outmoded.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224090-in-supreme-court-debate-on-voting-rights-act-a-dubious-use-of-statistics</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224090-in-supreme-court-debate-on-voting-rights-act-a-dubious-use-of-statistics</guid><category>discrimination</category><category>politics</category><category>voting</category><category>voting-rights-act</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>chief-justice-john-roberts</category><category>statistics</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 14:59:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>House Speaker John Boehner says Obama, Democrats have no plan to replace sequester (Truth-O-Meter: Pants on fire!)</title>
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"We've known about this for 16 months. And yet even today, there's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester," he said. "And over the last 10 months, House Republicans have acted twice to replace the sequester."
No plan? That didn&rsquo;t sound &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17184313-house-speaker-john-boehner-says-obama-democrats-have-no-plan-to-replace-sequester-truth-o-meter-pants-on-fire</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17184313-house-speaker-john-boehner-says-obama-democrats-have-no-plan-to-replace-sequester-truth-o-meter-pants-on-fire</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:11:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Family says slain Clarksdale mayoral candidate was beaten, dragged, set on fire; suspect waives extradition » The Commercial Appeal</title>
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Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, found dead last week along the Mississippi River levee, was beaten, dragged and set on fire, according to his family in a statement released Monday.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17182711-family-says-slain-clarksdale-mayoral-candidate-was-beaten-dragged-set-on-fire-suspect-waives-extradition-the-commercial-appeal</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17182711-family-says-slain-clarksdale-mayoral-candidate-was-beaten-dragged-set-on-fire-suspect-waives-extradition-the-commercial-appeal</guid><category>us-news</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>hate-crime</category><category>homophobia</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:54:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Christian Pseudo-Historian David Barton Lied About a Supreme Court Case… So I Spoke to the Case's Namesake</title>
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Christian pseudo-historian David Barton has a habit of making things up. Hell, his last book was pulled off the shelves by his publishers because of the factual inaccuracies in it &mdash; and now Glenn Beck is publishing it. So has Barton learned his lesson? Of course not.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17180597-christian-pseudo-historian-david-barton-lied-about-a-supreme-court-case-so-i-spoke-to-the-cases-namesake</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17180597-christian-pseudo-historian-david-barton-lied-about-a-supreme-court-case-so-i-spoke-to-the-cases-namesake</guid><category>religion</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>1st-amendment</category><category>david-barton</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas May Restore Some Family-Planning Budget Cuts amid estimates that the cuts could cost to taxpayers of $273 million</title>
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In the fiscal crunch of 2011, the Legislature cut the state&rsquo;s family-planning budget by two-thirds, with some lawmakers claiming that they were defunding the &ldquo;abortion industry.&rdquo; Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, found that more than 50 family-&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17168107-texas-may-restore-some-family-planning-budget-cuts-amid-estimates-that-the-cuts-could-cost-to-taxpayers-of-273-million</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17168107-texas-may-restore-some-family-planning-budget-cuts-amid-estimates-that-the-cuts-could-cost-to-taxpayers-of-273-million</guid><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>family-planning</category><category>womens-health</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Mar 2013 15:18:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First Of All, Republicans, 88 Pregnancies A Day From Rape Is Not 'Rare'</title>
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Creig just wants us to believe that the chance of pregnacies is so slight it&rsquo;s not even worth allowing women to make the choice whether to keep her rapist&rsquo;s baby.
She went on to add, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what percentage of pregnancies are due to the violence o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17167985-first-of-all-republicans-88-pregnancies-a-day-from-rape-is-not-rare</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17167985-first-of-all-republicans-88-pregnancies-a-day-from-rape-is-not-rare</guid><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>rape</category><category>pregnancy</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Mar 2013 15:01:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jury Finds Occupy Wall Street Protester Innocent After Video Contradicts Police Testimony [Updated: VIDEO] - New York - News - Runnin' Scared</title>
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In the first jury trial stemming from an Occupy Wall Street protest, Michael Premo was found innocent of all charges yesterday after his lawyers presented video evidence directly contradicting the version of events offered by police and prosecutors.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149796-jury-finds-occupy-wall-street-protester-innocent-after-video-contradicts-police-testimony-updated-video-new-york-news-runnin-scared</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149796-jury-finds-occupy-wall-street-protester-innocent-after-video-contradicts-police-testimony-updated-video-new-york-news-runnin-scared</guid><category>politics</category><category>police</category><category>protest</category><category>99-percent</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:59:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Eric Cantor Admits That He and Paul Ryan Were the Driving Force Behind the Sequester</title>
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Eric Cantor has confirmed that he and Paul Ryan talked John Boehner out of accepting a &ldquo;Grand Bargain&rdquo; with Obama in 2011. It was this rejection that led to the sequester.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17147170-eric-cantor-admits-that-he-and-paul-ryan-were-the-driving-force-behind-the-sequester</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17147170-eric-cantor-admits-that-he-and-paul-ryan-were-the-driving-force-behind-the-sequester</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>eric-cantor</category><category>sequester</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 15:19:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>