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A Job Saved Is as Good as a Job Created
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:14 PM EST (Center for American Progress)
The debate over how effective the Obama administration's efforts have been at turning the economy around now seems to hinge on the question of whether saving a job is as good as creating one. The answer is clearly yes...
In Trying to Prevent Gay Marriage, Texas May Have Accidently Abolished it for Everyone
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:00 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
A Texas lawyer and candidate for attorney general, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, has found a little screw-up in the legal wording of some 2005 anti-equality legislation that passed overwhelmingly in the state.
Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:34 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Reagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.
Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran's Theocracy
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:34 PM EST (The New York Times)
Ayatollah Montazeri has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition, an adversary the state has been unable to silence or jail because of his religious credentials and seminal role in the founding of the republic. More Articles
China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:13 PM EST (The Times)
Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and deeply Buddhist people.
Jerusalem Planning Over 5,000 New Arab Housing Units
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:23 PM EST (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)
"The Jerusalem Municipality is plowing ahead with plans for construction of more than 5,000 housing units in Arab neighborhoods.
Just say no to sharia law
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:26 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
"This Saturday's London rally against sharia law and all religious tyrannies should be huge. Millions of people are suffering at the hands of clerical regimes, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Medicine before politics as PA doctors learn in Israel
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:36 PM EST (JPost.com)
"Thirty physicians, nurses and graduate nursing students from the West Bank visited Haifa's Rambam Medical Center this week for a day-long seminar on cancer treatment.
Liberal, Conservative, Right-Wing: What do labels mean to you? (Poll)
Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:06 AM EST
As a Briton on Newsvine, the first uncomfortable thing I noticed when I joined two years ago was the way people are labelled immediately with political monikers. Personally, I have never joined a political party.
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How can a parent survive the teen years?
Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:55 AM EST
The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents. This is the time they are likely to feel impotent, frustrated, useless and powerless. However, they really don't have to be too painful or unnerving, neither do they even have to happen that way.
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