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Park Slope Parents Want Ice Cream Trucks Banned To Avoid Testy Tantrums From Tots
Seeded on Tue Apr 3, 2012 11:09 PM EDT (CBS)
Dozens of recent comments on a Park Slope parents message blog said ice cream vendors need to leave the area, especially places around the playgrounds and parks, to help avoid afternoon meltdowns and temper tantrums from children craving frozen treats. “Go somewhere else …
2012/04 (April 2012) Ban/Suspension List
Sun Apr 1, 2012 3:00 AM EDT
Comments are OPEN. Grave-Dancing on users who are merely suspended will result in summary comment deletion. This article is NOT about Politics. Any comment containing political commentary will be deleted. ¹ = action by tyler ² = action by Sally ‡ = Newsvine …
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'No More Weapons!' billboard placed on US border
Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:56 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — President Felipe Calderon on Thursday unveiled a "No More Weapons!" billboard made with crushed firearms and placed near the U.S. border.
The ethics of drone warfare
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:03 PM EST (Center For Inquiry)
As you probably already know, the United States has increasingly relied on drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, to carry out warfare in recent years. Drone attacks have been particularly popular under President Barack Obama's administration. According to …
Gaza's Terror Groups Negotiating Merger
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 7:17 PM EST (CIPAC)
Hamas is working to merge with the terrorist Islamic Jihad organization, according to Hamas' co-founder Mahmoud Zahar. And so the cockroaches crawl together.
Israeli Air Force Strikes Gaza Terrorist Sites
Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:58 AM EST (algemeiner)
Israel thwacks the terrorists some more Israeli Air Force aircraft struck a weapons manufacturing site in Gaza, along with two tunnels used by terrorists in northern Gaza, and a third tunnel also used by terrorist groups, in Southern Gaza.
Council Passes FQ curfew changes for 16 year olds and younger
Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 3:13 AM EST (WWLTV )
NEW ORLEANS -- Thursday, the City Council passed a measure to keep teenagers, age 16 and younger, out of the city's busiest entertainment district after 8 p.m., seven days a week. The new curfew restrictions cover the French Quarter and part of the Marigny, in the area bounded …
3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel
Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 8:31 AM EST (JapanToday)
The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said three Australian activists were being held as “prisoners” by the Japanese harpoon fleet Sunday after sneaking aboard one of their vessels overnight to protest.
The Myth of Europe
Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 8:07 AM EST (Foreign Policy)
The European Union was built on the myth that we are one people with one common destiny -- an "ever closer union," in the words of the 1957 Treaty of Rome that founded what was then called the European Economic Community.
Rise of the TIMBIs
Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:15 AM EST (Foreign Policy)
Nov. 30 marked the 10th anniversary of Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill's anointing of the BRIC economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- as the future leaders of the global economy. Yet 10 years on, the notion of the BRICs already seems out of date.
The General's Luck Runs Out
Seeded on Thu Dec 1, 2011 9:27 AM EST (Foreign Policy)
In a major victory for the Indian military, the Maoist rebel leader has been cornered and killed. Foreign Policy asks a good question:
Poll: The near future of humans in space
Mon Sep 5, 2011 9:26 AM EDT
The future of humankind (if there is to be one) will eventually and necessarily lie beyond Earth. So often, the move towards advances in space are viewed as a waste or needless frivolity. The moves we make now are very humble and to very limited ends, but Michael Jord …
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Would you donate your money to Uncle Sam? The government has received $3 million in gifts this year
Seeded on Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:22 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
There are several ways citizens can donate to the United States government. The easiest method is to decline all deductions or tax write-offs when you file your taxes.
Pa. family fights US over rare 1933 gold coins - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Thu Jul 7, 2011 2:37 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Joan Langbord of Philadelphia and her sons went to the U.S. Treasury to authenticate the coins, but the government instead seized them. Authorities noted that the box was rented six years after Switt died in 1990, and that the family never paid inheritance taxes on them.
China fired at Filipino fishermen in Jackson atoll | VERA Files
Seeded on Thu Jun 2, 2011 10:22 PM EDT (VERA files)
China getting aggressive in the South China Sea. Picking on Vietnam just a few days ago, and apparently the Philippines as well.
Suicide Bomber killed by text message
Seeded on Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:02 PM EST (Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed)
Well, live and learn.....or in this case, do neither!
There's no right of revolution in a democracy
Seeded on Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:50 PM EST (CNN)
"It will not do to say that we must be armed and ready to go to war with our government in the event that it becomes tyrannical." Strong words from someone that offers no alternative.
Maryland: we only protect criminals here.
Seeded on Wed Aug 4, 2010 6:49 PM EDT (Examiner)
Maryland, that grand old state where criminals are coddled and the innocent punished.
When the 'moderator' is the problem
Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:19 PM EDT
Is unfortunately a recurring theme here on Newsvine.
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Deputy who shot Calif. airman felt threatened, his father says
Seeded on Sun May 23, 2010 4:00 PM EDT (policeone.com)
I know it has been awhile, but I've never been able to find out what happened to this officer that shot an unarmed veteran in the back. I'm hoping he's sitting in a cell with another 20 years to go, but probably not.
Professors slam scholarships for children of dead soldiers
Seeded on Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:17 PM EDT (National Post)
A group of professors at the University of Regina is protesting a scholarship program for the dependents of dead soldiers, arguing it promotes militarism.
Miami considers ban on feeding homeless
Seeded on Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:49 AM EST (FOXNews.com)
"The Miami City Commission is set to consider a proposal next month that would prohibit unauthorized people and groups from feeding the homeless downtown"
Bad Cop, No Donut
Seeded on Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:20 PM EST (FOXNews.com)
"Gun rights advocates have a California police detective in their crosshairs after he apparently posted comments on Facebook advocating that "open carry" supporters should be shot."
Apparently, it is impossible for white people to be on the receiving end of racism.
Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 8:34 PM EST (Telegraph)
Jo Brand: "My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people."
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Park Slope Parents Want Ice Cream Trucks Banned To Avoid Testy Tantrums From TotsDozens of recent comments on a Park Slope parents message blog said ice cream vendors need to leave the area, especially places around the playgrounds and parks, to help avoid afternoon meltdowns and temper tantrums from children craving frozen treats. “Go somewhere else …
- Two Christians Prosecuted for Reading the Bible in Public - Christian Newswire
I just had to seed this after reading the article. MURRIETA, Calif., March 29, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Yesterday, a trial court in Riverside County, California, heard arguments why the prosecution's case should be dismissed in the case of People v. Brett Coronado. Advo …
Florida 'Stand Your Ground' law could complicate Trayvon Martin teen shooting case
Updated at 7:48 a.m. ET: Florida’s 2005 “Stand Your Ground” law, which says a citizen doesn’t have to retreat before using deadly force against an attacker, could throw a legal wrinkle into the case of a neighborhood watch captain who shot to death an una …
- 'No More Weapons!' billboard placed on US border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — President Felipe Calderon on Thursday unveiled a "No More Weapons!" billboard made with crushed firearms and placed near the U.S. border.
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