The United States Is Selling: Get Your COLD WAR Here!

The Bush administration has notified the US Congress that it intends to go ahead with a major sale of sensitive military technology to Saudi Arabia.

In The Heat of A Propaganda Scandal Bush Claims Again: Iran threatens world security

"Iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terror," Bush said in a speech he delivered about mid-way through his eight-day Mideast trip that began with a renewed push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace pact -- an accord he said whose "time has come."

Intelligence Chief, Mike McConnell says "Water boarding would be torture." Ahem, if it was done to him.

"If I had water draining into my nose, oh God, I just can't imagine how painful! Whether it's torture by anybody else's definition, for me it would be torture," McConnell told the magazine.

If Your Family Was Murdered

If a family member of yours was murdered, could you embrace the killer and his or her family? Could you recognize that however heinous the act was, the human mind is so complex that things often go wrong? Recognize that the crime is inexcusable, that you and your family members h …

Take a Moment to Visit Barak Obama's Grandma in Kenya

"He's a good listener and if he's given a chance he will work hard for America," she says in her native language.

Global Warming Giving Science a Bad Name

"In my view, we are not doing as well as we could in the global warming debate. For one thing, we have failed to use the opportunity to help teach the public about how science research works.

If Hillary Clinton Becomes President, What Will Become of Bill?

Now a respected conservative law professor has openly predicted a future President Clinton would name her husband to the high court if a vacancy occurred.

Go On Vacation For A Tan . . . or New Breasts!

New vacation packages include safaris, beaches. . . new breasts, face lifts, dental work and dance lessons!!!!

Religious? Agnostic? Atheist? Relax! YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO CHOOSE!!!!!!!

I categorized this short biography, this tiny portrait of a complex man, Einstein, as "Education" for I think that is all we need. Actually, when it comes to this subject, we don't even NEED to do that.

Bhutto's 19 Year Old Son Takes Over

"My mother always said democracy is the best revenge." "I'm thankful for the CEC (Central Election Commission) for imposing their trust in me as chairman of the Pakistan's People's Party," Bilawal Zardari said at a news conference, speaking in English.

BHUTTO Repeatedly Asked Musharraf And The U.S. For More Security But Didn't Get It

Feel free to comment on this article here, but better yet just go to for a more thorough discussion

BHUTTO: A U.S. Pawn, Now Dead. How Responsible is the U.S. and Musharraf?

There are a few Newsvine articles and many thread comments in regards to the implications against Musharraf of Bhutto's death, purportedly by a suicide bomber's shrapnel.

Backstitching, from the First Comment to the Last: How Do You Thread?

I invite all Newsviners, new and old, from folks like the prolific Killfile who has a #1 popularity rank to newbies like me who has a #1377 rank:( (Killfile, you're an inspiration!) to write about and discuss the threading process.

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The Story of Stuff. . . YOUR Stuff!

Learn more about the consumer chain. The clothes you're wearing, the computer you're staring into, the chair you're sitting on - where did it all come from? Really.

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