Peter thinks tacos are good. "Not News"....not so much. Too much left to interpretation. Votes for vote based front page. Votes for the end of all prohibition. Votes for animal rights. Doesn't like illegal immigration, but loves legal immigration. Doesn't care for pigeons but thinks squirrels are cute and quirky.

Is Anti-Semitism a prevalent attitude in our collective societies, including on social news sites and blogs?

So, this is a question i pose for you fellow Newsvine people..."Is Anti-Semitism a prevalent attitude in our collective societies, including on social news sites and blogs?". Think carefully and honestly on this topic before you answer.

Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout by Epic Brewery

  So, weighing in at the bomber size of 22 oz., this brew can really put it on you.  At 11.7% Alc/Vol, it can put you on the ground.

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Finish this sentence...

I used to run this series every week or two, and several people have asked me to run this again. We'll see how well it is received these days. I hope you enjoy. :)   As i crossed the threshold, sweat dripping down my....    

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Wondering why opinion/discussion based articles on political/religious/etc....topics are also not slated for "not news"...I mean, they really aren't news either.

For example....todays front page, in the columnist section of the "news" includes... Wasted Tax Money Part 3 Mark from mntaxwaste.com The most costly, unjustified entitlement in America is white skin. Coral Atlas On the border: friend or foe? KYPIAKOC

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Co-authoring Articles

A former viner, Robertlyn, and i have been working on a few articles together that i plan to publish here and elsewhere. I put our first effort up yesterday, and it was promptly removed.

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My Dear Jackass....

Oh my dear Jackass, you are very much a donkey through and through. You neigh and neigh, cry and complain.... You are a very good mule, but ill tempered and tough to be around. I admit, i love to hate ya'!

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The Debate Room...Issue One: Superman vs Green Lantern

Okay, here is the first official installment of the Debate Room. The rules of debate may be read by following this link. Don't feel you need to have had any previous debate experience to participate. Just read the rules and apply them as best you can to your arguments.

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My Good News Wednesday...A Love Letter

Normally, i wouldn't write thoroughly emotional pieces, but today, i woke to an amazing letter from my girlfriend, and i thought if anything represented the start of a beautiful day, this was it.....I'll include my response as well: Ms love of my life to the Mr:

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Crazy Comes in Threes...a social observance, part deux

Okay, many of you read part one, where i addressed a peculiar three day stretch of encounters here in the Greater Salt Lake metro.

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Crazy Comes in Threes...a social observance

Okay, as many of you know, i basically lived in Austin for the last twenty years. One of the local slogans (if you will) is "Keep Austin Weird"...as you might guess, many people hold to that, and make an attempt at weirdness from time to time.

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Tin Foil Cap Anyone?

So, i was heading to work the other day, and while i was waiting at a stop light (8th East and 2nd South for point of reference if you are familiar with Salt Lake), when i look at a driver stopped at the light and notice that she is actually wearing a tin foil cap...i also notice …

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Recommendations

Books

  • Douglas Adams "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Unive
  • "A Pail of Air"
  • SunTzu "The Art of War"
  • Machiavelli "The Prince"
  • Voltaire "Candide"
  • Hesse "Siddhartha"
  • Gandhi "An Autobiography...."
  • Desmond Tutu "Hope and Suffering"
  • Alex Haley "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
  • Hawking "The Universe in a Nutshell "
  • Hamilton "The Greek way"
  • The Song of Roland (haven't read it in French)
  • Beowulf
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Baxter "Stanley Kubrick: A Biography (Paperback)"
  • Hanke "Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of th
  • anything by Simon Green
  • David Gibbins "Atlantis""Crusader Gold"
  • Khoury "The Last Templar" "Sanctuary"
  • anything by R.A. Salvatore
  • Philip K Dick "A Scanner Darkly"
  • Philip K Dick"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"
  • Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea"
  • King "The Dark Tower series"
  • ..."Apt Pupil"
  • Crighton "Timelines"
  • ..."Eaters of the Dead"
  • ..."Congo"
  • Tolkien "LOTR, Hobbit"

News Sites

  • www.theonion.com (more truth there than @ real new
  • www.thedailyshow.com (see above)
  • www.colbertnation.com (see above)
  • www.thenation.com (sometimes)
  • www.npr.org (sometimes)

Movies

  • Aliens (actually, the whole series, but this one i
  • Office Space
  • Extract
  • 2001, 2010
  • Anchorman
  • 40 Year old Virgin
  • Knocked Up
  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • Street Kings
  • Colors
  • The Godfather (all)
  • Goodfellas
  • Blow
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Serenity
  • 28 Days Later (and Weeks also, although not as goo
  • 30 Days of Night
  • Dawn of the Dead (both, for different reasons)
  • Night of the Living Dead (same as above)
  • Predator
  • Conan (both)
  • Slither
  • Way of the Gun
  • Leaving Las Vegas
  • The Haunting (original)
  • Shogun's Assassin (and the other Lone Wolf & C
  • Seven Samurai
  • Equilibrium
  • Empire of the Sun
  • American Psycho
  • Reign of Fire
  • Black Hawk Down
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Rambo
  • The Abyss
  • Idiocracy
  • Evil Dead/Army of Darkness
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • LOTR
  • Hero
  • Star Wars series (xcept scenes with Jar Jar)
  • Empire Strikes Back (listed separately due to it b
  • Tombstone
  • The Young Poisoners Handbook
  • the Goonies (greatest adventure of all time)

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