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• $499.00

  Sat Jan 13, 2007
  • The original story of the Good Samaritan had 2 out of 3 people walk past someone in obvious need without helping.

• Coed Marathon Held in Pakistan

  Sun Jan 14, 2007
  • Those runners, especially the women are brave. If viewed strictly in economic utilitarian terms, it could be seen as just a "@!$%#ing marathon". Viewed in a larger cultural context, it's a mass statement against the exaggerated influence of religious fundamentalists.

• Decent Implied Intentions, Horrible Likely Outcome: Minimum Wage Hike Will Help None, and Cheapen Us All.

  Sat Jan 13, 2007
  • Minimum wage earners spend what they make (unlike those favored thus far by Bush & Co.) Pay them more, they spend more. They spend more, businesses sell more. Businesses sell more, owners make more. (rf)

• Man Held in Decapitation of Daughter, 4

  Sat Jan 13, 2007
  • Capital punishment, anyone?

• Newsvine Drinking Contest?

  Fri Jan 12, 2007
  • If only we could combine this contest with the pee battery we could rule the world.

• `American Idol' Singing New Tune

  Sat Jan 13, 2007
  • Adding new material to the contest will get rid of two problems.

• Man Arrested for Stealing Women's Undies

  Fri Jan 12, 2007
  • Oregon had it own underwear thief: our 32-year-old serial panty thief Sung Koo Kim, after stealing thousands of pairs of panties, was sentenced to a total of 11 years, 1 month. Mr. Reaves wasn't even trying.

• House Passes Medicare Drug Bill

  Fri Jan 12, 2007
  • Any flow of government money (theoretically under popular control) to corporations (under the private control of a few) fits the conservative world view since Reagan.

• Fundamentalists say the darndest things! - Top 100 Quotes

  Fri Jan 12, 2007
  • Don't save all this attention for Christian fundamentalists. Admittedly they're close and an easy target, but it's shooting fish in a barrel. Fundamentalisms are more diverse than that, and they're not necessarily all religious. A precious pearl from an Iranian theorist Morteza Motahhari:

• Did the President Declare "Secret War" Against Syria and Iran?

  Fri Jan 12, 2007
  • Bush & Co have their private agenda that will be pursued at any cost. Fomenting war over there ties the hands of the Democratic Congress over here. The administration may be evil, but they're not stupid.