<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - KRich's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - KRich's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:59:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:06:44 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Pelosi: Obama's on his own to win money for Afghan buildup</title><description><![CDATA[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she has no plans to specifically ask colleagues to support funding for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop buildup.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3642199-pelosi-obamas-on-his-own-to-win-money-for-afghan-buildup</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3642199-pelosi-obamas-on-his-own-to-win-money-for-afghan-buildup</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>war</category><category>terrorism</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>terror</category><category>taliban</category><category>troops</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:59:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>America says it wants a third party. Why not the Modern Whigs?</title><description><![CDATA[Third parties are in right now.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/15/3636001-america-says-it-wants-a-third-party-why-not-the-modern-whigs</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/15/3636001-america-says-it-wants-a-third-party-why-not-the-modern-whigs</guid><category>politics</category><category>election</category><category>parties</category><category>whig</category><category>modern-whig</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:03:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas May Have Banned All Marriage While Attempting to Stop Gay Marriage</title><description><![CDATA[Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3525119-texas-may-have-banned-all-marriage-while-attempting-to-stop-gay-marriage</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3525119-texas-may-have-banned-all-marriage-while-attempting-to-stop-gay-marriage</guid><category>us-news</category><category>law</category><category>texas</category><category>marriage</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Conservative Read On Palin's 'Going Rogue'</title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin is back to tell us that she loves Alaska. And America. And Todd, the First Dude. She loves God, Ronald Reagan, cutting taxes and serving those she calls "ordinary hardworking people." Who's on Sarah's enemies list? The media. Good ol' boys who condescend to her.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520618-a-conservative-read-on-palins-going-rogue</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520618-a-conservative-read-on-palins-going-rogue</guid><category>politics</category><category>palin</category><category>going-rogue</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fact-checking new claims in the Sarah Palin book</title><description><![CDATA[When Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska before her first term was over, her father said she wasn't quitting the public stage. "Sarah's not retreating," he said. "She's reloading!"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3513652-fact-checking-new-claims-in-the-sarah-palin-book</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/17/3513652-fact-checking-new-claims-in-the-sarah-palin-book</guid><category>politics</category><category>palin</category><category>book</category><category>going-rogue</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:48:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Comcast is Now Throttling All It's Internet Traffic</title><description><![CDATA[COMCAST, the second-largest US cable television and Internet communications service provider, has a new broadband traffic throttling scheme installed and operating in all of its markets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3468129-comcast-is-now-throttling-all-its-internet-traffic</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3468129-comcast-is-now-throttling-all-its-internet-traffic</guid><category>technology</category><category>internet</category><category>network</category><category>comcast</category><category>net-neutrality</category><category>bandwidth</category><category>throttle</category><category>yro</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:08:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Critics blast $3M mining handout</title><description><![CDATA[A mining company owned by Goldman Sachs and two private equity funds is in line to get a $3 million earmark for work at a rare earth elements mine in Mountain Pass, Calif.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353627-critics-blast-3m-mining-handout</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3353627-critics-blast-3m-mining-handout</guid><category>us-news</category><category>defense</category><category>pork</category><category>earmark</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:10:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Reality Check: The Truth About &quot;Czars&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[Over the past several weeks, we've seen with increasing frequency and volume issues raised around the use of "czars" by this Administration.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/16/3278996-reality-check-the-truth-about-czars</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/16/3278996-reality-check-the-truth-about-czars</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>whitehouse</category><category>czar</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:35:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fox News Punked By ACORN</title><description><![CDATA[Glenn Beck devoted his entire show to it. Sean Hannity was full of credible enthusiasm as he announced that in San Bernardino, CA, the supersleuths uncovered "a much more serious crime."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/16/3276880-fox-news-punked-by-acorn</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/16/3276880-fox-news-punked-by-acorn</guid><category>politics</category><category>fox</category><category>acorn</category><category>breitbart</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:16:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Leader in Southern Somalia </title><description><![CDATA[American commandos killed one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on Monday, according to American and Somali officials, an indication of the Obama administration's willingness to use combat troops strategically against Al Qaeda&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/15/3271292-us-kills-top-qaeda-leader-in-southern-somalia-</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/15/3271292-us-kills-top-qaeda-leader-in-southern-somalia-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>war</category><category>terrorism</category><category>military</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>somalia</category><category>troops</category><category>saleh-ali-saleh-nabhan</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:58:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Today's Gmail problems</title><description><![CDATA[We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now — we are too, and we definitely feel your pain.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/01/3215473-todays-gmail-problems</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/01/3215473-todays-gmail-problems</guid><category>technology</category><category>google</category><category>email</category><category>gmail</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:36:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What Do Republicans Really Want in Healthcare?</title><description><![CDATA[ If the Republicans actually had a platform on healthcare reform, here's my version of what it might look like.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/20/3173194-what-do-republicans-really-want-in-healthcare</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/20/3173194-what-do-republicans-really-want-in-healthcare</guid><category>health</category><category>gop</category><category>healthcare</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:44:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Who is funding the Afghan Taliban? You don't want to know</title><description><![CDATA[It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/14/3153410-who-is-funding-the-afghan-taliban-you-dont-want-to-know</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/14/3153410-who-is-funding-the-afghan-taliban-you-dont-want-to-know</guid><category>world-news</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>taliban</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:47:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FL-Senate: Martinez to Resign</title><description><![CDATA[Florida Sen. Mel Martinez (R), who had previously announced he would not seek re-election in 2010, has now decided to resign his seat -- a move that will allow Gov.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/07/3128674-fl-senate-martinez-to-resign</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/07/3128674-fl-senate-martinez-to-resign</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>senate</category><category>florida</category><category>martinez</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:12:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Era of Trans-Arctic Shipping Nigh</title><description><![CDATA[Since 1553, when Sir Hugh Willoughby led an expedition north in search of a sea passage over Russia to the Far East, mariners have dreamed of such a shortcut.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/29/3086631-era-of-trans-arctic-shipping-nigh</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/29/3086631-era-of-trans-arctic-shipping-nigh</guid><category>world-news</category><category>ice</category><category>ocean</category><category>arctic</category><category>shipping</category><category>ice-sheet</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Hawaii born, insist Isle officials</title><description><![CDATA[In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawai'i's health director reiterated this afternoon that she has personally seen Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/28/3081361-obama-hawaii-born-insist-isle-officials</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/28/3081361-obama-hawaii-born-insist-isle-officials</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>hawaii</category><category>citizen</category><category>birthers</category><category>birth-certificate</category><category>natural-born</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:44:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DHS Building Infectious Disease Research Facility in Tornado Alley</title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/28/3080702-dhs-building-infectious-disease-research-facility-in-tornado-alley</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/28/3080702-dhs-building-infectious-disease-research-facility-in-tornado-alley</guid><category>politics</category><category>disease</category><category>disaster</category><category>dhs</category><category>tornado</category><category>infectious-disease</category><category>plum-island</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:46:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Relive Apollo 11 in Real Time on the Web</title><description><![CDATA[There are very few political speeches that touch me in the way that JFK's We choose to go to the moon does. Seven years later, Humanity's biggest daydream became a reality. Today you can follow the adventure in real time.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/14/3025462-relive-apollo-11-in-real-time-on-the-web</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/14/3025462-relive-apollo-11-in-real-time-on-the-web</guid><category>science</category><category>space</category><category>moon</category><category>rocket</category><category>jfk</category><category>apollo</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:03:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rupert Murdoch reporters in the UK illegally hacked thousands of peoples' data</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3011186-rupert-murdoch-reporters-in-the-uk-illegally-hacked-thousands-of-peoples-data</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3011186-rupert-murdoch-reporters-in-the-uk-illegally-hacked-thousands-of-peoples-data</guid><category>world-news</category><category>uk</category><category>privacy</category><category>illegal</category><category>hacking</category><category>rupert-murdoch</category><category>news-corp</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:29:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>CIA has misled Congress repeatedly since 2001</title><description><![CDATA[CIA Director Leon Panetta recently testified to Congress that the agency concealed information and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, according to a letter from seven House Democrats to Panetta made public Wednesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KRich]]></dc:creator><link>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3010953-cia-has-misled-congress-repeatedly-since-2001</link><guid>http://bazards.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3010953-cia-has-misled-congress-repeatedly-since-2001</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>cia</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:54:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>