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Jade-log is the real deal and on my watchlist. The 60's is the new 40's I am told so hopefully we will read Jade-log's column for a long long time.
— luckydog

jade-log, like many on Newsvine, you do a great job of adding insight and perspective to the news of our time. Since the mainstream corporate media cannot write the news or connect the dots for fear of losing advertising dollars, it is our job to shine a light on the truth as citizen journalist - researchers, because if we don't, who will? Keep up the excellent work.
— tgolferman

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Does Jade-Log have anything to do with the actual stone Jade? Am I close? I am curious. Aimee
— Froggers

the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. wm. blake
— DeeJayMO

jade I am not generally the one that that makes those types of remarks without provocation. And to be honest there are those days that...

I do apologize to those civil individuals that I may have offended. But to those of you that make the remarks about revenge and we should do this to so and so, ect.

Why make those remarks? If I wanted to be bitter about some, I certainly could and have been. Bitterness is like a cancer that consumes us from the inside out. We all need to work at getting well, and making stupid remarks about past leaders, etc will not help!

I am attempting to grow and become a better person. But at times ... Again sorry, I should have better self-control.
— Oliver Shagnastey

I've always wondered this...

Is your avatar supposed to be Olbermann with a gun to his head?
— MrCerebellum

Grazie Jade-log.
— GoldenGateMami_Susi

Hello there jade-log. Not only do I wonder what your name means, I enjoy your posts.
— Samantha Gluck

I just read your comment on the GOP rejecting Pelosi's energy proposal. It was clear, thorough, informative and based on facts. How refreshing! I will definitely put you on my watchlist and am sending a friend invite. Thank you for your common sense.
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David Koch Admits to Helping Walker Big-Time ~~~ 'We're Going to Spend More'
Source: Common Dreams
“What Scott Walker is doing with the public unions in Wisconsin is critically important. He’s an impressive guy and he’s very courageous,” Koch explained in a recent conversation reported by the Palm Beach Post.
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Mississippi Legislature Trying Again For A Personhood Amendment ~~~ From Conception To Natural Death
Source: Talking Points Memo
Resolution 61 would “provide that the right to life is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person; to provide that the world ‘person’ applies to all human beings from conception to natural death.” Personhood bills effectively outlaw abortion, an …
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Believe It or Not, Santorum's Surge Is Scary ~~~ Nostalgia For Chauvinism, Authoritarianism And Unbearable Whiteness Of The 1950s.
Source: Common Dreams
The argument goes like this: Rick Santorum is such an implacable foe of modernity that casting a vote for him is only possible if one shares his nostalgia for the chauvinism, authoritarianism and unbearable whiteness of the 1950s.
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Santorum Takes Climate Change Denial To A Biblical Level ~~~ 'Absolute Travesty Of Scientific Research '
Source: Talking Points Memo
“We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth’s benefit,” Santorum told a Colorado crowd earlier this month.
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Joe Arpaio Opponent Mike Stauffer Suddenly Uninvited to Candidate Forum ~~~ Not for Tents
Source: Poenis New Times
Less than 24 hours away from a candidate forum in Sun City West that was supposed to host both Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his opponent Mike Stauffer, the Stauffer campaign tells New Times that he's been officially uninvited.
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David Koch Admits to Helping Walker Big-Time ~~~ 'We're Going to Spend More'

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:55 PM EST (Common Dreams)

“What Scott Walker is doing with the public unions in Wisconsin is critically important. He’s an impressive guy and he’s very courageous,” Koch explained in a recent conversation reported by the Palm Beach Post.

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Mississippi Legislature Trying Again For A Personhood Amendment ~~~ From Conception To Natural Death

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:51 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)

Resolution 61 would “provide that the right to life is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person; to provide that the world ‘person’ applies to all human beings from conception to natural death.” Personhood bills effectively outlaw abortion, an …

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Believe It or Not, Santorum's Surge Is Scary ~~~ Nostalgia For Chauvinism, Authoritarianism And Unbearable Whiteness Of The 1950s.

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:27 AM EST (Common Dreams)

The argument goes like this: Rick Santorum is such an implacable foe of modernity that casting a vote for him is only possible if one shares his nostalgia for the chauvinism, authoritarianism and unbearable whiteness of the 1950s.

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Santorum Takes Climate Change Denial To A Biblical Level ~~~ 'Absolute Travesty Of Scientific Research '

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:48 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)

“We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth’s benefit,” Santorum told a Colorado crowd earlier this month.

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Joe Arpaio Opponent Mike Stauffer Suddenly Uninvited to Candidate Forum ~~~ Not for Tents

Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:17 PM EST (Poenis New Times)

Less than 24 hours away from a candidate forum in Sun City West that was supposed to host both Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his opponent Mike Stauffer, the Stauffer campaign tells New Times that he's been officially uninvited.

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Hundreds at Virginia Capitol for women's rights rally ~~~ Trans-Vaginal

Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:29 PM EST (Richmond Times Dispatch)

With hundreds protesting outside the Capitol, the House of Delegates delayed multiple contentious bills that appeared poised for final passage today. The chamber pushed back votes on a measure that would require an ultrasound of all women considering an abortion as well as adopt …

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In weaving faith into campaign, Santorum resorts to chiding opponents ~~~ Pope Benedict XVI

Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:15 PM EST (The Washington Post)

As his campaign surges, Rick Santorum is testing an untested model for incorporating religion into his message. He is betting that Americans want a president who uses faith not just to inspire — but also to judge.

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US Constitution: The Bishops Don't Get a Veto ~~~ Religious Coercion and Dogma

Seeded on Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:30 PM EST (Technorati)

The first thing you need to know is that bishops don’t get a veto. Given the hyperbolic rhetoric now spewing from the likes of Boehner, Gingrich and Santorum, you could be forgiven for believing that churches have constitutional protections. They don’t.

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What Is the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform Act ~~~ What The Hell Is Glass-Steagall?

Seeded on Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:46 AM EST (About.comNews & IssuesUS Economy)

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act was the most comprehensive financial reform since the Glass-Steagall Act. Like Glass-Steagall, it sought to regulate the financial markets and make another economic crisis less likely.

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Why MSNBC Dumped Pat Buchanan: His 10 Most Outrageous Statements ~~~ Headed for FOX?

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:45 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Calls for Buchanan’s firing by groups like Color of Change, Credo, and Media Matters had been loud and growing, following years of controversial, offensive and outright bigoted statements made by Buchanan without apology or remorse.

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At funeral, BeBe Winans quips he'll miss 'crazy Whitney' ~~~ The Black Baptist Church Going Home

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:15 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Whitney Houston's funeral, described as a "home going celebration," is unfolding in her childhood church with gospel tributes and eulogies from celebrities, including Kevin Costner, who described her as “beautiful as a woman could be.”Gospel singer BeBe Winans said he …

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'Game Change': Since Palin choice, political lessons learned ~~~ 'The prism of political preparedness'

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:21 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

"The vetting process did not disclose what would become obvious afterward," Schmidt said in the phone interview from his home in Lake Tahoe.

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Santorum is big labor? Pa. union leaders say 'ridiculous' ~~~ 'He's an arrogant guy'

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:43 AM EST (The L.A. Times)

This week the Romney campaign, directly and through surrogates, have attacked Rick Santorum as “big labor’s favorite senator.” But that’s not how Pennsylvania labor leaders remember their former senator.

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Kansas Statehouse: Explosives called fireworks ~~~ Domestic Terrorism in the Big MO

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:58 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Note to future visitors of the Kansas State Capitol: Next time, you might want to leave your improvised explosive devices at home. Even if they’re, um, fireworks. Police are still mum about the particulars of a Wednesday bomb scare in which they reenacted “Hurt Lock …

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Conservative Radio Host Accused of Hit and Run at Gay Bar ~~~ 'Some People Want You to be Crushed'

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:11 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)

Although police initially declined to press charges against Michael Berry, at least two witnesses have come forward and video evidence places him at the club around the time of the accident. "Videos don't lie," T.C.'s Show Bar bouncer Tuderia Bennett, the victim of the hit and r …

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Important Labor Victories In Arizona, Colorado and Pennsylvania ~~~ GOP Governors and Legislatures Are Hostile

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:21 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)

State Arizona Republicans acknowledged they don’t have enough votes to pass the bill. The collective bargaining bills were written with the help of the Goldwater Institute. The group flew in union-busting Governor Scott Walker from Wisconsin for an event late last year.

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Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum sell nostalgia in Michigan ~~~ 'Gauzy imagery from a bygone era'

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:03 PM EST (Politico)

For Romney, that means waxing sentimental about his family’s storied Michigan history — reminding voters of an earlier moment when his dad, George Romney, was a titan in the booming auto industry and the governor of a prosperous state.

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Republican image on taxes takes a hit ~~~ Shifting Heavily Against the Republicans

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:45 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Republicans ... argued that the payroll tax reduction, unlike other tax cuts, wouldn't pay for itself by spurring the economy and thus should be paid for with spending cuts. Others said it was a bad time to allow any tax to rise.

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Liberal Lunch Nazis Force Innocent Little Girl to Eat Chicken Nuggets! ~~~ Nutritious Family-Packed meals?

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:18 PM EST (MotherJones.com)

... a little girl who was enrolled in Raleigh's "More at Four" Pre-K program came to school a few days ago without any milk, so someone — teacher's aide? cafeteria worker? who knows? — told her to go through the lunch line and get some.

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Media Research Center Intensifies Campaign Against Glee ~~~ 'Pushing Homosexual Propaganda On Its Viewers'

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:12 PM EST (Right Wing Watch)

... once again attacking the show Glee for its portrayal of gay and bisexual characters.

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MSNBC drops Pat Buchanan ~~~ 'Incessant Clamor from the Left'

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:14 PM EST (Politico)

Longtime political analyst Pat Buchanan is being dropped by MSNBC as a result of the controversy surrounding his book, “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” “After 10 years, we have decided to part ways with Pat Buchanan.

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Chris Christie set to veto gay marriage bill ~~~ Gov Christine-Gregoire says yes

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:12 PM EST (Politico)

The state Assembly vote, 42-33, came after more than two hours of debate, The Associated Press reported. Christie, a Republican who favors a statewide referendum on the issue, has vowed a veto.

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CitiGroup Whistleblower: 'Brute Force' Used To Hide Bad Loans ~~~ The Annual Hookers-And-Blow Budget

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:16 AM EST (Crooks and Liars)

Four years after rotten mortgages helped trigger a global financial crisis, Sherry Hunt said her Citigroup Inc. quality-control team was still finding flaws in new loans that included altered tax forms, straw buyers and borrowers who listed fictitious employers.

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TV news host tells Rep. Waters to 'step away from the crack pipe' ~~~ Also insults Whitney Houston

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:55 AM EST (TheHill.com)

Fox News host Eric Bolling caused gasps around The Couch when he told Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) to learn a lesson from Whitney Houston and "step away from the crack pipe" during Thursday morning's edition of Fox and Friends.

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