<?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/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - jade-log's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>W. BLAKE ROCKS.  SO DOES W. BURROUGHS</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 19:01:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 07:18:50 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Man charged with alleged threat to blow up Dem Party offices ~~~ The kill Obama song</title>
<description><![CDATA[William O. Diederich, 61, repeatedly threatened to shoot Democrats and those supporting the recall of Gov. Scott Walker in phone calls he made to the Democratic Party's office at 110 King St. in January, February and March, according to an affidavit by FBI agent Joseph Lavelle, f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/19/11771461-man-charged-with-alleged-threat-to-blow-up-dem-party-offices-the-kill-obama-song</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/19/11771461-man-charged-with-alleged-threat-to-blow-up-dem-party-offices-the-kill-obama-song</guid><category>assassination</category><category>politics</category><category>songs</category><category>doj</category><category>bomb-threat</category><category>at-and-t</category><category>concealed-carry-permit</category><category>press-obama</category><category>scott-walker-recall</category><category>dem-party-wisc</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 18:57:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log58C2495C-538A-9C1D-FB13-6B0C1D024F60.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="213" width="236" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log58C2495C-538A-9C1D-FB13-6B0C1D024F60.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>To Fight Inequality, Link Worker Pay to Corporate Taxes ~~~ Reduced Executive Pay</title>
<description><![CDATA[The tax code sets some basic priorities for the economy and society, so a better way to think about taxes is to ask, &ldquo;How can we improve the tax code to get the kind of economy we want?&rdquo;
If there&rsquo;s one thing we should want less of in our economy, it&rsquo;s ine&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11735313-to-fight-inequality-link-worker-pay-to-corporate-taxes-reduced-executive-pay</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11735313-to-fight-inequality-link-worker-pay-to-corporate-taxes-reduced-executive-pay</guid><category>economy</category><category>taxes</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>social-programs</category><category>the-rich</category><category>income-inquality</category><category>redistribution-of-income</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:48:53 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logFBA766FB-150C-6B44-7A0B-FEE58D26950D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="189" width="267" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logFBA766FB-150C-6B44-7A0B-FEE58D26950D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Five Facts That Put America to Shame ~~~ Closing the Golden Door</title>
<description><![CDATA["Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" These words, from poet Emma Lazarus, were inscribed on the Statue of Liberty over 100 years ago. Today the golden door has a lock on it, paid for with record profits from the health care&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11700223-five-facts-that-put-america-to-shame-closing-the-golden-door</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11700223-five-facts-that-put-america-to-shame-closing-the-golden-door</guid><category>unicef</category><category>politics</category><category>marijuana</category><category>population</category><category>goldman-sachs</category><category>infant-mortality</category><category>child-poverty</category><category>prison-sentences</category><category>private-prisons</category><category>insurance-cos</category><category>financial-fraud</category><category>healthcare-spending</category><category>big-phar</category><category>cons-dems</category><category>child-health-safety</category><category>college-grads-debt</category><category>mid-class-wealth</category><category>minority-assets</category><category>hosital-ad</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:33:49 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log77CDC646-ACFA-2DF1-1D53-DC653741B1C1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="221" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log77CDC646-ACFA-2DF1-1D53-DC653741B1C1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="124" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Colonized by Corporations ~~~ Karl Marx and the 'Lumpenproletariat'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The squabbles among the oppressed, the political campaigns between candidates who each are servants of colonial power, Gamer writes, absolve the actual centers of power from addressing the conditions that cause the frustrations of the people. Inequities, political disenfranchisem&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11698616-colonized-by-corporations-karl-marx-and-the-lumpenproletariat</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11698616-colonized-by-corporations-karl-marx-and-the-lumpenproletariat</guid><category>politics</category><category>power</category><category>unions</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>job-security</category><category>karl-marx</category><category>injustices</category><category>frustrations</category><category>pres-obama</category><category>inequities</category><category>corpersons</category><category>coporate-servants</category><category>political-disenfranchisement</category><category>crimnalzing-dissent</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:52 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logB9C5F679-E200-369C-523B-88559F61FE88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="168" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logB9C5F679-E200-369C-523B-88559F61FE88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oil Wars on the Horizon ~~~ National Wealth, Power, and Prestige</title>
<description><![CDATA[...what we are now seeing is a whole cluster of oil-related clashes stretching across the globe, involving a dozen or so countries, with more popping up all the time.&nbsp; Consider these flash-points as signals that we are entering an era of intensified conflict over energy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11647770-oil-wars-on-the-horizon-national-wealth-power-and-prestige</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11647770-oil-wars-on-the-horizon-national-wealth-power-and-prestige</guid><category>spain</category><category>iran</category><category>america</category><category>arabs</category><category>wars</category><category>politics</category><category>muslims</category><category>argentina</category><category>blacks</category><category>christians</category><category>egypt-israel</category><category>winston-churchill</category><category>falklands</category><category>war-policy</category><category>current-energy-sources</category><category>sudan-s-sudan</category><category>animists</category><category>s-china-seas</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:06:52 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log5C17B92D-B7C3-1A78-089B-A0E3231E007D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="275" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log5C17B92D-B7C3-1A78-089B-A0E3231E007D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rick Santorum on Obama Gay Marriage Endorsement: 'Charade is Over' ~~~ Healthy, Happy Children</title>
<description><![CDATA[What's notable about ex-Republican candidate Rick Santorum's response to Obama's endorsement of gay marriage today is that it's a different stance than most other Republicans.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11624500-rick-santorum-on-obama-gay-marriage-endorsement-charade-is-over-healthy-happy-children</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11624500-rick-santorum-on-obama-gay-marriage-endorsement-charade-is-over-healthy-happy-children</guid><category>scotus</category><category>marriage</category><category>politics</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>flip-flop</category><category>doma</category><category>gop-candidates</category><category>n-carolina</category><category>lgbts</category><category>pres-obama</category><category>pee-pees</category><category>rnc-chairman-reince-priebus</category><category>radical-social-engineering</category><category>one-m-w</category><category>society-cultural-elites</category><category>healthy-happy-children</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 23:17:31 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logB010DEFE-BFFF-7597-47FD-730A14376A7D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="241" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logB010DEFE-BFFF-7597-47FD-730A14376A7D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sex-Loving Evangelicals: A Ploy to Fill the Pews? ~~~ I'm Too Sexy for My Church</title>
<description><![CDATA[(the Texas megachurch pastor and wife who attracted international&nbsp;media attention&nbsp;at the beginning of this year for spending 24 hours in bed on the roof of their church) preached to the young, hip congregation about God&rsquo;s plan for intimacy. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11599595-sex-loving-evangelicals-a-ploy-to-fill-the-pews-im-too-sexy-for-my-church</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11599595-sex-loving-evangelicals-a-ploy-to-fill-the-pews-im-too-sexy-for-my-church</guid><category>nyc</category><category>politics</category><category>sex</category><category>jesus</category><category>mars-hill-church</category><category>wannabes</category><category>sex-loving-evan</category><category>young-hip-congregation</category><category>gods-intimacy-plan</category><category>ed-lisa-young</category><category>australian-pentacostals</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 16:20:49 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log477E29C2-4A42-2174-F954-B8B2CD559E18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log477E29C2-4A42-2174-F954-B8B2CD559E18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chris Van Hollen on how Democrats win the tax war ~~~ Automatic $5 Trillion in 10 Years</title>
<description><![CDATA[At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast roundtable with reporters on Tuesday, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the Dems&rsquo; top budget guy, explained the strategy: If Republicans don&rsquo;t budge, they&rsquo;ll be responsible for a much bigger tax increase when all the Bush tax&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11598496-chris-van-hollen-on-how-democrats-win-the-tax-war-automatic-5-trillion-in-10-years</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11598496-chris-van-hollen-on-how-democrats-win-the-tax-war-automatic-5-trillion-in-10-years</guid><category>politics</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>tax-revenues</category><category>sequester</category><category>bush-cuts</category><category>rep-chris-van-hollen-d-md</category><category>christ-sci-monitor</category><category>over-one-millioners</category><category>budget-deals</category><category>defense-discretionary-spending</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 15:00:01 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logDB9858A4-B933-AFD0-6CEE-597A60AF0C25.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="203" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logDB9858A4-B933-AFD0-6CEE-597A60AF0C25.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Aborting the Rebirth of Slick: Obama and the GOP's War on Cool ~~~ Ferris Beuller's Day Off</title>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend, Karl Rove's mom-and-pop PAC, American Crossroads, took a couple shiny quarters out of its $100 million billfold and gave the world "Obama Cool," a political attack ad that accuses Barack Obama of being cool.
This doesn't work on me, because I like cool @!$%#.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11506020-aborting-the-rebirth-of-slick-obama-and-the-gops-war-on-cool-ferris-beullers-day-off</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11506020-aborting-the-rebirth-of-slick-obama-and-the-gops-war-on-cool-ferris-beullers-day-off</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>guns</category><category>beer</category><category>bible</category><category>cool</category><category>hitler</category><category>radical</category><category>nyt</category><category>fake-id</category><category>factoids</category><category>caligula</category><category>al-green</category><category>pres-obama</category><category>al-greene</category><category>j-carter</category><category>k-rove</category><category>amer-crossroads</category><category>masters-phd</category><category>laon-debt</category><category>bozo-economics</category><category>lib-media</category><category>prezeey</category><category>ferris-beuller</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 19:12:08 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logA127A12F-5424-472E-F766-8614B3DA66E5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logA127A12F-5424-472E-F766-8614B3DA66E5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Vicious Cycle of Jihadism and Patriotism ~~~ 'What Is So Scary About Jihad?'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Most Americans would be surprised to learn that jihad shares many values with our concept of patriotism, and that it is a&nbsp;religious analogue to Western just war theory. There are considerations of&nbsp;jus ad bellum&nbsp;(just cause for war) and&nbsp;jus in bello&nbsp;(just &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11504827-the-vicious-cycle-of-jihadism-and-patriotism-what-is-so-scary-about-jihad</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11504827-the-vicious-cycle-of-jihadism-and-patriotism-what-is-so-scary-about-jihad</guid><category>politics</category><category>love</category><category>vietnam</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>patriotism</category><category>theology</category><category>self-defense</category><category>cultural-differences</category><category>agression</category><category>devotion</category><category>jihadism</category><category>just-war-theory</category><category>marine-boot-camp</category><category>jihad-al-akbar</category><category>foreignness</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 17:42:35 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log3381752A-7B7A-30EC-C150-53D59604A886.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="194" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log3381752A-7B7A-30EC-C150-53D59604A886.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Transgendered Widow Fights For Spousal Benefits ~~~ Man Marries Woman !!!</title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to same-sex marriage, there's a reason gay couples aren't flocking to Texas.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11503980-transgendered-widow-fights-for-spousal-benefits-man-marries-woman</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11503980-transgendered-widow-fights-for-spousal-benefits-man-marries-woman</guid><category>texas</category><category>politics</category><category>transgendered</category><category>annulment</category><category>death-benefits</category><category>sexual-reassignment-surgery</category><category>surviving-heirs</category><category>one-m-bucks</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 16:32:45 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log3E9D412D-0866-CB36-5963-1D3180516579.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log3E9D412D-0866-CB36-5963-1D3180516579.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PA ID Law Would Keep 93-Year-Old Who Marched With MLK From Voting ~~~ New Birthers?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 93-year-old has voted in almost every election since 1960. Her daughter was a public servant. She has five grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. She&rsquo;s a widow. She marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Macon, Georgia during t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11503516-pa-id-law-would-keep-93-year-old-who-marched-with-mlk-from-voting-new-birthers</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11503516-pa-id-law-would-keep-93-year-old-who-marched-with-mlk-from-voting-new-birthers</guid><category>fed</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>politics</category><category>aclu</category><category>mlk</category><category>birth-certificate</category><category>voter-rights-act</category><category>pa-voter-id</category><category>pa-constitution</category><category>transgender-id</category><category>hebrew-id</category><category>lim-mobility</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 15:53:32 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logDB9384E4-E0AF-FDEA-7894-019F14A2375A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logDB9384E4-E0AF-FDEA-7894-019F14A2375A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Anti-Gay Advocates Win: Grenell Resigns from Romney Campaign - The Washington Note</title>
<description><![CDATA[please ignore.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11494457-anti-gay-advocates-win-grenell-resigns-from-romney-campaign-the-washington-note</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11494457-anti-gay-advocates-win-grenell-resigns-from-romney-campaign-the-washington-note</guid><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 04:27:53 +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>Witch Hunt for the Zombie Voters ~~~ The GOP or the Democrats?</title>
<description><![CDATA[For a while, the GOP pointed to South Carolina, where Republican Gov. Nikki Haley said that "dead people" had somehow cast ballots in recent elections. But then the state's election commission investigated claims of 953 zombie voters and, um, well, never mind.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11493750-witch-hunt-for-the-zombie-voters-the-gop-or-the-democrats</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11493750-witch-hunt-for-the-zombie-voters-the-gop-or-the-democrats</guid><category>politics</category><category>lies</category><category>minorities</category><category>voter-fraud</category><category>dmv</category><category>witch-hunters</category><category>nikki-haley</category><category>voter-reg</category><category>elec-day</category><category>dems-cons</category><category>voters-id</category><category>zombie-voters</category><category>gov-bob-mcdonnell-r</category><category>ten-contested-votes</category><category>florida-two-thousand</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 03:18:14 +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>GOP [R-GA]: Ban On Pre-Existing Conditions Discrimination 'A Terrible Idea' ~~~ GOP Alternative?</title>
<description><![CDATA[A big complicating factor for the GOP is that scores of rank-and-file members want to repeal the law wholesale, without preserving the well-polling policies. That exposes them to specific questions about the merits of the law&rsquo;s keys provisions, and gets members like Price, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11493318-gop-r-ga-ban-on-pre-existing-conditions-discrimination-a-terrible-idea-gop-alternative</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11493318-gop-r-ga-ban-on-pre-existing-conditions-discrimination-a-terrible-idea-gop-alternative</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>obamacare</category><category>insurance-pools</category><category>tax-cred</category><category>healthy-peop</category><category>pre-existing-cond</category><category>ins-corp-practice</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 02:38:31 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logF275380C-CF11-D65C-76A3-E23C52C855CF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logF275380C-CF11-D65C-76A3-E23C52C855CF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jan Brewer for VP? ~~~ Getting the TeaParty Back on Board</title>
<description><![CDATA[The best candidates deliver votes that the nominee might not otherwise receive without convincing others to flee. Not too many safe choices fit the bill, and anyone who does would probably be considered a dark horse.
One name that hasn't received much attention &mdash; yet &mdas&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11492044-jan-brewer-for-vp-getting-the-teaparty-back-on-board</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11492044-jan-brewer-for-vp-getting-the-teaparty-back-on-board</guid><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>nixon</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>jeb-bush</category><category>cnn</category><category>mcgovern</category><category>palin</category><category>veep</category><category>marco-rubio</category><category>jan-brewer</category><category>j-napolitano</category><category>doj-obamacare</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 00:31:59 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log8BF56735-83DC-6BE1-8216-D6290A2854DE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="163" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log8BF56735-83DC-6BE1-8216-D6290A2854DE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="64" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rupert Murdoch's Fox broadcast licences targeted ~~~ 'Not a fit person'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Under FCC regulations, broadcast frequencies can only be handed to firms run by people of good "character" who serve the "public interest" and speak with "candor". In making that judgment, the FCC is entitled to consider past conduct of media owners, including conduct that does n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11491037-rupert-murdochs-fox-broadcast-licences-targeted-not-a-fit-person</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11491037-rupert-murdochs-fox-broadcast-licences-targeted-not-a-fit-person</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>fcc</category><category>crew</category><category>scandal</category><category>ethics</category><category>uk</category><category>hacking</category><category>character</category><category>public-interest</category><category>candor</category><category>global-bus</category><category>rupert-james-murdoch</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 22:36:27 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log3402250A-C111-B0B0-AE07-EF5472DE7E40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="205" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log3402250A-C111-B0B0-AE07-EF5472DE7E40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Public support of the Supreme Court hits 25-year low ~~~ The Two Camps</title>
<description><![CDATA[The increasing levels of disdain Americans hold toward government also extends to the Supreme Court, which&nbsp;according to a new Pew Research Center survey&nbsp;is at its&nbsp;lowest approval ratings in 25 years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11490450-public-support-of-the-supreme-court-hits-25-year-low-the-two-camps</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11490450-public-support-of-the-supreme-court-hits-25-year-low-the-two-camps</guid><category>scotus</category><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>george-w</category><category>voters</category><category>independents</category><category>polarization</category><category>ppp</category><category>pres-obama</category><category>dems-cons</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 21:25:46 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log85A09299-F01C-B389-FB62-DCB1BB6042E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="188" width="268" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log85A09299-F01C-B389-FB62-DCB1BB6042E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Five Tax Fallacies Invented by the 1% ~~~ $1.14 Quadrillian Derivative Transaction Tax?</title>
<description><![CDATA[(1) The Rich Pay Almost All the Taxes
That's simply not true. The percentage of total taxes paid by the very rich (the top 1%) is approximately the same as the percentage paid by middle class Americans (the 4th quintile, average income $68,700).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472029-five-tax-fallacies-invented-by-the-1-114-quadrillian-derivative-transaction-tax</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11472029-five-tax-fallacies-invented-by-the-1-114-quadrillian-derivative-transaction-tax</guid><category>treasury</category><category>economy</category><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>cbo</category><category>tax-havens</category><category>omb</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>the-rich</category><category>financial-transaction-tax</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:16:51 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log43574CBA-5D05-3936-4E1E-4C5808D52A9A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="159" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log43574CBA-5D05-3936-4E1E-4C5808D52A9A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="240" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>First Ads Go Up Against North Carolina's Anti-Gay Amendment 1 ~~~ Conservative Support Crumbling</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican legislators in North Carolina succeeded in putting Amendment 1 on the ballot for the May 8 election. The law is written so broadly that it would not only ban gay marriage, but civil unions and domestic partnerships not only for LGBT couples, but for straight couples as&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11394914-first-ads-go-up-against-north-carolinas-anti-gay-amendment-1-conservative-support-crumbling</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11394914-first-ads-go-up-against-north-carolinas-anti-gay-amendment-1-conservative-support-crumbling</guid><category>children</category><category>money</category><category>politics</category><category>ads</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>polls</category><category>cons</category><category>spousal-abuse</category><category>conventional-wisdom</category><category>lgbt-rights</category><category>health-ins</category><category>amendment-one</category><category>icky-gay-iss</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:05:28 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logBADAEC44-DC7E-9E7D-7FEB-A5B2FBD96549.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="170" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logBADAEC44-DC7E-9E7D-7FEB-A5B2FBD96549.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="210" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders ~~~ The World's Largest Police State</title>
<description><![CDATA[The nation&rsquo;s largest private prison company, the Corrections Corporation of America, is on a buying spree. With a war chest of $250 million, the corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, earlier this year sent letters to 48 states, offering to buy their p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11393681-private-prison-corporations-are-modern-day-slave-traders-the-worlds-largest-police-state</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11393681-private-prison-corporations-are-modern-day-slave-traders-the-worlds-largest-police-state</guid><category>sec</category><category>drugs</category><category>politics</category><category>profits</category><category>inmates</category><category>slaves</category><category>ny-stock-exchange</category><category>illegal-imm</category><category>priv-prisons</category><category>correctiion-corp-of-amer</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:36:57 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log1FF60C77-6573-19BE-DFB8-5A05321C0A50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="189" width="267" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log1FF60C77-6573-19BE-DFB8-5A05321C0A50.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>7 Surprising Facts About Ann Romney ~~~ 'Joy Therapy'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The resulting political firestorm brought heaps of attention to the 63-year-old Ann's role as a wife, mother of five, and grandmother of 16, and yet, many Americans still know surprisingly little about her. Here, seven intriguing facts and anecdotes about the woman who could be t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11312207-7-surprising-facts-about-ann-romney-joy-therapy</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11312207-7-surprising-facts-about-ann-romney-joy-therapy</guid><category>france</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>horses</category><category>multiple-sclerosis</category><category>arguments</category><category>mormonism</category><category>ann-romney</category><category>bloomfield-hills</category><category>pres-nominee</category><category>political-wife</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:25:26 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logB8DC581B-47E6-0FF4-7364-F6F83222B669.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="201" width="251" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-logB8DC581B-47E6-0FF4-7364-F6F83222B669.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why the 2012 election is set to break all the rules ~~~ Gods of campaign research</title>
<description><![CDATA[You might have read this headline a week ago, "Bruising Primary Has Put Romney in 'Historically Weak' Position", and then this one, "By Historic Standards, Obama is in Trouble", by the same author. So, one of these rules has to be broken &hellip; right?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11273046-why-the-2012-election-is-set-to-break-all-the-rules-gods-of-campaign-research</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11273046-why-the-2012-election-is-set-to-break-all-the-rules-gods-of-campaign-research</guid><category>mormon</category><category>politics</category><category>gore</category><category>unemployment</category><category>re-election</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>primary</category><category>fdr</category><category>disposable-income</category><category>real-clear-politics</category><category>the-house</category><category>b-clinton</category><category>s-carolina</category><category>pres-obama</category><category>james-polk</category><category>incumbent-party</category><category>non-protestant</category><category>approval-polls</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:23:52 +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>The Citizens United Gang Executes a Corporate Coup D'etat ~~~ The Presidential Politics' Caper</title>
<description><![CDATA[A multimillionaire financier who was a top henchman in Bain Capital, Mitt Romney's old outfit of corporate plunderers, Conard is currently riding with the small but fearsome Citizens United Gang, which has taken over presidential politics in our country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11270319-the-citizens-united-gang-executes-a-corporate-coup-detat-the-presidential-politics-caper</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11270319-the-citizens-united-gang-executes-a-corporate-coup-detat-the-presidential-politics-caper</guid><category>politics</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>pacs</category><category>muggers</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>ed-gillespie</category><category>pres-obama</category><category>uber-rich</category><category>james-gang</category><category>cit-united</category><category>restore-our-future</category><category>w-spann</category><category>neg-ads</category><category>norquist-blood-oath</category><category>texas-billionaires</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:52:52 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log6C017DE0-FF74-5086-3131-2D19DE2C67D4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="254" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log6C017DE0-FF74-5086-3131-2D19DE2C67D4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scott Walker Releases Ads Blaming His Democratic Opponents for Job Losses That Are His Fault ~~~ Attacking and Distorting</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) released ads against his top two Democratic rivals in his recall election, blaming them for job losses that are much more likely the fault of his own policies and the national policies of his party before Barack Obama came to office. During his ten&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11267615-scott-walker-releases-ads-blaming-his-democratic-opponents-for-job-losses-that-are-his-fault-attacking-and-distorting</link><guid>http://jade-log.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11267615-scott-walker-releases-ads-blaming-his-democratic-opponents-for-job-losses-that-are-his-fault-attacking-and-distorting</guid><category>politics</category><category>recall</category><category>desperate</category><category>scott-walker</category><category>failure</category><category>job-losses</category><category>hypocricy</category><category>tom-barrett</category><category>pres-obama</category><category>kathleen-falk</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:20:46 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log91F2DE7F-6F72-E617-657A-C68587E1F3B9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="272" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log91F2DE7F-6F72-E617-657A-C68587E1F3B9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
