<?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 - Gulliver's Island's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>Gulliver has sailed into his rest.  Savage indignation there  cannot lacerate his breast.  Imitate him if you dare,  world-besotted traveller.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:37:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:37:28 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Obama and Gay Marriage: Thanks for Nothing</title>
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President Obama was finally politically cornered, including by the unscripted remarks of Vice President Biden. Anyone who attributes courage to Obama in making this announcement is in a bemused state of mind. Obama&rsquo;s calculation was electoral through and through. And the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11628798-obama-and-gay-marriage-thanks-for-nothing</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11628798-obama-and-gay-marriage-thanks-for-nothing</guid><category>gay-marriage</category><category>marriage</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gays</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>same-sex-marriage</category><category>lgbt</category><category>prop-8</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:37:25 +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=GulliversIslandE59FF9F0-AE40-0611-ED62-CFE70E44E075.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="110" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIslandE59FF9F0-AE40-0611-ED62-CFE70E44E075.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><item><title>America's idiot rich The 1 percent is complaining louder than ever. There can be no reasoning with people this irrational</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some unknown but alarming number of ultra-rich Americans are now  basically totally delusional and completely divorced from reality. This  is now an inescapable fact, confirmed by multiple media accounts of  billionaire thought and an entire special issue of the New York Times  M&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[btco]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[btco]]></source><link>http://btco.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11613913-americas-idiot-rich-the-1-percent-is-complaining-louder-than-ever-there-can-be-no-reasoning-with-people-this-irrational</link><guid>http://btco.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11613913-americas-idiot-rich-the-1-percent-is-complaining-louder-than-ever-there-can-be-no-reasoning-with-people-this-irrational</guid><category>us</category><category>elections</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 10:22:59 +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=btcoEAD01758-EE95-A82C-720C-809C31D24175.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=btcoEAD01758-EE95-A82C-720C-809C31D24175.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>How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet</title>
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Legal and technology researchers estimate that it would take about a month for Internet users to read the privacy policies of all the Web sites they visit in a year. So in the interest of time, here is the deal: You know that dream where you suddenly realize you&rsquo;re stark &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11520627-how-to-muddy-your-tracks-on-the-internet</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11520627-how-to-muddy-your-tracks-on-the-internet</guid><category>technology</category><category>privacy</category><category>computer-security</category><category>computers-and-the-internet</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 14:36:30 +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=GulliversIsland66DACEC8-38F0-B831-F866-EF04E7A49072.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland66DACEC8-38F0-B831-F866-EF04E7A49072.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Target, Upset With Amazon, Will Stop Selling Kindles </title>
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Target, signaling its growing irritation with its rival Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it would stop selling the online retailer&rsquo;s Kindle e-readers. Enlarge This Image
Matthew Staver/Bloomberg News Unpacking Kindle Fires at a Target in Denver in November. Target has&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518489-target-upset-with-amazon-will-stop-selling-kindles</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518489-target-upset-with-amazon-will-stop-selling-kindles</guid><category>business</category><category>amazon-com-inc</category><category>target-corporation</category><category>shopping-and-retail</category><category>e-books-and-readers</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 12:04:44 +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>Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses</title>
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In what is shaping up as an academic Battle of the Titans &mdash; one that offers vast new learning opportunities for students around the world &mdash; Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday announced a new nonprofit partnership, known as edX, to off&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518454-harvard-and-mit-offer-free-online-courses</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11518454-harvard-and-mit-offer-free-online-courses</guid><category>education</category><category>harvard-university</category><category>e-learning</category><category>massachusetts-institute-of-technology</category><category>colleges-and-universities</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 12:02:24 +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>How to Destroy Education While Making a Trillion Dollars</title>
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The Vietnam War produced more than its share of iconic idiocies. Perhaps the most revelatory was the psychotic assertion of an army major explaining the U.S. bombing of the provincial hamlet of Ben Tre: &ldquo;We had to destroy the village in order to save it.&rdquo; If only su&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11462338-how-to-destroy-education-while-making-a-trillion-dollars</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11462338-how-to-destroy-education-while-making-a-trillion-dollars</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>politics</category><category>public-education</category><category>charter-schools</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:17:22 +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>Jimmy Kimmel Addresses Marijuana Legalization At White House Correspondents' Dinner 2012</title>
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While delivering his remarks at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner, comedian Jimmy Kimmel addressed the issue of marijuana legalization.
"What is with the marijuana crackdown? Seriously, what is the concern? We will deplete the nation's Funyun supply?" Kimmel said. "P&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11456629-jimmy-kimmel-addresses-marijuana-legalization-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2012</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11456629-jimmy-kimmel-addresses-marijuana-legalization-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>marijuana</category><category>video</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>pot</category><category>weed</category><category>jimmy-kimmel</category><category>politics-news</category><category>correspondents-dinner</category><category>white-house-correspondents-dinner</category><category>pot-legalization</category><category>whcd</category><category>obama-pot</category><category>white-house-correspondents-dinner-2012</category><category>2012-correspondents-dinner</category><category>2012-white-house-correspondents-dinner</category><category>correspondents-dinner-2012</category><category>jimmy-kimmel-whcd</category><category>jimmy-kimmel-whcd-marijuana</category><category>whcd-2012</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:41:04 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIslandEFAF852D-B338-AF00-CFB0-3C5190269A6A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIslandEFAF852D-B338-AF00-CFB0-3C5190269A6A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Secret Service probing foreign hard-partying allegations</title>
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(CBS News) WASHINGTON - The Secret Service sex scandal is getting wider.
The dispute over payment to a prostitute in Cartagena, Colombia, by a Secret Service agent has triggered new charges of hard partying and impropriety by agents around the globe.
Two weeks after the incid&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11439043-secret-service-probing-foreign-hard-partying-allegations</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11439043-secret-service-probing-foreign-hard-partying-allegations</guid><category>secret-service</category><category>us-news</category><category>prostitute-scandal</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:14:25 +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>Et Tu, Pelosi? : Nancy Pelosi Says She'd Back Simpson-Bowles Plan (VIDEO)</title>
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WASHINGTON -- Two progressive organizations have found themselves in the unusual position of being on the opposite side of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Over the course of the past two years, the former House Speaker has been the most significant obstacle to the ongoing&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11438934-et-tu-pelosi-nancy-pelosi-says-shed-back-simpson-bowles-plan-video</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/28/11438934-et-tu-pelosi-nancy-pelosi-says-shed-back-simpson-bowles-plan-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>video</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>politics-news</category><category>alan-simpson</category><category>credo</category><category>elections-2012</category><category>social-security-works</category><category>simpson-bowles</category><category>erskin-bowles</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:04:41 +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=GulliversIslandC9D18322-3D26-9BB4-8D8A-4564463D8E8C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIslandC9D18322-3D26-9BB4-8D8A-4564463D8E8C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem</title>
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Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, was recently captured on video asserting that there are &ldquo;78 to 81&rdquo; Democrats in Congress who are members of the Communist Party. Of course, it&rsquo;s not unusual for some renegade lawmaker from either side of the aisle to say &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11434961-lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem</link><guid>http://killfile.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11434961-lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>fear</category><category>hate</category><category>republican</category><category>red-scare</category><category>election-news</category><category>election-2012</category><category>scare-politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:14:54 +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=killfile18802DDE-4CEA-9A5D-2E30-3BC1FD1CFAD8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="61" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=killfile18802DDE-4CEA-9A5D-2E30-3BC1FD1CFAD8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="61" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York's rent control</title>
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WASHINGTON &mdash; The Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to New York City's famed rent-control ordinance, a post-World War II housing measure that limits the rents of more than a million apartments.
The court's refusal Monday to hear the case is a setback for p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11371500-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-new-yorks-rent-control</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11371500-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-new-yorks-rent-control</guid><category>business</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>rent-control</category><category>rent-stabilization</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:22:53 +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>Shift on Executive Powers Let Obama Bypass Congress</title>
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WASHINGTON &mdash; One Saturday last fall, President Obama interrupted a White House strategy meeting to raise an issue not on the agenda. He declared, aides recalled, that the administration needed to more aggressively use executive power to govern in the face of Congressional&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11353348-shift-on-executive-powers-let-obama-bypass-congress</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11353348-shift-on-executive-powers-let-obama-bypass-congress</guid><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>united-states</category><category>republican-party</category><category>presidents</category><category>presidency</category><category>executive-orders</category><category>signing-statements</category><category>obama-barack</category><category>bush-george-w</category><category>grassley-charles-e</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:22:26 +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=GulliversIsland47E5BC0E-1C8F-DE1D-0F91-0BB7EB01C0FF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland47E5BC0E-1C8F-DE1D-0F91-0BB7EB01C0FF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Supreme Court Declines to Hear Rent-Control Challenge</title>
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WASHINGTON &ndash; The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of New York City&rsquo;s rent regulations. As is customary, the court&rsquo;s order gave no reasons, and there were no noted dissents.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11352828-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-rent-control-challenge</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11352828-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-rent-control-challenge</guid><category>business</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>rent-control</category><category>rent-stabilization</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:46:46 +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></item><item><title>Apple Security: Products Surprisingly Vulnerable, Studies Find</title>
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Alright, Apple fans, it's time to face the truth: Your Macs aren't as safe as you might think.
According to PCWorld, a report recently released by Internet security firm Trend Micro shows that Apple posted the highest number of reported security vulnerabilities during the firs&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11334015-apple-security-products-surprisingly-vulnerable-studies-find</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11334015-apple-security-products-surprisingly-vulnerable-studies-find</guid><category>technology</category><category>apple</category><category>video</category><category>cybersecurity</category><category>technology-news</category><category>apple-security</category><category>mac-security</category><category>mac-malware</category><category>mac-virus</category><category>flashback-trojan</category><category>apple-security-update</category><category>topicapple</category><category>trojan-mac</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:33:08 +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=GulliversIsland4727834D-6E11-F7E3-A17B-F59155056D16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland4727834D-6E11-F7E3-A17B-F59155056D16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>America the Christian Nation - Is Christianity the Basis for Liberty?</title>
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Recently, one of the first pennies ever produced by the U.S Mint was sold for over a million dollars. What&rsquo;s interesting about this penny is what it says and how it contradicts what some extreme elements of Christianity often say &ndash; that America is a Christian Nation.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grisham]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Grisham]]></source><link>http://Grisham.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11328905-america-the-christian-nation-is-christianity-the-basis-for-liberty</link><guid>http://Grisham.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/21/11328905-america-the-christian-nation-is-christianity-the-basis-for-liberty</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:55:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GrishamF86E4BC5-D2A2-AF93-4993-BD4807A03AE3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GrishamF86E4BC5-D2A2-AF93-4993-BD4807A03AE3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jeb Bush: I'd Consider Vice Presidency</title>
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Bush said he'd consider running if Romney were to ask him. But the former governor added that he's not sure running for vice president is the right thing for him and said he's doubtful he'd even receive the call.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11314383-jeb-bush-id-consider-vice-presidency</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11314383-jeb-bush-id-consider-vice-presidency</guid><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>jeb-bush</category><category>romney</category><category>politics-news</category><category>marco-rubio</category><category>elections-2012</category><category>mitt-romney-2012</category><category>jeb-bush-vp</category><category>jeb-bush-vice-presidency</category><category>rubio-vp</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:58:10 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland95345B0C-E11A-272D-C881-0B25A5155801.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland95345B0C-E11A-272D-C881-0B25A5155801.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MSNBC's Martin Bashir Condemns Mitt Romney To Hell With Book Of Mormon (VIDEO)</title>
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Then, he wondered how Romney would be punished for lying, and whipped out the religious text of Romney's faith.
&ldquo;In Section 63, in verse 17 of the Doctrine and Covenants of the Mormon Church we find this: &lsquo;All liars, and whosoever loveth and and maketh a lie, and t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11311406-msnbcs-martin-bashir-condemns-mitt-romney-to-hell-with-book-of-mormon-video</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11311406-msnbcs-martin-bashir-condemns-mitt-romney-to-hell-with-book-of-mormon-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>damned-liar</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:17:12 +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=GulliversIslandF7D1C64F-DDC3-E07C-76D3-01AC929DFA36.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIslandF7D1C64F-DDC3-E07C-76D3-01AC929DFA36.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Is Your Computer Infected? Here's a fix.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide may have been infected by hackers in an online advertising scam and may lose their ability to connect to the Internet on July 9.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11310328-is-your-computer-infected-heres-a-fix</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11310328-is-your-computer-infected-heres-a-fix</guid><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>politics</category><category>internet</category><category>woes</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:51:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d86aa051-0069-44cd-a553-09f30ba5a92a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d86aa051-0069-44cd-a553-09f30ba5a92a.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated handout image provided by The DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG) shows the webpage. It will only take a few clicks of the mouse. But for hundreds of thousands of computer users, those clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing their connections this July. (AP Photo/DNC Changer Working Group)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>State Assembly Takes Up Several Bill For Rent Protections For Tenants</title>
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With the U.S. Supreme Court still considering hearing a case about the city's rent laws, Democrats in the State Assembly are trying to strengthen rent protections for tenants, and a package of bills is currently moving through the chamber. NY1's Zack Fink filed the following re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11289520-state-assembly-takes-up-several-bill-for-rent-protections-for-tenants</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11289520-state-assembly-takes-up-several-bill-for-rent-protections-for-tenants</guid><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>rent-control</category><category>new-york-legislature</category><category>ret-stabilization</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:27:47 +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>Clayton Osbon, JetBlue Pilot, Plans To Plead Insanity (VIDEO)</title>
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Clayton Osbon, the JetBlue captain who experienced a mid-air meltdown on March 27, has plans to plead insanity in a Texas court, according to reports.
In a motion filed Wednesday, Osbon's attorneys alerted federal prosecutors that Osbon will state he was insane at the time of &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11271011-clayton-osbon-jetblue-pilot-plans-to-plead-insanity-video</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11271011-clayton-osbon-jetblue-pilot-plans-to-plead-insanity-video</guid><category>jetblue</category><category>video</category><category>us-news</category><category>travel-news</category><category>jetblue-pilot</category><category>clayton-osbon</category><category>clayton-osbon-insanity-plea</category><category>clayton-osbon-jetblue-pilot</category><category>jetblue-captain</category><category>jetblue-captain-goes-crazy</category><category>jetblue-pilot-panic-attack</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:39:14 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland7AB7F3DA-395C-46CA-9CC3-BD887DF9B0A7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland7AB7F3DA-395C-46CA-9CC3-BD887DF9B0A7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bad Social Security Journalism Causes Mass Misunderstandings Of Social Security, Apparently</title>
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Columbia Journalism Review's Trudy Lieberman has written a lengthy lamentation on the state of our Social Security journalism, and finds that the media -- mostly the Washington Post's Lori Montgomery, naturally! -- has performed a "dubious role" in shaping the debate over the p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11270864-bad-social-security-journalism-causes-mass-misunderstandings-of-social-security-apparently</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11270864-bad-social-security-journalism-causes-mass-misunderstandings-of-social-security-apparently</guid><category>politics</category><category>journalism</category><category>social-security</category><category>michael-bloomberg</category><category>media-criticism</category><category>fica</category><category>media-news</category><category>eat-the-press</category><category>columbia-journalism-review</category><category>new-york-city-pension-system</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:27:56 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIslandE0CC9E82-FE93-C266-F9CD-B535629F4A09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIslandE0CC9E82-FE93-C266-F9CD-B535629F4A09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Lieberman's Bill Would Affect Post Office Closures</title>
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the Postal Service would have to create a set of &ldquo;service standards&rdquo; on issues such as accessibility, which it then referenced when considering closing a post office.
The USPS would also have to give the public two months to comment on a proposed closure &mdash; mo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11252630-how-liebermans-bill-would-affect-post-office-closures</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11252630-how-liebermans-bill-would-affect-post-office-closures</guid><category>politics</category><category>internet</category><category>joe-lieberman</category><category>internet-access</category><category>u-s-postal-service</category><category>post-office-closures</category><category>post-offices</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:28:50 +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>Apple, Samsung Settlement Coming? Judge Orders CEOs Tim Cook, Choi Gee-Sung To Meet</title>
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd agreed that their chief executives would participate in settlement talks to try to resolve a patent lawsuit over smartphone and tablet technology, according to a court filing.
Apple sued Samsung in the United S&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11252566-apple-samsung-settlement-coming-judge-orders-ceos-tim-cook-choi-gee-sung-to-meet</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11252566-apple-samsung-settlement-coming-judge-orders-ceos-tim-cook-choi-gee-sung-to-meet</guid><category>technology</category><category>reuters</category><category>apple</category><category>technology-news</category><category>samsung-apple</category><category>apple-samsung</category><category>apple-samsung-settlement</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:22:15 +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=GulliversIsland9480E4A9-26DC-3D0C-FA04-FA0378C40924.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland9480E4A9-26DC-3D0C-FA04-FA0378C40924.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mitt Romney: I Wouldn't Put Dog On The Roof Again</title>
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DIANE SAWYER: As we move away from this primary campaign into the next phase -- again, on Yahoo, we got two questions most often, first about Seamus -- which as you know is out there forever -- would you do it again?
MITT ROMNEY: Certainly not with the attention it's received.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11234986-mitt-romney-i-wouldnt-put-dog-on-the-roof-again</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11234986-mitt-romney-i-wouldnt-put-dog-on-the-roof-again</guid><category>politics</category><category>seamus</category><category>politics-news</category><category>election-2012</category><category>elections-2012</category><category>mitt-romney-seamus</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:03:29 +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=GulliversIsland7C550BFE-2A6D-D6FA-FB5C-6D8349DB9C4C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland7C550BFE-2A6D-D6FA-FB5C-6D8349DB9C4C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Poll: Walker Regains Lead Over Barrett And Falk</title>
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A new Daily Kos/Public Policy Polling survey of Wisconsin shows Republican Gov. Scott Walker leading his Democratic challengers in the state's recall election.
Walker was tested against all four Democrats in the race: He leads Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett 50 percent to 46 per&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gulliver's Island]]></source><link>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11229850-poll-walker-regains-lead-over-barrett-and-falk</link><guid>http://GulliversIsland.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11229850-poll-walker-regains-lead-over-barrett-and-falk</guid><category>politics</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>scott-walker</category><category>polls</category><category>tom-barrett</category><category>kathleen-falk</category><category>doug-la-follette</category><category>wisconsin-recalls</category><category>wi-gov</category><category>kathleen-vinehout</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:41:44 +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=GulliversIsland1682546B-03B2-9A75-093D-7797BF87F87F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=GulliversIsland1682546B-03B2-9A75-093D-7797BF87F87F.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></channel></rss>
