Man facing jail over Hitler ringtone

Seeded on Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:23 PM EDT (ABC News Austria)

A German man is facing up to six months in jail for having a speech by Adolf Hitler as his mobile phone ringtone.

germany, free-speech, world-news, hitler, ring-tone

Documents show media plotting to kill stories about Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Seeded on Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:18 AM EDT (Daily Caller)

According to records obtained by The Daily Caller, at several points during the 2008 presidential campaign a group of liberal journalists took radical steps to protect their favored candidate.

politics, obama, media-bias, rev-wright

Netanyahu #1 in Poll of Most Influential Jews

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:21 PM EDT (JPost.com)

The office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has welcomed his selection as No. 1 in The Jerusalem Post's first annual list of "The 50 most influential Jews in the world," which is being published on Tuesday in our Shavuot supplement.

jewish, jews, world-news, netanyahu, bibi

Tests show no human fat in 'Nazi' soap

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:13 PM EDT (United Press International)

Officials in Montreal said they found no human remains in a swastika-imprinted bar of soap a store-owner alleged was made from Holocaust victims' fat.

world-news, holocaust-myth, human-soap

U.S. to contribute $150 million to Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:10 PM EDT (haaretz)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday announced the U.S. intends to contribute $15 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. The American contribution is subject to Congressional authorization, but if approved it will begin in 2012.

clinton, politics, holocaust, foreign-aid, auschwitz

Controversial Art: German Hotelier Lands in Court for Owning Hitler Portrait

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:04 PM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

A German hotel owner was taken to court after a guest spotted a portrait of Adolf Hitler on his wall.

germany, free-speech, world-news, hilter

U.S. "Audacity Of Hope" Boat To Bring Aid To Gaza By Breaking Israel Naval Blockade

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:39 AM EDT (The Indypendent)

Activists have launched a national campaign to send a U.S. boat to Gaza that will sail with a flotilla of ships from Europe, Canada, India, South Africa, and parts of the Middle East this fall. Participants hope to break through the three-year Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.

israel, gaza, obama, us-news, audacity-of-hope, gaza-aid, fotilla

Illegal Aliens: A Sense of Entitlement

Seeded on Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:39 PM EDT (Center for Immigration Studies)

Excerpt: After years of granting special treatment to illegal aliens, the state of Utah finally got around to accounting for all of the income earned by illegal aliens in a given family when determining eligibility for food stamps.

food-stamps, welfare, us-news, utah, illegal-immigration

World War I memorial to get stimulus-funded makeover

Seeded on Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:06 AM EDT (The Washington Times)

Restoration work is set to begin next month on the cracked and neglected District of Columbia War Memorial, which honors World War I veterans on the National Mall.

world-war-i, us-news, stimulus-spending

Let's Call Karl Rove Out On His (and Bush's) Lies

Seeded on Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:54 AM EDT (CounterPunch.org)

Karl Rove said in a recent WSJ piece: "Seven years ago today, in a speech on the Iraq war, Sen. Ted Kennedy fired the first shot in an all-out assault on President George W. Bush's integrity."

rove, politics, kennedy, karl-rove, bush-43, wmd-lies, iraq-lies

The Russian Agents, Obama, and the Cover-up

Seeded on Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:44 AM EDT (Accuracy In Media)

Just before the scandal broke, a $4 billion deal had been announced between Boeing and a Russian firm.

politics, obama, us-russia, russian-spies, spy-swap

Netanyahu admits on video he deceived US to destroy Oslo accord

Seeded on Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:24 AM EDT (The National Newspaper)

On a visit to a home in the settlement of Ofra in the West Bank to pay condolences to the family of a man killed in a Palestinian shooting attack, he makes a series of unguarded admissions about his first period as prime minister, from 1996 to 1999.

israel, bill-clinton, obama, world-news, netanyahu, oslo-peace-accords

The 65th Anniversary of the Nuclear Age

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:16 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

July 16, 1945 marked the beginning of the Nuclear Age. On that day, the United States conducted the first explosive test of an atomic device. The test was code-named Trinity and took place at the Alamogordo Test Range in New Mexico's Jornada del Muerto Desert.

nuclear, us-news, atomic, a-bomb

States rally to Defense of Arizona's Immigration Law

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:11 PM EDT (Politico)

Eight states announced Wednesday that they are backing Arizona in the federal government's lawsuit against the state attempting to block the implementation of its controversial immigration law.

arizona, immigration, politics, illegal-immigration, az-lawsuit, doj-lawsuit

GOP fights Justice Dept's lawsuit against Arizona's Immigration Law

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:44 PM EDT (Politico)

As Arizona's controversial immigration law enters the courtroom, Capitol Hill Republicans are trying to intervene in the legal brawl.

arizona, immigration, politics, gop, republicans, doj

$410k To Teach Drug Addicts Chinese Meditation

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:39 AM EDT (Judicial Watch)

In yet another reprehensible waste of public resources, the U.S. government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to study the effects of Chinese meditation on drug addicts.

politics

Egypt to build four nuclear power plants by 2025

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:10 AM EDT (newsystocks.com)

Egypt has decided to build four nuclear power plants by 2025, Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes said.

energy, egypt, middle-east, nuclear, nuclear-power, world-news

Full List of Stuff White People Like

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:19 AM EDT (Stuff White People Like)

#10 Wes Anderson Movies #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside #8 Barack Obama #7 Diversity #6 Organic Food #5 Farmer's Markets #4 Assists #3 Film Festivals #2 Religions their parents don't belong to #1 Coffee (go to link for the complete list)

us-news, white-people

Why Don't Black People Camp?

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:06 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Holidays under canvas just don't seem to appeal to Brits from ethnic minorities. But why?

science, culture, camping, race-relations

Small Town America Transformed By Somali Migrants

Seeded on Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:55 AM EDT (Family Security Matters)

Newly arrived Somali immigrants have transformed small towns and cities throughout the United States into tuulas (Somali villages). The process is underway in such places as Lewiston, Maine; Shelbyville, Tennessee, St.

immigration, refugees, us-news, cultural

Ron Paul says U.S. spends $1 trillion on foreign policy

Seeded on Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:44 PM EDT (Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National)

Steele does, however, have at least one defender: Ron Paul, an outspoken Republican representative from Texas and a former presidential candidate.

politics, military-spending, ron-paul

India's 'Lost' Jews Seek A Place In Israel

Seeded on Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:50 PM EDT (NPR)

Every year, Jews from around the world migrate to Israel, a process known as aliyah, a Hebrew word meaning "ascent." But for the Bnei Menashe community of India, who believe they are descendents of one of the 10 lost tribes of ancient Israel, the road has been long and fraught wi …

israel, india, jewish, world-news