Current Events

Current events are all about what's happening right now on a worldwide scale. In the early days of the blogosphere, mainstream media didn't realize that bloggers were reporting faster, and often better, on current events.  Some mainstream writers still think that way.  Current events aren't all about politics, but politics remain a driving force for a lot of bloggers.

Michelle Malkin's Hot Air is hot. From a different perspective, Mother Jones has crossed over from a 20th century magazine to 21st century media portal and blog.

If world leaders hitting their heads while boarding Air Force One crack you up, Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog is good for a laugh.  Check out more personal takes on current events at Patterico and Fausta's Blog.  For more things current, try news and current affairs.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Current Events”

• CAWs Controversial Afghanistan Ad

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 158
  by PluggyRug I wonder if the CAW has a stash of blue paint they want to sell. go to newest post
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• Canadas dirty oil needed on market: UN report

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 158
  by GreenTiger Develop the oil fields, we need it. go to newest post
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• Canadas Commander-in-chief

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 158
  by itsanalias She sure looked good decked out in uniform today and made all of Canadas troops proud to be serving under her. go to newest post
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• Tillers Killer Wants to Claim Justifiable Homocide to Prevent Abortion

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 166
  Scott Reoder confessed to killing abortion provider George Tiller, but has pled not guilty to threatening two ushers at the church who tried to stop him. He says the trial should focus on Tillers wrong doing, not his own actions. Lawyers say thats not going to work. Quote: On Monday, Roeder publicly ...
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• NY Times Article Details Just How Political the Fed Really Is

  
  Ron Paul Wins! | Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul - Blog — Authority: 578
  Under Attack, Fed Chief Studies Politics By Edmund Andrews | New York Times | November 10, 2009 WASHINGTON — With the Federal Reserve under more intense attack than at any time in decades, Ben S. Bernanke, the professorial chairman of the central bank, was schooled last month in how to handle the increased ...
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• A Guest Post: Stephanie Fisher With A Follow-Up on the Witherington/Sheffield Debate

  
  Dr Jim West — Authority: 623
  Stephanie writes It all started with the threatened closure of the biblical studies department at Sheffield University – at least the undergraduate programme – with staff offered early redundancies and no fresh faces to replace them. When the students, both religious and secular, found out, they united against ...
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• The Blue Dress Place of the Year 2009

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 565
  Michelle Rafferty, Publicity Assistant For more than 30 years of his life Albie Sachs lived as both lawyer and outlaw in an apartheid South Africa—working through the law in the public sphere, and against the law in the underground. As a result, he was detained in solitary confinement, tortured by sleep ...
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• US Military Release Detainees

  
  RedCafe.net — Authority: 535
  Finally the US military is moving away from detaining suspects for excessive amounts of time. The US Navy today announced that it has released a senior Al Qaeda terrorist after questioning him extensively for 27 days while being held prisoner aboard a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea . In a humanitarian ...
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• Insufficient and innapropriate

  
  ForumGarden — Authority: 156
  I happen to think this sentence is insufficient and inappropriate for what seems to be a serial offender. Not just of rape but of child rape. Just appalling. The public have to be defended from repeat offenders, primarily by initial appropriate sentencing and not relying on a board making some decision an a couple of ...
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• Veterans Day and the Road Ahead

  
  Fore Left! — Authority: 470
  This is a day to thank the many men and women who have served this nation in uniform through the years. Id particularly like to thank those who have signed up during times of ongoing threat, especially any whove signed up since Friday because of Friday. Bloggers can pontificate but they are not going to win any wars ...
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• Thank You, Veterans!

  
  Crystal Clear Conservative — Authority: 133
  A special thank you to my father and uncles, who served during Vietnam, and my late grandfather, who served during World War II.
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• Jennifer Lopez Sextape in a Movie?

  
  The Extreme John Blog — Authority: 544
  This might turn out to be a record slack off day for me today, I mean seriously I am about to write about a Jennifer Lopez sextape only a few short hours after writing my opinion on the Carrie Prejean sextape situation, I must have really gone insane.I find it pretty interesting that celebrity sex [...]
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• Rahm Emmanuel Suggests Ignoring Chicken Focusing on Egg

  
  Popehat — Authority: 605
  “No one should allow the issue of settlements to distract from the goal of a lasting peace between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab world,” that was White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel’s advice on the current breakdown of Arab-Israeli peace talks. That’s right, we shouldn’t allow the reason the ...
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• Kierkegaard’s Dead. What A Bummer

  
  Dr Jim West — Authority: 623
  The Danish philosopher/ theologian Soren Kierkegaard died on the 11th of November, 1855. I like Kierkegaard.  His books are challenging, sure, but loads and loads of fun.  His withering and merciless critique of all bogus and self serving spirituality and ‘christendom’ is very much worth reading in these ...
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• An Important Observation on the Gloucestershire Affair

  
  Dr Jim West — Authority: 623
  Duane the Abnormal notes In the larger picture of things, does it really make good sense to have an investment banker making academic decisions? Deputy Vice Chancellor (Operations) Paul Bowler is just that and he apparently has the lead in deciding who goes and who stays. In my view, if staff cuts are required and ...
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• Phoenix Temple passes another hurdle

  
  LDS Mormon Forums — Authority: 160
  The Phoenix temple rezoning proposal passed the Phoenix Planning Commission last night with a unanimous vote. The meeting was held in a 1300 seat auditorium and there were hundreds more who couldnt get it, most in favor of the temple. The City Council is set to vote on the porposal on December 2nd. LDS Temple ...
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• LDS church supports gay rights in SLC

  
  LDS Mormon Forums — Authority: 160
  Church supports Salt Lake City’s anti-discrimination ordinance | Universe.byu.edu I think this olive branch to the gay community was a good PR move, but it really isnt a shift in LDS doctrine or policy. The church has always been anti-discrimination.
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• Darling hubby has been under the weather for over a week now..

  
  ?o??????olqu??o? — Authority: 120
  His headache began late last Thursday before last (yes, October 29th) all weekend he was miserable.  I suggested he was having a migraine , but he didn’t think so.  He thought he had giant cell arteritis — his symptoms matched what he could find on the internet. He finally went to the doctor on Tuesday ...
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• Sierra Club weighs in on the California Water legislation

  
  Singlebarbed — Authority: 469
  While the California legislature and the Governator play the superlatives game; beaming smiles and back pats – sheathing their weapons temporarily while gushing meaningless platitudes about how hard it was to come to consensus, requiring real cleverness to disguise their pet projects and ritual looting of the ...
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• Children With Autism Show Slower Pupil Responses, Study Finds

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 519
  The Human eyeAutism affects an estimated 1 in 150 children today, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Despite its widespread effect, autism is not well understood and there are no objective medical tests to diagnose it. Recently, University of Missouri ...
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