Current affairs

Current affairs, sometimes called current events, are the cultural, political, and social events of importance and interest in the present time. Current affairs can be found offline in declining print media, on various online news and opinion publications, on television news or opinion shows, and on the radio.

Blogs are also a good source for current affairs, from foreign affairs, to political commentary and satirical looks at the events of the day. Online magazines are also fast becoming a way to get your current affairs, from all genres, in one place.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Current affairs”

• Ive been trying to not raise my blood pressure, but...

  
  the defeatists! — Authority: 513
  This goddamn woman is going to kill me.  I kept thinking I should comment on the speech in Oslo, but I couldnt think of much to say.  I pretty much agreed with Obama, who pretty much agreed with everybody except the occasional mad pacifist-philosopher on the  just war argument. From Aristotle through Ricoeur, the ...
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• Does Living Green Really Matter?

  
  The Green Life — Authority: 479
  With the world’s attention focused on Copenhagen, the emphasis among people concerned about climate change right now is a worldwide political answer to the global crisis. And that makes sense – political action is likely key to solving the problem. But that focus has made some question whether living green is ...
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• Terrible tour guide jokes...Club Med to China...Air Canada Awards...2010 RVs

  
  Jim Byers' Travel Blog — Authority: 123
  Read an Agence France Presse story this morning that talked about how hundreds of tour guides from across Italy staged a demonstration in Rome on Thursday. Seems theyre ticked about a government proposal to bring in a "nationwide qualification" for being a tour guide. Apparently the government wants to have national ...
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• India ETN Faces Turbulence Overseas

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 560
  India’s  exchange traded note (ETN) India has been suspended from issuing new shares after regulators in the country banned the fund from trading offshore derivatives.Indian regulators barred iPath MSCI India (NYSEArca: INP) from trading offshore derivatives, which sheds new light on how...
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• My Friday Column: Convict in Clergys Clothing

  
  Burnettiquette — Authority: 103
  Another shady preacher in Miami gets slapped by a jury. The verdict in this case came this morning, less than 24-hours after I offered my opinion. Im not anti-religion. My fathers a minister. What Im against is clergy appearing to use the piety of formal religion to pursuade parishioners to support big lifestyles. ...
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• Palin v. Obama

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 547
  * BUMPED UP * Oh, this is good. You have probably have heard now that Obama’s approval numbers are down to 47% , but what you haven’t been hearing so much about are whose numbers are up. This headline pretty much says it all, Shocker Polls: That Sarah Palin-Barack Obama Gap Melts To 1 Point . The author can ...
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• Strong Retail Sales for November Lift ETFs

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 560
  The Commerce Department reported this morning that U.S. retail sales jumped 1.3% in November led by sales in autos, gasoline and electronics. Excluding auto and gasoline sales, core retail sales rose by 0.6%. This is a positive economic sign amid the holiday shopping season, as reported by AFP ....
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• Something For The Weekend 16

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 548
  As the country continues to sink in a sea of debt, doesn’t it just warm the cockles of your heart to learn that certain financial establishments in the City still seem hell-bent on doling out massive bonuses to staff who are already paid small fortunes?And isn’t the generally perceived smokescreen from bank chiefs ...
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• Keep using this quote!

  
  Matters of Opinion — Authority: 123
  Wasnt gonna blog this week [gotta work on Prospectus]. But I couldnt let this go unlinked: The Center of the Op-Ed Universe, The New York Times, Tuesday ran this piece by former Treasury Secy Paul O’Neill [right] -- Tear Down That House -- about how if President Obama is looking for things to spend money on to ...
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• Duggars Welcome #19 Much Too Soon

  
  Don't Get Me Started with Linda Sharp — Authority: 136
  You all know I dont understand procreating till your uterus falls out.  That I do not consider myself put here to be subservient to a man, or a broodmare for God. That being said, I also do not wish ill on someone who does. Michelle Duggar, pregnant with their 19th child, was admitted to the hospital for ...
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• WFMU Webcasts The entire BLIP FESTIVAL to your home computer - next week!

  
  WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Authority: 609
  WFMU will be webcasting this years edition of the amazing BLIP FESTIVAL in its entirety! Three days of pixelated madness LIVE from  The Bell House  in Brooklyn: Trash-bin symphonies and ray-chasing pixel pushers rule at the music and arts festival on December 17th, 18th, and 19th. ...
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• A Ringing Telephone Brings Some Happy News For Once

  
  Don't Get Me Started with Linda Sharp — Authority: 136
  Linda, The tone of this letter was actually going to be much different a few mins ago. Id reached my rock bottom. Unemployed since July, medical and other bills piling up and yesterday, my washer busted a major leak. I was about to write to you, hat in hand, to ask if you still had anything left in the Ask Virginia ...
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• Jenny, Youve Got His Number: 86753DIVORCE

  
  Don't Get Me Started with Linda Sharp — Authority: 136
  Well, the long and winding Appalachian Trail has led to something quite unexpected in the world of political cheating scandals. Jenny Sanford, betrayed wife of South Carolina Governor Mark My-Wife-Is-Not-My-Soulmate Sanford has publicly announced she is kicking his cheating ass to the curb. Dont cry for her, Miss ...
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• Operation HOPE’s Mortgage Crisis Hotline Helps Restructure $290 Million in Mortgage Loans in 2009

  
  John Hope Bryant — Authority: 137
       Operation HOPE’s Mortgage Crisis Hotline Helps Restructure $290 Million in Mortgage Loans in 2009 LOS ANGELES, CA - December 10, 2009 - With national unemployment rates at more than 10% and the effects of the housing crisis seeing millions of foreclosures across the nation, Operation ...
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• Vote Ron Paul: News Update 12-11-2009

  
  Teknosis — Authority: 145
  Ron Paul: Statement Introducing Free Competition In Currency Act On the desk in my office I have a sign that says: "Dont steal - the government hates competition." Indeed, any power a government arrogates to itself, it is loathe to...
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• Blogs, Twitter and a more accessible Media. Podcast interview: Mark Thompson, of Mark Reckons blog

  
  The Wardman Wire — Authority: 573
  We have teamed up with Charon QC to do a series of political podcasts. This podcast is an interview with Lib Dem Blogger Mark Thompson . Mark is a relatively new blogger, who has quickly come to a reasonable level of prominence in the blogosphere. In this interview Mark talks about himself, and how his blog has ...
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• For Monikka - Good Luck With The Interview!

  
  Don't Get Me Started with Linda Sharp — Authority: 136
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• Jenny Sanford files for divorce as her luv gov husband seeks another chance

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 820
  South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford -- who will be remembered in political history as the wife who  chose not to stand by her man as he disgraced himself in public -- filed for divorce this morning . Last summer her husband, Gov. Mark Sanford , confessed to lying to his staff about hiking on the Appalachian ...
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• RepMan, Sr., vs. RepMan, Jr.: A microcosm of the great American debate

  
  RepMan — Authority: 111
  Guest Post from Chris "RepMan, Jr." Cody RepMan and I take pleasure in discussing geopolitical issues with each other. Though we agree on many issues, President Obama’s decision to send an additional 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan has led to the most profound disagreement we’ve had in recent memory. RepMan ...
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• Dealing with holiday stress

  
  Coming Out Crazy — Authority: 114
  Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah . Christmas Day is two weeks from today. For the last three or four weeks, Ive been deluged with press-releases from public relations firms all over the continent offering to set up interviews for me with psychologists and other "experts" who will enlighten me – and you – ...
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