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”

• Working mom takes down meth ring

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 498
  Quote: Her husband was in prison, waiting out a 15-year sentence that he earned by selling methamphetamine out of his mechanic shop. Her kids were at home, missing their father. So she called the Omaha Police Department, and because she was a woman and spoke only Spanish, she talked to Detective Edith ...
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• Middle Class Shoplifting

  
  The Ben Lomond Free Press — Authority: 432
  Interesting article in this morning’s Telegraph: (The middle class) are responsible for a surge in the crime to new heights, the annual study by the Centre for Retail Research for retail security company Checkpoint Systems found. The average shoplifting ‘bill’ now tops £80, while shoplifting has risen by 20 ...
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• Lawrence Solomon: Top environmental group downplays global w

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 158
  by gigs Interesting. oh wait this is the National Post...theyre conservative....they made it all up ..................................... go to newest post
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• In Netherlands, where remembrance happens in May, Nov. 11 ba

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 158
  by martin14 The Dutch observe remembrance of the war dead on May 4. They celebrate Liberation Day on May 5. There is also a general Euro holiday on May 8, VE day. As a side note, Italy remembers Nov. 4, Slovakia and Spain not at all. Nov. 11 is for the British Commonwealth. go to newest post
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• The Team Obama Magic Show

  
  Samaritans Scalawags Scoundrels Fleecing the Sheep — Authority: 120
  A great magician like David Copperfield is successful because he can tell you of the illusion he is about to stupefy your mind with and is still able to offer up distractions that allow him to fool your mind into missing the reality behind the illusion. Team Obama along with attack dog Nancy Pelosi has just ...
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• A 21st Century Randian Doing God’s Work

  
  Philosophy On The Mesa — Authority: 124
  Ayn Rand wasn’t a big fan of religion or freepers who live off the public dime. But her acolytes seem to miss those nuances. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in the London Sunday Times was explaining why he and his fellow bankers are so talented and essential that the rest of us should just bow and scrape while ...
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• Ich bein ein Onion

  
  Pop Culture Junk Mail — Authority: 504
  Memories of the Berlin Wall coming down, Onion style : ""I recall it was really touching when the East German government bureaucrats were tearfully reunited with the West German government bureaucrats." On the serious side of things, back on that day, one New York Times writer scolded his German translator for ...
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• It’s raining?

  
  And Rightly So... — Authority: 417
  As Pelosi and Co. have since spewed for their abomination dressed up in the rags of liberty and freedom , I’d thought I’d link to a story that shows what it looks like with the rose-colored glasses of Hope and Change ™ removed. Stare into the loving, gentle embrace of universal insurance guaranteed and ...
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• Dueling Leaks on Hasan

  
  Fore Left! — Authority: 472
  It seems there are competing anonymous leaks between the major papers and networks on Hasans communication with radical Imam Aulaqi:A terrorism expert with access to information about the case cautioned against drawing any conclusions from Hasans communications with Aulaqi. The expert said it appears that Hasan may ...
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• Tonights festivities in Berlin

  
  Caminante, no hay camino — Authority: 127
  I never thought this wall would come down in my lifetime as it went up four years after I was born. Imagine....
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• Wir sind wir

  
  Caminante, no hay camino — Authority: 127
  Sung tonight at the ceremonies marking the fall of the Berlin Wall... here is the original track from 2004.
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• The Quotable Black Scholar: Pedro Noguera on Class and Black Identity Formation

  
  Black On Campus — Authority: 106
  Pedro Noguera *** “In many black communities, it is the ethos, the style, the orientation of poor black kids that influences middle-class black kids in ways that [are not] true for middle-class white kids. Most middle-class white kids don’t know poor white kids.” – NYU sociology of education Professor ...
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• Carrie Prejean sex tape

  
  OKCTalk — Authority: 149
  LOVE this. Looks like Carrie Prejean made a sex tape staring only herself. Schadenfreude! November 8, 11:50 PMAnaheim Celebrity Headlines ExaminerJodi Jill Carrie Prejean has been experiencing some minor difficulties on the home front. First, she lost the Miss California crown. Then she decided not to pursue a ...
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• South Korea, North Korea in naval skirmish

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 498
  There was a brief naval skirmish today between South Korea and North Korea. As Hyung-Jin Kim of the AP reports, ships "exchanged fire Tuesday" along their border. It is not the first time this sort of thing has happened; the last time having been in 2002.
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• Twenty years later

  
  Caminante, no hay camino — Authority: 127
  
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• A Few Thoughts On Relativism In The Wake Of The Fort Hood Shootings: The NY Times PTSD Theory

  
  Chris Navin — Authority: 124
  Full post here . (From Althouse, with interesting comments) There is an argument attached to the Hasan killings; namely that Hasan may have been giving signs of a belief in a more radical Islam that would conflict with his military duties (though it’s perhaps not reasonable to suspect that such extreme and violent ...
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• KIDZ IN SPACE on TV3 News:

  
  Move The Crowd — Authority: 127
  The costumes come off for Nightline... Check the piece that aired on 3News and the extended interview .
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• President Obama on the massacre at Fort Hood

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 498
  Did President Obama act insensitively as regarding the recent massacre at Fort Hood, Texas? Columnist Robert A. George seems to think so. Here is a sample of his views on the matter: "President Obama didnt wait long after Tuesdays devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but ...
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• US MBA grads face high unemployment rate

  
  PinoyMoneyTalk.com - Make Money Online, Stocks, Forex, Mutual Funds Philippines — Authority: 116
  In the past, graduates of MBA programs, especially in the US, are almost always assured of a job after graduation. The sad reality now, however, is that this is no longer true. A BusinessWeek magazine article seems to show that it is a bad time to graduate now since job recruitment has slowed down for most US MBA ...
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• Niece of Cleveland mayor lived with murder suspect Sowell

  
  MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Spiritual Sanctuary — Authority: 165
  Quote: Cleveland, Ohio (CNN) -- The niece of the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, once lived with murder suspect Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender charged with murder after the remains of 11 victims were found at his home, a spokeswoman for the mayor said Monday. Lori Frazier, niece of Mayor Frank ...
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