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.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “current events”

• No Longer a Soldier, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki Has a New Mission

  
  8Asians.com — Authority: 480
  No doubt by now, you’ve probably heard of the Fort Hurd murder rampage by Major Nidal Malik Hasan . This past Tuesday, the funeral for the thirteen fallen soldiers was held; in attendance along with President Obama was Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki . The Times does a nice profile of the challenges ...
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• A Threatening Population Trend & A Call To Action

  
  Crystal Clear Conservative — Authority: 132
  Guest Post by al Shaitan:This is a sobering video on the impending direction of the world’s population and culture:A Call to Action:Infect the women of the Islamic culture with good-old fashioned Western feminism (or the plain female entitlement mentality rife among so-called “conservative” women).Watch Muslim ...
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• What a Scotch drinker will go through to get his drink.

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 498
  Somethings just are funny. I love it when anyone would spend the money to test and decide if some simple and useless item is worthy to be renewed.. :D Quote: Drilling for Scotch whiskey on frozen continent... Hey when you are on a rock in the middle of nowhere you need something to pass the time. ...
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• Michelle Thompson who has Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 159
  by Brenda Same goes for her. There are plenty of toys to help her out (although I thought she climaxes from nothing, so she doesnt NEED the toys anyway). I can understand it must be exhausting for her though. She is the one climaxing constantly... go to newest post
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• The Set-up of Black America by the Media, Government and Corporations - Nov 16,2009

  
  Knowledge for LIFE (K4L) — Authority: 113
  I discuss how media, elements of Government and Corporations are setting Black America up for genocide. I also discuss the Honorable Louis Farrakhans speech, The Time and What Must Be Done! and current events that affect Black American and the Darker peoples of the Earth.
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• Ancient Penguin DNA Raises Doubts About Accuracy of Genetic Dating Techniques

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 520
  Adelie penguins have survived in Antarctica for thousands of years and are invaluable for genetic research.Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches have been ...
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• Gene Therapy Can Improve Muscle Mass and Strength in Monkeys, Research Suggests

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 520
  Cynomolgus macaque. New research in these primates suggests that a gene delivery strategy that produces follistatin can improve muscle mass and function.A study appearing in Science Translational Medicine puts scientists one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and ...
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• Bubbling Ball of Gas: SUNRISE Telescope Delivers Spectacular Pictures of Sun’s Surface

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 520
  The IMaX instrument not only depicts the solar surface, it also makes magnetic fields visible; these appear as black or white structures in the polarised light.The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation. Dark spots appear and disappear, ...
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• Westboro Baptist Church Now Targets Jews

  
  Unreasonable Faith — Authority: 591
  by Jesse Galef What do the Jews and the Gays have in common?  The horrid Westboro Baptist Church is protesting against both!  Sorry, that probably wasn’t as funny a punchline as you expected.  It does, however, have the advantage of being true. From a USA Today article : The change in focus has caught Jewish ...
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• Man charged in fatal crash stabbed on subway

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 159
  by martin14 I know everyone will cry, oh he shouldnt have done that, we arent barbarians we have rule of law blah blah blah... With the current state of Canadian courts,finding it hard to blame this guy. go to newest post
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• US Sub on top of the world

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 159
  by Akhenaten No, but our technology directly led to the weapon development in those countries. This is no secret. A quick google will prove my point. To wit: Quote: CANDU reactors are the only commercially available nuclear reactors that produce both plutonium and tritium. Indias first nuclear explosion in ...
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• Voting Opens For Angry Mermaid Award For Most Detrimental Climate Lobbying

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 520
  That’s one pissed fish!The damaging impacts of corporate lobbying on international efforts to fight climate change are exposed today with the announcement of the eight candidates for the Angry Mermaid Award 2009.The Angry Mermaid Award is named after the iconic Copenhagen mermaid who is angry about the destruction ...
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• 2nd UPDATE:IMF: Global Monetary System Working Reasonably Well

  
  LDS Mormon Forums — Authority: 161
  ARTICLE EXCERPT: International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Monday the dollar is likely to remain the worlds key reserve currency for "some time" and the global monetary system is working "reasonably well," as China again called for the international financial system to become more inclusive ...
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• Palin’s Memoir Reviewed by NYT

  
  EarlyWord: The Publisher | Librarian Connection — Authority: 537
  As prep for  Oprah’s sit-down with Sarah Palin today, you may want to read Michiko Kakutani’s review of her book (supposed embargoed until tomorrow, but widely leaked), under the headline, “Memoir is Palin’s Payback to McCain Campaign.”
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• Space-age powerboat to harass Japan whalers: activists

  
  CKA Canadian Forums — Authority: 159
  by ShepherdsDog This is one of the causes that I side with the Watsons of the World. Cetaceans are one of the few truly intelligent species on the planet and harvesting them for food is morally wrong. We have plenty of herd animals, whose sole purpose on this planet is to provide food for other animals. go to ...
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• Fort Hood Shootings; Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste

  
  Timothy Birdnow — Authority: 138
  Timothy Birdnow I was chatting about the Fort Hood attack with my brother Brian, and an old sore point arose; turns out that Sgt. Kimberly Munley was immediately credited as the hero, despite suffering from several gunshot wounds, but this turned out to be incorrect, and the real hero was a man - Sgt. Mark Todd.  ...
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• Gloucestershire: Today’s Update and Further Planned Action

  
  Dr Jim West — Authority: 633
  The students at Gloucestershire are still working to preserve their heritage and you can lend a hand by adding your voice to their planned protest scheduled for November 23rd .  I hope you will. Quite frankly I am a bit less than convinced that the University has any interest in hearing the Students or the Faculty ...
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• Have An Apple!

  
  Brown Cafe - UPS info for UPSers — Authority: 154
  How Do You Like Them Apples(tm)?
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• the truth comes out

  
  Who is John Galt? — Authority: 134
  From the Associated Press , on healthcare reform : When the AP poll questions were framed broadly, the answers seemed to indicate ample support for Obamas goals. When required trade-offs were brought into the equation, opinions shifted -- sometimes dramatically. ...The health care debate is full of such ...
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• Is Sarah Palin Going Rogue or Just Going Crazy?

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 136
   Sarah Palin gave Katie Couric the interview during the campaign because Katie Couric had “low self-esteem”? This is one of the claims Palin makes in her book. Palin contends “McCain campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace pushed for the now-famous Katie Couric interview because the CBS anchor needed a self-esteem ...
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