<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Bart Gruzalski's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>The Inner and Outer must be aligned for any progress inwards or outwards--reflections from the Buddha, Plato, Epictetus, Mahatma Gandhi</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:17:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>How badly has fracking polluted drinking water in Dimock, Pennsylvania</title>
<description><![CDATA[The trouble started in 2008, when the wells used by several Dimock   families were contaminated with methane. In 2009, fracking firm Cabot Oil &amp; Gas was fined by state regulators for contaminating the wells with methane   while fracking underground. Cabot routinely denies cau&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11736737-how-badly-has-fracking-polluted-drinking-water-in-dimock-pennsylvania</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11736737-how-badly-has-fracking-polluted-drinking-water-in-dimock-pennsylvania</guid><category>environment</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:59:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiB672A57B-FB2B-7799-D929-4E6FAFD13D3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="487" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiB672A57B-FB2B-7799-D929-4E6FAFD13D3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="190" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BREAKING: The Third Party National Group &quot;Americans Elect&quot; drops out: Is this a Sign of the Demise of  Democracy in America? </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11733261-breaking-the-third-party-national-group-americans-elect-drops-out-is-this-a-sign-of-the-demise-of-democracy-in-america</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11733261-breaking-the-third-party-national-group-americans-elect-drops-out-is-this-a-sign-of-the-demise-of-democracy-in-america</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:38:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski7D513212-88A7-2388-B043-08D43D478F1D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski7D513212-88A7-2388-B043-08D43D478F1D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>President Obama's Wealth Level Makes Him One of the Elite 1%</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account.&nbsp; "This is a checking account used by the president and the first lady," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage.
The president's other principal  assets&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[truthlover]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[truthlover]]></source><link>http://truthlover.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11731133-president-obamas-wealth-level-makes-him-one-of-the-elite-1</link><guid>http://truthlover.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11731133-president-obamas-wealth-level-makes-him-one-of-the-elite-1</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:47:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BREAKING: A Good Laugh for Us Fellow Viners (includes funny links to The Dictator)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Introducing The Dictator to   the Vine--we need laughs in the midst of this Great Recession, our   dueling candidates for president, death in Afghanistan, threats against   Iran, and the plunging Euro.
What is it with our obsession with satirising dictators? Thank the   Lord we &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11728455-breaking-a-good-laugh-for-us-fellow-viners-includes-funny-links-to-the-dictator</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11728455-breaking-a-good-laugh-for-us-fellow-viners-includes-funny-links-to-the-dictator</guid><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:35:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski11003C61-9797-6A5A-04F0-F2B48EF1ABE8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="132" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski11003C61-9797-6A5A-04F0-F2B48EF1ABE8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Risky Chase Bet Gone South, a Lack of Oversight, and JPM Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon</title>
<description><![CDATA[While President Obama and his  Hollywood  apostles broke   fundraising records at a sumptuous $40,000 per  plate  dinner at George   Clooney's place, word of JPM Chase's 'mistake'  rippled  through the   news. Not long ago, Dimon's name was batted about  to become Treasury  Secre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11717014-a-risky-chase-bet-gone-south-a-lack-of-oversight-and-jpm-chase-chairman-jamie-dimon</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11717014-a-risky-chase-bet-gone-south-a-lack-of-oversight-and-jpm-chase-chairman-jamie-dimon</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:22:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski13113B97-C8CC-5042-DB8F-B65BA1FD5D1E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski13113B97-C8CC-5042-DB8F-B65BA1FD5D1E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren, Can She?</title>
<description><![CDATA[It will be entertainment, Brown versus Warren, though with very serious consequences.  The ordinary Massachusetts voters—the kind who doesn't tune in until the last minute—will have to choose between two story lines.  They will talk about it this way: he's a small-town Wren&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11716886-breaking-elizabeth-warren-can-she</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11716886-breaking-elizabeth-warren-can-she</guid><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:12:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiE4CEE7AC-92F9-2B74-819E-82722D84D2F7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiE4CEE7AC-92F9-2B74-819E-82722D84D2F7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Colonized by Corporations it is Time for Us to Rise Up with the OWS Movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[We are controlled by tiny corporate entities that have no loyalty to  the  nation and indeed in the language of traditional patriotism are   traitors. They strip us of our resources, keep us politically passive   and enrich themselves at our expense.  The colonized are denied jo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11713597-colonized-by-corporations-it-is-time-for-us-to-rise-up-with-the-ows-movement</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11713597-colonized-by-corporations-it-is-time-for-us-to-rise-up-with-the-ows-movement</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:10:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski236A1598-8402-D5FC-E2D5-CA67300E6627.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="110" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski236A1598-8402-D5FC-E2D5-CA67300E6627.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Obama Gave Rise to the Occupy Wall Street Movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Obama is twice over responsible for Occupy Wall Street's  existence. On the one hand, the failures and disappointments of his  administration have been well documented and have totally undercut his  campaign promises of hope and change, leaving former supporters  completely disil&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11688497-how-obama-gave-rise-to-the-occupy-wall-street-movement</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11688497-how-obama-gave-rise-to-the-occupy-wall-street-movement</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:52:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski6A2305AE-D215-493A-0D04-67FDFA694CA6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski6A2305AE-D215-493A-0D04-67FDFA694CA6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Duopoly of the United States of America: Democrats and Republicans working hard for the 1% (LIVE POLL)</title>
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Many folks on the Vine are comfortable with the claim that the likely Republican candidate will be working hard and furiously for the 1%. &nbsp;It doesn't take a lot to realize that the same is also true of the Obama Administration. &nbsp; While one can make excuses for Obama, t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11678509-the-duopoly-of-the-united-states-of-america-democrats-and-republicans-working-hard-for-the-1-live-poll</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11678509-the-duopoly-of-the-united-states-of-america-democrats-and-republicans-working-hard-for-the-1-live-poll</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>third-parties</category><category>duopoly</category><category>election-2012</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 23:17:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Baseball final forfeited because of girl at second base</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship baseball game wasn't played Thursday night because Mesa Prep's second baseman is a girl.
Paige Sultzbach, a freshman, is playing baseball because her high school doesn't offer girls softball. But the school Mesa Prep wa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jeremy-17]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jeremy-17]]></source><link>http://jeremy-17.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11672617-baseball-final-forfeited-because-of-girl-at-second-base</link><guid>http://jeremy-17.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11672617-baseball-final-forfeited-because-of-girl-at-second-base</guid><category>softball</category><category>baseball</category><category>sexism</category><category>us-news</category><category>segregation</category><category>indoctrination</category><category>school-atheletics</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 11:26:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama's presidency a disappointment around the world</title>
<description><![CDATA[Continued U.S. military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and Obama's failure to close Guantanamo Bay in the face of vehement congressional opposition have dashed European support for Obama.
In Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11670144-obamas-presidency-a-disappointment-around-the-world</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11670144-obamas-presidency-a-disappointment-around-the-world</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 07:24:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>JPMorgan Chase's $2 Billion Loss: Bank Hubris, Inadequate Regulation, and Nothing to Prevent another Meltdown</title>
<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan, like the nation&rsquo;s other big banks, is still engaged in activities that can provoke catastrophic losses and, as things now stand, luck is the only thing preventing another meltdown.
Bank regulators should start by adopting a forceful Volcker Rule. Proposed by Paul&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11668572-jpmorgan-chases-2-billion-loss-bank-hubris-inadequate-regulation-and-nothing-to-prevent-another-meltdown</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11668572-jpmorgan-chases-2-billion-loss-bank-hubris-inadequate-regulation-and-nothing-to-prevent-another-meltdown</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 04:57:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Israel: strong economically,  roughly 200 nucs, little threat from Iran,  more US aid, Netanyuahu government very much in control</title>
<description><![CDATA[The obsession with victimhood has prevented people in Israel and the   United States from focusing on the gravest threat to Israel's existence   as a Jewish and democratic state: demography. If there is no progress   toward a two-state solution, at some point Israel will not to&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11629683-israel-strong-economically-roughly-200-nucs-little-threat-from-iran-more-us-aid-netanyuahu-government-very-much-in-control</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11629683-israel-strong-economically-roughly-200-nucs-little-threat-from-iran-more-us-aid-netanyuahu-government-very-much-in-control</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:34:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiFB3C893B-A774-AA38-B856-59B2EF177D0C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="59" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiFB3C893B-A774-AA38-B856-59B2EF177D0C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Making Chemical Giants Happy and Wealthy at Our Financial, Health, and Environmental Expense </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11615200-making-chemical-giants-happy-and-wealthy-at-our-financial-health-and-environmental-expense</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11615200-making-chemical-giants-happy-and-wealthy-at-our-financial-health-and-environmental-expense</guid><category>business</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 11:45:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BREAKING: Support for Fracking from UK Environment Agency head Lord Smith; claim is fracking produces clean energy and is environmentally safe</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11614386-breaking-support-for-fracking-from-uk-environment-agency-head-lord-smith-claim-is-fracking-produces-clean-energy-and-is-environmentally-safe</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11614386-breaking-support-for-fracking-from-uk-environment-agency-head-lord-smith-claim-is-fracking-produces-clean-energy-and-is-environmentally-safe</guid><category>environment</category><category>not-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 10:52:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiE475BC77-D42B-4170-2958-6784E0080DFA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalskiE475BC77-D42B-4170-2958-6784E0080DFA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Truth is a major obstacle to Obama's reelection</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11611292-truth-is-a-major-obstacle-to-obamas-reelection</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/09/11611292-truth-is-a-major-obstacle-to-obamas-reelection</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>blame</category><category>democrat</category><category>truth</category><category>class-war</category><category>race-war</category><category>republicah</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 07:35:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BREAKING: The People's Bishop  is Arrested as an OWS activist calls it a Badge of Honor</title>
<description><![CDATA[''Arrests are not arrests anymore," Retired Episcopal Bishop  George Packard said. ''They are badges  of honor. They are, as you are  taken away with your comrades,  exhilarating. The  spirit is calling us  now into the streets, calling us  to reject the old  institutional  order&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11592044-breaking-the-peoples-bishop-is-arrested-as-an-ows-activist-calls-it-a-badge-of-honor</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11592044-breaking-the-peoples-bishop-is-arrested-as-an-ows-activist-calls-it-a-badge-of-honor</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 07:42:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski11D0FF3C-EAB7-E969-4B60-78ECA166D81D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski11D0FF3C-EAB7-E969-4B60-78ECA166D81D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bayer challenges India cancer drug ruling - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;India's patents chief ruled in March the price Bayer charged for the drug, Nexavar, was "exorbitant" and ordered the firm to give a so-called "compulsory licence" to make the medicine to Indian company Natco Pharma.
Bayer AG has challenged a ground-breaking Indian ruling t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11578867-bayer-challenges-india-cancer-drug-ruling-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11578867-bayer-challenges-india-cancer-drug-ruling-yahoo-news</guid><category>health</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2012 14:14:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski7C24944B-E5EC-D521-BE46-0DF8A65DB24D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski7C24944B-E5EC-D521-BE46-0DF8A65DB24D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations | World news | guardian.co.uk </title>
<description><![CDATA[A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step toward combatting continuing and systemic racial discrimination.
Close to a million people live on the US'&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567646-us-should-return-stolen-land-to-indian-tribes-says-united-nations-world-news-guardiancouk</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567646-us-should-return-stolen-land-to-indian-tribes-says-united-nations-world-news-guardiancouk</guid><category>history</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 22:06:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski4FA3FC33-FD46-2937-F2F1-6B6B13CBB1B1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="140" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski4FA3FC33-FD46-2937-F2F1-6B6B13CBB1B1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Brilliant pupil&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;logical&amp;#039; suicide - News - The Independent</title>
<description><![CDATA[A BRILLIANT schoolboy shot himself in the head after carefully calculating the benefits of life and deciding it was not worth living, an inquest was told yesterday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567374-brilliant-pupils-logical-suicide-news-the-independent</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11567374-brilliant-pupils-logical-suicide-news-the-independent</guid><category>health</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 21:24:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>33 Quotes About Conservatives/Republicans That Liberals Should Know About | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[We all know what conservatives/Republicans are like. It&rsquo;s just  unfortunate that they don&rsquo;t know it themselves. And if they do, that&rsquo;s  just sad. Many things have been said about conservatives, Republicans,  and conservatism. Most of it, of course, is bad but tr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11559436-33-quotes-about-conservativesrepublicans-that-liberals-should-know-about-addicting-info</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11559436-33-quotes-about-conservativesrepublicans-that-liberals-should-know-about-addicting-info</guid><category>quotes</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>humor</category><category>liberals</category><category>fdr</category><category>harry-truman</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 02:29:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3997898AA-CC95-6822-18E7-AD68CB55372B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3997898AA-CC95-6822-18E7-AD68CB55372B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Citing security, U.S. abandons consulate site in Afghanistan and $80M spent - The Washington Post</title>
<description><![CDATA[After signing a 10-year lease and spending more than $80 million on a  site envisioned as the United States' diplomatic hub in northern  Afghanistan, American officials say they have abandoned their plans,  deeming the location for the proposed compound too dangerous.
The emba&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11558663-citing-security-us-abandons-consulate-site-in-afghanistan-and-80m-spent-the-washington-post</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11558663-citing-security-us-abandons-consulate-site-in-afghanistan-and-80m-spent-the-washington-post</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 00:38:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski02D80170-C4DF-7A80-E892-C4A96B0A0F85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski02D80170-C4DF-7A80-E892-C4A96B0A0F85.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Police Strategy in New York - Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protesters</title>
<description><![CDATA[On March 17 there were numerous reported  cases of police  intentionally grabbing women&rsquo;s  breasts, and in later nightly evictions  from Union Square, the practice  became so systematic that at least one  woman told me her breasts were  grabbed by five different police  off&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11547052-new-police-strategy-in-new-york-sexual-assault-against-peaceful-protesters</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11547052-new-police-strategy-in-new-york-sexual-assault-against-peaceful-protesters</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 May 2012 04:12:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Plutocracy, Paralysis, Perplexity - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Before the Great Recession, I would sometimes give public lectures in  which I would talk about rising inequality, making the point that the  concentration of income at the top had reached levels not seen since  1929. Often, someone in the audience would ask whether this meant &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11544368-plutocracy-paralysis-perplexity-nytimescom</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11544368-plutocracy-paralysis-perplexity-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>the-economy</category><category>the-gop</category><category>political-dysfunction</category><category>republican-party-dominated-by-doctrines</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 23:23:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3C1ABCB8F-44B4-E79E-789D-A0F48CA673C1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand3C1ABCB8F-44B4-E79E-789D-A0F48CA673C1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BREAKING: US health care spending highest, Japan lowest: United States most expensive but not superior care for the money </title>
<description><![CDATA["Japan operates a fee-for-service  system, while offering   unrestricted access to specialists and hospitals  and a large supply of   MRI and CT scanners," said the report.
"Rather than containing costs by restricting access, Japan instead sets health care prices to keep total h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bart Gruzalski]]></source><link>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11539027-breaking-us-health-care-spending-highest-japan-lowest-united-states-most-expensive-but-not-superior-care-for-the-money</link><guid>http://bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/04/11539027-breaking-us-health-care-spending-highest-japan-lowest-united-states-most-expensive-but-not-superior-care-for-the-money</guid><category>health</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 15:14:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski9B33986B-964A-63EA-8961-9ABA88A164A0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bart-gruzalskibartgruzalski9B33986B-964A-63EA-8961-9ABA88A164A0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
