<?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 - Chris-735081's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>&quot;Answers are a luxury enjoyed only every now and then. So early on, learn to love the questions themselves.&quot;  --Neil deGrasse Tyson</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:49:55 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Physicist led China's dissident movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Fang Lizhi was a physicist whose instinctive independence of mind led him to a life of protest against communist rule in China; around him coalesced a dissident movement that culminated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
He was born in Beijing on Feb. 12, 1936. Somethin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11118467-physicist-led-chinas-dissident-movement</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/10/11118467-physicist-led-chinas-dissident-movement</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:49:52 +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>Stupid Design presented by Neil de Grasse Tyson</title>
<description><![CDATA[Neil does a really good job tearing down the argument for so-called "Intelligent Design". &nbsp;It's short and definitely worth watching.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10786304-stupid-design-presented-by-neil-de-grasse-tyson</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/21/10786304-stupid-design-presented-by-neil-de-grasse-tyson</guid><category>sports</category><category>intelligent-design</category><category>neil-de-grasse-tyson</category><category>stupid-design</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:14:52 +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=chris-ketchens4D8B8BBA-E34F-6771-DAA5-89FA350EE701.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="452" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens4D8B8BBA-E34F-6771-DAA5-89FA350EE701.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Atheist Recounts Pretending to be a Christian</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It was later in my life that I realized that I was not really a Christian that summer. I was pretending and &ldquo;searching.&rdquo; I was attending Sunday school and playing along in order to fit in with a theistic society in order to avoid retaliation. I was doing it because &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10777756-atheist-recounts-pretending-to-be-a-christian</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10777756-atheist-recounts-pretending-to-be-a-christian</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:30:00 +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>How a Christian Fighter Pilot and FOX News Tried to Stop Fort Bragg Atheist Festival (And Failed)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
While the upcoming Rock Beyond Belief festival at Fort Bragg is  starting to get more media attention as its March 31 date approaches,  the event has also been the subject of increased attacks by those who  are attempting to stop it from taking place.
For those who don't know &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10709551-how-a-christian-fighter-pilot-and-fox-news-tried-to-stop-fort-bragg-atheist-festival-and-failed</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10709551-how-a-christian-fighter-pilot-and-fox-news-tried-to-stop-fort-bragg-atheist-festival-and-failed</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:54:57 +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></item><item><title>The Reason Rally: A Woodstock for nonbelievers</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On March 24, the Mall will be occupied by the Reason Rally, an event that pulls together those seculars who don&rsquo;t accept that there&rsquo;s a higher power. It&rsquo;s being billed as a &ldquo;Woodstock for nonbelievers.&rdquo;
Paul Fidalgo, communications director at the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10670556-the-reason-rally-a-woodstock-for-nonbelievers</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10670556-the-reason-rally-a-woodstock-for-nonbelievers</guid><category>washington-d-c</category><category>us-news</category><category>agenda</category><category>atheism</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>atheist</category><category>paul-fidalgo</category><category>reason-rally</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:48:50 +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></item><item><title>Approximately 1 in 3 Republican Mississippi voters would have me clapped in irons for marrying a woman who wasn't white.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
-Alabama's pretty much on board with interracial marriage, with 67% of  voters thinking it should be legal to 21% who think it should not be.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10657654-approximately-1-in-3-republican-mississippi-voters-would-have-me-clapped-in-irons-for-marrying-a-woman-who-wasnt-white</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10657654-approximately-1-in-3-republican-mississippi-voters-would-have-me-clapped-in-irons-for-marrying-a-woman-who-wasnt-white</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:15:53 +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></item><item><title>Richard Dawkins on militant atheism: &quot;Religion is corrosive to science&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position -- and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10655135-richard-dawkins-on-militant-atheism-religion-is-corrosive-to-science</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10655135-richard-dawkins-on-militant-atheism-religion-is-corrosive-to-science</guid><category>religion</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:54:03 +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=chris-ketchensFB1565DA-740E-0C46-9727-A628C2710EA0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchensFB1565DA-740E-0C46-9727-A628C2710EA0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>6 superheroes who got their powers from being lousy scientists | Blastr</title>
<description><![CDATA[
For most of us, causing a brutal accident at the workplace means yet another week standing in the unemployment line on crutches. But for some superhero scientists, injuring themselves due to their own sloppy work gave them superpowers instead.&nbsp;

&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/10/10629159-6-superheroes-who-got-their-powers-from-being-lousy-scientists-blastr</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/10/10629159-6-superheroes-who-got-their-powers-from-being-lousy-scientists-blastr</guid><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:00:40 +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=chris-ketchensC9953DA1-438E-B7BA-6148-D23F20B9642F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchensC9953DA1-438E-B7BA-6148-D23F20B9642F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="51" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>With pending arrest warrant, psychic returns $7,800 | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Lt. Dan Kolke with the Fraser Public Safety Department said police received a complaint last Saturday from a female resident about a psychic who allegedly bilked her out of $7,800.
Investigators spoke with the resident who told them she went to the psychic on Feb.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10628505-with-pending-arrest-warrant-psychic-returns-7800-the-detroit-news-detroitnewscom</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10628505-with-pending-arrest-warrant-psychic-returns-7800-the-detroit-news-detroitnewscom</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:39:02 +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>Scientists unlock genetic code for gorillas - and show the human link</title>
<description><![CDATA[
''Gorillas are an interesting animal in their right but the main reason they are of particular interest is because of their evolutionary closeness to us,'' said Aylwyn Scally, an author of the research from the institute.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10610318-scientists-unlock-genetic-code-for-gorillas-and-show-the-human-link</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10610318-scientists-unlock-genetic-code-for-gorillas-and-show-the-human-link</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:50:29 +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=chris-ketchens72E29CE8-DE03-D93C-2B7C-50E9542B0928.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="549" width="353" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens72E29CE8-DE03-D93C-2B7C-50E9542B0928.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="187" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Are you scientifically literate? Take our quiz</title>
<description><![CDATA[Test your scientific might!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10603921-are-you-scientifically-literate-take-our-quiz</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10603921-are-you-scientifically-literate-take-our-quiz</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:00:59 +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>Andrew Breitbart's Death Inspires Obama Conspiracy Theories</title>
<description><![CDATA[Andrew Breitbart, a noted conservative activist, author and publisher, died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 43.
While a note on his website specifically referred to the death as  "natural causes," that hasn't stopped Breitbart's friends in the  right-wing media from speculating&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Bartholomew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Bartholomew]]></source><link>http://RobertBartholomew.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10559431-andrew-breitbarts-death-inspires-obama-conspiracy-theories</link><guid>http://RobertBartholomew.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10559431-andrew-breitbarts-death-inspires-obama-conspiracy-theories</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>andrew-breitbart</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:54:23 +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=RobertBartholomew017EDA23-2AE6-7FE0-C0A7-A46A961FB8F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=RobertBartholomew017EDA23-2AE6-7FE0-C0A7-A46A961FB8F4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&quot;I believed in the sacredness of life&quot;: Dutch atheist who saved more than 100 lives during the Holocaust dies aged 91</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Reading the obituary of Tina Strobos,  who contributed to the rescue of more than 100 Jews in the Netherlands  during the Second World War and who has died in New York at the age of  91, I was struck by a line concerning her motivation for risking her own  life for such selfles&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10551430-i-believed-in-the-sacredness-of-life-dutch-atheist-who-saved-more-than-100-lives-during-the-holocaust-dies-aged-91</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10551430-i-believed-in-the-sacredness-of-life-dutch-atheist-who-saved-more-than-100-lives-during-the-holocaust-dies-aged-91</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 19:17:57 +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=chris-ketchensD2356F11-F422-874E-D4FE-6203FD272CC7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchensD2356F11-F422-874E-D4FE-6203FD272CC7.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>KKK flyers distributed to homes in Georgia town</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Messages promoting the Ku Klux Klan were distributed to homes in the  town of Newnan, Ga. on Sunday morning. Paper print-outs stuffed into  small plastic bags weighed down with rocks were left next to newspapers  outside houses in the Churchill Park subdivision of the town.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10532562-kkk-flyers-distributed-to-homes-in-georgia-town</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10532562-kkk-flyers-distributed-to-homes-in-georgia-town</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:27:09 +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>Question: Wasn't Atheism Responsible for Most 20th Century Atrocities?  Answer: No.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The important part of any discussion as to whether a belief system has &ldquo;caused&rdquo; tragedies in the past or will do so in the future must be based on the logical connections between the tenets of the position and the resultant actions of the position&rsquo;s holders.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10496611-question-wasnt-atheism-responsible-for-most-20th-century-atrocities-answer-no</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10496611-question-wasnt-atheism-responsible-for-most-20th-century-atrocities-answer-no</guid><category>debate</category><category>education</category><category>atheism</category><category>atrocity</category><category>atheist</category><category>logical-fallacy</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:19:16 +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> Nomad Alien Planets May Fill Our Milky Way Galaxy</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Our Milky Way galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets that ramble through space instead of being locked in orbit around a star, a new study suggests
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10495969-nomad-alien-planets-may-fill-our-milky-way-galaxy</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10495969-nomad-alien-planets-may-fill-our-milky-way-galaxy</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:39:18 +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=chris-ketchens30E86340-C268-D0FA-11B3-35B6685B389F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="108" width="162" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens30E86340-C268-D0FA-11B3-35B6685B389F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>African-American astronaut gave ultimate sacrifice during space shuttle mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson was one of only a handful of African-American astronauts and was one of the seven crewmembers aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia when it exploded on re-entry just 16 minutes before its scheduled touchdown Feb. 1, 2003.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10495914-african-american-astronaut-gave-ultimate-sacrifice-during-space-shuttle-mission</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10495914-african-american-astronaut-gave-ultimate-sacrifice-during-space-shuttle-mission</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:30:36 +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>Why Einstein's special theory of relativity is probably still correct</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Last year, European physicists measured a neutrino moving faster than light, in apparent violation of our current understanding of physics.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10495820-why-einsteins-special-theory-of-relativity-is-probably-still-correct</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10495820-why-einsteins-special-theory-of-relativity-is-probably-still-correct</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:17:07 +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=chris-ketchens1992C92A-2232-D15D-4BE0-5AFD37B06CDF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens1992C92A-2232-D15D-4BE0-5AFD37B06CDF.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>Light Humor:  What I've come to expect from GOP Talking Points</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The following are examples of what I have come to expect&nbsp;from the Republican party over the last 12 years:
GWB before the crash in '08? &nbsp;True American Hero (tm). &nbsp;
GWB after the crash in '08? &nbsp;RINO (tm).
Iraq War? &nbsp;Liberal's fault.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10452836-light-humor-what-ive-come-to-expect-from-gop-talking-points</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10452836-light-humor-what-ive-come-to-expect-from-gop-talking-points</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:29:26 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens7F0E150B-562C-4B15-0C26-B07A519E0A66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="355" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens7F0E150B-562C-4B15-0C26-B07A519E0A66.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Faith Healing discussed with 'Arch-Skeptic' James Randi and &quot;The Thinking Atheist&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Faith healing, to me, is hand's down the most obvious example of supernatural deception for profit.
It's not just dishonest, it is dangerous, as one of the audio clips clearly displays when a faith healer declares a woman with AIDS to be CURED after just one visit.
Having been &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10452276-faith-healing-discussed-with-arch-skeptic-james-randi-and-the-thinking-atheist</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10452276-faith-healing-discussed-with-arch-skeptic-james-randi-and-the-thinking-atheist</guid><category>religion</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:22:40 +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=chris-ketchens69C63167-9452-894C-E968-CC342705E292.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens69C63167-9452-894C-E968-CC342705E292.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Some American Christians wonder why American Atheists are so angry, bitter and rude...</title>
<description><![CDATA[
...well, let me put it to you like this:
Imagine yourself as a christian, living in the midst of a society where less than 1 percent of elected government officials are openly christian.
The National motto of that country was changed in the 1950's from "We are all in this togeth&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10446992-some-american-christians-wonder-why-american-atheists-are-so-angry-bitter-and-rude</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/19/10446992-some-american-christians-wonder-why-american-atheists-are-so-angry-bitter-and-rude</guid><category>religion</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:02:45 +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>An Open Letter to the Heartland Institute</title>
<description><![CDATA[Those who follow events in the climate change arena are by now quite familiar with the leak of internal Heartland Institute documents this week, and the ensuing firestorm.
This post will not revisit the contents of the leaked documents.&nbsp; Links to them can be found in many, m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Physicist-retired]]></source><link>http://drich13.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10442924-an-open-letter-to-the-heartland-institute</link><guid>http://drich13.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10442924-an-open-letter-to-the-heartland-institute</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>science</category><category>climate-change</category><category>fossil-fuels</category><category>heartland-institute</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:44:55 +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>&quot;Hutaree militia&quot; tied to Alex Jones, Mark Koernke conspiracy propaganda</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Federal prosecutors, meanwhile, have indicated they want to use conspiracy-mongering videos and books found in possession of members of the Hutaree militia in the trial. Hutaree members were evidently fans of Sept.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10431454-hutaree-militia-tied-to-alex-jones-mark-koernke-conspiracy-propaganda</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10431454-hutaree-militia-tied-to-alex-jones-mark-koernke-conspiracy-propaganda</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:28:44 +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=chris-ketchensCE681594-CD99-BAD3-538D-09901A80242E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchensCE681594-CD99-BAD3-538D-09901A80242E.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>Alex Jones Shirtless Rant Against &quot;The Young Turks&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Pundit Alex Jones decided to make a shirtless rant in which he compared his show to The Young Turks. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian show the actual numbers and give you the facts. Turns out Alex should have spent a moment putting a shirt on and checking his numbers.
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10431179-alex-jones-shirtless-rant-against-the-young-turks</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10431179-alex-jones-shirtless-rant-against-the-young-turks</guid><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:49:28 +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=chris-ketchens788A8A07-55C4-A42E-BC1D-C5C1A5A8E0D1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens788A8A07-55C4-A42E-BC1D-C5C1A5A8E0D1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leaked: a plan to teach climate change skepticism in schools</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"The heart of the climate denial machine relies on huge corporate and foundation funding from&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;businesses, including Microsoft, Koch Industries, Altria (parent company of Philip Morris)&nbsp;RJRTobacco and&nbsp;more," reports the&nbsp;DeSmogBlog, which published t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chris-735081]]></source><link>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10419200-leaked-a-plan-to-teach-climate-change-skepticism-in-schools</link><guid>http://chris-ketchens.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10419200-leaked-a-plan-to-teach-climate-change-skepticism-in-schools</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:47:26 +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=chris-ketchens72FFD115-2657-C0AB-2396-C0795ACAE9D5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="97" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chris-ketchens72FFD115-2657-C0AB-2396-C0795ACAE9D5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="97" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
