<?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</title><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:52:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:16 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Republicans: Oppositional Defiant Children</title>
<description><![CDATA[To parents of the modern era, "Oppositional Defiant" is a thing.&nbsp; I know of at least 3 boys (it's mostly boys in my experience) who display this characteristic.
It means not just being obnoxious to get attention, but INSANELY opposing and disputing and doing the opposite of &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/18/19021919-republicans-oppositional-defiant-children</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/18/19021919-republicans-oppositional-defiant-children</guid><category>children</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:55:21 +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>The Great Tearing Sound You Hear</title>
<description><![CDATA[Do you?&nbsp; I hear it.&nbsp; I hear a huge, angry, confused tearing sound, like a sheet made of 300,000,000 people is pulling apart.
That's the past, ending.&nbsp; You know, how the past ends?&nbsp; It is over with, and then it's past.&nbsp; It was now, and now it's then.
In th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/18/19021782-the-great-tearing-sound-you-hear</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/18/19021782-the-great-tearing-sound-you-hear</guid><category>politics</category><category>progress</category><category>conservatism</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:42:01 +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>Happy Birthday to the Future</title>
<description><![CDATA[I just read an article that the long-standing copyright on the song "Happy Birthday" looks vulnerable to a lawsuit challenge.
This is a very, very important development.&nbsp;
Do It Yourself
One of the major advancements in our culture has been the addition of technology to make &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18958904-happy-birthday-to-the-future</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18958904-happy-birthday-to-the-future</guid><category>politics</category><category>intellectual-property</category><category>creative-class</category><category>future-social-order</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:07:02 +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>OP-ED COLUMNIST -  Pity The Poor C.E.O.'s - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Conservatives like to demonize Paul Krugman.&nbsp; They have a hard-on for proving him wrong.&nbsp; Even if that means misquoting (or not even bothering to quote) him and just declaring him incorrect.
Here are Krugman's real words, for the not-idiots of the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18958402-op-ed-columnist-pity-the-poor-ceos-op-ed-nytimescom</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18958402-op-ed-columnist-pity-the-poor-ceos-op-ed-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>was-right</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:18:48 +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=thisbusymonsterF986226E-A96B-1830-D4BD-265B495BC27D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterF986226E-A96B-1830-D4BD-265B495BC27D.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>How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On the theoretical side, they thought that they had resolved their internal disputes. Thus, in a 2008 paper titled &ldquo;The State of Macro&rdquo; (that is, macroeconomics, the study of big-picture issues like recessions), Olivier Blanchard of M.I.T., now the chief economist a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18958316-how-did-economists-get-it-so-wrong-nytimescom</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18958316-how-did-economists-get-it-so-wrong-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>was-right</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:13:57 +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=thisbusymonster5A291F2D-3FC4-096B-E68D-99257D4088B1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="154" width="334" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonster5A291F2D-3FC4-096B-E68D-99257D4088B1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gilded Once More - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
One of the distinctive features of the modern American right has been nostalgia for the late 19th century, with its minimal taxation, absence of regulation and reliance on faith-based charity rather than government social programs. Conservatives from Milton Friedman to Grover N&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18957842-gilded-once-more-nytimescom</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18957842-gilded-once-more-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>was-right</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:27:31 +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=thisbusymonsterC6942004-F280-E9E5-524F-12CA12A42299.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterC6942004-F280-E9E5-524F-12CA12A42299.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>Emerging Republican Minority - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[So, I've been repeatedly challenging conservatives to explain to me what is wrong with Paul Krugman's economic ideas.
&nbsp;
In this case, Krugman is predicting (circa 2007) the massive electoral losses the GOP would endure due to their policy failures.
&nbsp;
Krugman was, of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18957803-emerging-republican-minority-nytimescom</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/14/18957803-emerging-republican-minority-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>was-right</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:18:54 +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=thisbusymonsterA3AC39C4-9649-25EE-A681-93F24B5EBB4F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterA3AC39C4-9649-25EE-A681-93F24B5EBB4F.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>Daily Kos: NRA takes aim ... at Joe Manchin</title>
<description><![CDATA[
But perhaps there is a logic to the NRA's position. After all, they are basically a front for the gun lobby. And the easier it is for criminals to get guns, they probably think the greater the demand will be among law-abiding citizens to arm themselves for protection.
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/13/18938344-daily-kos-nra-takes-aim-at-joe-manchin</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/13/18938344-daily-kos-nra-takes-aim-at-joe-manchin</guid><category>politics</category><category>nra</category><category>criminals</category><category>gun-sales</category><category>criminal-front</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:40:47 +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=thisbusymonster79E1ABEC-23B2-9989-58E2-6C1CCD306D3E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonster79E1ABEC-23B2-9989-58E2-6C1CCD306D3E.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>Daily Kos: Boehner admits Obama's tax plan reduced the deficit</title>
<description><![CDATA[So, the Republican narrative on Obama is falling apart rapidly, which is why the focus on bogus scandals (and the ignoring of genuine issues such as the fact that we are all being spied on because we begged George Bush to do it).
Oh yeah, and supposedly George Bush is the most p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18918522-daily-kos-boehner-admits-obamas-tax-plan-reduced-the-deficit</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/12/18918522-daily-kos-boehner-admits-obamas-tax-plan-reduced-the-deficit</guid><category>politics</category><category>conservatives</category><category>wrong</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:26:17 +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=thisbusymonsterA1F60C6A-4410-88BE-2C09-DE36840BD6BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterA1F60C6A-4410-88BE-2C09-DE36840BD6BC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Daily Kos: Here's one reason Darrell Issa didn't want to release the full IRS transcripts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The great thing about Darrell is that he's such a tard.&nbsp; He doesn't think two steps ahead to comprehend what his move will be if X fails, or if Y doesn't pan out.
&nbsp;
He just steamrollers on until he goes over a cliff.
&nbsp;
Such a tard.&nbsp; A great example for Con&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18882776-daily-kos-heres-one-reason-darrell-issa-didnt-want-to-release-the-full-irs-transcripts</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/10/18882776-daily-kos-heres-one-reason-darrell-issa-didnt-want-to-release-the-full-irs-transcripts</guid><category>politics</category><category>lies</category><category>joke</category><category>hysteria</category><category>nonsense</category><category>phony-outrage</category><category>republican-trash</category><category>fauxtrage</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:41:22 +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=thisbusymonster8EEF7C28-F900-E0AC-4512-4BA67C181C26.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonster8EEF7C28-F900-E0AC-4512-4BA67C181C26.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>  New data shows school &amp;#8220;reformers&amp;#8221; are full of it - Salon.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a long con.&nbsp; The cheating of America out of her public education system has been going on for decades.
&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/09/18864085-new-data-shows-school-reformers-are-full-of-it-saloncom</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/09/18864085-new-data-shows-school-reformers-are-full-of-it-saloncom</guid><category>politics</category><category>failure</category><category>con</category><category>education-reform</category><category>michelle-rhee</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Jun 2013 16:05:41 +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=thisbusymonster1E847D86-BA89-9382-530D-15B009A0B55C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonster1E847D86-BA89-9382-530D-15B009A0B55C.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>21 Questions Republicans Won't Answer (updated with particularly insultingly dumb answers in bold)</title>
<description><![CDATA[1. Where are the WMD's?
&nbsp;
(the answers I've seen coming back are non-answers.&nbsp; basically "he hid them"&nbsp; Thanks, Donald Rumsfeld.&nbsp; You already said that.)
&nbsp;
2.&nbsp; When did you guys plan on paying back the $1T we borrowed to not find WMD's?
(Most of the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/05/18775099-21-questions-republicans-wont-answer-updated-with-particularly-insultingly-dumb-answers-in-bold</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/05/18775099-21-questions-republicans-wont-answer-updated-with-particularly-insultingly-dumb-answers-in-bold</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013 13:32:17 +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>newsvine is broken again</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/05/18774649-newsvine-is-broken-again</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/05/18774649-newsvine-is-broken-again</guid><pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013 12:44:25 +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>Pat Robertson: Cheap Flim-Flam Man Stealing Old Ladies' Social Security Checks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Apparently professional Jesus huckster Pat Robertson is upset because some website is posting his own foot-in-mouth, head-in-ass statements and embarrassing him.
Liquor Officer
There's plenty to be embarrassed about, Pat.&nbsp; Starting with you.&nbsp; Back in the 1960's, when th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/28/18563928-pat-robertson-cheap-flim-flam-man-stealing-old-ladies-social-security-checks</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/28/18563928-pat-robertson-cheap-flim-flam-man-stealing-old-ladies-social-security-checks</guid><category>politics</category><category>fraud</category><category>pat-robertson</category><category>con-artist</category><category>flim-flam</category><category>scam-man</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 21:09:57 +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>Impeachment's Big Stick Broken by Reckless GOP</title>
<description><![CDATA[So, in the history of the United States, we've impeached two Presidents.&nbsp; Impeachment doesn't mean "removed from office."&nbsp; It means that a trial will be held to determine if he shall be removed from office.
The impeachment is reserved for high crimes and misdemeanors.&n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18470107-impeachments-big-stick-broken-by-reckless-gop</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/24/18470107-impeachments-big-stick-broken-by-reckless-gop</guid><category>politics</category><category>impeachment</category><category>sore-losers</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:17:08 +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>Daily Kos: Biggest GOP foodstamp foe gets huge farm subsidies</title>
<description><![CDATA[I was looking in the dictionary for "Mendacious Prick" and I found this guy's picture.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18451573-daily-kos-biggest-gop-foodstamp-foe-gets-huge-farmsubsidies</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18451573-daily-kos-biggest-gop-foodstamp-foe-gets-huge-farmsubsidies</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-trash</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:47 +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=thisbusymonsterAF7EF464-D8A8-2A3A-B142-7FC2D67B30FA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="313" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterAF7EF464-D8A8-2A3A-B142-7FC2D67B30FA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Daily Kos: THIS SENTENCE PROVES McCONNELL IS BATSH!T CRAZY</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, the most scurrilious, underhanded thing you can do with a politician is let him be seen by the public doing exactly what he does.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18445871-daily-kos-this-sentence-proves-mcconnell-is-batsht-crazy</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/23/18445871-daily-kos-this-sentence-proves-mcconnell-is-batsht-crazy</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:02:24 +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=thisbusymonster5E6BAAF7-B195-266B-43E6-12943D5F7881.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonster5E6BAAF7-B195-266B-43E6-12943D5F7881.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>The Inside Story Of The Harvard Dissertation That Became Too Racist For Heritage | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If the dissertation was bad enough to get him fired from the Heritage Foundation, how did it earn him a degree from Harvard?
A popular answer among Richwine&rsquo;s defenders is that, quite simply, it was exemplary work. Richwine&rsquo;s dissertation committee was made up, by &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18425354-the-inside-story-of-the-harvard-dissertation-that-became-too-racist-for-heritage-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18425354-the-inside-story-of-the-harvard-dissertation-that-became-too-racist-for-heritage-thinkprogress</guid><category>politics</category><category>harvard</category><category>jason-richwine</category><category>academic-dilettante</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:36:27 +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=thisbusymonsterB98D8791-215A-9621-CEC1-4E9983DD2710.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterB98D8791-215A-9621-CEC1-4E9983DD2710.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>The Teabagger/GOP Agenda: Whine About The Other Guy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Context
There are two ways to figure out what someone thinks:
Listen to what they are saying.
Notice what they aren't.
When the Teabag was first lowered into America's politics, the discussion was all about the wrecked economy (that the Teabaggers' benefactors had helped drive in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322072-the-teabaggergop-agenda-whine-about-the-other-guy</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322072-the-teabaggergop-agenda-whine-about-the-other-guy</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>accountability</category><category>useless</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:57 +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>GOP Head Of Oversight Has Criminal Past | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Since the GOP took back the House in 2010, it&rsquo;s been common to hear about California Rep. Darrell Issa, the head of Oversight Committee, launching investigations into alleged misconduct. He famously called a hearing on contraceptives, asking a group of only men to testify&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277313-gop-head-of-oversight-has-criminal-past-addicting-info</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277313-gop-head-of-oversight-has-criminal-past-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><category>darrell-issa</category><category>arsonist</category><category>car-thief</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:22:40 +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=thisbusymonsterD846DEFD-9112-B3F5-A4B5-43A0F1802E19.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterD846DEFD-9112-B3F5-A4B5-43A0F1802E19.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>REPORT: Media Ignore Rep. Issa's Alleged Criminal Past | Research | Media Matters for America</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 11 Interviews Since Election Day, No Network Or Cable Anchor Has Asked Issa About The Allegations Against Him. Media Matters reviewed the Nexis database for cable and network interviews of Issa from November 3, 2010 through January 10, 2011. In 11 interviews on ABC, CBS, MSNBC&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277201-report-media-ignore-rep-issas-alleged-criminal-past-research-media-matters-for-america</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277201-report-media-ignore-rep-issas-alleged-criminal-past-research-media-matters-for-america</guid><category>politics</category><category>arsonist</category><category>car-thief</category><category>darrell-issa</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:13:24 +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=thisbusymonsterBCD14981-F739-9A61-98E5-FC9F5F7A852A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterBCD14981-F739-9A61-98E5-FC9F5F7A852A.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>Darrell Issa's Criminal Record</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Carrying a Concealed Weapon arrested in Cleveland, OH Mar-1972, charge dropped&nbsp; &nbsp; Car Theft indicted in Cleveland, OH May-1972, charge dropped&nbsp; &nbsp; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm (unregistered handgun) arrested in Adrian, MI, pled guilty 16-&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277169-darrell-issas-criminal-record</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277169-darrell-issas-criminal-record</guid><category>politics</category><category>darrell-issa</category><category>arsonist</category><category>car-thief</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:11:18 +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></item><item><title>Darrell Issa To Lead Obama Investigations: Suspected Arson, Car Theft, Weapons Charges! Wait! That Is Issa&amp;#039;s Past!</title>
<description><![CDATA[So who is Darrell Issa, aside from being the point man for the GOP's investigation into Barack Obama's alleged Presidenting While Not White?
&nbsp;
As it turns out, he's a car thief, arsonist, and all around con-man.&nbsp; Let's just talk about Mr. Issa.&nbsp; A lot.&nbsp; He l&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277020-darrell-issa-to-lead-obama-investigations-suspected-arson-car-theft-weapons-charges-wait-that-is-issas-past</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277020-darrell-issa-to-lead-obama-investigations-suspected-arson-car-theft-weapons-charges-wait-that-is-issas-past</guid><category>politics</category><category>arsonist</category><category>car-thief</category><category>darrell-issa</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:01:31 +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>Rep. Darrell Issa, American Role Model, Has Been Accused Of Car Theft Three Times - So Far  | Crooks and Liars</title>
<description><![CDATA[I sometimes wonder if he has another brother named Darrell.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277027-rep-darrell-issa-american-role-model-has-been-accused-of-car-theft-three-times-so-far-crooks-and-liars</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277027-rep-darrell-issa-american-role-model-has-been-accused-of-car-theft-three-times-so-far-crooks-and-liars</guid><category>politics</category><category>arsonist</category><category>car-thief</category><category>darrell-issa</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:01:24 +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>House Investigator Issa Has Faced Allegations As Well : NPR</title>
<description><![CDATA[I guess Darrell Issa is pursuing the White House's alleged "criminal" activity on the basis that it takes one to know one?
Except, I don't think President Obama ever fucking stole cars and tried to cheat insurance examiners for a living, did he?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[thisbusymonster]]></source><link>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277012-house-investigator-issa-has-faced-allegations-as-well-npr</link><guid>http://thisbusymonster.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277012-house-investigator-issa-has-faced-allegations-as-well-npr</guid><category>politics</category><category>darrell-issa</category><category>arsonist</category><category>car-theif</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:01:20 +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=thisbusymonsterD513396A-B065-03FB-EA7A-EC72AF6512BF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thisbusymonsterD513396A-B065-03FB-EA7A-EC72AF6512BF.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></channel></rss>