Unfortunately, there are no term limits for stupid voters.

Defining Musical Taste - An Exercise

Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:10 PM EDT

I would like to see some opinions. This exercise came from a note I recently posted on Facebook regarding their "Favorite Music" field in a user profile.

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music, arts, opinion, classical-music, pop-music, early-music, art-music

Community Gives Opinion On Article; Quantifier Tally To Follow

Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:33 PM EDT

All are aghast at results of special quiz.

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new, article, satire, think

Butler County, Ohio's Red to Blue Switch: A Local Perspective

Seeded on Fri Mar 7, 2008 11:05 AM EST (The Oxford Press)

With the controversy over alleged election fraud by Democrats in Ohio emerging, here's a local story about Butler County, Ohio (home of Miami University) and its 200% increase in Democratic Party registrants.

ohio, politics, republicans, democratic, barack-obama, primary, nomination, hillary-clinton, voting-fraud, college-voters

Fiction to Fact: More Than the Newsvine Pranksters

Sun Mar 2, 2008 12:23 PM EST

By space guy (Clipped by Eric Near)

As many, if not most Newsviner's know, a prank was unleashed by several veteran Newsvine columnists this past week. Many of the perpetrator's swapped user names and wrote articles that are completely out of step with their normal online views.

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newsvine, killfile, truth-in-journalism, critical-thinking-skills, merry-pranksters

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It's the Prom Now, and We're All Carrie

Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:04 PM EST

I was a beta tester! I was here because I left Digg! I have only written one article! I am a member of many groups! I am outraged! I voted for Ron Paul! I don't have any numbers after my name! I have never won an Oscar! I was born in Columbus, Ohio! I have never been on MSNBC but …

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satire, prank, old-viners, drollhouse

Harmonix leaves guitar out of its next title

Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:06 AM EDT (Joystiq)

entertainment, music, gaming, guitar-hero, joystiq, harmonix

6-Word IT Stories

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2007 11:18 AM EDT (Collaborative Business Experience)

Seeded by Raat ki Raani (Clipped by Eric Near)

We've all had some IT stories, usually of the horror kind. Came across this game in a corporate blog that is worth seeding, and building on.

technology, game, blogging, short-stories, 6-words

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Plagiarism, Logical Fallacy, and the B-Word

Thu Mar 8, 2007 5:49 PM EST

The question you should ask yourself first is: Is this a rant? Is it a response? What degree of confidence do you have in your distinction between the two?

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abortion, bias, newsvine, plagiarism, conservapedia, daily-news-rush, strawmen

Overwhelmed IT systems partly to blame for JetBlue meltdown

Seeded on Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:38 AM EST (Computerworld)

This article appears to blame IT for the issues, when in fact IT saved the day in the middle of the crisis.

technology, jetblue, air-travel, database

'Fifth Beatle' Billy Preston Dies at 59

Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 1:26 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

"Fifth Beatle" Billy Preston has died following an extended illness.

entertainment, beatles, american-music, billy-preston

Who is the anonymous poster?

Thu May 25, 2006 4:28 PM EDT

Recently I've noticed some posts with no name attributed to them. #c135464 #c135433

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technology, newsvine, anonymous, posting

Gallatin valedictorian cited for disorderly conduct

Seeded on Wed May 24, 2006 9:55 AM EDT (CNET News.com)

After local valedictorian steals the spotlight at graduation, he gets charged with a crime rather than simply punished by the school. Separation of school and state, anyone?

tennessee, education, libertarianism