SELDOM n. (\ˈsel-dəm\): A discouraging word.

Shipment of 15,432 bongs disguised as lamps seized by US Customs officers

Seeded on Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:12 PM EDT (KHOU - Latest News)

More than 15,400 bongs disguised as lamps were seized Thursday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Houston.

customs, smuggling, marijuana, odd-news, pot, bongs, lamps, norml, drug-paraphernalia

What's the Difference Between Corn Syrup and Sugar?

Seeded on Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:54 PM EDT (Live Science)

The unpopularity and fear of high-fructose corn syrup have led the Corn Refiners Association to ask the federal government's permission to drop "high-fructose" and change the syrup's name to "corn sugar."

health, obesity, marketing, branding, corn-syrup, hfcs, corn-refiners-association, corn-sugar

Bearded Lady Vivian Wheeler Finds Her Son After 33 Years

Seeded on Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:40 AM EDT (AOL News)

Every adopted child wonders who his biological mother is. Movie star? Rock star? Maybe a big-shot CEO? For Richard Lorenc, she turned out to be the last thing he ever imagined: a sideshow bearded lady.

family, odd-news, adoption, carnival, bearded-lady

Want a Pizza with That Pap Smear? Oh, and We're Anti-Choice

Seeded on Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:30 PM EDT (msmagazine.com)

Question: Guess what genius new advertising tactic certain crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are using to get women in the door to their fake clinics?

abortion, advertising, us-news, pregnancy, pro-choice, anti-choice, teen-pregnancycrisis-pregnancy-centers, religous-fundamentalists

What Do Social Conservatives Want?

Seeded on Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:53 PM EDT (cato-at-liberty.org)

Social conservatives tend to talk about issues like abortion and gay rights, stem-cell research and the role of religion "in the public square"

conservatives, gay-marriage, civil-rights, divorce, family, republicans, us-news, homosexuality, right-wing, homophobia

Missouri Judges Take Prison Costs Into Account in Sentencing

Seeded on Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)

When judges here sentence convicted criminals, a new and unusual variable is available for them to consider: what a given punishment will cost the State of Missouri.

budget, money, jail, justice, law, prison, crime, sentencing, missouri, probation

TARP: A success none dare mention

Seeded on Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:51 PM EDT (Politico)

The Obama administration this week will mark the second anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the ensuing Wall Street meltdown with an ironic bit of bipartisanship: letters of thanks to some of the congressional Republicans who helped fashion the government's respo …

bush, economy, democrats, gop, economics, republicans, government, banking, federal-reserve, obama

Taxes must rise to fight budget deficit: Greenspan

Seeded on Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:41 PM EDT (Raw Story)

Taxes must rise while fiscal stimulus needs to be wound down in order to reduce the U.S. budget deficit and allow private investment to expand, said former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan on Wednesday.

economy, taxes, budget, greenspan, federal-reserve, us-news, tax-cuts, recession, defecit, stimulus

Wingnuts Score Big Upsets, but Will Theirs Be a Pyrrhic Victory?

Seeded on Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:27 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Christine O'Donnell, who believes that Jesus rode a dinosaur, unseated Mike Castle, a very popular moderate Republican in a deep blue state.

congress, elections, senate, democrats, politics, gop, republicans, karl-rove, tea-party, christine-odonnell

Are Cuba's communist days finally over?

Seeded on Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:38 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

The media frenzy that has followed the announcement that Cuba is to reduce its state workforce by 500,000 by the middle of 2011, is similar to that which followed Fidel Castro's throwaway remark last week that the Cuban model isn't working - it has largely missed the point.

cuba, world-news, castro, communism, socialism

Steve Jobs Stopped at Japan Airport Over Ninja Stars

Seeded on Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:35 PM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said he'll never return to Japan after officials at an airport barred him from taking Ninja throwing stars aboard his private plane, SPA! magazine reported in its latest issue.

ceo, apple, odd-news, steve-jobs, ninja, ninja-stars

Ad Buying by G.O.P.-Leaning Groups Alarms Democrats.

Seeded on Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:30 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Outside groups supporting Republican candidates in House and Senate races across the country have been swamping their Democratic-leaning counterparts on television since early August as the midterm election season has begun heating up.

media, scotus, congress, elections, senate, democrats, politics, gop, television, republicans

Skateboarder Foils Would-Be Koran Burner In Texas (VIDEO)

Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:42 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

A would-be Koran-burner in Amarillo, Texas was foiled by a 23-year-old Texas skateboarder named Jacob Isom, who was among a group of people protesting a planned burning on Saturday.

islam, us-news, koran, skateboarder, punked, koran-burning

World's Most Cramped Airline Seat to Launch Next Week

Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:56 PM EDT (Wired News)

The SkyRider is a saddle-style airplane seat which will allow airlines to squeeze even more passengers into already cramped cabins. The poor passenger will perch atop a sculpted squab that has more in common with a horse-saddle than a comfy chair.

airlines, odd-news, aircraft, flying, skyrider

Does Robert Rodriguez's "Machete" Advocate Race War?

Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:31 PM EDT (splcenter.org)

For the more outraged conservative critics of "Machete," the spectacle of America's first Latino action hero laying waste to cartoon rednecks the way John Rambo once laid waste to cartoon commies is too much to bear.

mexico, immigration, race, odd-news, movies, fox-news, wtf, latino, racists, aztlan

God no longer male, Scottish Episcopal Church rules

Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:58 PM EDT (Telegraph)

A new order of service produced by the Scottish Episcopal Church has caused controversy by removing masculine references to God.

women, religion, god, faith, men, gender, worship, episcopal, belief, christianity

News Analysis - Tax Cuts May Be Good Politics but Poor Stimulus

Seeded on Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:41 PM EDT (The New York Times)

"Tax cuts" is a phrase politicians love, especially in election season—but they may not do the economy much good at all.

economy, campaign, taxes, budget, money, medicare, democrats, gop, republicans, social-security

Report: Blackwater created shell companies

Seeded on Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:43 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday.

bush, iraq, cia, war, military, north-carolina, state-department, contractors, us-news, xe

America's History of Fear

Seeded on Tue Sep 7, 2010 11:46 AM EDT (The New York Times)

A radio interviewer asked me the other day if I thought bigotry was the only reason why someone might oppose the Islamic center in Lower Manhattan. No, I don't.

nyc, immigration, terrorism, discrimination, race, racism, fear, islam, us-news, belief

Little Pulaski, Tenn., to Suffer Through Another Racist Event

Seeded on Mon Sep 6, 2010 10:01 PM EDT (splcenter.org)

Although it's a small town of about 7,800, Pulaski, Tenn. may well be the white supremacist epicenter of the nation — at least if the number of rallies held there by bigoted groups is any indication.

discrimination, race, prejudice, white-supremacists, racism, david-duke, us-news, kkk, hate, ku-klux-klan

Lenny Bruce's Gay Naval Ruse

Seeded on Mon Sep 6, 2010 1:30 PM EDT (rss.thesmokinggun.com)

After serving 30 months in the Navy and participating in four overseas invasions during World War II, comedian Lenny Bruce went to the sick bay on the U.S.S. Brooklyn in May 1945 to report that he was feeling a little gay.

navy, military, odd-news, wwii, comedy, homosexuality, lenny-bruce

Focus on Family says anti-bullying efforts in schools push gay agenda

Seeded on Sat Sep 4, 2010 9:06 PM EDT (The Denver Post)

As kids head back to school, conservative Christian media ministry Focus on the Family perceives a bully on the playground: national gay-advocacy groups.

school, christians, us-news, hate, focus-on-the-family, homosexuality, bullying, homophobia, tolerance, glbty

Another Rig Blows Up in the Gulf of Mexico

Seeded on Thu Sep 2, 2010 1:34 PM EDT (Firedoglake)

An oil rig in shallow water, about 80 miles from the Louisiana shore in Vermillion Bay, exploded today, in a scene eerily reminiscent of the Deepwater Horizon explosion.

bp, gulf, louisiana, environment, ocean, drilling, gulf-of-mexico, iol, mariner-energy, deepwater-horizon

Discovery Channel HQ Held Hostage By Eco-Terrorist

Seeded on Wed Sep 1, 2010 5:52 PM EDT (splcenter.org)

The gunman holding hostages in the Silver Spring, Md., headquarters of the Discovery Channel has been tentatively identified as James Jay Lee, an apparent eco-fascist who thinks that immigrants are breeding "filthy human children" and helping to wreck the planet.

immigration, terrorism, population, crime, us-news, hate, hostage, discovery-channel, right-wing, bigotry

In States Where "Gun Ed" Is Prevalent, Comprehensive Sex Ed Is Nowhere to Be Found

Seeded on Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:29 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Judging from the turbulence caused by a sex ed curriculum under consideration by the School Board in Helena, MT, there are people who disagree.

us-news, sex-ed, sexuality, sexuality-education

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