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• Otzi, the prehistoric 'iceman,' probably has no modern descendants - Los Angeles Times

  Fri Oct 31, 2008
  • A hominid at this late dating with "no modern descendant?" Proto-history bluffs may have their day, and even the creationist may weigh in on Otzi.

• Find of Ancient City Could Alter Notions of Biblical David

  Thu Oct 30, 2008
  • A deliciously tantalizing find.

• Are you going to watch Sen. Barack Obama's 30-minute prime-time infomercial on Wednesday?

  Wed Oct 29, 2008
  • More information on the time of airing would have been good.

• How much power will the new president have to help the economy?

  Tue Oct 28, 2008
  • Idealistically, I'd like to say "a great deal", but it is like the proverbial saying, "there is much space between the cup and the lip.

• Agree or Disagree: Sen. Ted Stevens should step down immediately from the Senate

  Tue Oct 28, 2008
  • Thi s is a big IF and most likely a vote based on sympathy for the aged man. The jury convicted, but he claims he was rail roaded. Shrugs.

• Stretching his 15 minutes of fame: Joe the Plumber may put out a country album just in time for the Inauguration.

  Wed Oct 29, 2008
  • Ah, Gosh, Guys and Gals, Com' on, Now.  This is America.  And look at the press it is getting from us here, and for the most part on Newsvine, we are "singing to the choir."  Maybe Joe's star is ascending... It is fanciful to see Joe Blow make good.  Grinz

• Obama's Friend Ayers has a New Book: America is a White Supremacist Nation (This is not a joke)

  Wed Oct 22, 2008
  • "Thanks, but no thanks."  Grinz.  Do some research on the McCarthy era and how the same tactics were used and came into power.

• Anger, Fear, and Racism Follow Palin Rally

  Tue Oct 28, 2008
  • It is great to hear you and your family enjoyed the Palin rally, Fred.  I watched part of the Leesburg rally by googling it.  "You betcha".  However, to suggest that ALL the Palin rallies are as you report is just …

• Palin Supporter Pulls Gun at Rally

  Fri Oct 24, 2008
  • This is not about politics--left or right.  I'm for guns, but not for irresponsible people and angry idiots that want to threaten others.   What he did was a crime.  It can't and shouldn't be defended.