tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181398192009-06-18T14:43:20.040-04:00Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-876864993953754082009-05-13T12:38:00.003-04:002009-05-13T12:54:12.459-04:00

The entire nation of Maldives is looking for a place to relocate in advance of rising sea levels.Surprisingly, the country, which is comprised of over a thousands small islands in the Indian Ocean, has been on the hunt for over twenty years. The clock is ticking faster now as the world's climate begins to undergo changes noticeable even to casual observers. Inhabitants of small islands will be

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-8738909649101657372009-05-01T12:00:00.000-04:002009-05-13T12:52:37.867-04:00

This set of photographs was sent to the contact address on the News N Shit website back in January 2004. Because the photos were not released by the US Government and were never recognized as official images, they were never published on this site. 2004 was a different time than today and the atmosphere surrounding such things was less than accommodating for publishing unauthorized images. I'll

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-33586301116405454622009-03-17T14:00:00.008-04:002009-03-17T15:28:41.327-04:00

Chicago Tribune readers are vowing to ignore the new name on the Sears Tower. And it's almost unanimous. An insurance brokerage company, Willis Group Holdings, announced March 12 that in addition to moving its Chicago offices into several floors of the Sears Tower, they had also negotiated to rename the building in their own honor. But Chicagoans and people across the country just can't imagine

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-56700187054454883182009-03-16T10:05:00.002-04:002009-03-16T10:08:38.420-04:00

From the Seattle Times: "Of the millions who read Vincent Bugliosi's best-seller The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Seattle coffee merchant Bob Alexander may be the only one to act on it in a substantial way, sending copies of it to 2,200 prosecutors around the country...Now he and his volunteers are following up with each one of them by phone and e-mail, as well as gathering

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-73815115216934193432009-02-10T12:58:00.006-05:002009-03-16T11:07:44.750-04:00

In late 2008, after Polaroid ceased manufacturing of its instant film, a group supported by Ilford Photo and Harman Technology ambitiously purchased the facilities in the Netherlands which produced the film.Polaroid's instant film has remarkably been made using the exact same recipe for several decades. The new group, Impossible BV, has set a goal to re-invent the way instant analog film is

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-39916842177373260742009-01-09T19:21:00.001-05:002009-01-09T19:21:55.137-05:00

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-75535341872692626712008-12-29T19:10:00.000-05:002009-01-09T19:28:23.120-05:00

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-79655330784186763782008-06-29T22:21:00.007-04:002008-06-30T04:03:27.612-04:00

In May 2008, in order to continue to expand the ruse that his giant, manipulative cable company is a friendly neighbor, Insight Communications CEO Michael Willner started his own blog.He opened his blog with a post reading, "When it comes to communicating with the public, most companies take the safest path. They usually play their cards pretty close to their chest. I'm joining the blogsosphere

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-4032642799726113542008-04-13T19:28:00.003-04:002008-04-13T19:43:30.240-04:00

Our feed of live headlines and News N Shit Picks is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Simply direct your browser to newsnshit.com/iphone. The headlines are just like the ones in the right hand column of this page and update continuously, 24-hours-a-day, as news happens.For other mobile devices and text browsers, the same feed is available at newsnshit.com/mobile.

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-37767442516543853772008-03-21T11:24:00.008-04:002008-03-21T11:42:28.014-04:00

Two new bumper stickers are available from News N Shit. First, we have the reassuring "Everything is just fine" design which is sure to help you continue denying that there is a recession. The second sticker is a bit more realistic and is being issued in honor of the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. "Mission Uncomplished" is a near-guarantee for generating sad and angry glances at

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-88580942648938812312007-10-19T23:19:00.000-04:002007-10-19T23:35:47.434-04:00

On May 1, 2003, under a colorful banner reading “Mission Accomplished,” President George W. Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended. The first year in Iraq – called “the lost year” by a PBS Frontline documentary – saw a number of successes and reasons for hope. Iraqi children caught candy tossed by US soldiers from Humvees, ordinary citizens celebrated their freedom in the

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-76129881095476138302007-09-22T01:12:00.000-04:002007-09-22T01:23:22.271-04:00

Poor spelling and abuse of apostrophes in simple English words has become much too prevalent. This short article is especially for you if you regularly post comments on message boards, write your own blog, or change the letters on the sign in front of a fast food restaurant or store. Print it out and memorize it. The test will be every single time you write something.YOU'RE = you are. "you're

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-28110297442301738322007-09-16T23:24:00.000-04:002007-09-16T23:32:43.641-04:00

"You can never win a war against terror as long as there are conditions in the world that make people desperate. Poverty, disease, ignorance, et cetera... I think people are beginning to realize that you can't have pockets of prosperity in one part of the world and huge deserts of poverty and deprivation and think that you can have a stable and secure world." - Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Peace

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-21408051242575400552007-09-14T16:42:00.000-04:002007-09-16T16:24:22.509-04:00

George W Bush has an infamous way with words.Presented here is a tally of words and the frequency with which the president used them in his address to the nation on September 13, 2007.Bush's 2,525-word monologue ran 17 minutes. While reading a prepared speech is different that just talking, ordinary conversation usually takes place between 130 and 180 words per minute. His average rate during the

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-29172487317937322992007-08-01T04:36:00.000-04:002007-08-01T05:06:22.622-04:00

10. Marijuana Decriminalization. A 2007 poll conducted by Zogby International indicates that a slight majority of Americans favor the abolishment of criminal penalties for minor marijuana offenses: “Forty-nine percent of respondents, including 57 percent of men, said they would support 'a law in Congress that would eliminate federal penalties for the personal use of marijuana by adults and allow

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-75729725556274067702007-07-22T23:13:00.000-04:002007-07-22T23:20:43.644-04:00

News N Shit has a few new bumper sticker designs available including an updated version of John and Yoko's holiday message: "Mission Accomplished: If You Want It."Click for more.

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-13197843164025845692007-06-19T19:50:00.000-04:002007-06-19T20:09:43.279-04:00

News N Shit's top headlines and news picks are now available on your mobile smartphone. Set a new bookmark in your mobile browser for newsnshit.com/mobile.Now you can get the top news stories, compiled from a variety of sources - plus our favorite stories - on the go, and all updated in real time.

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-48333486725162619542007-05-07T16:36:00.000-04:002007-05-26T14:25:53.782-04:00

Smoking bans in public places have become increasingly more prevalent in recent years as a result of studies that have demonstrated the dangers of cigarette smoke, not just to smokers, but to bystanders.Advocates for the rights of smokers have fought these bans on a constitutional basis, and restaurant and bar owners have protested to protect themselves from any economic harm that may arise from

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-69692289121089033942007-04-25T01:43:00.000-04:002007-04-25T02:01:14.228-04:00

This simple widget installs easily into your Mac OS X Dashboard and allows you to see highlights from the latest News N Shit articles at the touch of a button. Clicking on any article will bring you directly to that article on our site, and clicking the logo brings you to our home page.Requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher and installs automatically after downloading.Click to download Widget (

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-40759916639882679892007-04-24T21:10:00.000-04:002007-04-25T15:43:14.348-04:00

I posted a bulletin to my MySpace friends yesterday that appears to have struck a nerve.Very disappointed in my relationship with National City Bank, I asked people to tell me whether they love or hate their banks so I could be better educated in choosing a new one.The resulting waterfall of "I hate my bank" messages was fairly substantial. It seems like people feel that banking is a necessary

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-55233062636492758212007-03-13T17:13:00.000-04:002007-07-01T16:25:23.566-04:00

Top Marine General Peter Pace, in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, stated that he feels homosexuality is immoral and akin to adultery.Pace also said that he supports the military's so-called "don't ask/don't tell" policy, but it would be his personal preference for the military to not have non-heterosexual members. That rule "don't ask/don't tell" allows homosexuals to serve in the military

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-72438150164673471812007-03-02T11:09:00.000-05:002007-03-02T11:49:53.244-05:00

Most polls conducted on the subject over the years show the percentage of Americans who can identify the prime minister of Canada at 2% to 6%.There is an infamous story of a photo that ran in the New York Times in 2000, of President Clinton, Vladimir Putin, and a third "unidentified" man, who was, in fact, Canadian then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.In an effort to prevent such things from

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-1165440149736004272006-12-06T16:16:00.000-05:002007-03-02T11:51:04.137-05:00

The 160-page report of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, delivered to President Bush today in Washington, is now available as a free download from News N Shit.Download PDF: Iraq Study Group Report (160 pages, 5.1 MB)For a list of other reports and free downloads, check the righthand column of News N Shit's front page.

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-1164671879687703842006-11-27T18:56:00.000-05:002006-11-27T19:00:32.893-05:00

...a letter from Michael MooreFriends,Today marks the day that we will have been in Iraq longer than we were in all of World War II.That's right. We were able to defeat all of Nazi Germany, Mussolini, and the entire Japanese empire in LESS time than it's taken the world's only superpower to secure the road from the airport to downtown Baghdad.And we haven't even done THAT. After 1,347 days, in

Scott Ritchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-1161138261911113942006-10-17T21:22:00.000-04:002006-10-18T14:28:34.916-04:00

The enormous cost of the of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, $440 billion, is enough money to transform the United States into a dramatically different place.Imagine America as a nation without any homeless, hungry or uninsured citizens.As the above chart shows, the money the US has spent in Iraq and Afghanistan could provide a year of health care coverage for America's 45 million uninsured

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