tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:03:27 +0000http://www.newsnshit.com/index.shtmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)Blogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-7965533078418676378Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:21:00 +00002008-06-30T04:03:27.612-04:00In 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 blogsospherehttp://www.newsnshit.com/2008/06/insight-communications-ceo-continues-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-403264279972611354Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:28:00 +00002008-04-13T19:43:30.240-04:00mobileiPhoneheadlineswebappnewsnshit 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.http://www.newsnshit.com/2008/04/live-headlines-now-available-for-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-3776744251654385377Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:24:00 +00002008-03-21T11:42:28.014-04:00 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2008/03/two-new-bumper-stickers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-8858094264893881231Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:19:00 +00002007-10-19T23:35:47.434-04:00On 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/10/who-are-insurgents-and-what-do-they.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-7612988109547613830Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:12:00 +00002007-09-22T01:23:22.271-04:00Poor 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/09/english-refresher-for-internet-users.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-2811029744230173832Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:24:00 +00002007-09-16T23:32:43.641-04:00"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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/09/poverty-fuels-terrorism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-2140805124257540055Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:42:00 +00002007-09-16T16:24:22.509-04:00George 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 duringhttp://www.newsnshit.com/2007/09/word-count-for-presidents-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-2917248731793732299Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:36:00 +00002007-08-01T05:06:22.622-04:0010. 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/08/top-10-things-americans-want-from-their.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-7572972555627406770Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:13:00 +00002007-07-22T23:20:43.644-04:00 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.http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/07/new-bumper-stickers-available.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-1319784316402584569Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:50:00 +00002007-06-19T20:09:43.279-04:00 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.http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/06/headlines-and-news-picks-anywhere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-4833348672516261954Mon, 07 May 2007 20:36:00 +00002007-05-26T14:25:53.782-04:00smoking banpollsmokingalcoholdemocracydrinkingSmoking 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/05/most-people-dont-smoke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-6969228912108903394Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:43:00 +00002007-04-25T02:01:14.228-04:00Mac OSwidgetnewsnshit 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/04/news-n-shit-widget-for-mac.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-4075991663988267989Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:10:00 +00002007-04-25T15:43:14.348-04:00National Citystealth overdraftoverdraft feesfeesoverdraftbankingbanksI 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/04/theif-in-bankers-clothing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-5523306263649275821Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:13:00 +00002007-07-01T16:25:23.566-04:00Top 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/03/top-us-general-says-military.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-7243815016467347181Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:09:00 +00002007-03-02T11:49:53.244-05:00canadastephen harperprime minister 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2007/03/fyi-stephen-harper-is-prime-minister-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-116544014973600427Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:16:00 +00002007-03-02T11:51:04.137-05:00recommendationsISGreportIraq Study Group 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.http://www.newsnshit.com/2006/12/iraq-study-group-report-free-download.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-116467187968770384Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:56:00 +00002006-11-27T19:00:32.893-05:00...a letter from Michael Moore Friends, 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2006/11/cut-and-run-only-brave-thing-to-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-116113826191111394Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:22:00 +00002006-10-18T14:28:34.916-04:00The 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 http://www.newsnshit.com/2006/10/americas-hunger-housing-and-health.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-115854134397977846Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:53:00 +00002006-12-09T20:15:11.611-05:00ice creamFDANLEAdairy In the United States, the five most popular flavors by marketshare are vanilla (26%), chocolate (12.9%), neapolitan (4.8%), strawberry (4.3%) and cookies n' cream (4.0%). In accordance with the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, the Food and Drug Administration enforces a set of standards which regulate the labeling of food products. Ice cream is defined as a frozen food made from ahttp://www.newsnshit.com/2006/09/legal-definition-of-ice-cream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-115767189326002089Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:22:00 +00002006-09-07T19:31:33.290-04:00On the CBS News web site, the following, fairly comical "Rules of Engagement" can be found regarding any posts that visitors write in their public forums: "People who want to post comments on CBSNews.com are going to have to follow our rules. We know that not all forums are like that, but this one is. There’s legal language nearby. Here's the plain English: no libel, slander, no lying, no http://www.newsnshit.com/2006/09/cbsnewscoms-forum-rules.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-115757602698568981Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:59:00 +00002006-12-14T23:14:50.444-05:00Hear this story on our podcast.Everybody loves to hate their landlord. Larry Silverstein, the controversial leaseholder of the World Trade Center site is no different. Most people would agree that Silverstein, 75, is the evil landlord in the World Trade Center construction controversy. After all, he's old, cranky, and he signed a 99-year lease on the property just six weeks before a couple http://www.newsnshit.com/2006/09/still-little-construction-progress-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-115749651415680052Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:37:00 +00002006-09-05T19:03:13.803-04:00 LOUISVILLE (newsnshit.com) - I keep getting these ads in the mail from Insight Cable that say, "Are you paying more than $20 a month for your television service?" Well, yes, I am, and I'm paying it to Insight! (...and that's even after illegally splitting it with my neighbor!) The back of the ad always has the finest fine print I've ever seen in my life. The legal disclaimer goes on forever http://www.newsnshit.com/2006/09/we-want-airwaves-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-115680073547715141Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:12:00 +00002006-10-18T14:29:41.320-04:00 The number of soldiers who deserted during all 15 years of the conflict in Vietnam was 50,000, a number that could be easily overtaken by the army's current rate of 40,000 in the past six years. "It is impossible to put a precise figure on the number of American troops who have left the army as a result of the US involvement in Iraq. The Pentagon says that a total of 40,000 troops have desertedhttp://www.newsnshit.com/2006/08/rate-of-us-troop-desertion-set-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-115674960453656458Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:17:00 +00002006-08-28T03:20:43.016-04:00"Florida Governor Jeb Bush says he wants to be President. Well, that's good. Somebody will have to pardon his brother."-David Lettermanhttp://www.newsnshit.com/2006/08/letterman-on-bush.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139819.post-115637101103399944Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:55:00 +00002006-08-23T18:10:11.046-04:00 Despite his efforts to crack down on the blogging of his countrymen, Irainian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started his own blog. There's no indication if it will be updated daily or include notes about his shopping habits, adventures with Mike Wallace, his thoughts on world conflicts, emoticons indicating his current mood, his favorite Dilbert comic, a link to his MySpace page, or why he http://www.newsnshit.com/2006/08/iranian-president-starts-his-own-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (News the Magazine)