Palin went on to call his statement an instance of a "lack of self-discipline" on Christie's part. She also suggested that Christie had his share of moments that could be considered embarrassing to the GOP, such as "taking a state helicopter to his kid's baseball game.

Really? What about her "state" tanning bed?

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Pleeeese, everyone go vote for Gingrich   :-)

Hey, Repubs, whose it gonna be? No one in the field has more than, what, 35% max.? So who would you all vote to be the candidate that goes up against Barack Obama? The singing POTUS  :-) .

The images to the right should be self-explanatory except for Rick. I originally had a proctological image just to the left of his face but after all was said and done I decided that it was best not to use it so I deleted the @!$%# (one of them anyway).

The linked article is a little disturbing to me for several reasons.

One-

She was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes three years ago yet she continued her cooking show which promotes unhealthy food choices.

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“Now I’m not recommending this, but if you don’t have those genes working against you, you could gain weight and not exercise and your blood sugar would stay normal,” Goland said.

This is irresponsible, if he's "not recommending it" then he shouldn't say it.  

Three-

The author seems to make light of a deadly disease that is clearly a consequence of (except genetic cases) bad diet and lack of exercise. I don't know if it was intentional but the sources she uses also seem to make light of Diabetes.

With a few zodiac connotations:

Mercury........Huntsman.......quick-witted, good communicator

Venus...........Romney..........goddess of love and beauty

*Earth...........Obama...........feet on solid ground, home to the human race

Jupiter..........Gingrich.........a large gaseous planet 

Uranus.........Santorum........do I need to explain?

Neptune.......Paul................dreamer

Pluto............Perry...............way out in (solar) left right field

Okay, the last two are almost interchangeable.

Also, I skipped Saturn and Mars, none of the above seemed to fit those categories ....

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) accused her former Iowa campaign chairman of accepting money to jump ship to support Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on Wednesday, issuing a terse statement within two hours of his announcement.

SAN ANTONIO — The call came into the behavior specialists here from a doctor in Afghanistan. His patient had just been through a firefight and now was cowering under a cot, refusing to come out.

Apparently even the chew toys hadn’t worked.

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I love dogs and cats and birds, reptiles, horses, goats, fish, and bugs. Stories like this tear (and tear) me up.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.

Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway, said she isn't sorry and doesn't think such a letter would be sincere.

The Shawnee Mission East senior was taking part in a Youth in Government program last week in Topeka, Kan., when she sent out a tweet from the back of a crowd of students listening to Brownback's greeting. From her cellphone, she thumbed: "Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person (hash)heblowsalot."

She actually made no such comment and said she was "just joking with friends." But Brownback's office, which monitors social media for postings containing the governor's name, saw Sullivan's post and contacted the Youth in Government program.

wife of embattled former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, was told that she couldn’t use the university’s campus pool, where she usually works out.

He's no longer an employee of Penn State, why would she be allowed to use the pool there?

A Miami Gardens transgender woman is facing charges of practicing medicine without a license after police say she injected a patient's rear with everything but the kitchen sink in an illegal cosmetic surgery procedure.

According to police, the victim saw Morris in May and was injected in her buttocks with a substance consisting of cement, "Fix a Flat," mineral oil and super glue.

I just finished reading the article and the comments that followed. Out of curiosity I took a tally of all the supporting commenters to see how many were participating. Out of 27 there were 10 who were "last seen" on 11/16, the other 17 were here today, including the author!!! Wow, a boycott of NV! Out of thousands, probably tens of thousands of NV members 10 have decided to take part in a ban, boycott or embargo, whatever you want to call it. I'm probably being generous about the number, out of 10, some were probably otherwise occupied (with life). So maybe 7 or 8 are actually participating in UON. Woo hoo!

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This reminds me of an article here a few days ago, someone posted comments about the value of not voting and making a statement by not voting. In reality that makes no statement at all. It only results in apathy. Boycotting a product or service by a large number works. Boycotting NV by a handful is meaningless.

Is this what amounts to a "movement"? Maybe if you're referring to peristalsis.

Go UON! 

Several states are introducing bills that give person-hood to a woman's fertilized ovum. This fertilized ovum would then have certain legal protections including legal counsel. The fertilized ovum may already have lawyers, are we ready for that? Needless to say this will outlaw almost all forms of birth control. We are 7 billion now. Is this insanity lost on anyone who thinks?

So does it then follow that a woman with a fertilized ovum could be subject to having an ankle monitoring device if she doesn't want the pregnancy? And who proves if and when fertilization has taken place? Would you then have to prove paternity in order to take the steps necessary to force the woman to carry the fertilized ovum to term. Or would the state make a determination? Are you ready for that?

And what about miscarriage?, Since one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage who and how will it be determined if a woman had a natural miscarriage or an illegal abortion. Could a woman who has a miscarriage be accused and convicted of murder? Are you ready for that?.

And what about the spermatozoa? They swim like mad so surely they're persons also. And if I'm not mistaken, the BIBLE states that is a mortal sin for a man to spill his seed needlessly. So guys, are you all ready to shut off the porn, put the girlie mags down and be masters of your own domains (to paraphrase a Seinfeld episode)? Are you all ready for that? I'm waiting.    Do those spermatozoa have lawyers too?

Do you see where this is going? My questions are just the tip of the ice berg.

Great, laugh at the tragic consequences of this economy, particularly if you work for an industry that inflicted misery on others. Good Grief!

"How can it possibly help to postulate a divine intelligence to explain something complicated like [the origin of existence]?" Dawkins asked O'Reilly.

A Fox News producer and a protester with theOccupy Wall Street Movement had a testy exchange in an interview that didn't make it onto the air.

This guy was awesome!

Let's face it, political analysis junkies will be handicapping this field of Reps for the next 14 months. We're watching a horse race. Here's my brief review of the Rep debate, 9/7/11.

The photos to the right are not in order.

Out of the gate we have:

Romney..... He pretty much ran away with it. He swatted away Perry's feeble attacks at his jobs record in Mass. and asserted the importance of SSI when Perry tried to reinforced his own "Ponzi Scheme" meme. He also complemented the "Tea Party" while keeping his association with them at arm's length.

Perry.........He started out fairly strong but as the debate wore on his speaking skills became weaker and weaker. After hearing GWB and Sarah Palin I'm used to certain politicians dropping their g's but toward the end he wasn't even conjugating verbs (in English). I don't know if his worst moment was the "Ponzi Scheme" comments or the ones about global warming (his skepticism). Stoooooopid!

Huntsman..... He did pretty well for a late runner. He also sounded the sanest. He's far and away more intelligent than Perry and much more pragmatic too. Unfortunately (for me) he's singing the same tired, old saw about reducing taxes on businesses in order to create jobs. It hasn't worked for the past 30 years. What could possible make it work now?

Bachmann.....Who? Fading as we speak.

Paul......Rambling Ron, one moment he makes clear and lucid statements and in the next breath he says some really nutty thing. He was talking about the border tonight and said we as Americans should fear whether we will be allowed out of the country with our capital !?!?

Gingrich..... Square-Head Sponge-Newt .... I'm trying to remember something of significance that he said. I did hear him bellowing like a bull but I forget what his point was.

Cain .... Mr. 999. He had very little participation and the few times he spoke it was all about his "999" plan. Google it.

Santorum ....Bringing up the rear (Google this one too) :-)  He'll be coming in last.

Peer-reviewed journals are a pillar of modern science. Their aim is to achieve highest scientific standards by carrying out a rigorous peer review that is, as a minimum requirement, supposed to be able to identify fundamental methodological errors or false claims.

AUSTIN, Texas -- A federal judge on Tuesday struck down key provision of Texas' new law requiring a doctor to perform a sonogram before an abortion, ruling that the measure violates the free speech rights of both doctors and patients.

Finally, a voice of reason! This proposed law was way beyond the pale.

This was painful to watch. If he struggles with such a simple question he's headed for a cliff!

Here is what one of the uber-wealthy (job creators) thinks of you if you are poor or elderly. Didn't you realize how well off you are? Heck lots of you have air-conditioners and color televisions. /s

Fox News host Eric Bolling pulled a Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, asserting that there were no terrorist attacks on "American soil" during President Bush's term in office.

Giuliani famously made a similar assertion in early 2010, saying, "we had no domestic attacks under Bush." Of course, the 9/11 attacks happened under Bush.

Bolling's misstatement came during a discussion on the network's Glenn Beck replacement show, "The Five." He and a panel—which included former Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino—were arguing about whether Bush had been guilty of "fear-mongering" during his tenure. Panelist Bob Beckel said that the former president had used fear-mongering around the non-existent weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. As he attempted to continue his point, Bolling cut him off and started to move on to the next segment.

"America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008," he said. "I don't remember any attacks on American soil during that period of time." Nobody on the panel challenged this comment.

But unlike Weiner, Ensign, Foley and Sanford, Vitter remains in his position of authority, although some conservatives are calling for him to quit in the wake of the Weiner resignation, which takes effect at midnight, June 21.

A special delivery arrived in the mail from Donald Trump. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell has details along with a response in the Rewrite.

Trump is all over the place. Now he's trashing Paul Ryan's Medicare plan( JOKE ) after announcing his withdrawal as a possible candidate for president. And now he's saying he might run as an indie! pphhhttt!!! it'll never happen...He's not going to risk millions and millions of dollars for nothing, he's not that stupid.

I've been a member of Newsvine since 3/2009. Like many here I'm kind of addicted. I enjoy a lot of the articles and conversations about numerous topics. But it's the people I've become familiar with that I appreciate, whether our ideologies are the same or not.

In the time I've been here I have sent and received a fair number of friend requests. I've accepted every FR, figuring that if the person turns out to be too difficult I could cancel the friendship later. I'm happy to say that's never happened. What I'm wondering about is the FR's I've sent that remain "pending" after several days. When I was first here I canceled the FR if it was pending past two days. These days I leave the request standing for four or five days and then cancel. I would like to know what others think/do about this.

At this point I would like to issue an open apology to any viner I may have offended. I know I can be harsh at times but it's generally directed to the subject of an article. Snark is usually not my intention. I admit it has been on occasion though. The political threads can bring some of that out.

Yes, it is cyberspace and we can conceal ourselves to some degree but I feel I've gotten to know others here, some have really opened up and told compelling stories about themselves. Cyber or not there is a certain reality in this community. I really enjoy Newsvine.

Cheers! 

The city's refusal to let homeless residents occupy temporary housing provided by FEMA has sparked outrage in this central Alabama town of 2,000, with angry citizens filling a meeting last week and circulating petitions to remove the man many blame for the decision, Mayor Jack Scott