<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - James Owens-1128509's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/</link><description>Primewords</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:52:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:48:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Cancer Journal:  A happy birthday despite grim news</title>
<description><![CDATA[After undergoing one round of chemotherapy, MSNBC contibutor and writer Mike Celizic found out his remission from cancer has ended; and he received the news on his birthday. Celizic writes an emotional, and rather humorous story about his decision to decline further treatment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4933257-cancer-journal-a-happy-birthday-despite-grim-news</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4933257-cancer-journal-a-happy-birthday-despite-grim-news</guid><category>health</category><category>birthday</category><category>chemotherapy</category><category>lymphoma</category><category>mike-celizic</category><category>remission</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:52:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Breaking News:  Blagojevich is a liar</title>
<description><![CDATA[ For more than two weeks the jury in the Rod Blagojevich case mulled over the evidence of the government&rsquo;s 24 count indictment, and when all was said and done Tuesday, they found the former Illinois governor guilty of lying to the FBI, but could not bring forth a conviction&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/17/4916294-breaking-news-blagojevich-is-a-liar</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/17/4916294-breaking-news-blagojevich-is-a-liar</guid><category>fbi</category><category>politics</category><category>rod-blagojevich</category><category>scooter-libby</category><category>conviction</category><category>perjury</category><category>illinois-politics</category><category>patrick-fitzgeral</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4916363.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="582" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4916363.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty today of only one of 24 counts brought against him by the government. AP Photo&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP squashes small business recovery and stalls job creation</title>
<description><![CDATA[ In July the unemployment rate inched up another one tenth of a percentage point, to 9.5 percent, leaving more Americans out of work.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/02/4800320-gop-squashes-small-business-recovery-and-stalls-job-creation</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/02/4800320-gop-squashes-small-business-recovery-and-stalls-job-creation</guid><category>elections</category><category>jobs</category><category>gm</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>small-business</category><category>outsourcing</category><category>senate-republicans</category><category>robert-reich</category><category>president-obama</category><category>small-business-recovery</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:55:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4800346.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="247" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4800346.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Afghanistan is not what we pictured</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Before we undertake any project, we have a picture in our mind about how it will turn out. When we plan to landscape our yards we have an idea about what to plant, where to plant it, and in our minds eye, we can see a picture of the result.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/27/4760772-afghanistan-is-not-what-we-pictured</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/27/4760772-afghanistan-is-not-what-we-pictured</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>pakistan</category><category>war</category><category>us-news</category><category>us-military</category><category>afghan-war</category><category>wikileaks</category><category>innocent-civilians</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:50:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>All the unemployed need is tough love and tough sh-t</title>
<description><![CDATA[ If you&rsquo;re an unemployed individual, have ever been unemployed or think you might become unemployed at some future date; you have a target on your back.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/20/4714156-all-the-unemployed-need-is-tough-love-and-tough-sh-t</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/20/4714156-all-the-unemployed-need-is-tough-love-and-tough-sh-t</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>judd-gregg</category><category>filibuster</category><category>entitlements</category><category>andre-bauer</category><category>jim-bunning</category><category>orin-hatch</category><category>unemployment-benefits</category><category>dean-heller</category><category>sharron-angle</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:03:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4714231.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4714231.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican Rep from Kentucky Jim Bunning&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pakistan change of strategy is business as usual</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Sunday, what is being touted as a new plans for dealing with Pakistan. The plan involves an expansion of development assistance in an effort to keep Pakistan onboard in the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/18/4703387-pakistan-change-of-strategy-is-business-as-usual</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/18/4703387-pakistan-change-of-strategy-is-business-as-usual</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>congress</category><category>pakistan</category><category>middle-east</category><category>taliban</category><category>al-qaida</category><category>world-news</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>richard-holbrooke</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:01:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDA Panel votes to keep Avandia on the market</title>
<description><![CDATA[While a majority of an "outside panel" of experts voted to keep GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia on the market, a majority also found  the drug may increase the risks of heart attacks. As one panelist put it, "I'm not persuaded by the evidence to implicate the drug.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/14/4677259-fda-panel-votes-to-keep-avandia-on-the-market</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/14/4677259-fda-panel-votes-to-keep-avandia-on-the-market</guid><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>diabetes</category><category>heart-disease</category><category>avandia</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:07:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Crazed Paranoia:  Obama plans to enslave and euthanize</title>
<description><![CDATA[ According to Michelle Bachmann Americans are victims who are about to become enslaved by the Federal Government, and like slaves who become worthless, those who are of little use will be done away with.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/13/4666941-crazed-paranoia-obama-plans-to-enslave-and-euthanize</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/13/4666941-crazed-paranoia-obama-plans-to-enslave-and-euthanize</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>us-treasury</category><category>cs-lewis</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>health-care-reform</category><category>slaves</category><category>jesse-ventura</category><category>michelle-bachmann</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:26:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4666965.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjowens5192F4666965.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 2, 2008. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Time to cut out the steak and serve up the hamburger</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It's believed that jobless benefits will be passed shortly after W. Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin picks a temporary successor for former Senator Robert Byrd, who recently passed away.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/12/4663123-time-to-cut-out-the-steak-and-serve-up-the-hamburger</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/12/4663123-time-to-cut-out-the-steak-and-serve-up-the-hamburger</guid><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>deficit</category><category>jon-kyl</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>jobless</category><category>filibuster</category><category>marie-antoinette</category><category>extended-unemployment-benefits</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:24:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDA moves on Pfizer to pull leukemia drug and stop trials on a pain medication</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Federal Food &amp; Drug Administration has asked Pfizer Inc. to pull a popular leukemia drug off the market and has suspended clinical trials on a pain medication for osteoarthritis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/09/4645934-fda-moves-on-pfizer-to-pull-leukemia-drug-and-stop-trials-on-a-pain-medication</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/09/4645934-fda-moves-on-pfizer-to-pull-leukemia-drug-and-stop-trials-on-a-pain-medication</guid><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>pfizer</category><category>recall</category><category>tylenol</category><category>leukemia</category><category>johnson-johnson</category><category>osteoarthritis</category><category>motrin</category><category>mylotarg</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:16:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Deficit apprehension runs rampant while military spending runs free</title>
<description><![CDATA[ With everyone concerned about the deficit and spending it seems odd to me that no one has blinked an eye at our extraordinary military spending.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4640550-deficit-apprehension-runs-rampant-while-military-spending-runs-free</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4640550-deficit-apprehension-runs-rampant-while-military-spending-runs-free</guid><category>politics</category><category>news</category><category>deficit</category><category>the-poor</category><category>barney-frank</category><category>budget-deficit</category><category>military-spending</category><category>unemployment-benefits</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 22:03:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senate Republicans unjustly punishing the unemployed</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A lesson I learned early in life is you don&rsquo;t kick someone who is already down. Never, in our nation&rsquo;s history has unemployment benefits been denied when jobs are so difficult to find. The national unemployment rate stands at 9.7 percent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/06/4622297-senate-republicans-unjustly-punishing-the-unemployed</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/06/4622297-senate-republicans-unjustly-punishing-the-unemployed</guid><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>unemployed</category><category>unemployment-benefits</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Jul 2010 13:46:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congress spends millions on goats, SEC spends millions to rearrange offices, none left for unemployed</title>
<description><![CDATA[ For the third time Congress has failed to come up with the 60 votes needed to fund unemployment benefits for those who have run out. For the third time Congress is politicking with the purse strings of the poor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Owens-1128509]]></source><link>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/01/4593028-congress-spends-millions-on-goats-sec-spends-millions-to-rearrange-offices-none-left-for-unemployed</link><guid>http://jowens519.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/01/4593028-congress-spends-millions-on-goats-sec-spends-millions-to-rearrange-offices-none-left-for-unemployed</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>republicans</category><category>subsidies</category><category>government-waste</category><category>extended-benefits</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:34:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
