<?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 - T'omm J'Onzz's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:21:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:57:40 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Supreme Court: Judges cannot get involved in church dispute</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a groundbreaking case, the  Supreme Court on Wednesday held for the first time that religious  employees of a church cannot sue for employment discrimination.
But  the court's unanimous decision in a case from Michigan did not specify  the distinction between a secular employ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/11/10125648-supreme-court-judges-cannot-get-involved-in-church-dispute</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/11/10125648-supreme-court-judges-cannot-get-involved-in-church-dispute</guid><category>scotus</category><category>discrimination</category><category>michigan</category><category>law</category><category>equal-employment-opportunity-commission</category><category>courts</category><category>us-news</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>employment</category><category>sexual-harassment</category><category>redford</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>americans-with-disabilities-act</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:08:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzFD8F81CD-941A-B0B9-D97C-37B5C11FC329.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzFD8F81CD-941A-B0B9-D97C-37B5C11FC329.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>South Carolina considers drug tests, community service for unemployment</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Senate panel  advanced bills Tuesday that would require people laid off in South  Carolina to pass a drug test to receive unemployment benefits, then  volunteer 16 hours weekly with a charity or public agency to keep  receiving a check.
Though the panel heard testimony that bo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10099987-south-carolina-considers-drug-tests-community-service-for-unemployment</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10099987-south-carolina-considers-drug-tests-community-service-for-unemployment</guid><category>jobs</category><category>florida</category><category>slavery</category><category>unemployment</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>drug-testing</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>conscription</category><category>nikki-haley</category><category>war-on-poor</category><category>war-on-unemployment</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:58:11 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz2349ECAA-BFFB-2ED4-90CE-CE61186ADBD4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz2349ECAA-BFFB-2ED4-90CE-CE61186ADBD4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leonard Pitts, Jr: South Carolina, Republicans continue war against blacks, poor</title>
<description><![CDATA[So here&rsquo;s how it is:
You have no driver&rsquo;s license because you have nothing to drive. You have no passport because you&rsquo;ve never been out of the country. You have no other photo I.D. because you have no bank account.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/09/10081739-leonard-pitts-jr-south-carolina-republicans-continue-war-against-blacks-poor</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/09/10081739-leonard-pitts-jr-south-carolina-republicans-continue-war-against-blacks-poor</guid><category>elections</category><category>discrimination</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>republicans</category><category>voting-rights-act</category><category>racism</category><category>justice-department</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>jim-crow</category><category>opinion</category><category>conservatism</category><category>african-americans</category><category>class-warfare</category><category>voter-id</category><category>leonard-pitts-jr</category><category>tea-party</category><category>poll-tax</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>nikki-haley</category><category>war-on-democracy-miami-herald</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:27:50 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz2CF36C06-A756-78F5-F0BE-F27E2F5F111A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz2CF36C06-A756-78F5-F0BE-F27E2F5F111A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Amid tensions, US Navy rescues Iranians from Somali pirates</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just days after Iranian and American military officials traded warnings over a U.S. Navy vessel's departure from the Persian Gulf, the United States Navy has rescued 13 Iranian fishermen and their fishing dhow from Somali pirates in the north Arabian sea, the Pentagon said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/06/10014803-amid-tensions-us-navy-rescues-iranians-from-somali-pirates</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/06/10014803-amid-tensions-us-navy-rescues-iranians-from-somali-pirates</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>persian-gulf</category><category>arabian-sea</category><category>us-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>youtube</category><category>leon-panetta</category><category>uss-john-c-stennis</category><category>uss-kidd</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Jan 2012 22:18:38 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz56FC2C87-4A4A-557B-06F0-0A28C101B5CE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz56FC2C87-4A4A-557B-06F0-0A28C101B5CE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leonard Pitts Jr on Ron Paul: Foolish consistency, or just foolishness?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"A  foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." -  Ralph Waldo Emerson]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9983767-leonard-pitts-jr-on-ron-paul-foolish-consistency-or-just-foolishness</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9983767-leonard-pitts-jr-on-ron-paul-foolish-consistency-or-just-foolishness</guid><category>republicans</category><category>civil-rights-act</category><category>us-news</category><category>libertarianism</category><category>leonard-pitts</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>2012-election</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 22:20:41 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz62CD1AB9-7E31-3CED-11F9-1ED388F73EBC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="573" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz62CD1AB9-7E31-3CED-11F9-1ED388F73EBC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Did Sarah Palin produce a Santorum surge? (+ poll)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Okay, let&rsquo;s all take a few moments to snicker at the double meaning in the headline.
. .]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9981975-did-sarah-palin-produce-a-santorum-surge-poll</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9981975-did-sarah-palin-produce-a-santorum-surge-poll</guid><category>iowa</category><category>poll</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>christmas</category><category>fox-news</category><category>op-ed</category><category>opinion</category><category>christianity</category><category>caucus</category><category>war-on-christmas</category><category>conservativism</category><category>rachel-maddow</category><category>keeping-up-with-tomm-jonzz</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:38:55 +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>'Homohater fosser fram': Norway-ing In on Iowa</title>
<description><![CDATA[Norway&rsquo;s third-largest newspaper, Dagbladet, put Santorum&rsquo;s ascension at  the Iowa Caucus into their own words with the headline, "Gay Hate  Surging Forward."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9961099-homohater-fosser-fram-norway-ing-in-on-iowa</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9961099-homohater-fosser-fram-norway-ing-in-on-iowa</guid><category>norway</category><category>discrimination</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>us-news</category><category>christianity</category><category>homophobia</category><category>culture-war</category><category>glbt</category><category>iowa-caucus</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 03:24:24 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz45615AB2-22BC-E966-486C-5201802DABF6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="418" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz45615AB2-22BC-E966-486C-5201802DABF6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="125" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Did Sarah Palin produce a Santorum surge? (+ poll)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Okay, let&rsquo;s all take a few moments to snicker at the double meaning in the headline.
&nbsp;
. .]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9958194-did-sarah-palin-produce-a-santorum-surge-poll</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9958194-did-sarah-palin-produce-a-santorum-surge-poll</guid><category>iowa</category><category>poll</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>christmas</category><category>fox-news</category><category>op-ed</category><category>opinion</category><category>christianity</category><category>caucus</category><category>war-on-christmas</category><category>conservativism</category><category>rachel-maddow</category><category>keeping-up-with-tomm-jonzz</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 02:51:07 +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>Florida man reunites with lost kitty in Colorado</title>
<description><![CDATA[A cat who wandered away from his new home in Florida has been reunited with his owner after being found nearly 2,000 miles away in Colorado.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9958039-florida-man-reunites-with-lost-kitty-in-colorado</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/04/9958039-florida-man-reunites-with-lost-kitty-in-colorado</guid><category>us</category><category>lost</category><category>odd</category><category>found</category><category>odd-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>kitty</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 00:47:09 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/509e5813-3b74-4a43-af57-870cdfee44cc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="322" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/509e5813-3b74-4a43-af57-870cdfee44cc.jpg" width="120" height="191" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by the Foothills Animal Shelter shows Daniel Johns from Naples, Fla., as he is reunited with his cat Waylon in Golden, Colo., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012.   Waylon, a orange-striped tabby cat, ran away from home in the Naples area this summer soon after being adopted by Daniel Johns. A good Samaritan found Waylon on a Colorado street on Dec. 21 and brought the cat to the Foothills Animal Shelter in Golden. A microchip linked him to Johns. (AP Photo/Foothills Animal Shelter, Jennifer Strickland)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In West, late North Korean leader [largely] a cartoon villain</title>
<description><![CDATA[Late North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Il enjoyed an elaborate personality cult at home but he was also a  favorite of Western popular media, which found him to be a time-tested  source of laughs.
From Hollywood to websites,  satirists relished skewering a leader whose shrill miss&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9778446-in-west-late-north-korean-leader-largely-a-cartoon-villain</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/28/9778446-in-west-late-north-korean-leader-largely-a-cartoon-villain</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>north-korea</category><category>kim-jong-il</category><category>alec-baldwin</category><category>world-news</category><category>comedy</category><category>madtv</category><category>margaret-cho</category><category>lampoon</category><category>stereotyping</category><category>30-rock</category><category>team-america</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:44:09 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzADBE5776-9392-96D0-3CC6-9D18006ECF42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzADBE5776-9392-96D0-3CC6-9D18006ECF42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Michigan governor's office a step closer to taking over Detroit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heading down a path that could lead to the state of  Michigan taking over the running of Detroit, Gov.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/27/9749570-michigan-governors-office-a-step-closer-to-taking-over-detroit</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/27/9749570-michigan-governors-office-a-step-closer-to-taking-over-detroit</guid><category>elections</category><category>jesse-jackson</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>michigan</category><category>republicans</category><category>voting</category><category>us-news</category><category>conservatism</category><category>civil-disobedience</category><category>fascism</category><category>lansing</category><category>tea-party</category><category>benton-harbor</category><category>2012-election</category><category>rick-snyder</category><category>anti-demoracy</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:35:28 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz37C985EA-B6EB-00E4-ADDF-6C5315A542F2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz37C985EA-B6EB-00E4-ADDF-6C5315A542F2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us, turns 14; still love it?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today is Festivus, the holiday that was popularized on "Seinfeld" and spurred the comic tell-all tome "The Real Festivus."
Festivus, according to the Dec.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9665420-festivus-the-holiday-for-the-rest-of-us-turns-14-still-love-it</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9665420-festivus-the-holiday-for-the-rest-of-us-turns-14-still-love-it</guid><category>television</category><category>christmas</category><category>us-news</category><category>comedy</category><category>seinfeld</category><category>hanukkah</category><category>popular-culture</category><category>jerry-seinfeld</category><category>jason-alexander</category><category>war-on-christmas</category><category>frank-costanza</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:50:26 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz259622CE-6F27-3D27-410A-20AF0198DFC4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz259622CE-6F27-3D27-410A-20AF0198DFC4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In ad for newsletter, Ron Paul claims 'coming race-war,' 'federal-homosexual cover-up'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A direct-mail  solicitation for Ron Paul's political and investment newsletters two  decades ago warned of a "coming race war in our big cities" and of a  "federal-homosexual cover-up" to play down the impact of AIDS.
The eight-page letter, which  appears to carry Paul's signatu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9663240-in-ad-for-newsletter-ron-paul-claims-coming-race-war-federal-homosexual-cover-up</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/23/9663240-in-ad-for-newsletter-ron-paul-claims-coming-race-war-federal-homosexual-cover-up</guid><category>fema</category><category>aids</category><category>republicans</category><category>martin-luther-king-jr</category><category>racism</category><category>comics</category><category>us-news</category><category>x-men</category><category>scams</category><category>libertarianism</category><category>homophobia</category><category>paranoia</category><category>anti-semitism</category><category>glbt</category><category>anti-government</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>magneto</category><category>conspriacy</category><category>world-government</category><category>2012-election</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:08:34 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz3820C22E-8A12-03D5-4F48-E3FDA8016C63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz3820C22E-8A12-03D5-4F48-E3FDA8016C63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chinese Hack Into US Chamber of Commerce, Authorities Say</title>
<description><![CDATA[For more than a year, hackers with ties to the Chinese military have  been eavesdropping on U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials involved in  Asia affairs, authorities say.
The hackers had access to everything in Chamber computers, including, potentially, the entire U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9639423-chinese-hack-into-us-chamber-of-commerce-authorities-say</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9639423-chinese-hack-into-us-chamber-of-commerce-authorities-say</guid><category>china</category><category>espionage</category><category>us-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>hacking</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:57:51 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzED561BA2-D96A-1BFB-026B-DA3520DA543F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzED561BA2-D96A-1BFB-026B-DA3520DA543F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Two women chosen to share traditional first-kiss at US Navy ship's return</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9638482-two-women-chosen-to-share-traditional-first-kiss-at-us-navy-ships-return</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/22/9638482-two-women-chosen-to-share-traditional-first-kiss-at-us-navy-ships-return</guid><category>navy</category><category>life</category><category>military</category><category>virginia</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>firefighters</category><category>us-news</category><category>placerville</category><category>glbt</category><category>dadt</category><category>uss-bainbridge</category><category>uss-oak-hill</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:00:29 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz729F8B19-1624-4B75-6C2D-75027C7B4761.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz729F8B19-1624-4B75-6C2D-75027C7B4761.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gay Couple Receives President's Congratulations on Wedding</title>
<description><![CDATA[A gay couple in Brooklyn, N.Y., were surprised to find a letter in their mailbox six months after their wedding congratulating them, but they were more surprised to find it was from the commander in chief.
Matt Katz, 32, and Aaron Lafrenz, 36, were married at the Katz family&rsq&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9613323-gay-couple-receives-presidents-congratulations-on-wedding</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9613323-gay-couple-receives-presidents-congratulations-on-wedding</guid><category>new-york</category><category>politics</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>glbt</category><category>marriage-equality</category><category>michelle-obama</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:45:31 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzF97145DC-1421-DAA6-4D72-E71C226C72B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="363" width="242" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzF97145DC-1421-DAA6-4D72-E71C226C72B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Just 366 Days Left Until the Alleged Maya-Predicted End of the World!</title>
<description><![CDATA[The  countdown to the apocalypse is on.
We're one year away from Dec.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9612644-just-366-days-left-until-the-alleged-maya-predicted-end-of-the-world</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/21/9612644-just-366-days-left-until-the-alleged-maya-predicted-end-of-the-world</guid><category>mexico</category><category>nasa</category><category>astronomy</category><category>world-news</category><category>archaeology</category><category>archeology</category><category>maya</category><category>doomsday</category><category>end-times</category><category>apocalypse</category><category>winter-solstice</category><category>time-keeping</category><category>2012-election</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:01:40 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz72006338-4D59-AA63-1F39-8D3E087FC7C0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz72006338-4D59-AA63-1F39-8D3E087FC7C0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chappy Chanukkah! (and belated Saturnalia)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;
Tell your friend Veronica it's time to celebrate Hanukkah! It starts today at sundown and, of course, lasts "eight crazy nights" to the 23rd. Mazel tov! (for some better video, try Hulu) :)
Also, happy belated Saturnalia:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9588819-chappy-chanukkah-and-belated-saturnalia</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9588819-chappy-chanukkah-and-belated-saturnalia</guid><category>winter</category><category>religion</category><category>saturday-night-live</category><category>christmas</category><category>holidays</category><category>hanukkah</category><category>mythology</category><category>war-on-christmas</category><category>adam-sandler</category><category>winter-solstice</category><category>saturnalia</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:54:14 +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 medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zigPOkCytoU" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zigPOkCytoU/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">shaky, hand-held (but appreciated for being uploaded) video of Adam Sandler on Saturday Night Live.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gingrich is a Walking Encyclopedia of Shallowness</title>
<description><![CDATA[Can we please bury the notion that Newt Gingrich is some kind of deep  thinker? His intellect may be as broad as the sea, but it&rsquo;s about as  deep as a birdbath.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/17/9522005-gingrich-is-a-walking-encyclopedia-of-shallowness</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/17/9522005-gingrich-is-a-walking-encyclopedia-of-shallowness</guid><category>freddie-mac</category><category>republicans</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>palestine</category><category>us-news</category><category>second-life</category><category>conservatism</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>xenophobia</category><category>eugene-robinson</category><category>lean-six-sigma</category><category>2012-election</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><category>palestinte</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:15:27 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz402D8F69-1E86-9484-C0E9-4A2B36BD89B7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="423" width="306" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz402D8F69-1E86-9484-C0E9-4A2B36BD89B7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Subsurface of Mars 'could be habitable'</title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby.]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abby.]]></source><link>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9457933-subsurface-of-mars-could-be-habitable</link><guid>http://abbys1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9457933-subsurface-of-mars-could-be-habitable</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:48:31 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1C86818F7-56C0-ACAB-B5D5-54D2E669C889.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abbys1C86818F7-56C0-ACAB-B5D5-54D2E669C889.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sharks play key role in studying effects of BP oil spill</title>
<description><![CDATA[As the 115-foot Research Vessel Weatherbird II rolled in 4-foot seas 120 miles west of Tampa Bay, the call went out:
&ldquo;Fish on.&rdquo;
Excitement  was tangible; scientists hauled the 300-pound monofilament line,  working the fish to the surface of the startlingly blue Gulf&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9456467-sharks-play-key-role-in-studying-effects-of-bp-oil-spill</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/15/9456467-sharks-play-key-role-in-studying-effects-of-bp-oil-spill</guid><category>bp</category><category>sharks</category><category>florida</category><category>oil-spill</category><category>us-news</category><category>marine-life</category><category>environmental-protection</category><category>seafood</category><category>marine-biology</category><category>regulations</category><category>oceanography</category><category>deepwater-horizon</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:25:41 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzF0391427-15DB-438D-1B3B-A2C2FB84E60E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzF0391427-15DB-438D-1B3B-A2C2FB84E60E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Anonymous hacks group in Muslim TV show uproar</title>
<description><![CDATA[A conservative Florida organization's opposition to the reality show  "All-American Muslim" has stirred up a storm of controversy that's got  Lowe's, a Muslim rights group, travel website Kayak, actor Kal Penn, and the hacktivist group Anonymous all choosing sides.
Tuesday, the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9453071-anonymous-hacks-group-in-muslim-tv-show-uproar</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9453071-anonymous-hacks-group-in-muslim-tv-show-uproar</guid><category>muslims</category><category>islam</category><category>us-news</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>tlc</category><category>islamophobia</category><category>all-american-muslim</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:20:39 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzDD635A2D-A13D-5964-C6FA-3B027781C154.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="396" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzDD635A2D-A13D-5964-C6FA-3B027781C154.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Woman Leaves $13M Fortune to Cat</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 4-year-old stray cat that was rescued from the streets of Rome has  inherited a $13 million fortune from [his] owner, the wealthy widow of an  Italian property tycoon.
Maria Assunta left the fortune to her beloved kitty, Tommaso, when she  died two weeks ago at the age of 94.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9401571-woman-leaves-13m-fortune-to-cat</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9401571-woman-leaves-13m-fortune-to-cat</guid><category>italy</category><category>animals</category><category>real-estate</category><category>law</category><category>odd-news</category><category>cats</category><category>animal-welfare</category><category>pets</category><category>rags-to-riches</category><category>leona-helmsley</category><category>last-will</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:04:58 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzB99B1BA7-3853-257E-F6FD-5F3565E207B2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzzB99B1BA7-3853-257E-F6FD-5F3565E207B2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Arab World's Total Transformation in 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[In just one year, the Arab and Muslim world has undergone a total  transformation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9400933-arab-worlds-total-transformation-in-2011</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9400933-arab-worlds-total-transformation-in-2011</guid><category>turkey</category><category>libya</category><category>egypt</category><category>syria</category><category>tunisia</category><category>revolution</category><category>muslims</category><category>democracy</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>islam</category><category>world-news</category><category>dictatorship</category><category>mubarak</category><category>bashar-assad</category><category>fundamentalism</category><category>gadhafi</category><category>arab-spring</category><category>sic-semper-tyrannus</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:32:05 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz3A044885-9C18-304C-556B-4F6D220B73E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz3A044885-9C18-304C-556B-4F6D220B73E7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Supreme Court Takes Up Arizona's Strict Immigration Law</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has added another hot-button issue to its docket this term, agreeing today to hear a challenge to Arizona&rsquo;s strict immigration law.
The case will be argued sometime this spring, and Justice Elena Kagan  will take no part in the decision, presumably becaus&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T'omm J'Onzz]]></source><link>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9399558-supreme-court-takes-up-arizonas-strict-immigration-law</link><guid>http://tommjonzz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9399558-supreme-court-takes-up-arizonas-strict-immigration-law</guid><category>arizona</category><category>immigration</category><category>alabama</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>racism</category><category>us-news</category><category>latinos</category><category>4th-amendment</category><category>papers-please</category><category>jan-brewer</category><category>elena-kagan</category><category>sb1070</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:22:33 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz4E26D549-D97C-E4AE-955F-01D1E46CA297.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tommjonzz4E26D549-D97C-E4AE-955F-01D1E46CA297.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
