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NewsTalker tradition : declaring an impasse

Via: petey-coober • Other • 62 Comments • 9 years ago

Impasse Here at NewsTalkers we have a tradition . We have found that the simplest way to deal with intractible arguments is to just declare an impasse . What that means is that it is time to cease...

New Changes at NewsTalkers

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 14 Comments • 9 years ago

Hi Everyone!Two things I would like to go over.If you have been paying attention, you will have noticed that I changed the layout of the front page. The main reason is that no one is noticing or...

Threaded discussions

Via: petey-coober • Other • 22 Comments • 9 years ago

I don't know how the rest of you are finding the multilevel threaded discussions but I am finding them frustrating to follow . In an attempt to make these easier to follow I suggest adding these...

A Thank You Note From Pat N

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 51 Comments • 9 years ago

As many of you may know, our Pat N hadreceiveda very nasty email from the Newsvine email system. Because of the extreme nasty nature of this email, she has decided to quit the vine. Many members...

Politics , oil and software economics

Via: petey-coober • Other • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

In my initial article on this subject ; http://thenewstalkers.com/forum/topics/an-issue-that-trancends-politics I described the variables affecting oil prices . Here is an updated version with...

Berlin wax museum unveils model of Anne Frank

Via: arch-man • Other • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

The figure of the Jewish girl who perished at the hands of the Nazis in the Holocaust is displayed next door to a model of Adolf Hitler which was in the past decapitated by a visitor. A...

Meta Madness... Discussion on How to Make the Site Function Better.

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 37 Comments • 9 years ago

Hello Girls and Boys,There have been a couple of issues that need to be discussed about how the site has been functioning. The first is the groups. Although, they seem nice, the are underutilized....

A Friend Is Gone

Via: larry-crehore • Other • 17 Comments • 9 years ago

Hello to everyone at NewsTalkers. I am sad to have to pass on this information. A friend of many of us passed away this past Tuesday. Magaret Anne Mckinnon know to most of us as Maggie Mae,...

Discource on racial monikkers will be moved to Heated Debate.Reopened.

Via: peter-loves-the-real-tea-party • Other • 55 Comments • 9 years ago

In my opinion, his article about the charges levied against Zimmerman was timely and topical. It has however been hijacked....turned into a meta storm, which in my opinion doesnt give the author or...

Question to the group on functionality.

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 50 Comments • 9 years ago

If you check out the top of the page, you will notice a test tab, which will take you directly to Pets & Animals. Do you like having tabs like this, or do you think that it adds clutter? Also,...

Meta on CoC: An Omission from the last update

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 21 Comments • 9 years ago

Apparently, there was an omission from the current CoC when it was voted on and cleared. Here was the part that was missing: Section 3: The author can also request that members who are...

Profanity and the CoC

Via: petey-coober • Other • 88 Comments • 9 years ago

I am writing this meta article to attempt to clarify [to the best of my knowledge] recent changes in the way that the CoC is being interpreted . As most of you know , the formal statements in the...

A Get Well Card to Larry C

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 9 Comments • 9 years ago

Larry went into the hospital yesterday. I spoke to him today, and his spirits are good but he will be in for a while as they decide how to best treat him. Let's all send him good wishes for a...

How did the Higgs Boson get it's name ?

Via: petey-coober • Other • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

I couldn't decide whether to put this under humor or sci/tech so I settled for other . Back when he was in college Peter Higgs had a part time job as a clown at birthday parties . One day he was...

Watch droves of zombies invade the streets of Prague

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

Just like we were warned.... Zombies... and it starts in Prague. Get Prepared NOW! http://now.msn.com/living/0506-zombie-walk-prague.aspx

70-year-old virgin says she’s finally ready for love

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 13 Comments • 9 years ago

The 2005 film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," grossed nearly $200 million worldwide based on the premise of a man who went without sex into midlife. But one real-life woman has managed to stay a virgin...

Think Like a Mountain

Via: malamuteman • Other • 8 Comments • 9 years ago

Credit to Aldo Leopold for the title and some of the content of this article... Yellowstone offers lots of opportunities to see wildlife. Driving through the park, it is quite common to come...

Adolf Hitler, 6, won't be returned to Nazi parents

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

A Superior Court judge has ruled that the four children (including firstborn Adolf Hitler) of the charming couple above will remain in child welfare custody. Heath and Deborah Campbell's...

Negative Chaos

Via: petey-coober • Other • 59 Comments • 9 years ago

OK ... so you've had some phrase , expression or saying rattlin' around in your head for a while . If you've got many of these they are like cobwebs in your mind . And now it's time to clean out...

Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison to buy most of Hawaiian island of Lanai

Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • Other • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

Larry Ellison, inset, and the Sweetheart Rock as seen from Manele Bay Resort golf clubhouse on Lanai, Hawaii(CBS/AP/Wikimedia Commons) (CBS/AP) HONOLULU - Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison has...

The voting public has spoken . Obama , the clear winner ...

Via: petey-coober • Other • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

65 percent of Americans say Obama better suited to handle alien invasion than Romney By Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News In the event that Bill Pullman isn't available, two-thirds of respondents to a...

Woman gets arrested for holding up a speed trap warning sign

Via: petey-coober • Other • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Video : http://news.yahoo.com/video/speed-trap-warning-sign-gets-080000521.html

NewsTalkers Meet and Greet 2.0

Via: peter-loves-the-real-tea-party • Other • 200 Comments • 9 years ago

Buzz put a version of this article up when NewsTalkers first became an active site on a different server(?). Basically, it is a way to introduce yourselves and meet everybody. Since we are...

NewsTalkers: A Quarter of a Million Served and Still Counting!!!!!!

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 24 Comments • 9 years ago

Yes! It Just Happened. NewsTalkers has had a quarter of a million visitors... that would be 250,000, since our move to Ning! Our visitors have come from all over the world. Here are just a short...

Just Wanted To Introduce Myself

Via: feddy • Other • 63 Comments • 9 years ago

Hi everybody! I just wanted to introduce myself, and try my hand at writing my first article here. You can call me whatever you want. I've been called it all. But mostly I get called Fed Up....

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