Topically OT http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/forums/2 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:55:50 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/forums/2 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ anyone watch "The Watchmen"? ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3358/t/anyone-watch-The-Watchmen-.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mahroon) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3358 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:48:55 GMT <![CDATA[ Provocative Article - Rationing Health Care ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3325/t/Provocative-Article-Rationing-Health-Care.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html?hpw

Long and interesting article. Brings up a lot of good points that people usually don't want to address.

Why We Must Ration Health Care

By PETER... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3325 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:32:59 GMT <![CDATA[ David Foster Wallace Book Club ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3320/t/David-Foster-Wallace-Book-Club.html http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/14/infinite_summer/

David Foster Wallace lives on for an "Infinite Summer"

One giant book, 92 days, thousands of readers -- and the world's most ambitious reading group

By Joe Coscarelli

July 14, 2009 | There are many ways to cope with death, but... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3320 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:48:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Salon Article - Horses to the Slaughter ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3315/t/Salon-Article-Horses-to-the-Slaughter.html http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/30/horse_slaughter/index.html

Horses to the slaughter

U.S. horses are meeting gruesome ends abroad, while the debate rages on: Are horses 1,500 pounds of food or friend?

By Megan Wilde

June 30, 2009 | EL PASO, Texas -- On the dusty outskirts of this border... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3315 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:20:17 GMT <![CDATA[ How did you celebrate? ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3309/t/How-did-you-celebrate-.html any birthday or occasion that was especially grand? Thanks in advance...
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mahroon) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3309 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:03:23 GMT <![CDATA[ The Empathy Issue ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3265/t/The-Empathy-Issue.html

Op-Ed Columnist

The Empathy Issue

By DAVID http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3265 Sat, 30 May 2009 14:34:24 GMT <![CDATA[ Why we are liberals and conservatives - Nicholas Kristof ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3262/t/Why-we-are-liberals-and-conservatives-Nicholas-Kristof.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/opinion/28kristof.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
Op-Ed Columnist

Would You Slap Your Father? If So, You're a Liberal

feeds@yuku.com (Calrabbitfkyuku) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3262 Thu, 28 May 2009 19:58:16 GMT <![CDATA[ In The Shadow.. Culture of Fear ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3261/t/In-The-Shadow-Culture-of-Fear.html http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/05/28/culture_of_fear/

In the shadow of Cheney

Obama could spring America from the dank culture of fear spread by Cheney and Bush. So what's holding him back?
By Gary Kamiya

May 28, 2009 | Last week, Dick Cheney and Barack Obama carried on a bizarre, disembodied and deeply dissatisfying... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3261 Thu, 28 May 2009 13:25:05 GMT <![CDATA[ 2009 Kentucky Derby ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3231/t/2009-Kentucky-Derby.html nose banjo horse pickers, it's time to pick some winners in the 2009 Run for the Roses. Pick three horses - in order - for win place and show. If you get the winner right, you get 6 points. If you get the place horse (2nd) right, you get 3 points. If you get the show (3rd place) horse right, you get 1 point. If your show horses wins, you get nuthin'. You gotta get the right horse in the right place to win points. Punter with... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (secretariat7) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3231 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:58:13 GMT <![CDATA[ 2009 Dogswalk Against Cancer ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3157/t/2009-Dogswalk-Against-Cancer.html RL has drastically cut into my posting time, but I read as often as I can. It's that time of year again and I'm going to bust in to ask Croweland for their support.

For those of you who may be new here, now in its 18th year, the Dogswalk Against Cancer is the premier pet-centric charity event in New York City, an exciting and fun walk-a-thon and festival aimed at fighting both human and animal cancers. Dogswalk fundraising efforts benefit the programs of the American... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chattles) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3157 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:13:55 GMT <![CDATA[ Medieval Boot Camp ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3152/t/Medieval-Boot-Camp.html Getting in the mood for the upcoming Medieval movie making, I figure we need to pull out all the stops... medieval era-wise... and start our own boot camp for any and all things pertaining to medieval life.

To start us off, The Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered woven artifact/illustration of the Battle of Hastings of 1066... this scene showing some of the earliest known images of bow men.

feeds@yuku.com (BarbieCat) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3152 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:39:07 GMT <![CDATA[ The end of the Big Movie Stars ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3133/t/The-end-of-the-Big-Movie-Stars.html Posted by request

The end of the road for big movie stars?


By Christopher Goodwin

For 25 years, the big talent agencies like CAA (Creative Artists Agency) have arrogantly wielded power in Hollywood, demanding higher and higher fees and residuals for movie stars. Salaries of $20m or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (babzee) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3133 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:19:04 GMT <![CDATA[ AN INAUGURATION SONG ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3109/t/AN-INAUGURATION-SONG.html WE DID IT!
(Sung to the tune of "We Did It" from My Fair Lady
with apologies to Lerner & Lowe) ;-)

Today, oh boy, we did it, we did it, we did it!
He said that we would do it and indeed we did!
He said that we'd get thru it it, there's no doubt we'd do it!
And on this merry January day we did!

(Wasn't it just thrilling as we watched Bush taking flight?
Say 'buh-bye now.'... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Karencrowes) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3109 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:15:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Health Ledger ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3107/t/Health-Ledger.html image image feeds@yuku.com (TingSK8) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3107 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:26:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Celebrity Gossip ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3080/t/Celebrity-Gossip.html http://www.salon.com/ent/...ebrity_scandal/index.html

The Year Celebrity Scandal Died

Amy Winehouse imploded, Tina Fey triumphed, Heath Ledger overdosed -- and so did the tabloid era.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3080 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:36:29 GMT <![CDATA[ Discussion on "Doubt" ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3078/t/Discussion-on-Doubt-.html I find myself, at first assuming that the priest was guilty. But then, I realized I was damning him by the prejudice of what we know, today. Honestly, based on the evidence in the film, I had my doubts as to his guilt or innocence. Maybe that was the point??
In the film, Meryl Streep's character is ready to destroy him from the first HINT of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Karencrowes) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3078 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:51:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Our Biracial President ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3014/t/Our-Biracial-President.html http://www.salon.com/opin...008/11/06/biracial_obama/

When the starry glow around his election fades, Obama will allow us to see ourselves in black and white.
By James... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3014 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:08:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Garrison Keillor on Obama's Victory ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3013/t/Garrison-Keillor-on-Obama-s-Victory.html http://www.salon.com/opin.../2008/11/05/happy_couple/

Nov. 5, 2008 | A golden November day under a blue sky and an air of sweet amiability at the polls and at the end of the day, we elected the right guy, no doubt about it. Yes, we can and we did. A nation spread its wings and achieved... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3013 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:45:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Victory of Spirit ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3012/t/Victory-of-Spirit.html http://www.salon.com/opin...2008/11/05/obama_victory/

An excerpt:

Polls show that almost 90 percent of Americans, a record number, believe that the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3012 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:34:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Michael Moore on Obama's Election ]]> http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3011/t/Michael-Moore-on-Obama-39-s-Election.html http://www.michaelmoore.c.../message/index.php?id=240

Pinch Me ...a message from Michael Moore

Friends,

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TXKittie) http://mostlyruss.yuku.com/topic/3011 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:08:39 GMT