<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : politics : Popular Links : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://politics.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[In Trying to Prevent Gay Marriage, Texas May Have Accidently Abolished it for Everyone]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135917/1/" /><id>135917</id><summary><![CDATA[In Trying to Prevent Gay Marriage, Texas May Have Accidently Abolished it for Everyone]]></summary><issued>2009-11-22T01:53:14+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-22T01:53:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It's rare a story about banning gay marriage actually has a silver lining.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Five 9-11 suspects to face trial in New York. ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135675/1/" /><id>135675</id><summary><![CDATA[Five 9-11 suspects to face trial in New York. ]]></summary><issued>2009-11-13T08:03:04+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-13T08:03:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, officials say.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mayor fires Cop for Ticketing his Son ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135505/1/" /><id>135505</id><summary><![CDATA[Mayor fires Cop for Ticketing his Son ]]></summary><issued>2009-11-08T10:18:07+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-08T10:18:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This week Stockton, Utah has a <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://voice-of-deseret.blogspot.com/2009/11/stockton-utah-has-new-mayor-councilman.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">new mayor</a> after the incumbent, Dan Rydalch, stripped a police officer of his badge and suspended him without pay for ticketing his son. When the mayor appointed himself head and sole member of the investigation into wrongdoing in the matter the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.stocktontown.org/council.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">town council met</a> and reinstated the officer and his back pay. Classic!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[House passes health care reform bill]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135498/1/" /><id>135498</id><summary><![CDATA[House passes health care reform bill]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T23:45:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T23:45:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The House of Representatives on Saturday night passed a sweeping health care bill by a vote of 220-215. <br/><br/>Next, on to the Senate.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama says don't jump to conclusions]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135440/1/" /><id>135440</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama says don't jump to conclusions]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T15:37:02+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T15:37:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Obama makes the common sense plea that we do not jump to conclusions on the motives of Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Allow the investigators to do their job first.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135433/1/" /><id>135433</id><summary><![CDATA[Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote]]></summary><issued>2009-11-06T12:57:31+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-06T12:57:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was &quot;absolutely&quot; committed to doing so.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bailed Out Companies Spend $71 Million on Lobbying]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135404/1/" /><id>135404</id><summary><![CDATA[Bailed Out Companies Spend $71 Million on Lobbying]]></summary><issued>2009-11-05T15:07:10+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-05T15:07:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;A year after taxpayers forked over $700 billion to help rescue the biggest names in banking, insurance and the automotive industry, those same institutions are using portions of the cash to influence legislation with a direct impact on taxpayers.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Tea Baggers Swarm Capitol in Last Ditch Effort to Kill HC Bill.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135399/1/" /><id>135399</id><summary><![CDATA[Tea Baggers Swarm Capitol in Last Ditch Effort to Kill HC Bill.]]></summary><issued>2009-11-05T11:05:15+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-05T11:05:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Lets hope the next swarm aren't Dirty Sanchez-ers.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pagan Politician Out of the Broom Closet]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135256/1/" /><id>135256</id><summary><![CDATA[Pagan Politician Out of the Broom Closet]]></summary><issued>2009-10-31T13:45:27+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-31T13:45:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20374754&amp;BRD=2731&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=574902&amp;rfi=6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Queens NY GOP nominee</a> <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.electdanhalloran.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dan Halloran</a> is not just any Pagan: he is the &quot;First Atheling,&quot; or King, of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.normannii.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">New Normandy</a>, which is the Greater New York Area branch of the Th&#233;od faith of pre-Christian Heathen religions. <br/><br/>This should be interesting!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Arnold's Secret Message]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135179/1/" /><id>135179</id><summary><![CDATA[Arnold's Secret Message]]></summary><issued>2009-10-28T13:03:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-28T13:03:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[*Hint*<br/><br/> it's not nice]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chicago Prosecutors Don't Like Being Shown They Made A Mistake]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/135128/1/" /><id>135128</id><summary><![CDATA[Chicago Prosecutors Don't Like Being Shown They Made A Mistake]]></summary><issued>2009-10-26T18:06:08+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-26T18:06:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For more than a decade, students at Northwestern University&#8217;s journalism school have scrutinized convictions looking for any mistakes. Over the years they have helped free a number of innocent people wrongly convicted. Their reward? Chicago prosecutors have subpoenaed the grades, grading criteria, class syllabus, expense reports and e-mail messages of the journalism students themselves.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ruling Eases Name Changes For Transgendered]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134968/1/" /><id>134968</id><summary><![CDATA[Ruling Eases Name Changes For Transgendered]]></summary><issued>2009-10-22T13:30:41+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-22T13:30:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The New York State Supreme Court ruled that a transgendered person seeking a name change does not have to provide proof of any medical procedure justifying the change, striking down an earlier ruling.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Are You English And Advanced Breast Cancer? No Drugs For You!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134966/1/" /><id>134966</id><summary><![CDATA[Are You English And Advanced Breast Cancer? No Drugs For You!]]></summary><issued>2009-10-22T13:09:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-22T13:09:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Despite its use in other European countries, England's rationing body said <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapatinib" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">lapatinib</a>, last chance' drug is too expensive even though its makers will provide the first three months' treatment free of charge. Only a few women would qualify for the drug and it would extend their lives, however NICE feels that it isn't cost effective.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be in Danger]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134964/1/" /><id>134964</id><summary><![CDATA[Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be in Danger]]></summary><issued>2009-10-22T12:45:25+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-22T12:45:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Inouye's office, sources say, has been lobbied by defense contractors adamant that the language of the Franken amendment would leave them overly exposed to lawsuits...&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Girl in tuxedo denied a place in school yearbook]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134874/1/" /><id>134874</id><summary><![CDATA[Girl in tuxedo denied a place in school yearbook]]></summary><issued>2009-10-19T18:49:32+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-19T18:49:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;M..I..crooked letter, crooked letter, I..crooked letter, crooked letter, I..humpback, humpback..I&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Texas man faces execution after jurors consult Bible to decide fate ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134761/1/" /><id>134761</id><summary><![CDATA[Texas man faces execution after jurors consult Bible to decide fate ]]></summary><issued>2009-10-16T14:34:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-16T14:34:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A convicted murderer faces execution in Texas after jurors consulted the Bible while deliberating on his sentence]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Judge Stumps Attorney By Asking How Would Same Sex Marriage Hurt Heterosexuals]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134693/1/" /><id>134693</id><summary><![CDATA[Judge Stumps Attorney By Asking How Would Same Sex Marriage Hurt Heterosexuals]]></summary><issued>2009-10-15T09:31:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-15T09:31:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Federal judge, Vaughn Walker presiding over a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, asked the attorney for the backers of the proposition how allowing same-sex couples hurts heterosexuals from marrying and having children. The lawyer admitted he didn't know.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ Saudis want US to pay for reducing oil usage]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134680/1/" /><id>134680</id><summary><![CDATA[ Saudis want US to pay for reducing oil usage]]></summary><issued>2009-10-14T20:17:02+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-14T20:17:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Pigs!(I have better comments but I don't want to get Jax in trouble)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Maria Shriver caught breaking law that husband Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134679/1/" /><id>134679</id><summary><![CDATA[Maria Shriver caught breaking law that husband Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced ]]></summary><issued>2009-10-14T19:49:53+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-14T19:49:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Her husband, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger then wrote about the incident on Twitter, where he thanked the website for &quot;for bringing her violations to my attention&quot; and promised: &quot;there's going to be swift action&quot;.(or a good spanking)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Guardian gagged from reporting parliament]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134555/1/" /><id>134555</id><summary><![CDATA[Guardian gagged from reporting parliament]]></summary><issued>2009-10-12T19:35:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-12T19:35:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented &#8211; for the first time in memory &#8211; from reporting parliament.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama White House Tells Fox to Take a Hike]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134554/1/" /><id>134554</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama White House Tells Fox to Take a Hike]]></summary><issued>2009-10-12T19:19:09+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-12T19:19:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[White House says it's finished pretending network is 'legitimate news']]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Clinton Calls W About Obama's Nobel Prize]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134484/1/" /><id>134484</id><summary><![CDATA[Clinton Calls W About Obama's Nobel Prize]]></summary><issued>2009-10-11T16:40:43+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-11T16:40:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In her op-ed column today, NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd imagines a conversation between former president Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussing President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[No,  Sir, Arnold Will Not Kiss Your &quot;Faggot&quot; Ass]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134380/1/" /><id>134380</id><summary><![CDATA[No,  Sir, Arnold Will Not Kiss Your &quot;Faggot&quot; Ass]]></summary><issued>2009-10-09T20:36:17+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-09T20:36:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger must have some balls, because the Republican &quot;governator&quot; made an impromptu appearance at a San Francisco Democratic Club dinner. The crowd was certainly not feeling it, and heckled him with such phrases as &quot;Kiss my f****t ass.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[&quot;One Nation Under God&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134232/1/" /><id>134232</id><summary><![CDATA[&quot;One Nation Under God&quot;]]></summary><issued>2009-10-07T00:31:37+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-07T00:31:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This simple phrase added to the pledge of allegiance over 50 years ago has been the source of unbelievable debate and heated controversy]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Federal SWAT Raid Over . . . Orchids]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/134217/1/" /><id>134217</id><summary><![CDATA[Federal SWAT Raid Over . . . Orchids]]></summary><issued>2009-10-06T19:09:28+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-06T19:09:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[So as it turns out, even the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service has its own SWAT team.<br/>&quot;You don&#8217;t need to know. You can&#8217;t know.&#8221; That&#8217;s what Kathy Norris, a 60-year-old grandmother of eight, was told when she tried to ask court officials why, the day before, federal agents had subjected her home to a furious search.]]></content></entry></items></xml>