The Gaza Rocket Attack Ridiculousness

Sat Jan 7, 2012 8:38 AM EST

I've had many discussion/arguments with anti-Israel types on Newsvine. Too many to count really. But basically every one boils down to the same thing.

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israel, attack, gaza, rocket, not-news, asymmetry, indiscriminate

Solar cells thinner than wavelengths of light hold huge power potential, Stanford researchers say

Seeded on Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:06 AM EDT (Stanford Knowledgebase)

Ultra-thin solar cells can absorb sunlight more efficiently than the thicker, more expensive-to-make silicon cells used today, because light behaves differently at scales around a nanometer (a billionth of a meter), say Stanford engineers.

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If you were going to Tel Aviv....

Fri Apr 1, 2011 9:57 PM EDT

What would you do? I may have a chance to visit Tel Aviv some time in the near future. So I was wondering what people on the Vine would do. I've been to Israel six times but I usually go to Haifa so I'm at a loss.

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Perpetual Motion?

Sat Feb 5, 2011 3:33 PM EST

I read about something on the Internet the other promising unlimited free energy from some kind of zero point energy machine. It was obviously a scam. I mean, that would be the definition of perpetual motion.

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energy, science, universe, zero-point-energy, perpetual-motion, betelgeuse

'Iran will hit Dimona if attacked'

Seeded on Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:29 PM EDT (JPost.com)

Teheran will target Israel's Dimona reactor in a retaliatory attack if the Islamic regime is hit by an Israeli or US air strike, a Iranian official told the Arabic-language newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on Monday.

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Truthers Promote Radical Islamic Agenda

Sun Aug 8, 2010 12:07 PM EDT

I've noticed a disturbing trend on Newsvine. Whenever there is some kind of news about radical Islamic actions or statements, the truthers come out in droves to bring up their belief that 9/11 was faked and the US government was responsible and that the Zionists were involved.

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Looking for "Chemtrails" Science
I'd heard of the "chemtrails" idea before, but it wasn't until I started coming to Newsvine in 2011 that I realized that it was being taken seriously among a surprisingly large number of people. I had several discussions with people here, looking for the empirical evidence …
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Nice IDF shooting: 16 terrorists killed, zero civilians (updated x2)
Source: elder of ziyon
Israel has endured some 100 rockets today, and the IDF targeted the rocket launchers and their leaders.Thanks to Challah Hu Akbar, we see that every single person killed by the IDF since Friday was a terrorist
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IDF strike in Gaza kills leader of Popular Resistance Committees - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Source: Haaretz
Israel Air Force launched a strike on Palestinian targets in Gaza on Friday, killing the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, the organization that captured former IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. The IDF Spokesman said in a statement that that the attack targeted Zuhir a …
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Soldier kills Palestinian after being stabbed
Source: ynetnews.com
A Palestinian terrorist stabbed an IDF soldier in the neck in the village of Yatta near Hebron on Thursday.
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Hamas blames power crisis on Egypt in rare rift
Source: Reuters
Gaza's top political leader blamed Egypt on Friday for causing a power crisis that has triggered lengthy blackouts in the Palestinian enclave, laying bare tensions between his Islamist group Hamas and Cairo.
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