<?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 - Polka14's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/</link><description>&quot;Can a picture taken through a bent piece of glass called a lens really acurately reflect what happens at a single moment in time? It seems to me that your eyes would have to be pretty bent themselves for that to be possible.&quot;-Allegretto</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:24:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:59:22 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Forty million Japanese in 'extreme danger' of life-threatening radiation poisoning, mass evacuations likely</title>
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Japanese officials are currently engaging in talks with Russian  diplomats about where tens of millions of Japanese refugees might  relocate in the very-likely event that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear  facility's Reactor 4 completely collapses. According to a recent report  by &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11746271-forty-million-japanese-in-extreme-danger-of-life-threatening-radiation-poisoning-mass-evacuations-likely</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11746271-forty-million-japanese-in-extreme-danger-of-life-threatening-radiation-poisoning-mass-evacuations-likely</guid><category>russia</category><category>refugees</category><category>radiation</category><category>evacuation</category><category>world-news</category><category>fallout</category><category>end-of-the-world</category><category>government-cover-up</category><category>fukushima</category><category>chinese-empire</category><category>radiation-plume</category><category>end-of-nippon</category><category>natural-disaster-in-us</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:24:27 +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></item><item><title>California food police gone wild: LA County health enforcers conduct door-to-door raw milk confiscation operations</title>
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In a bombshell revelation of the depth of the food police state that now  exists in LA County, California, NaturalNews has learned that the LA  County health department has unleashed door-to-door raw milk  confiscation teams to threaten and intimidate raw dairy customers into  &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11746106-california-food-police-gone-wild-la-county-health-enforcers-conduct-door-to-door-raw-milk-confiscation-operations</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/17/11746106-california-food-police-gone-wild-la-county-health-enforcers-conduct-door-to-door-raw-milk-confiscation-operations</guid><category>terrorists</category><category>us-news</category><category>police-state</category><category>oppression</category><category>fascism</category><category>raw-milk</category><category>swat-teams</category><category>blue-shirts</category><category>california-food-police</category><category>zero-media-coverage</category><category>food-confiscation</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:08:06 +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></item><item><title>I am an Abolitionist, are you? (opinion)</title>
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So I was thinking about how I was an abolitionist and I wanted to rid the nation of the most dangerous armed force on US soil. I am talking about the blue shirts, the glorified government troops known as the police or law enforcement. A have five reasons why we should consider a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11686485-i-am-an-abolitionist-are-you-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11686485-i-am-an-abolitionist-are-you-opinion</guid><category>peace</category><category>politics</category><category>taser</category><category>soviet-union</category><category>torture</category><category>freedom</category><category>dictatorship</category><category>tyranny</category><category>gangs</category><category>oppression</category><category>self-defense</category><category>indoctrination</category><category>thugs</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>abolitionists</category><category>blue-shirts</category><category>criminal-element</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 19:10:12 +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>TSA flags 18-month-old baby as terrorist, forces family to disembark plane</title>
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There seems to be no cellar to the level of incompetence and ability to generate outrage at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), that leviathan "protective" agency that's big in size but chronically hampered by small-minded ineptitude.Bumbling TSA agents at the Ft.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11686000-tsa-flags-18-month-old-baby-as-terrorist-forces-family-to-disembark-plane</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11686000-tsa-flags-18-month-old-baby-as-terrorist-forces-family-to-disembark-plane</guid><category>florida</category><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>tsa</category><category>no-fly-list</category><category>ft-lauderdale</category><category>terror-group</category><category>ndaa</category><category>18-month-old-terrorists</category><category>government-terror-groups</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:23:47 +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></item><item><title>Minnesota moms threatened with criminal charges for distributing fresh food from local farms</title>
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The following announcement has been issued by the Raw Milk Freedom Riders. A call to action for Monday, May 14th is also included below. The Minnesota government  is taking its cue from California and declaring war on fresh milk,  threatening to throw moms in jail for providing&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11642155-minnesota-moms-threatened-with-criminal-charges-for-distributing-fresh-food-from-local-farms</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11642155-minnesota-moms-threatened-with-criminal-charges-for-distributing-fresh-food-from-local-farms</guid><category>minnesota</category><category>milk</category><category>us-news</category><category>mda</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:17:02 +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></item><item><title>Equality under the law in the US is a lie; in reality, some Americans overwhelmingly choose government sanctioned intolerance (opinion/poll) </title>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am guessing that the recent anti-American vote in North Carolina is simply another example of American exceptionalism in the realm of bigotry and intolerance. Americans will always be &lsquo;#1&rsquo; in that,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11640285-equality-under-the-law-in-the-us-is-a-lie-in-reality-some-americans-overwhelmingly-choose-government-sanctioned-intolerance-opinionpoll</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11640285-equality-under-the-law-in-the-us-is-a-lie-in-reality-some-americans-overwhelmingly-choose-government-sanctioned-intolerance-opinionpoll</guid><category>constitution</category><category>america</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>nazi</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>bigotry</category><category>intolerance</category><category>equal-rights</category><category>fascists</category><category>homosexual-rights</category><category>swastika</category><category>anti-freedom</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:22:22 +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>Fukushima reactor No. 4 vulnerable to catastrophic collapse; could unleash 85 times Cesium-137 radiation of Chernobyl; human civilization on the brink</title>
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The news you are about to read puts everything else in the category of  "insignificant" by comparison. Concerned about the 2012 U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11586078-fukushima-reactor-no-4-vulnerable-to-catastrophic-collapse-could-unleash-85-times-cesium-137-radiation-of-chernobyl-human-civilization-on-the-brink</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/07/11586078-fukushima-reactor-no-4-vulnerable-to-catastrophic-collapse-could-unleash-85-times-cesium-137-radiation-of-chernobyl-human-civilization-on-the-brink</guid><category>us</category><category>un</category><category>radiation</category><category>nippon</category><category>world-news</category><category>chernobyl</category><category>fallout</category><category>civilization</category><category>rads</category><category>nuclear-disaster</category><category>extinction-event</category><category>fukushima</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 00:52:04 +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></item><item><title>The DEA should be brought to justice for blatant abuses of human rights (opinion). </title>
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I&rsquo;m sure that most people have heard about the case where the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) left a man in a holding cell for five days to suffer and die. Despite their attempted murder, the man somehow survived. Will justice ever be served against those responsible? No&hel&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11507006-the-dea-should-be-brought-to-justice-for-blatant-abuses-of-human-rights-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11507006-the-dea-should-be-brought-to-justice-for-blatant-abuses-of-human-rights-opinion</guid><category>un</category><category>peace</category><category>justice</category><category>war-crimes</category><category>security-council</category><category>murder</category><category>international-law</category><category>international-criminal-court</category><category>torture</category><category>world-news</category><category>geneva-conventions</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>dea</category><category>dod</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>rogue-state</category><category>state-sponsored-terrorism</category><category>drug-laws</category><category>imprisonment</category><category>hague</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>prisoner-of-war</category><category>daniel-chong</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2012 20:51:28 +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>Polka's Pictures IV: Floral Powder II (&quot;foto-friday&quot; with April &quot;roll in a day&quot; challenge)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hello. I decided to complete a challenge today to take 12 photos of something. I didn't delete any because of photo conditions and I will post all of them here on they day they were photographed. When I walked out on the path, Sol was high in a mostly blue and cloudless sky.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11435117-polkas-pictures-iv-floral-powder-ii-foto-friday-with-april-roll-in-a-day-challenge</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11435117-polkas-pictures-iv-floral-powder-ii-foto-friday-with-april-roll-in-a-day-challenge</guid><category>photography</category><category>flowers</category><category>not-news</category><category>photo-challenge</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>floral-powder</category><category>roll-in-a-day</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:49:34 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder9F462B5C-FB1A-0742-4446-FA2785D9B36E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder9F462B5C-FB1A-0742-4446-FA2785D9B36E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A few did not become fully clear. It is difficult with a cheaper camera and I should buy a newer one with better focus. And it is hard to photograph in sunlight. Maybe I need the practice? &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder78F912E3-2055-F221-1F0C-0D2E30DB532E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder78F912E3-2055-F221-1F0C-0D2E30DB532E.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder35B3C887-1091-D48C-1F61-20C9F70BA58E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="533" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder35B3C887-1091-D48C-1F61-20C9F70BA58E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderF16E824D-8E3A-48EC-5092-EF81F7F4357F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderF16E824D-8E3A-48EC-5092-EF81F7F4357F.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder436CF36E-51E0-8301-FA1F-7BD5870BC6A4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder436CF36E-51E0-8301-FA1F-7BD5870BC6A4.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderEAEC9555-A9DC-124D-F025-BE31268D6548.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderEAEC9555-A9DC-124D-F025-BE31268D6548.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder40D8735E-E8A8-D8E8-8BF2-40915D774D5E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder40D8735E-E8A8-D8E8-8BF2-40915D774D5E.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder3126466F-0071-D226-1766-3DCDA8E3EE66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder3126466F-0071-D226-1766-3DCDA8E3EE66.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This picture and the remaining pictures were taken at a nearby neighbor's house. I asked for permission to photograph them. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderC1696CEE-1B12-7091-5FC2-14CA0327F21D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderC1696CEE-1B12-7091-5FC2-14CA0327F21D.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderA493B9AA-78EA-E6D7-698F-AB035720D819.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderA493B9AA-78EA-E6D7-698F-AB035720D819.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder22E43F1C-C972-1A7C-494E-A1521B7896AC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder22E43F1C-C972-1A7C-494E-A1521B7896AC.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder887D0758-CE4B-6961-DF90-E13018EE2756.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder887D0758-CE4B-6961-DF90-E13018EE2756.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>Obama administration announces 'War on Terror' is over; so can we fire the TSA and repeal the Patriot Act now?</title>
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This is great news, isn't it? If the "War on Terror" is over, then we  can repeal and reverse all the ridiculous police state laws that were  put in place to protect us from terrorism... right?I mean, can we now fire the TSA? They were only put in place after the "terror" attac&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11372723-obama-administration-announces-war-on-terror-is-over-so-can-we-fire-the-tsa-and-repeal-the-patriot-act-now</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11372723-obama-administration-announces-war-on-terror-is-over-so-can-we-fire-the-tsa-and-repeal-the-patriot-act-now</guid><category>terrorism</category><category>patriot-act</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>torture</category><category>freedom</category><category>us-news</category><category>tsa</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>police-state</category><category>fascism</category><category>drones</category><category>checkpoints</category><category>false-flag-attack</category><category>obama-regime</category><category>ndaa</category><category>corporate-powers</category><category>janet-napoltano</category><category>war-on-american-citizens</category><category>hollow-point-ammo</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:59:56 +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></item><item><title>Two Years Already! Time to Celebrate! (Polka's Pictures: Special edition)</title>
<description><![CDATA[It has been two years since I joined Newsvine. It has been a long time and I have written things and commented on things. Since my previous year anniversary, I have increased my vine 'friends' list and joined more groups. All of this is good. Well, it is time to celebrate at my h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11314135-two-years-already-time-to-celebrate-polkas-pictures-special-edition</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11314135-two-years-already-time-to-celebrate-polkas-pictures-special-edition</guid><category>newsvine</category><category>cats</category><category>meow</category><category>celebration</category><category>kitten</category><category>chloe</category><category>not-news</category><category>max</category><category>linkie</category><category>frankie</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>polka14</category><category>second-year-anniversary</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:04:35 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderC1055197-4C16-7502-C3C2-EB0D16E0DEF6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowderC1055197-4C16-7502-C3C2-EB0D16E0DEF6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This is my Chloe cat. I got Chloe when I was in the middle school at my last year and I picked her out of a box with other kittens. She is a senior kitty now; close to 12 years old. She is fully black but has some discoloration in light. Sometimes it is time to sleep in the sunlight.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder8F1060A9-09E3-3701-E025-04D95A6ADE78.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder8F1060A9-09E3-3701-E025-04D95A6ADE78.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Now this is my Linkie cat. He was one of Chloe cat's kittens. Here he is seen in the yard. He is a nice cat. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder2961D3FE-C5A6-01D1-6532-CE35142063D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder2961D3FE-C5A6-01D1-6532-CE35142063D9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This is my third cat. His name is Frankie. He was a rescue cat and I received him when he was the kitten. Frankie is seen by the tree while rolling around but I got his attention for a picture. He is very fearful of unknown people and runs from them and from loud noises. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder0810B826-7A8A-4040-49A3-D43DD3D864AC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder0810B826-7A8A-4040-49A3-D43DD3D864AC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This is my friend's cat. He (?) is Max and he is 18-19 years old. Another black cat. I photographed the cat by my friend's house. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder2DC81BAF-F36D-8C6D-5041-767C753CC08A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder2DC81BAF-F36D-8C6D-5041-767C753CC08A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I believe this cat from the same friend is simply called &quot;kitten&quot;. I took the photo indoors. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder22693750-CD20-C976-2755-5AABCA026662.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="214" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder22693750-CD20-C976-2755-5AABCA026662.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Polka-san approves!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Was Barack Obama born in Hawaii…or Kenya…or Spain…or Antarctica…or Ganymede? Why should we care??? (opinion)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
For some reason this Obama &ldquo;birther&rdquo; stuffs is still in the news. People are questioning his legal right to be president because they think he was born in another country. Do I believe he was born outside the US? I do not but some do. Do I think they question it beca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11273443-was-barack-obama-born-in-hawaiior-kenyaor-spainor-antarcticaor-ganymede-why-should-we-care-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11273443-was-barack-obama-born-in-hawaiior-kenyaor-spainor-antarcticaor-ganymede-why-should-we-care-opinion</guid><category>spain</category><category>constitution</category><category>discrimination</category><category>politics</category><category>austria</category><category>hawaii</category><category>immigrant</category><category>kenya</category><category>obama</category><category>african-american</category><category>ganymede</category><category>natural-born-citizen</category><category>birther</category><category>new-amendment</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:17:31 +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>News in Fascist America~ The Michigan Government has gone to WAR with pig farmers!!! Stop reading about Ted Nugent or Sarah Palin and read this seed!!!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Please read this link&hellip;

This link is about government agents carrying out armed assaults against innocent pig farmers in the American state of Michigan. Their purpose was to carry out state executions of pigs beca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11233853-news-in-fascist-america-the-michigan-government-has-gone-to-war-with-pig-farmers-stop-reading-about-ted-nugent-or-sarah-palin-and-read-this-seed</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/16/11233853-news-in-fascist-america-the-michigan-government-has-gone-to-war-with-pig-farmers-stop-reading-about-ted-nugent-or-sarah-palin-and-read-this-seed</guid><category>michigan</category><category>rebellion</category><category>revolution</category><category>resistance</category><category>us-news</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>dnr</category><category>self-defense</category><category>fascists</category><category>gestapo</category><category>war-on-pig-farmers</category><category>corporate-powers</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:58:38 +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>Is it time to abandon this sinking ship called the United States? (opinion)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Yes, this is another Titanic themed opinion piece today but it isn&rsquo;t about the disaster itself on its hundredth anniversary. But thinking about the disaster, what caused it and how it could have been avoided caused me to think about another entity that some could say is &l&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11214888-is-it-time-to-abandon-this-sinking-ship-called-the-united-states-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11214888-is-it-time-to-abandon-this-sinking-ship-called-the-united-states-opinion</guid><category>constitution</category><category>patriot-act</category><category>civil-war</category><category>bill-of-rights</category><category>torture</category><category>freedom</category><category>us-news</category><category>titanic</category><category>police-state</category><category>checks-and-balances</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>fema-camps</category><category>ship-of-state</category><category>blue-shirts</category><category>abandon-ship</category><category>ndaa</category><category>grounds-improvement-act</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:48:34 +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>The Titanic Disaster: 100 Years of Unfinished Business (opinion)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Most people know that one of the most famous (if not the most famous) civilian naval disasters in human history occurred in the year 1912. The hundredth anniversary is today. I believe that this disaster was an event that should have never occurred and no one can really excuse w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11211165-the-titanic-disaster-100-years-of-unfinished-business-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11211165-the-titanic-disaster-100-years-of-unfinished-business-opinion</guid><category>history</category><category>victims</category><category>disaster</category><category>olympic</category><category>titanic</category><category>compensation</category><category>corporate-greed</category><category>100-year-anniversary</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:45:44 +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>International Women's Day 2012 (opinion)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Today is International Women&rsquo;s Day. Because of that fact, I have decided to write about the current status on Female rights. Afterwards, I will write about my feelings concerning this status.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10615340-international-womens-day-2012-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/08/10615340-international-womens-day-2012-opinion</guid><category>constitution</category><category>peace</category><category>politics</category><category>freedom</category><category>liberty</category><category>aclu</category><category>imperialism</category><category>natural-rights</category><category>american-revolution</category><category>international-womens-day</category><category>feminists</category><category>abortion-rights</category><category>male-privilege</category><category>feminist-revolution</category><category>pay-gap</category><category>female-rights</category><category>female-people</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 01:33:20 +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>Hillary Clinton Admits US and Al-Qaeda On Same Side in Syria</title>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has admitted that Al-Qaeda and other  groups on the State Department&rsquo;s terror list are on the same side as the  United States in Syria and that they are aiding opposition rebels.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10565824-hillary-clinton-admits-us-and-al-qaeda-on-same-side-in-syria</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/02/10565824-hillary-clinton-admits-us-and-al-qaeda-on-same-side-in-syria</guid><category>oil</category><category>libya</category><category>nato</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>arab-league</category><category>rebels</category><category>obama</category><category>terrorists</category><category>special-forces</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>assad</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>ayman-al-zawahri</category><category>regime-change</category><category>qaddafi</category><category>imperialists</category><category>free-syria-army</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Mar 2012 02:41:33 +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=floralpowder996DE4F1-48C2-1176-5F03-AA2A843338F6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="104" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=floralpowder996DE4F1-48C2-1176-5F03-AA2A843338F6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="37" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Onocologists support dangerous radiation therapy for pregnant women</title>
<description><![CDATA[They want pregnant women to expose themselves and their future children to dangerous radiation. I sense sinister motives behind this concept.&nbsp;
Source: www.naturalnews.com]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10409859-onocologists-support-dangerous-radiation-therapy-for-pregnant-women</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10409859-onocologists-support-dangerous-radiation-therapy-for-pregnant-women</guid><category>cancer</category><category>health</category><category>radiation</category><category>vaccines</category><category>eugenics</category><category>chemotherapy</category><category>pregnant-women</category><category>onocologists</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:40:29 +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></item><item><title>Why I Defend Animals...</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;This article is an opinion piece I wrote today on the defense of non-humans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10409099-why-i-defend-animals</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10409099-why-i-defend-animals</guid><category>slavery</category><category>politics</category><category>torture</category><category>freedom</category><category>endangered-species</category><category>libertarianism</category><category>animal-rights</category><category>natural-rights</category><category>founders</category><category>constitutional-law</category><category>sentience</category><category>non-humans</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:23:14 +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></item><item><title>Prescription Drugs are Poisons (opinion)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It would appear that the famous celebrity known as Whitney Houston has died recently by ingestion of prescription drugs.&nbsp; This is not officially confirmed yet but I have heard that it was prescription drugs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/12/10391297-prescription-drugs-are-poisons-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/12/10391297-prescription-drugs-are-poisons-opinion</guid><category>marijuana</category><category>natural-cures</category><category>us-news</category><category>drug-cartels</category><category>prescription-drugs</category><category>whitney-houston</category><category>poision</category><category>drug-overdose</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:22:55 +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>An Armed Citizenry: The Realization of the Second Amendment (opinion)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Amendment II of the Constitution of the United States of America states&hellip;
&ldquo;A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.&rdquo;
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution of &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/11/10384353-an-armed-citizenry-the-realization-of-the-second-amendment-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/11/10384353-an-armed-citizenry-the-realization-of-the-second-amendment-opinion</guid><category>laws</category><category>peace</category><category>politics</category><category>revolution</category><category>militia</category><category>government</category><category>national-guard</category><category>bill-of-rights</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>oppression</category><category>self-defense</category><category>concentration-camps</category><category>us-constitution</category><category>freedoms</category><category>kent-state</category><category>blue-shirts</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:19:26 +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>Would you work with or donate to an organization with questionable moral values or ethics?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This is a shorter opinion piece this evening. I was responding to some articles today about this organization called the Susan G. Komen foundation. I have heard of it and I think they are an organization that helps with funding anti-cancer research.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10313862-would-you-work-with-or-donate-to-an-organization-with-questionable-moral-values-or-ethics</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10313862-would-you-work-with-or-donate-to-an-organization-with-questionable-moral-values-or-ethics</guid><category>abortion</category><category>ethics</category><category>us-news</category><category>morality</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>cancer-research</category><category>susan-g-komen</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2012 02:16:38 +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>Let's talk about the language of Privilege in the United States (Opinion)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
There are many groups of privileged people in our nation. It can be based on race or gender or economic class or by other means but I believe that normal privilege exists through common bigotry, ignorance and exclusion of others.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/13/8787235-lets-talk-about-the-language-of-privilege-in-the-united-states-opinion</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/13/8787235-lets-talk-about-the-language-of-privilege-in-the-united-states-opinion</guid><category>immigrants</category><category>spanish</category><category>politics</category><category>wwi</category><category>diversity</category><category>u-s</category><category>foreign-language</category><category>language</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>public-schools</category><category>german</category><category>bigotry</category><category>xenophobia</category><category>privilege</category><category>ignornace</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:48:16 +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>Should the US Military be used to protect American freedoms protected by the Constitution?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If I was President, I would consider it my duty to protect and defend the Constitutional rights of all American citizens. Those rights include the freedom of speech and the freedom of assembly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/03/8622466-should-the-us-military-be-used-to-protect-american-freedoms-protected-by-the-constitution</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/03/8622466-should-the-us-military-be-used-to-protect-american-freedoms-protected-by-the-constitution</guid><category>constitution</category><category>1</category><category>military</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>oakland</category><category>national-guard</category><category>freedom</category><category>us-news</category><category>civilian</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>opinion</category><category>police-state</category><category>protesters</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>police-brutality</category><category>1-percent</category><category>99</category><category>martial-law</category><category>posse-comitatus-act</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>president-obama</category><category>blue-shirts</category><category>99-percent</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:47:48 +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>Obama's first War of Aggression is complete. What nation will be next to receive American/NATO &quot;intervention&quot;??</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If the news is correct, apparently Colonel Qaddafi, the former leader of Libya has been killed in fighting in his home city of Sirte, Libya. This signals the end of Obama&rsquo;s first war of aggression against a sovereign nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Polka14]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Polka14]]></source><link>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8418017-obamas-first-war-of-aggression-is-complete-what-nation-will-be-next-to-receive-americannato-intervention</link><guid>http://floralpowder.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8418017-obamas-first-war-of-aggression-is-complete-what-nation-will-be-next-to-receive-americannato-intervention</guid><category>oil</category><category>libya</category><category>europe</category><category>peace</category><category>nato</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-imperialism</category><category>intervention</category><category>qaddafi</category><category>civilian-casualties</category><category>non-aggression</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:29:07 +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></channel></rss>
