<?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</title><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/</link><description>The Contrarian - Being Awkward Since 1979</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:26:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:51:24 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Beat the Banksters with Crowdbanking -  Stop Feeding the Leech</title>
<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:

Feeding Lies to the Leech

From Banksters Paradise, The Bilzerian Report (click&nbsp; to visit)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17486432-beat-the-banksters-with-crowdbanking-stop-feeding-the-leech</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17486432-beat-the-banksters-with-crowdbanking-stop-feeding-the-leech</guid><category>us-news</category><category>money</category><category>usa</category><category>finance</category><category>banks</category><category>banking</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>new-world-order</category><category>banksters</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:26:23 +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=the-contrarian12BC2D92-C64C-3988-1449-62B9D3976BA1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian12BC2D92-C64C-3988-1449-62B9D3976BA1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syrian Warplanes Bomb Northern Lebanon  | World News Curator</title>
<description><![CDATA[Syrian planes bomb a border area inside Lebanon. US describes it as a 'significant escalation' in the conflict.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17368409-syrian-warplanes-bomb-northern-lebanon-world-news-curator</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17368409-syrian-warplanes-bomb-northern-lebanon-world-news-curator</guid><category>world-news</category><category>middle-east</category><category>syria</category><category>lebanon</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:01:12 +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=the-contrarianF4F47989-5D7E-DB28-C936-137095E30F48.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianF4F47989-5D7E-DB28-C936-137095E30F48.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&quot;Oz: The Great and Powerful&quot; Perfect Analogy of the Fed</title>
<description><![CDATA[An entertaining comparison between the new Disney movie and the federal reserve bank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360561-oz-the-great-and-powerful-perfect-analogy-of-the-fed</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17360561-oz-the-great-and-powerful-perfect-analogy-of-the-fed</guid><category>us-news</category><category>economy</category><category>usa</category><category>movie</category><category>funny</category><category>economics</category><category>satire</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>disney</category><category>fed</category><category>monetary-policy</category><category>quantitative-easing</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:25:17 +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=the-contrarian5627F3B7-D699-3F46-BF87-768D26327F67.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian5627F3B7-D699-3F46-BF87-768D26327F67.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Election of First Jesuit Pope Feeds Conspiracy Theories | World News Curator</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Jesuits have always been connected with&nbsp;tales of espionage, political intrigue and grand conspiracies. They have been linked to the Bavarian Illuminati and the Knights Templar.
Now the first ever Jesuit priest has been elected, coinciding with the 'last pope' of the pro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315482-election-of-first-jesuit-pope-feeds-conspiracy-theories-world-news-curator</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315482-election-of-first-jesuit-pope-feeds-conspiracy-theories-world-news-curator</guid><category>religion</category><category>christianity</category><category>vatican</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>pope</category><category>catholicism</category><category>conspiracy-theories</category><category>apocalypse</category><category>end-times</category><category>jesuits</category><category>francis-i</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:48:17 +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=the-contrarian1D352712-92A5-481D-2324-36C08E72372D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian1D352712-92A5-481D-2324-36C08E72372D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Have the Middle East Water Wars Already Begun? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Back in the 1990&prime;s I remember reading many&nbsp;dire warnings about a future&nbsp; in which competition over increasingly stretched natural resources would see&nbsp; countries around the world going to war over water scarce water supplies. With&nbsp; populations around th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17295685-have-the-middle-east-water-wars-already-begun</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17295685-have-the-middle-east-water-wars-already-begun</guid><category>world-news</category><category>iran</category><category>war</category><category>middle-east</category><category>climate-change</category><category>egypt</category><category>syria</category><category>conflict</category><category>north-africa</category><category>natural-resources</category><category>water-wars</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:50:04 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian1E843F54-B32D-162B-7C47-4C7CFE446FA1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian1E843F54-B32D-162B-7C47-4C7CFE446FA1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. Conspiring with Taliban Claims Afghan President | World News Curator</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, has claimed in a television speech that the USA is collaborating with the Taliban, allowing suicide attacks to justify an continuing military presence in the country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272706-us-conspiring-with-taliban-claims-afghan-president-world-news-curator</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272706-us-conspiring-with-taliban-claims-afghan-president-world-news-curator</guid><category>world-news</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>military</category><category>war</category><category>middle-east</category><category>usa</category><category>asia</category><category>taliban</category><category>international-relations</category><category>hamid-karzai</category><category>us-foreign-policy</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:58:44 +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=the-contrarianC9E85944-4CD5-7907-832F-48B0ADC43D85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="154" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianC9E85944-4CD5-7907-832F-48B0ADC43D85.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>N. Ireland Dissidents Within Minutes of Firing Mortars | World News Curator</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police in Northern Ireland have intercepted a van with the roof cut off and home-made mortar rockets prepped and ready to fire in the back.
They believe that Irish Republican Dissidents were on their way to fire the mortars at a police station in Londonderry.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17180800-n-ireland-dissidents-within-minutes-of-firing-mortars-world-news-curator</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17180800-n-ireland-dissidents-within-minutes-of-firing-mortars-world-news-curator</guid><category>world-news</category><category>uk</category><category>ireland</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:46:24 +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=the-contrarian4F2EB582-BA8F-E477-DAD6-3D0D9A579AE9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="326" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian4F2EB582-BA8F-E477-DAD6-3D0D9A579AE9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Propaganda Wars - BBC Radio Blocked in China</title>
<description><![CDATA[The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) claimed on Monday that its English&nbsp; language World Service radio channel is being jammed in China.&nbsp; The BBC, Britain&rsquo;s state media organisation, suggested that Chinese authorities&nbsp; were responsible for the disruption&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089420-propaganda-wars-bbc-radio-blocked-in-china</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089420-propaganda-wars-bbc-radio-blocked-in-china</guid><category>world-news</category><category>china</category><category>uk</category><category>bbc</category><category>censorship</category><category>propaganda</category><category>al-jazeera</category><category>rt</category><category>press-tv</category><category>state-media</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:02:00 +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>Al Qaeda Linked Rebels Capture Military Airport Near Aleppo, Syria</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mainstream media is reporting this as just 'rebels' without any other references to who they were. But the operation was conducted by two Islamist groups, one of which (al Nusrah front) was formed under the support of al Qaeda in Iraq, and has been described by some as 'al Qaeda'&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16946790-al-qaeda-linked-rebels-capture-military-airport-near-aleppo-syria</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16946790-al-qaeda-linked-rebels-capture-military-airport-near-aleppo-syria</guid><category>world-news</category><category>war</category><category>terrorism</category><category>middle-east</category><category>syria</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>rebels</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:37:18 +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=the-contrarianC9C09C63-D2B3-F8F5-93F9-0828293BEB88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianC9C09C63-D2B3-F8F5-93F9-0828293BEB88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Benedict XVI - The Last Pope?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Could Pope Benedict XVI, who recently announced that he plans to retire at the end of February (making him the first pope to resign in nearly a thousand years), be the last ever legitimate pope?
That's what some people have been saying. And they have been saying it since the 12t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16937009-benedict-xvi-the-last-pope</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16937009-benedict-xvi-the-last-pope</guid><category>religion</category><category>church</category><category>catholic</category><category>conspiracy</category><category>pope</category><category>pope-benedict-xvi</category><category>catholicism</category><category>antichrist</category><category>apocalypse</category><category>false-prophet</category><category>end-time</category><category>propecy</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:20:08 +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=the-contrarian3199BB3F-F14D-2529-3B5E-644C00DE75D8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian3199BB3F-F14D-2529-3B5E-644C00DE75D8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Is Ordinary Male Sexuality Being Demonized?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
I just read an article on Global Voices about a public outcry over Sexism in Germany. Apparently many Germans are up in arms over an incident between a politicians and a journalist, and the twitter hashtag #Aufschrei (outcry) has been trending, with women across that country sha&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16926200-is-ordinary-male-sexuality-being-demonized</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16926200-is-ordinary-male-sexuality-being-demonized</guid><category>world-news</category><category>relationships</category><category>society</category><category>sexuality</category><category>gender</category><category>sociology</category><category>sexism</category><category>sexual-politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:54:11 +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>Economic Convergence: Third World Poverty Coming To A Street Near You?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Creative Commons Article. Attribution: Market Curator
Two broad macroeconomic trends have dominated the global economy since the 1970&prime;s. On the surface these two trends may seem  contradictory, pulling us in opposite directions. But a deeper analysis  of this contradiction&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910179-economic-convergence-third-world-poverty-coming-to-a-street-near-you</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910179-economic-convergence-third-world-poverty-coming-to-a-street-near-you</guid><category>world-news</category><category>recession</category><category>poverty</category><category>economic</category><category>world-economy</category><category>economic-collapse</category><category>global-economic-crisis</category><category>macroeconomics</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 14:35:15 +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=the-contrarian7BD2241D-B001-3E52-3909-F9834959D8D2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="366" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian7BD2241D-B001-3E52-3909-F9834959D8D2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="110" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>North Korea Dreams of Missile Attack on USA</title>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea threatened to take  &lsquo;stronger measures&rsquo; against its enemies than the nuclear test which it  has recently announced.
Meanwhile a North Korean propaganda videos has  emerged showing a man dreaming of a devastating missile attack on the United States of Amer&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16855322-north-korea-dreams-of-missile-attack-on-usa</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16855322-north-korea-dreams-of-missile-attack-on-usa</guid><category>world-news</category><category>war</category><category>usa</category><category>north-korea</category><category>propaganda</category><category>communism</category><category>korean-peninsula</category><category>missile-attack</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 18:37:30 +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=the-contrarianBB9DF186-22B4-4F4B-6388-C39D9AD59330.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="104" width="185" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianBB9DF186-22B4-4F4B-6388-C39D9AD59330.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Beginning of New Phase of Foreign Intervention in Syira?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Israel may have hit multiple targets in Syria with their recent air sortie.
Time magazine reports that the strikes had US approval.
Further intervention in Syria may be coming soon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16840134-the-beginning-of-new-phase-of-foreign-intervention-in-syira</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16840134-the-beginning-of-new-phase-of-foreign-intervention-in-syira</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>war</category><category>middle-east</category><category>usa</category><category>syria</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:45:57 +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=the-contrarianB3F7EA33-63AB-AF8F-192B-B767FEC9BE1F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianB3F7EA33-63AB-AF8F-192B-B767FEC9BE1F.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>Israeli Air Strike Hit Research Center Near Damascus, Claims Syria</title>
<description><![CDATA[Syria has confirmed reports of an Israeli airstrike on its territory, but claims that the attack hit a military research center near Damascus, and not a convoy of trucks carrying anti-aircraft missiles to Lebanon the MSM reported yesterday based on Israeli sources.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16789728-israeli-air-strike-hit-research-center-near-damascus-claims-syria</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16789728-israeli-air-strike-hit-research-center-near-damascus-claims-syria</guid><category>world-news</category><category>israel</category><category>military</category><category>war</category><category>syria</category><category>lebanon</category><category>air-strikes</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:06:47 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian74FB9DB5-A86D-B07C-ECD7-2E6C01F3B39C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="99" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian74FB9DB5-A86D-B07C-ECD7-2E6C01F3B39C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Colombia to Decriminalize 'Synthetic' Drugs </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Colombian Justice Minister has announced plans to decriminalise 'synthetic drugs' such as ecstasy and methamphetamines.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16774811-colombia-to-decriminalize-synthetic-drugs</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16774811-colombia-to-decriminalize-synthetic-drugs</guid><category>world-news</category><category>crime</category><category>law</category><category>drugs</category><category>addiction</category><category>colombia</category><category>latin-america</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:40:37 +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=the-contrarianDF089FD0-4707-35C5-EC18-A46F9081BA63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="187" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianDF089FD0-4707-35C5-EC18-A46F9081BA63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US Chemical Weapons Propaganda About Syria</title>
<description><![CDATA[A much publicized US intelligence cable about the use of chemical weapons in Syria was such obvious propaganda, it even used a made-up weapon - 'Agent 15' doesn't even exist.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16725294-us-chemical-weapons-propaganda-about-syria</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16725294-us-chemical-weapons-propaganda-about-syria</guid><category>world-news</category><category>middle-east</category><category>usa</category><category>syria</category><category>intelligence</category><category>propaganda</category><category>chemical-weapons</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:21:18 +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=the-contrarian9BAE3B99-03D2-E444-C591-CB4E00D7FD15.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian9BAE3B99-03D2-E444-C591-CB4E00D7FD15.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scientists Invent Real-Life Tractor Beam </title>
<description><![CDATA[It may be tiny, but its a real-life working tractor beam.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16700637-scientists-invent-real-life-tractor-beam</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16700637-scientists-invent-real-life-tractor-beam</guid><category>science</category><category>wow</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>star-trek</category><category>scientific-research</category><category>inventions</category><category>omg</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:24:03 +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=the-contrarian9FE482D1-4F96-5020-31ED-EC141F33D8AC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="109" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian9FE482D1-4F96-5020-31ED-EC141F33D8AC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="44" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Washington Starting to Show Support for International Court </title>
<description><![CDATA[Although the US still isn't a signed up member of the ICC, it seems that they may finally be showing it some support.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16700617-washington-starting-to-show-support-for-international-court</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16700617-washington-starting-to-show-support-for-international-court</guid><category>world-news</category><category>crime</category><category>washington</category><category>usa</category><category>international</category><category>court</category><category>icc</category><category>us-foreign-policy</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:22:05 +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=the-contrarian0C989C44-F928-1B8A-2CA9-3E8852A19CBF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian0C989C44-F928-1B8A-2CA9-3E8852A19CBF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Militarized Politics at their Worst: Origins of the Mali Conflict</title>
<description><![CDATA[
When fundamentalist rebel forces overran the central Malian city of  Konna on January 11, they sent shock-waves not only through Mali itself  but through the international community as well. With Konna fallen, the  path to the last remaining government-controlled military base &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16664892-militarized-politics-at-their-worst-origins-of-the-mali-conflict</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16664892-militarized-politics-at-their-worst-origins-of-the-mali-conflict</guid><category>world-news</category><category>africa</category><category>war</category><category>conflict</category><category>islamism</category><category>burkina-faso</category><category>islamic-maghreb</category><category>blaise-compaor</category><category>mali-france</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:02:56 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian84AAE6A7-5A96-2774-ECE1-B77BA1A99021.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian84AAE6A7-5A96-2774-ECE1-B77BA1A99021.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gabon to Mali: History of French Military Interventions in Africa </title>
<description><![CDATA[Putting the French intervention in Mali into a historical context.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587881-gabon-to-mali-history-of-french-military-interventions-in-africa</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16587881-gabon-to-mali-history-of-french-military-interventions-in-africa</guid><category>world-news</category><category>war</category><category>gabon</category><category>france-french</category><category>africa-mali</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:32:18 +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=the-contrarian6A9BAA54-CAAD-A1E8-0E56-D3D14271C2C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian6A9BAA54-CAAD-A1E8-0E56-D3D14271C2C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hacktivism: Is It Crime, Terrorism or a Public Service? </title>
<description><![CDATA[Should hacktivist be able to use a 'public interest' defense, as the UK press currently can?
The death of Aaron Swartz raises important questions about the legal response to hacktivism - illegal hacking in the name of activism.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16527098-hacktivism-is-it-crime-terrorism-or-a-public-service</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16527098-hacktivism-is-it-crime-terrorism-or-a-public-service</guid><category>technology</category><category>crime</category><category>law</category><category>terrorism</category><category>legal</category><category>hacking</category><category>hacker</category><category>public-interest</category><category>aaron-swartz</category><category>hacktivism</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:22:16 +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=the-contrarianA714C3F1-302B-9DF4-CC9C-6D1E2EFB155E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianA714C3F1-302B-9DF4-CC9C-6D1E2EFB155E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Apple Share Price Tumbles</title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple's share price has dropped on evidence that the iPhone 5 is not selling well. It briefly dipped below $500 for the first time in nearly a year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16508833-apple-share-price-tumbles</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16508833-apple-share-price-tumbles</guid><category>business</category><category>apple</category><category>iphone</category><category>shares</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:14:04 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianC5F70E71-D07A-6111-EB23-424EA736B530.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="168" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarianC5F70E71-D07A-6111-EB23-424EA736B530.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Would Eugenic Dating be Immoral?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The traditional concept of Eugenics - the art and science of consciously guiding human evolution - has been totally discredited. When we think of eugenics today we think of some of the most shameful episodes of human history, from Hitler and the Nazi's trying to create a master &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16508311-would-eugenic-dating-be-immoral</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16508311-would-eugenic-dating-be-immoral</guid><category>science</category><category>dating</category><category>society</category><category>ethics</category><category>biology</category><category>genetics</category><category>morality</category><category>sociology</category><category>eugenics</category><category>futurism</category><category>futurology</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:46:12 +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>Escalation of Political Violence in Greece</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shots have been fired through the window of the party HQ office belonging to Greek Prime Minister Antoni Samaras.
Nobody was hurt, but the government described the incident as a 'worrying escalation of political violence'.
This article looks at the recent political violence in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Contrarian]]></source><link>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16505736-escalation-of-political-violence-in-greece</link><guid>http://the-contrarian.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/14/16505736-escalation-of-political-violence-in-greece</guid><category>world-news</category><category>europe</category><category>greece</category><category>political-violence</category><category>antonis-samaras</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:23:02 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian46BFBC77-9363-9712-B109-C9F56E7B6602.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=the-contrarian46BFBC77-9363-9712-B109-C9F56E7B6602.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>