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'Robin Hoods' who feed parking meters are hit with lawsuit in New Hampshire
Wed May 15, 2013
- The main purpose of a meter reader is to unfairly fine people who are even a few seconds late in putting money in the meter. Their main job is to separate people from their hard-earned money because of a simple mistake.
Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell convicted of first-degree murder
Mon May 13, 2013
- I am pro-choice, but what this guy did was disgusting and horrific. I support access to legal abortions - that is, early-term abortions.
Diabetes team finds new hormone that could transform care
Thu Apr 25, 2013
- Maxwello is the only one actually presenting facts, and everyone else is calling him an idiot and throwing insults at him. Diabetes gives you food cravings, which causes those with diabetes to overeat.
Americans in denial about long-term care
Wed Apr 24, 2013
- It's funny - articles like this completely gloss over the actual reason people are 'in denial' about long-term care when they're too old to care over themselves.
Trio wrongfully convicted of murder released after 18 years in prison
Thu Jan 24, 2013
- DrAlchemy - you better pray you never get wrongly accused, otherwise people with your mentality of 'everyone in prison deserves to be there' will scoff when you plead with them to believe your innocence.
School board member resigns after hitting student with her car in parking-spot spat
Thu Jan 3, 2013
- Um, to all of you who are accusing the girl of being 'fat' or 'lazy' or disrespectful in some way, did you miss the part of the article that says she was saving the spot for her brother's girlfriend, who just had a baby? Honestly, so much judgmental hate here.
Fungal meningitis clues may predict who gets sick
Mon Oct 22, 2012
- of course the rest of us will be required to pay much higher medical costs for their help.
Bullet-riddled corpse unnoticed for hours in running car in Connecticut
Fri Oct 12, 2012
- Robert - unfortunately, yes. I was born and raised in Connecticut and still live here, and many of our cities are horrendously full of crime.
Bankers growing more worried about student loans
Wed Oct 10, 2012
- I'll start paying my student loans when I get a job in my field that pays enough to make my payments. Until then, sorry!
Cop drags woman, 77, from car after ID refusal
Thu Sep 13, 2012
- An officer's job is to protect the public. This woman posed no threat. He should have let her go to a rest stop, then ticketed her.

Questions & Answers

Pot-smoking moms tired of being judged by wine drinkers
Yes, it's fine as long as they do it responsibly.
Octuplet mom: 'I feel ashamed' about food stamps
Yes, she needs to do whatever she can to provide for her kids.
Mom sells kids' toys on eBay as punishment
NO! That is horrible parenting and will scar the child for life. It was my responsibility to supervise them.
What do you think of the 'twiblings' story?
I think it's weird, but if they're happy, then fine
- I believe all women should be free to have children or not. However, please consider the thousands of kids out there who need to be adopted
Should restaurants have the right to ban 'screaming children'?
Yes
- They're not even kicking the loud kids out, only asking parents to do what is common courtesy in the first place - take them outside.

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Accipiter

I just try to inject common sense, without politics.

Member Since: 7/2008
Last Seen: 5/15/2013

I try to act as a voice of reason here on Newsvine. I won't tell you my political leaning because it's not relevant. My goal is to inject common sense in comments that have little basis in logic.

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