<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss"><channel><title>IdealistNews: what's new in nonprofits</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/</link><description>IdealistNews: All things nonprofit - links about nonprofit organizations, grant writing, fundraising, how technology and social media can benefit nonprofits. Want to help change the world? Check us out at http://www.idealist.org/more Read our Vision here - http://idealist.org/vision --- **NEW:** Help breadpig decide [how to donate $53k](http://breadpig.com/2010/05/10/how-should-we-donate-53000-of-xkcd-book-profits/)</description><image><url>http://thumbs.reddit.com/t5_2qlfy.png?v=676656cd70da412b7f6cfe6f8c782285</url><title>IdealistNews: what's new in nonprofits</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/</link></image><item><title>Ford to put $100 million into education</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6klm/ford_to_put_100_million_into_education/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6klm/ford_to_put_100_million_into_education/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:32 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-11-20T15:06:32.170370-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6klm/ford_to_put_100_million_into_education/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/static/noimage.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ford to put $100 million into education&quot; title=&quot;Ford to put $100 million into education&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/BlueOrange&quot;&gt; BlueOrange &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/news/ford-put-100-million-education&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6klm/ford_to_put_100_million_into_education/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>Ford to put $100 million into education</media:title><media:thumbnail url="/static/noimage.png" /></item><item><title>Social Security To Put $24 Million Into EMRs</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9nxax/social_security_to_put_24_million_into_emrs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9nxax/social_security_to_put_24_million_into_emrs/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:22:25 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-09-24T23:22:25.140935-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9nxax/social_security_to_put_24_million_into_emrs/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/static/noimage.png&quot; alt=&quot;Social Security To Put $24 Million Into EMRs&quot; title=&quot;Social Security To Put $24 Million Into EMRs&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/omnimdism&quot;&gt; omnimdism &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/omnimdism/&quot;&gt; omnimdism&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myemrstimulus.com/social-security-put-24-million-emrs/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9nxax/social_security_to_put_24_million_into_emrs/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>Social Security To Put $24 Million Into EMRs</media:title><media:thumbnail url="/static/noimage.png" /></item><item><title>$100 MILLION pork stuffed into health care bill to buy off one moderate senator</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6f1k/100_million_pork_stuffed_into_health_care_bill_to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6f1k/100_million_pork_stuffed_into_health_care_bill_to/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:39:07 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-11-20T06:39:07.717881-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6f1k/100_million_pork_stuffed_into_health_care_bill_to/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://thumbs.reddit.com/t3_a6f1k.png&quot; alt=&quot;$100 MILLION pork stuffed into health care bill to buy off one moderate senator&quot; title=&quot;$100 MILLION pork stuffed into health care bill to buy off one moderate senator&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/detokaal&quot;&gt; detokaal &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/Libertarian/&quot;&gt; Libertarian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/the-100-million-health-care-vote.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6f1k/100_million_pork_stuffed_into_health_care_bill_to/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>$100 MILLION pork stuffed into health care bill to buy off one moderate senator</media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://thumbs.reddit.com/t3_a6f1k.png" /></item><item><title>To Hell with Health Care, Education, and Jobs the U.S. Army Plans to build a $100 Million Special Ops HQ in Afghanistan</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cbhzy/to_hell_with_health_care_education_and_jobs_the/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cbhzy/to_hell_with_health_care_education_and_jobs_the/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:52:49 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-06-04T10:52:49.052387-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/MindVirus&quot;&gt; MindVirus &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/army-plans-100-mil-spec-ops-hq-in-afghanistan/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter#ixzz0ppKaBXfz&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cbhzy/to_hell_with_health_care_education_and_jobs_the/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>What are the best stocks to put my $100,000 into right now?</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ci03s/what_are_the_best_stocks_to_put_my_100000_into/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ci03s/what_are_the_best_stocks_to_put_my_100000_into/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:15:17 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-06-22T21:15:17.066675-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/ActLikeYourGrandma&quot;&gt; ActLikeYourGrandma &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/shittyadvice/&quot;&gt; shittyadvice&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/comments/ci03s/what_are_the_best_stocks_to_put_my_100000_into/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ci03s/what_are_the_best_stocks_to_put_my_100000_into/"&gt;[9 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Tellman Knudson’s feet are getting a tough education in our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. In a bid to raise $100 million for charity Knudson is running barefoot across the U.S.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/af3lx/tellman_knudsons_feet_are_getting_a_tough/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/af3lx/tellman_knudsons_feet_are_getting_a_tough/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:09:52 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-12-15T17:09:52.954423-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/zent&quot;&gt; zent &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mensjournal.com/cross-country-barefoot&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/af3lx/tellman_knudsons_feet_are_getting_a_tough/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Almost 12 MILLION tons of of textiles put into municipal solid-waste streams in 2007. Of that, just 16% was diverted to recycling facilities.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cr9sf/almost_12_million_tons_of_of_textiles_put_into/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cr9sf/almost_12_million_tons_of_of_textiles_put_into/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:52:32 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-07-19T09:52:32.641727-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/airdye&quot;&gt; airdye &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/fashion/&quot;&gt; fashion&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/147/closing-the-loop.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cr9sf/almost_12_million_tons_of_of_textiles_put_into/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Remember all that loose cash in Iraq that floated around and was never accounted for? Bricks and bricks of $100 bills, millions stuffed into sacks that were never subjected to any oversight whatsoever? Millions that could have been put toward more, um, constructive projects?</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/7xgr8/remember_all_that_loose_cash_in_iraq_that_floated/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/7xgr8/remember_all_that_loose_cash_in_iraq_that_floated/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:53:33 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-02-14T17:53:33.585184-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/MindVirus&quot;&gt; MindVirus &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-graft-in-iraq-overcoming-hirtle.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/7xgr8/remember_all_that_loose_cash_in_iraq_that_floated/"&gt;[8 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Senator's $100-Million Addition to Health-Care Bill Is Intended for UConn - Government - The Chronicle of Higher Education</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/amzv8/senators_100million_addition_to_healthcare_bill/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/amzv8/senators_100million_addition_to_healthcare_bill/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:51:42 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-01-07T21:51:42.147409-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/jalam1001&quot;&gt; jalam1001 &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chronicle.com/article/Senators-100-Million/63239/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/amzv8/senators_100million_addition_to_healthcare_bill/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>How do we get the government to stop spending so much money on the military and put it into things that will make the US #1 in important things like education and the environment?</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cmdyt/how_do_we_get_the_government_to_stop_spending_so/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cmdyt/how_do_we_get_the_government_to_stop_spending_so/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:09:32 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-07-06T00:09:32.932716-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;!-- SC_OFF --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;md&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;I stumbled on an article and everything seemed normal until I read that the largest expenditure of the US budget is on the military.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- SC_ON --&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/jtibbetts1&quot;&gt; jtibbetts1 &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/AskReddit/&quot;&gt; AskReddit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/comments/cmdyt/how_do_we_get_the_government_to_stop_spending_so/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cmdyt/how_do_we_get_the_government_to_stop_spending_so/"&gt;[27 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>100 million more people across the world thrown into hunger this year, putting the total up at 1 billion. Humanity needs a different system to distribute food.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9ub6z/100_million_more_people_across_the_world_thrown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9ub6z/100_million_more_people_across_the_world_thrown/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:21:41 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-10-15T05:21:41.008018-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/charlesgrrr&quot;&gt; charlesgrrr &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/worldnews/&quot;&gt; worldnews&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://wsws.org/articles/2009/oct2009/hung-o15.shtml&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9ub6z/100_million_more_people_across_the_world_thrown/"&gt;[28 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>The open-source education software developed for the &quot;$100 laptop&quot; can now be loaded onto a $5 USB stick to run aging PCs and Macs 'breathing new life into millions of decrepit old machines.'</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8vfco/the_opensource_education_software_developed_for/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8vfco/the_opensource_education_software_developed_for/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:58:05 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-06-24T19:58:05.340011-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/maxwellhill&quot;&gt; maxwellhill &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/technology/&quot;&gt; technology&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22919/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8vfco/the_opensource_education_software_developed_for/"&gt;[10 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>U-Turn for Ford: A year ago, Ford posted a $282 million quarterly loss. This year, it swung to a $100 million profit.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/6gz5q/uturn_for_ford_a_year_ago_ford_posted_a_282/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/6gz5q/uturn_for_ford_a_year_ago_ford_posted_a_282/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:04:27 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2008-04-24T09:04:27.619624-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/r3dd173r&quot;&gt; r3dd173r &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/business/&quot;&gt; business&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/04/24/Ford-Drives-a-Surprise-Profit&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/6gz5q/uturn_for_ford_a_year_ago_ford_posted_a_282/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Kucinich: “The war is a threat to our national security. We’ll spend over $100 billion next year to bomb a nation of poor people ... and put more of our soldiers’ lives on the line. Meanwhile, back here in the USA, 15 million people are out of work.&quot;</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ab2ph/kucinich_the_war_is_a_threat_to_our_national/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ab2ph/kucinich_the_war_is_a_threat_to_our_national/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:24:52 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-12-04T07:24:52.332400-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/maxwellhill&quot;&gt; maxwellhill &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/worldpolitics/&quot;&gt; worldpolitics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://rawstory.com/2009/12/kucinich-war-threat-national-security/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ab2ph/kucinich_the_war_is_a_threat_to_our_national/"&gt;[32 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>&quot;Last year, while the U.S. government was spending nearly $100 million a day on military efforts in Afghanistan, an Oxfam report put the total amount of humanitarian aid to the country from all sources at just $7 million per day. Not much has changed since then.&quot;</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9izhv/last_year_while_the_us_government_was_spending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9izhv/last_year_while_the_us_government_was_spending/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:26:07 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-09-09T16:26:07.614460-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/Eat_the_Rich&quot;&gt; Eat_the_Rich &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/worldnews/&quot;&gt; worldnews&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterpunch.org/solomon09082009.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9izhv/last_year_while_the_us_government_was_spending/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Goldman traders enjoy $100 million-a-day profits - Traders at Goldman Sachs made more than $100m in profits on 36 of the 65 days of the third quarter, highlighting the trading bonanza sweeping Wall Street as central banks continue to pump billions of dollars into the financial system.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a107p/goldman_traders_enjoy_100_millionaday_profits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a107p/goldman_traders_enjoy_100_millionaday_profits/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:36:54 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-11-04T13:36:54.278089-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/galt1776&quot;&gt; galt1776 &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2aa1cb8-c96d-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a107p/goldman_traders_enjoy_100_millionaday_profits/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Riverside County California has settled a lawsuit for $3,550,000 to the parents of a man who died after he was peppersprayed and put into a choke-hold by deputies who responded to their 911 call to get their son some medical help when he stopped eating and became despondent.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cqneu/riverside_county_california_has_settled_a_lawsuit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cqneu/riverside_county_california_has_settled_a_lawsuit/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:04:50 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-07-17T08:04:50.689322-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/MindVirus&quot;&gt; MindVirus &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/family-to-get-35-million-for-death-of-man-restrained-by-moreno-valley-police.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/cqneu/riverside_county_california_has_settled_a_lawsuit/"&gt;[7 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>How the British lied to put a killer in power: Indonesia's President Sukarno was overthrown in 1966 and up to half a million people massacred. The BBC, the Observer and Reuters were all duped into carrying false stories manufactured by agents.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6hle/how_the_british_lied_to_put_a_killer_in_power/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6hle/how_the_british_lied_to_put_a_killer_in_power/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:16 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-11-20T10:09:16.243873-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/alllie&quot;&gt; alllie &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/worldnews/&quot;&gt; worldnews&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/how-we-lied-to-put-a-killer-in-power-719407.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/a6hle/how_the_british_lied_to_put_a_killer_in_power/"&gt;[3 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Am I a paranoid schizophrenic, or is the NWO preparing to put one million plus innocent American citizens (everyone on the 'terrorist watchlist') into prison camps when they declare martial law on July 27th?</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8w5ah/am_i_a_paranoid_schizophrenic_or_is_the_nwo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8w5ah/am_i_a_paranoid_schizophrenic_or_is_the_nwo/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:03:49 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-06-27T02:03:49.184073-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;!-- SC_OFF --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;md&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like this is what many of the conspiracy theorists are suggesting. I used to ignore conspiracy theorists but unfortunately, recently, I have started watching their videos and reading their articles. And they are starting to scare me because some of it seems like it could possibly actually be true.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;However, I just found something that is encouraging: a list of symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, nearly all of which (except for hallucinations) I have! Yay!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Confusion (what?)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Inability to make decisions (probably)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Hallucinations (not yet)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Changes in eating or sleeping habits, energy level, or weight (check, check, check)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Delusions (think I'm proving this one right now)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Nervousness (check)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Strange statements or behavior (you be the judge)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Withdrawal from friends, work, or school (never had many friends but yeah)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Neglect of personal hygiene (check)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Anger (I did create /r/fuckyouall)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Indifference to the opinions of others (except conspiracy theorists)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;A tendency to argue (before you try to say I don't tend to argue, consider this: your statements are completely unconnected to reality)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;A conviction that you are better than others (check), or that people are out to get you (yup)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;For verification of many of these symptoms, see my submissions and comments.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Anyway, &lt;em&gt;please&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;please&lt;/strong&gt; tell me that I am batshit insane and that none of these conspiracy theories are real.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Also, if this stuff is real and any NWO agents are reading this and decide to take preemptive action so that I cannot repeat these conspiracy theories anymore, please wait until after July 4th to imprison/kill me because I have to help my sister move on Independence Day weekend (assuming the mortgage ever goes through).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- SC_ON --&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/ithkuil&quot;&gt; ithkuil &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/AskReddit/&quot;&gt; AskReddit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/comments/8w5ah/am_i_a_paranoid_schizophrenic_or_is_the_nwo/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8w5ah/am_i_a_paranoid_schizophrenic_or_is_the_nwo/"&gt;[41 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mercedes 10,000 Gallon Water Cannon : German police seem to expect more than a few riots over the next few years, as 78 of these vehicles will be put into service over the next ten years (at total cost of €75 million or $107.6 million). Open the refreshments!</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ah7rc/mercedes_10000_gallon_water_cannon_german_police/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ah7rc/mercedes_10000_gallon_water_cannon_german_police/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:44:27 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-12-21T14:44:27.982480-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ah7rc/mercedes_10000_gallon_water_cannon_german_police/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/static/noimage.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mercedes 10,000 Gallon Water Cannon : German police seem to expect more than a few riots over the next few years, as 78 of these vehicles will be put into service over the next ten years (at total cost of €75 million or $107.6 million). Open the refreshments!&quot; title=&quot;Mercedes 10,000 Gallon Water Cannon : German police seem to expect more than a few riots over the next few years, as 78 of these vehicles will be put into service over the next ten years (at total cost of €75 million or $107.6 million). Open the refreshments!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/MindVirus&quot;&gt; MindVirus &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/Libertarian/&quot;&gt; Libertarian&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.caranddriver.com/mercedes-based-10000-gallon-water-cannon/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/ah7rc/mercedes_10000_gallon_water_cannon_german_police/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>Mercedes 10,000 Gallon Water Cannon : German police seem to expect more than a few riots over the next few years, as 78 of these vehicles will be put into service over the next ten years (at total cost of €75 million or $107.6 million). Open the refreshments!</media:title><media:thumbnail url="/static/noimage.png" /></item><item><title>The broadband world changes so quickly that things happening at civil service pace just simply cannot keep up. Or put another way, how will those with a 2Meg connection feel when 2 million homes have access to 100Meg speeds?</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9sm4l/the_broadband_world_changes_so_quickly_that/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9sm4l/the_broadband_world_changes_so_quickly_that/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:24:45 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-10-09T19:24:45.832264-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/reyofish&quot;&gt; reyofish &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8298382.stm&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/9sm4l/the_broadband_world_changes_so_quickly_that/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: to build a $100 laptop and give away millions to educate the world’s poorest children. And then the fat-cat multinationals got scared and broke it</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/6vt42/nicholas_negroponte_had_a_vision_to_build_a_100/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/6vt42/nicholas_negroponte_had_a_vision_to_build_a_100/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:20:54 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2008-08-11T06:20:54.091112-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/sea_wall&quot;&gt; sea_wall &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/geek/&quot;&gt; geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4472654.ece&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/6vt42/nicholas_negroponte_had_a_vision_to_build_a_100/"&gt;[20 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>&quot;He recruited dozens of terminally ill people to, in effect, serve as paid fronts for purchases of the product, variable annuities. The lawyer and other investors put tens of millions of dollars into the policies, hoping to reap a profit when the recruits died.&quot;</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/b2jm1/he_recruited_dozens_of_terminally_ill_people_to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/b2jm1/he_recruited_dozens_of_terminally_ill_people_to/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:15:14 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-02-15T22:15:14.226785-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/absolutecero&quot;&gt; absolutecero &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/WTF/&quot;&gt; WTF&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704479704575061392800740492.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEADNewsCollection&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/b2jm1/he_recruited_dozens_of_terminally_ill_people_to/"&gt;[7 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Geoscientists claim to have discovered an entire ocean that was destroyed 50 to 20 MILLION years ago when its sea floor 'SUNK' some 1,100 km into the Earth</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/82md9/geoscientists_claim_to_have_discovered_an_entire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/82md9/geoscientists_claim_to_have_discovered_an_entire/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:29:11 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-03-06T08:29:11.612473-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/jupaneanu&quot;&gt; jupaneanu &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/science/&quot;&gt; science&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.itvnews.tv/Sci-Tech/Science/sunk-ocean-discovered.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/82md9/geoscientists_claim_to_have_discovered_an_entire/"&gt;[31 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>&quot;Make no mistake: this tax cut will reach 120 million families and put $120 billion directly into their pockets, and it includes the most American workers ever to get a tax cut.&quot; That comes out to $19.23 per week. Let's all go wild!</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8cpb1/make_no_mistake_this_tax_cut_will_reach_120/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8cpb1/make_no_mistake_this_tax_cut_will_reach_120/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:34:47 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-04-15T09:34:47.528234-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/osmosisgenius&quot;&gt; osmosisgenius &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/15/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4946766.shtml&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/8cpb1/make_no_mistake_this_tax_cut_will_reach_120/"&gt;[52 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Just months before the start of last year's stock market collapse, the federal agency that insures the retirement funds of 44 million Americans departed from its conservative investment strategy and decided to put much of its $64 billion insurance fund into stocks.</title><link>http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/88mne/just_months_before_the_start_of_last_years_stock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/88mne/just_months_before_the_start_of_last_years_stock/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:37:16 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-03-30T09:37:16.704993-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/user/clubbin714&quot;&gt; clubbin714 &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idealistnews.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/03/30/pension_insurer_shifted_to_stocks/?page=full&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.idealistnews.com/comments/88mne/just_months_before_the_start_of_last_years_stock/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>