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Chile Earthquake Tracked in Realtime

2/27/10 - Posted by Jennifer Hodges under How to Use the Realtime Web

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With news articles, videos, and pictures constantly emerging with new information on the Chile aftermath, we turn to the realtime web for updates.  We watch as Chileans update photos of the devastating 8.8 quake, we read with heavy hearts every time the death toll rises, and we look for ways we can help.  Right on the heels of today’s earthquake, the world also watches as locations all over the world prepare for and react to Tsuanmis.  Thousands in Japan evacuated coastal towns, while earlier Tsunami waves hit both Mexico and Hawaii.

With so much activity going on in various locations and new content being ranked continously, realtime search is a comprehensive source for updated information on these natural disasters.  Results are dynamic, so check in for updatated information.

The Blissful Existence of Pat Robertson

1/14/10 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Hot Topics
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The Story: Pat Robertson shocked millions when he proclaimed that the earthquake in Haiti was due to a pact with the devil.  What other theories does this man have?

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If ignorance is indeed bliss, being Fundamentalist Christian minister Pat Robertson must be the most blissful existence of all.  The host of the “700 Club” (presumably named so because that was the year in which their antiquated ideas were still relevant) had the audacity to blame the Haitian people for the earthquake tragedy that befell them this past week.  He conjured up a centuries old pact with the devil (i.e. George Burns) the Haitan people made to rid themselves of the imperialist French and “Napoleon III or whatever” as the reason for the nation’s ever-worsening condition, comparing it with it’s prosperous neighbor on the Isle of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic- a resort destination whose booze-fueled spring breaks have no doubt been touched by an angel. While we have a hard time believing that the good lord decided on a whim to make things exponentially worse for what is perhaps the Western Hemisphere’s most destitute nation, Robertson’s comments got us thinking…what other crazily ignorant things might this dinosaur amongst men actually believe. (more…)

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