The Adam Becker Experience

What's the easiest $25 you ever made?

Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:36 PM EDT

So my Newsvine payout balance is sitting at a paltry $21.75, well below the $25 necessary for payouts. Right now, it tends to accrue about $0.08 per month, which would mean a long time before it surpasses that magical barrier. I need to do something about this.

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Cambodia, Thailand on the brink of war

Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:09 AM EDT

I know I'm probably the only one who will care about this, but it's pretty crazy how quickly this escalated.

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The Ralph Nader Effect

Tue Jul 1, 2008 12:23 PM EDT

In the 2000 presidential election, 97,000 people in Florida - a state in which Al Gore reportedly lost to George W Bush by about 6,000 votes - voted for Ralph Nader. If the Democrat Party is to be believed, these 97,000 people are guilty of no less than treason.

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Barack Obama on the issues

Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:37 AM EDT

In the three US presidential elections I have been old enough to follow intelligently, no candidate has been surrounded by as much empty rhetoric as Barack Obama.

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Why doesn't anyone want to talk about the issues with Obama?

Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:31 AM EDT

He's change from politics-as-usual in Washington. He's different from all the Democrats and Republicans that have fought for a secretive, overbearing government. He's honest when everyone else is a liar. He's the answer to a weakened America.

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Ralph Nader versus American dogmatism

Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:02 AM EST

Just in the interest of disclosure -- I would like to see Obama win -- but I would vote for Clinton (or my dog, or my desk, or the contents of my left pocket or even Ralph Nader, if it came to it) if they were the non-Republican nominee -- i.e. the Democratic nominee.

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What's the Big Deal: Conor Oberst

Fri Dec 7, 2007 6:09 AM EST

I've tried to like Bright Eyes. I've given chance after chance to Bright Eyes. I've listened to friends' impassioned defenses of Bright Eyes. But I still can't stand Bright Eyes.

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Back together again: Five bands we can't live without

Tue Dec 4, 2007 3:59 AM EST

Not a lot of people know this, but when Bob Dylan infamously declared "I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," he wasn't referencing the changing sound of music as it entered the digital age, like is widely believed.

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The day the music was reborn

Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:40 AM EST

In the spring of 2003, the final semester of my senior year in high school, my music tastes differed slightly from what it is today. Bands like Seether, Linkin Park and -- I'm afraid to say -- System of a Down got regular playing time in my CD player.

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The new homophobia - not that there's anything wrong with that

Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:30 PM EST

So I'm sitting around a table, playing card games at a party with some friends recently, when the conversation took a sudden, unexpected (to me) turn: So ... do you think George (name changed for the sake of anonymity) is gay? He's got to be, right? But let me back up.

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Meat of the matter: Kicking the habit

Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:52 PM EST

Note: This is the second part in an occasional series tracking my switch to a vegan diet and lifestyle. In this series I will explore reasons to go vegan, as well as dilemmas and decisions facing people new to veganism. Let me get this out of the way: I'm an addict.

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Meat of the matter: Going vegan

Fri Feb 9, 2007 5:27 AM EST

Note: This is the first part in an occasional series tracking my switch to a vegan diet and lifestyle. In this series I will explore reasons to go vegan, as well as dilemmas and decisions facing people new to veganism. My decision to go vegan didn't happen overnight.

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  • What's the easiest $25 you ever made?

    So my Newsvine payout balance is sitting at a paltry $21.75, well below the $25 necessary for payouts. Right now, it tends to accrue about $0.08 per month, which would mean a long time before it surpasses that magical barrier. I need to do something about this.

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