
We're pausing the QOTD this week as we make some improvements and automate the back-end a bit. The QOTD has been fun so far and there are some great user-submitted questions in the hopper for when it returns, so for now, sit tight and we'll be back in a bit.

What are the consequences of the lack of a competitive third party in national US politics?

Is having pride in one's country necessary and healthy for a nation, or does it inhibit logical thinking about the nation's actions?
(Submitted by: poke-the-eric)

What product, technology, or service introduced this year will be the biggest flop and why?

Here's just the numbers, I'll let you guys draw the conclusions.
Not counting todays QOTD, which has yet to run its course, there have been seven QOTDs that have received 730 total comments for 104 comments per each question.

What will be the most interesting merger, acquisition, or corporate restructuring of this year?

Question: Are followers of any religion obligated to stand stronger than the ones who distort it? (Submitted by Maaz)
Ends: Saturday night, 12am Pacific.
Format: Newest answers at the top. Names hidden while contest is in progress.

As Newsvine gets bigger in both usership and breadth of coverage, many casual visitors have pined for a "lighter" set of features around the site; features which perhaps take only a moment to check out and have fun with.

Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

The trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up.

Hell is not a place you go if you're not a Christian, it's the failure of your life's greatest ambition.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood of ideas in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves? That which was the holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet possessed has bled to death under our knives.