Too expensive? How about a $150 plug socket hooked up to the internet, so that you may turn the appliance thusly attached on or off with a text message?OMG remote on and off switches
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Today Show's gadgets of tomorrow
The Edwards -Wealth Standard- Not Being Applied To McCain
During John Edwards’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, media regularly treated his personal wealth as a key to assessing his policy proposals — a standard that is not being applied to John McCain. It often seemed as though the news media was incapable of running a story about Edwards’ anti-poverty proposals without noting his own...
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The Conservative “Civility” Scam
Wingnuts just love their Civility Scam -- the pretense that any expression of outrage over their fuckups, lawlessness, and all-around mayhem is much, much worse than, well, their fuckups, lawlessness, and all-around mayhem. To wit-right blogs are desperately trying to pretend that Rep. William Delahunt wants Al Qaeda to assassinate David Addington.
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Friday, June 27, 2008
The Paper Version of the Web
People have been sketching user interfaces since the birth of the web (possibly even before) but the sketches usually stay locked away... See the original sketches of Twitter, Flickr places, Vimeo, Twitterverse, AbiWord and more.
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Daily Show: Terror Attack + Election = Republican Victory
After John McCain's chief campaign strategist told Fortune magazine that a terror attack would provide his candidate with a "big advantage," Jon Stewart reveals how the Republicans factor terrorism into their winning electoral formula.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
U.S. company: crash lawsuit governed by Islamic Shari'a Law
Blackwater sister company "defends" itself against lawsuit brought by three widows of US soldiers: a federal court should decide the case using the Islamic law Shari'a since the lawsuit falls under the jurisdiction of Afghanistan - which conveniently does not hold a company responsible for the actions of employees while working.
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3 Dead A day is not OK jun 25 2008
Oh McCrackHead says we are winning
* Bomb kills 3 U.S. soldiers, interpreter * New military operations promised against al Qaeda * June U.S. military death toll in Iraq reaches 25 .
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LEAVE IRAQI'S ALONE -Say REPUBLICANS
These Republicans would have made the Fuhrer so proud! They have cleverly infiltrated the press with agents pretending to be objective, so that they are able to immediately attack any truth before it gets too far. It's Wunderbar! Herr Goebbels spirit lives!
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Rove picks the wrong metaphor to slam Obama
Exactly. Rove’s description sounds spot-on like Bush — right down to the “snide comments” he makes about people who pass him by.
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So if im on the watch list can i get a gov contract too
Arms dealer AEY Inc. and its 22-year-old president have been on the U.S. State Department's Arms Trafficking Watchlist for years. But that didn't keep them from landing a nearly $300 million Pentagon contract providing ammo to the Afghan Army. AEY...
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Charlie Black, My Man of the Hour
Aw, hell, Senator, the goo-goos and censors and thought patrollers are once again demanding Charlie's resignation, but don't you listen to them. You keep him right where he is, Senator, right where he's needed, right where he'll always do you the most harm: in the firing line.
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GOP Cries Obama Seal Illegal But They Use It For Fundraising
As Republicans continue to scream hysterically that Barack Obama's new seal violates federal law by copying the likeness of the presidential seal, Political Base has just discovered that John McCain's own caucus -- National Republican Senatorial Committee -- uses three different likenesses itself...for fundraising...right on its website.
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Monday, June 23, 2008
What It's Like To Fly With No ID Under TSA's New Regulations
Formerly, if you refused or were unable to show ID you could still fly — but were required to undergo secondary screening by the TSA. Now they've altered their position slightly— fliers who willingly refuse to show ID are now barred from flying...
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Will The iPhone's Apps Store Kill The 'Jailbreak' Market?
Are iPhone users crazy enough to continue 'jailbreak-ing' their phones even with the iPhone App Store offering a massive selection of software? There is even the $100m iFund set up to encourage developers to make the iPhone THE platform. Why would you want to jailbreak?
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Dems Give Bush FISA Bill
FISA bill introduced by Demos? Immunity for Bush and the phone compnaies? No warrants needed to wiretap ordinary citizens?
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Proud of America?
By: Scarecrow Friday June 20, 2008 5:00 am Given the extensive coverage of the candidates' wives appearing on The View, it seems any candidate's spouse must assure the media that he/she is sufficiently proud of America so as not to disturb the equanimity of those who don't seem bothered by what's happened to their country.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The GOP Recipe: ‘Tear Him Down’
Republicans are already getting lots of advice in the media on how they can win in November. And the surprise winner? Go negative, go personal, go nasty. Gosh, like they've never done that before. Gosh, like they weren't going to do that anyway. Anyway, there was CNN "senior analyst" Jeffrey Toobin, on Wolf Blitzer's "Situation Room" Tuesday: ..
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Corporate Greed - Military Money Bags
What would the U.S. military do without KBR, its largest logistical contractor? That's not something the military ever wants to find out. The U.S. occupation of Iraq would collapse within days without KBR, which provides food, fuel, and potable water...
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The Associated Press: worse than merely foolish
In other words, no more criticizing AP reporting, not if you’re foolish enough to pay them money and sign off on their terms.
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The Real Tragedy - FDL - 06-17-2008
I couldn’t help but think. After how many hundreds of thousands dead in the US’s two assaults on those two countries -- what if Williams, or Russert or any of the big power news men ever expressed emotion about those deaths. What if we saw them choke up – even once – at the slaughter of an Afghan family in a US missile attack.....
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Monday, June 16, 2008
A proposal to the Associated Press: A link ethic
I propose to the Associated Press that it immediately begin linking to all its sources for stories, especially to members’ original journalism because:
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Bush Pledges on Iraq Bases Pact Were a Ruse
Recent statements by Iraqis familiar with U.S. demands in negotiations on the U.S.-Iraq “strategic framework” agreement have highlighted the fact that administration promises that it would not seek “permanent bases” or the use of bases to attack Iran or any other neighbouring countries were deliberately misleading
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MSM luvs Itself again
It is sad when A MSM blowhard dies.. but not so much when a Soldier or Iraqi dies.
Shame Shame Shame
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Moral Equivalent Of War OR Spare the Rod ..Kill the Child
Recently, Obama made the comment that people were going to have to get used to conserving energy. The bloviators gasped. OMG! Just like Jimmy Carter! Asking for sacrifice is crazy, unAmerican!Me - Unless its the death of our children
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Sock Puppetry of The Politico
Our Elite Media seem to be up in arms over Mayhill Fowler's failure to identify herself as a journalist when she stood there with a tape recorder in a very crowded reception line and asked a question of Bill Clinton. me - OMG a NON BBQ lover asks a question and the BS flies.
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BushFamily European Tour 2008
The Chimpanzee’s Farewell Yurpeen Tour via Gorilla’s Guides
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Old BlackWater Keep on Moving
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army reports for The Nation on the shadowy Blackwater's growing foray into the world of private espionage. The privatization of intelligence has grown dramatically under President Bush,...
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Fred Hiatt’s Concubine Speaks. You Listen
Now the loathsome Anne Applebaum, a distinguished member of the WaPo editorial board, hits it out of the park with this column where she argues that people shouldn’t vote for Obama because some foreigners are racist.
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Lieberman Whines After Obama Kicks His Ass
When Obama buttonholed Lieberman the other day in the Senate regarding Lieberman's attempts to tie Obama to Hamas, Lieberman said the exchange was "cordial and friendly." Now he's saying that Obama was using "sleazy tactics." Quick, call he WAAHmbulance...
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Whither The WHIG?
[digg]Marcy details a bit of worry at the Bush WH regarding potential re-opening of the Fitzgerald investigation and related matters by Reps. Conyers and Waxman's committees.
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NFL Still Capitalizing On Pat Tillman’s Death
The NFL has seized on Pat Tillman as another way to connect with the red, white and blue sports fan. Earlier this year, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue brought together the NFL and the USO to build the Pat Tillman USO Center at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Mary Tillman has a message for the NFL: Help me find out what happened to my son.
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Friday, June 06, 2008
War Inc. John Cusack’s C&L Thank you
See this film! And take a look on C&L at Sgt. Brent Sammann's brave stance: he's holding up a sign telling us to see the film: while standing on a US Army base, with the American flag on one pole - and a KBR flag on another.
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
RepRap achieves self-replication MILESTONE
The machine that is set to revolutionise manufacturing, RepRap, has finally managed to create a fully functioning RepRap machine.
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Compare Speeches By: John Cole
Appearances of the word “I,” “I’ve,” “I’ll,” or “me” in Clinton’s speech: 90 out of 2237 words.Appearances of the word “I,” “I’ve,” “I’ll,” or “me” in Obama’s speech (me appeared once): 25 out of 2451 wordsAppearances of the word “we” in Hillary’s final speech: 17 out of 2237 words.Appearances of the word “we” in Obama’s final speech: 36 out
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Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control
Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors.A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November.
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What Newspapers Still Don’t Understand About The Web
Why is Google making more money everyday while newspapers are making less? I’m going to pick on The Washington Post again only because it’s my local paper and this is a local example.
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
McCain Voted For Every Katrina Investigation? Well... No
During his press conference today in Baton Rouge, John McCain declared in strong terms that he's voted for every investigation of Hurricane Katrina.T he only problem, as the DNC has been pointing out to reporters, is he voted twice against Democratic proposals to investigate the levy failures.
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Literally Cheney’s Cheney
By: Attaturk Tuesday June 3, 2008 5:00 am Liz Cheney, she's more than just the daughter of the Vice-President. She's the magical child that provided her father with that greatest of gifts, an iron-clad guarantee ol' Dick didn't have to serve in 'Nam.
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Obama Flips the Flip-Flopper Narrative
Sen. Barack Obama called Sen. John McCain’s refusal to admit he misspoke about troop levels in Iraq "disturbing" and cast his actions as the sequel to the Bush administration’s refusal to admit their own mistakes. "We've seen this movie before," Obama said at a town hall in Rapid City, S.D.
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