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The GOP elite’s $1 million object lesson — and the message of NY-23
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Conservatives owe NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman immeasurable gratitude. [...] Read the rest »Apple's App Store breaks 100,000 apps
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Look, App Store , we just wanted to take this opportunity to say we're sorry about all the fart app jokes. We know it's not easy being a new App Store, making your way in the world, and when juxtaposed against the struggles your competition has had with putting together a compelling app gathering, we know now that our words in those early days were hurtful and lacking in understanding. With 100,000...More videos uncovered showing school kids being coached to praise Obama
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11 – count ‘em – 11 more videos found. “Elementary epidemic” indeed! Prior/Related: School district confirms Obama “praise” activity was sanctioned Yes, Obama DID preach healthcare reform at Wakefield High Creeptastic: Elementary school shows Obama “pledge” video to students Teacher bullies student over her parents’ support for John McCainMaine Voters Repeal Homosexual ‘Marriage’
La Shawn Barber's Corner () | 10 hours ago |
I can’t believe it. The people of Maine came through. They rejected homosexual “marriage” in their state. But that doesn’t mean the fight’s over. There’s something about that “will of the people” jazz some politicians just don’t like. Fundamentally. For example, 54 percent of voting Californian’s barred their government from hiring, contracting, and admitting on the [...]VIDEO: Ken Block's Subaru-based TRAX STI is an alpine badass
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Filed under: Motorsports , Videos , Hatchback , Subaru , Specialty Ken Block's Subaru WRX STI-based snow tank - Click above watch the video Yes, that's probably the first ever Subaru tank. We can't say for certain, but I think in this case we can go ahead and assume. Driven by none other then Ken " Gymkhana " Block. Why does it exist? To be the "ultimate backcountry shred car," of course. We think...
Where in the World Was Keith Olbermann?
Olbermann Watch () | 17 hours ago |
MSNBC boasted that on election night they would present a "special live edition of Countdown" at 10:00 pm. But with bad news for the Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a funny thing happened on the way to the bonus Hour of Spin. Keith wasn't there! After a live update (not from Olby but from Lawrence O'Donnell) A-Mess-NBC ("the place for politics") proceeded to rerun the 8:00 pm showing. Keith...The Beatles catalog being released on limited edition USB stick
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You know what's kind of like online digital distribution, and yet not at all like that? Selling the entire re-mastered Beatles catalog on a USB drive that slots into a fake apple. The fine folks at Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music have teamed up to build a limited edition run of 30,000 USB apples to be sold on December 7 in the UK and December 8 in freedom-loving America. Included on the 16GB drive...Eston MID-05 MID and N97 UMPC arrive
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It’s all go at Eston’s render labs this week, with two new tablets in the offing. The company has sliced off the hardware keyboard from their MID-02 and produced the touchscreen-only MID-05 , a 5-inch handheld running either Android or Windows CE. If your fingers are too chubby for that, Eston also have the N97 MID , with a larger 7-inch touchscreen and integrated 3G. The Eston MID-05 lacks 3G, but...Twitter Now Officially En Español
TechCrunch () | 22 hours ago |
Last month, Twitter noted that it was seeking volunteers to help translate its service into other languages. Today, the first of those is ready to go, as Twitter has formally unveiled support for the Spanish language. The Twitter Blog has a post about it right now, but co-founder Biz Stone has cheekily written it entirely in Spanish. We'll go ahead and translate it for you:Massive Protests Against Regime In Iran – People Chanting “Die, Die Dictator!”
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On the anniversary of the seige of the US Embassy in Tehran the people of Iran are holding massive demonstrations against the regime. Report on Arrakis posted this video where the people are chanting “Die, Die Dictator!” and burning trash in the street: Planet Iran (a great new website) is following the massive protests today. Winston has updates [...]- 5
Goodbye Microsoft, the next chapter
The Next Big Thing (Technology
Microsoft announced more layoffs today, and I was one of them. This was a total surprise to me, and management offered no explanation. This is pretty standard procedure, mostly for legal reasons, but none the less left me with a cold feeling...but only for a minute or two. Today I...
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Elevator to Space: Teams Try to Make it Real
ABC News () | 7 hours ago | Sciences
Competition aims to make space elevators more than science fiction fantasy.- 28
Missing North Dakota College Students Found Dead
The PopCrunch Show (
:{ This is the ending no one was hoping for. Three college softball players found dead after their sport utility vehicle went into a pond on a farm during a stargazing trip likely drove straight into a sinkhole pond in the dark, authorities said Wednesday. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News [...]- 21
More White House "saved" jobs mischief: Georgia and Illinois
Marathon Pundit () | 3 hours ago |
As I've stated before, there is no way to identify what a "saved" job is. Since facts seem to matter little to the Obama administration, it's no surprise that the White House, as AP discovered, is liberally creating its own truth. President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble...New reality cooking show for chef Gordon Ramsay
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has some new people to yell at. The verbally abusive star of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" has signed a deal with Fox for a second show. Tentatively called "Masterchef," it will feature Ramsay trying to turn people who have no experience in the food industry into expert cooks. Not surprisingly, producers say Ramsay won't be afraid to tell the would-be cooks the...- 13
Calf Gets Prosthetic Legs
Neatorama (Leisure
Nancy Dickenson of Ocate, New Mexico and her stepdaughter Martha found an 11-month-old calf on a neighbor’s ranch that was suffering from severe frostbite. The black angus heifer had lost the use of her back legs and hooves. What to do? Obviously, the answer is to give her prosthetic legs! The Dickensons have rescued dozens of [...]Rihanna Says She and Chris Were "Dangerous"
Hollyscoop () | 2 hours ago |
Rihanna will be speaking candidly for the first time since her attack tomorrow on Good Morning America. And one of the things she will reportedly address is sort of relationship she and had. She says to Diane Sawyer, "...
US disappointed in Italian verdict on CIA kidnap
Boston Globe () | 3 hours ago |
The United States expressed disappointment over an Italian court's conviction of 23 Americans in absentia of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street.Study: Fiddler Crabs Exchange Sex for Survival
US News (World
Study suggests female crabs are willing to have sex with nearby males for their protection.Dancing with the Obama Administration
Brutally Honest () | 3 hours ago |
While the focus is on yesterday's elections and the ensuing fallout, I thought this piece to be interesting... it appears that Mrs. Clinton is doing a two-step with her Arab "friends": Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S...Ex-NBA referee Donaghy released from Hernando County Jail
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Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal. Pat Berdan, a consultant working with Donaghy, said he was released from Hernando County Jail, where he had been held since August after officials said he violated travel restrictions while living at a halfway house in the Tampa area.- 8
Obama's half-brother says dad beat him and his mother
NY Daily News () | 4 hours ago | Entertainment
President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel ? the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.- 5
U.S. Places Dismal 30th in Infant Deaths
ABC News (Health
Premature births may increase U.S. infant mortality rate, government says.