Cable leaked to WikiLeaks website, but yet to be published, is first and detailed confirmation of attack on Syrian nuclear facility. Document, revealed by Yedioth Ahronoth, was sent by then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to US representatives worldwide
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You wouldn’t really expect Mark Twain to go about the business of composing his autobiography in a conventional manner, now would you? The iconic American author’s personal history, released in full this fall after a century, is quite an extraordinary tale—as is the story behind its creation. Related Entries August 5, 2010 Larry Blumenfeld on Nat Hentoff March 12, 2010 Getting a Read on the Middle East
Continue reading …Genre: Buck Owens Title: Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy Ho Ho Ho…
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Click here to view this media Speaking to a live audience at the 92nd Street Y Wednesday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow blasted former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for his opposition to federal unemployment benefits. “I’m opposed to giving people money for doing nothing,” Gingrich insisted during a recent speech to GOP activists in South Carolina. “Let is review for just a second how Newt Gingrich makes his money,” Maddow began. “For starters, he hands out fake awards in exchange for cash.” “Newt Gingrich makes money right now running a fake awards for small businesses scam,” she continued. “Last year he tried to give one of his fake awards to a small business called The Lodge in Dallas, Texas.” In exchange for a $5,000 donation, Gingrich offered The Lodge, a strip club, a certificate, a novelty gavel and a dinner with him. “When Mr. Gingrich realized he was giving one of his fake awards — for a $5,000 donation — to a strip club he decided to rescind the award and the dinner invitation,” Maddow noted. In mid-December, Gingrich sent another letter to The Lodge and asked them for a $2,000 donation to his American Solutions organization. “This is how Newt Gingrich makes his money but he doesn’t think that you earned yours,” Maddow observed. “Newt Gingrich is a direct mail scam artist. He hires the analog equivalent of spammers to troll the Yellow Pages, looking for businesses he can fool into thinking they are winning a ‘Newt award,’ and then he cons money out of them for accepting it,” she said.
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By Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons, The Denver Post Related Entries December 23, 2010 Gas Prices December 23, 2010 Christmas Present
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Continue reading …Ask Engadget: best high-capacity (250GB or more) portable media player?
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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Dhruv, who needs to live about 20 years in the future, where all PMPs start at 160GB. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com . “So I’m a music lover of sorts and my (already compressed) iTunes library is nearing 150GB. I used to have an iPod Classic 160GB, but that doesn’t allow for much growing room. Seeing as Apple has pretty much given up on the Classic’s future, I was hoping there was another player out there that would have higher capacity drives in it. I know Toshiba makes a 240GB and 320GB 1.8″ drive, but I see nothing using it. Also, I would love for it to have physical buttons. And like the Classic, it should be portable. I saw the Archos 5 online and it’s a mammoth. Basically, my ideal player is an iPod Classic with at least a 250GB HDD inside. Thanks!” It’s a shame that Cowon’s gorgeous X7 tops out at 160GB, else that’d be a solid solution. Outside of the Archos 5, does anyone have any solid, high-capacity solutions? Looks like your best bet may be to snag a lower-end PMP that’ll hold a 1.8-inch drive, and then hack a larger one in yourself. Ask Engadget: best high-capacity (250GB or more) portable media player? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …By Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons Related Entries December 22, 2010 Obama Makes DADT Repeal Official December 19, 2010 ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal
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By Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen Related Entries December 22, 2010 Obama Makes DADT Repeal Official December 19, 2010 ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal
Continue reading …How would you like to win a car? Wait, let me rephrase. How would you like to win a Smart Car by pledging an “Act of Green” and sharing it with your friends via social media? Let me explain. I am working with the Earth Day Network (the group that organizes Earth Day every year) to do my small part in joining millions of Americans–minus Jim Inhofe, of course–in moving us towards a more clean, efficient and sustainable-energy economy. Just for going to the Earth Day Network site , and doing what most readers of this blog likely already do in their own lives, pledging to perform an “Act of Green,” you can win a Smart Car. This act can be almost anything to support improving our environment, from pledging to plant a tree to just washing your clothes in cold water. One of the suggested acts can be selected, or you can get all creative on us and come up with your own Act of Green. Doing this will make you automatically eligible to win one of two available “smart fortwo” cars, as they’re called. They are not only 100% recyclable, but are the most fuel efficient, non-hybrid gasoline-powered cars in the United States today, according to the EPA. What I like about this contest is this puts the responsibility for creating a better society in our hands. We’ve all be disappointed by those in Washington who pay lip service to what many of us consider a defining issue of our time, so why not take it upon ourselves to participate in and inspire a Billion Acts of Green. Maybe those living in the Beltway will actually take notice, as We The People, take the lead. The contest ends on December 31, 2010 and the winners will be announced on January 10, 2011. So go get yourself a car . And in the process, make this a better planet for our kids to inherit. Follow me on Twitter @cliffschecter
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