Dan Rather Complains: Republicans ‘Demonized’ Nancy Pelosi, Turned Her Into a ‘Villain’
November 2, 2010 No Comment
Ex-CBS broadcaster Dan Rather on Tuesday appeared on MSNBC and lamented the fact that Republicans have turned Nancy Pelosi into a “villain” and “demonized” her. The famous broadcaster also implied that sexism was involved, gesturing to his female co-panelists, “She is from San Francisco. She is a woman.” Before being interrupted, he added, “And the three of you can figure out-” Speaking of sexism, on the June 11, 2007 Morning Joe , Rather attacked Katie Couric, his successor at the CBS Evening News, this way: “The mistake was to try to bring the ‘Today’ show ethos to the evening news and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience.” Rather on Tuesday opined of Speaker Pelosi: ” Ideal villain. And they made a villain of her and they have demonized her from day one. And what was said earlier, what's made it easy for them is she's been so effective. ” The CBS journalist couched his analysis by saying he wasn't judging the Republicans' action, suggesting, “This is the way politics are.” read more
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Photo: Wikipedia , CC Not Adapted to This New Threat For most of their existence as a species, birds haven’t evolved in an environment where something like a power line could be in their flight trajectory. Because of this, they mostly look down while flying to find other birds, nesting areas, and places where they can feed. If there’s a tree or a mountain in front the bird and it is looking down, it’s going to see the trunk or the lower portion of the mountain; with power lines, unless it’s right at the pylon, there’s nothing under the lines to give… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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It’s not often we get to mark a ten year anniversary… in space, but that’s just what the International Space Station is now celebrating. It was ten years ago today that the first crew arrived for a stay on the space station (which itself had been in orbit for two years prior), and it has been continuously occupied by humans ever since. It’s also, of course, expanded considerably during that time period, and seen its share of bumps along the way , but it’s not ready to de-orbit any time soon. The anniversary also marks the halfway point of the ISS’s expected lifetime and, if past history is any indication, it could well end up getting an extension beyond that — even if it’s with an all-robot crew . Hit up the source links below for NASA’s own retrospective on ten years of life on the station. International Space Station marks ten years of continuous habitation originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photos via Klaas Kuiken We’ve heard of white roofs to deflect heat, solar-paneled roofs to produce energy, and even green roofs to add a touch of nature to our abodes — but one designer has created a roof that can benefit the environment in yet another way, by offering houses to birds atop our v… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Continue reading …Some random reports from today’s election: The New Black Panthers are baaaaaack !
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Whether called the Pre 2 or Pre Plus 2, there’s no denying that the first webOS 2.0 device is coming at us in a fast and furious fashion. Verizon docs already revealed it was on that carrier’s November roadmap , and now HP’s Facebook page for students has narrowed pre-order availability down to a specific date: November 8th. That’s next Monday, folks! No more info is available at this time, such as whether that will include the promised unlocked GSM Pre 2s or whether they would be forthcoming at a later date. Either way, we’re excited to see this 1GHz vessel sail in and bring us all that improved webOS goodness. [Thanks, Michael] Palm Pre 2 pre-orders will start November 8th, says HP originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: TreeHugger It’s likely that the outdoors enthusiast is the person on your holiday gift list that cares the most about getting eco-friendly presents — after all, you’re helping protect his or her favorite playground: Mother Earth. From must-have gear for weekend adventures to durable campsite cookware and engrossing books for rainy days, these gifts will get your nature-fiend in the right place: outdoors Produced by Mairi Beautyman Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …TweakTown tests the best thumb drives, invites USB 3.0 models to the party
November 2, 2010 No Comment
Most USB thumb drives are cheap enough that it rarely seems worth comparison shopping but, as usual with computer hardware, if you want the best you’d best look at some benchmarks. Following in the footsteps of Kristofer Brozio , TweakTown gathered together 16 of the fastest and most common models to test and some of the big brands, like Lexar, finished near the bottom in terms of performance. If you want a fast USB 2.0 drive, the Silicon Power LuxMini 920, a 64GB model, is the one to get — if you can find it. Meanwhile the rather more readily available Patriot Memory models clocked in at a close second. However, taking all the honors is the OCZ Enyo , but given that’s more of an external SSD we question its inclusion. For proper thumb drives, it’s the USB 3.0 Super Talent SuperCrypt taking the cake for performance — as it should for a $120, 16GB model. TweakTown tests the best thumb drives, invites USB 3.0 models to the party originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: The U.S. Army , Flickr, Creative Commons BP announced today that it now expects the cost of the Gulf spill to be $7.7 billion more than it initially anticipated, bringing the total expense close to $40 billion. Back in July, when the Macondo well was still spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP set aside $32 billion to cover the cost of the cleanup. But due to a number of factors, that number has substantially ballooned:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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