President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential palace, killing nine people. (June 18)
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Click here to view this media (h/t Heather at VideoCafe ) If you watch or listen to enough Conservative propaganda, you’ll believe that Texas is teh awesomest place to live in because of its tax rate and for job creation and it’s all because of Rick Perry. His record of job creation is the same as Ann Richards by the way. Alternet has a great story on the Texas Miracle. Texas Is a Shining Example of Right-Wing Governance in Action and That’s Why It’s a Complete Basket-Case. Conservatives claim the “Texas Miracle” is a model for the nation, but it’s actually a blueprint for winning the race to the bottom. — In this, Perry is absolutely, 100 percent correct. He slashed taxes to the bone, handing out credits to his political cronies like they were candy. He decried the evils of Big Government while hypocritically using federal stimulus funds to help close Texas’ budget gap in the short term, and now he’s using the state’s longer term fiscal disaster – one of his own creation – as a premise for destroying an already threadbare social safety net serving the neediest Texans. As a result of these policies, plus immigration and other external factors, his state’s added a lot of low-paying poverty jobs without decent benefits. He’s added very little in the way of “prosperity.” Digby makes her usual excellent observations.
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Zoosk commercial Flo Rida ft. T-Pain – Zoosk Girl [OFFICIAL HD VIDEO 2011] Top Five Fastest Growing Facebook Application! evelyngrace81 says: Attention Men: Zoosk Survey Finds Majority of Single Ladies Think It's “Creepy … http://ping.fm/atDM5
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HolyMolyNews says: Emma Watson discusses tonguing her co-stars, AND final Harry Potter trailer released : #emmawatson #harrypotter http://t.co/uQaiUkO
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Check out a bald Lady Gaga performing on the U.K.’s Paul O’Grady Show on Friday (June 17)! The 25-year-old singer, with a cue ball head, sang “Hair” on a grand piano covered with fake dark locks. Halfway through the song, Gaga took a teal wig that had been sitting on a mannequin’s head and place it on Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Just Jared Discovery Date : 17/06/2011 23:01 Number of articles : 6
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Check out a bald Lady Gaga performing on the U.K.’s Paul O’Grady Show on Friday (June 17)! The 25-year-old singer, with a cue ball head, sang “Hair” on a grand piano covered with fake dark locks. Halfway through the song, Gaga took a teal wig that had been sitting on a mannequin’s head and place it on Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Just Jared Discovery Date : 17/06/2011 23:01 Number of articles : 6
Continue reading …Maher Claims Libs Never Talk About Nationalizing Oil Industry Before Calling Palin and Bachmann Know-Nothings
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It seems these days Bill Maher puts his foot in his mouth virtually every time he's in front of a camera. On Friday's “Real Time,” the holier than thou host actually said liberals never talk about nationalizing the oil industry minutes before calling former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) a couple of “crazy” “know nothings” “who both get their historical facts wrong all the time” (video follows with transcript and commentary): BILL MAHER: My larger point was that it seems like if there was an equivalent of privatizing FEMA on the left, it would be something like nationalizing the oil industry which you never hear. Really? I guess Maher missed a serious discussion on this very issue back in 2008 that began when Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) told Shell Oil president John Hofmeister during a May 23 House hearing that she wanted the government to take over the entire oil industry. The following month, a number of Democrats led by Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) actually proposed nationalizing oil refineries. At the same time, a Rasmussen poll found a plurality of Democrats supported nationalizing the oil industry – 37 percent for, 32 percent opposed. But according to Maher, “you never hear” people on the left talk about this. As usual, the joke was on him for later in this very program, he called Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann a couple of “crazy” “know-nothings” “who both get their historical facts wrong all the time.” Who's ditzy now, Bill?
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In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with “Insert Coin” as the subject line. We’re not sure proper air guitarists would ever consider adding a bonafide pick to their cherished imaginary pastime, but what if a petite plastic plectrum could turn those strokes into stringed acoustics that more than just you can hear? That’s the idea behind Air Guitar Move, a $50 motion-sensing guitar pick that pairs with a dedicated iPhone app using a single dock-connected string. The minds behind Move aren’t new to product design — Colin Karpfinger created Thumbies, a suction cup-based gaming control accessory for iPhone, and Ronald Mannak has launched other freestyle electronic toys, including the V-Beat AirDrums and AirGuitar — so if they meet their $25,000 funding goal, we imagine that we’ll have a very solid iPhone accessory on our hands. A $39 pledge gets you a single Move with a 20 percent discount, and a pledge of $49 will net you a pick from the first shipment, so you’ll be strumming away a month before folks in the first group. The creators have yet to commit to a ship date, but head over to Kickstarter if you’d like to make a pledge, or jump past the break for the intro video and an update on our last featured product, ZionEyez . Continue reading Insert Coin: Air Guitar Move for iPhone (video) Insert Coin: Air Guitar Move for iPhone (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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President Barack Obama drove the cart and House Speaker John Boehner celebrated a short putt as their much anticipated golf outing got under way Saturday at a military base outside the nation’s capital. (June 18)
Continue reading …Features: Great Job, Internet!: Stranded travelers recreate The Terminal, but with more planking
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What would you do if you were stuck in an airport overnight with a friend and a camera? Photographer Joe Ayala and his buddy had a grand old time messing around in the Dallas-Fort Worth airport while stranded for a night, and recorded a video of all their antics. The two guys race wheelchairs, use the gate mic to beatbox, plank the escalators, and even walk into an empty airport restaurant, grab a… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : A.V. Club Discovery Date : 16/06/2011 21:27 Number of articles : 5
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