President Barack Obama traveled to Joplin, Missiouri Sunday, where he toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri’s killer tornado. He also consoled the community and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives. (May 29)
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NVIDIA has been pushing its 3D Vision platform for a couple of years and at this year’s Computex it is looking to pull in more PC users with new wired LCD active shutter glasses. The original wireless specs rely on the same IR sync tech and battery power seen in glasses for many HDTVs, but these get power and data over a 10-foot USB cable. While that might not work for living room viewing, a single user application like PC gaming or watching a Blu-ray 3D on a laptop doesn’t suffer for the cable restriction. Besides foregoing the sometimes finicky IR sync these are also cheaper, with a $99 MSRP when they go on sale in “late June” compared to $149 for the wireless version. The company hopes the combination of a lower entry price and ability to be secured to the PC make it a viable option for gamers who may already have a compatible LCD and GPU, or gaming cafes that want to run a few Starcraft II tournaments in 3D — check the rest of the details in the press release after the break. Continue reading NVIDIA’s new wired 3D Vision glasses give up some freedom for a lower price NVIDIA’s new wired 3D Vision glasses give up some freedom for a lower price originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 May 2011 20:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Classy. Obama Sits in Front Row and Chews Gum at Joplin Memorial Service (Video)
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Classy as always… Obama sits in front row and chews gum during the sermon at the Joplin Memorial Service. Maybe he learned this at his Trinity Church? Nicorette gum? Pastor Aaron Brown from Joplin gave a powerful sermon today at … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 29/05/2011 21:34 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …Classy. Obama Sits in Front Row and Chews Gum at Joplin Memorial Service (Video)
May 29, 2011 No Comment
Classy as always… Obama sits in front row and chews gum during the sermon at the Joplin Memorial Service. Maybe he learned this at his Trinity Church? Nicorette gum? Pastor Aaron Brown from Joplin gave a powerful sermon today at … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 29/05/2011 21:34 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …Harry Smith Allows DNC Chair Dodge Question ‘Do Democrats Have Plan to Save Medicare?’
May 29, 2011 No Comment
Harry Smith asked Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) a spectacular question on Sunday's “Face the Nation.” Unfortunately, when he asked his guest if the Democrats have a plan to save Medicare, the substitute host allowed her to completely dodge it (video follows with transcript and commentary): HARRY SMITH, SUBSTITUTE HOST: But the trustees also said just what, a couple of Fridays ago, that this thing could be insolvent in the next decade. Doesn't something really dramatic have to happen, and as the Congressman suggested, the Republicans have a plan. Do the Democrats have a plan? Great question right? Here was Wasserman Schultz's totally pathetic answer: CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FLORIDA): Like I said, the Republicans have a plan to end Medicare as we know it. What they would do is they would take the people who are younger than 55 years old today and tell them, “You know what? You're on your own. Go and find private health insurance in the healthcare insurance market. We're going to throw you to the wolves and allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions. We're going to give you x-amount of dollars and you figure it out.” And these are people who have paid for their whole life into the system, are counting on that safety net. Americans sent a very strong message not just in New York this week but in Jacksonville, Florida, last week when they elected a Democratic mayor for the first time in 20 years. In a state House race in New Hampshire same issue. Americans support Medicare, and the structure that we have for Medicare. They want us to sit down together and work on some long- term reforms which is what the Republicans and Democrats are doing with Vice President Biden right now. That's the direction we need to go. Given that total evasion, you would have expected a quality journalist to press the point and ask again what the Democrat plan was. Unfortunately, a quality journalist was nowhere to be found: SMITH: One of your colleagues has suggested that Medicare puts the House back in play in 2012. Would you go as far as to agree with that? Well, I'm sure she agrees that Medicare puts the House back in play in 2012 as long as folks like Smith aren't going to require the Democrats to offer the public a rival plan to the Republican one. Nice job, Harry. Your check from the DNC is in the mail. Don't spend it all in one place.
Continue reading …NVIDIA refreshes notebook graphics with GeForce GTX 560M, attracts ASUS, MSI, Toshiba and Alienware
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If you’ve enjoyed NVIDIA’s fine tradition of merely bumping along its GPUs time and again and affixing a new badge, you’ll like the GeForce GTX 560M — it’s much like last year’s GTX 460M , but with more bang for the buck than ever. ASUS, MSI, Alienware, Toshiba and Clevo have all committed to new notebooks bearing the graphics processor in light of the potent performance NVIDIA claims it will bring: Namely, those same 192 CUDA cores (now clocked at 1550MHz) and up to 3GB of GDDR5 memory (now clocked at 1250MHz, with a 192-bit bus) should enable the latest games to run at playable framerates on a 1080p screen with maximum detail — save antialiasing. Of course, that assumes you’ve also got a recent quad-core Sandy Bridge processor and gobs upon gobs of RAM, but NVIDIA also says that with the built-in Optimus switchable graphics, those same potent laptops should be able to manage five hours of battery life while idling. If you’re looking for some inexpensive discrete graphics, however, NVIDIA’s also got a refresh there, as the new GeForce GT 520MX bumps up all the clock speeds of the GT 520M. When can you expect a mobile GPU to knock the GTX 485M off its silicon throne , though? Glad you asked: a chart shows a “Next-gen GTX” coming late this year. Meanwhile, see what NVIDIA says the GTX 560M’s capable of in the gallery below and a video after the break. Gallery: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M brag sheets Continue reading NVIDIA refreshes notebook graphics with GeForce GTX 560M, attracts ASUS, MSI, Toshiba and Alienware NVIDIA refreshes notebook graphics with GeForce GTX 560M, attracts ASUS, MSI, Toshiba and Alienware originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 May 2011 20:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s may be the “feel bad” movie of the holiday season, but the trailer looks incredible. And with David Fincher at the helm, would we expect anything less? The red-band (meaning possibly Not Safe for Work) trailer for the much-anticipated silver screen spinoff of Stieg Larsson’s bestseller has hit the Web, teasing us long in
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On May 12, 2011, Bill Warner spoke at the Cornerstone Church in Nashville, TN. His speech was part of Geert Wilders’ event, “A Warning to America”, sponsored by the Tennessee Freedom Coalition . This is one of the best presentations on Islam I’ve ever seen, especially considering that it was delivered in just under thirteen minutes. Many thanks to Andy Miller, Lou Ann Zelenik, and the other members… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gates of Vienna Discovery Date : 29/05/2011 05:45 Number of articles : 3
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On May 12, 2011, Bill Warner spoke at the Cornerstone Church in Nashville, TN. His speech was part of Geert Wilders’ event, “A Warning to America”, sponsored by the Tennessee Freedom Coalition . This is one of the best presentations on Islam I’ve ever seen, especially considering that it was delivered in just under thirteen minutes. Many thanks to Andy Miller, Lou Ann Zelenik, and the other members… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gates of Vienna Discovery Date : 29/05/2011 05:45 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …David Brooks: To Have Democratic Fingerprints on a Medicare Reduction Plan Would be Good for the Country
May 29, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media I wonder if this is what Brooks meant when he said the Republicans need to “do something more crafty” with their messaging on destroying Medicare — let’s figure out how to blame the Democrats too. It seems Brooks also thinks that the audience of Meet the Press is silly enough to believe that there is a chance in hell that the Republicans are going to agree to increase taxes, much less offer that up in negotiations with the Democrats. MR. GREGORY: But here’s the–I mean, the question, David Brooks, is whether there’s going to be a deal before they raise the debt ceiling on Medicare, and what that looks like. I mean, Senator McConnell wouldn’t say it, but he’s certainly not backing the Ryan plan. He’s not going to go to the mat. I mean, you don’t–if you don’t whip up the vote in the Senate, that’s not going to the mat, it’s letting your members vote. It would be something different than what Ryan is talking about. MR. BROOKS: Right. If you ask Americans, should we cut Medicare to help and reduce the deficit, 78 percent say no. And so that’s pretty strong. So that’s what happened in New York 26, I agree with Ruth’s analysis on that. So what do the Republicans like Mitch McConnell do? Well, they can do a couple things. One of the things that’ll be useful is to cut a deal that includes Medicare. To have Democrats–Democratic fingerprints on a Medicare reduction plan, which would be good for the country. And by getting the Democrats involved, then that would reduce that as an issue. MR. GREGORY: I–right. MR. BROOKS: And then what they have to offer is tax cut–tax increases on the rich. Now, would the Democrats take that up? I’m not sure and, frankly, I don’t think it’s likely. But that’s what the Republicans need. I think it’s much more likely that we’ll have really a fudge deal on the debt ceiling limit, a nontrivial chance of a significant default problem this year or a government shutdown problem this year, and then a very large chance of some sort of fiscal crack-up in the next couple of years. I was up on Wall Street this week. I know more about political risk than they do. They’re vastly underestimating the source of political risk here. We could have a major problem, I think, either this summer or the next couple years. And I’d be worried about investing too much in the market, that’s my financial advice.
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