enlarge There you go. Orrin Hatch has sent the signal: If we want a jobs plan, we’ll have to give up any right to access our current health care system. Of course, he buries the threat inside a rant about the individual mandate, because that’s unpopular with many, not just those on the right. So now we have Republicans saying “Want a job? Die.” These people make me sick. Oops. Guess that’s their goal . Update: Eric Cantor has taken up the hostage-taking on behalf of the House. Washington Post: But by putting the disaster aid funding on a separate piece of legislation that’s required to keep the government running, House leaders seem to be calculating that the Senate will have no choice but to go along or risk a partial government shutdown. Oh, and this: Besides being about half the overall size of the Senate’s disaster aid measure, the House bill ties cuts to an Obama-backed loan program to encourage the production of fuel efficient vehicles to pay for the $1 billion in immediate aid for 2011 . Typically disaster aid is added to the budget as an emergency expense, and the insistence by Republicans on so-called offsets has Democrats fuming.
Continue reading …Dispatches from the church-and-state front: Ten Commandments: Civil liberties groups have sued the school board in Giles County, Virginia, demanding that a Ten Commandments plaque be removed from a high school hallway. The board says it’s simply part of a display of historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence, but…
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Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue). New term for oglers: dudesploitation In a New York Magazine piece, the author questions whether this is “the golden age of male objectification.” Her answer:
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Michael Jackson Estate Katherine and MJ’s Kids to Score $30 Million Michael Jackson Estate gives $30 Million to Katherine Jackson and Children Robinson Jackson Estate Agents – Let us help you move home. TMZ says: Michael Jackson Estate – Kids & Katherine $30 Million Dollar Trust http://t.co/wyghH5e Today’s #TMZLIVE 1:30PST
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Continue reading …Global warming could make you sick—literally. As the oceans get warmer, they’re also proving a more hospitable home for Vibrio bacteria, helping to spread it around the world, according to a paper presented yesterday in Brussels. Scientists warned that, left unchecked, the phenomenon could lead to millions of dollars…
Continue reading …In an aggressive move against the 2012 election’s GOP talking points Wednesday, President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign launched Attackwatch.com — a website for Obama supporters to submit rumors and attacks by any of his detractors, from GOP presidential candidates to next-door neighbors.
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Alright, so check this out — that thing above is both a 5W LED light bulb and a 10W wireless speaker. Around the edge is a ring of glowing diodes with a four-stage dimmer, while the center is a 2.25-inch driver that speaks to a dock via 2.4GHz wireless. The AudioBulb from GiiNii is a fairly unique way to kick out the jams anywhere in your abode and they disappear into practically any lamp. A basic setup of two bulbs, a dock and a remote will set you back a surprisingly steep $299, but you can add on up to six more bulbs for $99 a pop. Speaking of rooms and bulbs, you can configure the speakers to work in stereo pairs or in mono, and set up two zones with different volume levels. The dock is a chintzy feeling piece of plastic with an integrated iPhone/iPod connector and around back you’ll find an auxiliary jack for the non-Apple fans. The dock can connect to the speakers from up to 100 feet away, depending on the environment, and comes pre-paired with the bulbs in the box. Adding additional speakers requires just the push of a button on the base and bulb simultaneously to get the party started. It was tough to hear the tunes over the din in the hall at Pepcom’s event, but we’re confident it can’t quite compare with the Play 3 . They did, however, give off enough light to keep their little corner of the convention well lit. Check out the gallery below as well as the PR after the break. Gallery: GiiNii AudioBulb hands-on Continue reading Giinii AudioBulb hands, eyes and ears-on Giinii AudioBulb hands, eyes and ears-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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New York Election Republican Bob Turner Takes Anthony Weiner’s American Spectator Editor JOHN FUND on 630 WMAL HUGE upset in New York election ky_17NY says: have to admit that I was shocked by these results: New York election a referendum on Obama, GOP says : http://t.co/8sTJ7T6 CBS
Continue reading …The House’s crop of enraged Tea Party freshmen hasn’t exactly been the independent firebrands they were advertised as, at least as far as their actual voting record is concerned. In more than 100 key House votes, Republican freshmen bucked their party at a rate of about 12.5%, almost identical…
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