Click here to view this media Laura Ingraham, filling in for Bill O’Reilly along with one of their pundits, Dr. Marc Siegel painted the attacks on Michele Bachmann as being sexist and that it’s just that evil nonexistent “liberal media” and the left wing that are going after her for her problem with having migraine headaches, although Ingraham did bring up what a shame it was that the “very nice” Tim Pawlenty was using it as a campaign issue. Somehow they both forgot to mention that the story originated on their fellow Fox contributor Tucker Carlson’s rag, the Daily Caller. Imagine that? Before either of these two hypocrites go asking why liberal women aren’t more outraged at this low blow going after Bachmann, maybe they should give their buddy Tucker a call and ask him who told him to run the story so we can find out who really wanted to undermine her. As Susie already noted here , it’s more likely Karl Rove and his organization than the “liberal media” that doesn’t want to see her nominated.
Continue reading …Are you ready to meet your next regift? This is the Pix-Star FotoConnect HD, a 10.4-inch, 800 x 600 digital photo frame with a WiFi radio inside. This little display can pull in pics from Picasa, Facebook, Smugmug, Shutterfly, Flickr, and MobileMe amongst others, and show off images sent straight to a special e-mail address. It may seem like every other digiframe, but it does have one unique feature — support for UPnP and DLNA . That means any pictures stored on your home network can easily be beamed to it as well. If you want to be the original gifter, instead of the regifter, you can pick one up now for $189 at Pix-Star.com and Amazon. You’ll find the full PR and an additional pic after the break. Continue reading Pix-Star FotoConnect HD is a 10-inch digiframe ripe for regifting Pix-Star FotoConnect HD is a 10-inch digiframe ripe for regifting originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …NBC and CBS polls released earlier this week determined that a significant portion of the American public remain opposed to any increase in the nation’s debt limit, but neither network has included that fact in their on-air reporting. And a poll released by ABC on Tuesday didn’t even bother to ask for public opinion on whether the raising the debt ceiling was a good idea or not. The networks’ selective coverage of their own polls corresponds with CNN on-air hosts scandalously ignoring the fact that their polling found 66% of Americans supported the House GOP's 'Cut, Cap and Balance' plan and that 74% would support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that despite warnings of supposedly dire consequences if the debt ceiling was not raised, 31% of Americans were against the increase. After providing a brief explanation of both sides of the argument, that number went up to 43%. The CBS News poll found an even higher 49% of Americans thought Congress should not raise the debt ceiling. The closest ABC News came to actually asking the question was to simply wonder who Americans would blame for the assumed disaster that would befall the country if the debt ceiling was not raised.
Continue reading …Laura Ingraham calls her newest book “Of Thee I Zing” a “comedic intervention” on the sorry state of our popular culture. It begins with a declaration of independence from the moral soup in which we swim: “When in a coarse state of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bonds between themselves and the cultural blight degrading the Republic…they should declare the causes that impel their separation.” Ingraham's willingness to mix it up on the culture is refreshing and was apparent during her book interview on NBC's “Today,” where she underlined to Matt Lauer that Today's “own” Summer Concert Series included vile artists like woman-battering singer Chris Brown and F-bomb-dropping “artists” Enrique Iglesias and Cee-Lo. How big are these cultural icons? Ingraham and her collaborator on the book, Catholic TV journalist Raymond Arroyo, were amazed at what they thought must be the new homelessness on the streets of New York, but then realized people were camping out two nights early to acquire a choice spot to witness Chris Brown perform on NBC.
Continue reading …“Plant a photo, watch it grow.” Photovine’s tagline is just as catchy as the concept behind its launch — a mobile app-based picture sharing service that groups images together using common photo-driven themes. These groupings, called vines, let you connect with strangers while sharing photos of everyday items that you wouldn’t otherwise have any interest in photographing. You can have a vine focused on Swingline staplers, or magazine covers, or bottle caps. But as clever as this concept may seem, it’s difficult to ignore Piictu, which budded several months before the Google app. It’s certainly not uncommon for duplicate services to sprout, all based on the same underlying concept. But Photovine doesn’t stop there — the app’s design is also remarkably similar to Piictu, down to page layouts and even main category tabs. For Piictu’s “Following” tab, Photovine has “Watching.” Piictu’s “Latest” section is matched with “Fresh,” and Photovine didn’t even bother searching for a synonym for “Popular,” which you’ll find in both apps. Jump past the break for a deeper look, along with statements from the makers of both apps. Continue reading Did Google’s Photovine sprout from Piictu? Did Google’s Photovine sprout from Piictu? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Barack Obama Friday night on a deal to make major cuts in federal spending and avert a threatened government default, sending already uncertain compromise efforts into instant crisis. Within minutes, an obviously peeved Obama virtually ordered congressional leaders to the White House Saturday morning for fresh negotiations… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 23/07/2011 02:45 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …Researchers observing great white sharks on South Africa’s Cape Coast ended up slightly closer to their subject than they probably hoped. The team of scientists from Oceans Research was conducting a shark population study on Monday in the waters off Seal Island, located near Mossel Bay, when around 8:30 am, the waters calmed for about five minutes. Dorien Schroder, team leader, described to the Cape Times what happened next: “Next thing I know I hear a splash, and see a white shark breach out of the water from [the] side of the boat hovering, literally, over the crew member who was chumming [throwing food bait] on the port side.” According to the Guardian, the nine-foot, half-ton shark found itself flailing across the vessel, destroying equipment and struggling to return to the water. Researchers used a hose to keep the shark hydrated during the hour-long period before rescue workers could attend to the crew and return the shark to the water using ropes and a crane. Perhaps if the research team had used music from AC/DC’s “Back In Black” album — shown to be preferred listening for great whites, according to an Australian study — instead of fish bait to attract the sharks, they would have avoided the uninvited boat guest. This isn’t the first time a shark has startled humans with its jumping abilities. Just last month, a shark jumped out of the waves and over a surfer at New Smyrna Beach, in Florida. And a husband-and-wife photography team has spent years in Africa capturing images of the great white shark “flying” up to ten feet from the ocean to snatch its prey. For more on great white sharks, check out this video from National Geographic: WATCH “Fox and Friends” report: You’re watching Jumping the Shark – ‘Fox and Friends’. See the Web’s top videos on AOL Video
Continue reading …Researchers observing great white sharks on South Africa’s Cape Coast ended up slightly closer to their subject than they probably hoped. The team of scientists from Oceans Research was conducting a shark population study on Monday in the waters off Seal Island, located near Mossel Bay, when around 8:30 am, the waters calmed for about five minutes. Dorien Schroder, team leader, described to the Cape Times what happened next: “Next thing I know I hear a splash, and see a white shark breach out of the water from [the] side of the boat hovering, literally, over the crew member who was chumming [throwing food bait] on the port side.” According to the Guardian, the nine-foot, half-ton shark found itself flailing across the vessel, destroying equipment and struggling to return to the water. Researchers used a hose to keep the shark hydrated during the hour-long period before rescue workers could attend to the crew and return the shark to the water using ropes and a crane. Perhaps if the research team had used music from AC/DC’s “Back In Black” album — shown to be preferred listening for great whites, according to an Australian study — instead of fish bait to attract the sharks, they would have avoided the uninvited boat guest. This isn’t the first time a shark has startled humans with its jumping abilities. Just last month, a shark jumped out of the waves and over a surfer at New Smyrna Beach, in Florida. And a husband-and-wife photography team has spent years in Africa capturing images of the great white shark “flying” up to ten feet from the ocean to snatch its prey. For more on great white sharks, check out this video from National Geographic: WATCH “Fox and Friends” report: You’re watching Jumping the Shark – ‘Fox and Friends’. See the Web’s top videos on AOL Video
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