Title: Up Above The Rock Artist: Ray Bryant Philadelphia jazz pianist Ray Bryant died today. Bryant accompianied the likes of Miles Davis, Aretha, and Sonny Rollins, and was a respected composer in his own right. R.I.P.
Continue reading …Are Time and Mark Halperin Racist? Herman Cain Omitted Twice in GOP Oddsmaking
June 3, 2011 No Comment
Twice in the last two weeks has Time magazine devoted a page to Mark Halperin's oddsmaking on who will be the Republican nominee — the May 23 issue (page 35) and the June 6 issue (page 16). Twice, there's been no mention of Herman Cain. The GOP cast of contenders is lily-white. This seems odd, since Cain participated in the first presidential debate on May 5 to high praise and formally announced on May 21. Are Time and Halperin racists? They can't say they're unaware that Cain is running. They can't say that Cain is too much of a long shot. In the first set of odds, Halperin put Michele Bachmann at 1,000-to-1. (The best odds in order were to Romney, Huckabee, Daniels, Pawlenty, Huntsman, Gingrich, and Palin, second to last at 60 to 1.) In the second set, Huckabee and Daniels were removed from the list, and Santorum (at 500 to 1) and Ron Paul (at 2,000 to 1) were added. Bachmann was still at 1,000 to 1.
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Want an adorable little Android cellbot to call your own, but aren’t quite ready to tackle Arduino code? Darrell Taylor’s got you covered with an audio-controlled, jousting cellbot: no muss, no fuss, no microcontroller. The Make project, called TRRSTAN, accepts commands via Google chat, web browser, or Wii remote piped through the headphone jack of your Android phone — the robot’s brain, of course. Tack on a few makeshift weapons procured at the local dollar store, and you’ve got a homemade warrior you can be proud of. Want one? Taylor has a ready-made kit available for just shy of $50, and offers a ‘fully assembled’ option for the extra-lazy robot enthusiast. Of course, you could always go back to playing Android-bots with your Legos if you aren’t quite ready to big-boy world of DIY. Just sayin’. Simple DIY cellbot ditches Arduino, jousts poorly (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Popocatepetl volcano that towers over Mexico City began rumbling again today, shooting a blast of ash about 2 miles above its crater at dawn. The 17,886-foot mountain, nicknamed “Popo,” shook for several minutes before the ash burst out. People were urged to stay at least 7 miles from…
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James Arness Marshal Matt Dillon of ‘Gunsmoke’ TV Show Fame Dies at 88 James Arness Star Dies at 88 RIP James Arness (1923-2011) tomferrari says: Goodbye Marshal Dillon, James Arness ! You will be missed by the millions who loved you. I'll be watching Gunsmoke reruns all week.
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John Edwards acknowledged he has ‘done wrong’ but denied breaking the law after federal prosecutors charged him Friday with using $925000 in under-the-table campaign contributions to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 run for president. (June 3)
Continue reading …A Florida couple turned the tables on Bank of America when they attempted to have furniture repossessed from their local branch to satisfy a $2,500 debt. Instead of letting authorities seize property, the bank cut a check to pay off the debt stemming from a lawsuit resolved last year,…
Continue reading …As protesters took to the streets with renewed ferocity in Syria today, roughly two-thirds of the country’s Internet networks abruptly disappeared from global routing tables, Bloomberg reports. As of this morning, 40 of the country’s 59 networks were unreachable. One state-run site confirmed that the government had “cut off Internet…
Continue reading …One of Hollywood’s greatest sheriffs, James Arness, died today of natural causes at his home, the Los Angeles Times reports. At 6-foot-7, Arness dominated TV screens as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke , which ran from 1955 to 1975 and defined the TV Western. Arness had been wary about taking a…
Continue reading …Maybe we should call this the Baby Bust. Census data indicates that America’s love affair with children is waning, with the percentage of the population that’s under age 18 falling in 95% of counties between 2000 and 2010, USA Today reports. There are now more households with dogs (43 million)…
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