“Kindle Fire.” Can’t say that’s the name we would’ve thrown together if given five minutes to dwell and assured that we’d take on absolutely no risk at all for it failing, but hey — who are we to question Jeff Bezos? TechCrunch is keeping the Kindle tablet rumors fresh with a new helping of intel, hitting the wires just two days prior to the outfit’s September 28th press event . According to the publication, “Fire” (mocked up above) was chosen in order to differentiate it from the e-ink siblings that’ll sell alongside of it, and we’re told to expect a mind-numbing amount of content deals to make it ever more attractive in a realm that iOS currently dominates. Moreover, a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP chip is now being tipped, and if all goes well, the sub-$300 device should ship in November. Meanwhile, B&N engineers are reportedly toiling away on the Nook Color 2, and we wouldn’t be shocked in the least to see it hurry into an announcement just to phunk with Amazon’s flow. We’ll be there live on Wednesday to break it all down — water sprinklers in tow, naturally. Kindle Fire tablet purportedly on tap for Wednesday, set to ship in November originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …“I haven’t been able to take my breath…We’re so excited. We believe it’s the response to our demands, the first step in our long struggle to get our rights.” –HATOON AL-FASSI, a university professor and women’s rights activist in Riyadh, responding to the news that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will allow women to vote
Continue reading …We are not a very content bunch. Majorities of Democrats and Republicans alike are unhappy with the US government, leading to a record high of 81% who are dissatisfied with the way America is bring governed, the latest Gallup poll shows. A whopping 92% of Republicans are dissatisfied, as are…
Continue reading …In his latest Moment of Clarity video, “The Police Are On The Wrong Side At The Occupy Wall Street Protests,” comedian Lee Camp questions the law enforcement officers that are working against their own interests in their response to the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. While Camp’s take on the issue is meant to be humorous, he’s doing an important service in trying to raise awareness about the crimes of Wall Street, one of the key issues that the United States is dealing with. The organization maintains an active web site where they keep people far away from the action informed of their resistance movement. They say their mission is: Our Mission On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants. Who is Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. The original call for this occupation was published by Adbusters in July; since then, many individuals across the country have stepped up to organize this event, such as the people of the NYC General Assembly and US Day of Rage. There’ll also be similar occupations in the near future such as October2011 in Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C. For more information or to help support the resistance, contact information is below… Where: Liberty Square ( How to get there ) Donations: NYCGA Donation Page Help & Directions: +1 (877) 881-3020 General Inquiries general@occupywallst.org Press Inquiries press@occupywallst.org Mail The UPS Store Re: Occupy Wall Street 118A Fulton St. #205 New York, NY 10038 Money orders only please, cannot cash checks yet. Non-perishable goods only. We can accept packages of any size. We’re currently low on food.
Continue reading …In his latest Moment of Clarity video, “The Police Are On The Wrong Side At The Occupy Wall Street Protests,” comedian Lee Camp questions the law enforcement officers that are working against their own interests in their response to the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. While Camp’s take on the issue is meant to be humorous, he’s doing an important service in trying to raise awareness about the crimes of Wall Street, one of the key issues that the United States is dealing with. The organization maintains an active web site where they keep people far away from the action informed of their resistance movement. They say their mission is: Our Mission On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants. Who is Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. The original call for this occupation was published by Adbusters in July; since then, many individuals across the country have stepped up to organize this event, such as the people of the NYC General Assembly and US Day of Rage. There’ll also be similar occupations in the near future such as October2011 in Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C. For more information or to help support the resistance, contact information is below… Where: Liberty Square ( How to get there ) Donations: NYCGA Donation Page Help & Directions: +1 (877) 881-3020 General Inquiries general@occupywallst.org Press Inquiries press@occupywallst.org Mail The UPS Store Re: Occupy Wall Street 118A Fulton St. #205 New York, NY 10038 Money orders only please, cannot cash checks yet. Non-perishable goods only. We can accept packages of any size. We’re currently low on food.
Continue reading …Type: DVD Title: Seinfeld – The Complete Series See all customer reviews Description: No show captured the eccentricities of New York like the Larry David-created sitcom Seinfeld . Helping to define America’s view of New Yorkers, the series gained endless fans over its nine season run. Though it wasn’t the first show to assert the rudeness of Gotham’s citizens, its characters are selfish to a fault–not that there’s anything wrong with that. Self-obsessed comedian Jerry Seinfeld is joined in the cast by his neurotic ex-girlfriend, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus); his chronically lazy pal, George (Jason Alexander); and Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), who takes the sitcom cliche of the weird neighbor to impressive new heights. Despite their faults (or perhaps because of them), they’re some of the most hilariously watchable characters in television history. The entire series is presented here. Features: Condition: New Format: DVD Box set; Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; NTSC Actors: Jerry Seinfeld Julia Louis-Dreyfus Michael Richards Jason Alexander See the details
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Continue reading …Is Fox News going moderate? Not exactly, but Roger Ailes has consciously made a “course correction” from hyper-partisanship back toward the center, sensing that the public has grown weary of the Tea Party, he tells Howard Kurtz of Newsweek . Glenn Beck’s inflammatory rhetoric in particular “became a bit of a…
Continue reading …Tragic news out of Tinseltown: Kat Von D and Jesse James have split again. In a note posted Saturday on her Facebook page, Von D cleared up some rumors, writing, “I am not in a relationship.” The tattoo artist and star of the now-canceled reality show LA Ink first entered…
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