Bombshell — First, recall this, from a December 2010 column by yours truly: (In the summer of 2008) A weakened economy was no match for the amazingly timed perfect storm which followed shortly thereafter. It’s almost as if the Pelosi-Obama-Reid triumvirate knew that what they began in June would cause the serious problems in home Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : BizzyBlog Discovery Date : 01/03/2011 03:31 Number of articles : 5
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Residents of an Afghan city burned blankets, clothing and other items that they said coalition troops had distributed in the city the day before, while Afghan President Hamid Karzai works to reduce the foreign presence in the country. (March 1)
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The Obama administration’s plan to dissolve Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and to shrink the government’s role in the mortgage market is drawing praise from House Republicans.(March 1)
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What a year it’s been in the fight against Prop 8. What a year it could be. In California, Courage Campaign has led the fight to repeal Prop 8, starting off with live-blogging the trial at Prop8TrialTracker.com (the #1 Google result for “Prop 8 Trial” ) and bringing the trial and LGBT stories into Americans’ homes through the Testimony: Take A Stand project. This month, in response to the California Supreme Court’s announcement that it would drag its feet for another 6-9 months on the case, Courage Campaign collected 430 stories of couples who are forced to wait while this drags out, and started putting them on TV so the Court and public knows the human consequences of delay. Later this week, we’ll be filing an amicus curiae letter to the California Supreme Court, telling some of their stories, so the Court understands: for some couples, marriage literally can’t wait. To fund and support all of that work (and to take a break and party), we’re having a shindig with the help of our friends at MoveOn.org, along with Moby, Shepard Fairey, The Crystal Method, and other great folks in music and entertainment. Deets: Who: The Courage Campaign Institute, MoveOn.org, Moby, Shepard Fairey, The Crystal Method, DJ Dan, Heather Graham, Paul Haggis, Jason Bentley, Cleve Jones, Lisa Edelstein and others. What: Dance for Equality benefiting Courage Campaign and our work to fight Prop 8 and restore marriage equality in California When: Wednesday, March 2nd, 8 PM-2 AM Where: Avalon, 1735 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA Why: A good party for a good cause! You can buy tickets by clicking the graphic above, or by clicking here . You can also RSVP on Facebook here . Disclosure: I am proud to work for Courage Campaign as Director of Online Programs.
Continue reading …Jon Stewart Hits Conservatives and Wealthy for Focusing on Cuts for Teachers
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Jon Stewart's latest anti-conservative screed included a satirical defense of top income earners and a tongue-in-cheek plea for teachers to pay their fair share, in the wake of the Wisconsin protests. On Monday's “Daily Show,” the Comedy Central host offered a shallow assessment of the entire Wisconsin situation with not a single critical look at the state's public sector unions. Stewart's simplistic take on events is that teachers are being unduly bullied by Republicans and the wealthy to help solve the budget crisis in this country. What could help, he opined, would be boosting taxes on the “top two percent” of income earners. “Hey you know, one thing we could do – not extend the Bush tax cuts to the top two percent of the country. That would earn us $700 billion over the next ten years,” Stewart remarked to applause. “Oh, oh, and maybe also we could close some corporate tax loopholes.”
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Google’s notoriously generous at developer events, tossing out free devices like candy on Halloween, but here at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco it’s letting them flow like wine. Each attendee at Google’s Web Developer Day yesterday got a free Cr-48 laptop , and today the company dished out even greater prizes — either a free Motorola Xoom tablet or a Nexus S smartphone to every soul listening to some exceedingly well-attended technical sessions on Android. That’s certainly one way to attract game developers to your platform. Google gifts Xoom tablets to game devs at GDC 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Triple H Returns and destroys Sheamus WWE Raw 02/28/11 john cena tribute 2010 WWE Raw 28/2/2011 : John Cena vs. Alex Riley – Steel Cage Match The Miz Twitter Profile – Tweets John Cena WWE… | Gather Mar 01, 2011 The Miz Twitter profile has become a hot trend thanks to the WWE Champions clever use of a cell phone camera on Monday Night Raw. He was able. The Rock Responds to John Cena – Cosby Sweaters It’s so great have the Rock back in WWE. I don’t even like pro wrestling anymore, but I like The Rock so I’m back in. On Monday Night Raw, Dwanyne responds to John Cena . The first 15 seconds are great. … john cena vs The Rock Johnson | world latest Breaking news John Cena said a variety of things that came across my desk which at first I thought was interesting and then I felt was laughable because the comments really didn’t make any sense to me. To be clear, not that they ever make me mad. … WWE Raw Results February 28 2011: Alex Riley vs. John Cena On the February 28 2011 Raw, The Rock responded to John Cena’s rap, Shawn Michaels discussed HHH vs. Undertaker at WrestleMania, and Alex Riley faced Cena. john cena | TRENDS GOOGLE Taken by WWE Champion The Miz with his phone during John Cena’s steel cage match against Alex Riley, it is perhaps the only entertaining moment that happened during the taping of Monday Night Raw in Buffalo, N.Y., last night. … debi1312 says: is John Cena dead….???
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It may not be the first to produce an Android-based in-car infotainment system, but Saab is diving headlong into the fray with its new IQon platform that it’s just unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. It not only packs the usual navigation and entertainment features, but is tied into a network of sensors in the car that measure everything from vehicle speed to inside and outside temperatures to the position of the sun. While that’s fairly impressive on its own, Saab is also going the extra mile and making all of that information to third-party developers though an API, which they’ll be able to use to produce their own applications — which will (you guessed it) be made available through Saab’s own app store. Unfortunately, it’s not clear when the new system will actually be available to consumers, but Saab is already using it in a fleet of test cars, and it’s now showing it off in its new PhoeniX concept car in Geneva. Head on past the break for a brief teaser video. Continue reading Saab shows off Android-based IQon in-car infotainment system Saab shows off Android-based IQon in-car infotainment system originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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