On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Michael Isikoff claimed a prank phone call on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker “provided his critics with evidence that his real motivation is what they've been saying all along, to crush public unions.” On Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Erica Hill declared the “embarrassing” call revealed Walker's “plan for putting pressure on the big unions.” Isikoff suggested that Walker's private phone conversation with Ian Murphy of the left-wing Buffalo Beast website (who was pretending to be billionaire donor David Koch) ran counter to the Wisconsin Governor's public statements on his budget-cutting proposal: “Publicly, Governor Scott Walker has insisted the standoff over union rights in Wisconsin is all about saving money.” On the Early Show, correspondent Dean Reynolds proclaimed: “Walker is heard discussing strategy to force Democratic senators to return to Wisconsin and vote. In another exchange, he tells of plans to punish state workers with layoffs.” ABC News refrained from reporting on the prank phone call. It was not mentioned on Wednesday's World News or Thursday's Good Morning America. Isikoff warned of Walker's plan: “[It] would force government workers to contribute more for pension and health benefits, severely limit their rights to collective bargaining, and make it more difficult to collect union dues. If he succeeds, it could dry up a major source of campaign cash for Democrats.” Reynolds fretted: “The Governor's plan would end the right of the unions to bargain collectively over benefits and working conditions.” Near the end of his report, an amazed Reynolds remarked: “Though Wednesday's prank call lasted 20 minutes, the Governor never caught on.” Reynolds then noted how “At a press conference later, Walker suggested the call was hardly newsworthy.” A clip was played of Walker explaining, “The bottom line is the things I said are things I've said publicly all along.” Reynolds couldn't help but play a sound bite of one of Walker's critics, “a Democratic opponent [who] took the mike and trashed him” moments after the press conference ended. A clip was played of Wisconsin State Representative Brett Hulsey ranting: “He [Walker] is acting like a dictator, not a leader. The guy's a megalomaniac.” Here is a full transcript of Isikoff's February 23 Nightly News report: 7:00PM ET TEASE: BRIAN WILLIAMS: The domino effect from the showdown in Wisconsin, and the prank call that fooled the Governor and is now all over the web.
Continue reading …The Feb. 15 killing of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was a case of mistaken identity, a suspect told soldiers. Julian Zapata Espinoza and five other suspected members of the Zetas drug gang were captured during an army raid yesterday, and the army says the Zetas gunmen thought…
Continue reading …Perched behind Nokia’s head of smart devices, Jo Harlow , at a recent event in China is what appears to be a new home screen on an N8 , yet more evidence — hot on the heels of the company’s MWC event — that Espoo still has plenty of love in the wings for its dead-platform-walking. Notably, it appears they’re looking at migrating key information to the top of the screen to create a dedicated status bar, which would presumably stay visible as you navigate from screen to screen — akin to most other platforms on the market — accompanied by a string of soft button icons at the bottom. Interestingly, the UI in some respects mirrors what we saw on the leaked shots of the apparently killed N9 — small black status bar and icons along the bottom — which would seem to tell us one of two things: either the N9 was a Symbian device all along, or the company had planned on standardizing UI elements between its future Symbian and MeeGo roadmaps. Either way, this looks like a nice improvement… and in all likelihood, a far cry from what we’ll see when these guys start busting out Windows Phone 7 devices. Nokia sneaks a look at new Symbian UI during China event originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Moammar Gadhafi was supposed to appear on state TV today, but instead simply spoke to the station by phone, announcing that he was like “the queen of England,” with only “moral authority” in Libya. He doesn’t make laws, he said; Libya’s people hold the power. He blamed al-Qaeda for the…
Continue reading …Carolina Herrera’s collection at New York Fashion Week showed that modernity and refinement are not mutually exclusive. (Feb. 15)
Continue reading …My vagina really hates you—like, way down in its special place.1 The debate about H.R. 3 is still raging. After getting creamed in the media for their “forcible rape” shenanigans, House Republicans backtracked. They agreed to drop the “forcible rape” language and replace it with existing Hyde Amendment language. (Thanks, y’all! You’re aces!) The bill Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Balloon Juice Discovery Date : 24/02/2011 18:36 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …My vagina really hates you—like, way down in its special place.1 The debate about H.R. 3 is still raging. After getting creamed in the media for their “forcible rape” shenanigans, House Republicans backtracked. They agreed to drop the “forcible rape” language and replace it with existing Hyde Amendment language. (Thanks, y’all! You’re aces!) The bill Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Balloon Juice Discovery Date : 24/02/2011 18:36 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …South Dakota may have shelved a controversial bill that could have made it legal to kill an abortion provider , but a neighboring state is considering a bill that could be even more expansive. Nebraska’s state legislature held a hearing on LB 232, introduced by state senator and devout abortion foe…
Continue reading …Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service is finally here, and while we know how it works and that, unlike Netflix, it will play nicely with your ‘Droid , how does its content measure up? Clicker.com pulls in feeds from all the online video sites and has broken down its data into this handy chart to investigate just that. The numbers above don’t lie, Netflix has far more content at the moment, and right now, the Amazon service compares more directly to Hulu Plus than anything else. However, it is an excellent start for Amazon to grow from and the breakdown points out what numbers might miss — while Amazon’s movie selections are hurting for any high profile flicks not already on Netflix, it does bring some otherwise unavailable episodes of Mister Rogers Neighborhood , Bonanza and Dr. Who (1963) to bear — click through for all the details, while it may not be enough to cause you to switch just yet there’s definitely enough reason to keep an eye on this latest entrant to the market. Clicker.com analyzes Amazon Prime Instant Video offerings vs the competition originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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