(YouTube link) Parts of Australia are seeing the worst flooding in years. In Brisbane, a video crew paddles through a McDonalds outlet in a canoe. The song is “Fish Heads” {wiki} by Barnes and Barnes. -via the Presurfer Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 15/01/2011 15:49 Number of articles : 5
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In the GOP address, Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona invoked last week’s shooting in Tucson. He took note that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot during an outreach event, what he called “a fundamental duty of a lawmaker.” (Jan. 15)
Continue reading …Remember, oh, way back on Monday, when Owen Wilson announced he and his girlfriend were preggers ? Well, they’re not anymore: Us reports that Wilson and Jade Duell welcomed a son yesterday at his property in Hawaii, which apparently allowed him to keep the baby bump a secret. No name…
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Citing “great challenges for us to solve,” President Barack Obama is pledging to work with Democrats and Republicans following the Arizona shooting that killed six, wounded a member of Congress and brought legislative debate to a standstill. (Jan. 15)
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BAGHDAD – The prime ministers of Syria and Iraq agreed Saturday to boost cooperation in security and economic affairs during talks aimed at improving relations strained by Baghdad’s allegations that the Syrians were harboring Iraqi insurgents. Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Otari arrived Saturday for a two-day visit less than a month after Iraq formed a new government and brought to an end political negotiations that had dragged on since elections in March. Syria’s official news agency said al-Otari would congratulate Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on forming his government. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the first…
Continue reading …Nokia X7 press shot emerges with AT&T branding, subsidized hopes and dreams
January 15, 2011 No Comment
Is AT&T seriously gearing up to sell a subsidized Nokia smartphone once again in the US of A? Given the company’s long absence from being included in any US carrier’s smartphone section, it still feels more like a dream than an impending reality, but that image above is certainly hard to ignore. According to Pocketnow ‘s sources, the first press images of the Nokia X7 are legitimate, and the AT&T branding isn’t by accident. Purportedly, the Symbian^3-based phone will be hitting Ma Bell’s shops as early as this month, bringing along an eight megapixel camera (with dual-flash), four speaker grilles (two of which have drivers underneath) and a ClearBlack display. Hit the source link for a look at the rear. Nokia X7 press shot emerges with AT&T branding, subsidized hopes and dreams originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …New Rules: Bill Maher to the Teabaggers – The Founding Fathers Would Have Hated Your Guts
January 15, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media Bill Maher was back on the air this weekend with the 2011 premier of Real Time and he had a few things to say about what the Founding Fathers might have thought of this anti-intellectual teabagger movement in his New Rules segment.
Continue reading …People have speculated about how far Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s went back since his diagnosis in 1994, but his own son now says that the former president began showing signs of the degenerative disease while in the Oval Office. In My Father at 100, Ron Reagan writes that while watching his…
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