Newsweek’s Adler Uses Planned Phoenix Tea Party Summit As Occasion to Smear Entire State of Arizona
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Yesterday the Tea Party Patriots announced that they will be hosting a policy summit in Phoenix, Arizona, in February. Newsweek's Ben Adler, no fan of the Tea Party movement, seized upon the occasion to smear the entire state of Arizona. “The Tea Party Patriots call Phoenix 'the great southwestern city, born from the ruins of a former civilization, now the rebirth place of American culture. It will also be our opportunity to support the citizens of Arizona in their current political battles that carry so many national implications,'” Adler noted, before setting out on his attack of the state, first as ecologically and economically “unsustainable”…: read more
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Wednesday was a big day on Capitol Hill, what with the 112th Congress convening with a Republican at the helm of the House and with the announcement of a significant change in the Obama administration: Press Secretary Robert Gibbs will leave his post in February. Related Entries January 4, 2011 Darrell Issa, Step Away From the Corporations January 3, 2011 ‘The Left Has Nowhere to Go’
Continue reading …Intel waves around Razer’s Sixense motion-sensing sticks, plays Portal 2 on the big screen (video)
January 5, 2011 No Comment
For any new peripheral to succeed in the market, it needs a killer app. Seems like Razer found one — at Intel’s press conference at CES 2011, it got to demo Portal 2 with its Sixense motion controller. We were on hand to see it in action, and it looks like the game’s tailor-made to take advantage of your precision arm-waving; moving the right stick controls a tractor beam that emanates from the Portal Gun, such that your protagonist can reach though those game-twisting wormholes without sticking her neck out. But don’t take our word for it — see for yourself after the break! Continue reading Intel waves around Razer’s Sixense motion-sensing sticks, plays Portal 2 on the big screen (video) Intel waves around Razer’s Sixense motion-sensing sticks, plays Portal 2 on the big screen (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Tweaked iPhone 4 parts discovered: an antenna fix, Verizon’s iPhone, or the best KIRF ever?
January 5, 2011 No Comment
This is a pretty bizarre video, but we watched the whole thing and we’re prepared to comment: this is a pretty bizarre video. The folks at GlobalDirectParts somehow got ahold of iPhone replacement parts (a common story in Apple device leaks ), and they’ve posted an in-depth video that illustrates the differences between this new set and regular iPhone 4 parts. Interestingly, nothing has been majorly tweaked, but there’s a huge quantity of minor tweaks, primary in the internal wiring. Most notable are antenna adjustments, that are either an antenna fix, or, more likely, adjustments to allow the antennas to work with the different frequencies that Verizon’s CDMA network operates on . Other tweaks are bigger head scratchers, including a SIM slot (which wouldn’t be necessary on Verizon, but wouldn’t hurt anything either), and the removal of the rear camera hole (perhaps an extra SKU for enterprise use?). GlobalDirectParts isn’t the only one to receive the tweaked parts, SmartPhone Medic made a similar score, so at least we know this isn’t a one-off prank. We’ll keep scratching our heads while you check out the video, located after the break. Continue reading Tweaked iPhone 4 parts discovered: an antenna fix, Verizon’s iPhone, or the best KIRF ever? Tweaked iPhone 4 parts discovered: an antenna fix, Verizon’s iPhone, or the best KIRF ever? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Families of Carmel disaster casualties disrupt commemoration during prime minister’s speech demanding that interior minister leave event ‘If Yishai doesn’t leave, I will’ said Danny Rosen whose partner Ahuva Tomer died in the fire
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Click here to view this media Ed Schultz talked to Salon’s Joan Walsh about right-wing ideologue Justice Antonin Scalia’s statement that the 14th Amendment doesn’t protect protect women from discrimination.
Continue reading …Yo-mobile hybrid cars on display in Russia, run on gas, natural gas, and GLONASS
January 5, 2011 No Comment
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Feline Facial Expression of the Day: Overly Concerned Kitty is overly concerned. [ dpaf .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 05/01/2011 19:57 Number of articles : 8
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If you haven’t heard, we’re in Las Vegas…again. You may think all that means is 5 loco nights of sleep-deprived and even-more-depraved-than-usual technology pseudo-journalism chat, and you’d be right. But now it’s 5 loco nights of sleep-deprived and even-more-depraved-than-usual technology pseudo-journalism chat with video . Come check out the iPad 2, a bunch of other tablets, and stunning views of downtown Las Vegas, filmed live without a studio audience in the already-foul-smelling Engadget double-wide trailer. Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Only Girl in the World 06:30 – Intel’s 2nd Generation Core processor family announced, includes 29 new CPUs and enhanced graphics 07:14 – AMD announces first Fusion chips: 10+ hour battery life with DirectX11 graphics 11:50 – Lenovo ThinkPad X120e snatches up AMD’s Zacate, aims to right all of the X100e’s wrongs 18:13 – ASUS Eee Slate EP121 officially unveiled, IPS display, Core i5, and stylus in tow 21:15 – Lenovo LePad tablet and IdeaPad U1 Hybrid return with Android 2.2 in tow 24:07 – Live from ASUS’s CES 2011 press event 25:06 – ASUS Eee Pad MeMO tablet takes a pen out of the Courier’s book 28:04 – Honeycomb to require dual-core processor, initially tablet-only? 30:17 – ASUS Eee Pad Slider and Transformer arrive for those that can’t imagine using a tablet without a physical keyboard 38:04 – Vizio reveals Via Tablet and Phone with Android, sub-$300 3DTVs ahead of CES (update: pic!) 50:23 – iPad 2 case shows up at CES, packing a mockup iPad 2 Hear the podcast Subscribe to the podcast [ iTunes ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (enhanced AAC). [ RSS MP3 ] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [ RSS AAC ] Add the Engadget Podcast feed (in enhanced AAC) to your RSS aggregator. [ Zune ] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace Download the podcast LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (AAC) LISTEN (OGG) Contact the podcast 1-888-ENGADGET or podcast (at) engadget (dot) com. Twitter: @joshuatopolsky @futurepaul @reckless @engadget Filed under: Podcasts The Engadget Podcast Show 001: CES 2011 Part 1 – 01.05.2011 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s official: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives named its next speaker, replacing weeks of rumors with reality by handing Ohio Rep. John Boehner the gavel, “which I accept cheerfully and gratefully, knowing I am but its caretaker,” he said.
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