Three Judea and Samaria religious leaders inform police they won’t show up for questioning session on suspicion of issuing leaflet against hiring minorities. Settlement officials: Intimidation attempt like in Soviet Russia
Continue reading …
A UN conference on Saturday adopted a modest climate deal creating a fund to help the developing world go green, though it deferred for another year the tough work of carving out deeper reductions in carbon emissions causing earth to steadily warm. Though the accords were limited, it was the first time in three years the 193-nation conference adopted any climate action, restoring faith in the unwieldy UN process…
Continue reading …
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Two of the top three candidates in Haiti’s presidential election on Saturday rejected a plan to have vote tally sheets rechecked by a new commission amid allegations of irregularities and fraud. The presidential palace Guard of Honour attend a flag hoisting after four days of protests in Port-au-Prince December 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) The development added more uncertainty to a poor and chaotic Caribbean nation wracked by political violence, a catastrophic earthquake and a rampant cholera outbreak. Violent protests broke out after the Provisional Electoral Council announced on Tuesday…
Continue reading …Krauthammer on Clinton Quoting Him: ‘My Career is Done – Maybe NPR Will Take Me’
December 12, 2010 No Comment
During his impromptu press conference in the White House briefing room Friday, former President Bill Clinton favorably referred to comments Charles Krauthammer made at the Washington Post earlier in the day. On Fox News's “Hannity” that evening, Krauthammer joked, “When you get praise from President Clinton and you are from my side of the aisle that means that my career is done, I mean, I'm toast. Maybe NPR will take me” (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
Continue reading …Open Thread with The Professional Left Weekly Podcast: Did we lose the White House without an Election?
December 12, 2010 No Comment
enlarge Credit: The Professional Left Time for your weekly podcast with The Professional Left, our own Driftglass and Bluegal who aren’t any happier about President Obama’s deal with the Republicans (not to mention his hippie punching) this week than I am. You can listen to the archives or make a donation if you’d like to help keep the podcasts going at http://professionalleft.blogspot.com/ .
Continue reading …Verizon: LTE modem handoff has two-minute delay, fix (and Mac compatability) on the way
December 12, 2010 No CommentThough we found Verizon’s new LTE network pleasantly speedy in early testing, there are a few rough edges to the tech — Verizon’s USB modem have difficulty handing off connected users from an EVDO network to an LTE one , and of course, they don’t yet work on Mac. However, Verizon’s since admitted to both these issues and pledged to remedy the twain. “Hand-offs can take up to a couple minutes, but that was expected and a fix is in the works,” it told Computerworld earlier today. “Mac is not yet supported, and we’ve been working on drivers for Mac OS for weeks, and expect to update relatively soon,” a representative added. Now let’s see the company bring some sense to the wild, wild west we call the 4G market. Verizon: LTE modem handoff has two-minute delay, fix (and Mac compatability) on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …
NEW YORK (AP) – Every day for two years, he carried the toxic burden of a name that meant fraud to the world. On Saturday, the eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself in his Manhattan apartment, another casualty in the saga that sent his father to prison and swindled thousands of their life savings. On the second anniversary of the day his father was arrested in the worst investment fraud in American history, Mark Madoff, 46, was found dead in the living room of his SoHo loft. He was hanging from a black dog leash while his 2-year-old son slept nearby. People close to him said he was despondent over press coverage of his father’s case, an ongoing criminal…
Continue reading …
enlarge Nixon 1970 – a ceasefire . . at least with the press. Click here to view this media President Nixon delivered one of his rare press conferences during Prime Time on December 10, 1970. As press conferences went, there were no startling revelations and it all went pretty much to plan, including two announcements: Pres. Nixon: “I will announce tonight however, two I think important additions to the Administration. The first, Mister Rumsfeld is coming into the White House as a Counselor to the President on a full time basis and Mister Frank Carlucci will take over as the Director of OEO. He is his deputy and has done an outstanding job in that particular position and I believe in promoting a man who has done such a job to the top spot. Mister George Bush, the Congressman who was defeated in his bid for the United States Senate, I talked to yesterday and I’m very happy to report that he has agreed to take a top position in the Administration. That will be announced tomorrow at Mister Ziegler’s eleven o’clock conference. Mister Bush will be there.” Funny how those two names keep popping up. The gifts that just keep on giving.
Continue reading …
As NewsBusters previously reported , the three broadcast networks completely ignored the revelation that an unknown Democrat said “F–k the President” during a heated meeting of the House Democratic caucus Thursday. A further examination has identified that despite corroboration by other sources, practically no American media outlets reported the news: read more
Continue reading …Last August in 2007 in UFC 74, St-Pierre defeated Koscheck with the unanimous decision came from the judges. Today, Koscheck fans wanted a rematch and this rematch is now UFC 124. The decision last 2007 might be altered by today’s match and maybe that decision will become a true defeat for the loser. Their first match lasted UFC 124 Georges St-Pierre VS Josh Koscheck2 Live Coverage is a post from: Daily World Buzz
Continue reading …