Click here to view this media Tonight Harry Reid brought up the tax compromise for a cloture vote on Monday afternoon. Just afterward, Bernie Sanders stepped up and let anyone who was possibly listening hear what he thought about Republicans, tax cuts, the payroll tax holiday, and conservatives’ plan to destroy Social Security and Medicare. It’s a bit long, but worth it. He points out Republican hypocrisy and what’s at stake when he predicts the inevitable hue and cry of next year’s Republicans in the House and Senate claiming the deficit is all that matters right after they boosted the deficit by billions to continue those tax cuts. Part I (above) is Sanders’ opening. Part II is Sanders and Sherrod Brown. Click here to view this media Part III is Sanders’ closing argument. Click here to view this media I’ll add a transcript if I can get hold of one from C-SPAN that’s decent.
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Signal. You can never get enough signal. Got full bars on your laptop? Something will come up, cause you to move, and then you’ll be down to three, and then two, and before you know it your downloads will be failing and you’ll be holding your device up and waving it around, hoping the fickle gods Micro and Wave will smile upon your plaintive dance while everyone else in the coffee shop sneers over mochas. You could avoid this scene with a BearExtender PC, a $45 device that will give you signal enough to curse them all and work out on the patio if you feel like it. Read on to see if it’s worth it. Gallery: BearExtender PC Continue reading BearExtender PC review BearExtender PC review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Bozell, Hannity Tackle Media Misrepresentation of Tax Debate on December 9 ‘Media Mash’ Segment
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“This is journalistic insanity,” NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell protested after watching a montage of liberal journalists misrepresenting the tax policy debate before Congress. “There is no tax cut going on here at all…. What we're talking about is preventing a tax increase, a tax increase which, by the way,
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Image credit: Markarthu Christine has discussed the risks and benefits of raw milk before. And with Senate Bill 510 potentially putting raw milk in danger , and with armed police reportedly swooping on organic coops in Ohio , the battle over if and how food regulations designed for an industrial … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Cobra brings radar detection to the iPhone and reckless endangerment to the app store
December 10, 2010 No Comment
It was bound to happen sooner or later: an unholy marriage between an iPhone (or second gen or later iPod touch) and a radar detector. As seems most fitting, the peeps at Cobra are behind this one, and we must say that if this is your thing, the premise is pretty interesting: the handset, running a free app from the company, connects to the iCobra fuzz buster via Bluetooth and alerts the driver to things like cameras, commonly identified speed traps, rough intersections, and more. Suggested retail is $170, but we’ve seen it making the rounds for the $100 mark. Race your way to your favorite e-tailer to see for yourself. Cobra brings radar detection to the iPhone and reckless endangerment to the app store originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Week in Animal News: Super-Tiny Chameleon, Mozilla Adopts Baby Firefoxes, and More (Slideshow)
December 10, 2010 No Comment
A teensy-weensy Brookesia Chameleon. Photo: Will Burrard-Lucas Believe it or not, this lizard is actually a full-grown adult, measuring about an inch in length — making it one of the smallest reptiles on the planet. Find more on this little critter and the arrest of a smuggler of thousands of endangered spiders, videos of jaguar fishing, lion cubs swimming, and more in the Week in Animal News.
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Article by Wn.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “If it is an act or actions that ensures a certain place to be considered holy, then one can conclude that it is specifically the act or actions that are really sacred and that should be truly memorialized.” When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the term “absurd” regarding a recent UN decision to define West Bank Shrines sacred to both Jews and Muslims as Palestinian, it was very unfortunate. He was referring to an ongoing debate between Jews and Muslims that swirls around who has the right to worship at holy sites in the city of Hebron. Whereas the Jews call one place the Cave of the Patriarchs, where Abraham was buried, Muslims…
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Canon’s latest midrange SD4500 point and shoot — known as the IXUS 1000 HS in Europe — has scored a “Recommended” review by the folks at Photography Blog thanks largely to its excellent image quality (particularly with night shots) and the presence of a big 10x zoom lens packed inside its Elph body. The testers were concerned, though, with the camera’s poor 150-shot battery life, 36mm not-so-wide-angle setting and minimal physical controls — which may drive experienced users loco from excessive button mashing. Its $299 price tag is also precariously close to the beloved Canon S95 , which offers significantly better performance for only $70 more. Still, if your budget is rigid and size is key, the SD4500 should suit you and your pockets nicely. To read the full review by the folks at Photography Blog , thanks. Canon SD4500 IS reviewed: gets recommended despite some glaring faults originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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In AP’s weekly Video Game Video, “The Fighter” director David O. Russell talks about how he’s adapting Sony’s popular “Uncharted” game franchise into a family-focused movie – set to star Mark Wahlberg. (Dec. 10)
Continue reading …Charles Krauthammer certainly seems to think so . He posits that the deal the president struck with Republicans was simply Stimulus II – with a large dose of class warfare rhetoric thrown in, he might have added. Barack Obama won the great tax-cut showdown of 2010 – and House Democrats don't have a clue that he did. In the deal struck this week, the president negotiated the biggest stimulus in American history, larger than his $814 billion 2009 stimulus package. It will pump a trillion borrowed Chinese dollars into the U.S. economy over the next two years – which just happen to be the two years of the run-up to the next presidential election. This is a defeat? read more
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