HAVANA: Cuban leader Fidel Castro has suggested he may resign as Communist Party chief, his last leadership post, as he praised his brother Raul’s management of the country. “I got sick and did what I had to do — delegate my powers. I cannot do something that I am not capable of dedicating full time to,” Castro told a group of students on Wednesday, state-run press said Thursday. Castro said he was not speaking to them as first…
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Continue reading …Joe Scarborough Likes Pelosi’s Feisty Response to His MSNBC Colleague, Mimics Her Punching Him
November 18, 2010 No CommentJoe Scarborough apparently likes Nancy Pelosi's toughness, given her response to his MSNBC colleague pressing her as to why she would make a good House Minority Leader after losing 60 seats. MSNBC's Luke Russert asked the Speaker why she should lead the House Democrats if her approval rating among independents is at 8 percent. Pelosi delivered a testy response, and Scarborough admitted his glee over the tone. “I think she's a disaster for the Democrats politically right now…but I like that fight,” he remarked. “C'mon, boom!” he expressed as he threw imaginary punches, pretending to be Pelosi punching down Russert. “Hey Luke, come here, Luke, look, boom! Luke, look, look, boom!” Later on Thursday's “Morning Joe,” Scarborough was pressed by Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin as to why he was praising such a polarizing figure when he has promoted a platform of bipartisanship and moderate politics. The “Morning Joe” co-host has conducted multiple campaigns on his own show for calmer rhetoric in the country's political sphere and has denounced political extremism.
Continue reading …Sony sees RED with PMW-F3 camera, we go hands-on with the $16k "indie" (video)
November 18, 2010 No Comment
In the wild, wild world of film production it’s sometimes tough to separate the consumers from the prosumers from the independent filmmakers from the big studios — especially when more affordable technology makes it easier and easier for one class to imitate the other. Sony’s latest 35mm CMOS imager video camera is an attempt to cover lost ground in the “indie” realm of requisite low-budget and desired high production value, a market dominated by the RED One , and to some extent Canon’s 5D Mark II and 7D , for the past couple years. Sony’s PMW-F3 — shipping in February — is a considerable step up from the earlier EX3 . The most obvious change is the inclusion of the new Exmor Super 35 CMOS sensor and interchangeable lens mounts, facilitating shallow depth of field with a fairly impressive dynamic range. But at the price of a semester’s worth of film school, will this offering hold its own in the field? Read on for our full impressions — including all the gory details — and video of our brief encounter with the new shooter. Continue reading Sony sees RED with PMW-F3 camera, we go hands-on with the $16k “indie” (video) Filed under: Sony , Camcorders Sony sees RED with PMW-F3 camera, we go hands-on with the $16k “indie” (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Click here to view this media This exchange among three right-wing Fauxheads — Ann Coulter, who is adamantly opposed to the TSA’s new airport bodyscans (hmmmmmm …. OK, not gonna go there), Peter Johnson, a longtime BushCo apologist who thinks they’re just fine, and Sean Hannity, who just wants to be pals with all things RightWing — really isn’t particularly enlightening. But it sure is entertaining. Especially because Johnson won’t let Coulter get away with her vague platitudes — Coulter, of course, thinks we can just do away with the scans and instead rely on good ol’ American racial profiling, — and so he insists on pointing out that Coulter has no solutions for dealing with the kinds of threats the bodyscans are intended to prevent. (I’m not so sure Johnson is right about the need for the scans, but that doesn’t make Coulter anything other than the dead wrong she usually is.) So Coulter shrieks at him to shut up, when in fact he’s just engaging in the standard Fox-style talk-show behavior, where interruption is the norm. Indeed, Coulter is a past master of this form. Coulter has a history of not handling criticism well — she always wants her critics silenced. I’m surprised she didn’t ask Hannity to beat Johnson up.
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Most unresolved issues in US freeze proposal are routine, Washington source says. State officials in Jerusalem say discussions still being held on security package, add: ‘There is some difficulty in way in which fighter jets will be supplied’
Continue reading …Jon Stewart Berates Media For Obsession With Palin Daughters: ‘Who Gives a S–t?’
November 18, 2010 1 Comment
Jon Stewart is finally flaunting some of that “sanity” we've heard so much about. On his show Wednesday night, he had a simple message for the legions of journalists obsessed with Sarah Palin's children: “Who gives a sh*t?” “Kids are off limits,” Stewart added. “In fact, we should all go out of our way to treat her children with kid gloves and respect to show that we don't judge individuals and mock them purely based on who their parents are.” “Stop making me feel sympathy for the Palins!” he begged – hysterically, I might add. “Stop it!” (Video below the break – h/t Charlie Spiering ) read more
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Dave Talley, a homeless man, found $3300 in cash in a backpack left behind at a light rail station in Arizona. Despite being tempted to keep the money, Talley tracked down and returned the backpack to its owner. (Nov. 18)
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A jury’s verdict to acquit a Guantanamo Bay detainee on most of the charges against him is casting new doubt over what should happen to the facility in Cuba. (Nov. 18)
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General Motors stock is again trading on Wall Street, signaling the rebirth of an American corporate icon that collapsed into bankruptcy and was rescued with a $50 billion infusion from taxpayers. (Nov. 18)
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