Keith Olbermann and the heads of NBC – including former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw – are apparently
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The can, bottle and plastics manufacturers and their lobbyists want you to celebrate America Recycles Day today. But recycling isn’t good enough anymore; we have to do better. Let’s make today a Zero Waste Day: * Support a restaurant that has real mugs and china. * Support companies that have deposits and returnable packaging. * Buy only fresh food that comes without packaging. * Buy electronics and tech from companies that take it back at the end of it’s life. * Don’t buy anything disposable for just one day. Here are some other R’s that a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …And they better keep that AAA membership up-to-date : Members of a Kansas church that protests at military funerals may have found themselves in the wrong town Saturday. Shortly after finishing their protest at the funeral of Army Sgt. Jason James McCluskey of McAlester, a half-dozen protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., headed to their minivan, only to discover that its front and rear passenger-side tires had been slashed. To make matters worse, as their minivan slowly hobbled away on two flat tires, with a McAlester police car following behind, the protesters were unable to find anyone in town who would repair their vehicle, according to police. They may have a right to protest, but they don’t have a right to get their van repaired.
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As a Monday morning treat for NewsBusters readers, here is a sampling of the quotes from the latest edition of MRC’s Notable Quotables newsletter, a compilation of the most outrageous, sometimes humorous, quotes in the liberal media. All of the quotes, plus past issues going back to 1988, can be found at www.MRC.org . Forget What Voters Said, It’s Time for Higher Taxes Host Christiane Amanpour: “There are many economists who simply say the math does not add up, if you’re not going to agree to raising taxes. Do you agree that taxes will have to be raised, as well?” Senator-elect Rand Paul: “Well, I think it’s not a revenue problem. It’s a spending problem.” Amanpour: “But it is a revenue problem according to so many economists.” — ABC’s This Week , November 7. read more
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While looking for LifeEdited ideas in the July 1969 issue of Popular Science , what should pop up but this amazing bit of “turniture” – it is a bed, which turns into a small dining room table, a larger table for four, and even a discreet “tete-a-tete” couch. The 29 year old designer asks “why should a bed, used only during sleeping ho… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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ABC: ‘Concentration on Policy’ Caused Obama’s ‘Shellacking,’ No ‘Mandate’ to GOP for ‘Gridlock’
November 15, 2010 No Comment
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Image: Green Market Before last year, many had never heard of Koch Industries. Even though it’s the second largest company in the US, and it rakes in nearly $100 billion every year, it’s still something of an unknown entity to most Americans. And that’s how company head David Koch prefers it — he’s fond of saying his company is “the biggest company you’ve never heard of.” The … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Adobe Air gets Saltier 2.5.1 release, adding flavor to Android Gingerbread
November 15, 2010 No Comment
Adobe Air 2.5 is barely cool yet here we have the company announcing its successor. Release 2.5.1, dubbed “Saltier,” is out and available with only one purpose in mind: desiccating some compatibility issues with Gingerbread . Users of the 2.3 version of Android will apparently receive a Force Close when trying to load any Air app and, while we’re guessing that isn’t an issue affecting too many people at this particular moment, it’s always good to be prepared. Adobe Air gets Saltier 2.5.1 release, adding flavor to Android Gingerbread originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Reuters is conducing an online poll with the following questions:
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