If the black-and-white surgeon general’s warning on cigarette packaging hasn’t served as fair warning to smokers that bad things are likely to happen to them if they keep lighting up their cancer sticks, the new, super-graphic images to be slapped on their smoke packs just might.
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AP college football writer Ralph Russo said Wednesday those who have made allegations against Auburn quarterback Cam Newtown need to step forward and be accountable. Russo adds the allegations of wrongdoing cannot be ignored. (Nov. 10)
Continue reading …"If You Can’t Fix It, You Don’t Own It": iFixit’s New Self-Repair Manifesto
November 10, 2010 No Comment
Repair is one of the 7 R’s we talk about a lot on TreeHugger — ’cause sure, it’s all right to recycle, but it’s even more gratifying to repair things yourself. Thankfully, it’s gotten easier with global repair community sites like iFixit , a DIY treasure trove of repair guides , forums, parts and more. iFixit is now “taking the fight against obsolescence to the streets” with th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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SEOUL: President Barack Obama sought to swing the G20 spotlight back onto global imbalances and take his own country’s policies out of the glare as world leaders gathered in Seoul on Wednesday. An early G20 draft statement cited by Dow Jones Newswires echoed an earlier finance ministers’ pledge to move toward more market-determined currency rates and appeared to offer no new proposals on how to ease tensions…
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During his comfortable sit-down with Matt Lauer on Wednesday’s “Today” show, former President George W. Bush was visited by the pre-taped image of a contrite Kanye West, who was all ready to make nice after his Bush-is-a-racist claim of yesteryear. Related Entries November 10, 2010 Author Signing November 3, 2010 Obama Finds the Lesson in His Midterm ‘Shellacking’
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And look at what we have here! That’s right, the rumored Mac OS X 10.6.5 update is dropping as we speak. What this will mean for the impending iOS release (and the whole AirPrint thing) remains to be seen, but in the meantime you can get started now if you want to ooh and ahh at the various implemented fixes, including improved Microsoft Exchange server reliability, improved MainStage performance (“on certain Macs”), and various security improvements. For more info, hit that source. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Mac OS X 10.6.5 update available now originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Flickr , CC What Does This Mean for the Electric Car Maker? Tesla might be delighting small children with its products, but it’s another story for its shareholders so far: The company has just reported a loss of $34.9 million in Q3 of 2010, compared to a loss of $4.6 mill… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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After an eventful and controversial, albeit very short, suspension for making campaign contributions to Democratic candidates before the midterm elections, MSNBC’s top blustermonger Keith Olbermann returned to the airwaves Tuesday night. What did he have to say? Related Entries November 10, 2010 Author Signing November 3, 2010 Obama Finds the Lesson in His Midterm ‘Shellacking’
Continue reading …She impersonated Sarah Palin. When I heard that Tina Fey would be given the Mark Twain Prize For American Humor I had this comment : Tina Fey?? Give me a break. Let’s take a look a the list of past winners: 2009 Bill Cosby 2008 George Carlin 2007 Billy Crystal 2006 Neil Simon 2005 Steve Martin 2004 Lorne Michaels 2003 Lilly Tomlin 2002 Bob Newhart 2001 Whoopi Goldberg 2000 Carl Reiner 1999 Jonathan Winters 1998 Richard Pryor Look at the lifetime of achievements that each of those previous winners can claim. Does anyone seriously believe that Tina Fey belongs in this class of comics? No. She’s a former actor on Saturday Night Live, has a moderately successful sitcom on NBC, and has made a movie or two with modest results. Oh, and she parodied Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. She came up with the “I can see Russia from my house” quote. NOW we know why she’s getting the award. Yesterday she was given the award and gave a backhand thanks to Sarah Palin while trashing other conservative women : Actress Tina Fey, who was granted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Tuesday, paid a backhanded tribute to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and criticized the rise of conservative women in politics during her award acceptance speech. “I would be a liar and an idiot if I didn’t thank Sarah Palin for helping me get here tonight,” Fey said. “My partial resemblance and her crazy voice are the two luckiest things that have ever happened to me.” This award was as politically correct as they come. Fey did not have the lifetime of achievements in humor that the previous winners had – she was given this by people who wanted to show how clever they are as they bash conservatives.
Continue reading …Underappreciated: How Thoroughly Fox News Trounced CNN, MSNBC on Election Night
November 10, 2010 No CommentThe politicians who received more votes than their opponents weren't the only winners on Election Night. Fox News's dominance on Election Night was overwhelming. If the competition between Fox, CNN, and MSNBC had instead been an electoral contest, they would have called it 30 seconds after the polls closed. The graphic that follows illustrates just how big Fox's gains were in 2010 compare to 2006, after a mediocre 2006 compared to 2002: read more
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