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It’s democracy (of a whole different kind) in action :
WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — First came Hillary Clinton’s contest for a campaign song. Now Mitt Romney’s campaign is unveiling the first contest to create a campaign ad — or at least the first one a campaign will pay to run.
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Pundits have called Andrew Keen the Ann Coulter of the anti-citizen journalism movement. Lawrence Lessig says that Keen’s book:
purports to be a book attacking the sloppiness, error and ignorance of the Internet, yet it itself is shot through with sloppiness, error and ignorance. It tells us that without institutions, and standards, to signal what we [...]
This is an appalling act and a startling admission to make:
I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the — you know, and grabbed him, and … hit him against the stall with his head, actually.
Source: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
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If what appears to be the case on this video turns out to be true then we’ve got serious problems in this country:
OTTAWA – Protesters are accusing police of using undercover agents to provoke violent confrontations at the North American leaders’ summit in Montebello, Que.
Such accusations have been made before after similar demonstrations but this [...]
He’s totally the straightest guy around. It was just the cop outfit that got him excited I guess:
BOISE, Idaho – A defiant Sen. Larry Craig denied any wrongdoing Tuesday despite his guilty plea this summer in a men’s room police sting, emphatically adding, “I am not gay. I have never been gay.”
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Craig, a third-term senator [...]
I love this kid. Why didn’t I think of that?!
SAN FRANCISCO – The teenage hacker who managed to unlock the iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T will be trading his reworked gadget for a new car.
George Hotz, of Glen Rock, N.J., said he had reached the deal with [...]
This will eventually become a case study in some B School:
Whoa, it’s an iPhone unlock fest out there. There are now apparently
six ways to free the handset for any service provider already, plus one
group offering $100K to anyone releasing an unlock via Open Source.
Expect many more to pop up over the next few weeks. We’re [...]
One of the few secular states in the Middle East is now feeling pressure from religious groups within the country. That is the view of one of the countries top military men:
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey’s staunchly secular military said Monday that the strict line between Islam and the state was under attack by “centers of [...]
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I remember when I was tree planting in northern Ontario in the early 90’s we had some pretty toxic bug dope. It used to melt our plastic hard hats and the pens we used would become oily and eroded. We tried to avoid touching it. It’s pretty nasty stuff. That’s why I always get worried [...]
