• Romneybot Laws

    by  • March 13, 2012

    TPM Breaks down the programming behind Romneybot 2012: Taken together, all three proposals follow a clear pattern. Step one: Take a popular conservative idea (Medicare vouchers, tax cuts, bankruptcy for failing companies). Step two: Leave out a critical piece of information (subsidy levels, spending cuts, federal aid). Step three: Emphasize whichever step works best with...

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    I want Search results, I get Ads

    by  • March 13, 2012

    Google’s search product is becoming less valuable by the day: Surrounding that link are nine ads, plus a link to a PetMeds user account at Google+. There are 10 links to Google services at the top of the page. Below that is my Google+ profile picture (which leads to my Google+ account settings) and a big...

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    Everyone’s well within their rights

    by  • March 12, 2012

    This is the testimony of 30 year old law student Sandra Fluke before the Democratic members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Women’s Health and Contraception . The most important part is that oral contraception, “the pill”, has a variety of uses that improve the quality of life for women regardless...

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    I want Ice Cream Sandwich, I get Google Play

    by  • March 6, 2012

    I like my Android phone because I like having a keyboard for Texting, adding calendar items, contacts and the like. I can thumb the keys without looking. I tried the Samsung Galaxy Tab, it was miserable. iPad has no competition. My G2 was nice in 2010. It sucks today, not because I dislike the...

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    Super Tuesday: “Baby, I got a plan. runaway fast as you can”

    by  • March 6, 2012

    Shouldn’t Kanye West’s Runaway be the Republican primary theme song? “I heard a lot because it was in the news this weekend,” Murkowski told TPM Tuesday afternoon after attending a weekly GOP policy lunch. “I will tell you, it’s not so much just the discussion about contraception that the Blunt amendment...

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    Search Integration War

    by  • March 4, 2012

    Apple’s been putting the squeeze on Google Twitter and Yelp have something in common with some other companies, too, like Wolfram Alpha and Vimeo. Between Yelp and Wolfram Alpha, Siri tries pretty hard not to search Google for things. And people testing the new OS X Mountain Lion beta have noticed that the new...

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    Props to Sandra Fluke

    by  • March 2, 2012

    Big ups to Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke for testifying for the Dem’s mock hearing and standing tall throughout being defamed by Rush Limbaugh. Props to the President for calling Sandra Fluke after getting bullied and victimized by Rush Limbaugh. Fluke told Mitchell that during the call, President Obama “encouraged me and supported me...

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    US beats Italy 1-0 in Friendly

    by  • March 1, 2012

    On a Clint Dempsey goal in Italy! The Americans have been competitive on the world stage for years, but they do not often beat elite teams. They did so Wednesday, courtesy of a second-half goal by Clint Dempsey that was just the fifth scored by the United States against Italy in the 78 years...

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    A.I. is broke

    by  • February 27, 2012

    Allen Iverson is broke: The man who is the best small scorer in the history of the NBA, who lit up Philadelphia nights with his pyrotechnic play, is said to have worked his way through the better part of – big inhale here – $150 million. via Bill Lyon: Iverson on the rocks – Philly.com....

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    MS Office for iPad: If it is less it will be more to me

    by  • February 26, 2012

    Best thing about the app driven mobile revolution (starting with Apple’s  iPod) is that it made computing so much simpler for the average user. Microsoft seemed to get that (much better than Google did and later) with their simple, take it as you see it metro interface for Windows mobile. (Frankly, I like the...

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    Former Obama Administration “Car Czar” Rattner asks Romney to prove it

    by  • February 25, 2012

    The person picked to orchestrate the US Auto Bailout for the Obama Administration, former Car Czar Steve Rattner, rebuts Romney’s awful justifications for continuing to oppose  the Obama Administrations strategy during the bailouts of GM and Chrysler and largest suppliers. The auto czar who led the bailout, Steve Rattner, has a simple challenge to...

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