Luis A. Ferre: "Reason does not need to yell, it convinces."

Bank of America Cuts Off Funds to ACORN

Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:28 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Already facing the loss of federal government funding, the community-organizing group Acorn also has run afoul of one of its big corporate partners, Bank of America Corp.

politics, bank-of-america, acorn

ACORN's Man is 'Political Director' in White House

Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:22 AM EDT (biggovernment.com)

Newly discovered evidence shows the radical advocacy group ACORN has a man in the Obama White House.This power behind the throne is longtime ACORN operative Patrick Gaspard.

politics, white, house, obama, acorn

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Apple Rejects Dictionary App for Containing Swear Words

Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 7:32 AM EDT (Mashable!)

Apple's App Store is quickly getting a reputation for bizarre rejections: famous examples include the Nine Inch Nails application and an eBook reader that allowed users to search for the Kama Sutra. (Both situations were later resolved.)

technology, apple, reject, dictionary, app, swear, word, iphone

Apple bans App Store's 3rd-most prolific developer

Seeded on Mon Aug 3, 2009 2:49 PM EDT (mobilecrunch.com)

Over the past few weeks, Apple has been much-maligned for keeping apps such as Google Voice off the App Store. These weren't some random garbage apps; there was no farting, or baby shaking.

technology, apple, app-store, iphone

Apple Tried to Silence Exploding iPod Victim with Gagging Order

Seeded on Mon Aug 3, 2009 7:59 AM EDT (OSNews)

I think we just found out why we aren't hearing more stories of exploding and burning iPods. Ken Stanborough had to throw his daughter Ellie's iPod Touch outside, because it got too hot to hold, and he could see vapour.

technology, apple, iphone, ipod, gagging-order, exploding-ipod

The Associated Press digs its own grave. - Quote 5 Words From the Associated Press? That'll Be $12.50

Seeded on Mon Aug 3, 2009 7:46 AM EDT (Mashable!)

Part of the AP's plan is to charge for use of its articles if you quote 5 words or more. They signed a deal with iCopyright in April to accomplish this goal. iCopyright is a widget that handles not only print and email, but republishing as well.

technology, associated-press, ap, media, old-media, new-media, drm, web, swan-song, rip

The Best Guns for Home Defense

Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:53 AM EDT (artofmanliness.com)

Nearly every American man has heard the story of the shootout at the OK Corral. Wyatt Earp and his cohorts confronted a group of outlaw cowboys and emerged victorious. While much myth and mystery surrounds the circumstances of this encounter, a few things are very clear.

us-news, guns, gun, home, defense

Self-Made Men by Frederick Douglass

Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:07 AM EDT (artofmanliness.com)

Once a very popular and inspiring ideal, the concept of the self-made man has fallen into disfavor in our modern times.

politics, frederick-douglass, self-made-men, conservative, gop, rnc, abolitionist

The Tank Man - A Documentary on the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 9:53 AM EDT (Google)

Chinese and Western eyewitnesses recount the amazing events that preceded the resistance and massacre of ordinary people in Tiananmen Square.

politics, tiananmen-square, massacre, china

Howard Dean Says Sotomayor's Race Comment Taken Out of Context--Then Admits He Doesn't Know the Context

Seeded on Tue Jun 2, 2009 8:19 AM EDT (CNSNews.com)

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told CNSNews.com yesterday that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's comment that "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn' …

politics, howard-dean, context, sotomayor, race, racist, comment

The Gift That Keeps On Giving - Joe Biden Reveals the location of the Vice President's Bunker.

Seeded on Mon May 18, 2009 10:36 AM EDT (Newsweek)

Ever wonder about that secure, undisclosed location where Dick Cheney secreted himself after the 9/11 attacks? Joe Biden reveals the bunker-like room is at the Naval Observatory in Washington, where Cheney lived for eight years and which is now home to Biden.

politics, biden, vice-president, bunker, washington, cheney

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You Can't Be an African-American If You're White

Seeded on Wed May 13, 2009 9:29 AM EDT (holycoast.blogspot.com)

A former student claims in a lawsuit that the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey discriminated against him for the way he described his background in classroom discussions on cultural diversity.

politics, racism, race, african-american, white, black

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Obama's Christian Appointee: New Testament Teaching on Homosexuality 'Not True'

Seeded on Mon May 11, 2009 10:00 AM EDT (CNSNews.com)

President Obama has named to his faith-based advisory council a self-professed Christian who holds that the New Testament's teaching that homosexual behavior is unnatural and wrong--which is found in St. Paul's letter to the Romans--"is not true."

politics, obama, christian, appointee, bible, homosexuality, gay, harry-knox

Warship of future revealed by US Navy

Seeded on Mon May 11, 2009 9:45 AM EDT (Telegraph)

This futuristic vessel is America's next generation of warship which is designed to tackle the modern threats of piracy and terrorism.

us-news, warship, navy, future, piracy, terrorism

Taxpayers to Get A Rude Surprise Next Spring

Seeded on Fri May 1, 2009 7:16 AM EDT (finance.yahoo.com)

Millions of Americans enjoying their small windfall from President Barack Obama's "Making Work Pay" tax credit are in for an unpleasant surprise next spring. The government is going to want some of that money back.

politics, obama, making-work-pay, tax-credit, taxes, money, irs, taxpayers

The Notorious AIG - Clients Suffer While Execs Live The High Life

Seeded on Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:38 AM EDT (ABC News)

Some AIG clients say they suffered while execs were treated to the high life.

politics, aig, bailout, fail

Barack Obama Vs. Barack Obama On Cuba, The Candidate Vs. The President

Seeded on Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:30 AM EDT (hotairpundit.blogspot.com)

Barack Obama the Blame America First Appeaser-In-Chief... Hey I'm not George Bush, look at me.. The message it sends to the enemies around the world? Don't change anything, we will do the changing for you...

politics, barack, obama, cuba

Obama administration edges toward ending Cuban embargo

Seeded on Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:50 AM EDT (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Never in the past five decades has a U.S. administration faced a harder full court press from governments in the region, U.S. politicians and economic interests groups to radically alter its Cuba policy.

politics, cuban, embargo, cuba, obama

Andrew Klavan Reveals The Liberal Strategy Used To Silence Conservative Thinkers

Seeded on Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:31 AM EDT (YouTube)

Andrew Klavan reveals the strategy used to silence the criticism and ideas of conservative thinkers.

politics, andrew-klavan, strategy, silence, conservative, thinkers, liberal

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Democrats Push For Illegal Immigrants To Have Voting Rights

Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 8:53 AM EDT (The Boston Herald)

The election of President Barack Obama was supposed to usher in a post-racial and post-partisan America. But who knew that some Massachusetts Democrats dreamed of a post-American America?

politics, voting, rights, illegal, immigrants, democrats, aliens, liberal, massachusetts

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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vindicated as feds drop case

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 8:54 AM EDT (NY Daily News)

Attorney General Eric Holder dropped a corruption case against ex-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens on Wednesday, saying prosecutors blew it by failing to share evidence.

politics, ted-stevens, alaska, senator

Google's Mythical Web Servers, Revealed!

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 7:26 AM EDT (YouTube)

It's long been known that Google builds its own web servers, enabling it to design the servers for peak performance and energy efficiency. At today's Google Data Center Energy Summit, the company put one of its custom servers on display.

technology, google, datacenter, server, webserver

Another Obama Nominee With Tax Problems

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:50 AM EDT (BBC News)

US President Barack Obama's second choice for health secretary has become the latest of his nominees to reveal tax payment problems.

politics, obama, nominee, health-secretary, kathleen-sebelius, back-taxes, taxes

Obama's Judicial Nominee Says Prayers to Allah Okay, But Not to Jesus

Seeded on Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:12 AM EDT (traditionalvalues.org)

True to his campaign promises, President Barack Hussein Obama has picked a rabid judicial activist as his first federal court pick. Judge David Hamilton has been chosen by Obama to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

politics, obama, judicial, nominee, jesus, allah, judge, david-hamilton

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Saudi Cleric Educates Children On How To Hate Jews.

Seeded on Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:03 AM EDT (liveleak.com)

Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - Saudi Cleric Khaled Al-Khlewi Teaches Children to Hate Jews.

politics, hate, jews, saudi-cleric, khaled-al-khlewi, children, islam

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