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the Chamber of Commerce. joined al Qaeda in Yemen and has favorability rating on a list
Seth Meyers to headline
For more of this story by Doug
Palmer, read here.
been tied to plots against the
United States.
of prominent officials and
politicians, followed by former annual WHCA dinner
Google nips Microsoft as For more of this story by James Arkansas Governor Mike Caren Bohan (Front Row
government moves to the cloud Vicini and Jeremy Pelofsky, read Huckabee, a potential Republican Washington)
Google won a federal here. presidential contender, Submitted at 12/8/2010 11:21:10 AM
government contract last week What we are blogging… and General David Petraeus. At
that the company hopes will give Rising above politics … in the bottom of the list were Dec 8, 2010 12:21 EST
it a boost over rival Microsoft as Washington conservative commentator Rush Drum roll please…
they race to convert government President Obama seems to want Limbaugh with the lowest The White House
agencies to cloud computing. to rise above politics in the tax favorability rating, followed by Correspondents’ Association has
Google and Unisys will transition debate. Good luck with that. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and lined up a headliner for its annual
the GSA, which basically serves When he announced the White Senate Majority Leader Harry fundraising dinner: “Saturday
as the back office for federal House’s tentative tax deal with Reid. Night Live” head writer and
agencies, to a secure cloud-based Republicans, he said he had For Tabassum Zakaria’s full post, performer Seth Meyers.
platform that includes Google’s agreed to compromise rather read here. Meyers, who recently hosted the
Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Sites than“play politics” at a time when Photo credit: Reuters/Molly Riley 2010 ESPY Awards on ESPN, is
applications. GSA is the first U.S. Americans want problems solved. (Artisan finishing ice sculpture of anchor of SNL’s “Weekend
federal agency to make an agency But whether voters are grateful U.S. Capitol, Nov. 14, 2009) Update.”
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agency • Pat Burrell files for free agency • Jake Westbrook files for free • Cliff Lee files for free agency
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Arizona Diamondbacks for Scott • Chan Ho Park files for free agency • Randy Winn files for free agency
Allen agency • Aubrey Huff files for free agency • Matt Treanor files for free
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Short City: McGraw-Hill Submitted at 12/8/2010 12:18:37 PM
Joseph Lazzaro budget cutbacks. Translation: use Sometimes companies still like to
(BloggingStocks) existing textbooks longer, and do things under the radar. No
Submitted at 12/8/2010 1:30:00 PM increase use of the used-book press release, and no public
market. announcement to be heard. Intel,
Filed under: McGraw-Hill Continue reading Short City: this time around, is the company
Companies (MHP), Stocks to Sell McGraw-Hill in question, and it looks like the has been, especially in regards to
Diversified publisher McGraw- Short City: McGraw-Hill chip maker is all set to make sure the Atom chip. Douglas L. Davis,
Hill Companies Inc. ( MHP) is originally appeared on that in the near future, they’ve got the current head of Intel’s
likely to face a challenging 2011. particularly those in poorer U.S. BloggingStocks on Wed, 08 Dec some buffer zones built against embedded and communications
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public school systems -- the netbook and tablet group. The measured step from Intel to make
point behind this brand new the netbook and tablet group a
business unit? To stave off the reality.
competition within those two [ via The New York Times]
markets, all the while making sure
that Intel stays as successful as it
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will be. Another service will have Newsgator Online close up their Selected coverage: How to Use peoples' lives (where the people My Heart
to take its place, or we'll all have RSS readers and send everyone to Blekko to Rock at Your Job you know are right now) - and it's Point and click on almost any
to learn how to roll our own. Google Reader instead. Other Blekko calls itself a search spam coming to them by feed. field on almost any Web page and
SuperFeedr services use Google Reader as a killer but it's got a whole lot more OStatus Dapper will give you an RSS
Selected coverage: The Dream place to sync up. potential for the power user. Selected coverage: Run Your URL you can use to subscribe to
Team Quietly Gathering Behind Not Dead Yet Factor: Google Blekko is a platform for Own Twitter Clone: Status.net updates from that field, if and
Real-Time Service SuperFeedr almost never kills anything, and collaboratively edited vertical Launches Public Beta when the content there changes.
You've got online content and there have to be a lot of people custom search engines. It eats When you hear about Diaspora, It sounds like a simple thing, but
you want it in real time. You internally at the company who OPML files, among other things, when you hear about Status.net, it's incredibly powerful.
want it in different formats. You depend on Google Reader, too. and its outputs include RSS feeds. OStatus is what's under the hood. Dapper has been one of my
want it marked up with Unless they've all given it up for You want a feed of updates from This open-source amalgamation favorite services for years and
geolocation data that corresponds Twitter. 10 key medical sites whenever of communication technology was joined by Needlebase in the
to place names occurring in free My6Sense any news about a particular issue standards is like Twitter for DIY data extraction world that
text. You want it all and you Selected coverage: My6Sense & is written about? Blekko can do networks that are disconnected, has so much potential.
want it for a fair price. What does The Geek Who Rode His Blog to that. You want to track a but interoperable. "People on In recent years, the devil bought
it mean? Maybe you want the Edge of the World collection of blogs that cover a Different Networks Following Dapper's soul, turning it into a
SuperFeedr. It's like FeedBurner You're on your phone and you particular topic and get a ping Each Other" is the OStatus slogan. semantic advertising platform in
was for bloggers, but much more want something good to read? when they write about one What does it mean? order to monetize its core
developer-focused. The company They say that small screens lend company, one concept or one Interoperability means social technology. Then Yahoo bought
adds features all the time and to high-quality recommendations keyword across all their blogs? networks compete on features, not the whole company this Fall,
founder Julien Genestoux is one of well-targeted content - so why No problem. It's great. control over your friends, because which will allow the core feed-
of the most agile technologists would we read Twitter and A custom search engine creation switching costs are removed. You extraction tool to remain open, at
you'll find online. Facebook? service with RSS feeds. That lose nothing if you switch least for a while longer. To use
Not Dead Yet Factor: Barely My6Sense is a mobile RSS deserves a place on this list. networks. this incredible tool, you've just got
born yet, but backed by reader that syncs with your Not Dead Yet Factor: It just OStatus didn't take off like a to sneak in through the back door
BetaWorks and Mark Cuban, Google Reader account (all of it, launched. When it launched, I Tweeting rocket ship this year, at Open.Dapper.net.
that's good for something. Plus not just the first one thousand said it was too beautiful to live but it saw some continued growth, Not Dead Yet Factor: It's not
Genestoux builds features so fast feeds like so many imitations!) long, but its CEO has been around development and attention. dead yet. Maybe more alive than
that he'll likely fit whatever need and then watches how you the block many times and tells me Someday, maybe someday, the it's been in years, in fact.
real-time feed geeks find they interact with the items. It knows he knows what he's doing. asynchronous micro-messaging Honorable mentions:
have, well into the future. when you are reading, it knows Facebook that so many of us find so much Yahoo Pipes- definitely not dead
Google Reader when you've shared a link. It then All RWW coverage of Facebook value in will break out of the yet. The company released an
Selected coverage: Facebook offers two views of all your Facebook's syndicated updates clutches of one single company experimental 2.0 version of this
Could Become World's Leading subscriptions: their most recent from friends, families and media (wonderful as you are, dear wonderful spaghetti pipes tool for
News Reader (Sorry Google) posts and the My6Sense organizations are the single most Twitter) and become a real RSS magic this year, but few
If you read RSS feeds and you recommended posts. The service important way that hundreds of communication platform like the people noticed and the company
know it, you probably use Google learns from your behavior over millions of people around the telephone. That's probably as itself says its products aren't
Reader. It's ok. It's pretty good, time and offers a quality mobile world relate to the power of the crazy as imagining a time when production ready. YSQL is a
even. It's not that exciting, but it feed reading experience. feed. The company tried to do a AT&T customers can call Verizon better bet, if you're comfortable
serves a whole lot of people very Not Dead Yet Factor: It's lot this year, but it's hard to know customers though, isn't it? working with that. If not, well -
reliably and capably. It has probably a slow burn, the how drastic the users' experience Not Dead Yet Factor: It's not Pipes isn't dead yet.
survived while everyone else has company is focusing on will end up being. None the less: dead yet. Twitter- One of these days!
not. This year we saw former monetizing a commercial API. Facebook Places alone represents Dapper Annotations! Meaningful
market-leader Bloglines and That's a good business to be in. the introduction of a radical new Selected coverage: How Yahoo's TOP page 23
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in painful detail. worst politicians money can buy) what I sent the speaker. Nonetheless, like a bolt out of the contributions keep pouring in.
I say, "painful" because Plunder! get together to vote on a Dear Mr. Speaker blue, president Obama proposed Perhaps we should elect lobbyists
is meticulously researched, "compromise", no one ever gives Polls show 75% of the citizens of that kiddies get two additional instead of Congressional
extremely well documented, and up anything. Somehow in these this country place a priority on cookies not previously on the representatives. At least we would
after reading the book you will compromises, more things we reducing the budget deficit. menu. know where people stood and
see how public unions are cannot afford get tossed onto the Yet, somehow we see a 1. A two percent payroll tax why.
robbing ordinary taxpayers, plate. compromise proposal from reduction Certainly we cannot expect any
including you, unless of course I am thoroughly disgusted with President Obama that goes back 2. A full, upfront deduction for Congressmen to read the bills, not
you are part of the union mob. the most recent "compromise" against his promises to tame the equipment purchases, in lieu of even the speaker. In regards to
Warmongers that will add $900 billion to the deficit. depreciation healthcare legislation, Nancy
The problem of course does not deficit over two years. Everyone We cannot afford this proposal. The deficit-busting problem is Pelosi actually said “ We have to
stop with public unions. Anyone in Congress should know the bill You know, I know it, and the the huge out-of-the-blue payroll pass the bill so you can find out
opposed to warmongering is is fiscal insanity. Yet the public knows it. In fact, the only tax reduction coupled with the what is in it”
labeled "soft on defense" by the democrats and deficit-hawk group supportive of this alleged "temporary" extension of income Click on that link to see a nice
warmongering industries who hypocrites will vote for it anyway. “compromise” proposed by tax reductions for everyone. video of that proud moment.
donate billions of dollars to The "compromise" is so President Obama is Congress. I am all in favor of cookies, Sadly, the only people who know
candidates who want "strong convoluted that I am wondering if Congress Thinks It's Time to especially tax-cut cookies. what's in these bills are the
defense". Ben Bernanke himself persuaded Party However, I want to know how lobbyists. They know because
Bankers the president to go for it. To congress, the word the deficit-hawk hypocrites on they are the ones who actually
The financial industry does not Bernanke certainly has been "compromise" does not mean both sides of the aisle intend to write the key provisions.
want reform and they will donate pushing for stimulus. He defended giving up anything you want. pay for them. The answer is they Three Classes of People
billions to any candidate willing his actions in a creampuff Instead, it means giving the other don't intend to, which of course is When it comes to making
to look the other way. interview on 60 Minutes that was guy something you do not want what makes them deficit-hawk changes, there are three classes of
Former Treasury Secretary Hank really nothing more than an him to have. hypocrites in the first place. people.
Paulson and current Treasury infomercial begging for more The process is much like asking Overcoming Inertia 1. Those who try to make needed
Secretary Tim Geithner are both stimulus. a group of kids at a birthday party Inertia is difficult to overcome changes
beholden to Wall Street in Well Bernanke got what he if they want cherry pie, chocolate because those who want free 2. Those who don't
general, and Goldman Sachs in wanted, and if it blows up he will cake, or fudge for desert and if handouts are the ones who donate 3. Those who recognize a need
particular. Geithner did not even get to blame Obama and Congress there is no consensus winner, money and pack every school for change but sit back and mock
pay his taxes and the politicos in for it. everyone gets a full slice of each, board and town hall meeting in others for trying
power did not care. Please see Lies, Half-Truths, and with chocolate chip cookies the country. They can and will get Sadly there are too many people
Running List of Unpunished 100% Hubris on 60 Minutes; thrown in for good measure out the vote. Corrupt politicians in groups two and three. Yet fight
Fraud, Coercion, Tax Evasion Deficit-Chicken Republicans; because that’s what Cousin Susie willing to pander to unions and on we must.
I have a huge ongoing list of Middle-Class Crucifixion; Ron likes. It’s irrelevant whether or special interest groups go along. No Constituency for Honesty
fraud and coercion at the very top, Paul Needs Your Support for not Cousin Susie is even at the The warmongers, homebuilders, Unfortunately, it's a very uphill
including Geithner, Bernanke, details on the infomercial. party. banks and every special interest battle because there is no
and Paulson but nothing will ever After everything blows sky high I am thoroughly disgusted with group in the country bribes constituency for honesty.
happen. we just may hear a statement like Congressional “compromises” candidates via campaign Someone who wants to cut
Please see FDIC Authorizes $1 this. that look like a birthday party for contributions. military spending and take on the
Billion Lawsuits Against Failed- Dr. Mr. Speaker 8-year olds. Yet that is exactly The compromise vote goes unions gets no money from
Bank Executives; Token Search In Dr. Mr. Speaker I asked what we saw in this something like this: "You toss a anyone.
for Low-Profile Scapegoats for people to email incoming House “compromise”. sweetener to the homebuilders Simply put, we have campaign
details. Speaker John Boehner about the Chocolate Chip Cookies for and I will toss a sweetener to your contribution system that rewards
The Big Compromise fiscal insanity of that $900 Billion Susie defense contractor." With deals POLITICAL page 38
When all the political hacks (the compromise. Here is a portion of Susie was not at the party. like that, the campaign
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works way toward the summit via the not going to be needed. We have altitude, but we have had to
Rongai Route: sent a message down to out base cancel that. It would just be too
D A Y T H R E E : W e d n e s d a y camp to bring up thicker gloves, difficult and too dangerous.
(Scripting News)
December 8, 2010 hand warmers and more heavy Climbing high and then returning
Submitted at 12/8/2010 10:21:20 AM
Click here for Day One and here clothing. lower to sleep is an important part
Every day I push a bunch of links for Day Two. I was expecting it to be cold and of allowing our bodies to get used
through Twitter. I have this Mawenzi Tarn (4,330 meters) snowy, but not so soon. One thing to the altitude, but we are not
process fairly well streamlined. I Hi All, is clear -- it's going to add to the going to be able to do that now.
click on a bookmarklet, it grabs Well, no one prepared me for difficulty of the climb, but we are We have been playing charades to
the headline and URL and shoots this. As we headed for Mawenzi all in good spirits and the difficult keep our spirits up. It's not what I
it to an app on one of my servers. Tarn, we have had to fight our conditions have brought us even expected, but you have to get on
It shortens the URL and then way through blizzards and cope more together as a group. and cope with whatever you find.
sends it to twitter.com, where it current day's tweets-with-links are with unexpected bitter cold. The We should have been walking Don't forget to sponsor the team
all appears in my status box. I edit p u s h e d t o a p o s t o n snow is not settling on the ground, a b o v e t h e c l o u d - l i n e a t and help us reach our fundraising
it, and click the Tweet button and Protoblogger.com, which is a site thank goodness, but still the increasingly high altitude, but we target, at www.laureus.com/get-
off it goes. running on wordpress.com. The conditions are very difficult and really have no idea what is around involved/kili
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Source: New York Yankees may target Carl Crawford and Cliff
Lee
Andrew Marchand (ESPN.com) has yet to materialize. is leaning toward, the Yankees What remains unclear, however, February 14, 2011 | Tampa
Submitted at 12/8/2010 12:50:17 PM Braunecker said Wednesday that would gain some flexibility. Cliff is how far the Angels are willing 00
one club is no longer involved in Lee#33 SP to extend themselves financially The Yankees still have plenty of
Updated: December 8, 2010, 2:01 the Lee sweepstakes. He wouldn't Texas Rangers to keep Crawford away from the work to do this winter, but spring
PM ET By Andrew Marchand say which team had been 2010 STATS Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers and will be here before you know it!
ESPNNewYork.com eliminated. However, it's not the • GM 28 Rangers -- the other clubs still Yankees blog
Archive Texas Rangers, who met with • W 12 viewed as the main contenders for That desire comes with a
The New York Yankees think Braunecker for about 30 minutes • L9 Crawford. Cliff Lee In Photos disclaimer, though. "But how
they could have room in their on Wednesday. • BB 18 As the Yankees pursue Cliff Lee, many years?'' one source said.
budget to sign both left-handed The Los Angeles Angels have • K 185 ESPNNewYork.com looks back "How crazy was the Jayson Werth
pitcher Cliff Lee and outfielder also reached out to representatives • ERA 3.18 at the free-agent ace's stellar deal?''
Carl Crawford, a baseball official for the free-agent left-hander, a career. Asked about Crawford, Red Sox
with knowledge of the Yankees' source told ESPN.com's Jerry The Yankees haven't pressured Photo gallery general manager Theo Epstein
plans told ESPNNewYork.com. Crasnick. Pettitte in any way to make a If the price escalates -- in the said: "It's the same answer I gave
It is unclear if they first would "We've had productive meetings," decision. But they clearly would wake of Jayson Werth's seven- yesterday. Obviously we're in a
need to make a trade so they can said Braunecker, who added he like to know his plans one way or year, $126 million deal with new situation now after we've
remain within the $210 million or wasn't sure if he'd meet with the the other. Pettitte earned $11.75 Washington -- to eight years and made a major acquisition [trading
so budget. Carl Crawford#13 LF Rangers again before leaving million this season, and if he isn't $160 million or beyond, that for Adrian Gonzalez], but like I
Tampa Bay Rays Orlando either Wednesday night coming back, it would create both would be three years longer and at said, anything is possible, right?''
2010 STATS or early Thursday. "They're still in greater urgency for the Yankees least $70 million more than The exact number of years and
• GM 154 the mix." to sign Lee and provide more c u r r e n t A n g e l s o w n e r A r t e dollars Crawford is seeking hasn't
• HR 19 Earlier Wednesday, Braunecker payroll flexibility that could Moreno has ever paid for any been established yet. So for now,
• RBI 90 said his group knew more than motivate them to make a serious player. an official of one team involved
• R 110 they did on Tuesday in terms of run at signing Lee and Crawford. Torii Hunter's five-year, $90 said, "we've just got to let this
• OBP.356 negotiations involving Lee. The Angels also are targeting million contract three years ago play out a little bit."
• AVG.307 "We've eliminated a club and Crawford's services, and multiple made him the highest-paid Angel A baseball source told Crasnick
have zeroed in on a few things," sources who have been in contact of the Moreno era. And, as one the chances of Lee signing a
Yankees general manager Brian Braunecker said. with the Angels' front office told source put it, "Is Carl Crawford contract before the end of the
Cashman had a long meeting Lee remains the Yankees No. 1 Stark that Crawford remains the really worth $70 million more winter meetings are "doubtful."
Tuesday night with Crawford and target with Crawford representing team's No. 1 offseason priority -- than Torii Hunter? I don't see Andrew Marchand covers the
his representatives, a source told their fallback position. The by far. that." Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com.
ESPN The Magazine's Buster Yankees, though, have devised One source described Crawford But two years ago, the Angels did Information from ESPN The
Olney. scenarios in which they could add as the clear "focal point" of the offer Teixeira seven years, $160 Magazine's Buster Olney,
A d d i t i o n a l l y , C a s h m a n i s both. Angels. Another source said that million before he signed with the ESPN.com's Jayson Stark and
planning to deliver an offer to Two Decembers ago, the after talking with the Angels' Yankees. And that's an offer that Jerry Crasnick, ESPNDallas.com's
Lee's agent, Darek Braunecker, as Yankees snagged the market's top people, he was stunned by how Crawford's agents, Greg Genske Richard Durrett and
soon as Wednesday. two free agents when they c o n f i d e n t t h e y w e r e a b o u t and Brian Peters, clearly are well ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes
According to the baseball brought CC Sabathia and Mark eventually signing Crawford. aware of. and Joe McDonald was used in
official, the Yankees have no Teixeira to the Bronx. The way they spoke of him, the The Red Sox retain interest in this report.
plans to offer more than a six-year If Andy Pettitte retires, as a source said with a laugh, "it was Crawford, multiple club sources This entry passed through the
deal to Lee at this time. The source close to the pitcher told almost like he was already on confirmed to ESPNBoston.com. SOURCE: page 52
outline of an offer to Crawford ESPN.com's Jayson Stark that he their team." It's Never Too Early
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Though plenty of reviewers ( our wrong. It's just a question of how not a suitable excuse -- unless
own included) were swept up by close to right do you get it." you're going house to house and
the enchanting world of Epic Spector went on to say that the explaining the "right" way to play.
Mickey, its shoddy camera has issue stems from the fact that his (P.S. If Spector does start doing
been pretty much universally game isn't a pure platformer, so that, you probably shouldn't let
maligned. Creator Warren Spector the camera couldn't be tuned just him near your cameras.)
leaped to his team's defense while for that purpose. "If reviewers Warren Spector says reviewers
speaking with MTV, saying, want to give us a hard time about 'misunderstood' Epic Mickey's
"First, there has never been a it because they're camera originally appeared on
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Obama's Deal with GOP May Help Him Win Back Independents,
Poll Suggests
Bruce Drake (Politics Daily) extending unemployment them favored extending the tax for the nomination.) only for households with incomes
Submitted at 12/8/2010 11:52:00 AM benefits. cuts, according to the Gallup poll. A Pew Research Center poll, also of less than $250,000, 33 percent
Republicans and Democrats had Sixty-four percent of Democrats conducted just before favored keeping all the cuts in
Some political analysts are differing levels of enthusiasm for who described themselves as announcement of the deal with the place and 14 percent would have
viewing President Obama's each part of the deal. Eighty-five conservative or moderate Republicans, tested sentiment let the tax cuts expire, with 15
willingness to rankle Democratic percent of Republicans favored supported extension. A big among Democrats and found that percent undecided. An alternate
leaders and anger liberals by extending the tax cuts but only 43 majority of moderate and liberal while Obama got lukewarm marks proposal to set the income cutoff
striking a deal with Republicans percent supported extension of Republicans backed both the tax on the question of standing up for at $1 million got less support.
on extending the Bush-era tax unemployment benefits. Eighty- cut and unemployment benefit the party's positions, most A Bloomberg poll, conducted
cuts as a bid to win back four percent of Democrats backed extensions, but only 38 percent of Democrats did not believe he was Dec. 4-7, said 34 percent of those
independents in advance of the extension of unemployment conservative supported the giving in too much to the surveyed wanted the tax cuts
2012 elections. A new Gallup poll benefits, while only 52 percent extension of unemployment Republicans. extended for the middle-class but
suggests that, politically, it may backed extending the tax cuts. benefits. Fifty-four percent of Democrats not those earning $250,000 or
indeed have been a good way of By contrast, independents were The deal was announced on Dec. and Democratic leaners surveyed more, 19 percent favored
moving towards that goal. strongly in favor of both elements. 6, so Gallup was in the field with Dec. 1-5 said Obama was doing a extending the cuts for everyone,
Liz Sidoti, who covers national Sixty-seven percent backed this poll mostly before the good or excellent job in standing and 16 percent backed the idea of
politics for the Associated Press, extension of the tax cuts and 71 announcement. It framed its up for traditional party positions permanent extension for the
saw Obama's strategy this way: percent supported extending question, along with questions on while 43 percent rated him only middle class but only a two year
"The compromise portended more unemployment benefits. a range of other issues, as part of fair or poor, with 2 percent continuation for high-income
likely to come as Obama courts "The White House reportedly what it called a "referendum- undecided. earners. Four percent were
the fickle center of the electorate agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts style" survey, asking Americans The new Gallup poll did not undecided.
and positions himself as the for all Americans partly to help how they would vote if they could break down support for the tax cut Follow Poll Watch on Twitter
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bombing incident, an American Wednesday's arrest is the latest in some. To say that we will not
Muslim was arrested Wednesday Wednesday, 08 Dec 2010 10:11
a series of sting operations successfully defend against all
for allegedly planning to blow up AM
involving Muslims engaged in attacks is certainly not to say that
a military recruitment and After the 2010 drubbing,
attempted terrorist plots. In the we are not trying to stop all
induction center near Baltimore, Democrats seeking to regain
most recent case, a 19-year-old attacks. We are. It is certainly not
Justice Department officials said. control of the House in 2012 may
Oregon man was arrested Nov. 26 to say that any attack is okay. If
The Baltimore man, Antonio have reason to be optimistic. The
on charges that he had attempted there is an attack, it may well be
Martinez, was said to be a U.S. Washington Post, reporting in part
to detonate a bomb at a Christmas tragic. Innocent lives will be lost. 2008.
citizen who converted to Islam. on numbers from the Cook
tree-lighting ceremony in "In this era of this more However, before Democrats
He had been under surveillance Political Report, says that
Portland. complicated threat and a more begin popping champagne corks,
for several months, and was Democrats will “almost certainly”
Officials said Martinez had diverse threat and lower-scale the Fix notes the Democrats have
arrested when he tried to plant a pick up seats in 2012 and that
posted numerous videos online attacks, to include individuals a long way to go — especially
phony bomb given him by there is a “tough – though not
advocating violent jihad. who have been radicalized here in considering that Republicans hold
undercover agents. impossible” chance to retake the
The alleged plot comes as senior the homeland, stopping all of the such a strong hand at the state
Justice Department spokesman majority.
U.S. counterterrorism officials are attacks has become that much redistricting level.
Dan Boyd said there had been "no The two parties are basically
warning that it is impossible to harder,'' Leiter said. © Newsmax. All rights reserved.
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A pair of grad students at North So told IEEE Spectrum she Akatsuki Akihiro Ikeshita/JAXA
Carolina State University believes the alloys in this device A Japanese probe bound for
presented a paper last week would be compatible with human Venus has missed its orbit and
describing a quasi-liquid diode tissue. Eventually, they could be been seized by the sun's
whose electrodes are made of a of gallium oxide, which creates device's resistance, and a positive used to build bioelectronic circuits gravitational pull, in a major
gallium-indium alloy that is liquid resistance, as IEEE Spectrum v o l t a g e m a k e s i t t h i c k e r , b e t w e e n l i v i n g t i s s u e a n d setback for Japan's shoestring
a t r o o m t e m p e r a t u r e . T w o explains. The electrode with the producing greater resistance. computers, like brain-machine space program. The probe, called
hydrogel films are sandwiched alkaline substance suppresses the What's more, the device retains a interfaces that would control Akatsuki, isn't necessarily lost
between the electrodes - one is formation of this skin. So, memory of its resistance state artificial limbs or artificial neural however. JAXA officials are still
doped with an acid and the other applying voltage changes the the even after it is turned of, so it acts networks. in contact with the probe and may
holds an alkaline compound. thickness of this gallium oxide like a memristor, according to Ju- [ IEEE Spectrum] try to insert it into orbit around
The interface between the "skin" - negative voltage makes Hee So, a chemistry grad student JAPANESE page 62
electrodes develops a thin coating the oxide thinner, lowering the who presented a paper on the
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full potential. It's often a good texture. If you don't have a two inches away from the oven cake from the pan too soon, it
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from the pan. This is especially knifenever scoop flour directly different racks, rotate the pans because they are more delicate.
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delicate cakes. Cakes baked in down and increases the amount in Once the cakes are in the oven, if wax paper, if necessary, and cool Mancino on
tube, Bundt, or other hard-to-line the cup. possible, keep the oven door completely on a wire rack before
specialty pans are exceptions to
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ingredients in a bowl, and stir
closed tightly because the
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frosting, wrapping, or storing.
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everywhere. Yes, we'd like to
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think we had a little something to
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do with that (you're welcome).
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ESPN's E:60 and Conan O'Brian's
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have taken on proximity flying. Again?. American exceptionalism ranges different proposition: that there that he has any appreciation for
This entails donning a winged suit from discomfort to hostility. are distinctive features of what separates us from a social
(looking like a flying squirrel) and #ad#This liberal commentary has American society and governance democracy. What matters is that
flying as fast as you can and as had three themes: that American -- of our creed and our culture -- his agenda would shrink that gap
close to the side of a mountain as exceptionalism is a ridiculous or that have contributed to our significantly.
you can. dangerous idea; that President success. That view does not entail Kinsley ended his column by
Obama is just as supportive of it any obligation on the part of our defending liberals against a
as conservatives are (in which leaders to believe in our country’s mostly imagined slur. “If you
case, shouldn’t liberals who make superiority to other nations, let think your country is in danger,”
the first argument be denouncing alone to proclaim it constantly, as he asks, “how is it unpatriotic to
him?); and that conservatives are the liberal caricature of our view say so?” It isn’t unpatriotic. It
using exceptionalism to insinuate would have it. isn’t sinister. And it’s what we
that Obama is a foreigner. Nor do we deny that President have done. The Editors
The liberal case begins by Obama wishes the best, as he sees
confusing exceptionalism for it, for the American people and
jingoism. Thus Michael Kinsley seeks to bring it about. Our claim
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the United States of America was government has deliberately a surprise offensive extending production is at an all-time high ethanol market and allow more
suddenly and deliberately sought to deceive the United throughout the Pacific area. The of 38 million gallons a day (13.9 environmentally friendly ethanol
attacked by naval and air forces of States by false statements and facts of yesterday and today speak billion gallons a year), with onto the market -- such as
the Empire of Japan. expressions of hope for continued for themselves. The People of the exports exceeding even Brazil’s. Brazilian sugarcane ethanol. The
And on September 11, 2001 — a peace. [...] United States have already formed Corn prices are near their record primary reason sugarcane ethanol
date which will likewise live in It will be recorded that the their opinions and well understand highs, and food-price-inflation is, by far, the world’s lowest-
infamy — the United States of doctrines of jihad in Islam and the the implications to the very life concerns are rising. It is time for carbon-intensity biofuel produced
America was suddenly and statements of jihad terrorists and safety of our nation. lawmakers to adjust to these new on a commercial scale is that one
deliberately attacked by the forces worldwide make it obvious that Islamic jihad forces are currently realities. obtains twice the amount of
of the global Islamic jihad. the attack was deliberately operating in Indonesia, the Redundancy and high costs are ethanol per land unit from
The United States was at peace planned as a jihad attack. During Philippines, Thailand, India, contributing to politicians’ sugarcane as from corn.
with that nation, and, at the the ensuing nine years, Islamic Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, reluctance to extend the tax credit Furthermore, sugarcane is not a
solicitation of Japan, was still in spokesmen have deliberately Israel, Nigeria, Chechnya, and -- as is the growing uncertainty staple food crop and, unlike corn,
conversation with its government sought to deceive the United elsewhere. The jihadists have, over the claimed environmental has only an indirect effect on food
and its Emperor looking toward States by false statements and therefore, undertaken an offensive benefits and the bad publicity that prices. It is better for Brazil to
the maintenance of peace in the expressions of hope for continued extending throughout the world. accompanied the perception that produce ethanol and the U.S. to
Pacific. [...] peace. The facts of 9/11 and today speak biofuels were a primary culprit of produce corn.
The United States was at peace Yesterday, the Japanese for themselves. Yet the People of the 2008 commodity price spike. Brazil ended subsidies for
with the warriors of Islam, and government also launched an the United States largely remain The waning public support in the ethanol over ten years ago and
considers itself to be at peace with attack against Malaya. unequipped to form their opinions U.S. for biofuel subsidies is eliminated its ethanol tariff early
them still, and has undertaken Last night, Japanese forces and understand the implications to taking many forms. A broad this year. The U.S. should
numerous efforts to mollify attacked Hong Kong. the very life and safety of our coalition of organizations, reciprocate. As the world’s top
Muslims and convince them that Last night, Japanese forces nation, for neither government nor including value-added agricultural producers of ethanol, the U.S. and
it has no quarrel with Islam or attacked Guam. media is telling them the truth industries, environmental groups, Brazil should collaborate in
with Muslims at all. Last night, Japanese forces about the nature of the threat. and some in the oil industry, is building an open and global
It will be recorded that the attacked the Philippine Islands. lobbying strongly against biofuels marketplace for clean,
distance of Hawaii from Japan Last night, the Japanese attacked extension of the tax credit and renewable energy.
makes it obvious that the attack Wake Island. tariff. This in the face of divisions The best thing President Obama
was deliberately planned many This morning, the Japanese within the ethanol lobby, where and Congress could do for ethanol
days or even weeks ago. During attacked Midway Island. some argue tax credits are no policy this year is nothing -- let
the intervening time, the Japanese Japan has, therefore, undertaken longer necessary while others the tax credit and tariff expire.
propose a shift to a production tax — Harry de Gorter is a professor
credit, which would be paid to at Cornell University and a
ethanol producers instead of fuel visiting fellow at the Cato
blenders. Institute, where Jerry Taylor is a
If the economic rationale for the senior fellow. Harry de Gorter
ethanol-import tariff is to offset Jerry Taylor
the tax credit, then the tariff
should expire along with the tax
credit. Letting the tariff expire can
provide more competition in the
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says that Google and Yahoo's free encourage more network use, on
use of his network is a "tragedy" top of charging users for tiered
that "can't continue." (No, we're data? That's an unexpected -- and
not making this up.) unfortunate -- twist on the
In addition to shaking down standard net neutrality debate,
service providers and device and we're not so sure we want to
makers, European carriers are see where it's going. Read the
also following AT&T and whole article at the source link,
Verizon to tiered data plans -- it's a good one.
France Telecom is will move European carriers want content
from unlimited pricing to companies and smartphone
something "more sophisticated," makers to pay network usage fees
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Honeycomb tablets, Chrome
sense to charge Apple or Google a
fee for making good phones that
OS laptops, and eBooks to boot
Ross Miller (Engadget) hardware, and a giant plunge into
Submitted at 12/8/2010 1:45:00 PM the growing e-book market -- and
that isn't everything. We've done
We gotta hand it to Google: if its our best to condense all the days'
goal was to own the technology highlights into something easier to
news cycle for 48 hours, mission digest, so read on for a recap on
accomplished. The Mountain all things Google!
View-based company spent the Continue reading Google's big
first two days this week laying out week: Nexus S, Honeycomb
p r e t t y m u c h e v e r y b i g tablets, Chrome OS laptops, and
announcement it possibly could: a eBooks to boot
new flagship phone coming next Google's big week: Nexus S,
week (the Nexus S), a new Honeycomb tablets, Chrome OS
Android build (2.3 Gingerbread), laptops, and eBooks to boot
a preview of the next Android originally appeared on Engadget
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