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09 Jan 2010 14:20

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U.S.: #(&!. This #()&(@)& bird is going to #(^(@@(& ruin everything.

The greater sage-grouse could end up on the endangered species list, hurting energy development in the West – and causing political trouble for the left. source
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09 Jan 2010 14:08

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Politics: Harry Reid says something incredibly racist, apologizes. Idiot.

  • He was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama – a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,’ as he said privately.
  • Journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann • In their new book, “Game Change,” regarding Harry Reid. Reid, of course, is the Senate Majority Leader, and a line like this could hurt his political career. Reid obviously and quickly apologized. “I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans,” Reid said, “especially African Americans for my improper comments.” The book itself covers a the 2008 presidential race and how Obama was reportedly pressured to run. Awesome. source
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09 Jan 2010 13:56

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World: Hamid Karzai’s cabinet selection could use fewer broken plates

  • 1st try The Afghan leader submitted 24 names to the parliament last week. 17 were rejected. Wait, you mean they’re not in his pocket? Who forgot to bribe them?
  • 2nd try Karzai’s second list, submitted today, is “a little better than the previous one – not a lot, but a little,” according to one critical Parliament member. Ouch. source
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09 Jan 2010 13:42

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U.S.: California wants a ton of freaking money from the feds

  • $6.9 billion, which they’ll take in small bills source
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08 Jan 2010 23:21

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U.S.: Newark Airport lovebird arrested, to be charged with holding hands

  • He committed a terrible, terrible offense and he has to pay a price … that relates to the havoc and the discomfort he caused this place.
  • Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg • Describing Haison Jiang, the guy who was arrested for causing the Newark Airport scare over the weekend. How’d he do it? He went to find his girlfriend to give her one last kiss – and ended up ruining everyone’s night. This incident became a big deal because of the timing of the incident and the criticism the Transportation Safety Administration faced. While Jiang showed bad judgment, he certainly shouldn’t be made into the punching bag here. source
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08 Jan 2010 10:50

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Tech: Palm upgrades its WebOS phones to cheers from nearly everyone

  • good The Palm Pre Plus can now shoot video, and current Pre users can get that action in an upgrade.
  • better The platform (which also includes the Pixi) will support Flash and using the phone as a wi-fi hotspot (awesome).
  • best If you’re not super-interested in going the Sprint route, Verizon (and maybe AT&T) will also have it. Yay! source
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08 Jan 2010 09:15

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Tech: At CES, every company is obsessed with tablets for some reason

Enjoy your couple of weeks on top guys. Once Apple decides to release the new hotness, your machines will suffer bigger failures than the CrunchPad. source
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08 Jan 2010 09:07

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U.S., World: The Underwear Bomber aided by his complicated name

  • The State Department had it misspelled. Oops. There were a lot of unconnected dots in the Detroit terror bombing, but one of the most egregious – in our opinion – was the fact that the State Department didn’t know Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab had a visa after doing a background check on the guy because his name was misspelled. We’re not geniuses here, but Islamic names tend to be somewhat hard to spell, so it would make sense that one plans for that. Instead, he almost blew up a plane. source
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08 Jan 2010 08:59

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Biz: December’s job outlook not so rosy, but not catastrophic, either

  • -85k number of jobs that were lost in December
  • 10% level of unemployment – it’s staying steady
  • +4k number of jobs ADDED in November (?!?!) source
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08 Jan 2010 08:53

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Biz: Polaroid: Once dead, now letting Lady Gaga play with the corpse

Just think, if Polaroid had actually harnessed Outkast’s “Hey Ya” seven years ago like it should have, we wouldn’t see this hat. source
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