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17 Mar 2010 10:56

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U.S.: Did Dennis Kucinich change his mind on the health care bill?

  • YES but will it be enough for
    the Democrats? source
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17 Mar 2010 10:52

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World: Dear Thai protesters: Your use of blood is gross. Stop it.

We’ve strategically cropped this photo in a way that you can’t see the blood. We can only think of two or three things grosser than blood to throw in protest. source
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17 Mar 2010 10:41

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Tech: Oops. Someone forgot to register “Nexus One” as a trademark

  • The U.S. Patent and trademark Office denied Google’s mark. Seems Google was so busy selling its powerful cell phone online only (and hurting its bottom line) that they forgot to come up with a name that wasn’t registered by someone else. In the case of the Nexus One, Integra Telecom registered a similar name a year before Google released the phone. Google can appeal the decision, pay Integra Telecom money or (our favorite) change the name of the phone. All in all, a lot of fun, undesirable options. source
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17 Mar 2010 10:27

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U.S.: Auctioning off votes? Meg Whitman leads Jerry Brown in Ca. Gov. race

  • 46% support the former eBay chief executive in the governor race
  • 43% support the current California Attorney General
  • 11% support the pollster not asking so many questions source
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17 Mar 2010 10:20

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World: Turkey’s PM tries to remind Armenians who’s the boss

  • 170,000 the number of Armenians currently living in Turkey
  • 100,000 Armenians could be forced out for living there illegally
  • » Why them, why now? It’s a purely political statement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey’s upset that the U.S. and Swedish governments are pushing to label the atrocities Turks enacted on Armenians during World War I as genocide. The two countries have a fragile diplomacy going on, and while Turkey has let the Armenians peacefully live in Turkey, it’s something that could be taken away. source
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17 Mar 2010 09:22

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U.S.: Bush’s U.S./Mexico border security just got dumped for Obama’s

  • Not only do we have an obligation to secure our borders, we have a responsibility to do so in the most cost effective way possible.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano • On her decision to take $50 billion away from the controversial Bush-era Secure Border Initiative and use it to buy proven off-the-shelf technology that does the same thing. Napolitano is also freezing most other SBI money and creating a great opportunity for the right to say that she’s soft on illegal immigration. This outghta be fun. source
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17 Mar 2010 09:14

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World: Five American terror suspects charged in Pakistan

The five suspects, all college-age kids from the D.C. area, could face life in prison for the terror charges on which they were nailed. Sucks to be them. source
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17 Mar 2010 09:07

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U.S.: Where do we stand on health care swing votes today?

  • 39 Democrats voted against the original House health-care vote back in November
  • 27 Dems plan to vote against the latest iteration, leaving just 11 votes of wiggle room
  • five announced their intentions to vote against the health care bill just yesterday source
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17 Mar 2010 08:56

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Tech: Microsoft takes a cue from Apple, not Clippy, on new phones

  • NO Windows Phone 7 Series won’t have cut and paste source
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17 Mar 2010 08:50

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Politics: Mitch McConnell’s fundamental strategy: Don’t let Dems win

His words: “If the proponents of the bill were able to say it was bipartisan, it tended to convey to the public that this is O.K., they must have figured it out.” source
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