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27 Jul 2010 10:01

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Politics: Unlucky Tea Partiers in Oregon unfamiliar with 4chan

A very unfortunate chain of events for the Oregon Tea Party, who shut down their Facebook page and closed off their Web site after 4chan got a hold of this. source
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27 Jul 2010 09:46

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Music: Posted without comment: Klaxons’ “Surfing the Void” album cover

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27 Jul 2010 09:41

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U.S.: Illegal immigrants in Arizona trying to get out ahead of new law

  • Everyone is selling up the little they have and leaving. We have no alternative. They have us cornered.
  • Mexico-born Illegal immigrant Wendi Villasenor • Describing her upcoming move to Pennsylvania from Arizona. The attempt to drive more than 400,000 immigrants out of the state, which becomes law in two days, has led to a mass exodus of people in the state, many holding makeshift garage sales and either looking to go back to Mexico or elsewhere in the U.S., though a few are taking their chances. source
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27 Jul 2010 09:24

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Culture: Luckiest man alive finds Ansel Adams photos worth $200 million

Rick Norsigian, a garage sale hunter, bought this negative (and many others) for about $45 a decade ago. He negotiated down from $70. They’re worth far more. source
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27 Jul 2010 09:14

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U.S.: Bell, California’s highly-paid city council no longer highly-paid

  • 90% decrease in pay for many well-paid members source
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27 Jul 2010 09:08

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World: Ouch: David Cameron compares Gaza to “prison camp”

  • The situation in Gaza has to change. Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.
  • British Prime Minister David Cameron • Using harsh language to describe the situation in the Palestine-occupied area. He also had not-nice-things to say about the flotilla attack. “I have told prime minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu we will expect the Israeli inquiry to be swift, transparent and rigorous,” he said. “Let me also be clear that the situation in Gaza has to change.” source
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27 Jul 2010 08:59

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Tech: Apple’s Magic Trackpad: For desktop users feeling left out

This wasn’t TOTALLY unexpected. In fact, the rumor mill had been suggesting this very idea for months – a trackpad for desktops. Neat. (Oh, iMacs also got a refresh.) source
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27 Jul 2010 08:49

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Biz: BP’s quarterly losses huge – hey, just like the oil spill!

  • $17.2 billion the size of BP’s quarterly loss, their first since the oil spill
  • $32.2 billion the size of the pretax charge they took due to the oil spill source
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26 Jul 2010 23:27

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Politics: Old media having a hard time keeping up with those Web kiddies

  • There are more tools than ever to check things out, but once things start flying at light speed as it did with Sherrod, nobody seems able to hit the pause button.
  • Politicifact.com editor Bill Adair • Regarding the speed of the news cycle and how quickly it can flip. The best example of this is how, at the beginning of last week, The Washington Post made a bold bid to grab the week’s news cycle with their “Top Secret America” series, only to have it quickly pushed aside by Andrew Breitbart and Tucker Carlson, who each scored cycle-grabbing headlines with much less work and much bigger payoff. And unlike the Post’s meticulously-checked series, some of the info Breitbart in particular had was straight-up wrong. And now this Wikileaks story proves it even more – the Web can own the news cycle far more easily than old-school media. And the old-school media, for good and bad, has to play catch-up. source
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26 Jul 2010 21:11

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Tech: The Library of Congress made iPhone jailbreakers’ collective days

  • yes They’re now allowing people to legally jailbreak their spiffy phones without fear of retribution. iPhone users win.
  • no That doesn’t mean Apple has to make it easy for you to jailbreak it. They can still void your warranty.
  • yes They’ve also made cracking and ripping DVDs totally legal, and expanded unlocking rights. source
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