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31 Mar 2011 12:42

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World: Woman rushes, stops Assad’s car after speech

  • Quite stunning video: Brought to you by Al Jazeera English, a video taken just following Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s defiant and surprising speech yesterday. There’s a bit to follow, here: Assad waves to the crowd, then gets into his car which begins slowly driving, flanked by personnel on all sides. A woman rushes over, brandishing what what appears to be a paper that is snatched away by one of the personnel, but this interruption causes a chaotic reaction of people surging towards the car. Then, the feed cuts out, and instead shows jarringly contrasted overhead shots of a city with jaunty music, presumably to prevent this from inflaming the citizenry. source
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12 Feb 2010 09:24

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Politics: Apparently, the Senate Democrats are a bunch of pansies

  • Grassley and three to four Republicans would have voted for it, but all the other Republicans would have beaten the living ^&%$ out of us [during the 2010 midterms], claiming the bill was too bloated.
  • A random Democrat who supported Harry Reid’s decision • Regarding the jobs bill that was cut by $70 billion. You guys are @(&@(@(. Get a backbone and call us later. Do you think FDR would’ve done something like this, knowing how badly the country needed it? It’s a jobs bill. $15 billion does not help create jobs. $85 billion does. What’s the point of having a majority if you’re not going to use it? source
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20 Nov 2009 10:58

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Biz: Fortunately, not every CEO is a scrooge when it comes to jobs

  • If last year was the worst of it, we survived its best punch and are still fighting. With [businesses] like us, it’s not about the exact unemployment rate – it’s about how many people are worried about losing their jobs. And the latter has definitely come down.
  • Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz • Describing his decision to completely kill his $840,000 salary in 2009 – and knock executive pay by 10% or more – to prevent major layoffs. Katz plans to slowly revert back once the recession dies down – except he’ll cut his only salary by 15%. Awesome. • source
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23 Sep 2009 22:42

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Tech: Wii think you should know the Wii is getting a Wii bit cheaper.

  • $199 for the Wii (20% cheaper!), starting this Sunday source
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17 Sep 2009 20:49

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Tech: Duh: Price Snow Leopard at $29, and people buy it in droves

  • $100 the decrease in price from Leopard (Mac OSX 10.5) to Snow Leopard (Mac OSX 10.6)
  • 2x as many people bought 10.6 than 10.5 at launch; the number is 4x more than 10.4, too source
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27 Jul 2009 10:36

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Biz: Verizon goes more wireless, cuts ties to landline workers en masse

  • 8,000 landline workers are getting let loose source
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09 Jun 2009 09:49

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Biz: Boston Globe workers: Say no to a pay cut, get a much bigger one

  • -8.4% Amount the New York Times Company wanted to cut their pay, per agreement by the union’s guild.
  • -23% Amount the company plans to cut their pay after they turned down the agreement. That’s super-lame. source
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05 Jun 2009 10:46

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Offbeat, Tech: The Palm Pre is pretty awesome, but can it cut the cheese?

Palm Pre Cuts the Cheese from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

  • The answer, according to this video that uses Bryan Adams amazingly, is yes. It can cut the cheese. Want a slice? source
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10 Apr 2009 10:56

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U.S.: Live in San Jose? Know who cut some fiber optic lines?

  • four different places had their lines cut, cutting off phone and Internet service to thousands
  • $100,000 the reward being offered by AT&T for information leading to an arrest and conviction source
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05 Mar 2009 10:13

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Sports: Someone’s going T.O. be unemployed in Dallas

Ah, Terrell, you were just too much for the Cowboys. And, uh, well, everyone else. source
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