January 2010
Watchnewsweek:
andrewromano:
President Obama sparred with House Republicans today. Live. Without a teleprompter. For 90 straight minutes. Ambinder reports:
Accepting the invitation to speak at the House GOP retreat may turn out to be the smartest decision the White House has made in months. Debating a law professor is kind of foolish: the Republican House Caucus has managed to turn Obama’s...
“When people ask me what I think of the Obama administration, I have a stock...”
– Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com (via tennroof) (via apsies)
“When Obama talked about “what we did for eight years” that lead to record...”
– Scenes From Inside The Chamber: Shouting About Haiti And Hugs All Around | TPMDC
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“Like the iPhone, the iPad is really a vessel, a tool, a 1.5-pound sack of...”
– The Apple iPad: First Impressions - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
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Apple's Tablet: The Ultimate Red Herring
jacobd:
benjaminstein:
Apple is often compared to and seen as competing with Microsoft and Google, but it’s not a great comparison. While there’s obvious overlap, these three companies are diverging in major ways.
Microsoft is going to continue to rule the corporate environment and will do quite well at it. We use Google Apps at work and from personal experience, it has a shockingly long...
50 Interesting Facts
somethingintellectual:
1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side. 2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. 3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 4. Your tongue is germ...
“Other people’s memories of the stuff in this book might not be the same as mine....”
– Newly Released - Books by Elizabeth Kostova, Ozzy Osbourne, Tracy Chevalier and Others - Review - NYTimes.com
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Game On
newsweek:
Alter, on the SCOTUS ruling that corporations are people too:
The Citizens United case is the Roe v. Wade of the 21st century, only the roles are reversed. Conservatives who bashed liberal judges for “legislating from the bench” and disrespecting precedent are now exposed as unprincipled poseurs. Liberals who grew up depending on courts to protect the public interest must now build a...
“It turns out that the cliché that comics are angry, bitter people deep down is...”
– The TV Watch - Are the Days of Leno, Letterman and O’Brien as Polite Hosts Over? - NYTimes.com
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The 'Devil' Writes Pat Robertson A Letter - The... →
Dear Pat Robertson,
I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action.
But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves...
WatchThe Internet Is Made Of Cats - rathergood.com
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“Even the worst of us in this political mosh pit of the early 21st century can...”
– Keith Olbermann, on Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson
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“The reputation of kosher is stretching beyond chicken, whether there is truth to...”
– For Some, ‘Kosher’ Equals Pure - NYTimes.com
THIS year, for the first time, glatt kosher food will be sold at the Super Bowl.
In an era of heightened concern over food contamination, allergies and the provenance of ingredients, the market for kosher food among non-Jews is setting records.
Only...
“We may not have landed on Plymouth Rock, but our contributions to the Southwest...”
– Texas debates the way history will be taught - washingtonpost.com
I would add contributions to the nation as a whole and not just to the Southwest.