Why AT&T Killed Google Voice

Seeded on Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:40 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Apple has an exclusive deal with AT&T in the U.S., stirring up rumors that AT&T was the one behind Apple rejecting Google Voice. How could AT&T not object? AT&T clings to the old business of charging for voice calls in minutes.

technology, att, monopolies, iphone, google-voice

Caught on Tape: Intoxicated N.C. Rep. taunts opponent after election victory

Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 11:09 PM EST (thetimesnews.com)

"Cary's ridiculous," Vines said Wednesday. "He called me at 12:30 (a.m.)" after the election. "He said I ran a great campaign and said I lost. Vines said Allred called back at 1 a.m. to wish him "Merry Christmas." Vines said Allred sounded as if he had been drinking.

entertainment, north-carolina, burlington, nc-house, allred, nc-rep, cary-allred, henry-vines, alamance

Blackwater Preps for Hurricane Gustav

Seeded on Mon Sep 1, 2008 11:42 AM EDT (Wired News)

But perhaps the most startling call for forces comes from Blackwater, the controversial prviate security contractor.

katrina, new-orleans, us-news, blackwater, gustav, hurrican

'Bush Damaged America's Image Around the World'

Seeded on Mon Jun 9, 2008 8:16 AM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

German politicians from both the ruling coalition and the opposition are taking aim at outgoing US President George W. Bush ahead of his week-long farewell trip to Europe. The Iraq war, Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib have damaged America's reputation, they say.

bush, guantanamo, politics, merkel, iraq-war, abu-ghraib, lame-duck

The Madness of Ben Bernanke

Seeded on Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:50 PM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

The dollar is in a tailspin, the trade deficit is growing and a recession is on the horizon. The American way of life is in serious danger. But the head of the Federal Reserve keeps on pumping easy credit into the system -- a crazy policy that will worsen the crisis.

politics, ben-bernanke, alan-greenspan, depression, recession, us-economy, us-debt, siegfried-roy

Lame Duck Bush with Lame Duck Putin on the Black Sea

Seeded on Mon Apr 7, 2008 11:03 AM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

In 2001, US President George W.

bush, politics, black-sea, putin, lame-duck

Why is the Bush government intent on casting 'eco-terrorists' as public enemy number one?

Seeded on Thu Apr 3, 2008 9:08 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

"We all know that intelligence agencies regularly plant stories to discredit people that the White House doesn't like.

terrorism, politics, green, eco-terrorism

Dith Pran: A study in bravery

Seeded on Tue Apr 1, 2008 7:28 PM EDT (Canada.com)

Dith Pran, on whose story the film The Killing Fields was based, did what he could to slow the fading of that memory.

cambodia, world-news, killing-fields, pol-pot, dith-pron

Europe Waits Out the Bush Administration

Seeded on Tue Apr 1, 2008 6:38 PM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

At their summit in Bucharest this week NATO member states are expected to squabble over Afghanistan, missile defense and eastern expansion. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in particular, is playing for time -- and pinning her hopes on a new US administration.

nato, post-bush

Iraq Fighting Underscores Surge Failure

Seeded on Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:06 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

The decision by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to launch a fresh offensive against the militias has shattered a nine month ceasefire. More than 200 people have been killed and US policy has been thrown into confusion

iraq, politics, surge, al-maliki

McCain would not be covered under McCain's health plan

Seeded on Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:59 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential contender John Edwards, said she and John McCain have one thing in common: "Neither one of us would be covered by his health policy."

politics, healthcare, mccain, elizabeth-edwards

Rush out and get your "Operation Chaos" baseball cap

Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:30 PM EDT

I hate to even advertise this, but you have to see it to believe it. Rush Limbaugh's website is actually selling baseball caps promoting his voter fraud initiative "Operation Chaos". Here's the description: Use your head! Put on an Operation Chaos baseball cap.

Continue reading this entry ...

politics, limbaugh, voter-fraud, operation-chaos

Smoking tortoise found in China

Seeded on Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:11 PM EDT (Raw Story)

A tortoise that smokes and appears to be addicted to nicotine has been discovered in China's northeastern province of Jilin, state media reported on Thursday.

odd-news, tortoise, smoking-pet

The most Tone Deaf Human in the world

Seeded on Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:15 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

The person that we Americans are forced to admit, under our breath, is actually the President of the United States of America, once again opened his ignorant mouth regarding a matter of such importance that even his myriad screw ups somehow pale in comparison to his latest comple …

bush, politics, 4000-soldiers-dead

I Thought The Banks Were Broke!

Seeded on Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:11 PM EDT (Harper's Magazine)

Despite the feds stepping in to rescue Bear Stearns, the stock market swinging like a yoyo, and the American financial industry is facing a collapse, banking lobbyists still scrape up the money for a huge fundraiser for Senator Pat Roberts of the Finance Committee.

politics, lobbyists, pat-roberts, kansas-senator, bank-lobbyists

The Mythical Iran-AQI Connection

Seeded on Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:04 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Maybe John McCain gets his foreign policy briefings from CNN, or maybe it's vice versa. In any event, CNN's Kyra Phillips was interviewing Gen. David Petraeus today and repeated McCain's gaffe from yesterday, touting a connection between Iran and al Qaeda in Iraq.

politics, iran-aqi, mccain-gaffe, petraues, iran-iraq-connection

McCain's Senior Moment: "Iran Training Al-Qaida"

Seeded on Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:32 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Speaking to reporters in Amman, the Jordanian capital, McCain said he and two Senate colleagues traveling with him continue to be concerned about Iranian operatives "taking al-Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back."

iran, al-qaida, politics, mccain, alzheimers

The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers

Seeded on Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:54 PM EDT (Salon.com)

Are evangelical Republicans who blame America for terrorist attacks and natural disasters -- including a sitting U.S. senator -- as guilty of "anti-Americanism" as Wright is?

politics, obama, wright, pat-robertson, evangelical, falwell, hagee, evangelists

When "Biased" Means "Not Friendly to Industry"

Seeded on Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:33 AM EDT (Center for Media and Democracy)

When corporate insiders accuse scientists of being biased.

politics, exxon-mobil, lobbyists, propaganda, industry-bias

Dodd Defends Our Rights to Privacy

Seeded on Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:48 AM EST (U.S. Senate)

Senator Chris Dodd spoke for 2.5 hours on the Senate floor last night to promote his amendment to the FISA Amendment Act . Dodd's amendement would strike down retroactive immunity for the telecom industry's warrantless and possibly illegal spying on their customers.

privacy, politics, spying, telecoms, fisa, warrentless, dodd