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Abramoff gets 4 years prison in corruption scandal

Found 16 hours, 45 minutes, and 43 seconds ago on

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Jack Abramoff, the once powerful lobbyist at the heart of a far-reaching political corruption scandal, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by a judge who said the case had shattered the public's confidence in government. Abramoff, who fought back tears as he declared himself ...

Sights and sounds at the RNC

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Found 1 day, 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 20 seconds ago

Check out The Washington Times' photo gallery, video and other media by clicking at www.washingtontimes.com/media/interactives/.

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NFL Opener Has McCain Campaign Leery of Delay-of-Game Penalty

Found 22 hours, 43 minutes, and 57 seconds ago on

washingtonpost.com

Hurricane Gustav blew away the opening night of the Republican National Convention on Monday. Now Republicans are warily eyeing a man-made event -- the NFL season opener between the Redskins and Giants -- hoping that it won't complicate the convention's climax tonight.

McCain Or Redskins?

gawker.com

Found 17 hours, 1 minute, and 39 seconds ago

Why is Cindy McCain speaking so slowly and making everyone at the Republican Convention pull embarrassed faces right now? Probably because there are two minutes and God-knows-how-many time-outs and commercial breaks left on the NFL season opener, threatening to keep red-blooded, football-loving Republicans and right-leaning Democrats away from John McCain 's climactic speech, just as was feared . Go long, Cindy, go long! [via Wonkette ]

St. Pauli Girl

tomwatson.typepad.com

Found 17 hours, 11 minutes, and 35 seconds ago

Like many political junkies, I flipped to the cable talkies tonight in between plays in the Giants game to see what the post-convention GOP bounce might look like in the epic Obama-Palin contest that holds a nation in leg-shivering sway. But what's this? Is there some kind of post-convention rules committee gathering in St.

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townhall.com

Found 22 hours, 43 minutes, and 55 seconds ago

The NFL initially scheduled the beginning of the NFL season to begin as Senator McCain was giving his speech tonight. NBC and the NFL relented and agreed to start the game at 7pm so the game would have a chance to finish before McCain takes the stage shortly after 10pm.

A night for senility, sarcasm, and stupid smirks (at the RNC)

the-reaction.blogspot.com

Found 17 hours, 1 minute, and 21 seconds ago

That would be tonight, with McCain set to go on sometime after the NFL season opener (maybe).

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Tumbltape Mashes Up Muxtape and Tumblr

Found 21 hours, 56 minutes, and 32 seconds ago on

readwriteweb.com

The demise of Muxtape, the popular mixtape service, clearly left a void on the Internet that a number of new companies are now trying to fill. Most clones, from 8tracks to the self-hosted OpenTape , have followed the Muxtape model very closely. ...

Social Space Station

socialspacestation.com

Found 17 hours, 15 minutes, and 14 seconds ago

Tumbltape Mashes Up Muxtape and Tumblr | ReadWriteWeb

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Chrome: 1% Market Share In Less Than a Day

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readwriteweb.com

While the early release of the Chrome comic might have changed the way Google went about launching its new browser, it definitely did not hurt Chrome 's early success. According to data from Net Applications , Chrome captured more than 1% of the browser market within its first day of release. ...

1% Market Share In Less Than a Day

phreak20.soup.io

Found 23 hours, 29 minutes, and 38 seconds ago

Chrome: 1% Market Share In Less Than a Day

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webmonkey.com

Found 21 hours, 28 minutes, and 30 seconds ago

A scant 72 hours after its release, Google Chrome has captured roughly 1.5% of the browser share on the web. According to data from Net Applications , the browser entered the charts mid-day Tuesday, quickly building a 0.5% share as early adopters downloaded it and surfed around. It's been averaging around 1% ever since, topping out at over 1.5% during peak hours. A quick check of our stats shows that roughly 0.6% of Webmonkey visitors on Wednesday were using Chrome. That's lower than what Net Applications is reporting, but we tend to see more Mac and Linux users than the web at large, and Chrome is Windows only.

1% Market Share In Less Than a Day

6ixpassions.com

Found 21 hours, 28 minutes, and 37 seconds ago

Chrome: 1% Market Share In Less Than a Day

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jimrock.tumblr.com

Found 17 hours, 5 minutes, and 34 seconds ago

Chrome: 1% Market Share In Less Than a Day

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Ex-Bengal plans a recruiting visit

Found 21 hours, 6 minutes, and 17 seconds ago on

signonsandiego.com

Willie Anderson was leaving Baltimore yesterday afternoon even as his agent awaited a contract proposal from the Chargers. The 12-year veteran right tackle, released by the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday, is comparison shopping. Terry Bolar said his client has narrowed his choices to the Chargers, Bucs ...

Thursday afternoon Links and Notes II

cincyjungle.com

Found 21 hours, 6 minutes, and 23 seconds ago

Willie Anderson's agent is awaiting a contract proposal from the Chargers . However, this blog says that the awesomest former Bengals right tackle will be visiting Tampa Bay Thursday . Sorry mate, but if either Chad or Houshmandzadeh, the Bengals won't die . That's why the visionary Mike Brown signed Chris Henry. See, he knows what he's doing (that's dripping sarcasm, by the way). Deltha O'Neal was shocked after being cut from the Bengals , but thrilled to be on the Patriots. I don't doubt it.

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US lobbyist jailed for corruption

Found 15 hours, 18 minutes, and 56 seconds ago on

news.bbc.co.uk

Former US political lobbyist Jack Abramoff is jailed for four years in a corruption case that shook Washington.

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newster.net

Found 21 hours, 12 minutes, and 18 seconds ago

News source: BBC News world

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Blender: Tupac is the Most Overrated Artist Ever

Found 22 hours, 26 minutes, and 7 seconds ago on

nahright.com

Oh man, I hope Blender's irate hip-hop fan terrorism insurance is all paid up. Because 'Pac stans are going to pillage and burn that building when they hear about this shit. Reuters reports : LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dead rapper Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, the hip-hop icon who sold more records after ...

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cameronr.tumblr.com

Found 16 hours, 44 minutes, and 34 seconds ago

Blender: Tupac is the Most Overrated Artist Ever

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Comcast's Courtroom Drama Begins

Found 17 hours, 15 minutes, and 17 seconds ago on

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Comcast's Courtroom Drama Begins

PC Makers Give Storage Startups a Boost

Found 17 hours, 16 minutes, and 14 seconds ago on

gigaom.com

On Sunday, I wrote that online back-up services are much in demand from consumers who are worried about their digital data. David Friend, CEO of Carbonite, told us that he wouldn't be surprised that in a few years "almost every PC is going to ship with online backup built-in. Premium services will be ...

Palin Accuses 'Obama/Biden Democrats' of Attacking Her Family, But Campaign Can't Name One

Found 17 hours, 27 minutes, and 32 seconds ago on

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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sent out a fundraising solicitation today that charged that "the Obama/Biden Democrats have been vicious in their attacks directed toward me, my family and John McCain." I asked spokespeople of the McCain campaign and the Republican. ...

Playing the victim

washingtonmonthly.com

Found 18 hours, 37 minutes, and 44 seconds ago

PLAYING THE VICTIM.... Forget the voters in general, the McCain campaign doesn't even respect its own donors . Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sent out a fundraising solicitation today that charged that "the Obama/Biden Democrats have been vicious in their attacks directed toward me, my family and John McCain." I asked spokespeople of the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee just which "Obama/Biden Democrats" they're referring to. The response I got was that Obama spokesman Mark Bubriski erroneously attacked Palin as a supporter of Pat Buchanan.

Talking Points Memo

talkingpointsmemo.com

Found 17 hours, 28 minutes, and 19 seconds ago

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Compare and contrast

thisbetheblog.wordpress.com

Found 17 hours, 27 minutes, and 20 seconds ago

John McCain, 1998 : "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." Barack Obama, 2008 : "I have said before, and I will repeat again: People's families are off-limits," Obama said. "And people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. So I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18, and how a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn't be a topic of our politics.

"Angry PTA Mom"

blog.macleans.ca

Found 17 hours, 27 minutes, and 19 seconds ago

That is one reaction to Sarah Palin's speech that I keep hearing from her critics while doing several hours of radio talk this morning. Now that I've seen some of the TV clips of her speech, I can see that she came across as harsher and more sarcastic on TV (especially with close-ups of some of her facial expressions) than she did in the screaming and cheering hall. Critics today are painting her as mean and extreme . So far today she's keeping up last night's aggressive approach. She accused "Obama-Biden Democrats" of attacking her family -- despite the fact that Obama explicitly said the family was off-limits.

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Cloverleaf GSoC 2008 Final Report

Found 17 hours, 28 minutes, and 27 seconds ago on

edropple.com

Well, this is somewhat (and by "somewhat" I mean "really, really") late, but I figured I had to get it out the door, since Miguel has a blog post chatting about it and I want to mooch some hits off him. All of the individual functionality mentioned in that post works, for at least nontrivial values of ...

Using Visual Studio to Debug Mono

tirania.org

Found 17 hours, 33 minutes, and 12 seconds ago

In addition to this work to integrate Visual Studio with Mono for remote debugging, thanks to the Summer of Code (Ed Ropple) and Jonathan Pobst's work in this hack week we got some support to run applications on Mono/Windows and run our Mono Migration Analysis tool. Jonathan's work is available today as an MSI, check out his post for more details . You can also check Ed's summer of code report on CloverLeaf.

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planetsuse.org

Found 15 days, 5 hours, 57 minutes, and 20 seconds ago

In addition to this work to integrate Visual Studio with Mono for remote debugging, thanks to the Summer of Code (Ed Ropple) and Jonathan Pobst's work in this hack week we got some support to run applications on Mono/Windows and run our Mono Migration Analysis tool. Jonathan's work is available today as an MSI, check out his post for more details . You can also check Ed's summer of code report on CloverLeaf.

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Food for Monkeys

Found 17 hours, 28 minutes, and 41 seconds ago on

foodformonkeys.blogspot.com

The debugger integration in MonoDevelop is progressing, lots of work in the past weeks. Also, when starting a debug session, invalid breakpoints (e. This mixed view is not supported in MDB, due to limitations in the API (for MDB, dissassembly without source code will be shown).

Using Visual Studio to Debug Mono

tirania.org

Found 17 hours, 33 minutes, and 12 seconds ago

In addition to this work to integrate Visual Studio with Mono for remote debugging, thanks to the Summer of Code (Ed Ropple) and Jonathan Pobst's work in this hack week we got some support to run applications on Mono/Windows and run our Mono Migration Analysis tool. Jonathan's work is available today as an MSI, check out his post for more details . You can also check Ed's summer of code report on CloverLeaf.

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planetsuse.org

Found 15 days, 5 hours, 57 minutes, and 20 seconds ago

In addition to this work to integrate Visual Studio with Mono for remote debugging, thanks to the Summer of Code (Ed Ropple) and Jonathan Pobst's work in this hack week we got some support to run applications on Mono/Windows and run our Mono Migration Analysis tool. Jonathan's work is available today as an MSI, check out his post for more details . You can also check Ed's summer of code report on CloverLeaf.

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Visual Studio Debugging Extensibility

Found 17 hours, 33 minutes, and 5 seconds ago on

msdn.microsoft.com

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 includes a fully interactive source code debugger, providing a powerful and easy-to-use tool for tracking down bugs in your program. However, with the Visual Studio Debugging SDK, available through the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program, other computer languages ...

Using Visual Studio to Debug Mono

tirania.org

Found 17 hours, 33 minutes, and 12 seconds ago

In addition to this work to integrate Visual Studio with Mono for remote debugging, thanks to the Summer of Code (Ed Ropple) and Jonathan Pobst's work in this hack week we got some support to run applications on Mono/Windows and run our Mono Migration Analysis tool. Jonathan's work is available today as an MSI, check out his post for more details . You can also check Ed's summer of code report on CloverLeaf.

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planetsuse.org

Found 15 days, 5 hours, 57 minutes, and 20 seconds ago

In addition to this work to integrate Visual Studio with Mono for remote debugging, thanks to the Summer of Code (Ed Ropple) and Jonathan Pobst's work in this hack week we got some support to run applications on Mono/Windows and run our Mono Migration Analysis tool. Jonathan's work is available today as an MSI, check out his post for more details . You can also check Ed's summer of code report on CloverLeaf.

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Lockheed demos AI-based roboforce command tech

Found 21 hours, 57 minutes, and 52 seconds ago on

theregister.co.uk

US aerospace colossus Lockheed Martin says it has taken an important step towards the inevitable rebellion of heavily armed, highly intelligent slaughter machines bent on the elimination of humanity. (We're paraphrasing the company release, obviously.)

Humanity is set on destroying itself.

dejafoo.net

Found 21 hours, 57 minutes, and 57 seconds ago

Autonomous Robots put in charge of unmanned robotic systems. It looks like Lockheed Martin, ( Lockheed Martin's other past successes ) has developed a system of robots that are capable of controlling weapons systems. Unmanned weapons systems like UAVs.

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planetatheism.com

Found 25 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes, and 10 seconds ago

Sci-fi is fine as a genre. You'll get no arguments against it from me, if you are thinking about comics or books or movies or TV series. Even the conventions and action figures and Klingon costume-wearing are endearing. But I draw the line at turning the real-world into the Matrix IV. (II was poor enough.) Lockheed Labs and other military tech giants have an longterm project to bring art into life by creating battle droids. The register has an ongoing thread, Rise of the Machines, that puts the battletech news in the public domain, in a tongue-in-cheek way.

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atheistramblings.net

Found 21 hours, 57 minutes, and 56 seconds ago

- Lockheed demos AI-based roboforce command tech | The Register (via codery ) I -Infallible C- Complete A - And R - Running U - User S - Software I remember this for a book entitled something like "The Devil's IT dictionary".

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blog.codery.com

Found 21 hours, 57 minutes, and 55 seconds ago

- Lockheed demos AI-based roboforce command tech | The Register

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Matthew 25 Network

Found 17 hours, 33 minutes, and 47 seconds ago on

salsa.wiredforchange.com

If you watched Governor Sarah Palin's address to the Republican National Convention last night, we're sure you were as disappointed as we were in the tenor and content of the speech. As Christians, we are called to be respectful and loving toward our neighbors, honoring their intentions even if we disagree. ...

Even Some Christians Have a Problem with Sarah Palin

friendlyatheist.com

Found 17 hours, 33 minutes, and 51 seconds ago

The progressive Christian group Matthew 25 Network put out a press release calling on Palin to be kinder, more honest, and -- in so many words -- "more Christian": The Matthew 25 Network is extremely disappointed in Sarah Palin's address last night at the Republican National Convention. We call on her not as a political figure but as a prominent Christian, and representative of Christ to the world, to commit herself to campaigning in good faith, with love and respect for her political opponents and a strong commitment to truth-telling.

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atheismcentral.tumblr.com

Found 17 hours, 33 minutes, and 42 seconds ago

While it's easy to think all Christians are fawning over Sarah Palin , not all of them are huge fans. The progressive Christian group Matthew 25 Network put out a press release calling on Palin…

TDad's Purr and Roar

tdad.blogspot.com

Found 16 hours, 33 minutes, and 28 seconds ago

I wasn't gonna get into our sister Sarah Palin's speech, but I've been thinking about it all day from a Christian perspective. When my friends at Matthew 25 Network put forward this statement , I thought I'd publicize it. I've reproduced it below. And the Associated Press is kind enough to point out the specific lies reflected in both Governor Palin's speech and those of other speakers at the the Republican National Convention. Judge for yourself.

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Culpepper, unable to catch on as free agent, retires at age 31

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Daunte Culpepper, unable to land a starting or backup job this offseason, announced his retirement at the age of 31. "After taking a long look at my career and my personal convictions, I have decided to begin early retirement from the NFL effective immediately," Culpepper said in an e-mail. "I have ...

Godspeed, Daunte

stevesilver.net

Found 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 28 seconds ago

News Item: Daunte Culpepper retires from NFL Daunte had an excellent run for several years as the Vikings' starting quarterback, but it all came to an extremely abrupt end with his weak start in '05, leading up to an injury in which he tore three knee ligaments. He was never the same after that, and wound up his career with the Dolphins and then the Raiders. Culpepper may in fact be the best Vikes QB of my lifetime (none of the '80s or '90s guys, other than Gannon, stayed for more than a year or two), and I honestly feel horrible about the way his career turned out.

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fittedsweats.blogspot.com

Found 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 17 seconds ago

Since I was not given a fair chance to come in and compete for a job, I would rather move on and win in other arenas of life.

Daunte Culpepper and some inconvenient truths

neatesager.blogspot.com

Found 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 21 seconds ago

There should be outrage (well, not as much as Culpepper would like to see, but some ) that the NFL season is starting tonight without a quarterback who could be starting for a few teams and helping out a few more as a backup. Instead, there's this : "I would rather shut the door to such 'opportunity' than continue to wait for one of my fellow quarterbacks to suffer a serious injury. Since I was not given a fair chance to come in and compete for a job, I would rather move on and win in other arenas of life.

NFL QB Daunte Culpepper announces his retirement

sports.outsidethebeltway.com

Found 22 hours, 46 minutes, and 21 seconds ago

In the NFL since 1999, Culpepper last played for the Oakland Raiders. From AP - Daunte Culpepper, unable to land a starting or backup job this offseason, announced his retirement at the age of 31. Culpepper had one-year offers from the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason for backup jobs, but didn't find those offers suitable. Though his surgically reconstructed knee was healthy and his arm still strong during visits to those teams, Culpepper decided to end his career. "After taking a long look at my career and my personal convictions, I have decided to begin early retirement from the NFL effective immediately," Culpepper said in an e-mail.

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Housing Downturn Catches Up With Corning

Found 18 hours, 30 minutes, and 53 seconds ago on

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My current 32-inch Olevia is about to be retired and replaced by a newer, shiner version. I was surprised how cheap the Sharp LCDs have become. For the second time this year, my Zenith 50″ plasma shocked me with a loud "POP" followed by a missing picture.

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web2.commongate.com

Found 18 hours, 30 minutes, and 58 seconds ago

Via GigaOM

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Take-Two swings to profit on 'Grand Theft Auto IV'

Found 18 hours, 31 minutes, and 23 seconds ago on

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Fed officials differ on inflation outlook

MarchForYourCountry.com Launches Informative Web Site Designed to Get Americans Involved in Their Energy Future

marketwatch.com

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Fed officials differ on inflation outlook

marketwatch.com

Found 18 hours, 31 minutes, and 36 seconds ago

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Two senior Federal Reserve officials differed sharply Thursday on whether the economic slowdown and the recent drop in the price of oil and other commodities would cool inflation in the months ahead and allow the central bank to avoid raising interest rates. In a luncheon speech ...

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Sunday Night Football Extra

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We have an area dedicated to system requirements just above this FAQs section. There you can find information around recommended operating system, browser and our required Adobe Flash Player version. As the live game progresses, our team compiles the most significant plays into short highlight reels, ...

NFL To Stream Redskins

networkingaudiovideo.com

Found 20 hours, 42 minutes, and 44 seconds ago

In July we told you about NBC's plan to stream 17 regular season NFL games. Well, that comes to pass tonight with the opening of the NFL regular season game between the Redskins and the Giants. Be sure to catch it at the link below. Watch at NBCSports.com Read More in: General

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Jon Stewart Annihilates Sarah Palin's Media Surrogates

Found 20 hours, 48 minutes, and 49 seconds ago on

ccinsider.comedycentral.com

I wasn't alive to see Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. I wasn't born yet when The Beatles toured. And I probably won't ever get out to see that Japanese dude eat all them hotdogs. But goddamn, seeing Jon Stewart at his absolute best running circles around cable news douchebags is ...

It came from the nineties (Vol. 35)

canyouseethesunset.com

Found 16 hours, 36 minutes, and 48 seconds ago

I wonder what sort of music Sarah Palin listens to? She's only 44 so that would mean that she was 18 in 1982 so I wonder if she was fan of new-wave, arena-rock, or even

John Stewart on Sarah Palin's GOP supporters

santosreports.wordpress.com

Found 16 hours, 36 minutes, and 45 seconds ago

Click here. Galeng talaga ni John Stewart. -- I think every Filipino worth his salt should find time to watch ABS-CBN's recent documentary regarding the Ninoy assasination, (It is now uploaded on youtube) as well as read F e Zamora's seven-part report on the same topic. I also found Ken Kashiwahara's account on the final moments of Ninoy in the New York Times. Kashiwahara is Ninoy's brother in law and was with him on the plane before Ninoy was gunned down in the tarmac. Please also read Sir Luis Teodoro's recent column, "Heroes.

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Evolving My Work Life

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Earlier this week, when I announced the promotion of Paul Walborsky to CEO of Giga Omni Media, the company I started in 2006, it was part of a plan that was hatched long before I returned to work after my health scare. That plan was to make the company less reliant on any one person -- notably myself. ...

Harry Reid Puts Lieberman On Notice After GOP Convention Speech

Found 21 hours, 4 minutes, and 41 seconds ago on

cnsnews.com

Asked if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was putting Lieberman on notice, Reid spokesman Jim Manley replied: "Without overplaying it, the answer is, yes."