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Not schadenfreude at all…

Some have suggested that the recent discovery that both South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford and Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign were having extra-marital affairs would be schadenfreude (joy at the suffering of others), and I have to disagree. Likewise, the exposure of New York Democratic Governor Elliot Spitzer’s visits with prostitutes is no [...]

Sullivan on why Iran matters

This essay/posting by Andrew Sullivan is a must read on why the events happening in Iran right now are so important to the whole world:
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish
It is worth reading in it’s entirety. Freedom is not a gift that can be given and democracy is not something that can be forced on someone. Both have [...]

Impressed with resilience of internet

As the current regime in Iran tries to shutdown the internet and new media methods of communication, it has been very impressive just how difficult it is to silence the people. The internet, even in a centralized theocracy, is profoundly resilient and able to work around various specific links being cut. The people [...]

Complete failure of the mainstream media

So Iran’s election appears to be rigged. It looks like Mousavi won by a very large margin, and that Ahmadinejad came in a very distant third place (eg: only 5.69 million votes to over 19 million for Mousavi and well over 13 million for Karoubi); and that despite the obviously clear to the public [...]

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Reminder for Virginia Voters; Primary Election June 9th

That is tomorrow folks, if you are registered to vote, go vote.

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About the current flu scare

I just wanted to share this link that puts things into perspective:
http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDBlog=76
Yes this outbreak, which is less lethal than the normal influenza we have in the United States every day has pushed aside all the breaking news of Bush and Cheney’s authorization and endorsement of the use of torture to falsely implicate Iraq in the [...]

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Save the Rich! Tea-baggers explained…

So after weeks of Faux News media hype and pushing of these events, after millions spent advertising and preparing for the “Tea Parties” – only a few hundred show up at most parties and a few thousand at a few. Furthermore, the participants appeared to have difficulty staying on message and stating any facts [...]

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Lots of technology news today

As expected, Apple had their iPhone SDK event today where they announced version 3.0 for iPhone and iPod touches is coming this Summer (developers can get the beta SDK today). It will cost $9.95 for iPod touch owners, and it’s free for iPhone owners (probably subsidized by the subscription revenue from your phone [...]

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Wow, new Mac Mini is much better

The new Apple Mac Mini is much better than previous models. It’s improvements are subtle, and anyone making a quick glance might miss the changes, but here is a summary:

The switch from embedded Intel graphics to NVIDIA GeForce 9400M is a huge energy savings; the new Mini uses only half the power of the [...]

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Interesting read in NY Times about Apple’s ITMS and Music Labels

Sorry it’s in the cookies heavy NT Times website, but it is interesting reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/business/media/02apple.html
My favorite bit is the very last line:
‘Mr. Card of Forrester, however, has a different take. “If it weren’t for Apple, God knows how bad the music industry would be,” he said.’
I’d no idea what ratios the money was being divided up [...]

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