Category: Reading (Page 27 of 35)
I stay away from politics over at Newstechzilla, but I can post stuff like this here, right?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, worried about the fate of The Chronicle and other financially struggling newspapers, urged the Justice Department Monday to consider giving Bay Area papers more leeway to merge or consolidate business operations to stay afloat.
If Twitter George walks through this door, he will kill Facebook George! A George, divided against itself, cannot stand!
Tweetdeck is going to support Facebook. Am I overreacting?
Let the bad economy run off advertisers.
Former pro wrestler found dead in Tampa. I best remember Test from the angle where he was supposed to marry Stephanie McMahon in the ring, but the ceremony was interrupted by a video of her marrying HHH at a drive through chapel.
He was a great performer and will be missed.
George Will‘s got the kind of smarts I wish I had, and not just about baseball either.
The Voting Rights Act was written to protect each individual’s right to vote. Having been twisted to serve group rights — certain groups’ entitlements to win quotas of offices — the law has become emblematic of both the noble flourishing and the ignoble decline of the civil rights movement
Alternate Title–“Always Wear Clean Underwear”
I will one day buy a golf course and do this
Interesting point…plus a slam on the Federal Reserve (of course).
Bank share holders are scared to death of seeing their companies run by the government (don’t get me started on my trip to the post office today), as reflected in their stock prices, so the higher ups have apparently started righting the shitp.
Staying away from a White House appointment is looking like a good way to keep it that way. Obama official on leave after FBI raids.
How cool.
I thought this was an article from The Onion. Then I read it and was convinced it was a joke. Did Nancy Pelosi really say this stuff?
I had to check the URL to make sure it was legit. She doesn’t seem to have any sort of grip on reality.
Well, in my mind anyway. Sam Amundsen, who is one of the engineers quoted in this article, is a friend of mine. He got us into a “closer than the media can get” viewing of a shuttle launch a few years ago, which was awesome!
Discovery’s special delivery fulfills dream.
Here’s our video of that launch…