Daily Archives: October 26, 2012


Just as political correctness has done from the left, the continuous right-wing ranting… 1

Just as political correctness has done from the left, the continuous right-wing ranting about a left-wing media bias over the past couple of decades has been all about creating a chilling effect. When people are afraid of criticism, they don't need to be censored.

Reshared post from +Dan Gillmor

If Obama had done anything remotely this slimy, Fox "News" and the rest of the right-wing press wouldn't stop shouting about it. But hardly any of the so-called liberal media are giving it even a second glance, largely, I believe, because they're afraid of being called partisan. 

October Surprise: Romney may have screwed over his friend’s ex-wife
Romnney created a special class of stock as a favor to a friend who wanted to keep the money from his ex-wife

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Everybody wants economic growth, but it appears that consumer borrowing can only…

Everybody wants economic growth, but it appears that consumer borrowing can only finance so much growth. People need to actually have real incomes that they can spend on goods and services in order to have sustainable growth.

Reshared post from +Arianna Huffington

New study: "An outsized financial sector expansion can actually reduce economic growth…" 

Are the big banks winning?
The big banks pay lip-service to the goals of Dodd-Frank — but they’re mounting bitter, rearguard actions in federal courts to block meaningful constraints and regulations on procedural and other gro…

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Four and a half years ago, I went on a marathon five day trip with Audi for the launch…

Four and a half years ago, I went on a marathon five day trip with Audi for the launch of the then-new A4 Avant. Along the way, we drove in two countries, stayed in 3 different hotels in different cities, passed through 5 airports in 4 countries and visited the Neckarsulm factory that produces the might R8.

Unfortunately the only part we missed was some autobahn seat time in the R8

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/06/first-drive-2008-audi-a4-on-the-autobahn-and-in-ibiza/
http://green.autoblog.com/2008/04/05/first-drive-2008-audi-a4-3-0-tdi-quattro/

Autoblog visits the Audi R8 factory in Neckarsulm, Germany
Click above to view more high-res shots of the R8 under constructionThis week Audi invited a group of American journalists to Europe to sample the newest

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Ahh! So this explains the real reason that Apple chose not include NFC in the latest… 2

Ahh! So this explains the real reason that Apple chose not include NFC in the latest version of the iPhone. Given Apple and Steve Jobs long-time aversion to adult content in i-devices, it's no wonder they didn't want to encourage this kind of activity.

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These totally incoherent and inconsistent rulings by the library of Congress illustrate… 2

These totally incoherent and inconsistent rulings by the library of Congress illustrate the dangers of the corporatacracy we now live in where companies with a vested financial interest define laws that affect all of us. There is no reason why it should be illegal to to jailbreak or unlock any mobile device regardless screen size

Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets
Arbitrary rulings illustrate fundamental brokenness of the DMCA.

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