August 2011
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Watchproducermatthew:
Raw video: President Obama says an agreement has been reached between the White House and key GOP leaders over the national debt crisis. [ABC News]
The speech, in video form.
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More on that offensive trending topic we told you...
christinathepanda said: Rumor has it they’re actively censoring the #fuckoffWashington TT, while letting this one go.
» SFB says: If this is the case, may the Gods smite Twitter and its selective, self-serving trending topics. But we need proof of this.
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“The next time someone tries to convince you that feminism is no longer necessary...”
– Jezebel writer Erin Gloria Ryan • Offering a spot-on take for the most tasteless trending topic Twitter’s had in a long time. Hey Twitter, do you pay someone to edit your trending topics for potentially offensive topics, and if so, did they take a day off? Your algorithm does not have a way to...
July 2011
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From the WSJ: A breakdown of the debt-ceiling... →
Here’s the outline of the debt ceiling deal as of now, according to officials on both sides:
$900 billion in the first stage of deficit reduction.
$1.5 trillion in second stage of deficit reduction to be defined by a bipartisan special committee of lawmakers appointed by leaders of the House and Senate.
If the special committee fails to deliver a deficit-cutting package that would trigger...
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Anders Behring Breivik got his Twitter account... →
Sample tweet: We want Anders to be forgotten. Labels like “monster”, or “maniac” won’t do either. Media should call him pathetic; a nothing. #Forgethim (via @BreakingNews)
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“Senator Reid has signed off on the debt-ceiling agreement pending caucus...”
– Reid spokesman, several reports. (via brooklynmutt)
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White House adviser David Plouffe: We don't have a... →
Please don’t force us to hurt ourselves, David. Our skulls can only handle so much head-bashing.
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Somali women, children face constant danger at...
bad Many Somali refugees, struggling to stay alive amid a harrowing drought, have tried leaving the country and heading towards refugee camps in Kenya. The camps are growing by the day.
worse Many of the women at these sprawling refugee camps face the constant danger of rape — even when they’re merely trying to take their children to use the bathroom or gather firewood. source
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“It’s an environmental issue that affects everyone. I mean, who doesn’t love...”
– Sen. Scott Brown • Making a passionate plea for the plight of the seal to the Cape Cod Times. Problem for Scott, though, is that he made this in the wake of a faltering economic recovery and high unemployment — things he used as an excuse to get out of taking part in this “It Gets...
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Know how FoxConn plans to get rid of their pesky... →
Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in three years to cut rising labor expenses and improve efficiency, said Terry Gou, founder and chairman of the company, late Friday.
The robots will be used to do simple and routine work such as spraying, welding and assembling which are now mainly conducted by workers, said Gou at a workers’ dance...
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Large outbreak of violence in the Syrian city of... →
evanfleischer:
every ten minutes, a car comes loaded with five wounded on a hospital-Hourani
URGENT: blood donation is now required to Hama for the arrival of many of the wounded to hospital and Badr Al-Hourani
A large number of wounded on the ground near the Duarmsadjad Bilal Habashi
Check out Evan’s coverage of the violence in the Syrian city of Hama.
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Breakdown: The new new NEW new nü NEW debt ceiling...
So, those Republicans finally got a framework! If anyone feels like you might be on the most boring roller coaster ever, you are, as there have been so many high and low points with this debt ceiling dramarama today that you probably feel so dizzy that people might mistake you for being drunk. Anyway, in the latest developments, Republicans have apparently reached a framework with the White House...
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“Family members only will be allowed to walk onto the plaza, look at their loved...”
– NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg • Describing the city’s plans for launching a 10th anniversary 9/11 memorial plaza at the Ground Zero site, which they’ve been working to get ready for such an event. Presidents Bush and Obama will take part, along with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New...
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Hey, Fox News, we know this is the debt ceiling... →
There is, it appears, an emerging sense of panic developing on the cable news circuit over the state of a deal on the nation’s debt ceiling. On Fox News Saturday afternoon, Patricia Powell, founder and CEO of Powell Financial Group, advised viewers that they would be wise to have $1,000 in cash on hand if Congress were unable to come to a deal.
“Everybody needs a cash reserve and...
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WatchReuters’ Felix Salmon explains NYC’s sanitary ratings: It’s official. From now on, every time we read a blog post or Tweet by our boy Felix, we’re going to imagine him talking about it just like he does here. Humanity or fake food? A fascinating debate.
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Scary thought of the day: Anders Behring Breivik's... →
That “Plan A,” by the way, included multiple car bombs that targeted numerous parts of Oslo, according to police questioning of the suspect.
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“The problem: Democrats don’t want a balanced-budget amendment, and the...”
– Tell us what you really think, Christian Science Monitor.
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Boehner Bill Defeated in the Senate 59-41
Great.
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PopTech: and the Issue Two theme is... →
longshotmag:
The moment has arrived. Here’s how this works: Starting right now, you have 24 hours to produce and submit your work. We’ll take the next 24 to select, edit, design and lay everything out. The end result will be a beautiful glossy paper magazine. And a super sharp digital…
Should we submit a Tumbl-zine to these guys? :D
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It's not just phones anymore: News of the World... →
Credit to Channel 4’s Andy Davies, who reported the news first. (h/t Soup on that)
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Journalists on Google+ →
muckrack:
Over two years ago Muck Rack launched the definitive list of journalists on Twitter. Now we’ve assembled a list of journalists on Google+ by going through the 500 most followed journalists we’ve verified on Muck Rack. It so happened 140 (an omen?) of those 500 were on Google+. If you need link bait you could even extrapolate that to mean 28% of journalists on Twitter have joined...
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“Whoever these people were, they were living large and having one hell of a time...”
– Airbnb user “EJ” • In a blog post she wrote last month regarding a nightmarish experience she had with the fast-growing vacation rental service, where the tenants using her home (which she knew nothing about until the very last second) appeared to have ransacked every piece of her life —...
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Capitol phone lines jammed again after Obama calls... →
brooklynmutt:
@HuffingtonPost
A solution to the debt ceiling problem that hasn’t yet been discussed: Make all incoming lines at the Capitol 900 numbers, so it costs $3.99 a minute to call your representative. We should have the crisis solved by the end of the week at that rate.
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GDP growth figures: Another crappy quarter of...
1.3% the rate of GDP growth the economy showed in its second quarter — which is pretty lame, by the way
1.8% the projected rate economists projected in the second quarter; yeah, we missed that source
» One word — anemic. On top of all this drama, the rates for GDP growth in the first quarter was projected down to an even lower 0.4 percent growth. While this does not bode well for our recovery,...
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An update on the debt ceiling shenanigans
boehner’s bill falls short: After a chaotic day of vote-whipping, vote-delaying, and vote-switching, John Boehner has decided to postpone the vote on his debt ceiling bill. Despite multiple assurances that it would be brought to a vote before tomorrow, at the end of the day, Boehner didn’t have enough votes to ensure the bill’s passage (and he wasn’t going to embarrass...
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Boehner's Plan vs Reid's Plan
newshour:
This is the nerdiest use of an animated GIF we’ve ever seen. It almost goes against the idea of the animated GIF.
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“Once again, we see patents being used as a tool to shakedown companies who were...”
– TechDirt’s Mike Masnick • Offering a spot-on take regarding the patent lawsuit filed against the finally-in-the-U.S. Spotify. The company suing, PacketVideo, specializes in mobile streaming solutions, but did not develop the patent, which dates back to 1994. Instead, they bought it a couple of...
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Firebrand Rep. Joe Walsh has a pretty big...
$117,000 owed in child support source
» That’s a lot of money: Walsh, a member of the Tea Party who calls for the country to cut spending and pay its bills, is having trouble paying some of his own, according to a recently filed lawsuit. He’s had other financial troubles, too — he lost a condo in a Chicago suburb to foreclosure, but he eventually got that cleared up. Our question:...
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“Mr. Breivik managed to commit two terrorist attacks in a single afternoon. But...”
– Joshua Gaarder, author of “Sophie’s World,” and Thomas Hyland Erickson, professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo • In a New York Times opinion piece emphasizing the right-wing blogosphere’s influential nature — especially in terms of the Norway terror...
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On calling out uncalled-for comments about Chris...
guillotineparty said: Please let this evil fat bastard die.
» SFB says: Dislike a man’s politics — on either side. Don’t wish death on them. Uncalled for. — Ernie @ SFB
