September 2010
30 posts
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Sep 26th
Net Neutrality Debate Is Secretly All About...
elyssad: Net Neutrality Debate Is Secretly All About Internet Television, Net Pioneers Say By Ryan Singel May 23, 2008  |  11:41 am  |  Categories: Network Neutrality, privacy NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The network neutrality issue is much more complicated than the debates in Washingtog suggest, according to two of the internet’s most revered architects, David Reed and David Clark. ...
Sep 20th
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Here are the 31 Dems who want to extend Bush tax...
http://www.thepoliticalcarnival.net/2010/09/here-are-the-31-dems-who-31-dems-want-to-extend-bush-tax-cuts-ror-everyone/ Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 16th
Christine O’Donnell: Even stupider than you...
Christine O’Donnell: Even stupider than you thought! via Dangerous Minds by Richard Metzger on 9/15/10   A post from Dan Amira on New York magazine’s blog about Delaware’s Republican Senatorial no-hoper, Christine O’Donnell, quotes from a transcript of a, uh, “debate” over evolution between the dotty, anti-masturbation church lady and an evolutionary biologist. The Tea party favorite, who has...
Sep 16th
Scott Blomquist thought you would be interested in...
Scott Blomquist wants to share some music with you. “The Dropkick Murphys Radio” Pandora is a free music service that helps you listen to and discover new music. http://www.spacetoinspire.com” target=”_blank”> copyright 2008, Pandora Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 2101 Webster Street - Suite 1650 - Oakland CA - 94612 This is a one-time...
Sep 14th
On This Deity: Timothy Leary’s jailbreak,...
On This Deity: Timothy Leary’s jailbreak, September 13, 1970 via Dangerous Minds by Richard Metzger on 9/13/10   Noteworthy entry today at Dorian Cope’s great On This Deity blog: Today we remember Timothy Leary’s daring and ingenious highwire escape across the highway from his Californian jail – a middle-aged Harvard professor yet symbol of the psychedelic revolution, Leary was assisted to...
Sep 14th
The Joy of Tech comic... the man who believes...
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Sep 13th
Sep 10th
Augmented Reality: Snamiapp Amazing 3D
Augmented Reality: Snamiapp Amazing 3D via Beyond The Beyond by Bruce Sterling on 9/8/10 *Liking the kid-friendly aspects. Via @kurakura Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 8th
Florida's budget shortfall is less than expected
And the GOP is still spinning it to say the stimulus didn’t do anything Florida’s budget shortfall is less than expected via Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more on 9/7/10 TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s looming budget shortfall has been shrunk in half by state analysts who credit federal stimulus dollars, years of spending cuts and Indian gambling money as helping forge a...
Sep 8th
The revolution the South forgot #warroom #mustread
Excellent article The revolution the South forgot via War Room by Gabriel Winant on 9/7/10 Now that Labor Day has come and gone, another annual tradition can be renewed: the mass migration of agricultural workers down the East Coast, to warmer climes. The trip down I-95 is an annual requirement for an estimated 100,000 laborers. Wary of proliferating checkpoints, the undocumented tend to travel...
Sep 8th
Chile miners
Why don’t we send down a Wii w/sports and Wii fit Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 7th
Sep 7th
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APOD Playing Space Invaders
Check out this awesome image from Astronomy Picture of the Day! http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100906.html Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 6th
Sonic Screw-ups: Doctor Who blooper reel
Sonic Screw-ups: Doctor Who blooper reel via Dangerous Minds by Richard Metzger on 9/3/10   Compendium of often amusing Doctor Who bloopers snipped from Great TV Mistakes. Narrated by Robert Webb of Peep Show fame.     Via Blogtor Who {extended} Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 5th
Blogging And Mass Psychomanipulation
Blogging And Mass Psychomanipulation via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on 9/5/10 If I ever write another book it will probably be about one of three topics. The first is the truth about how the press and journalism really works – the sausage making – to show just how much of a beautiful, subjective and chaotic mess it all is. The second idea is to talk about how perfect blogging is, with its...
Sep 5th
#MS governor tries to write Southern racism out of...
Mississippi governor tries to write Southern racism out of modern history via Raw Story by David Edwards and Muriel Kane on 9/3/10 As the Republican Party positions itself for a major comeback after its electoral losses in 2006 and 2008, it is looking for ways to undercut Barack Obama’s appeal as the nation’s first black president without opening itself to accusations of racism....
Sep 3rd
Puppy-Throwing Girl Caught in Bosnia [Update] #win
Puppy-Throwing Girl Caught in Bosnia [Update] via Gawker by Adrian Chen on 9/3/10 Bosnian police say they’ve identified the teen filmed throwing puppies in a river. (She now faces a $6,400 fine for animal cruelty.) The girl lives in a town called Bugojno, which means 4chan was probably correct in its identification. More » ...
Sep 3rd
An open letter to spammers via theblogess
An open letter to spammers via TheBloggess.com by Jenny the bloggess on 9/3/10 Dear guy-that-keeps-sending-me-multiple-viagra-emails-every-single-day-of-my-life: Yes. I know that I’ve continued to shut you down by ignoring you, installing a spam filter, asking to be taken off your list and informing you that my name is actually not “Mr. Jenny the Bloggess” but you wouldn’t quit.  You were...
Sep 3rd
Sept. 3, 1976: Viking 2 Lands on Mars #nasa
Sept. 3, 1976: Viking 2 Lands on Mars via Wired Top Stories by Jason B. Jones on 9/3/10 Viking 2, the second mission to Mars, lands on the planet and begins transmitting pictures and soil analyses. Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 3rd
Miles #Davis #beer: Bitches Brew #win
Miles Davis beer: Bitches Brew via Dangerous Minds by Richard Metzger on 9/2/10   Miles runs the brew-doo down! In honor of the 40th anniversary of Miles Davis’s jazzrock fusion masterpiece, Bitches Brew, Dogfish Head brewers have released a new commemorative beer. Not only is “Bitches Brew” a bitchin’ name for a brew, of course, that iconic Mati Klarwein cover painting makes the coolest label...
Sep 3rd
Seminole exempts cheerleaders from short-skirt ban
This is why I live in America! Seminole County schools exempt cheerleaders from short-skirt ban via Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more on 9/1/10 Lake Brantley High School’s principal checked with other district officials and found they were allowing dress-code exemptions for cheerleaders. Seminole County schools’ tough new student dress code designed to make students...
Sep 2nd
Pakistani Delegation Mistaken for Terrorists,...
Pakistani Delegation Mistaken for Terrorists, Quits U.S. Trip [Oopses] via Gawker by Max Read on 9/2/10 What could go wrong with a Pakistani military delegation flying from D.C. to Tampa for a meeting with the U.S. Central Command? How about getting kicked off a flight after being mistaken for terrorists by a scared passenger? More » ...
Sep 2nd
David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull: The Angel Of...
Afternoon diversion David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull: The Angel Of Death and Decadent Nun sing ‘I Got You Babe’, 1973 via Dangerous Minds by Marc Campbell on 9/1/10   Marianne Faithfull and David Bowie performing ‘I Got You Babe’ at London’s Marquee in 1973. This was filmed for American TV show The Midnight Special and was Bowie’s last appearance as Ziggy Stardust. Faithfull’s nun habit...
Sep 2nd
Ohio restricting Puerto Rican birth certificates -...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_re_us/us_puerto_rico_licenses Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 2nd
Geek Kids : Darth Vader Robotic Arm // #kids?
Geek Kids : Darth Vader Robotic Arm via ThinkGeek :: What’s New on 9/1/10 Get your very own working Vader mechno-arm Man or machine? Be a little more like your favorite Sith Lord with this robotic arm that you can build from 45 snap-together parts. Learn to control the robotic arm so it can turn, extend, and even grip and pick up small objects. $39.99 Posted via email from...
Sep 2nd
Geek Kids : Darth Vader Robotic Arm // #kids?
Geek Kids : Darth Vader Robotic Arm via ThinkGeek :: What’s New on 9/1/10 Get your very own working Vader mechno-arm Man or machine? Be a little more like your favorite Sith Lord with this robotic arm that you can build from 45 snap-together parts. Learn to control the robotic arm so it can turn, extend, and even grip and pick up small objects. $39.99 Posted via email from...
Sep 2nd
Geek Kids : Darth Vader Robotic Arm // #kids?
Geek Kids : Darth Vader Robotic Arm via ThinkGeek :: What’s New on 9/1/10 Get your very own working Vader mechno-arm Man or machine? Be a little more like your favorite Sith Lord with this robotic arm that you can build from 45 snap-together parts. Learn to control the robotic arm so it can turn, extend, and even grip and pick up small objects. $39.99 Posted via email from...
Sep 2nd
Number of illegal immigrants in #US now declining...
Number of illegal immigrants in US now declining via MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents on 9/1/10 The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades - decreasing by 8 percent as the sour economy dried up jobs and increased enforcement made it harder to sneak across the border with Mexico, a new study finds. Posted via email from The New...
Sep 2nd
NASAGoddard: See the current location of NASA's...
NASAGoddard: See the current location of NASA’s hurricane research planes, Global Hawk is right over the middle of Earl now - http://bit.ly/8Y4hlkOriginal Tweet: http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard/statuses/22792682954 Sent via TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com) Posted via email from The New Word Order  | Comment »
Sep 2nd