Sources say former Secretary of State Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol told FOX News exclusively on Thursday. - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
I was hoping to see this! Lets see if its true. Would be a great contender for VP. - Jody C
It's not likely he'd accept. He said years ago he had no interest. - JMS
He's the guy that sat in front of the UN and lied to the world about Iraq's chemical weapons capabilities. Not a good VP. - Andy Murdoch
I honestly don't believe he knew, Andy. But you're right: he'd be an impossible VP candidate. - Chris Baskind
Unfortunately he was directly responsible for lying us into a war, so there are all kinds of problems with endorsement and definitely VP after what he did at the UN. He knew of what he spoke and lied. He better talk about that or its useless and maybe harmful. - Brad Nickel
If i recall correctly there is a pretty big story(real or not) behind the information that Powell received and based his recommendations on. I don't really think he was in the "real" loop of communication. Unfortunately we only have our guts to base that on, so I can't really blame anyone for taking the opposite position. - Geoff Schultz
Yeah, but he "knew", because he had to challenge so much. His credibility is shot worldwide. - Brad Nickel
yes Brian, if your name has ever been associated with actual investigation processes which may lead to Presidential aspirations and you actually entertained those notions because that's the way your career has been shaped; you have spokespeople, ergo Colin Powell has spokespeople. - Nathan Eckenrode
I hope...that would be great and would show Colin Powell has really moved beyond the Bush Admin's policies. - Cathryn Hrudicka
in the spirit of "pic or it didn't happen", shall we not wait until he ACTUALLY endorses to make this news? There's too much else to do in life than speculate. Just my 2 cents - Josh Haley
Man the rumors and gossip and speculation is like 80% of the fun! - Geoff Schultz
Mort Kondracke Executive Editor of Roll Call said within mins. of Kristol's statement that he had spoken directly with Colin Powell and Powell said "It's all hogwash" and that he had no idea where Kristol was getting that information from. Powell has no plans to be at either convention and has not decided on his endorsement yet. - Nice Fish Films
Is this news? I thought it was well-known that Powell was an adviser to Obama. - Sarah
sarah according to the story he advises both candidates - Ruth Ferguson
Powell is the guy who sold the utmost lie of WMDs to the SC. The whole thing of faking a doc of evidence of yellow cakes purchase by Iraq from Niger and its subsequent leak to Italian intelligence and then CIA and of course to Powell personally. Yes, of course he knew. Read Pulitzer prize winning (in 2005) book called "Ghost Wars" By Steve Coll. If I were Obama, I would distance myself from any association or endorsement coming from Powell. - Hayk Hakobyan
I'm actually related to Colin Powell -- not close though. I think our grandmothers were cousins or something like that. Anyways, that's my non-political statement in a political thread for today. - Shey
I've used it for the first two at different times in the past, but never as photo storage really. I was too deeply rooted in their limitations of old by the time they lifted the limit. Been on their forever. - Andrew Dobrow
I met one person off there but other than that, I mainly use it for my photos. - Outsanity
From Al Dente: "The Homewrecker is a 3.5-lb. weapon of cardiovascular mass destruction. They start with a deep-fried 15", 1-pound dog and top it with peppers, onions, nacho cheese, chili sauce, jalapenos, mustard, ketchup, coleslaw, tomatoes, lettuce, and shredded cheese. Assured intestinal wreckage will run you $14.99. Finish it in under 12 minutes and you get a free burial t-shirt. Do it in under 4 minutes and your family will have an extra $14.99 for the funeral." - Mark Trapp via Bookmarklet
I'm speechless. The human race has so many interesting ways to off itself. - Mo Kargas
“Upon reading this, it is your formal duty to bust anybody who violates this rule in FF threads. It's not Legos, it's LEGO. It's not Lego, it's LEGO. It's not LEGOS, it's LEGO. It's not LEGOs, it's LEGO. ALWAYS. </prick>”
In informal exchanges, lax style doesn't bother me so much. Mistakes are always made, but you at least owe it to yourself to know the "right" way to do something. - l0ckergn0me
is that why you didn't join the legoS room????? - Mona N.
"The word LEGO® is a brand name and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.' By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you! Susan Williams, Consumer Services." - l0ckergn0me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L... - "Lego" is officially written in all uppercase letters. The company asserts that to protect its brand name, the word Lego must always be used as an adjective, as in "Lego set", "Lego products", "Lego universe", and so forth. - l0ckergn0me
They have a new iPhone app that allows you to build LEGO and order it online... It's still buggy though, it tends to brick the phone... BOOM-TISH! - John Worthington
Yeah , yeah, so since when is it our duty to "preserve the brand"? - Brian Sullivan
What about double branding? Such as "LEGO my Eggo"? - Andrew Dobrow
I am just curious as to when the begin prick tag started ;) - Tim Hoeck
I'll play with my Legos any way I darn well please. Even if that means saying legos instead of LEGO bricks. It's not my job to protect your brand. It's my job to have fun with your product. Your brand is your problem, not mine. :p - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
language evolves better then corporate patents. ...I play with Legos! - Noah David Simon
Even the NYTimes doesn't use LEGO. They acknowledge the brand once, but proceed by using Lego. This is how I do it. Could you imagine placing an exclimation mark after every mention of Yahoo!? It just doesn't look right. :P http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f... - James Mowery via twhirl
Doh! I'll fix this on my about page at mattb4rd.com/eloi as soon as I get home. I can't access it from work because they force me to use IE. For some reason I can't login with it. It may be Citrix, who knows? - Mattb4rd
Hooray for Brian and Alex! Love your comments. You are too right - it is not the consumer's job to "protect the brand", it is the corporation's job. We just get to sit around and play with Legos. :) - Nathaniel Payne
“How would you feel if you found out you shared your name with someone who does *ahem* adult films? How would you feel if someone thought you were the same person? There's a woman who does adult films named Candace Holly.”
Some nurse that was taking my blood thought I was a stripper named "Sexual Chocolate." I thought she was gonna try to eat me or something. I guess it's different for guys, though :) - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
Well, I guess you would probably feel pretty good considering she mistook you because of how you look (and most the male strippers I have seen are in pretty good shape). At least your name isn't Sexual Chocolate >.< - Candace Holly
nice pick of name funny couldn't have figured that out on google b4 you chose the name? I know what i would do since everything is a money making venture just depends on morals mostly LOL - Cecil Sandus
@Cecil..Considering this is my name...I didn't really Google it. @Mona - I've got an idea right? I get ahold of this chick and we capitalize on it! Make people think the same person is also a geeky podcaster and split the profits! - Candace Holly
better yet sell the domain name and offer her PR - Cecil Sandus
You are not alone ... "Molly Wood" ( Buzz Out Loud) and "Cindy Brown" (a close friend) are in the same boat - Christopher Perry via twhirl
@Christopher - I'm telling you..there's something to say for this. If the two people who share the name can get something going...it could benefit both! (Of course I'm kidding but the idea itself is funny) - Candace Holly
Candance, the root question is -if you were mistaken for a Adult entertainer, would you be offended and how do you take it ? The rest is secondary !! - Peter Dawson
Well lucky it was only a mistake based on name only..thinking that woman may be doing a podcast and VA (o.0). I just laughed and said that it was not the same person. Then, I laughed again. - Candace Holly
You could offer to be her community manager, Candace. Successful female porn stars tend to be loaded, from what I hear! - Phil (scribkin)
no one in porn shares my name that i know of, but i usually try to stay away from women named brianna and nikki - Cee Bee
@J. Phil....You didn't just go there. *headdesk* Dude I'm cracking up. - Candace Holly
LOL Candace. I LOVED the name Asia for a little girl. Was nixed specifically because we knew of the pr0n actress. - Cyndy
@Cyndy - I actually really like the name Asia but it makes me think of Jem and the Holograms. I do know when I was a baby my Mom about tore someone's eyes out if they tried to call me "Candy" because there was a porn star who was well-known then with the same name. - Candace Holly
There's a whole thing here about my girlfriend being a porn star. *innocent whistling* - Bradley McSpinn
That name was taken, Mona. I checked. - Chris Baskind
I can't find the prOn star Candace Holly :( - Adam Turetzky
Apparently she's not even a "star" per se...I can find her on Google if I check my name. Obviously I won't be giving out links but she's done some "amateur" videos and some other stuff. - Candace Holly
It's probably one of your trillion "what was i thinking i registered for it drunk" domains HA - Mona N.
Whaaat? o.0 I umm..I don't drink and, I only own three domain names. One being candaceholly.com but I knew I was doing that. - Candace Holly
Jason it's not a killer - it's too strick! - Anne Haynes
Ironically, Knol's search feature doesn't work. Try searching for Obama. This Knol has substantial Obama content: http://tinyurl.com/59oj4d - Roger Jennings
Somebody actually said Mahalo would kill google? - loren feldman
I think a lot of good comments have been made here and that (much to the surprise of some) Mahalo has proved that there is a space for human powered search and has continued to corner that market. I think that it will be interesting to see how all the pieces come to together but I don't see Knol invading Mahalo's space or stealing it's eyeballs. Just my 2-cents. - Nicholas Kreidberg
is it even possible to kill something that large? That would be like trying to put out the sun with a water pistol... - Live4Soccer
Wait wait, who said Mahalo would kill Google? - Andru Edwards
Why would anyone make either wild prediction. Let's see what the market says. I say: the target audiences are different. - Joe via twhirl
I don't think Knol will kill Mahalo... I think it will likely kill Squidoo. - Clay Newton
I don't know who will kill who but I expect many publishers will be cut/pasting Wikipedia, Wikia and Mahalo into Knol so I would watch it. - Sam Pullara
But you've got the ace in the hole Mahalo Daily with Leah and Lons - Andrew Fielding via twhirl
I think it was just you saying Mahalo would kill Google :) - James Joyner
Mahalo didn't need anyone to kill it, it was doing just fine at slow suicide. - Jason Carreira
I made a promise not to go to Knol - ain't gonna do it. - LPH
I think Google has spent most of its good karma, Jason. You've got that going for you. - Chris Baskind
I still say Pizza and Ice Cream is the Mahalo killer - Noah David Simon
Google provides ads for both Knol and Mahalo. So, they might prefer to kill Wikipedia - Kerem Ozkan
I don’t see knol been comparable to Mahalo, not even Knol been comparable to WikiPedia. There is only one and unique service in each side of the fence, but Google Knol does not seem to be any killer as its too much "formal" for earlier adopters and that can be a “turnoff” for most users - Joao
Agree with others here...who said Mahalo would kill Google? - Hutch Carpenter
You're in big trouble my friend...sorry. They have the R&D and the capital to do whatever they want. - Ryan
Guys Jason is doing what Jason does and he is doing his best to create controversy which promotes Mahalo by keeping it in the headlines etc. Why do you think he is the one always bringing it up. I love this about Jason, clever guy. I still remember the famous 'how to get a link from Jason' linkbait rules. - Roger Kondrat
Smoke and mirrors doesn't make Mahalo suck less, though - Jason Carreira
Knol would have to kill about.com first before it gets to Mahalo. - Morton Fox
it will go knolwhere - ahaaahaaahaaa - Anne Haynes
I don't. see my blog, I even photoshpped ya ;) - sean percival
once they integrate knol in their search results there's not much of a competitive advantage left for your product - franzstehrn
As of today, I think it'd be a stretch to say that Mahalo and Knol are even positioned to move on the same target markets. Leaving aside my personal suspicions that Google will bore with Knol and scuttle it before it matures into a threat, at the moment about.com and squidoo are its direct competitors, as others have pointed out. - Derrick Burns
the team (which rolled out Knoll) has US-centric obsession (see their FAIL with identification), hence it won't get any better soon on global level, so.... looks like another Yahoo service or what? - silpol
Given that you are first and foremost a businessman Jason -- what is your exit strategy with Mahalo? - Nicholas Kreidberg
Not worried at all, frankly. I took a look at it and am simply not impressed. - Andrew Dobrow
I've yet to hear Mahalo was a Google killer. - Chris Nixon
oh.. scoble and some others said human search/mahalo/social search would kill google. I never said i agreed with that... i don't buy into the whole one company kills another since that really doesn't happen often. Apple is doing amazing without kill microsoft, and microsoft has amazing market share and they are not killing Apple. normally 2-3 companies share a market... and in human powered search we will be one of them. :-) - Jason Calacanis
Heat+Chemicals in twinkie = carcegeniclicious - RAPatton
RAP, I fear the ill effects of Twinkies before any heat is involved... makes a great Family Guy ep, but not a food I wish to ingest ;) - Michael W. May
Oh, they sound so gross, and they taste so good. sigh. - Karoli via twhirl
mmm, twinkie... all that Die Hard 2 comes back to mind. - silpol
It's not just a gaffe: McCain basically calls Obama an out of touch liar for stating something completely false, when McCain was actually clearly and demonstrably wrong. I'd love to know how strenuously McCain's handlers had to convince CBS to edit the response to cover over this huge mistake. - Kevin Fox
An endless stream of "gaffes" from a candidate who in fact has a weak grasp of many of the basic facts about international politics. There will be many more in the coming weeks and months -- you can bank on it. McCain is not getting any more lucid or better informed as he heads into his twilight years. - Sean McBride
CBS News is owned by Sumner Redstone, someone who probably needs no persuasion or cajoling to help John McCain every way he can. - Sean McBride
Another great moment in Network News - Hoard via twhirl
So what's the over/under on how long it takes for that video to be "no longer available"? - Keith Pelczarski
Has CBS offered any (f*cking) rationale for this? How can they possibly justify it? - Ayşe E.
Damn that liberal media ... er, um ... hold on ... wha?!? - AJ Kohn
Ah, what would Orwell say! But besides these more visible glitches there are deeper structural problems with many media channels, like the constant discussion of personalities over issues which can serve as a big distraction, and these problems seem less well uncovered in our spheres? - Philipp Lenssen
I liked all those dolls. none of them were undeserving. Vanilla Ice is relevant to our culture and means more to me then a lot of things. his music might of been stolen riffs... but his persona was influential to high school in the 90's. was he really worse then MC Hammer? - Noah David Simon
