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Online edition of journal of politics and culture, with selected articles from print magazine. - @baratunde

"hello to you! thanks for these great thoughts" - @baratunde

":) It's ok. I've just sat on the sidelines long enough, and in the past few weeks it's become clear that yes, the system is broken, yes, Lieberman is an asshole, yes, we need campaign finance reform. However, none of those conditions is going to change materially in the short term, and in the meantime we have a chance to do a lot of good and work toward making it better." - @baratunde

The compromise abortion language in the Senate health care bill still treats abortion coverage as distinct from other health care services. - @baratunde

Official Site of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, a new computer-animated adventure comedy by DreamWorks Animation. In theaters March 2010. - @baratunde

The Senate Democratic caucus is unified following a Saturday meeting and poised to pass a much-weakened health care reform proposal before Christmas day. - @baratunde

He's not here to urge us toward health reform. So I humbly ask on his behalf. - @baratunde

"awesomeness. go bit.ly go! though i still love mag.ma a bit more for video discovery!" - @baratunde

Militants in Iraq have used inexpensive, off-the-shelf software to intercept video feeds from U.S. Predator drones. - @baratunde

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"shit got me so mad i misspelled triflinity! corrected" - @baratunde

Amazon's deal with author Stephen Covey will likely encourage other authors to "go direct." - @baratunde

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In late November 2009, more than 1,000 e-mails between scientists at the Climate Research Unit of the U.K.'s University of East Anglia were stolen and made public by an as-yet-unnamed hacker. Climate skeptics are claiming that they show scientific misconduct that amounts to the complete fabrication of man-made global warming. We find that to be unfounded. ... - @baratunde

A bill that would permit journalists to withhold their sources from federal prosecutors except in cases involving national security cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The so-called federal shield law, sponsored by Sens. - @baratunde

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The carrier could start treating customers differently based on their usage, with different pricing plans that financially reward or penalize based on data usage. - @baratunde

"We got some comments flagged for language and so I removed them. We haven't posted our updated comment standards so PLEASE bear with me while we get that together. In the meantime I just wanna explain TRANSPARENTLY why I removed the comment I did. It was very ugly and personal and I encourage yall to keep sharing your opinions--censorship is no fun for anyone--but try to be mindful of the profanity and grossly personal attacks. My two cents: I took Jill's post as a general satirical warning to all of us that the standards for successful black folk are different and unforgiving. Everyone has their own style, me included, and it doesn't always come across as intended, but I'd assume based on past experience that Jill intended no harm or offense to the Obamas. ok back to (respectfully) duking it out!! and seriously, thanks for caring. you may notice me spending more time in the comments over the past few weeks. i'm trying it out. and yall are generally crazy, but i love you. we all do...." - @baratunde

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The agenda-driven policies being pushed won't change the weather. - @baratunde

"THANKS for sharing this. confirmed my suspicions that we indeed have a thinking, compassionate president. favorite part: The three-month review that led to the escalate-then-exit strategy is a case study in decision making in the Obama White House — intense, methodical, rigorous, earnest and at times deeply frustrating for nearly all involved. It was a virtual seminar in Afghanistan and Pakistan, led by a president described by one participant as something “between a college professor and a gentle cross-examiner.”" - @baratunde

"A most excellent post. I just cited it in my lastest. Thanks! http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009......" - @baratunde

"sorry bro. i learned that lesson before and now i NEVER record straight to web. In the future use quicktime or imovie to record locally and upload. so so sorry facebook sucks so hard in this case. #DeathToFacebook #YouStillWin" - @baratunde

"If you want to have sex with me, there are more discreet ways of making your desires known." - @baratunde

BOSTON—Ty Braxton, 23, continues to hide his fun and fulfilling life from the full-time employees of Hale & Dorr, the Boston law firm for which he has temped since July. - @baratunde

Earlier today we covered rumors that Apple was in talks to acquire streaming music service Lala. Now New York Times tech reporter Brad ... - @baratunde

I’ve spent the better part of the last 48 hours looking into the colossal fiasco that is the “Black Screen of Death” story. It’s a near-perfect case study in how Internet-driven tech journalism rewards sloppy reporting and how the echo chamber devalues getting the story right. - @baratunde

Google News manager Josh Cohen gave an interview to Guardian.co.uk and, of all papers, the WSJ gives CEO Eric Schmidt op-ed space to go on another defensive: “With dwindling revenue and diminished resources, frustrated newspaper executives are looking for someone to blame... The claim that we’re making big profits on the back of newspapers misrepresents the reality ... The revenue generated from the ads shown alongside news search queries is a tiny fraction of our search revenue. - @baratunde

The annual survey of wireless customer satisfaction from Consumer Reports hits the streets this week and it doesn’t have much good to say about AT&T. In a canvass of more than 50,000 readers spanning 26 U.S. cities, the organization found the carrier had the lowest customer-satisfaction rating in 19 cities surveyed; Verizon ranked highest. - @baratunde

The idea – let people quickly and easily accept physical credit card payments from their mobile phone. A small device attaches to the phone via the headset/microphone jack. The device gets the power it needs to send data to the phone from the swipe of the card, and sends the information over the microphone connection. Based on the shots below, the device is compatible with both the iPhone and Android (or at least the recently released Droid). - @baratunde