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“Free work is usually unappreciated.”
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usually true - Shey
yep - RAPatton
The price of anything can't be so high that people can't pay, and can't be so low that people take it for mediocre. That's the Western way. That's perhaps why our civilization is so selfish. - Rodrigo Jaroszewski
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Keating Economics: John McCain and the Making of a Financial Crisis
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"The current economic crisis demands that we understand John McCain's attitudes about economic oversight and corporate influence in federal regulation. Nothing illustrates the danger of his approach more clearly than his central role in the savings and loan scandal of the late '80s and early '90s. John McCain was accused of improperly aiding his political patron, Charles Keating, chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association." - Chris Baskind
This is an official Obama for President site. It's on. - Chris Baskind
Frankly, I was hoping Obama wouldn't do this ... - AJ Kohn
I guess you can sit around and be called a terrorist just so long. - Chris Baskind
After Palin's comments r.e. Obama's association with "terrorists", damn straight, it's on. - Mavericks of Troy, NV! via fftogo
@Chris: I suppose. Still - I hope Obama keeps it on the issues. Economy, War, Healthcare, Energy, Environment. - AJ Kohn
This could be viewed as a legitimate issue. John McCain has repeatedly gone to the well for deregulation. You see it as far back as the S&L collapse. Now it's on the table again. He was still banging the deregulation drum a month ago -- and would be today, if Wall Street hadn't turned him into a maverick regulatory reformer. - Chris Baskind
Me too AJ. I'm hoping it brightens a bulb in the darkness that is the McCain campaign and they lay off of the personal attacks. While sticking to the issues is something we all want, from both candidates, simply letting it pass without response would not have been prudent. - Shout out 2Jody
@Chris: True. I see a pattern of behavior and/or policy and it does relate to the economic issues at hand. We should remember that the ethics committee cleared McCain of acting improperly but did cite him as using very poor judgment. I'd like to make sure *both* are mentioned. - AJ Kohn
As a Republican, I agree that this is a legitimate issue, and I was frankly surprised that Obama didn't raise it earlier. On the other hand, perhaps it would have been tactically better to wait until closer to Election Day, since an early airing allows John Glenn partisans and the like to counter. - Ontario Emperor
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Twitter / LighterFootstep
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Hey, if you're interested in Green Living, here's the Lighter Footstep Twitter stream. Nearly 1400 strong, and a great little community. We chatter with some sharp, very active folks. - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
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“Dear World: Just 30 more days. We got this, OK? Sincerely, The United States”
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Yeah that is when the real pain for America begins! Economy and global politics aka middle east, North Korea, China! Good luck to the winner! ;-) - Igor The Troll
There will be pain, either way. Here's to electing a good management team. - Chris Baskind
I think the real pain will be the losing electoral. We going to hear the winners fighting the losers for a long time to come! - Igor The Troll
You sound like Chris Tucker in Rush Hour - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini
It will be nice to actually have things done that both sides are afraid to do while the election is going on. Let's go USA, we have a ton of work to do! - Josh Haley
I hope we don't have to apologize again.I'm nervously biting my fingernails. - Trish R
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“The new Webkit build is the fastest browser I've ever used. It absolutely smokes Firefox 3 and the current release of Safari, particularly with widgety websites. It's not even close.”
Saturday at 12:41 pm - Link
how do you know this? - Stewart Rogers
Because I can set FF, Safari, and Webkit to the same site, hit refresh in that order, and Webkit will load first. Not a bench test, but convincing enough to me. Webkit isn't stable enough for production use, btw. - Chris Baskind
agree on stability. I get spinning beach every couple of minutes with WebKit open, even if it's not the foreground app. but it is damn fast at loading pages. - Jon Price
A-men!!!!! - Mona N.
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Palin says Obama 'palling around' with terrorists
Saturday at 12:15 pm - Link
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is accusing Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" for his association with a former 1960s radical. - Chris Baskind
Two words - Charles Keating. - Shout out 2Jody
Liked just for the awesome photo. - Trish R
what a nice lady - Nathan Rein
The good thing about it is that it smacks of desperation. - Cyndy
Exactly - Charles Keating. Obama is related to terrorists in no way more than McCain is related to bribe taking. - Tad
expect to see much more of this in the coming weeks -- desperate animals fight to the death by whatever means necessary - William Harryman
But she's got a diverse group of friends and famiy (/sarcasm) - anna
unfortunately this is just the beginning expect more stories like this from the Republican camp as they become more desperate, stories using half-truths, misleading headlines....etc - Kim Landwehr
The end is near. Soon enough she'll be back to hunting wolves from helicopters and wrastlin’ moose to the ground. - Tsega Dinka
+1 anna. thought the same thing when I heard Palin say that during the debate. it's actually kind of difficult to have a diverse family. /smirk - Jon Price
LOL@anna, good one. At least as bad an attack at the far right, Biden should come out and accuse Palin of palling around with a lesbian. - Shout out 2Jody
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Cheesus Saves
Cheesus Saves
Saturday at 12:15 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Not sure what to make of this page. But the Internets remain interesting. - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
HAHAHAHA. Jeebus Snack Tray. - Trish R
HAHAHHAHA - Mona N.
How many would Cheesus serve? - dkb
Multitudes, if you have faith. - Chris Baskind
HAHAHAHA - Anna Haro
this is so classic. I don't even have words - Bren
ah. my niece, when she was 4 or 5, asked if the baby Jesus was, by any chance, a mouse. My sister said, "well, no. what makes you think that?" and my niece said, "well, Chucky Cheesus is a mouse." =D - edythe
What a friend we have in Cheeses? - Scott Kitchen
Cheesus loves me, this I know . . . . - William Harryman
Your own, personal, Cheesus. - Tad
Cheesus Christ is the delicious cheesy snack, that Cheese Jesus ate at the Last Supper with his disciples - TStowers
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MSNBC: McCain campaign says it will go wildly negative on Obama's character through October
Saturday at 5:26 am - Link
Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said. With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain's team has decided that its emphasis on the senator's biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama. - Chris Baskind
Ughhhh. I hope this isn't true. Also, were they watching the same trendline I was? Negative attacks weren't working. - AJ Kohn
i wouldn't put it past him and his crew. he's been desperate the last couple of weeks - Cee Bee
That's all they have left. - Trish R
Viva Rovian neganomics. - Chris Messina
see front of NYTimes today. Attempt to link Obama to the Weathermen. He wasn't even born... - Paul Jones via twhirl
Please don't say anyone is surprised by this. - Warner Crocker
I'm shocked - shocked! - to hear McCain is considering going negative. - dkb
Since the Networks and Major news outlets willingly haven't looked into Sen. Obama's judgement, honesty and personal associations, someone's got to do it and get the truth out there. - Paul W. Swansen
When in doubt, do what comes naturally - James Tenniswood
McCain is trying to lose. - (teh)Kenny
Drudge is basically a GOP house organ. That they're running as their lead right now -- over the OJ story -- some spurious little slander from Moose Palin, you know where the McCain camp is heading. It's time to connect the dots between the Keating 5 and McCain's irresponsible, lobbyist-driven "free market" history of deregulation. Not a maverick; not a reformer; not a safe choice to run the economy. - Chris Baskind
Chris B- and Sen. Obama is with Franklin Raines who pocketed $90 million from the Failure of Fannie Mae. The man is a thief and a crook and needs to be in jail. Sen. Obama's judgement in having Raines as an advisor in his campaign is beyond appalling. - Paul W. Swansen
Please don't bring up judgement. P-A-L-I-N. - dkb
@Paul: You want associations with Freddie/Fannie? Come on. McCain's campaign manager. Campaign Manager! was getting paid by them up until they went belly up?! Oh, and Raines says he didn't advise the Obama campaign. http://voices.washingtonpost.c... - AJ Kohn
McCain is a pig. He wants so bad to pull Obama down into the mud with him. I'm fairly confident that the voting population will not react kindly. - Clint Ecker
asshole! - Shawn Hildebrandt
It may look bad the more negative he goes and Obama stands above the fray. In fact, McCain may make Obama appear more Presidential that way. It's the last Hail Mary of a desperate man. Sad. - Sally Church
using ad hominem attacks [http://bit.ly/3Uqtdf] as the primary tactic shows a lack of substance in the attacker's claims; appeals to emotion rather than reason; and mobilizes fear/hate instead of trust. those who win on these terms end up w/ a following of untrustworthy, fearful, self-centered followers who spend time gaming the system, plundering resources, and abusing the losers. "politics of fear is the last resort of the incompetent." - MikeAmundsen
I agree with Sally...this is a desperate play by a desperate campaign. It's seriously starting to feel like they just didn't bring their A game, whereas Obama's ground strategy is very good. He's got a lot of energized campaigners and they are well organized. From what I can tell, that's not the case for the McCain campaign. So all the dirty tricks in the book won't make a difference. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble
Well, they're already spending $1.3M a month on attack ads. Those are the ONLY kinds of ads they're running. Not one ad telling you about McCain and what he'll do. Stinks of desperation and is highly comical considering that in 2000 he was decrying these sorts of ads and as recently as 3 months ago, saying that he would never run these sorts of ads. - Faboo Mama
grumpy old man slides from "maverick" into "rebel with no cause" territory. (ps yes I know, but using 'without a' seemed to bring a residual hint of glamour with it) - David HC Soul
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“I found it very strange to bump into my 10-year-old daughter on Friendfeed. "Alex, how did you sign up and stuff?" "Aww, Dad. Once you've signed up on Gaia, you can sign up pretty much anywhere." I've been put in my place. ;-)”
Friday at 4:25 pm - Link
Way cool Chris! - Shout out 2Jody
"But Alex, how did you find the FF article with Vera the Enormous Spider?" "I Googled it, of course. It was the top hit" Sure enough, it is. ;-) - Chris Baskind
Gaia? - Rochelle
WTF is Gaia - Outsanity
wow, I was riding my bike to the beach at 10, no internet to be found! - Susan Beebe
This Gaia: http://www.gaiaonline.com/ . Even I'm not cool enough for the other one. ;-) - Chris Baskind
Chris, I looked at that website but can't quite figure out what it *is*. Something like MySpace? - Rochelle
Susan: Is that weird? My 10-year-old is social media literate. Dunno if I should be proud or very afraid. - Chris Baskind
hahahhahahahahah! Chris!! LOL!! - Mona N.
Rochelle: Yes, it's like MySpace for Tweens. My son, James, used to use it before deciding he was ready for the big leagues (he's 15). But they sucked him back in by making him a beta tester. - Chris Baskind
wohaa. Gaia Online... Yeah. If I would be 10 I'm sure I would love it too :) - ※Fu※
Mona: I have helped spawn the next generation of Facebook users. And may Odin have mercy on my soul. ;-) - Chris Baskind
You're much more easygoing about this issue with your kids than I am with mine. I'm afraid some skanky internet ho is going to corrupt my poor little baby boy! LOL. - Trish R
Does Gaia start to teach the kids about Internet safety? I hope so. - Ontario Emperor
They're frequently observed, and are constantly nagged about the various dangers of being a kid online. There are no computers in bedrooms. And James knows I browse the router's IP log. ;-) - Chris Baskind
We don't spend much time on the web... :-/ - Zee from WeDoCreative
@Chris did you ask your daughter about this through FF or in person? - Jon Price
In person. I step away from the computer a few times a week. ;-) - Chris Baskind
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“Vera the Enormous Spider”
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September 6 at 11:57 am - Link
When I picked up my kids for the weekend, I was introduced to Vera the Enormous Spider. I took these with my iPhone, which doesn't have a macro lens. Vera appears to be a Golden Silk Spider. She has a mate who is so small, he really doesn't show. - Chris Baskind
And those are two of may way-cool kids in the background: James and Alexandra. They're the youngest. - Chris Baskind
wow...hi James and Alexandra *waves* :) - Anna Haro
Like and then HIDE.. so cool but.. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. *runs* - Alix Whitmire
If you wish to live and thrive let a spider run alive -- an old saying. - Sprague D
"Like and Hide" is epic. haha - Chris Baskind
Kids are cool. Spider is TERRIFYING! AGHHHHHHHH! - Abby Martin
"like" then "hide" spiders = ;kjlj;lkjjshd;a;lja;lksj;lk but kids and pac man hoodies ftw! - Mona N.
I love spiders. I hate webs. Specifically, walking into them. - d[▪_▪]b ♫
Yeah, James' Pac Man hoodie rules. I gotta get one. By the way, it's 90 degrees in that photo. They were showing off their new stuff. - Chris Baskind
I love the web and I hate spiders - AJ Batac ♘
So huge spider. is it dangerous? - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Mahdi: No, if that's a Golden Silk Spider, it bites but isn't particularly dangerous. Seems quite docile, too. - Chris Baskind
I have one of these guys by my front window at home: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B... they get pretty big - Matrixx333
omg! this is sooo ugly! - Dieter Schwarz
Hi I'm Alexandra from the picture,and Vera is missing!By the way my brother rocks!His pac-man hoodie is so intertaining.By the way, James caught Vera in my best friend's back yard because she is the biggest one he had seen.James wanted to get rid of Vera's mate at first,but my Mom disagread. - alexandra baskind
Hi I am Jessica.Alexandra's best friend.You know Vera the spider, she was the biggest spider I have ever seen! P.S Vera is awsome! - jessica
gah. it'll eat you! - Anna Lynn M.
wow!!! love the pac-man hoodie, btw. - Carmen
Hi, Alex! What a surprise to see you on Friendfeed. Your Daddy loves you. :-) - Chris Baskind
Wow, this one came back up again. *watches everyone squirm* - Andrew Trinh
Hey, found out that Vera wasn't missing.She's dead.She laid her eggs and died.Poor Vera. - alexandra baskind
Btw,my brother has the pac-man hoodie and Vera is not venemous.And dad,i heart you too. - alexandra baskind
Aww, sorry to hear about Vera. On the bright side, you may have hundreds of Veras next summer! - Shout out 2Jody
I have pictures of the creepy egg sack. ;-) - Chris Baskind
We need pics of the bazillion spiders that will come from it! - Shout out 2Jody
eeeewwwwww! - Danielle
Yay!The spirit of Vera lives on. - alexandra baskind
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“BREAKING: Jury finds OJ Simpson guilty on all 12 counts, including armed robbery and kidnapping.”
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KARMA. - Trish R
YAY! - Jasmin Smith
Jury worked through the night, brought in the verdict after1:30am Eastern. - Chris Baskind
*insert prison bitch joke here* - Trish R
Wow - Rodfather
I wonder how many of us remember where we were when he was acquitted in 1995. I was in Poli Sci class my freshman year at Cal. People were listening to the verdict on their Sony Walkmans and many cheered. (I was not one of them) - Louis Gray
I was on the air in Memphis. The phones lit up with complaints -- people wanting to vent. - Chris Baskind
I was a sophomore in college in 1995. The verdict was read right before my Public Relations Writing class. They had set up TVs in the lobby of the building. Everyone was surprised. - Michelle Martinez
Send him up the river. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. - Live4Soccer
I was a sophomore in high school and a tv was rolled out into the great hall for us to watch (very small school). Some people cheered, some didn't, I don't think I reacted. - Erica Baker
As I remember, the kidnapping charge alone carried 5-15 years. - Chris Baskind
It's 13 yrs to the day that he was acquitted by the LA jury. - Ayşe E.
I was launching my first company on the all-new commercial Internet ! - Charlie Anzman
With OJ in jail, who will do the important work of finding the real killers? - Thomas Hawk
Ron Goldman and Nicole get their revenge, though perhaps a modest one, all things considered. - Chris Messina
I didn't follow this case, and I didn't pay much attention to the previous one either. As long as he was found guilty on the evidence of this case alone, and not because he's OJ and 'it's about time he got his just deserts' then justice was done. - Ian May
Why do people still care about this again? - Soulhuntre via twhirl
the last tv i saw before i left america was the white bronco from the air .. - Gregory Lent
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Saturday at 12:33 am - Link
Ronald McDonald, sexpot. - Chris Baskind
CREEPY - and there's not a single word of Japanese HAHA - Mona N.
tags: advertisement, mac donald - jfayel
the more ads I look, the more I think they are out of target against people from 2.0 twitter & co culture - jfayel
That skinny, beautiful young model hasn't been eating anything from McAwful's, has she? - Chris Baskind
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“Hard to believe Drudge is still leading with a red 36pt headline parroting some stupid slander of Obama by Moose Palin when OJ has just been sentenced. Well, maybe it's not that hard to believe, after all.”
Saturday at 5:18 am - Link
Drudge must be getting paid to support the new swiftboat campaign on Obama: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27... - Chris Baskind
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American Dairy Association Unveils Full-Size Car Made Entirely of Cheese
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It's the first car that gives *you* gas. - Chris Baskind
WANT - Shey
Om nom nom - Gez
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O.J. Simpson guilty in armed robbery, kidnapping trial - CNN.com
Friday at 11:14 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Former gridiron great O.J. Simpson was found guilty of all 12 counts in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas, Nevada, casino hotel last year. The jury reached the verdict 13 years to the day O.J. Simpson was acquitted of two murders. Simpson, 61, and his co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, were charged with a dozen offenses stemming from the alleged sports memorabilia heist. Stewart was also found guilty of the same charges as Simpson. Both men will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison. - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
karma's a righteous bitch. - Mavericks of Troy, NV! via fftogo
long overdue - Pascal
They wanted revenge and they got it... - J. Abdul-Qahhar
'better get used to these bars, kid' - dkb
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Saturday at 12:05 am - Link
These were actually taken before Ivan. What you see is all gone, but the island is rebuilding itself and is once again beautiful. - Chris Baskind
Wow, look at that clean sand. - Trish R
My family used to vacation on Pensacola Beach every year. It looked pretty ravaged after Ivan, but it's good to hear it's starting to get back to its old self. - Jandy Stone
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“Oh, look: a boxed set of the entire first season of "Mad Men." And here's a glass of wine. Hmm.”
Friday at 7:00 pm - Link
we have it too; the one that looks like a lighter - RAPatton
Please tell me that you have a TV and DVD player too ... :^D - Timothy Griffin
Timothy: No TV. But this here computer thingee works great. RAP: That's the one. Very cool box. :-) - Chris Baskind
Chris is going to have a great night! :) - Ayşe E.
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“The big headline for me today is I've decided to close one of our sites. Lots of potential -- and it looks good -- but I'm spread too thin. I'll be concentrating on Lighter Footstep.”
Friday at 4:42 pm - Link
:( ...but good luck! - Mona N.
why not selling it? - ※Fu※
It's EcoTech Daily, and there's a potential buyer (step right up, any who are interested ...) - Chris Baskind
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Apple flatly denies reports of Jobs heart attack; stock briefly tanks
Apple flatly denies reports of Jobs heart attack; stock briefly tanks
Friday at 7:15 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
After reposting what appears to be a bogus entry on CNN's iReporter that Steve Jobs had a heart attack, Silicon Valley Insider carries a terse denial from Apple. The news briefly sent Apple stock $10 lower in early trading. So -- who was it that was saying we don't need editors in the world of Web 2.0? - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
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Vatican official attacks U.S. Democrats as “party of death” | Blogs | Reuters.com
Vatican official attacks U.S. Democrats as “party of death” | Blogs | Reuters.com
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I'm going to hold my tongue and let this story -- and history -- speak for itself. - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
they get big checks from certain people. they cashed in not too long ago, actually - Cee Bee
Were those people buying dispensations? - MiniMage
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