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Barack Obama meets troops in Kuwait, makes 3-pt jumper on first try
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July 22 at 12:42 am - Link
Swish! - Mike Doeff
Daaaamn ... - Chris Baskind
the coolest - Ňicķ
jesus, i mean it is not like he's a freakin superstar so stop admiring him like one. hope he makes it better than bush, that is all i want from him - Nils Hitze via twhirl
Nils, if you can hit that shot, I'll say the same about you. :-) - Chris Baskind
if he's not superstar, i don't know who is..... - Ňicķ
Shooting hoops may become a crucial part of his campaign - Charlie
presidential shot - Jamie
Fluke. - Mo J.
I wouldn't vote for a Bulls fan - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Wonder if he can throw a baseball. - Larry Huffman
This really shows the one thing that sets Obama apart from most other public figures: how incredibly, almost preternaturally relaxed he is in front of a crowd. Coolness incarnate. - Dave Bonta
Impressive guy all the way around...neat! - Susan Beebe
All star - Jeremiah Owyang
Yes but he can't bowl which shows he is not in touch with "regular" people. After all... regular people don;t play basketball. - Jeff Jones
Quality!!! - Joe Dawson
"I may not make this first one" - yeah, right - Tom Quinn
he is "on target" - orionstarr
Now I want to see him box.(What a president we could have!) - Lisa Creech Bledsoe via twhirl
forget foreign policy! I want a prez that can shoot hoops. - Josh via twhirl
that's it. i'm voting for him. twice - Cee Bee
he is left-handed....4 of the last 6 presidents were southpaws - Derek Coatney
Awesome! - Mitchell Tsai
Wouldn't it be neat to have a cool president? - Anthony Citrano
The Lakers sure could have used him back in the NBA finals, but I think the US needs him more. - Jon Erickson
Would have they shown it if he hasn't scored? :) Anyway I hope he'll be your next President. - Markingegno - Donato
Too bad the presidential race can't be decided by a game of 'around the world'. - Dave Earley
Interesting sidenote: When John McCain visited the base last year he was handed the same basketball. It spontaneously self-deflated in his hand. - Bill Barol
If Obama agrees to do a town-hall meeting with McCain I think McCain should agree to play Around the World or Horse with Obama. - Brandon Titus
When I saw this on Fox News, they deliberately included 10 seconds of Obama "prepping" for the shot, but somehow were too short on time to include the part where he makes the basket. - Sanjay
2 points.. toes were over the line! - Aaron Baer
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July 22 at 10:25 am - Link
I think so too. The soldiers there agreed. I suppose there are some who think George Bush is cool, and if that makes you cringe, there's your partisan divide right there. - Amyloo
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July 14 at 2:23 pm - Link
Don't all airline tickets weigh the same? - Stuart Grimshaw via twhirl
I think it would be great, may even help not getting stuck between two large people on a flight back east. But please don't let TSA be responsible for weighing everyone we may never get to board. - Jon Erickson
Actually, I often get "electronic" tickets... I wonder if those weigh anything. - Jeremy Zawodny
This reminds me of living with roommates... you'd start out splitting the electricity bill evenly, but then someone complains that Carl has a server room that drains 70% of the power and then Carl complains that Eddie uses a lot of that server space and so on and so on... weight-based pricing sounds neat ... in theory... but could turn into disaster - Dave Dash via Alert Thingy
so how do you buy tickets in advance, or for a third person, when you can't price them until you actually show up to be weighed? - Chuq Von Rospach
It's an interesting concept ... but as mentioned above, could get messy. I've often thought about how this could be done in health care. THAT gets even messier though. - AJ Kohn
its a great idea, but people would scream discimination - that being overweight isn't their fault, not to mention it would be impractical - scales at the airport would slow things down, and if you didn't weigh people at the airport, surely folks would exaggerate their slenderness to get the best price. - Jason Kaneshiro
@Jason: You could weigh them at the security checkpoint without slowing them down too much. Hey, they even get to take the shoes off to lower the total! - AJ Kohn
@AJ, more likely it would have to be done at the luggage counter where people interact with the airline representative and pay for the additional charge, and second, all the people who don't check bags with e-tickets would then have to stand in line also to be weighed. - Jason Kaneshiro
I'm not sure that knowing the *exact* price in advance really matters. What you're "buying" in advance is a $/pound price point. Most poeple likely own scales and could easily ballpark their ticket prices. Hell, it wouldn't take long for popular booking web sites to add a little on-line calculator. - Jeremy Zawodny
Yikes, would be very embarrassing for many Americans. - Sonciary Honnoll
Here's an idea. At the airport, set up a series of poles set up with increasing distance between to measure girth. Charge accordingly depending on which posts the passenger can pass between. Essentially, if you're spilling out of your airline seat into the next one, you should pay for two. This would be similar to the "does your suitcase fit here?" type plastic boxes to measure carry ons. - Jason Kaneshiro
I'm thinking of it like in Total Recall with the wall of x-ray ... as you walk down you're assigned a weight. Perhaps it's not even a scale but simple math based on visual capture? - AJ Kohn
if you're going to attempt this in obese-nation, then ya need to seriously overhaul a ton of other crap like banning fast food, only see fruit vendors in airports and, if your feet cant reach the floor in your seat -sorry you cant lean back its felony if you do - Dan Rockwell via twhirl
Oh man I'm in trouble. Wouldn't this classify as weightism? :P - Shey
This is likely an unpopular view, but would it be a bad thing to provide some economic incentives to be a bit healthier? I mean, it's one thing if you choose to smoke, stuff yourself with fast food and not exercise and your quality of life and health diminishes. The problem is the rest of the populace pays for their care. - AJ Kohn
Weight is not always health related - some people are naturally larger or smaller. Also sometimes being overweight is a medical condition rather than the result of food consumption. So not a really fair system. - Craig Thomler
sort of understand the mass to cost to transport ratio - but surprised to see above is all about overweight - how about those of us who are genetically big, we'd be punished for our dna - mike "glemak" dunn
Final solution remedies always produce collateral damage,huh? - Mark Forman
One way around the weight discrimination is to include carry ons in the pricing. An overweight person could reduce their ticket price by bringing less crap on board, and the skinny person with three "bags" (purse and bag of food) plus a rolly suitcase could pay just as much. - Jason Kaneshiro
Jason: smart approach... sorta huge line though to weigh all this stuff...monetizing air travel really does suck - Susan Beebe
im obese and what you just said kills me "put down the cinnabon before you board" - i hope we get to meet one day and you say that to my face! - Allen Stern
Allen, perhaps you're not familiar with my story? http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog... - Jeremy Zawodny
No zealots like a convert. :) - Robert Cooper via twhirl
As someone who is bigger (tall and a bit wider) I think the only way I would agree to pay more is if they give me a bigger seat with more legroom. Short skinny people can spare the space. This is a reason I hate to fly. I would rather drive than pay more to get treated as sheep. - Dave Simon
Jeremy your system is flawed for so many reasons. Stick to coding pal :) - Allen Stern
Allen: thanks for your thoughtful analysis and advice. I'll be sure to only think and write about code from now on, for fear of a coming up with "flawed" ideas. - Jeremy Zawodny
I'm thinking Jeremy meant this like Swift's "A Modest Proposal" [satire] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... - Sprague D
So in your plan, if I am fat, do I get a larger seat to go along with my higher price? Right now I pay for two seats, how does your system handle that? Or does everyone get the same seat but pays more because there's more weight in there? I am going to double-swipe my metrocard tomorrow on the subway because the train pulling me has to exert more force because of my weight. On a side note, congrats (seriously) on your weight loss. - Allen Stern
Allen: a larger seat would make a lot of sense, wouldn't it? - Jeremy Zawodny
i wish i had more time right now to go back and forth with you on this but 9 companies have decided to post news tomorrow at 9am and i have to write their stories - maybe we pick this up at another time - sorry - Allen Stern
This came up 6 years ago too. SouthWest decided they would force large people to buy a second ticket. http://scottkoon.org/2002/07/1... . This works out to a lose-lose situation for everyone. It does open some "slippery slope" possibilities. The real problem is that they put too many rows on the planes. Tall, skinny people would rather have one less row and some more leg room. I'd also advocate some sort of "smack in the head" policy for anyone reclining in their seat. - Scott Koon via twhirl
I would find this a lot more palatable if you also got a size-appropriate seat. If I'm 280 lbs and am paying twice as much as someone who weighs 140lbs, then I should get a chair that fits my size, and the 140 lb person should get a chair that fits their size. - Kevin Fox
This campaign was running a few weeks ago when I was in Philadelphia: http://flyderrie-air.com/derri... The first airline to charge by weight. It is coming. (No, it isn't real, but it is funny) Wasn't pay by the pound big with some small town restaurants in the 70's / 80's? I remember going to one as a kid and it was a nickel a pound for kids under 12. - Scott Schnaars
Besides larger seats for larger people you would also have to provide a bigger meal and more snacks. Ummm wait.. that's called first class. - Luis Figueiredo
A sensible idea. - Carlo Zottmann
all I know is that I just flew continental and was totally surprised to be fed... and I mean actual food not just peanuts - nick carrasco
It's not unreasonable to charge people according to the cost of carrying them & their luggage, whether or not you also offer to sell them custom sized seats, but it's probably a money losing scheme once you factor in people's resentment of it. Given a choice between equitable treatment and just treatment, people generally choose whichever benefits them more. - seth
Obsese people wouldn't get larger seats for their expensive tickets, they would get more fuel for their flight. Bigger seats are available right now; it's called first class. - Micah Sittig
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Racist comments during Wayne Sutton/Corvida Interview
July 9 at 8:47 pm - Link
Click through this to see more of the spewage. It was atrocious. - Louis Gray
Don't be afraid to "Like" this, I won't be offended. - Shey
lol - Cee Bee
like = 'was shocked by' - J·Phil·Glockner
this is just sad. Where do people pick up these ideas anyway? - Rahul Das
i was in the room , some really nasty stuff went on , should be some sort of report to Y 'Live made - johnpiercy
I think that it's great that the racist asshats and pot stirrers provoke good conversation among the majority of the rational people that need to discuss these sensitive and painful issues in a meaningful manner. - Mark Forman
It's difficult to even read this stuff. Don't have anything substantial to add...Just wanted to join the chorus of the sane condemning this kind of disgraceful behavior. - Lon Harris via twhirl
Unbelievable. What year is this? - jonn
I want to start a non profit that takes donations and gives the money to hitmen to kill people associated with racist organizations, child molesters, etc. That would be pretty sweet. - The Kid
I had racist slings thrown at me my whole life - from chink, chigger, mutt, gook, etc al. It's sad that people act like that but most of the time it stems from fear - ie: fear of the unknown (because of our still segregated society). - George Smith
And there is nothing that will change these guys' minds. They live their little anonymous lives, fearful of anything that doesn't fit into their little world, creating things to hate so they don't have to look at themselves too much. Ugh. - Hutch Carpenter
Just showing support. We need more buttons than 'like.' - sergiooo
Shey: Thanks for saying that, else I would have been v reluctant to 'like' something I vehemently disagree with - Sally Church
Violence is not helpful, escalating the inflamatory language isn't helpful, it's how ignorant things get said. I agree with Mark F that rational discussion is important but also note that the people who we'd like to behave differently are not rational and aren't interested in discussion. That's why a lot of people dismiss the wackos and try to be good examples. The best way to respond to ignorance(i feel) in the long term is to not prove the stereotypes right. - sergiooo
I got nothing. .... nothing. *disgusted* - Yolanda
A small, heartening counternote: @owillis honors an American hero who gave up his job rather than honor the racist Jesse Helms. http://snurl.com/2w805 - Michael Markman
This is...so ugly. Cowardly losers- shame on them. - Abby Martin
Like Youtube Yahoo! Tends to attract the lowest common denominator. It's just awful that they were ambushed like that. - Steve Spalding
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mioNews: Patrick Lightbody posted a message
“mioNews now has keyboard shortcuts! They will be documented soon, but the keys are: j/k for next/prev entry, shift-n/shift-p for next/prev item on the left-hand-side, r to toggle read/unread state, s to share, c to comment, l to like, h to hate, and o to open the entry in a new window. Enjoy!”
July 7 at 1:59 pm - Link
When adding a friends folder the comments window pops up whenever I use 'c' in the name (same with share and 's') - pb30
pb30 - can you tell me what browser you're using? - Patrick Lightbody
Nevermind, I just figured out the problem. We're pushing the fix live now. - Patrick Lightbody
Great news Patrick. - Jon Erickson
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“If you HAD to choose between blogging and micro-blogging, which would it be?”
July 3 at 9:37 pm - Link
I'm gonna think outside the box and choose telegraphy! - Emotion Tad
blogging - Bwana McCall
Blogging. Fits my personality better. - Hutch Carpenter
Blogging. I don't like the choice though. - Michael C. Harris
Blogging because I like adding screenshots to my posts :D - Corvida via twhirl
Please define-blogging and microblogging? Why must we choose. They are both talking but in different ways. - Mark Forman
I micro-blog and blog haha Plus, there's the "read more after jump" option for people who don't like lengthy posts... - Mona N.
easy - "microblogging" - b/c I can always write in journals or email... but Twitter rocks my world. - Lucretia Pruitt
Writing. - Kirk Kittell
etching with silver nitrate. - Nathan Eckenrode
blogging - AJ Kohn
I would say blogging, because I count micro-blogging as just a subset of blogging. Meaning...I have really made no choice at all. I still get to do both :) - Rahsheen™
Does FF participation count as micro-blogging? I participate in FF a lot more than my blog now. More convenient, easier to start a conversation and keep it going. No self-imposed timetable or post quota to keep up with to make sure enough people are interested in being part of my "audience" (it's built in with FF). Easier to interact with people and get more interaction back. Easier to find the answers to my questions. FF does all I really wanted out of blogging anyway. - Lindsay Donaghe
microblogging - Bjorn Tipling
Blogging. But I do both. - Chris Baskind
blogging - Steven Hodson
Podcasts. - Cote'
Don't make me choose! OK, I choose blogging. - Summer
Only blogging+microblogging! - Igor Poltavskiy
depends on my mood and what I want to say. it obv takes a lot less cognitive ability to microblog, but many more mainstream people read my blog. - Philip Ryan Johnson
@Lindsay Yeah I definitely agree. FF takes away a lot of my time that I would spend doing other things, that's why I've significantly cut my usage over the past couple weeks. - Shey
definitely would stay with blogging. I can live without things like Twitter. - Rob Diana
Definitely blogging. - Colin Walker via fftogo
If had known micro-blogging / lifestreaming would reach this level, I probably wouldn't blog at all - Charlie Anzman
I can always find time to micro-blog... - Rachel Beer
Micro blogging == FF? If FF posts supported more length, formatting and inclusion of media then blogging would disappear for most people - Brian Sullivan
blogging - Sarah Perez
wait no - micro-blogging - Sarah Perez
OMG - don't make me choose! - Sarah Perez
Easy... blogging. - Louis Gray
I don't think we have to or need to choose. Both are great for different things. - Tris Hussey via twhirl
more and more I am falling towards the micro blogging side. I sometimes think I should just get rid of my traditional blog. - (jeff)isageek
Since you did not mention IM, blogging, even though I do little of it, there are times a long public rant is needed for the psyche - Michael W. May via twhirl
Micro blogging doesn't exist. - Andru Edwards
Mini-blogging. Creating content while wearing a mini-skirt. - Andy C
98% of my blog's readers do not know what twitter is and they don't care. When I used twitter tools to publish an daily digest of my tweets, they hated it. So: The answer is Blogging. - Rick Powell
I agree with Lindsay. Post directly to FF. - Russellreno
ooh.. tough one.. blogging! - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau
microblogging. I could never keep my blog up to date - Andy Wilkin via feedalizr
I would microblog. Microblogging is easier, and it makes you look smarter to be able to say something insightful in only 140 characters. - possible248
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“David Bowie - China Girl”
July 3 at 4:39 pm - Link
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Dave "Maverick" Winer posted a message
“New policy -- when I want to post a link and Twitter is down, I'll post it on FF instead.”
July 1 at 8:55 pm - Link
I have been using FF more and twitter less and I am liking it more - Dave Gray
cool... i've got FF set as my start page right now - Adam C.
if I could import from FF to Twittet it would be a perfect solution. - Johnny Baker
JB, that would be easy to do. - Dave "Maverick" Winer
Dave, why not skip Twitter entirely. With FriendFeed you can choose a cool graphic to go with your link. You can't do that with Twitter. Really FF is a superior platform. - Thomas Hawk
I actually prefer to post links on Friendfeed. On Friendfeed, I don't have to use a URL shortener. - Morton Fox
jump to the end: post to FF first. these days it seems you'd be right more often than you are not... - Russell Holliman
Thomas it's the people. There are a lot of people who use Twitter who don't use FF. It's only geeks here near as I can tell. I don't think the people here are all that interested in some of the things I'm interested in. And there are a lot more idiot Republicans here. I like intelligent people and there aren't too many smart folk who are willing to admit to being Republican these days. So you're pretty much left with the slimedogs. Present company excepted of course. :-) - Dave "Maverick" Winer
I'd go FF first. Most conversations of value based on the link will happen here anyway. - Duncan Riley
I'm using FF differently than Twitter. I follow many fewer here and am being followed by many fewer. I like the intimacy, talking mostly with people I actually know in most cases. At Twitter I have many followers and use it to get more viewership of a new blog post. - shelisrael1
You can always post on twitter first, and import it in ff. - Jacob
why would you want to post to twitter directly? - Sean Savage
Duncan and Thomas have it right. You always have the option of using Twitter but participating in Friendfeed returns more. I use both as many do (but hide and just occasionally look at the Twitter posts to avoid overload). It's getting better each week. Simply a matter of how YOU choose to set it up. - Charlie Anzman
I have advanced degrees and an IQ of 135; I've been a highly successful educator at both the secondary and collegiate levels. But because I identify with the Republican party, I'm an idiot according to Dave Winer. - Gregory Pittman via fftogo
Gregory... That extra 4 points I have on you in the IQ stakes must be the part that accounts for sarcasm, humor and the ability to know that generalisations are rarely accurate... - John Worthington
@John - or the part that does reading comprehension, since Gregory obviously failed to parse "a lot more", "not too many", and "pretty much". - Jeremy Raines
watch out, this policy made me fell in-love with FriendFeed... - Orli Yakuel
Enjoy! Some Hebrew Love. http://tinyurl.com/6jwkf6 - Igor The Troll
Cool. That way Twitter can stay up. ;-) - Vic Podcaster
idiot republicans? slimedogs? Even though I'm a democrat I find broad sweeping statements like that to be problematic. I'd like to think that I'm more open minded than that. I also think that politics are not the only thing to talk about in the world and think that gauging someone's intelligence or the value of their conversation by their political party affiliation is, well, pretty idiotic. - Thomas Hawk
Getting back to the subject, why not start posting here first anyway? - David Weiner
Thomas is one of an ever-decreasing number of people from all points of the political spectrum for whom disagreement on issues doesn't degrade to personal attacks. Thomas and I might disagree on what the problems are and what the solutions to those problems are, but we would be able to have a valuable conversation. I appreciate that very much. - Gregory Pittman
I usually do it on both. - Thejesh GN
it's funny how Americans can feel in their stomach being part of Rep or Dems, when the whole world knows deep in their stomach that there is not a glinch that diferentiate both parties a part from the color of the tie, i'm not saying we are better in Europe or elsewhere, i'm saying we're all screwed, - Ben Borges
@Ben yeah democracy sucks that way... naturally breeds moderate points of view - Rubin Sfadj
Good policy! I'm starting to followthat too. - Shannon Low via twhirl
is it still democracy ? i'v seen bush with a "christian cruz" on his back while speaking on tv, (terrorist) for me it's middle age democracy. - Ben Borges
I am trying to do this too, but my friends aren't actively using FF yet. - Michelle Lentz
Starting on FriendFeed today. Put me down as an AFTU (Another Frustrated Twitter User). - Michael E. Rubin
I'm using ping.fm to do this. - Gary Walter
that's been my policy of late...i can't even follow ppl on twitter today - Sarah Perez
I actually prefer to use Twitter for less important messages and FriendFeed for stuff when I want to generate conversation. The idea behind my logic is that some people, to reduce the noise, block all tweets, as they consider tweets less important. I agree with these folk, so I use Twitter for stuff that they're probably not interested in. - possible248 via NoiseRiver
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“Megen and I just watched Super Size Me; and are promptly headed out for a walk”
July 1 at 6:52 pm - Link
I didn't eat much fast food, but after watching this I haven't eaten ANY since: 3+ years and going. - AJ Kohn
Haven't eaten at McDonald's since seeing this a few years back. - Mark Trapp
loved that movie. A real eye opener. - sean808080
Best part is when he stops eating the stuff, then he begins to feel really bad, then he eats some and feels awesome. Telling, eh? I still love the food, but try not to eat it. - Jim Kukral via twhirl
He did a real number on his heart and liver eating only MickeyD's for a month and I recall it took him about 9 months to get his health back to normal. - Larry Kless
there is some other documentary or story out recently about a guy who lost a bunch of weight on a mcdonalds-only diet. so I guess there are multiple factors. - Bruce Williams
Excepting In-N-Out, I haven't eaten fast food in a decade. - Adam Lasnik
Yeah, even though times have changed and Mcdonalds has changed (in some part because of this movie), some things are still severely flawed about the system. Trust me, I worked there. - Art
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July 1 at 2:02 pm - Link
I am sure we will see many top ten Shrub disasters. There is no question that this was the worst administration in our history. - Jon Erickson
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Nikon D700 DSLR Official: D3's Big Sensor In a Smaller Body for $2999
July 1 at 6:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Looks like I may have to switch platforms. - Jack Baty via Bookmarklet
do you shoot Canon? come to the dark side! - Karl Swedberg via twhirl
Outstanding, but now I have to make the decision to drop all of my Olympus lens and start over with Nikon. This is the body that I have been waiting for. - Jon Erickson
Yep. Lots of Canon stuff. Until the latest round of Nikon stuff I hadn't even considered switching. That D3 sensor is awesome by the looks of things - Jack Baty
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