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YouTube - Charles Barkley Talks About Hillary Supporters
YouTube - Charles Barkley Talks About Hillary Supporters
August 27 at 7:23 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Don't try and win votes back, just call them all idiots and let them go. Unity my ass. - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Han Solo in Cake-onite - Boing Boing
August 26 at 10:03 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
That's pretty clever! - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Nine-year-old told he's too good - MLB - SI.com
August 25 at 3:15 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Safety issue my balls. He hasn't beaned anyone, fact is, the kids just can't hit that kind of speed. And it's no fun when it's a guaranteed loss when a certain player takes the mound at that level. Enough parents bitched, and the league director who was probably quite green, talked to a lawyer and found a quick out. - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Clinton Delegate Tells Off Clinton "Supporter" - iReport.com
August 25 at 2:59 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
I have no more use for the Democratic party. In one election cycle they totally turned me off. Bravo! - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Wooden Computer: Case, Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard = All Wood Holy WOW =O
Wooden Computer: Case, Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard = All Wood Holy WOW =O
Wooden Computer: Case, Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard = All Wood Holy WOW =O
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August 25 at 1:38 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
*expand for the case, it's glowing :) - Mona N.
Holy Wood - Jason Brooks
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Holy Wood Batman! :) - Mona N.
Looks...dumb ;) - Andru Edwards
I hope they don't get termites! - Chris Rivait
Time to switch from Endust to Pledge wipes. - Michael Beck
Michael, Pledge is cheaper than Endust! :) - Mona N.
Useless to me. I love wood but man, who needs that? - fbrunel
Do we 'need' anything with a power switch and a USB? ;) - Mona N.
Cause you know, nothing provides the exceptional cooling and heat resistance properties of wood... - John Worthington
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It Looks Like Obama's Lost 4% in the Polls Since Announcing Biden, from CNN
It Looks Like Obama's Lost 4% in the Polls Since Announcing Biden, from CNN
August 25 at 11:03 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
""The first national poll conducted after Barack Obama publicly named Joe Biden as his running mate suggests that the battle for the presidency between the Illinois senator and John McCain is all tied up. This looks like a step backward for Obama, who had a 51 to 44 percent advantage last month," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Even last week, just before his choice of Joe Biden as his running mate became known, most polls tended to show Obama with a single-digit advantage over McCain."" - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet
Biden and the one billion dollars he wants to spend going after file sharers seems to be a liability for Obama. Certainly there are plenty of people who know more about politics than I do, but the polls at least would suggest that naming Biden was a mistake. - Thomas Hawk
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Wants to spend a billion going after file sharers?! WHAT?! - Andru Edwards
http://valleywag.com/5041271/b... - Nick
Well, there goes my vote. - Andru Edwards
I was surprised at this. Foolish choice. - Steve Olson
*yawn* wake me up after the conventions and a poll result might actually mean something. - Eric
Look, I think Biden's all wrong on this issue as well, but COME ON. If you really think the most important issue in the upcoming election is online file-sharing, you're not paying attention. - Lon Harris via twhirl
so RIAA & MPAA has approximately %4 foes among US population - I mean, dedicated hard-core ready-to-act-not-talk foes - silpol
these polls are crap. they are intended to confuse and sway people's opinions - Cee Bee
I'm just tired of Hollywood having so many politicians in their back pocket. Outrageous proposals like spending a billion dollars to combat file sharing, when money is so desperately needed in other places, or classifying altering a device to play copy protected songs as a felony. These types of over-reactions are not the answer. And these policies only get pushed because Hollywood dumps buckets of money on the political process. It's sad. - Thomas Hawk
Obama's lost credibility in my book for picking such a Hollywood zealot as his running mate. There's lots I do like about Obama and lots I don't like about McCain, but him picking someone like Biden makes me just want to sit this election out and not vote for either. - Thomas Hawk
Agreeing with Lon Harris - I may dislike Biden's stance on this issue, but really now, THIS is what will sway your vote? Economy, war, healthcare, etc are all at stake in this election. Get the right president in office, then go to work on your congressional reps to effect actual change wrt copyright, file-sharing, etc. - Kevin Briody
Maybe im totally out of it, but wasnt McCain ahead of Obama by 1% last week? - Sheraz Mahmood via twhirl
@Thomas, Have you checked out Biden's energy policy? Seems like a big win for Obama and the US as well. This WAY overshadows his activities chasing down illegal file sharers. Honestly, I doubt most Americans really care about the file sharing issue. The only people who seem to really care about file sharing/copyright/DRM issues are us techie types, which we all know represents a single digit portion of the population at large. In the long run this will not hurt Biden or Obama's chances on election day. - Jeff P. Henderson
Keep some perspective, please. First, Obama still has the best technology positions of any candidate who's ever run for office, especially compared to John doesn't-use-email McCain who explicitly doesn't support net neutrality. And Biden, as VP, doesn't set policy, technology related or otherwise. If anything be glad that becoming VP would get him out of the Senate, where he can do a lot more harm. - Eric
@Kevin what about 4th amendment? did you just say R.I.P. ? :) - silpol
I tend to get wound up about things I'm passionate about -- even if they are small in context to the big picture. The Biden hypocrisy combined with Hollywood's seemingly endless lobbying of US politicians just gets at me is all. - Thomas Hawk
Regarding the loss of 4% in the poles. As long as the Democrats put on a good show at their convention this week free of inter party bickering and at least appear to be all on the same page, I would suspect the Obama will gain that 4% back and then some. The same cycle will probably happen to McCain when he names his running mate. I can't wait to see who McCain picks. - Jeff P. Henderson
@Thomas, I doubt that it is possible to find a person qualified to be the presidential running mate that does not have a skeleton in their closet or some hypocrisy in their beliefs and past actions. If this is the only negative that can be pinned on Biden, then I would consider it fairly minor in the grand scheme of things. We have so many more pressing issue in this country to tackle such as, Energy Policy, Economy, Health Care, Education, the disappearance of the middle class. - Jeff P. Henderson
@Thomas, totally understand your thoughts on this issue. There are issues that occasionally hit a nerve with me also, (the right to photograph in public to name one, not to change the subject). Sometimes we just need to step back and look at the big picture. - Jeff P. Henderson
Face it, we're screwed either way. One wants to leave us entrenched in a war and the other wants to raise taxes to take even more of the money we earn from having a job. I would just love to see one candidate in my lifetime who isn't just full of crap. - jerry
Big Mac ala Obama! LOL Take Obama rolls and stick McCain Beef! Add Hilary Salad and Gore dressing! How is that for a mutant president? - Igor The Troll
+1 Jerry - Michael Beck
Not sure that the drop can be solely blamed on Biden. It was a long week. - Ontario Emperor
@jerry Unless you make over ~$600K in salary income, Obama's plan will not raise your income taxes, it will actually lower taxes for a majority of Americans. http://www.washingtonpost.com/... - Jeff P. Henderson
Thomas, think the mainstream media going 72% negative on Obama this past month vs 26% negative on McCain has anything to do with those numbers?? - Will DeLuca
@Jeff hence my dilemma. I had plans to bust the $600k mark soon. Not to give too much away, but my plan involved a ball of year, a wooden mallet, and a small box of uncooked angel hair pasta. - jerry
@ jerry, I'd venture to guess that most of us wish we had your dilemma... - Jeff P. Henderson
Hmmmm... Government support of the RIAA or Government sanctioned torture... which is more important to stop? - Tad - just Tad
@Tad, That easy, since the government is not torturing ME and I like free music... ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson
I really liked Obama's stance on copyright reform. To hear that Joe Biden is one of the biggest enemies of that...well, it doesn't make me excited to have him as vice president. If he's so good with foreign policy, send him overseas and let us take care of things here. - flammable
@silpol the 4th Ammendment is more at risk thanks to the current administration than anything Biden could influence via his tech policies. Seriously, let's keep perspective here. Plus, to someone else's comments - Biden as VP is one less tech foe where it really matters, Congress. - Kevin Briody via Alert Thingy
@Kevin what I was trying to say - Obama had put last nail into 4th amendment coffin - he was known maverick to overthrow every legal item against it, only to come-up on final line as supporters of those to bury it. And essentially this is all about American _main_ problem - you somehow as whole nation bound into choosing between moro... ergh, I mean candidates... while any other options seem to be non-viable for 250+ million nation... - silpol
Biden also supported the credit card companies over consumers - specifically that stupid bill that made it harder for people to declare bankruptcy. Really not liking that decision, likely driven by how big credit cards are in his home state of deleware. - Jason Kaneshiro
Biden's stance on personal liberties make me shiver! Now to the big picture -- regardless of the way the electorate is sliced -- I'm always a minority. Learned to live with it. And for those of us who are California voters we could not matter less - it's the religious base the Democrats are trying to win over with this nomination. - Eugene
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August 20 at 2:43 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
What a great story. - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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All My Faves | Why Search?
August 20 at 2:14 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Introducing someone to the Internet? This is the place to have them start. - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Police arrest man for photographing them | Metro.co.uk
August 20 at 1:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
What is this world coming to? - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
If there is power, there will be abuse of power. Who will police the police? - Morton Fox
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August 20 at 1:27 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Can someone please help me introduce spyware onto people's computers? It's illegal, and I'm paying poorly to boot." Dumb ass. - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Retrospective: Kabobber for the Atari 2600 - Retro Thing
Retrospective: Kabobber for the Atari 2600 - Retro Thing
Retrospective: Kabobber for the Atari 2600 - Retro Thing
August 20 at 9:44 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
for (jeff)isageek. - Phil (scribkin) via Bookmarklet
I'm all about anything Atari 2600. That system was the bomb, plus during the video game crash of the early 80s, you could buy the entire collection for a nickle a cartridge at any garage sale! How could you say no to that? - Michael Beck
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The Colbert Canton debacle | Something You Might Be Interested In
August 20 at 9:48 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Collection of all the Colbert-Canton "flap" videos. Hilarious! Wonder what Canton, TX's response will be? - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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August 17 at 5:12 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Simple, yet hard.... and addicting! - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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August 15 at 10:27 am - Link
Two for cringing! - Michael Beck
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Mayor Kilpatrick's attorney asks about pardon from Granholm
August 14 at 1:43 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
So in other words, pardon me on perjury charges so I can speak truthfully at my removal hearing. How about a better idea: resign from office. - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Foreclosure fallout: Houses go for $1 | Detroit News
Foreclosure fallout: Houses go for $1 | Detroit News
August 13 at 11:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"The fact that a home on the city's east side was listed for $1 recently shows how depressed the real estate market has become in one of America's poorest big cities... and it still took 19 days to find a buyer." - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet
And homes nearby are going for $250 to $500. Seeing this happen in Detroit might be "one thing" but we'll be seeing it elsewhere soon. - Anthony Citrano
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What's the catch here? Presumably the places are unhabitable? - Brian Sullivan
this is so sad - Shey
Brian: yes, the places are wrecked. I think in these cases the land would be more valuable cleared, but one needs to invest some add'l $$ clearing the land (and possibly a tax bill.) - Anthony Citrano
detroit is a wreck in so many ways right now. - chartreuse
Detroit's problems go so far back. Mainly, from being a one horse town. Auto industry, it primary economy from it's inception. When Motown moved to LA in 1972, that was the final nail in the coffin. A lesson in the need for any economy to be diverse. Could come back, though, if enough creatives took over... The suburbs are very affluent. - Mary Anne Davis
It's a shame. I love going to Detroit, mostly because of my friends and the Breakfast House, but I think it's a interesting city with a lot of character. I hope things can turn around. - Shey
And why was it only a buck? "Scrappers tore out the copper plumbing, the furnace and the light fixtures, taking everything of value, including the kitchen sink." - Michael Beck
Makes me wonder if the $1 includes the land the house sits on... - Tad - just Tad
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Facebook Faces Beacon Class-Action Lawsuit
August 14 at 12:32 pm - Link
Burn, Facebook. Burn. - Michael Beck
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Pictured: The horrific moment Olympic weightlifter turns his elbow back to front | Mail Online
Pictured: The horrific moment Olympic weightlifter turns his elbow back to front | Mail Online
August 14 at 12:21 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Augh!!!!! MOMMY!!! Click through to see the bad pictures... ugh. - Bwana McCall via Bookmarklet
AGGHHHHHH! Painful to look at - cool share - Michael Beck
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Pains me to see it again... :( - AJ Batac
Comment of the year - "Come on dude - walk if off it's just a flesh wound." LOL!!!! - Bwana McCall
I saw something like this happen in person 17 years ago...when I recall the sound of the scream from it - I still get goose bumps to this day. OUCH!!! - Jay Martin
Hope the guy's not seriously injured. Never understood weightlifting and strong man competitions. After all, we had an Industrial Revolution to replace unnecessary human labor. - Tom Landini
So painful. So awesome. - Steve Isaacs
Holy Owie!!!! That's gonna' leave a mark. :-( - Lisa L. Seifert
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Gmail supports easier access to contacts when composing a message
August 14 at 10:48 am - Link
I'm not seeing this link on my end. Anyone else not able to use this feature? - Michael Beck
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Surf Jack - HTTPS will not save you « EnableSecurity
August 13 at 1:34 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Definitely frightening stuff! - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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Commentary: Why 'Tropic Thunder' shouldn't be seen - CNN.com
August 13 at 1:18 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Use of the word "retard" and depiction of disabled go too far, Shriver says" - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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“I subscribed to way too many meme people. Unscribing from a ton of people today. Can't bring myself to unsubscribe from anyone who has subscribed to me. That'd just be rude. Or hot women. If you're a chick, and you're hot, and I'm subscribed to you and you're not subscribed to me...”
August 12 at 9:08 am - Link
...I'd shag you rotten at a moment's notice. And I can tell you that publicly because you'll never read this anyways. BAM BAM BAM. Yeah, just like that. - Michael Beck
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YouTube - Saul Williams: Convict Colony
YouTube - Saul Williams: Convict Colony
August 11 at 11:32 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
With videos like this, it's amazing how his career didn't take him higher. *cough* - Michael Beck
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Microsoft Windows Blue Screen of Death strikes Olympic opening ceremonies
August 11 at 11:19 am - Link
Any comment from Microsoft? What a slap on the world stage. lol - Michael Beck
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Why laptops will kick desktop PCs to the curb
August 10 at 7:28 pm - Link
they haven't already? - Stefan Hayden
You know; that crossed my mind today. Heck i want to have both - Gordon Swaby
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My ideal computing hardware would be a Mac Pro with dual LCD to process my photos and then a MB Air for everything else but until I win a lottery, my sole MBP will have to do. ;-p - saeba
I mean I still have a desktop at home.. but I can't see that staying the same over the next 20 years - Stefan Hayden
I'm kind of interested in the new PC with the touch screen. But I do love my laptop for convenience. - JMS
I can't live without my laptop. You'd think I gave birth to it. - Kate Kapetanakis
Laptops are hardly convieinent for things like media servers and bandwidth-intensive applications. I want my laptop for mobility but want my desktop for my TV, storage, adn backups. - Michael Sauers via twhirl
storage, backups and TV stuff seem to be moving to custom boxes. TiVo and external hard drives. Most people will not customize their own box. - Stefan Hayden
as longs as i can sync, Power at home, mobility on the road. - Joel Greene
I've got both, and love the laptop, but insist on a desktop for several reasons: security (ethernet vs wifi, would never want financial information stolen or misplaced by forgetting a laptop somewhere), sheer amount of data that doesn't need to be portable (music, movies streaming to entertainment system), and lastly, failure rate of my portables has been much higher. Anything critical stays on the desktop, locked in the home, with backup solutions. - Jason Kaneshiro
I already kicked my desktop to the curb. Picked up a laptop and now it's my only computer. In fact, gave my old desktop to my brother. And hell, why not? When I'm at home I just plug in my keyboard, mouse and monitor and use it like a desktop anyways. I have the best of both worlds with only one machine. - Michael Beck
Proper gaming laptop - $2000 and you can't take it anywhere or upgrade it. Proper gaming desktop - $1200 and you can do partial upgrades and don't generally need to move it. Otherwise, yeah laptop. - xero
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Olympics
Olympics
August 11 at 9:39 am - Link
I'm feeling a little gassy - ChangeForge via twhirl
oh dear god, when will it end?? - Anthony Citrano
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holy Heath ledger sighting at the olympics! - Morgan
Does he practice these looks in the mirror or do they just come naturally to him? - Michael Beck
Why soooo serious?? - Daynah
Reminds me of my grandfather. He makes these kinds of faces all the time. He has Alzheimer's. - Jeanette Martinez
a little captions can't hurt, of course. http://img244.imageshack.us/im... - Alvin Woon
LOL. I really take the US-Government serious now :) - Ryo
Yep! Thats Dubya, arite! @Alvin thats awesome! seriously this is turning into a caption contest! - Akshay
+1 Jeanette LOL - AJ Batac
Dude, why is he waving the flag in all the other pictures. his ego afraid no one will notice him or know what country he's the Pres of? - Summer
/me speechless - Rodrigo Jaroszewski
+10 Alvin. - possible248
there are no words... - vicster
That's pretty cool that the president got to meet Bill Gates, though. - DeWitt Clinton
Brillaint alvin!!! - Roberto Bonini
for clarification, I didnt shop that :). A friend of mine point me to the link. - Alvin Woon
Sorry to say this, but I have to: at least our crown prince Willem Alexander looks slightly intelligent when he's enthousiastic about somebody's Olympic medal. - Ton Zijp
You can't hide "Special" - Kate Kapetanakis
That's our president. Aren't you proud? /sarcasm - Summer via twhirl
Is it too late to trade Bush for Brett Favre? - Chris Baskind
Bush has ADHD Please show some respect for the Retarded person! lmao - Igor The Troll
Is he giving the "old white man's" gang sign or indicating his IQ (3 fingers and a zero=30) - Jack Carlson
where's his flag pin! - Nathan Rein
"It's only this big." "No, it's this big. I swear!" - Chris Baskind
At least Dubya is aware of his current approval rating. - Marvin Smith
"That Chinese diving team is HOT." - Trish R
Bush reminds me of my ex's alcoholic father... - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
God, I hate him. - Ayşe E.
"Hey little one, have you seen my asshole? It looks like this. Ask my wife, Ronald McDonald, she'll tell you." - Jason Wehmhoener via Alert Thingy
ahaha Jason that was very funny. Now just be aware the Secret Service may be visiting all your asses shortly. - Nathan Rein
dang, it's hard to imagine how they could be more goofy and unappealing in a photo - Mark Schulz
Hey guys keep an eye on @amandachapel on Twitter I think the new persona is not Brian Connolly the Failed PR blogger but some usa government watch group! Watch your Asses! - Igor The Troll
The last one probably follows this: http://olympics.timesofindia.i... - Vamsee
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"She wound up looking like Olive Oyl guest-starring on Sex and the City." - Michael Beck via Bookmarklet
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