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Obama up, Palin down in 2012 poll Think U.S. Recovery,

Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
2012 nomination – Mike
Huckabee (67 percent), Mitt
Romney (59 percent) and Newt
Think GE
Submitted at 12/28/2010 10:36:14 AM
Joseph Lazzaro
Gingrich (54 percent). (BloggingStocks)
Dec 28, 2010 11:36 EST But it’s still a long way from next
President Barack Obama’s winter’s trudge through Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:30:00 PM

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winner might not even be any of
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the names being polled in these
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early stages.
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Obama is expected to run again with the shares vectoring toward Further, despite, disappointing
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Obama, to beat damp Hawaiian
weather, takes the kids bowling
Alister Bull (Front Row
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Submitted at 12/27/2010 9:58:42 PM
Dec 27, 2010 22:58 EST
President Barack Obama on
Monday sought the time honored
refuge of any parent dealing with
damp vacation weather. Clad in
shorts and flip-flops, he took the
kids bowling and then bribed
them with shave ice.
Marshaling a gang of around 10
children, including his own
daughters Sasha and Malia, the
president spent several hours
bowling and playing basketball
with family friends before
retreating to a favorite haunt,
Island Snow ice parlor in Kailua,
for a tasty treat of flavored ice.
“Why don’t you guys go outside
so you don’t spill in here,” he
instructed the milling children
after distributing numerous
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Malia a tropical blue one.
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gesture was declined by those
present, who might have been
worried about the mechanics of
safely balancing a camera or a
note pad at the same time as the
ice.
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Bay where Obama family is
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Testy Tuesday – Are Markets Topping Or Popping? (HMY, XLF,
CAKE, TNA, IWM, CCJ, CHK, EXC, TNA, XLF, UNG, GLD,
AAPL, GLW, TOT, AXP)
Phil's Stock World (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:57:00 PM
Copper hit a new all-time high in
Shanghai this morning(as the guy
who owns 90% of London’s
closed for the holiday exchange
supplies sold it to himself for
more money than he did
yesterday) and gold is back at
$1,400 in the futures.
That should give us a better entry
on FCX puts than we expected for
round 2, but Paul Krugman has
me worried now that maybe
commodity prices are just high
because the World hasn’t got
enough of them to go around.
I think Paul may be discounting
the effect of a 10% decline in the
dollar a little too much – which is
understandable as he is still
arguing for more stimulus while
I’m arguing that the way they are
stimulating now is causing this
problem and can not and should
not be sustained.
Still, we have to be pragmatic.
That’s why, this weekend, I
posted our " Secret Santa Inflation
Hedges for 2011" as a follow-on
to the " Breakout Defense –
5,000% in 5 Trades or Less" ideas
of the 11th and, in the week
between the two, we had bullish
bets on HMY, XLF, CAKE,
TNA, IWM, CCJ, CHK, EXC,
TNA, XLF, UNG, GLD, AAPL,
GLW, TOT and AXP – which I
had mentioned on the 19th in the
weekend post " It’s Never too
Early to Predict the Future." Just
because I think there’s going to be
a disaster doesn’t mean we can’t
go with the flow while we wait,
right?
We don’t have to like the market
to buy it above our breakout lines
but we do need to keep in mind
that this is a very thin rally that is
very likely nothing but window
dressing aimed at dragging money
off the sidelines so the IBanks
who have been propping up the
markets can, once again, stick the
retail shareholders with the bag as
they load up on puts(watch the
VIX to confirm) and crash the
markets once again. I’ve seen it
happen in 1999, I saw it happen in
2008 and, both times, the rally
lasted longer than seemed logical
but the smart play was to hit and
run – not to leave your money on
the table but to participate in the
upswings and then get out.
Yesterday, for example, we
grabbed the QQQQ Weekly $53
calls at $1.38 in the morning and
ditched them at $1.85 in the
afternoon. That’s 35% on a day
trade and made a nice cover for
our bearish bets so we didn’t get
forced out of them on the pop.
Today we will do the same
because these low-volume rallies
don’t impress us, even if they
have gotten Paul Krugman to
capitulate on commodities!
Our breakout levels give us very
clear indicators as to where to kill
the bullish side of our bets. As
our aggressive, 5,000%
suggestions are complex spreads –
timing is everything. Those were
for Members only and still in
progress but back on Dec 3rd, I
had put a couple of similar ideas
right in the morning post. One
was the FAS April $20/25 bull
call spread at $2.70, selling the
Apr $21 puts for $2.55 for a net
.15 entry on the $5 spread. The
$20/25 spread is already $3.50
and the Apr $21 puts have fallen
to $1.23 for a nice net $2.27 on
the spread, up 1,433% on cash in
less than a month. Figure margin
on the $21 puts to be $10.50 plus
the .15 cash and it’s still a nice
21% ROI in less than 30 days –
THAT’s the way to fight
inflation!
The max gain on this trade is
$4.85 so still a lot of cash to
capture and we are feeling good
about XLF (it was my "
guaranteed" trade of the year in
the Secret Santa post), which
means we are not inclined to kill
the trade at less than 50% of
potential but that doesn’t mean we
don’t set a stop on the net at about
$2 to lock in the gains.
The other trade idea from the
post on the 3rd was for DBC.
There were a couple of ideas here
– the first was simply buying the
April $27 calls for $1. Nothing
fancy there, just buy a call and
wait for inflation to kick in.
Those calls are $1.30 and were
$1.35 Friday so $1.25 stop locks
in a 25% gain – also not a bad
month for most people’s
portfolios, right? The spread play
was the Jan 2012 $26/30 bull call
spread at $1.40 and you can just
take that by itself as well as it has
a potential 185% upside – enough
to keep you ahead of the game.
That spread is still playable at just
$1.55(up 11%) while the $22 puts
we looked at selling for $1.10 to
make it a net .30 trade are now .75
and up .35(32%) so that’s net .80
on that .30 cash commitment on
that trade or 266% cash back in
less than 30 days.
These are fun trades, we find
them all the time and you don’t
need to put a lot into them to
make a lot. They are especially
useful when you have cash on the
side (like we do because we think
this house of cards is going down
and we will be happy to deploy
our cash in the wreckage, a la
Buffett) and margin is not an issue
and, as you can see, you don’t
have to ride them out to the end to
have a very good short-term trade
while you wait for a little market
clarity.
We are still trying to stay on top
Business/ 3
of things with our $10K to $50K
Portfolio but we are stuck dead at
$26,000 (virtual net) with 4
bearish positions remaining open.
Our deadline for $50K was Jan
21st and it’s not looking good at
the moment as this market simply
goes up and up every day but I
still have the nagging feeling that,
the minute we capitulate, we’ll
miss a beeline to $50K so it looks
like we’ll stick it out over the
weekend, although it’s only
Tuesday so it may be too early to
put on a brave face on bearish
bets that clearly are not working
at the moment.
It does seem to me that what’s
going on with copper is a
microcosm for what’s going on in
the markets. The trading is very
thin, the Chinese markets are
selling off with the Shanghai
down another 1.7% this morning
and the Hang Seng off 1% as
well. Nonetheless, with London
closed and no real price check on
the market, copper shot up a
nickel to touch $4.31 overnight as
the Dollar was knocked down
from 80.7 to 78.9 – which used to
be considered a major move in a
currency but is now considered "
Tuesday morning." It is truly
amazing what you can get used
to…
Somali Pirates(aka " Rent-A-
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iPad 2 Rumor Round-Up: This Time It's Thinner, Quicker, More

Photo-Friendly
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:36:40 PM

We know the iPad 2 is coming--

be it a feeling in your bones, a
sign in the wind, or because it's
typical of Apple's normal
hardware update pattern. Now we
have enough rumors to give us a
shape to the idea, and hints about
what it'll be like.
Size and Shape
Numerous leaked iPad 2 cases
have arrived from China, and
though the first ones were viewed
suspiciously, enough have now
arrived to suggest that Apple has
shared some basic dimension data
with its third-party manufacturer
partners.
iPad 2 is going to be slightly
smaller than iPad 1, but much
slimmer--that's the big take-away,
which may imply that it's lighter
than the first generation device (to
tackle one of the few criticisms of
the tablet). Its back is also flat, so
it can rest on a table and not rock
around when you tap at its screen,
and the edges seem to be styled
similarly to the iPod Touch so it
keeps design consistency. One
thing we don't know is what it'll
compensate for this, Apple could One of the other criticisms of the new rumors suggest the iPad 2's Speakers and Ports
be made of? Part of the shaping of
either incorporate clever structural iPad (although you can level it at touchscreen--which will be the The leaked case designs sparked
the iPad 1 was due to milling
elements inside the device (which other tablets too) is that jabbing at same physical size at 9.7 inches as many rumors about the ports the
inside its aluminum casing
risk impinging on space that could its screen leaves you with the existing iPad's--will be both iPad 2 will have because of an
designed to make it stiff, but thin
be better used for battery) or use a hundreds of greasy finger smudge-proof and anti-glare. If enlarged slot where the existing
and light. With a flat back to the
different material. Will we see a smudges. This is something that Apple manages this, it'll improve speaker ports are on the iPad. At
iPad 2 the risk is that the rear face
carbon-fiber iPad? Apple, which is hypersensitive to both the day-time and night-time first people connected a rumor
may flex if it's made of thin
[youtube TTFYnLn_qNo] questions of look/feel/user use of the iPad, and give it a big
aluminum, which is a design trick IPAD page 9
Non-Smudge Screen Tech experience, has worked on and leg-up in the battle with Amazon.
Apple is unlikely to tolerate. To
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TESTY
continued from page 3
Rebel") have seized an fuel
tanker, also aiming to drive up oil
prices during a thinly traded week
(are you seeing a theme here?).
Already the return of $3 gas
prices has knocked 20% off the
value of used SUVs in just one
month, but I sure don’t feel sorry
for the people who still have them
– I was dumbfounded at how
many SUVs were selling this year
as truly my 6 month-old niece has
more of an attention span than the
American consumer, who can be
burned over and over and over
again by the same bad decisions,
it seems. " It’s a challenge," says
Adam Lee, president of the family
-run Lee Auto Malls dealerships
in Maine. "How do you tell a
good customer, ‘You paid
$32,000, and now it’s only worth
$17,000?’" ROFL!!!
Of course, I guess you could say
the same about " good customers"
who keep buying CMG, NFLX,
AMZN and PCLN, who expect a
good ride but will much more
likely end up in a horrible crash.
At $120, we can add FCX to our
list of favorites as I don’t see
them holding the dollar below 80
once Europe rolls into the New
Year and is forced to deal with
their issues again.
Getting back to retail shoppers –
MasterCard’s SpendingPulse
survey shows a 5.5% increase in
retail spending for the 50 days
before Christmas this year. Total
Retail Sales were $584.3Bn, now
beating 2007s record $566.3Bn
after a 6% dip in 2008 and a 4%
bounce last year. These are blow-
out numbers led by top 10%
favorites like clothing (up 11.2%),
Jewelry (up 8.4%) and Luxury
Goods (up 6.7%) and even home
furniture put in a positive month
for the first time since August.
“ For the past year or two, when
I’ve seen growth in one area, it
seems to come at the expense of
another,” said Michael
McNamara, vice president for
research and analysis at
SpendingPulse. “ Here, things are
actually all moving in the right
direction.” Of course, the broad
increase was driven in part by
higher spending on necessities
like gas and food. And even with
the across-the-board gains, some
categories, like furniture and
electronics, have still not climbed
back to their prerecession levels.
“ In the face of 10 percent
unemployment and persistent
housing woes, the American
consumer has single-handedly
picked himself off the mat,
brushed his troubles off and
strapped the U.S. economy on his
back,” Craig R. Johnson, the
president of the consulting firm
Customer Growth Partners, wrote
in an e-mail.
I like SKS ($10.92) as the
laggard in that space. You can
buy the stock and sell the 2013
$10 puts and calls for $4.65 for a
net $6.27 entry and, if below $10
and another round is put to you,
the average entry is $8.14, a nice
25% discount off the current price
(see" How to Buy Stocks for a 15-
20% Discount" for details on this
strategy, which is one of our
favorites).
The ICSC Retail Store Sales were
not so bullish, up just 1% but the
Redbook Chain Store Sales had a
very strong 4.6% gain over last
year which simply indicates that
sales are moving out of the retail
stores and onto the Web at a very
rapid clip. That’s right – even
more unemployment as Big Box
retailers are able to sell more stuff
and use less people! Of course,
we don’t know if anyone is
actually making profits on all
these sales but we’re not going to
bet against it at this point – clearly
the tide is turning bullish on the
data front.
I still fail to see where the money
is coming from. I mentioned to
Members yesterday that perhaps
the deleveraged consumers are
simply re-leveraging for the
holidays and we’ll be right back
to tightness in January as people
are stunned by their MasterCard
bills – especially if it’s combined
with rising grocery prices and $50
tanks of gas again. Home prices
continue to fall off a cliff as Case-
Shiller tells us we fell another
0.8% in October after falling
0.7% in September and this was
NOTHING like the +0.1%
expected by analysts who aren’t
paying attention to reality.
Keep in mind we’re doing all this
with record low interest rates.
What happens if our TBTs(as I
said yesterday, a buy at $37.50)
head back over $40 in January
and those credit-card interest rates
start climbing on unpaid
balances? The average US
household has $8,000 in credit
card debt and that number peaks
out over $10,000 in January. Of
course, why should consumers
restrain themselves when the
government grew their debt
22.7% last year– adding a
$25,299 debt burden on every
single citizen? If the government
is going to drop $100,000 worth
of debt on my family this year –
the least I can do is get myself a
new TV, right?
I am TRYING, really I am, to get
more bullish. So far, it’s a slow
process but, if we break out to
new highs today and hold them –
what else can we do but go with
the flow?
Join the conversation about this
story »
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Top Picks
2011: Northern
Dynasty (NAK)
Steven Halpern
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 3:00:00 PM
Filed under: Newsletters,
Commodities, Stocks to Buy, Best
Stocks for 2011
This post is one in a series in
which more than 60 newsletter
advisors share their Top Stock
Picks for 2011. This special report
i s c o u r t e s y o f
TheStockAdvisors.com.
"Northern Dynasty ( NAK) -- my
top pick for 2011 -- is an
exploration and development
mining company that has
discovered and drilled off one of
the largest gold-copper deposits in
the world," says Tom Bishop.
The editor of BI Research
explains, "The Pebble deposit,
discovered by and still 50%
owned by Northern Dynasty, is
located in southwestern Alaska
and contains 80 billion pounds of
copper and 107 million ounces of
gold.
Continue reading Top Picks
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Warning: DNA Discoveries by Mars, Hershey Could Lead to
Advanced Chocoholism
Neal Ungerleider (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 11:15:36 AM
Two new DNA sequencing
studies could lead to the
bioengineering of some delicious
chocolate.
A team of French-led scientists
has unlocked the genetic code of
chocolate. The scientists, steered
by research agency Centre de
coopération internationale en
recherche agronomique pour le
développement (CIRAD), just
unveiled the DNA of the high-end
Criollo variety of Theobroma
cacao. Theobroma cacao is used
primarily to manufacture gourmet
chocolates. This marks the first
time that a genome study of the
cacao tree has been published in
an academic journal.
CIRAD is a research agency
designed to help developing
countries develop their
agricultural industries, in a form
of French scientific diplomacy.
They partnered in this project
with scientists in 18 different
countries, the United States
Department of Agriculture, the
University of Reading in Britain,
and the Biscuit Cake Chocolate
& Confectionery Association. The
latter is a British trade group
representing sweets manufacturers
in both London and the European
Union. No word whether they're
hiring.
According to a press release for
the Theobroma study,
unspecified “support” was granted
through chocolate manufacturers
Hershey Corp. and Valrhona
along with the Venezuelan
Ministry of Science, Technology
and Industry, among others.
The DNA of the cacao tree was
just published in the scientific
journal Nature Genetics. Parsing
through the scientific jargon, the
study abstract indicates economic
benefits to the study:
We sequenced and assembled
the draft genome of Theobroma
cacao, an economically important
tropical-fruit tree crop that is the
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published in an academic journal
as of press time.
According to research team
member Siela Maximova of Penn
State, the Theobroma study could
have big benefits for chocolate
lovers:
“Our analysis of the Criollo
genome has uncovered the genetic
basis of pathways leading to the
most important quality traits of
chocolate--oil, flavonoid and
terpene biosynthesis […] It has
also led to the discovery of
hundreds of genes potentially
involved in pathogen resistance,
all of which can be used to
accelerate the development of
elite varieties of cacao in the
future.”
Other genes found in the project
were responsible for the creation
of cocoa butter, the production of
flavonoids, natural antioxidants,
hormones, pigments, and aromas.
The most likely initial
s o u r c e o f c h o c o l a t e . T h i s chocolates, that particular variety
ramification from this study will
assembly corresponds to 76% of of cacao tree often remains
be the creation of bioengineered
the estimated genome size and v u l n e r a b l e t o d i s e a s e .
disease-resistant fine cocoa.
contains almost all previously Information gleaned from this
While this will be a boon for
described genes, with 82% of study could be used to breed
consumers, the resulting
these genes anchored on the 10 T. b i o r e s i s t a n t v a r i e t i e s o f
commodity price changes might
cacao chromosomes. Analysis of T h e o b r o m a .
not be as good for cacao
t h i s s e q u e n c e i n f o r m a t i o n 2010 was a bumper year for
wholesalers and speculators.
highlighted specific expansion of deciphering the genome sequence
[Photo via Wikipedia user Andre
some gene families during of cacao. A rival cacao DNA
Karwath]
evolution, for example, flavonoid- study was funded by Hershey's
Follow Neal Ungerleider on
related genes. It also provides a archenemies over at Mars. This
Twitter.
major source of candidate genes s t u d y , t h e C a c a o G e n o m e
for T. cacao improvement. Database, focuses on the more
While Theobroma is often used commercially mainstream cacao
t o m a n u f a c t u r e g o u r m e t variety of and has not been
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Kinect Hacked to Play World of Warcraft: Welcome to the Future

of Gaming
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:52:31 PM
Kinect hacks are coming thick
and fast, but here is one that will
set millions of PC gamers' hearts a
-flutter: A hack that lets you
gesture control a game of World
of Warcraft.
The tech is coming from the
University of Southern
California's Institute for Creative
Technologies, where a team has
built a toolkit, dubbed the Flexible
Action and Articulated Skeleton
Toolkit, which lets them quickly
harness Kinect's various image
processing and motion-sensing
powers to whatever bits of code
they desire. This middleware,
with some tweaks, lets FAAST
quickly facilitate "integration of
full-body control with games and
VR applications," via a clever
processing server that streams the
user's skeleton pattern, including
body position and gestures which
can be mapped onto keyboard
controls.
The code is free for non-
commercial use, because the
Institute has big plans for it--
including simple, medically
inspired games for rehabilitation
of motor-skills after a stroke, and
even for reducing childhood
obesity through "healthy gaming"
(though, given the wild flailing
Kinect-playing requires, the
health of coffee tables and trinkets
around the world might be in
danger).
But one demonstration hack
made with FAAST is particularly
intriguing: It's been tweaked to
run World of Warcraft. Check it
out:
[youtube 62wj8eJ0FHw]
It's obviously experimental, and
we're a little unsure about that
awkward lean-to-move maneuver-
-it looks like it would blast your
back after an extended gaming
session, and Kinect should be
capable of tracking players
jogging on the spot to move
instead. The gestures they're using
will only get more complex--in
the future it looks like there'll be
clever ways to battle or cast
spells.
This enhanced use of Kinect on
one of the world's most popular
online computer games
demonstrates exactly how
powerful the future of gaming is
going to be. WoW is already a
highly complex game to play,
requiring mastery of multiple
input systems at the same time--
turning it into a simpler body-
gesture controlled game will
improve how immersive an
experience it is, way beyond what
Kinect can do in games on the
Xbox platform right now. Will
Blizzard, WoW's maker, embrace
this idea when Kinect gets its
"official" PC drivers, as Microsoft
has hinted it will? Hard to say, but
there's one big take-away from
this hack: With, or without WoW,
or even Kinect (as motion-gesture
systems may soon come to tablets
and smartphones) gaming is going
to get even more innovative and
exciting next year and beyond.
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similar stuff, keep up with my
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LG Display (LPL) Boosted By 11% Growth Forecast

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Glenview’s Larry Robbins Sets The World's Most Polamalu's status

for Browns game
Bullish Target: DOW 20,000 uncertain (AP)
Insider Monkey (Business except the high quality stocks in
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the stock market. That’s why
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:13:13 PM
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:06:17 PM Larry Robbins’ Glenview favors
high quality large cap stocks. PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh
Glenview’s Larry Robbins is one The $4.8 billion Glenview capital Steelers probably won't know
of the most optimistic hedge fund currently invests in large cap until Friday whether safety Troy
managers around. stocks with an average market cap Polamalu can play in Sunday's
He predicts P/E multiples will of $10.3 billion. Glenview final regular season game at
expand by 45% by the end of recently acquired more Life Cleveland.
2013. This means the Dow Jones Technologies Corporation (LIFE) Polamalu has an injured right
Industrial Average (DJIA) will shares and has around $525 Achilles' tendon and hasn't played
surpass 20000 level in three years, million invested in LIFE ( Lee or practiced for two weeks. Coach
assuming earnings will grow by a Ainslie’s Maverick Capital has a Mike Tomlin said he won't
modest 5% per year. large LIFE position as well). practice Wednesday or Thursday.
A couple of weeks ago Glenview’s other large positions If Polamalu can't go on Friday, he
Greenlight Capital’s David are Express Scripts Inc (ESRX), won't play against the Browns.
Einhorn predicted another crisis McKesson Corporation (MCK), Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's
like the great depression. DaVita Inc (DVA), Medco Health broken nose isn't considered to be
Last week Meredith Whitney Solutions (MHS) and Thermo a problem, even though it was
predicted a municipal bond Fisher Scientific (TMO). As you bloodied by a hit during
several market participants and inflation environment where
market meltdown, which would can see, Larry Robbins really Pittsburgh's 27-3 win over
they would rather swim in cash treasuries yield between 3% and
probably cause another crisis. likes healthcare stocks. His largest Carolina on Thursday.
than take a chance with the 7%. He says the market trades at a
Larry Robbins’ prediction is the non-healthcare holdings are Tomlin also said Tuesday that
market. T multiple of 18 in such an
most optimistic prediction we’ve Fidelity National Information running back Mewelde Moore is
reasuries already priced in environment.
seen coming from a credible (FIS), Xerox (XRX), and Aon questionable because of a
another recession accompanied by Larry Robbins thinks those
hedge fund manager. Corp (AON). Chase Coleman’s sprained right knee. Linebackers
several years of low interest rates. investing in 10 year treasuries
These predictions actually Tiger Global Management also LaMarr Woodley and Jason
The stock market is more aren’t doing so for the paltry
explain why the stock market is has XRX in its portfolio. Worilds also have swelling in the
optimistic than the bond market, return. They’re in it to front run
really trading at compressed The post originally appeared on knee, and cornerback Bryant
yet the P/E multiple for the entire the Fed and make a quick buck at
multiples compared to the Insider Monkey > McFadden has a hip injury.
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that the iPad 2 will have an SD
card slot with the enlarged hole in
the case, but thinking has now
centered on some better speakers,
with a slightly re-positioned grille
--possibly driven by the thinner
profile of the device.
Cameras
The iPad 2 will definitely have a
rear-facing camera, given the
holes in the top-left corner (seen
from the back) in the leaked case
designs. The size of the orifice is
close to a centimeter, which is
bigger than the hole found in front
of the camera on a MacBook, or
in the front of an iPhone 4--both
units are low resolution ones. The
iPad 2's camera may even be
higher resolution than that on the
rear of the iPhone 4 (a 5-
megapixel unit with autofocus), or
it may have elements like an
optical zoom that need more
space.
The cases we've seen this far
don't impinge on the front of the
iPad, so they don't interfere with
the touchscreen, so this doesn't
tell us anything about a front-
facing camera. It would seem
logical for the iPad to get one,
though, so Apple can push its
FaceTime video calling system
further.
Chips
Apple's A4 chip, now in the
iPhone 4 and Apple TV, was the
iPad's secret sauce, so it makes
sense that Apple would push the
tech in the iPad 2. Now there are
strong rumors that the iPad 2 will
get a dual-core CPU, certainly
based on ARM tech and probably
using a Cortex A9 reference
design. This decision would allow
Apple to significantly boost the
processing (and graphics) power
of the iPad without pushing the
clock speed up too high or
sucking too much precious power
from the battery.
Models and Verizon Version?
New rumors suggest the iPad 2
will come in three versions, not
two like the current edition. The
tech in each will be Wi-Fi only,
UMTS, and CDMA,
manufactured in a ratio of 3:4:3 to
match expectations of sales of
CDMA units and informed by
current sales patterns of the iPad.
Did we say CDMA? Oh yes.
Paralleling rumors that Apple's
embracing the 3G (ish) tech that
Verizon uses for its U.S. cell
phone network, it seems the iPad
will also be available natively on
Verizon. This is one sure-fire way
for Apple to seize huge swathes of
the U.S. tablet market in 2011 all
to itself.
Arrival Date
Foxconn is reported as being
ready to ship about 500,000 iPads
as soon as the end of February
2011--only about 10 weeks away.
This could imply Apple is
bringing the device to market
sooner rather than later, in order
to stem the tide of Android tablets
expected next year.
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Is Equifax Headed to $40
and Beyond?
Joseph Lazzaro
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Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:00:00 PM
Filed under: Stocks to Buy Credit
information provider Equifax Inc.
( EFX), first discussed here on
June 3, 2009 at a price of $27.06,
has uptrended since September,
revenue growth, particularly in
and now may be a good time to Latin America. Equifax should
consider taking some profits off
post 4-6% revenue growth in
the table. 2011.
However, those investors who
Continue reading Is Equifax
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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Engaged

(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:12:25 PM
Singer LeAnn Rimes is engaged
to actor Eddie Cibrian. (Jason
Merritt/Getty Images) LeAnn
Rimes, the 28-year-old country
singer-songwriter and actress, is
engaged to 37-year-old actor
Eddie Cibrian.
“For those who haven't read,
Eddie and I got engaged over the
holidays. That's the news. It's for
real this time and the first time
EVER!” Rimes tweeted at 4 p.m.
on Monday, Dec. 27.
Rime’s publicist, Rhett Usry, told
People magazine on Tuesday that
the two “were engaged over the “So funny, my dear publicist is
holidays and are very happy.”
the same rep for Natalie Portman
and me,” Rimes tweeted on
Monday. Portman also got
engaged over the holidays to her
Black Swan choreographer
Benjamin Millepied.
Rimes and Cibrian starred in the
2009 Lifetime original TV movie
Northern Lights.
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Sears and K-Mart Launch Movie Download Service, Netflix

Competitor
Austin Carr (Fast Company) Sears this week launched an amount it earns from a Netflix
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:48:05 PM online movie download service to subscription.
provide its and K-Mart's Still, that 28-day delay hasn't
When it comes to watching customers with digital flicks the slowed consumers from flocking
digital video, 28 days later might same day as they're released on to Netflix so far. Its digital
soon be a service's most important DVD. Part of a multi-year deal, offerings have ballooned thanks to
selling point. Not whether they t h e s e r v i c e r u n s o n S o n i c aggressive (and expensive) deals
have Danny Boyle's zombie epic Solution's platform (known for its with media companies, and have
in stock--but whether sellers and c o n t e n t - d e l i v e r y s y s t e m helped to attract millions of new
rental companies offer films and RoxioNow and recent acquisition customers and streaming
TV shows on the day of release, of digital codec Divx), and is set subscribers.
or four weeks after. to be available on mobile devices But maybe Sears will have more
services like Sears' are not subject CinemaNow. Selling the films is
Today, retail giant Sears scored and HDTVs. luck than Blockbuster.
to the delay window. Similarly, more lucrative for the studios,
that 28-day advantage in a new Unlike Netflix, which under
most films are available day-of which would prefer the higher
agreement that will give the agreement with movie studios
release digitally on Comcast, price of a DVD or digital
c o m p a n y a l e g - u p o v e r must wait 28 days before offering
iTunes, and Best Buy's platform download than the fractionable
competitors such as Netflix. new releases, non-subscription
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Obama's economist pick seen as sign of new agenda (AP)
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HONOLULU – Among the first
announcements President Barack
Obama will make upon returning
from his Hawaiian vacation is his
choice for top economic adviser, a
decision that could signal a new
direction for the administration as
it struggles to jumpstart the
economy and wrestle down
unemployment.
It's far more than a personnel
move. The replacement for the
outgoing director of the National
Economic Council, Lawrence
Summers, will have a guiding
hand in nearly every economic
decision the Obama
administration makes, and the
president's choice is being closely
watched for signs of where he
wants to take his economic
agenda in the second half of his
term.
Will he tap the business world
with a figure such as Roger
Altman, an investment banker and
Clinton administration alumnus
who might carry too much
baggage from his association with
Wall Street? Will he turn to
academia instead, calling on a
scholar such Yale President
Richard Levin? Or will he go with
deeply experienced insiders such
as deficit hawk Gene Sperling at
the Treasury Department or Jason
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With the unemployment rate at
9.8 percent, the private sector
struggling to maintain steady
growth and the public ranking the
economy as the top concern,
Obama's handling of the issue
over the coming months is certain
to play a central role in his
reelection bid.
The selection process for the
council post has dragged on for
months. Summers announced his
resignation in September, and
many in the administration knew
well before then that he planned
to return to Harvard University
after serving two years at the
White House.
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs
said he expects Obama to make an
announcement in early January,
and blamed any delay on the
frenzied legislative session that
consumed the White House
through the end of the year.
The administration's thinking on
how to fill the job has evolved
since Summers announced his
resignation. The initial view —
both inside and outside the White
House — was that Obama should
name a business leader to the
post, in an attempt to give the
private sector a greater voice in
the administration and ease the
perception that the president is
anti-business.
Socially responsible investments
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But the administration now
believes the relationship between
Obama and the business
community has started to thaw.
For example, both sides praised
each other following Obama's
meeting with CEOs earlier this
month. The White House has
grown more willing to find
another prominent job for a
private sector appointee while
leaving the council post to an
economic heavyweight who can
coordinate the advice Obama is
receiving from throughout the
administration.
"To get a business person in there,
it seems like an odd place," said
Dean Baker, co-director of the
Center for Economic and Policy
Research in Washington. "And if
he does need someone from
business, I don't think he would
want someone from Wall Street."
It's that Wall Street connection
that's been a knock against one of
the leading candidates for the job,
Altman, founder of Evercore
Partners. Altman does have
government experience, though,
having served as deputy treasury
secretary under President Bill
Clinton.
Sperling, another top contender,
has also dabbled in Wall Street,
advising Goldman Sachs and
other financial firms, although
he's most well-known for his
work in the Clinton and Obama
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administrations, including his
current post as counselor to
Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner. Sperling helped craft
the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act,
and his appointment could show
Obama is serious about his pledge
to address the mounting debt and
deficit next year.
Levin, who as president of Yale
shares Summers' academic
pedigree, is likely to favor stepped
up Wall Street regulation. Furman
is also said to be in the running
for a promotion from the deputy's
job.
Both Sperling and Furman would
bring an insider's knowledge of
the Obama White House and the
president's economic policies to
the job, attributes that may not
necessarily be to their benefit.
Critics have accused Obama's
economic advisers of not fully
grasping the depths of the crisis,
and the team's prediction that the
president's massive stimulus bill
would keep unemployment below
8 percent has caused headaches
within the administration.
Selecting an outsider to fill the
top economic job would help
Obama counter the notion that
he's too insular and unwilling to
accept advice from outside the
administration. He filled two
other high-profile vacancies on
his economic team this year from
within the administration,
than $1 per day.
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replacing Budget Director Peter
Orszag with State Department
official Jacob Lew, and Council
of Economic Advisers chair
Christina Romer with Austan
Goolsbee, who was serving as a
member of the council.
"They should be looking to take
things in a new direction," Baker
said. "I don't think more of the
same is the answer."
Beyond the economic
qualifications of the candidates
he's considering, the president is
also believed to be looking for a
council director who can serve as
both a good manager and a team
player. For all of Summers'
intellectual heft, he brought along
a healthy ego and an often prickly
temperament. Rumors swirled of
conflict among Summers, Orszag
and Romer, a rarity in a White
House run by a president with
little patience for drama.
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modern human's ancestors, it of skull remains would more Sugarloaf Mountain, about four
JERUSALEM – could mean that modern man in definitively identify the species At least six people were injured hours away from Boston and
Israeli archaeologists said fact originated in what is now found in the Israeli cave, Mellars Tuesday after a chairlift derailed Montreal.
Monday they may have found the Israel. said. at a popular Maine ski resort, While the incident is still under
earliest evidence yet for the Sir Paul Mellars, a prehistory Gopher, the Israeli archaeologist, sending five chairs crashing to the investigation, Austin suggested
existence of modern man, and if expert at Cambridge University, said he is confident his team will ground, a resort spokesman told that high winds might have
so, it could upset theories of the said the study is reputable, and the find skulls and bones as they Fox News. caused the derailment. Winds
origin of humans. find is "important" because continue their dig. An official at Maine's Sugarloaf were about 40 mph at the time
A Tel Aviv University team remains from that critical time The prehistoric Qesem cave was ski area called the incident at the and about 220 people were on the
excavating a cave in central Israel period are scarce, but it is discovered in 2000, and popular Carrabassett Valley resort lift.
said teeth found in the cave are premature to say the remains are excavations began in 2004. a " b i g d e a l , " a d d i n g t h a t "We're kind of known as a windy
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Midwest Granny Focus Of Terror Investigation
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Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:20:39 PM
A 46-year-old Indiana
grandmother is under
investigation for her possible ties
to suspected and convicted
international terrorists,
FoxNews.com has learned.
Muslim-convert Kathie Smith,
46, a U.S. citizen living in
Indianapolis who has blogged
about her granddaughter, last year
married a suspected German
jihadist, and has been flying back
and forth between the U.S. and
Germany as recently as two
weeks ago.
A pro-jihadist video featuring
Smith and her husband –
alongside photos of members of
the Islamic Jihad Union charged
with plotting failed terror attacks
against U.S. targets in Germany --
is being investigated by the
Indiana Intelligence Fusion
Center. The center is a
counterterror intelligence
clearinghouse staffed by law
enforcement officers from local
and federal agencies, including
the FBI and Department of
Homeland Security.
“Certainly, it’s being looked at
and evaluated by Indiana State
Police, which runs Indiana
Intelligence Fusion Center, ”
Indiana Department of Homeland
Security spokeswoman Emily
Norcross told FoxNews.com,
adding that the video would be
passed along to appropriate law
enforcement for further
investigation.
FBI spokeswoman Jenny Shearer
said: “As you’re aware, FBI and
DOJ policy precludes us from
confirming or denying the
existence of an investigation.”
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) Washington
office did not respond to a request
for comment.
Interpol, which helps government
law enforcement agencies track
crime suspects around the world,
declined to comment, citing
policy.
The FBI also did not respond to
an e-mail from FoxNews.com
asking why Smith is not on the
federal government’s no-fly list.
Smith, meanwhile, said she
believes her name is on some kind
of government “watch list.”
In lengthy e-mail exchanges with
FoxNews.com, Smith claimed
that she has been repeatedly
subjected to hours-long
interrogations by Homeland
Security every time she travels.
She said her luggage has been
subjected to bomb residue tests,
and that officials asked her
numerous detailed questions
about her husband. She also
claims DHS officials on more
than one occasion escorted her
onto a departing airplane.
DHS did not respond to
FoxNews.com’s request for
comment on Smith’s allegations.
Smith — who now calls herself
Zubaida — added that she and her
husband were met and
interrogated by German police
while in a taxi in October 2009.
German police, however, said
they were not currently
investigating an American
woman, but declined to say
whether they were aware of
Smith.
In lengthy e-mail exchanges with
FoxNews.com, Smith
alternatively defended her online
postings, denied being anti-
American, called the Sept. 11
attacks an inside job, the U.S. a
terrorist organization and praised
the American-born radical
Muslim cleric Anwar al Awlaki --
architect, trainer and inspiration
for many of the recent terrorist
attacks attempted or committed
against the U.S. President Obama
last April approved Awlaki's
inclusion on the CIA's targeted
killing list.
In one e-mail to FoxNews.com,
Smith wrote:
“If your neighbor was being
attacked by a perpetrator, would
you just stand there and say, 'Oh I
will let someone come who has a
gun to help them'? No, you would
rush to their defense. And use any
type of "weapon" to help that
person... this is what I am doing. I
am defending the defenseless. I
am defending my home and
family and their right to safety.
No matter who it is at my door.
These are the rights the
Constitution gives me. The very
right this Communistic
government is trying to take away
from me and the rest of the
Americans.”
In the nearly six-minute video
under investigation, Smith and her
husband, known online as
Salahudin Ibn Ja'far, 28, appear
posing and hugging and holding
weapons interspersed with photos
of known and suspected terrorists
and assorted jihadist propaganda,
like an Awlaki sermon album
cover.
There also are photos of German
Taliban Mujahideen -- German
nationals who have formed their
own splinter group within the
Taliban -- and mug shots of
members of the Saarland cell of
Islamic Jihad Union charged with
plotting failed terror attacks
against U.S. targets in Germany,
including a 2007 plot to bomb the
U.S. Air Force base at Ramstein.
Smith said of the Ramstein
plotters featured in her video:
“The so-called 'jihadists' you have
mentioned are actually personal
friends of my husband from
childhood. In the video he was
expressing his love and gratitude
to his friends, who have died
fighting for freedom. Just like any
other American or European
citizen who displays pictures of
soldiers who have died on their
videos. There is no difference in
gratitude and love. It is just that
your government has deemed
these noble men as 'terrorists'
because they are not on the same
side. Least us not forget the
Mujahideen who fought the
Russians for the U.S. They were
deemed 'heroes' and lead by
Osama Bin Laden at that time,
and now because the government
says so... they are "terrorists.””
(In a no-longer-active Facebook
profile, Smith's husband,
News Wire/ 13
Salahudin, listed his current city
as Saarbrucken, the capital of the
state of Saarland in Germany.)
In addition to being close
childhood friends of convicted
terrorists, Salahudin has posted
content from the German
Taliban’s media outfit and the
Islamic Jihad Union on forums
and social networking sites. He's
also written in support of his
“noble leaders” -- bin Laden,
Awlaki, the Sept. 11 hijackers and
other terrorist leaders.
Salahudin appeared to maintain
forums devoted to hosting
Awlaki’s sermons. Earlier this
month he uploaded videos to his
since-deleted YouTube account
that included German muhajideen
training at jihadist camps in
Pakistan, and another featuring
the widow of a German Taliban
jihadist directing the wives of
jihadists to fulfill their obligations
while their husbands are off
fighting.
In other English-language posts,
he suggests he himself has trained
in these same jihadist camps.
On Facebook, he is "friends" with
the notorious Al Qaeda English-
language online magazine Inspire,
thought to be principally authored
by American-turned-Muslim
radical Samir Khan. Salahudin
also has used his online posts to
call for the deaths of U.S. citizens,
military and government leaders,
and recently joined in on another
user’s thinly veiled threats against
Condoleezza Rice, according to
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Consumer confidence slips as home prices decline

(Reuters: Top News) December after data at the start of September on a seasonally jobless claims, durable goods and
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:36:06 PM the month showed the adjusted basis, much steeper than consumer spending suggested the
unemployment rate jumped in the 0.6 percent decrease economy perked up a bit in the
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Investor doubts linger over holiday sales upside

(Reuters: Top News) jewelry. That compares with a 4.1 Christmas may have already homes and jobs aren’t likely to be
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:02:28 PM percent increase in 2009. dampened their appetite for extra in a spending frenzy! Ralphooo
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continue in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 6, when many retailers December sales growth rate by economy. People have to believe
December 27, 2010. report comparable store sales half of one percentage point, in at least the possibility that the
Credit: Reuters/Gary Hershorn results for December. though some purchases may show future holds something good for
By Phil Wahba Shoppers might be spending up in January. them. Without that belief, why
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Iraqi PM to U.S.: We Don't Need You

(FOXNews.com) killed in the Dec. 12 attack had election. administration was planning a
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:20:39 PM just arrived at the building to pick Ben Rhodes, deputy national "long-term relationship" with Iraq
up compensation when the security adviser for strategic and would not so much leave in
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- attacker detonated a car bomb by communications, told Fox News 2011 as begin "the transition."
Maliki is getting ahead of himself the main gate. A second bomb on Tuesday that the president has After Iraq's parliament approved
by staking a hardline position on was detonated after the first attack repeatedly talked about his plans the new government last week,
eliminating U.S. troop presence drew people to the scene. An Iraqi to have all U.S. troops out of the Obama said in a statement that the
within a year, experts say, official told Reuters that 17 country by 2011, "consistent with United States "will continue to
because the country's security is people were killed, while dozens our existing agreement with the strengthen our long-term
still fragile and easily could were reported wounded. Iraqis." partnership with Iraq's people and
deteriorate as troops withdrawal. John Bolton, former U.S. "We have always planned on that leaders as they build a prosperous
Maliki, in an interview with The ambassador to the United Nations, basis," he said. and peaceful nation."
Wall Street Journal, said the so- said Tuesday that even if security A senior White House official Maj. Gen. Bob Scales, a Fox
called Status of Forces Agreement deteriorates further, it's doubtful called Maliki's characterization News military analyst, said
calling for U.S. troops to leave Maliki will reverse course on the "exactly right." The official said Maliki's military is still "fragile"
next year is "sealed" and not open U.S. troop presence. the United States is "on track" to and continues to face a substantial
to change, meaning U.S. troops "I think (Maliki's position is) remove all U.S. forces by the end threat from insurgents in his
will not be allowed in Iraq after clearly wrong," Bolton said. "But
2 0 1 1 u n d e r v i r t u a l l y a n y he's in a very strong position
circumstance. because he can say, 'What are you
of 2011 and that any residual
presence would require a new
agreement.
country's major cities. He
described Maliki's comments as a
ploy to win political support at
Our
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BANGALORE(Reuters) - Two
separate groups of iPhone and
iPad users have sued Apple Inc
alleging that certain software
applications were passing
personal user information to third-
party advertisers without consent.
In the lawsuits seeking class
action, filed in a federal court in
California, the plaintiffs sought a
ban on passing of user
information without consent and
monetary compensation,
according to case documents.
At some point, both cases may be
consolidated into one by the
judges presiding over the cases,
said Majed Nachawati, a partner
at law firm Fears & Nachawati,
one of the attorneys for the
complainants.
Along with Apple, makers of
popular apps such as Textplus4,
Paper Toss, Weather Channel,
Dictionary.com, Talking Tom Cat
and Pumpkin Maker were also
named co-defendants in the
lawsuits filed on December 23.
The lawsuits follow a December
18 report in the Wall Street
Journal that said smartphones
apps may be sharing personal data
"widely and regularly," and that
iPhone apps transmitted more data
than apps on phones using
Google's Android operating
system.
"We are also looking at Google's
Android platform and a lawsuit
against them has not been ruled
out," Nachawati said.
Concerns about user privacy have
emerged with the rapid growth of
smartphones that spawn apps, and
social networking websites such
as Twitter and Facebook.
The Unique Device ID that Apple
assigns to its devices has become
an attractive feature for third-
party advertisers looking for a
way to reliably track mobile
device users' online activities, one
of the lawsuits said.
"None of the defendants
adequately informed plaintiffs of
their practices, and none of the
defendants obtained plaintiffs'
consent to do so," one lawsuit
alleged.
NO MAJOR THREAT
In April, Apple amended its
developer agreement to ban apps
from sending data to third parties
except for information directly
necessary for the functionality of
the apps.
However, the lawsuits allege that
Apple has taken no steps to
actually implement its revised
developer agreement or enforce it
in any meaningful way due to
criticism from advertising
networks.
Apple could not be immediately
reached for a comment.
Global Equities Research analyst
Trip Chowdhry said the lawsuits
would have little impact on
investors.
"If this were a major issue, all
web browsers would have to shut
down and there would not be any
advertising on the Internet,"
Chowdhry said. finneganG wrote:
This is happening with all
websites now. The insidiously
greedy advertisers have wormed
their way into code changes to
ensure everyone is tracked so
retailers can get our privacy
information, track trends, and then
attempt to sell us junk we don’t
need.
Legislation is LONG overdue to
crack down on internet/tech
tracking, all in the name of the
great advertising dollar. I’m sick
of the daily scan attempts by sites
such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon
– you name it. Of course, the scan
attempts are blocked, but the fact
that they are doing it is enough for
all of us to cry foul and tell the
FCC to do something about it.
If no legislative action is taken,
the tracking, phishing, scanning,
and collection of personal data for
retailers will continue. They will
use this information to develop
huge databases about all your
activities. Eventually the data will
be used for evil purposes.
raydaleh35 wrote:
Is this how facebook knew that I
downloading the facebook iphone
app? when I logged into facebook
from my computer, I notices a
link, that i download the facebook
app for iphone. socratesfoot
wrote:
There is no privacy, and I don’t
think there was ever any privacy
implied. There certainly isn’t with
the Android phones, and I don’t
see Google being a candidate for
this type of lawsuit. But I
seriously doubt any was implied
with the iPhone either. Then
again, if these people think that
the PC has any anonymity either.
Well let me just say, “Mrs.
Williams, I see what you’ve been
browsing and for a house wife and
stay-st-home mom from Ohio,
that’s some seriously kinky porn!”
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LeAnn, Eddie, and Her
Diamond Ring Head to
Cabo After Engagement
Announcement - Congrats
to Them or Not Into It?
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Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:05:00 PM
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian
arrived at LAX to catch a flight to
Cabo today. The recently engaged
duo are headed off on a romantic
vacation just in time to celebrate
their big news and the New Year.
LeAnn first showed off her ring in
a sexy balcony shoot yesterday
after she and Eddie announced
their plans to marry. The couple
still get lots of criticism for the
way their relationship started, but
it doesn't seem to get in the way
of their happiness. So tell us, what
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just can't get behind this union.

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postings discovered by
FoxNews.com and screen shots
provided by the Jawa Report, a
watchdog blog that has been
following the online activities of
Smith and her husband.
His Facebook "friends" make up
a who’s who of terror groups,
many of which his wife is also
associated with online. He and
Smith have been kicked off of
Facebook repeatedly over the past
month, but both continue to open
up new accounts and remain on
the social networking site today.
On Facebook, Smith "likes"
Awlaki, has belonged to a
Facebook group called “Al Qaeda
in Islamic Maghreb to answer
your questions,” referring to the
North African branch of Al
Qaeda. Smith also is Facebook
"friends" with pages claiming to
be the terrorist groups Al Shabaab
and Ansar al Jundullah, in
addition to "friends" Sheikh Faisal
and Youself al-Khatb, the
reported spiritual leader and co-
founder of Revolution Muslim,
respectively. Her “Likes” and
“Groups” are visible to the public;
a friend request from this reporter
to Smith was not accepted.
Roubini: The Housing Double Dip Is Now Accelerating
Gregory White (Money Game)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:33:00 PM what was already known about
Nouriel Roubini says it is now Further, the decline is now
obvious that we're in a housing s p e e d i n g u p , a c c o r d i n g t o
double-dip.
Speaking to CNBC's NetNet, Roubini believes that the stop on
Roubini noted that today's terrible foreclosures has prevented a large
A Facebook Page provided by
Jawa Report shows that Smith
warned her husband via Facebook
post not to accept FoxNews.com’s
friend request either.
On her MySpace page, currently
available for viewing via Google
cache, Smith wrote: “As salamu
alaikum akhi.. it is time for Jihad
and it is now Fard ayn for ALL
Muslims whether their in the
United Snakes or else
where...Insha'Allah!!!!”
Smith has lauded Awlaki,
celebrated the deaths of U.S.
soldiers -- who she called
“terrorists” -- at the hands of the
Taliban in Afghanistan, and
applauded another user’s posting
of a rendering of the two planes
hitting the World Trade Center
towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
And while she has repeatedly
called for jihad against the West,
Smith told FoxNews.com: “I am
exercising my right, as an
American citizen to freedom of
speech, religion, and the right to
bare arms. I have the right in
America to say what ever I want.
That is what makes America so
great, right?”
But a paid government consultant
Case-Shiller data only confirmed
the declining house market.
Roubini, and it could get worse.
aware of Smith’s movements said
there’s concern that Smith could
follow the path of Colleen
LaRose, a suburban Philadelphian
dubbed “ Jihad Jane,” who
pleaded not guilty in March to
conspiracy charges involving a
plot to kill a Swedish artist and
providing material support to
terrorists.
“As we saw in the case earlier this
year with the arrests of "Jihad
Janes" Colleen LaRose and [co-
conspirator] Jamie Paulin-
Ramirez, Kathie Smith has been
exhibiting classic signs of
extremism possibly transitioning
into violence," the consultant told
FoxNews.com, asking not to be
identified due to the sensitive
nature of his work. "Her online
postings on Facebook have been
increasingly promoted acts of
terrorism and statements by
terrorist leaders, such as Anwar
Al-Aulaqi,” the contractor said.
“When her husband released the
video earlier this month of the two
of them holding weapons and
included standard jihad imagery,
such as pictures of German
jihadists that have left to join
terrorist groups in Pakistan and
glut of properties from coming to
Afghanistan or have been arrested
for plotting terror attacks, we
were concerned that they might be
escalating to an attack
themselves,” the consultant said.
To that concern, Smith replied by
e-mail to FoxNews.com:
“I live a simple life, a life where I
fear Allah first and try hard to do
what is right for mankind. I am
not some "horribly misguided, or
brainwashed" individual. I have
lived a long life and have seen
many things. And I will always
stand up for what is right, no
matter who is trying to say the
contrary.”
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market, but that the supply will
eventually arrive. And with
weakening demand
simultaneously, we're likely to see
further price declines.
Note: Roubini isn't likely
negative on the whole housing
market; he recently bought an
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Intimate Interview With Henry Jaglom and Tanna

Frederick
(Epoch Times | All headlines) usual haunt in Santa Monica,
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:33:05 PM joined by Ron Vignone, the film’s
award-winning editor, who also
QUEEN OF THE LOT: plays Gio in Queen of the Lot.
Filmmaker Henry Jaglom and We discussed the genesis of
actress Tanna Frederick. (Noel expression, Talmud intonation,
Vasquez/Getty Images) LOS and the paradoxical nature of
ANGELES—With a filmmaker some actors who feel most
and playwright as prolific as themselves or authentic when
Henry Jaglom, I have had the playing another character, and
fortune to interview him and his whether this is, therefore, their Diddy and Bikini-Clad
leading lady and muse, Tanna true authentic nature (very
Frederick, several times over the Talmudic). Kim Go Yachting With
last few years. Each time, the Tanna, revealing a tender Their Twins in St. Barts
exchange feels more like the vulnerability, explained that she Molly Goodson (PopSugar)
reunion of friends than a identified with her character
Submitted at 12/28/2010 9:18:10 AM
professional meeting, engaging in Maggie, who says, “It’s not the
intimate and truthful Hollywood hype that scares me, Diddy had one twin in each arm
conversation—but then again, that it’s being in the kitchen and eating to survey the scene from the deck
is the endearing and alluring dinner that scares me. It’s the
(Christopher Rydell), to join her outer life of performers, and the of a yacht off the coast of St.
nature of Tanna and Henry, off little things.”
and the entourage (Ron Vignone, dubious intersection between Barts last night. He's on vacation
camera or on. The moments of her life that she
Diane Salinger) before getting “real life” and “the movies.” The with his kids and on-again
Guiding our fluid conversation recalls most vividly are the ones
involved with his attentive and subjects of creativity and show girlfriend Kim Porter, who
was the subject of their newly in which she is performing,
caring brother, writer Aaron biz are certainly matters about sported a bright yellow ruffled
released film, Queen of the Lot, reflects Tanna. The times she
Lambert (Noah Wyle), and the which Henry Jaglom can claim bikini to bask in the sun on the
and the film’s themes of romance, spent by herself she describes as
whole Lambert Hollywood power expertise, as he has worked as an beach earlier in the day. His
the complex nature of actors, and feeling naked.
family (patriarch, Jack Heller). actor, writer, editor, and director. daughters Jessie and D'Lila
their insatiable appetites for fame, This entry passed through the
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Sugarloaf's Ski Lift Derails, Six
Injured
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:25:38 PM
Olympic snowboarder Seth
Wescott rides the Sugarloaf ski
lift in 2006. 220 people fell 25-30
feet when a lift like this
malfunctioned Tuesday morning.
(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Six
skiers were injured at Sugarloaf,
the ski resort in Carrabassett
Valley, Maine, when a ski lift
carrying 220 passengers derailed,
and five chairs fell 25 to 30 feet.
After the incident occurred at
approximately 10:30 a.m. on
Tuesday, Dec. 28, the victims
were taken to hospital. Staff
members at the resort evacuated
the uninjured holiday skiers from
the lift, according to the most
recent press release by the resort.
None of the injuries were life-
threatening.
“We want make you aware that
there has been a derailment of the
Spillway East chairlift and our ski
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Report: Top 10 App Trends of 2011
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:49:06 PM
Mobclix, an iPhone analytics
firm and mobile ad exchange
network, has released a year-end
report which examines the top
application trends from 2010. The
report, called the "2010 App
Game Changers," neatly
summarizes what have been some
of the most notable developments
in mobile over the course of the
year.
Sponsor
According to Mobclix ( full
report here), mobile apps have
impacted a wide range of
industries from advertising to
gaming over the course of 2010,
have become a part of our daily
life and, per IDC analysts, will
increase to nearly 76.9 billion
downloads by 2014.
Citing both its internal research,
and the research put out by other
analyst firms, Mobclix has boiled
down the many changes in
mobile, specifically in the mobile
application industry, in an easy to
digest format by way of its year-
end report.
Here's what they found,
summarized below along with
some additional comments from
us. 1. The Platform War Gets
Bloody
2010 was the beginning of the
smartphone platform wars, with
the ever-dominant Android vs
Apple fight now underway.
Mobclix saw impressions on its
Mobclix Exchange for Android
grow by 420% since its inception,
for example. Other players, like
Windows Phone 7 launched this
year, apparently in it for the long
haul, while Nokia, RIM and even
Palm are hoping to not lose
ground as the mobile platform
shakeup continues. 2. Advertising
on Mobile Gets Smart (Rise of
RTB)
At least 50% of all targeted
online display ads will be bought
through real-time platforms by
2015 and by next year, 10%-15%
of total ad buys will involve real-
time bidding inventory. Mobclix,
of course, offers a solution for
this, but cites a "Google
executive" as the source of this
factoid.
Despite the self-promotional
aspect to this trend, RTB is a
major trend this year. As Business
Insider summarized this summer,
"RTB is on fire." AdMeld, an ad
inventory optimizer, closed a $15
million round of venture funding
this year, AdSafe raised $7.5
million and Google bought Invite
Media, a demand-side platform,
for a reported $70
million. AdMeld CEO Michael
Barrett told BI that ads sold
through RTB generate 2-3 times
as much revenue for his
customers on average, and up to
10 times as much in some cases.
He said the market would be
worth around $1 billion this year.
3. In-App Purchasing Enabling a
New Economy
Selling apps is no longer the only
way to make money, some
developers have discovered. In
October, Flurry released data that
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publisher serving a notification clicks.
pushes an app suggestion to its 37% of impressions in Mobclix's
users, offering them something in exchange were rich media, up
return (virtual goods like health, 115% since last year, the new
gold, etc. in a game, for ex.). The report also noted. 7. Apps Aren't a
advertiser pays for every install One-Trick Pony
this push message led to while the Apps don't just get played with
publisher makes an immediate once, then ignored - at least, not
profit. 5. Apps are Here to Stay in all cases. Some app developers
More than half a million apps are have found that constantly re-
showed in-app purchases were downloaded every hour and the engaging with your users can lead
earning developers in certain average smartphone user has 22 to a long-term relationship, says
categories (games, social) more of them, says Mobclix, citing a Mobclix. For example, Angry
money than ads. Another report Borrell Associates data. But apps Birds launches an update every 4
forecasted an increase in in-app are ready to expand beyond the weeks and sees a 80% retention
revenue by 600% in 2011. And smartphone to appear on TVs rate. 8. Games are King
Farmville, as a high-profile (Google TV, Apple TV), desktop 70% of the chart-topping
example of this trend, earns 90% (Intel AppUp, Mac App Store, applications in both usage and
of its revenue from in-app AllMyApps for Windows, etc.) gross revenue are games, says
purchases, its Director of Mobile Web browsers (Google Chrome Mobclix, citing its own data.
Jen Herman has said. Web Store, Mozilla Open Web Games dominate on every
Mobclix cites data from Jupiter App Store, etc.) Blu-ray players platform, from Apple's App Store
Research which says that in-game and even cars (Ford SYNC to Android Market and even on
purchases are expected to surpass AppLink, Android?). 6. Rich newcomers like Windows Phone.
$11 billion by 2015. The industry Media Ads Pay More 9. Apps are Everywhere
is watching Android expectantly Another self-promotional, but This trend seems like a repeat of
in 2011 to see if it will soon offer accurately pegged trend: rich #5, as it reports on the status of
an officially supported feature for media has a higher clickthrough apps in our daily life. The average
a l l o w i n g t h e s e t y p e s o f rate, up to 11 times higher, says smartphone users spends 2.8
transactions. In the meantime, Mobclix. We cited data from hours per day using apps and 3 in
there are 3rd-party solutions that Greystripe in September that 5 people first turn to an app
let developers implement in-app found rich media ads get a 56% before searching the Web, says
purchases now. 4. It Pays to be higher clickthrough rate than Mobclix, We also reported on
Pushy static ads, however. And Eric apps' growing popularity over the
Another finding, this one from a Litman, CEO of Medialets, told browser this year, referencing
Mobclix survey, found that Mashable in August that rich research from consulting firm
customer retention is 2.7 times m e d i a a d s w e r e g e t t i n g Parks Associates. They found that
better with push-notification. clickthroughs as high as 33%. consumers under 3 ("millenials")
Apps are opened up 228% more Who's telling the truth? Maybe are ditching the Web browser in
and weekly session times have they all are, the differences favor of mobile apps. 10. Don't
increased by 103% when push is between their various networks Underestimate iCurrency
used. However, Mobclix is leading to differently reported The title of this trend is
referring to incentivized installs, data. But the end result is the
not notifications from the apps same: rich media means more REPORT: page 22
themselves. For example, a
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How to Hire Coders
Pete Warden (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:00:00 PM
One of the most common
questions I get asked is "How can
I find technical employees?" The
market for good programmers is
extremely tight, and traditional
techniques like job-board or
craigslist postings won't produce
results. Even the best network of
contacts probably won't uncover
candidates willing to reach out to
you. So, what can you do?
Start early: Accept that it's going
to take longer than you'd like to
find the right person, and so plan
ahead now for hires you'll be
making in six months or a year. If
you do find the right person too
early, make them an offer and
take the hit of paying their salary
for a few months before you
really need them. The hiring
process will be time-consuming,
so schedule accordingly; treat it as
a first-class task that will take up
a significant chunk of every week.
Sponsor
Stalk them: The best candidates
aren't looking for a new job,
they're being pampered and
praised at their current company.
The first thing you'll need to do is
find out who these people are and
connect with them. One of my
favorite hacks for this is joining
technical meet up groups in your
How to Stay Happy and Motivated During the Winter [Health]
Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 11:00:00 AM
area. Even if you're a business
guy, you'll probably be able to
nod and smile your way through
most presentations. You'll get to
see who's enthusiastic and can
communicate well, and the social
side is a great way to talk to
engineers you'd never be in
contact with otherwise. If you
supply beer and pizza, you'll be
very popular.
Go to Meetup.com and put in a
few relevant keywords (e.g.
Machine Learning, Big Data) to
discover nearby get-togethers.
Another avenue is lurking on
open-source project's mailing
lists, which won't find local
coders but otherwise has a lot of
the advantages of attending meet
ups, since you can see how people
communicate and work with
others.
Understand them: In order to pry
them away from their current job,
you need a strong lure, and you
need to understand what their
motivations are to craft something
tempting. The best programmers
often aren't driven by money, so
figure out if they're after more
responsibility, independence, the
chance to work with cutting-edge
technology or recognition from
their peers. Sit down with them
over coffee, join them on a hike,
spend time with them however
you can. Once you know what
Whether you suffer from
seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
or not, Winter can be a rough
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somewhat cutesy, but also
Qualify them: Often you'll find a accurate. It's actually referring to
programmer who loves the idea of the revenue opportunities via
joining an early-stage company, iTunes. Apple has driven over 10
but when it comes to making the billion downloads of digital
plunge and leaving the security of content through iTunes this year,
a steady job, they get cold feet. says Mobclix, delivering over $1
Get a feel for how serious they are billion in earnings to developers.
by paying them for part-time It's still the behemoth in the
consulting during the courtship. If mobile app ecosystem and can't
they are reluctant, or can't fit it be ignored. Discuss
into their schedule, that's a sign
they might not be willing to
follow through.
makes them tick, you can build an Look at alternatives: This is
offer that's hard for them to probably starting to sound like a
refuse. lot of work, so think hard about
Pimp yourself: People are a lot what you're trying to achieve by
more likely to want to join hiring a new employee. Do you
companies they've heard of, really need somebody with 10
startups that are recognized for years experience, or would you be
doing interesting and challenging better off finding a clever intern
China cuts
work, so talk about the great w i t h f i r e i n h e r b e l l y a n d
technology you're building every s o m e t h i n g t o p r o v e ? rare earth
chance you get. Encourage your Bosses almost always underrate
existing programmers to blog and t h e i r e x i s t i n g e m p l o y e e s '
talk to journalists like me, and try potential, because they've seen
export quotas
(CNET News.com)
to reach communities like Hacker their failures first hand, and new
News and Reddit with your hires come in with no history. Submitted at 12/28/2010 11:44:20 AM
stories. Have your engineers give Would you actually be better off
t a l k s a t c o n f e r e n c e s a n d spending your time training your China cut its first batch of rare
earth export quotas for next year
contribute back to open-source current coders to take on more
projects. by more than one-tenth, in the
challenging work? Can you find a face of a threat by the United
It may feel painful as that cuts consulting firm to help them out
into the time they spend on on particular areas? How can you States to complain to the World
Trade Organization over the
development, but the added make sure that none of your
visibility in the development current team leaves? Discuss export limits.
community will be a powerful
recruiting tool. CHINA page 23
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China's Commerce Ministry
allotted 14,446 metric tons of
quotas to 31 companies, which
was 11.4 percent less than the
16,304 metric tons it allocated to
22 companies in the first batch of
2010 quotas a year ago.
The ministry said in a short
statement that it had added more
producer companies to the quota
list, but has cut volumes allocated
to trading companies for the
metals, which are used in high-
tech goods.
The export quotas were based on
export volumes from the
beginning of 2008 to October
2010, it added, without giving
details.
China produces about 97 percent
of rare earth elements, which are
used worldwide in high tech,
clean energy and other products
that exploit their special
properties for magnetism,
luminescence, and strength.
The decision to cut export quotas
and raise tariffs has inflamed
trade ties with the United States,
European Union, and Japan in
particular.
LG Xnote P210 Notebook Unveiled
Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:53:01 PM
The old saying, “Go big or go
home,” may have applied to LG’s
recently unveiled 72-inch LED-
backlit 3D TV the company plans
on showing off at CES 2011, but
for the brand new LG Xnote P210
Last week, the U.S. Trade
Representative office said China
had refused U.S. requests to end
export restraints on rare earths
that have alarmed trade partners.
The U.S. representative and that
Washington could complain to the
WTO, which judges international
trade disputes.
China's Commerce Ministry has
yet to respond to that threat.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Jiang Yu declined to comment
today when asked about it at a
regular news briefing, referring
the question to "relevant
departments." She did not
elaborate.
The issue will add to already
strained Sino-U.S. ties, which
have been battered this year by
arguments over everything from
Tibet and Taiwan to the value of
the Chinese currency. Chinese
President Hu Jintao visits the
United States next month.
Japan has been hard hit by the
export curbs. Japanese imports of
rare earths shrank further in
November, reflecting the impact
from China's de facto ban on
notebook, it certainly doesn’t. The
new notebook, which features a
ridiculously small form factor,
manages to pack plenty of tech
inside the body, even if it
manages to slim down its figure.
Rumros have it that the device
will be shown off at CES 2011,
but details are scarce on that bit.
shipments of the minerals which
was lifted late last month.
Japanese companies had
complained of restrictions on
shipments of the metals, vital for
making auto parts and high-tech
products, by Chinese customs
officials following a spat over
disputed islands in the East China
Sea which led to a de facto
suspension by Beijing on exports
from late September.
China is still exporting small
volumes of rare earth to Japan.
Analysts have suggested the de
facto ban was probably because of
differences in the way rare earths
are categorized by each country,
as well as a dribble of imports that
had previously been delayed.
The European Union has also
expressed concern at China's
limiting of rare earths' exports,
though the bloc's trade
commissioner said earlier this
month China had reiterated that
rare earth supplies would be
sustained.
China says its curbs are for
environmental reasons and to
guarantee supplies to domestic
As for the notebook itself, it
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industrial consumers, but it has
also insisted its dominance as a
producer should give it more
control over global prices.
Beijing has been trying hard to
impose discipline on its chaotic
rare earth sector and is expected
to establish a rare earth industry
association by May next year, said
Wang Caifeng, an official with
the Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology,
speaking at a conference today.
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features a 12.5-inch display,
which LG is proud to say features
the thinnest bezel out there. The
entire package measures in at only
299 x 192 x 20.9mm, and it
weighs in at only 1.3kg. On the
inside, you’ll find an Intel core i5-
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Stash Your Cables Out of
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Will 2011 See App Makers Thinking Android-First?
One Developer Thinks It’s Possible
MG Siegler (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:09:08 PM
Over the weekend, there was a
ton of talk about 2011 being the
year in which Android “explodes”
onto the market. You could argue
that 2010 was already that year,
but plenty of numbers indicate
that 2011 will be much bigger for
the platform. But despite Android
as a whole already outselling the
iPhone, there’s little debate that
amongst developers, iOS is still
the platform you develop for first.
But this could change as well in
2011, at least according to one
developer. And it’s significant
because he’s been an iPhone-first
guy up until now.
Akshay Kothariis the co-founder
of Alphonso Labs, the
development house behind the
popular Pulse news reader app.
Pulse started as an iPad app first,
then expanded to the iPhone, then
came to Android. Kothari credits
both the support they’ve received
from Apple and the press
surrounding the iPad as the reason
why they’ve been so iOS-centric
up until now. But, “ our thinking
about the Android platform has
changed significantly over the last
couple weeks,” he writes to us.
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comparable to our best days on
iOS.
Pulse is indeed currently featured
in the Android Market.
“ So far, our innovation has
moved from iOS to Android, and
it may stay that way in the near
term. But with the option to
instantly get feedback on your
new update, it may not be too far-
fetched to have innovation move
Gadget Savvy:
from Android platforms to iOS
platform,” Kothari notes.
Cell Phone
“ A few interesting things have about how some features in Pulse News broke yesterday that the
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Initially, News was bundled into problems are disappearing now, A n d r o i d - b a s e d i P o d t o u c h Who hasn't fantasized about
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which was dominated by weather pretty solid now. Particularly the signs for Android development. out the window after unwillingly
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Protecting Your Online Anonymity
with Tor
Audrey Watters
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:00:23 PM
Although it's hardly a new
technology, recent cyber-
skirmishes and demands for better
privacy online have put the
anonymizing network the Tor
Project in the spotlight, including
a story earlier this month in The
New York Times Magazine, a
harbinger perhaps of mainstream
adoption. Tor has been around for
almost a decade, originally
developed by the U.S. Naval
Research Laboratory and now
used by activists, dissidents,
journalists, and well, anyone in
order to protect the privacy of
online activities.
According to the Tor Project's
metrics, the network has had
between 100,000 and 300,000
users per day over the course of
the past few months.
Sponsor
How Tor Works
Tor protects its users from
surveillance known as "traffic
analysis." Even if you encrypt
your data, as the Tor website
notes, traffic analysis can still
reveal "a great deal about what
you're doing and, possible, what
you're saying" as it focuses on the
header used for routing -
something that discloses the
source, the destination, the date
and time, and the size of what's
being send.
traffic of your data along the way.
Flaws in the System?
According to a report this week
in Wired, researchers at the
University of Regensburg have
found some vulnerabilities in the
Tor network. "The attack doesn't
quite make a surfer's activity an
open book," writes Wired's John
Borland, "but offers the ability for
someone on the same local
network - a Wi-Fi network
provider, or an ISP working at
Tor obscures this traffic data. It
law enforcement (or a regime's)
works to anonymize your identity
request, for example - to gain a
and activity by distributing your
potentially good idea of sites an
transactions over several places
anonymous surfer is viewing."
on the Internet, so that no single
According to the research,
point can be linked to you or your
someone could run the Tor
destination - "a deliberately
network, monitor how certain
byzantine system of virtual
sites appeared when accessed
tunnels that conceal the origins
through Tor, and develop a
and destinations of data, and thus
database of this sort of
the identity of clients," as The
"fingerprint." Using pattern
New York Times describes it. In
recognition software, it's possible
other words, rather than taking a
to glean a match (with about 55%
direct route from the source to
certainty) between a source and
destination, data on the Tor
destination.
network takes a random pathway
The article does add that there are
through several relays, so that no
some ways to help mitigate
one can tell where the data came
against this and muddy any
from, where it's headed, or the
results: requesting multiple sites
complete path of the data. Each
at once, for example, would
"hop" along the way is encrypted
complicate the analysis. And with
separately as well.
increasing attention to privacy
Tor doesn't solve all privacy
issues - from the prying eyes of
problems online. (It doesn't try
advertisers and governments alike
to.) It doesn't anonymize your
- it's unlikely that this research
visits to websites, prevent cookies
will discourage people from using
or other tracking mechanisms, for
the Tor Network. Discuss
example. But it does protect the
Technology/ 25
Lawsuit over app privacy
targets Apple and
developers
Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:15:00 PM
Apple and several mobile
developers are facing two separate
lawsuits over the collection and
unauthorized sharing of private
user data with third-party
advertising networks, according to
iLounge. The first lawsuit,
Freeman vs. Apple, was filed in a
northern California federal court
and targets applications such as
Pandora, Dictionary.com, The
Weather Channel, Toss It,
Text4Plus, Talking Tom Cat and
to third party advertising
Pimple Popper Lite.
companies.
The second lawsuit, Lalo vs.
This information was mined by
Apple, was filed in federal court
the recipients and used to serve up
in San Jose, California and seeks
relevant in-app advertisements.
class action stats for anyone who
Unfortunately, this exchange of
has downloaded an offending
information was done without the
application between December
user's knowledge or consent.
2008 and last week. Similar to the
While most of the collected
first lawsuit, the Lalo vs. Apple
information is not personally
suit targets Pandora, Paper Toss,
identifying, the hidden nature of
The Weather Channel and
the exchange caused a stir among
Dictionary.com. Apple is included
privacy advocates. It was only a
in both suits as the App Store
matter of time before this moral
approval process makes the
outrage turned into a class-action
company an "aider and abetter" to
lawsuit.
the deceptive practices of these
Lawsuit over app privacy targets
applications.
Apple and developers originally
The lawsuits stem from a recent
appeared on TUAW on Tue, 28
Wall Street Journal investigation
Dec 2010 13:15:00 EST. Please
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The SEC Investigation Into Private Stock Sales Is

All About The Glaring Lack Of Disclosure
Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) sales.
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:09:49 PM The SEC is obviously concerned
about the growth of these
The Securities and Exchange unregulated markets. To the
Commission is asking questions extent that they become an
about private stock markets like alternative to public markets, the RezScore Grades Your
SecondMarket and SharesPost. SEC may require the same sorts Resumes and Offers
The SEC has sent “information of disclosures for companies
requests to several participants in which gain more than 500 Free Advice [Resumes]
the buying and selling of stock” a shareholders as a result of their Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
number of companies, reports the shares being traded there. At that
Submitted at 12/28/2010 10:30:00 AM
New York Times(although private point the companies may as well
market SecondMarket says they go public because they gain RezScore is a webapp analyzes
have received no request from the nothing from these secondary your uploaded resume and
SEC). markets other than as a release provides surprisingly accurate
Over the past year, trading in valve for employees and early advice. If you're applying for a
shares of still-private companies investors. (Companies typically new job and need to get your
such as Facebook, Zynga, and do not sell their own shares resume in shape, it could be a
LinkedIn has skyrocketed, through these markets, nor do very helpful tool. More »
allowing employees and early they benefit financially from the
investors to sell their shares even require the companies to report They recently traded at an implied trading). In the end, it is all about
without an IPO. About $400 audited financial results just like a valuation of above $50 billion on disclosure. Because nobody can
million worth of shares will pass publicly-traded company. SecondMarket, and $42.4 billion
really know what these companies
hands this year on SecondMarket, Investors are buying shares on on SharesPost. A couple years are worth without knowing their
which is the largest of the private these markets with little to no ago, Facebook won an exemption true profits, losses, revenue
exchanges, up from about $100 knowledge of the actual financial from the SEC’s 500-shareholder growth, and other financial
million in 2009. The lack of r e s u l t s o f t h e u n d e r l y i n g rule by arguing that the shares metrics. If it looks like a public
liquidity because of the general c o m p a n i e s . T h e r e a r e n o were mostly held by employees, company and trades like a public
postponement of IPOs among disclosure requirements because and it also changed the way it company then the SEC might just
many Internet startups is fueling these markets take advantage of issued restricted stock. But if the end up regulating it like a public
this growth. Only qualified employees or early shareholders number of external shareholders company.
institutions and high net-worth who want to unload their shares to exceeds 500 investors, the SEC Photo credit: Flickr/ andrecismo
individual investors are allowed to the highest bidder. Investors see m i g h t w a n t t o r e v i s i t t h a t C r u n c h B a s e I n f o r m a t i o n
participate in these markets, but as these markets as a chance to get in exemption. The same issue would S e c o n d M a r k e t S h a r e s P o s t
more and more shares trade hands on hot, pre-IPO, Internet startups. hold for other private companies Facebook Information provided
the SEC’s 500-shareholder rule Facebook shares are the ones who end up with more than 500 by CrunchBase
could be triggered which would most in demand on these markets. shareholders through these private
E-reader News Edition
Amazon tech helps return gifts before you get them
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:01:02 PM
Sorry, Uncle Bob, but you're not
a great gift-giver.(Credit: USPTO/
Amazon)
Amazon might have a simple
solution in store for those who get
disappointed every holiday season
by undesirable gifts.
The company has been awarded a
patent that allows gift recipients
to automatically exchange items
before they receive them. The
solution would offer those
ungrateful recipients the
opportunity to choose something
else or get a gift card without
necessarily indicating to the
sender that it wasn't accepted.
"As in other gift-giving situations,
it sometimes occurs that gifts
purchased online do not meet the
needs or tastes of the gift
recipient," Amazon wrote in the
patent, which was first discovered
by The Washington Post. "In such
situations, the recipient may wish
to convert the gift to something
else, for example, by exchanging
the gift for another item or by
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Game)
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Apple gadgets. So for our last
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Enter Business Insider's Goodbye
obtaining a redemption coupon,
gift card, or other gift certificate
to be redeemed later."
In order to achieve that, the
patent features a system where the
respective sender and recipient are
identified on Amazon. The
recipient can then tell the service
that once the buyer chooses a gift,
it should exchange it for another
product.
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Amazon specifically cites a
fictional "Aunt Mildred." In the
example, the recipient identifies
his or her aunt as having
"different tastes than the user."
The system will require
information about Aunt Mildred
to accurately identify her. When
Aunt Mildred sends a gift to the
recipient, the system's "gift
conversion is triggered."
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Amazon's system goes beyond
just targeting family members and
friends who offer undesirable
gifts. The company's patent also
includes a system whereby
recipients can "check clothes sizes
first" to ensure the gift they're
about to receive is the right size.
If it is, they'll receive it. If not, the
system will recognize the wrong
size and trigger a conversion that
changes the gift to another size.
Amazon's patented service is
certainly interesting. But it might
beg the question of whether or not
it's in the spirit of graciously
accepting gifts--even those from
Aunt Mildred.
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Teen Charged with
Breaking Into Tyler
Perry's House
Joyce Eng (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 10:03:00 AM
Tyler Perry
An 18-year-old woman has been
charged with breaking into the
Atlanta home of Tyler Perry, The
Associated Press reports.
Chloe Ware was caught early
Thursday morning by Perry's
bodyguard and was charged with
prowling and criminal trespass
before being released. The break-
in was also captured on the
filmmaker's surveillance video,
according to The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution.
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Nintendo Adds 32 3DS Titles for Nintendo World
2011
Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:25:59 PM
While we all wait for an official
price tag for the 3DS, which just
went up for pre-order at
GameStop, we’ll have to tide
ourselves over with the fact that,
if you’re going to be in Tokyo for
Nintendo World 2011, you’ll be
able to get your hands on quite a
few upcoming titles for
Nintendo’s 3DS portable gaming
console. The company has just
unveiled the 32 titles, so far, that
will be making an appearance at
next year’s event, almost half of
which will be playable for all of
those in attendance.
As we mentioned above, there
are a total of 32 titles that
Nintendo has revealed will be at
next year’s show. However, while
most all of them are games, there
are some that would probably be
better suited in the “applications”
category, such as the 3DS
Camera. Nintendo also points out
that not all of the games, at this
point in time, have a finalized
title. For those, an asterisk will
appear next to them, indicating
that game features a working title.
To make it easy to point out,
E-reader News Edition
TVR Awards -- The
Most Talented Kids
of 2010 (VIDEO)
Nick Zaino (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 7:35:00 AM
Filed under: TV Replay
Everybody loves watching a
we’ve italicized the games that Nintendogs + Cats Puzzle Bobble 3D talented kid perform, it's basically
will be playable at Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Pro Baseball Family Stadium a fact of Internet life. The
World 2011, so if you do get to Time 3D 2011 popularity of TV talent shows
go, you’ll know what to look for. Pilotwings Resort Animal Resort* combined with the growing
You can see the full list below. Kid Icarus: Uprising Xevious prevalence of YouTube celebrities
Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid Steel Diver 3D Bijin Tokei* introduced a new wave of young,
Snake Eater 3D “The Naked AR Games Starfox 64 3D brilliant performers this year. We
Sample” Nintendo 3DS Camera Paper Mario* drew from a variety of shows for
Pro Evolution 3DSoccer Resident Evil: The Mercenaries Animal Crossing* The Most Talented Kid of 2010
Resident Evil Revelations 3D Mario Kart* category, including'So You Think
Street Fighter IV 3D Edition Super Monkey Ball 3D Surechigai Mii Hiroba You Can Dance','America's Got
Dead or Alive Dimensions Kingdom Hearts 3D* [ via 1UP] Talent','Toddlers & Tiaras',
Dynasty Warriors Chronicle Gundam the 3D Battle and'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'.
Ridge Racer 3D Tales of the Abyss These kids are the real deal,
Professor Layton and the Mask of One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP singing, rapping, dancing, and
Miracle Cubic Ninja* playing piano. Which one do you
think is the most talented? Watch
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Researchers at University of Glasgow New York Times updates

Create 1,000-Core Processor iPad app to stop constant
Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:51:05 PM
processor could make computers
work up to 20 times faster than
modern machines.
crashing
Mel Martin (TUAW)
Lead by researcher Dr. Wim As for Intel, Timothy Mattson of
Vanderbauwhede, a team of Intel’s Microprocessor Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:15:00 PM

scientists have used the Technology Laboratory says that

technology found in Field It's about time. Ever since the
they’ve been thinking about this
Programmable Gate Arrays, or NYTimes for iPad app replaced
type of processor, and that it
FPGAs, to create a 1,000-core the lame Editors' Choice app it
certainly could be possible. He
processor. At this point, they’ve has been tough sledding trying to
mentions Intel’s Single-chip
effectively created a proof of read the news. It often took a long
Cloud Computer (SCC), which
concept that can perform almost time to load, and then before
manages to have 48 cores on it.
20 times faster than “modern displaying a single story, it
However, Mattson says that it
computers.” To add to the crashed. I re-installed the app, and
could be upscaled to 1,000 cores.
possibility of this new processor that made things better for a while
There are always factors to
finding its way to the real world within the FPGA, and place them consider, though, and Mattson until the crashes returned. though it is not perfect. In
eventually, it seems that Intel has on 1,000 mini-circuits. Each of points out that it will still take I wasn't the only one having particular, the navigation bar at
been playing around with the idea, these mini-circuits are able to some time to get something like trouble. The app store reviews of the bottom covers up some text
very recently, and believe that a process their own instructions, this off the ground and into the previous version were brutal. unless you dismiss it. If you don't
processor of that magnitude is which is why the proof of concept machines. The app was updated over the register for a free account, the app
certainly “feasible.” holidays, and I'm happy to report will constantly nag you.
is able to perform at the level that [ via Engadget] it is far more stable. I can actually Ironically, the iPhone app from
The researchers, in order to get it does. As said above, the
the results they wanted, had to researchers claim that the new read the news without having to the Times works great. The
separate the millions of transistors constantly re-launch the app. The developers writing the iPad app
only downside I experienced was should take the iPhone team to
I had to log in again. If I had been lunch and get a bit of advice.
First Look: Steven Spielberg's 'Falling commuting or on a trip and didn't
have that info it would have been
New York Times updates iPad
app to stop constant crashing
Skies' (VIDEO) a pain.
The New York Times app is free,
originally appeared on TUAW on
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:15:00 EST.
Chris Harnick (TV Squad) captured son while trying to but in early 2011 it will require a Please see our terms for use of
Submitted at 12/28/2010 8:00:00 AM protect his other two boys. subscription. The old version feeds.
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Wyle, meet aliens. The first trailer producing the project, which is dumped the app in disgust it's
for Steven Spielberg and TNT's written by 'Saving Private Ryan' worth another look now, even
summer series 'Falling Skies' has scribe Robert Rodat. The series
hit the web. begins in June 2011.
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professor who becomes a leader the character goes after his
30 Technology/ Products/ E-reader News Edition

Tips: Is that
new GPS a
keeper?
Carol Mangis (Consumer
Reports)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 8:37:45 AM

Tips: Is that new GPS a keeper?

Did someone gift you with a
brand-new GPS this holiday
CNN says Apple's season? Consumer Reports' Car
Blog is ofering a"gift reality
Gresso iPad Features 200-Year-Old "antennagate" biggest check" today about whether you
should hang onto it or return it.
Wood and 18K Gold Apple Logo, From the post:

Goes on Sale New Year’s Eve tech fail of 2010 Generally, we find models from
Garmin, Magellan, and TomTom
Victor Agreda, Jr. (TUAW) issue, less than 1% of iPhone score the best in our ratings,
Evan Selleck (SlashGear) holiday season, then maybe you Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:45:00 PM owners actually reported this issue though there have been some
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:23:55 PM have a chance to pick up one of to Apple. pleasant surprises from Motorola.
these Gresso iPads, when they CNN has a list of their biggest Nevertheless, CNN also notes It is worth starting by checking
Gresso is a well-known name release on New Year’s Eve. tech "fails" of 2010 and the #1 that the issue has quietly faded our GPS ratings to see how the
when it comes to luxury products, We’re only saying that because spot is the iPhone 4 antenna issue, away (after a bumper giveaway navigator performed in our tests,
especially when they’re making Gresso hasn’t come forward with aka "antennagate." Perhaps it was and OS update or two), and the as well as read the user reviews.
tech gadgets look ridiculously the price yet, and some impossible inevitable that the hubris of phone is still a huge seller. The Take a look at the full post to see
pricey. Of course, the price tag notion in our mind has us A p p l e ' s p a s t d e c a d e w o u l d fail appears to have been a mere a list of features we like in GPS
always matches the extravagance believing that maybe, just maybe, eventually catch up with the blip. It certainly didn't have as systems and lots more tips and
your getting your hands on, but the price tag won’t have us company. widespread an effect as the advice. And check out the Cars
then again, that shouldn’t be a dropping into fits. Antennagate, as you may recall, Gawker media sites being hacked, Blog next week for GPS news
surprise to anyone. This time Then again, considering the was the issue around a precipitous which came in at number seven. from CES 2011.
around, they’re putting their name device features wood from a 200- drop in "bars" (the apparent CNN says Apple's "antennagate" —Carol Mangis Subscribe now!
o n a b r a n d n e w i P a d year-old African Blackwood, reception on your iPhone) when b i g g e s t t e c h f a i l o f 2 0 1 0 S u b s c r i b e t o
customization, which features the which as we mentioned above is the iPhone 4 was held in the originally appeared on TUAW on ConsumerReports.org for expert
world’s reportedly most valuable reportedly the world’s “most "death grip." I experienced this on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:45:00 EST. Ratings, buying advice and
tree, along with just enough gold valuable tree,” we are pretty sure launch day, even had a few Please see our terms for use of r e l i a b i l i t y o n h u n d r e d s o f
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with, perhaps buying a lavish gift addition of the 18K pure gold my palm. But according to Apple Comments
for yourself, or someone you Apple logo on the back. in a rare press event to address the
know, isn’t at the top of your list. [ via PhoneArena]
But if you were someone who
managed to rake in the dough this
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Mac 101: Backup basics with Time

Machine and more
Steven Sande (TUAW)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 3:00:00 PM

Did you get a new Mac for

Christmas? Before you go too far
in loading your Mac with
software and files, make sure that
you have a backup strategy. As a
certified Mac consultant, I can tell
you that there are two kinds of
computer users: those who have
lost data through error, hardware
failure, or accident, and those who
Keen On… Erick Schonfeld:
are going to lose data in the
future. In this edition of Mac 101, I'll
Mac 101: Backup basics with
Will 2011 Be 1999 All Over
Most of the bloggers at TUAW
are backup fanatics, and many of
take you through the basics of
setting up your Time Machine
Time Machine and more
originally appeared on TUAW on
Again? (TCTV)
us have multiple backups using backup to a local hard drive, Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST. Andrew Keen (TechCrunch) Wilson’s warnings about tech’s
Time Machine (the backup app explain the power of cloning apps,
Please see our terms for use of Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:01:44 PM current irrational exuberance
built into Mac OS X), cloning and tell you why off-site backups
feeds. correct? Not according to
applications like Carbon Copy are a good idea. Source| Permalink| Email this| Only four more days of 2010; Schonfeld who, while
Cloner and SuperDuper!, and Continue reading Mac 101: Comments four more days till we get to 2011. acknowledging that there are too
online backup services like Backup basics with Time So what to expect in the new many me-too companies, believes
Carbonite, Mozy, and BackBlaze. Machine and more year? What do we most hope for that the established players
and fear about 2011? driving the current boom –
A simple thought about political For TechCrunch co-editor Erick Facebook, Groupon, Zynga and
Schonfeld, 2011 might be the year Twitter – are for real.
correctness that touch becomes central to the Is Schonfeld right? Should we be
(Scripting News) view heard and accepted (if not computing experience. It may partying like it’s 1999? Or could
agreed with), that removes one also be the year when both mobile 2011, like 2000, be remembered
Submitted at 12/28/2010 11:23:42 AM
obstacle to change. Maybe not all and social – John Doerr’s third as the year when the music died?
Suppressing dissent doesn't help of them. And it's possible, just wave– grows up to finally What Schonfeld wants in 2011
your cause, because it doesn't possible, having really listened to become the dominant sector of the What Schonfeld fears in 2011
change minds. The belief is still the politically incorrect thought, tech industry. CrunchBase Information Erick
there, just suppressed. you might find your position Could 2011 be 2000 all over Schonfeld Information provided
If you stay out the way of self- shifts. again? Could we see a collapse of by CrunchBase
expression, everyone wins. You Aside from that, believe it or not, all the optimism now surrounding
get to hear something that's it's not all about you. Other people mobile and social? Were Fred
dissonant to you, the other person have a right to speak even if you
gets to express him or herself. don't like what they're saying.
Once having gotten their point of
32 Technology/ Economy/ Sports/ Policy/
Hacker Poll: Do You Plan to
Learn Any New Programming
Languages in 2011?
Klint Finley (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:00:00 PM
Do you plan to pick up any new
languages next year? Or do you
think your time would be better
spent honing the skills you
already have?
JavaScript guru Douglas
Crockford said during the Future
of Programming Languages panel
at the Strange Loop Conference
that we've entered an
experimental era of programming
in which many new programming
languages are being created and
used. It's also been long suggested
that learning new languages will
help programmers become better
programmers, even if they don't
end up using the new languages
they learn. Assembly and Lisp are
frequently cited as examples of
languages programmers should
Back to Declinism
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 12/27/2010 5:00:00 PM
In the judgment of Yale historian
Paul Kennedy, a world in which a
shrunken America is just primus
inter pares, "one of the most
prominent players in the small
club of great powers," is all but
inevitable, a natural turning of the
seasons. While many on the left
would welcome such an
egalitarian future--it is not "a bad
learn.
On the other hand, the best way
to get better at programming is to
do it. Perhaps your time would be
better spent actually coding?
Sponsor
Which Languages Are You
Planning to Learn Next Year?
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Discuss
thing," Kennedy claims--the rest
of the world, especially liberal-
democratic nations, may quibble
just a bit with this rather prosaic
and utilitarian view of global
power.
Kennedy--who was my colleague
at Yale for most of the last decade
--made his reputation by limning
the "rise and fall of great powers,"
and his most recent article in The
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Societe Generale CEO
Says Europe Needs More
Unity, Not Stress Tests
Gregory White (Money Game)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:57:16 PM
Societe Generale's CEO Frédéric
Oudéa says the eurozone needs no
more banking stress tests, but
needs to get on with the process
of convergence.
Speaking to CNBC, Oudéa said
investors were overestimating the
threat of sovereign debt exposure
to European banks and suggested
any data on the matter was now
public.
It's not surprising Oudéa doesn't
want more stress tests. Deutsche
Bank previously estimated 15.7%
of SocGen's total bank value was
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Cliff Lee's Return to
Phillies Highlights
Unpredictable Offseason
John Hickey (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 11:00:00 AM
Filed under: Angels, Brewers,
Mariners, Nationals, Phillies, Red
Sox, Yankees, MLB Free Agency
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exposed to the sovereign debt Just that the baseball
crisis in Europe (Greece, Ireland, establishment thought each of
and Portugal only). those players would wind up
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power, and military power. Each
is eroding as other nations rise. In
Kennedy's telling, the ability to
challenge America for regional or
possibly global leadership is
merely a matter of aping
American models and asserting
the national will.
This view may not be incorrect in
tracing current trends and perhaps
even in sketching the rough
contours of the near future. Yet
this argument lacks any moral
component and is overly
dismissive of the sources of both
domestic power and global
stability.
In the clinical view that Kennedy
takes, the United States (and
before it, Great Britain) is, in the
end, simply interchangeable with
all previous and future great
powers, and its unique domestic
society and global behavior are
but epiphenomenal. The best that
Kennedy can do is a grudging
acknowledgment that "we should
all be careful to wish away a
reasonably benign American
hegemony; we might regret its
going." Such are the wages paid
to nearly two centuries of liberal
growth and international
stewardship.
He is dead wrong when he writes
that "American hopes of
reshaping Asia sometimes look
curiously like former British
hopes of reshaping the Middle
East. Don't go there."
Nowhere in Kennedy's
ruminations do the words
"liberty" or "freedom" appear, and
he mentions democracy only
once, when recounting Harvard
political scientist Joseph Nye's
analysis of the global effects of
American power. The indivisible
links among a given society's
domestic structure, its national
strength, and its international
position are thus dismissed.
There is no recognition either that
national greatness over the long
term must come from the
character of a given society or that
the nature of the hegemonic
country will determine to a great
degree the nature of the
international system. It is no
accident that Great Britain and the
United States became so powerful
and stable. Surely, the unique
combination of ever-more-
efficient capitalist financing and
production along with slowly
expanding democracy should be
accounted the prime source of
Anglo-American greatness.
To this potent mix was accreted
generations of evolution in social
trust, transparency in economic
interactions, and the firming of
the bedrock of law. All of these
accelerated industrial
development, and thereby human
wellbeing, more evenly and for a
longer period of time than did any
other system in history. To treat
them as but an incidental factor in
the rise to power of Great Britain
and the United States is to
eviscerate one's explanatory
scheme and make any predictions
a risky gamble. China's attempt to
continue growing without
developing mechanisms of self-
expression, trust, and impartial
law is an experiment the world
will watch keenly over the
coming decades, but only a
reckless prognosticator would
assume that such growth is
inevitable. It is not so simple as
playing "catch-up," in Paul
Kennedy's words, even if
America's relative economic
strength will indeed decline over
time.
Kennedy's thesis also glides over
the sources of international
norms, stability, and the provision
of global public goods. On the
global stage, countries ruled by
law and in which the people are
sovereign act very differently
from those ruled by an oligarchy.
Kennedy's realist vision is one in
which states are but
indistinguishable billiard balls,
knocking into each other on a
cosmic pool table. Yet cultural
preferences must surely explain
the post-1945 international
behavior of Washington, London,
Ottawa, and Canberra, to name a
few. Providing public goods
through such actions as ensuring
freedom of the seas, hosting and
nurturing international
organizations, and supporting
democracy worldwide marked the
second half of the 20th century as
one of the most progressive in
history. No one can think that
today's liberal international order,
as flawed and often ineffective as
it is, is less preferable to a 19th-
century colonialist balance-of-
power system, or to a future
dominated by China, Russia, Iran,
and Venezuela.
Kennedy's argument further
presumes that America's
hegemonic desires alone are the
cause of the spread of democracy
around the globe. He is dead
wrong when he writes that
"American hopes of reshaping
Asia sometimes look curiously
like former British hopes of
reshaping the Middle East. Don't
go there." Democratic triumphs in
Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia,
and the Philippines (to say
nothing of East Europe nearly a
generation ago) did not originate
in Washington, D.C., though
American moral and material aid
certainly helped stabilize new
representative regimes. To ignore
the liberal striving of millions is
both to cruelly dismiss their
collective courage and to set up
the grounds for stripping
American foreign policy of its
moral wellspring. By continuing
to acknowledge and aid the
genuine aspirations for greater
democracy in many countries,
America and other liberal nations
not only live up to their ideals, but
more effectively marshal their
resources and help swell the tide
of freedom.
The "normal" world envisioned
by Kennedy also apparently
eschews such distinctions as
"authoritarianism" and
"totalitarianism," which get no
mention in his argument. Should
the world accept aggressive
behavior in the global commons
simply because that reflects the
nature of the most powerful
actors? Is such a world preferable
to one in which the United States
promotes liberal values even if it
has outsized capabilities and
influence? A world in which
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America is but one leading power
among others will very likely
witness reduced levels of social
and economic development and
political stability. History should
make us very way of assuming
that a world without a liberal
hegemon will be one in which
liberal values and benign
stewardship continue to shape the
international system, especially
when many of the most powerful
actors are authoritarian.
In the end, Paul Kennedy may be
right about the current trajectory
of global politics. However, we
should all recognize that this will
be a terrible state of affairs. It is
one thing to see that such a world
might be emerging, but another
thing to welcome it. Kennedy's
deep ambivalence about the
positive role of the United States
both now and in the future is
matched by the realpolitik he
appears to assume is not merely
normal, but perhaps even
preferable to a system in which an
imperfect America attempts to
nourish the liberal values that
have made our world a far more
humane place than it was at any
other time in history. Michael
Auslin is a resident scholar at
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Lake Station, Georgetown Likely Candidates; Hands Tied in
Rhode Island
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Submitted at 12/27/2010 11:01:00 PM
A bill in the Indiana legislature
would allow local governments to
declare bankruptcy. Given
Governor Mitch Daniels is
backing this plan, I expect it to
pass. Best of all, the bill gives an
emergency manager the ability to
renegotiate labor contracts, and
approve or veto contracts,
expenses, loans and hiring.
Please consider Bill would allow
Indiana cities to declare
bankruptcy A plan backed by
Gov. Mitch Daniels would allow
local governments in Indiana to
ask for a state takeover and
declare bankruptcy if necessary.
Daniels says he hopes there won't
be many local governments that
seek bankruptcy, but says the state
needs to have the law clarified
and on standby in case it happens.
Republican state Sen. Ed
Charbonneau of Valparaiso is
sponsoring a bill to outline the
procedure. His bill would allow a
local government in financial
trouble to ask the Indiana
Distressed Unit Appeals Board to
appoint an “emergency manager”
to run the government.
The emergency manager would
have the power to cut the budget,
renegotiate labor contracts, and
approve or veto contracts,
expenses, loans and hiring.
The bill states that if the
emergency manager can't turn
around the local government's
finances, the unit would be
allowed to seek federal
bankruptcy protection.
The State Board of Accounts in
recent audits has questioned the
abilities of the city governments
in Gary and Lake Station to
“continue as a going concern”
because of continued high city
spending despite significantly
reduced city revenues because of
statewide property tax caps. I
salute this bill and look forward to
the bankruptcy of a handful of
Indiana cities. Gary has a
population of around 100,000 and
is Indiana's fifth largest city. Lake
Station has a population of about
14,000.
Georgetown, Indiana Headed for
Bankruptcy
The Indiana Law Blog reports
Southern Indiana town may file
for bankruptcy protection
Monday, July 27, 2009
Facing a debt of $1.45 million
over a long-delayed sewage plant
project, the Floyd County town of
Georgetown has taken the first
step toward what would be an
unprecedented move for an
Indiana municipality — filing for
bankruptcy protection.
Whether Georgetown could do
that, however, is in dispute. State
officials say Indiana law doesn't
authorize a town to declare
bankruptcy.
Georgetown's leaders “have no
authority” to declare the town
bankrupt, said Brian Bailey,
general counsel for the Indiana
Department of Local Government
Finance.
Bailey cited a 1994 update to the
federal bankruptcy code that says
a municipality “must be
specifically authorized” by state
law to be a debtor, and no Indiana
law does that. (Kentucky law
authorizes its local governments
to file for bankruptcy, but none
have ever done so.)
Georgetown Town Council
President Billy Stewart said there
may be no other option.
“There's no way for Georgetown
to pay” its debts, he said. “We
don't have it.” Look for
Georgetown, Indiana population
approximately 3,000 to see
bankruptcy protection if allowed.
Details of the Bankruptcy Bill
Inquiring minds are reading Law
would let cities declare
bankruptcy for details about the
bill. State Sen. Ed Charbonneau,
R-Valparaiso, is sponsoring
Senate Bill 105, which would
repurpose the Indiana Distressed
Unit Appeals Board from
providing property tax cap relief
to supervising direct management
of a local government.
Gary twice has won DUAB
permission to charge the highest
property tax rates in the state to
bring its city budget into balance.
Under Charbonneau's bill to
restructure DUAB, the council
and executive of a local
government could jointly seek to
be designated a "distressed unit" if
it meets one of eight financial
criteria. Or, a coalition of a
government's creditors owed more
than 30 percent of the unit's
anticipated annual revenue could
ask DUAB to declare a local
government distressed.
If DUAB agreed the local
government were distressed,
DUAB would appoint an
"emergency manager" with the
powers of both the council and
executive, who could slash the
budget; renegotiate labor
contracts; review salaries;
approve or veto contracts,
expenses, loans and hiring; and
audit the books -- all
independently of the government's
elected officials.
The emergency manager would
not be allowed to raise taxes and
would be required to work with
elected officials to develop a
financial plan for the future,
according to the legislation.
Hallelujah! Raising taxes to meet
untenable union wages and
pension benefits has to stop.
Criteria for "distressed"
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designation (one of eight needed):
• 1) Default in payment of
principal or interest on bonds or
notes
• 2) More than 30 days late on
payroll or two consecutive
payrolls missed
• 3) Failed to pay judgment
creditors more than 30 days after
judgment
• 4) More than 30 days late any
of the following: sending taxes
withheld from employees, sending
employer or employee
contributions to Social Security or
Medicare, depositing minimum
obligation payment to a pension
fund
• 5) Accumulated a deficit in total
government funds of more than 5
percent of current year revenues
• 6) Seeks renegotiation of
payments owed that are more than
30 percent of annual revenues and
more than 90 days overdue
• 7) The state is intercepting local
government funds to make
required payments
• 8) Uses interfund loans to
support the same fund for two
years in a row
Tax Free Does Not Mean Worry
Free
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Worry Free has a list of 26 states
(up from 21 in 2007) that
currently do not allow
bankruptcy.
Alaska New Hampshire
Delaware New Mexico Georgia
North Dakota Hawaii Oregon
Illinois Rhode Island Indiana
South Dakota Iowa Tennessee
Kansas Utah Maine Vermont
Maryland Virginia Massachusetts
West Virginia Mississippi
Wisconsin Nevada Wyoming
The most recent addition to the
above list is Rhode Island which
just passed a law outlawing
bankruptcy after the City of
Central Falls disclosed it would
seek bankruptcy.
Do the governors that signed
such legislation really think
problem will go away if the one
possible solution is removed?
Sheeesh?
Look for Indiana and Michigan to
come off the list. In addition,
Wisconsin governor-elect has
proposed decertification of public
unions, so I believe he would be
agreeable to local bankruptcies if
such a bill was presented to him.
Please see Hardball in
Wisconsin; Massive Defeat for
Unions in Lame-Duck Session for
more about Wisconsin, governor-
elect Scott Walker's showdown
with state union employees.
Central Falls Prohibited From
Bankruptcy
The only thing that makes any
sense for Central Fall is
bankruptcy, but that option is
currently missing. Please consider
Receiver to city: Financial ruin
near
CENTRAL FALLS — The city’s
financial problems are so
profound that the only way to
solve them is through a merger
with Pawtucket or a
regionalization of city services,
the state-appointed receiver said
in a report Thursday to the
Carcieri administration.
“Central Falls, in my judgment,
cannot remain a stand-alone
community as it presently is,
unless the state wants to subsidize
this into the future,” said retired
Superior Court judge Mark A.
Pfeiffer, the man appointed by the
state Department of
Administration in July to run the
city, with elected government
officials in advisory roles, after
those officials had earlier declared
the city insolvent.
The underlying, built-in problems
in the city’s finances — with
sizable operating budget deficits
projected well into the future —
require significantly changing
how municipal employee
contracts and retirement benefits
are handled under state law, he
said.
Senate President M. Teresa Paiva
Weed said underfunded municipal
pensions have been the subject of
a special Senate study
commission, and Central Falls —
with a $48-million unfunded
pension liability, according to
Pfeiffer — would put even more
focus on that work.
“This will be a priority for the
Senate in the upcoming legislative
session,” she said. “TheSenate
agrees that there is a need for
swift but prudent action by the
state.”
The state is already heavily
involved in the city. It took over
financing the local school system
in the last big state fiscal
intervention in 1991 and has spent
$604 million on the city’s schools
since then. Despite that effort,
improvement has been difficult:
this year, the city’s high school
was rated one of the six worst-
performing ones in the state.
In the short term, Pfeiffer said the
city will need about $2.1 million
in some form of state support
authorized by the General
Assembly, a grant or some kind of
bond guarantee, to close a deficit
in the current budget. Beyond
that, he said more substantial
changes were needed.
The major problem is the city,
with an annual operating budget
of about $16 million, is facing
about $32 million in promised
after-retirement health-insurance
costs in addition to the $48
million in pension obligations.
“That’s $80 million for a city that
has 19,000 citizens,
approximately,” he said. “That’s a
huge problem.” No city would
merge with Central Falls in a
foolish attempt to save it. It would
mean their own financial ruin.
Furthermore, why should Rhode
Island taxpayers in general have
to fund Central Fall's pension
obligation?
Massive Teacher Absenteeism at
Central Falls High School
Check out the morally corrupt
Central Falls Teachers union:
Central Falls teacher absences still
on the rise Since the school year
started Sept. 1, there has not been
a single day when all of the 88
teachers at Central Falls High
School have shown up for work.
On that first day, two teachers
called in sick and a third took a
personal day.
And there have been only five
days — all in September — when
administrators were able to
replace all the missing teachers
with substitutes.
Last week alone, there were at
least 19 teachers out every day, 10
to 13 of whom called in sick each
day.
The severity of the problem came
to light last week when The
Journal reported that more than
half of the high school’s 840
students didn’t receive a grade in
one or more classes for the first
quarter.
The school’s leaders, Deputy
Supt. Victor Capellan and co-
principals Evelyn Cosme-Jones
and Sonn Sam, said 453 students
did not receive solid instruction in
several classes, and therefore no
grade could be given.
Since Nov. 12, there have been at
least 20 teachers missing or
absent at the high school each
Friday. Starting Oct. 21, there
were 14 to 19 teachers absent
daily for seven straight days. And
453 of the 840 students at Central
Falls High School didn’t receive
enough instruction this fall to earn
a grade in at least one class. Like
Detroit, Central Falls is fiscally,
morally, and educationally
bankrupt. The one and only thing
that makes any sense for Central
Falls is to declare bankruptcy.
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Bond Turmoil in 2011 for the
problems Detroit faces.
I expect Governor Snyder to do
the right thing and allow Detroit
to file. If it takes legislation, he
will get it if he asks. The pending
legislation in Indiana appears to
be a good model for both
Michigan and Rhode Island.
Let's hope Rhode Island governor
-elect Lincoln D. Chaffee, an
independent, has his head screwed
on straight and asks the legislature
to allow municipal bankruptcies.
It is the only hope for Central
Falls.
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"Unsustainable"
Megan McArdle (Money Game) those savings to support tried to follow the basic
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:53:00 PM themselves in their old age. Some Keynesian playbook: borrow
sort of crisis virtually has to money and spend it when times
Japan's budget is in a truly ensue. are bad, in the hopes that you can
terrifying state. Reading about When I was starting out as a bring back growth.
t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s b e h a v i o r journalist, I frequently had Japan But for Japan, at least, the
reminds me of the worst accounts used to illustrate Adam Smith's growth has not materialized. Few
of compulsive spenders on the precept that "there's a lot of ruin economists would advise
verge of personal bankruptcy--a in a nation"; any time someone undertaking a fiscal adjustment,
sort of "What the hell, we're was tempted to get hysterical on the scale that Japan requires, in
screwed anyway, so let's not about government borrowing in the face of the current crisis. The
think about it and maybe go to America or elsewhere, someone problem is, there hasn't been a
Cabo for the weekend." The else would inevitably point out good time for retrenchment in 20
budget's structural position is that Japan's debt burden was well years. I can't blame the
what is known technically to over 100% of GDP, and the politicians for trying to restore
economists as "completely country still hadn't collapsed. some semblance of normal growth
hosed"; borrowing now exceeds But while there is a lot of ruin in a in the run-up to elections. But at
tax revenue, and debt service nation, there isn't actually an some point, they're going to have
costs now eat up almost half of endless supply, and Japan may to cut back, whether or not it's a
the tax revenue the government well be finally approaching the
and we'll see whether or not the credit risk, given the political good time.
collects. "Unsustainable" is too limits.
coalition government can succeed. power of the owners of those Matt Yglesias suggest tha t it's
weak to describe the situation; I Felix Salmon views this as a
But as we saw with George W bonds. But as a lesson in fiscal irrational to retrench ahead of the
don't know how they're doing it symptom of a broader political
Bush, the fiscal rectitude of one political economy, Japan is much bond market, when what they
now. failure: ought to be doing is trying to have
administration can be more than more worrisome.
To be sure, a lot of people have The situation in Japan is wiped out during the course of the I see it a little bit differently: more economic growth, but their
been awaiting the inevitable particularly depressing because
next. Japan has simply reached the lack of economic growth really
c o l l a p s e o f t h e J a p a n e s e the country has no major ethnic
Even now, with the attention of limits of Keynesian policy in an isn't for lack of trying. I think
government's finances for the or political rifts. Sure, there's
the world more concentrated on e c o n o m y w h i c h h a s n e v e r every economist who has ever had
better part of a decade. I know political jostling, both within and
sovereign fiscal issues than ever, managed to jolt itself back up to a an opinion on currency has been
all the arguments for why this isn't between the parties. But it's
the Japanese government can still h e a l t h y r a t e o f g r o w t h . solicited, at one point or another,
such a big problem: their debt is nothing compared to the vitriol
contrive to raise agricultural Demographics is obviously a big to come up with a plan for Japan,
financed domestically, much of it and mistrust that we see in the
subsidies by 40% and send child- contributor to that slow growth, but they've all failed, either
through the postal savings system US, and somehow I can't imagine
care payments soaring, including and there are a whole host of b e c a u s e t h e p l a n s w e r e n ' t
that pays little for its borrowing, Greece-style riots in Japan either.
payments to families who don't secondary factors one could politically feasible, or because
and the Japanese are extremely But still the technocrats can't
need the money. It's even getting nominate, but whatever the t h e m o n e y s u p p l y s i m p l y
patriotic about their nation's make any headway.
rid of highway tolls. Oh, and it's reason, they have now had two stubbornly refused to inflate no
financial needs. That may shift The lesson here, I think, is that
cutting the corporate tax rate. decades of anemic growth, which matter how hard it was pumped.
the locus of the problem, but it i t ' s v e r y , v e r y h a r d f o r a
From a bond-market perspective, they have fitfully attempted to Given the menu of actual policy
d o e s n ' t a c t u a l l y s o l v e i t ; government to enact a serious
this basically just means an ever- address with stimulus. Maybe not options, it would probably be best
e v e n t u a l l y , n o m a t t e r h o w fiscal adjustment unless and until
greater supply of JGBs: we're still enough stimulus, maybe badly for Japan to attempt fiscal
patriotic they are, the Japanese are the bond market forces its hand. JAPAN'S page 39
a very long way from any real designed, but they've certainly
going to want to use some of The Brits are trying, of course --
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Lending Rate Hits 5.67% vs. 3.68% Gov't Bills; ECB Monetizes
Bond Purchases; Gold, Silver Soar
noreply@blogger.com (Michael probably won’t announce any and a massive expansion of credit
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Economic Trend Analysis) this year.” Metals
Submitted at 12/28/2010 11:51:00 AM The seven-day repurchase rate, The entire metals futures market
Gold and silver are up sharply which measures lending costs is up today, with gold up nearly
with bank auction failures in between banks, has more than $22 to $1405 and silver up nearly
C h i n a a n d E u r o p e t o d a y . doubled in the past two weeks and a buck to $30.20. Copper futures
Interbank lending rates in China yesterday reached a three-year hit a new all-time high of $4.30 a
doubled in a week and hit a three- high of 5.67 percent, according to pound. In contrast, oil is nearly
year high of 5.67% vs. the failed daily fixings published at 11 a.m. flat, up 38 cents to $91.38.
auction on 91-day securities by the National Interbank Funding Mike "Mish" Shedlock
yielding 3.68%. This was the Center. h t t p : / /
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adjustment now. The earlier you would volunteer to be the guy

deal with a fiscal problem, the
smaller the problem is . . . and
doing it in advance gives you
rather more discretion about how
and when the cuts are made,
which gives everyone, espeically
the people who are now
dependent on the government,
time to adjust. But it's not hard to
see why it hasn't. Which of us
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who cuts pensions and farm
subsidies while there's a recession
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15 Modern Conveniences That Are
Bad for Your Health
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) today to make life more efficient optimal health. Diet is critical to
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:00:56 PM and more convenient do not enable the body to reach its
actually consider the ramifications potential. It is also important that
The last one hundred years have to our health and environment. information about negative
brought dramatic changes to our Below is a list of a few of the practices be made known so that
ways of life. Public health many topics that had some damaging effects to our bodies
measures, like water treatment potential to be a useful tool or and environment can be avoided
and sewage disposal, have caused idea in some fashion, but actually and prevented.
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Several of the products we use to lifestyle to move the body toward

iPod Nano Hack Could Enable Video, Games

Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top James bypassed this check and looking forward to seeing if
Stories) proved it my removing an app hackers are able to come up with
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:51:00 PM icon, leaving a blank space (see a full jailbreak for the best
video below). wristwatch of 2010.
James Whelton won a pink 8GB That’s cool and all, but the Hello Nano[NanoHack.me]
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The Military's Worst Tweeters: General FAIL

Spencer Ackerman (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:00:00 PM

Generals and admirals are

powerful people. Their decisions
determine the course of thousands
of lives, with aftereffects that can
affect millions more. Their
budgets that can dwarf those of
entire countries. Their words are
parsed like the Talmud for clues
about the future of American
warfare. And they absolutely
cannot tweet.
Twitter may be nearing 200
million users worldwide. But the
military has a love-hate
relationship with microblogging:
the Marines, for instance, banned
it last year, along with other social
networking services. But
communications officers are
coming around to the argument
that it’s a tweet-or-be-tweeted-
about information world. If the
military doesn’t use tools like
Twitter to spread its message, the
argument goes, it’ll risk losing
control of stories and influencing
people. Adm. Mike Mullen, the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, has become a prolific
tweeter as@thejointstaff,
weighing in on controversies like
the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
repeal. The result: over 32,000
followers.
Mullen, alas, is an exception.
Twitter and flag officers still
generally go together like oil and like Kanye or get into tweet-fights not seeing any Direct-Message social media at a recent forum.) some of the lamest military
water. It’s a new medium, after with detractors to use the medium Fails. (Full disclosure: the Just because you can set up a Twitter feeds.
all, and no one says they’ve got to well. But for some, the growing Pentagon asked me a few months Twitter account doesn’t mean you
go ALL-CAPS EVERYTHING pains are apparent, even if we’re ago to share some thoughts about use it well. Here’s our guide to MILITARY'S page 41
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1. Adm. James
Stavridis. Stavridis, NATO’s
Supreme Allied Commander and
former Southern Command
leader, is considered by many to
be one of the brightest lights in
the military, a well-respected
strategic thinker and all-but-
certain future Joint Chiefs
Chairman. He’s also a technophile
— he once assured bloggers that
he personally replies to Wall
posters on his Facebook page—
and prolific blogger. Here’s
Stavridis riffing off of Dr.
Strangelove to discuss a recent
NATO new strategic-planning
document, for instance. Natural-
born tweeter, right?
If only. Stavridis’ Facebook
friends get jokey photos of his
wife with a giant “fish” they
“ c a u g h t ” i n t h e
Carribean.@stavridisj’s followers
get the kind of updates you’d
expect from a coworker who’s
really excited about the deli’s new
sandwich. December 1: “ Just
briefed SECDEF and headed
home to Belgium!” Last week, he
let us know he had a briefing in
Stuttgart, because we were
curious. As if he’s worried about
Mullen or Defense Secretary
Robert Gates looking over his
shoulder, Stavridis keeps us
updated on when he meets with,
say, the Belgians on Afghanistan.
Come on, admiral, you’re
supposed to be the most social-
media-forward officer in the
military. More like these updates
on NATO’s help in combating
Israel’s recent forest fires in real
time; less“Just finished an off-site
with a dozen of my key Admirals
and Generals — finding
efficiencies and interagency
integration.” You can fit the
Strangelove reference into 140
characters.
2. Gen. Carter Ham. Is it really
necessary to tweet “ Thanks!!!” to
everyone who fills out a survey?
Ham, the next commander of all
U.S. troops in Africa, had the
unenviable task this year of
studying troops’ attitudes to the
repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’
By all accounts, he did a thorough
and professional job. But
if@GenCarterHam was supposed
to supplement Ham’s effort, it
didn’t exactly take advantage of
Twitter. Not only did Ham tweet a
mere 42 times between March and
September, only 12 of those
tweets asked troops to fill out
online surveys about the repeal —
and only half of those actually
gave his tweeps the URL to do so.
None used the popular #DADT
hashtag to attract non-followers’
attention.
Instead, Ham gave gold stars to
everyone who took the survey,
without discussing any interesting
issues raised. The Coast Guard
gave “ insightful comments and
questions,” and you don’t get to
know what they were. Fort Hood
gave a “lively” discussion,
making it “ easy to see why they
call it ‘The Great Place!’” Same
with the Naval Academy:“Great
insights from staff, faculty and
Midshipmen. But,I didn’t enjoy
taunting about recent football
results” It isn’t just Army cadets
who need to step their game up.
3. Gen. Martin Dempsey.
Another missed opportunity.
Dempsey commands the Army’s
Training and Doctrine Command
— basically the ground service’s
brain. All the Army’s long-term
thinking about the future of land
warfare and how to adapt to it
runs through TRADOC, as it’s
known. Which is why
following@Martin_Dempsey
ought to be a real-time account of
an adaptive Army.
But what do we get? “ I
encourage you to share your
stories and photos of Fort
Monroe’s rich heritage for a new
book. Details at: http://bit.ly/
ftmonroe” Or, in March: “
Outstanding morning of briefers,
ideas, and insight at the TRADOC
Senior Leaders Conference here
in WIlliamsburg, VA.” Maybe
you could share with us what you
learned? Instead, Dempsey prefers
to tweet out speeches or guidance
that he gives on modernizing the
force. Far be it for a blog to deride
the use of Twitter for self-
promotion, but here’s an
opportunity for Dempsey to
interact with soldiers and learn
what they think is necessary for
the Army’s future. Indeed, here’s
@Martin_Dempsey tweeting a
speech he gave about getting
soldiers to “ engage the Army on
what it means to be part of a
profession,” rather than just
calling them to do so on Twitter.
All told, he asked for soldiers’
input a grand total of twice, and
didn’t retweet a single reply. For
TRADOC not to cash in on a
transformative technological
innovation is just too ironic.
4. Brig. Gen. Steven Spano. The
previous tweeters are stingy with
their big-think. But Spano, the
communications chief for the Air
Force’s Air Combat Command,
has no shortage of way-out-there-
in-the-blue tweets. His feed is
actually one of my favorites,
because rarely am I sure
what@accsix is actually tweeting
about. “ Best practices in theory
often result in best intentions in
reality,” begins Spano’s
December 22 gem, “unique
variables must drive unique
practices in similar business
lines.” Come again? “ If the value
of information at rest greatly
diminishes over time, shouldn’t
our security model be more
flexible and adaptive?” If only,
general! Run with that! Lead the
way! I promise it’ll get you more
followers.
5. Gen. Will Fraser. Spano’s boss
at Air Combat Command seems
to view Twitter as primarily a
morale booster.@ACCBoss is a
feed filled with you-guys-rule
tweets like: “ Superb visit to 705
CTS [Combat Training Squadron]
at Kirtland AFB– tremendous
41
progress has been made with
distributed mission operations.”
And: “ Promoted MajGen Ted
Kresge to LtGen – he is off to
command 13th Air Force– we
wish him all the best and thank
him for his continued service.”
All of which is cool. But this is a
revolutionary moment for air
combat, with remotely-piloted
aircraft playing the role that
fighter jets once played. Maybe
Fraser has some Twitter-friendly
perspectives on that he could
share? There’s more to social
networking than sharing a
reenlistment ceremony at the
Talladega Superspeedway.
Bottom line, sirs: Donald
Rumsfeld has a better Twitter
feed than you do right now. You
going to let that stand?
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Breaking GSM With a $15 Phone

John Borland (Wired Top instance. However, network bytes. Although a new GSM Nohl said. Operators could make
Stories) operators then responded that the standard was put in place several sure that their network routing
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:30:00 PM difficulty of finding a specific years ago to turn these buffers information was not so simply
phone, and of picking the correct into random bytes, they in fact available through the Internet.
BERLIN — Whatever assurances encrypted radio signal out of the remain largely identical today, They could implement the
have been given about the a i r , m a d e t h e t h e o r e t i c a l under a much older standard. randomization of padding bytes in
security of GSM cellphone calls, decryption danger minimal at This allows the researchers to the system information exchange,
forget about them now. best. predict with a high degree of making the encryption harder to
Use at your own risk. Naturally this sounded like a probability the plaintext content break. They could certainly avoid
Speaking at the Chaos Computer challenge. of these encrypted system recycling encryption keys
Club (CCC) Congress here today, Working the audience through messages. This, combined with a between successive calls and
a pair of researchers demonstrated each process step, Nohl and two-terabyte table of precomputed SMSs.
a s t a r t - t o - f i n i s h m e a n s o f OsmocomBB project programmer encryption keys (a so-called Nor is it enough to imagine that
eavesdropping on encrypted GSM Sylvain Munaut demonstrated rainbow table), allows a cracking modern phones, using 3G
cellphone calls and text messages, how the way in which GSM program to discover the secret key networks, are shielded from these
u s i n g o n l y f o u r s u b - $ 1 5 networks exchange subscriber to the session’s encryption in problems. Many operators reserve
telephones as network “sniffers,” location data, in order to correctly about 20 seconds. much of their 3G bandwidth for
a laptop computer and a variety of route phone calls and SMSs, This is particularly useful, the Internet traffic, while shunting
open source software. allow anyone to determine a researchers said, because many if voice and SMS off to the older
While such capabilities have long subscriber’s current location with Upgrading the USB connection not most GSM operators reuse GSM network.
been available to law enforcement a simple Internet query, to the allowed this information to be these session keys for several Nohl elicited a laugh from the
with the resources to buy a level of city or general rural area. sent in real time to a computer. successive communications, audience of hackers when he
powerful network sniffing device Once a phone is narrowed down By sniffing the network while allowing a key extracted from a called the reprogrammed network
for more than $50,000 (remember to a specific city, a potential sending a target phone an SMS, test SMS to be used again to -sniffing phones “GSM
The Wire?), the pieced-together attacker can drive through the they were able to determine record the next telephone call. debugging devices.” But he was
hack takes advantage of security area, sending the target phone precisely which random network “There is one key used for serious, he said.
flaws and short-cuts in the GSM “ s i l e n t ” o r “ b r o k e n ” S M S ID number belonged to the target. communication between the “This is all a 20 year old
network operators’ technology messages that do not show up on This gave them the ability to operators and the SIM card that is infrastructure, with lots of private
and operations to put the power in the phone. By sniffing to each bay identify which the myriad streams very well protected, because that data and not a lot of security,” he
the reach of almost any motivated station’s traffic, listening for the of information they wanted to protects their monetary interest,” said. “We want you to help
tech-savvy programmer. delivery of the message and the record from the network. Nohl said. “The other key is less phones go through the same kind
“GSM is insecure, the more so as response of the target phone at the All that was left was decrypting well protected, because it only of evolutionary steps that
more is known about GSM,” said correct time, the location of the the information. Not a trivial protects your private data.” computers did in the 1990s.”
Security Research Labs researcher t a r g e t p h o n e c a n b e m o r e problem, but made possible by the The researchers demonstrated This entry passed through the
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year at this same event, for single phone ordinarily monitors. messages is filled with buffer be relatively easily addressed,
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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Shiloh,
and Zahara Pose With Their
Christmas Hosts in Namibia!
Molly Goodson (PopSugar)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 9:41:37 AM
Angelina Jolie held Zahara while
Brad Pitt had Shiloh in his arms
as they posed with their host
family and a few new friends in
Namibia over the weekend. The
Jolie-Pitts are in Shiloh's birth
country staying with Dr. Rudie
van Vuuren, a famous physician,
cricket player, and
conservationist, his wife, Marlice,
also a well-known
conservationist, and their son
Zacheo. The family runs the
Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary and
Lodge, where Brad, Angelina, and
their kids decided to spend
Christmas this year. Angelina and
Brad were spotted doing last-
minute gift shopping on Friday,
Did Usher Steal a Song From Homer Simpson?
Jean Bentley (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 7:00:00 AM
Filed under: TV News In the
most hilarious accusation of
plagiarism ever, an intrepid
YouTuber has compiled evidence
that a portion of the Usher song
'OMG' was actually inspired by a
ensuring a special holiday for
their six kids. Brad is finishing
out his year of facial hair with
sexy stubble while Shiloh's
famous blond locks are growing
out. The Jolie-Pitt family is
always among the most talked
about stars, and in 2010 Angelina
and Brad kept their passion strong
all year long. View Slideshow ›
Christmas carol penned by none
other than -- wait for it -- Homer
Simpson.
The yellow one's festive song
aired during the 14th season of
'The Simpsons' and goes like this:
"Christmas in December/Wow
w o w w o w / G i m m e t o n s o f Even better, though, is that the oh
presents/Now now now."
Culture/ TV/ 43
Oprah, Paul McCartney Receive
Kennedy Center Honors
Joseph Hudak (TVGuide.com: looks like Oprah's talk-show set,"
Breaking News) says Stevens. "There will be a few
Submitted at 12/28/2010 10:03:00 AM chairs for Sidney Poitier, Chris
Rock, John Travolta and Barbara
Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Walters — all people who mean
Bill T. Jones, Oprah Winfrey, something to Oprah."
Paul McCartney Plus one heck of a choir. A 60-
Since 1978, the enduring wonder member singing group has been
of the Kennedy Center Honors— assembled to perform a song with
which pays respects to performing Jennifer Hudson from the
arts masters for their lifetime Broadway play The Color Purple.
contributions — has been the Says Stevens: "I think she'll be
diversity of the group it assembles quite thrilled." And if Oprah's
each year in Washington, D.C. happy, we're happy.
And this year's class is no The 33rd Annual Kennedy
exception. Country-music outlaw Center Honors air tonight at 9/8c
Merle Haggard sidles up to media on CBS.
queen Oprah Winfrey. Sir Paul Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine
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The Best Film of 2010
David Thomson (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 12/27/2010 11:00:00 PM
It is 1940, somewhere in Soviet-
occupied Poland. A Pole is being
interrogated; he has been beaten.
Then a woman is called in, his
wife; some torture has degraded
her. She informs on her man; he
will be sent to a gulag. The horror
is clear, but the feeling is
everyday and commonplace. As
someone else will admit later in
the film, we have all done terrible
things.
By then we are in Siberia and it is
important in Peter Weir’s The
Way Back that, just as Siberia is a
hell of fearsome hardship and
severity, and the gulag a prison
where life is a homemade playing
card in a gambling game, the
country is implacably beautiful.
This is a film about surviving, or
not, and the monstrous
compromises made along the
way, but, early on, we feel the
compassion and the alternative
sensibility in Weir’s slow,
marveling pan shots of the land
and its weather.
Some viewers may be suspicious.
They will note that National
Geographic is one of the partners
in the production, and they may
say this pretty terrain reminds
them of David Lean—which can
be a way of letting a vicarious
travelogue obscure the real history
behind T.E. Lawrence or Dr.
Zhivago. I say that because The
Way Back is not being widely
understood, or appreciated. But in
this astonishing story of a 4,000-
mile journey as some prisoners
escaped from the gulag in Siberia
and walked to India, the stress is
not just on the terrible times and
the exhausting ordeal. It is also a
film that says this is a
miraculous world, and the people
in it are no less amazing. That
view is not fashionable, I suppose,
and so the best movie of 2010 is
being badly neglected.
There is another objection that
can be leveled at this film. I think
it’s specious, but it can’t be
ignored. Weir’s picture is based
on a book by by Slavomir
Rawicz, The Long Walk: The
True Story of a Trek to Freedom.
That book was an international
best-seller before BBC research
revealed that Rawicz had in fact
been released from the gulag in
1942. As if novels, some of them
great, have not often departed
from experience. But Weir has
only taken this book as a basis,
and we do know that some real
escapees made the journey that is
depicted. Weir’s prior
masterpiece, The Truman
Show(1998), written by Andrew
Niccol, showed an America that
has never been recorded or
documented—which doesn’t
mean it’s not there if you have
eyes to feel it. The Way Back asks
to be regarded as nothing more or
less than a story, and its human
grandeur derives not simply from
the realization that compromised
and damaged people sometimes
behave well, but that the world of
nature was waiting patiently for
their nobility to appear.
With location work in Bulgaria,
Morocco, and India, Weir takes
his characters south from the
gulag, skirting Lake Baykal, into
Mongolia, across China into
Tibet, over the Himalayas and
into the green foothills of India.
I’m not going to spell out the
events of the journey, because I
think the narrative is precious.
But, when you’ve seen the
film—and you must see it on the
biggest screen available—you
may want to study maps to
convince yourself of what
happened. The film goes from
deep winter to sand-storm deserts;
from the excess of snow to the
absence of water. Some people
are lost along the way, some
survive. But, even when the
journey is over, there is something
larger and more paining to come.
Weir and his director of
photography, Russell Boyd, have
made raptures out of the
landscapes, but their heartfelt
subject is the face. In the desert,
for instance, there is a
breathtaking affinity between the
ochre and red immensity and the
ruined face of Ed
Harris, who plays an American in
the gulag, “Mister Smith,” a man
scarred by the death of his son,
foreboding about the danger of
kindness, yet challenged by an
encounter on the great journey.
Harris has worked with Weir
before—he was the dark genius
director in The Truman
Show—and he has become an
actor of such gravity and presence
he can make even Clint Eastwood
or Robert Duvall (estimable
figures) seem a little coy. In The
Way Back, Harris is like isolated
strings in a Shostakovich
symphony, in love with Russia
once but now horrified by it. He is
only one of a memorable cast.
So this is a rave review. I am
urging you to get to this film and
let its power work. But it will not
open in New York until later in
January, and it only got a one-spot
Los Angeles opening to qualify
for the Oscars. But here are the
larger surprises: The Way Back
was declined by both the Cannes
and the New York festivals of
2010. I have no wish to mock the
people who made those decisions.
I was on the selection committee
for New York myself once, and I
daresay I helped omit deserving
films.
Still, the attitude of those
festivals bears comment (I should
add that The Way Back was
accepted by Telluride, where it
had its world premiere). We are at
a point in our history of
wondering what the movies have
become and what their place is in
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our world. The Way Back can be
called old-fashioned, not just
because it is set in the 1940s, but
because it draws on a humanism
and a thrill at spectacle that were
more common then. Have modern
audiences really abandoned those
things? The deserved success of
The King’s Speech testifies to our
appetite for small human
achievements in well-told stories.
Another big film of 2010 was
The Social Network—it will be in
the Oscar running and it was a
featured event at the New York
Film Festival. It is fascinating,
informative, and it’s surely
current. But it never rises above a
pitiless display of unpleasant
people profiting from minor
cruelties and indifference. And
it’s worth saying that in the vast
worldwide Facebook membership
there are still faces struggling for
survival like those in The Way
Back. This may be an era when
the movies have to decide
whether their subject is self-
loathing or human aspiration. The
audience will decide. Meanwhile,
The Way Back is a great film.
David Thomson is the author of
The New Biographical Dictionary
of Film and The Moment of
Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock
Taught America to Love Murder.
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The Lame Duck Mystery

Neera Tanden (The New care debate, when the White Democratic bills. Climate change all crossed over on repeal of 2010, and obstruct the Democrats
Republic - All Feed) House’s attempts to get moderate legislation: dead. A simpler bill DADT, as well as on ratification at every turn? You can see it
Submitted at 12/27/2010 11:00:00 PM Republicans to support its version just to deal with our country’s of New START and passage of going either way. On the one
of reform were stymied. reliance on oil: dead. Immigration the tax bill. Senator Collins, in hand, we are still two years from
Before the holidays, the lame Remember President Obama’s reform: dead. During the summer, fact, didn’t just cross over: She the next election, and so moderate
duck Congress passed a flurry of wooing of Senator Olympia something as uncontroversial as worked overtime to save DADT Republicans may feel that they
far-reaching legislation, including Snowe? Who can forget the the food safety bill stalled on the repeal by passing it as a single have a window to continue acting
r e a l c o m p r o m i s e s ( t h e t a x countless times she trucked up to Senate floor. Then, in September, bill, rather than as a rider. And as they did during the lame duck,
package) and long-cherished the White House for a private the Senate rejected a defense there were other bills Republicans at least for the next few months.
progressive goals (the repeal of meeting? Snowe eventually authorization bill that included a helped pass, such as food safety What’s more, now that
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”). This is became the lone Republican to repeal of DADT. legislation (finally) and money for Republicans control the House,
all to be applauded—but one vote for the bill in the Senate Why the all-out refusal to September 11 first responders. they may believe they will be held
mystery remains: Why was Finance Committee—but she then cooperate? Because, with the mid- The reason for the change? responsible for any gridlock to a
Congress, particularly the Senate, voted against it on the Senate terms looming, Republicans Republicans have gotten what degree they weren’t before. Taken
able to get so much done in floor, even though that version wanted to ensure that bills didn’t they want, at least for now. With together, these two factors could
December that it wasn’t able to m e t e v e n m o r e o f h e r have a veneer of bipartisanship. the election over, the push for lead to a productive start to the
get done before the mid-term s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , l i k e h i g h e r They wanted to show that “team ball” isn’t nearly as strong. next Congress.
elections? The answer lies in how subsidies for the uninsured. Democrats couldn’t govern, and The GOP has seized the House Or maybe not. Republican
high-stakes elections affect Snowe’s professed reason for they wanted to bring down the and diminished the Democrats’ presidential candidates will want
politicians’ willingness to vote opposition? She needed more time president’s poll numbers. “I think seats in the Senate to 53. This to keep attacking Obama and any
their conscience—and what to study the bill. But, in fact, it the reason my members are meant that, in the lame duck legislation his party
happens when those pressures are seemed clear that she just wanted feeling really good,” Senator session, moderate Republicans proposes—and the GOP ranks on
suddenly gone. to help her party, which was McConnell said last spring, “is could vote their conscience rather the Hill might fall in behind them.
For much of the past year, Hill determined to stop reform any they believe that the reward for than continue to hunker down They might again choose
business effectively ground to a way it could. The president was playing team ball this year was under McConnell’s policy of obstruction over legislative
halt because Republicans chose left with only one strategy: the reversal of the political obstruction. For the first time in effectiveness, hoping this will
party unity over compromise. It passing it with Democratic votes environment and the possibility months, they could back ensure that Obama doesn’t win a
was a genius political strategy alone. that we will have a bigger team Democratic bills, like DADT, that second term. In other words,
crafted by Senate Minority Leader After that victory, the GOP’s next year.” And he was right: had strong public support. In whether Washington works in
Mitch McConnell, whose goal obstructionism only got worse. Thanks to mid-term victories, the short, they were finally able to 2011 or doesn’t is still an open
was to ensure that President S c o t t B r o w n ’ s v i c t o r y i n GOP ranks on the Hill will swell help Congress do its job. question.
Obama and the Democrats had as M a s s a c h u s e t t s h a d g i v e n in 2011. But this raises the question: In Neera Tanden is the chief
few accomplishments as possible Republicans the 41 Senate seats But things shifted after the the next Congress, will moderate operating officer of the Center for
to show the American people in needed to start a filibuster, and election. In the lame duck session, Republicans continue to vote their American Progress. She served in
the lead-up to the mid-terms. that became their tool of choice, several moderate Republicans consciences? Or will Republicans the Obama and Clinton
The Republicans’ politics of though they seemed willing to use changed their tune. Senators immediately revert to the strategy administrations.
obstruction date back to the health any measure necessary to kill Snowe, Collins, and Murkowski that won them all those seats in
46 TV/ Gaming/ Daily Word/
'United States of Tara' and New
TV Shows on DVD, Streaming
Online for Dec. 28, 2010
Mike Moody (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Features, TV Shows
on DVD The first season of
'United States of Tara' ended with
Tara, a mother with Dissociative
Identity Disorder played by
Emmy and Golden Globe winner
Toni Collette, on the road to
recovery and surrounded by her
dysfunctional but supportive
family.
As season two begins, Tara
seems to be winning the battle to
suppress her alternate
personalities, but tragedy soon
strikes next door and her "alters"
reemerge, more destructive and
real than ever before.
Collette's performance, again
nominated for a Golden Globe
this year, is probably the best
reason to recommend the second
season of 'Tara' on DVD, but it's
not the only one. The Showtime
dramedy, created by Diablo Cody
and produced by Steven
Spielberg, is a smart, funny and
engrossing look at a family
dealing with a complex problem
and learning to accept that the
Matthew 11:28 (12-28-10)
(Verse of the Day)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:00:00 AM
[Jesus said,] "Come to me, all you
who are weary and burdened, and
I will give you rest."
VIDEO: Celebs Share
Their New Year's
Resolutions
Robyn Ross (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 10:35:00 AM
Justin Bieber
What do reality stars Kim
Kardashian, DJ Pauly D and
musical artists Jay Sean and Taio
Cruz have in common? They all
vow to spend more time with their
family and a little less time
working in 2011.
See more videos from the Z100
Jingle Ball red carpet
While many of the celebs at New
York's Jingle Ball told
word "normal" means different TVGuide.com they wanted to
things to different people. focus more on their personal lives,
The series returns to Showtime teen singing sensation Justin
for a third season next year, so Bieber was all about the work.
catch up with the Gregson family "Hopefully, I'll win a Grammy,"
and Tara's growing stable of alters Beiber said.
Watch Selena Gomez, Emily
now.
Check out the other new releases Osment, Flo Rida and others share
available on DVD, Blu-Ray and their 2011 resolutions.
Netflix Watch Instantly this week, This entry passed through the
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on Today's Verse... At the end of burdens down at his feet and let
the year, it sure is nice to be him give us rest. My Prayer...
invited to rest in Jesus. So before Teach me, O God, to learn to rest
we begin a new year, let's pause in your grace and providence
and place our hopes, our future, more and worry less. I want to
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Steam Holiday
Sale is
Doomed today
James Ransom-Wiley (Joystiq)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:10:00 PM
What happens on Steam's ninth-
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surrender my burdens to Jesus and his holy name I offer this prayer.
let him teach me his way and how Amen.
to find his rest. Sometimes I am
so tired and weary I don't think I
can continue; so please, dear
Father, let me find rest in Jesus. In
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Happy New Year, Almost: New Year's Around The Post-Workout

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but we're still going to mention it Another country with a great Unless this is some ridiculous matters! No matter what time of
2010 is almost over, and just here. If you're somewhere with a New Year's story is Russia. prank designed by Slate.com, the day you exercise, the key is to
coincidentally, we've got some C h i n a t o w n , m a k e p l a n s t o They've got nice architecture as Germans have an odd tradition follow up with meals that
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know. We're not just irritating, dancing lions. It's exciting and In 1699, Peter The Great just TV play that… okay, it's never within 30 to 60 minutes after
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the Black Eyed Peas. see those lions "eating" some Russia to join the rest of the can all watch it together right increase in enzyme activity makes
Wasn't that just a ridiculous cabbages. modern world. Russians being now. the body more efficient at storing
video? But you have to admit, it We don't recommend you try to Russians, of course, the common It's not Patton Oswalt or glucose for energy and building
makes a great segue. Especially offer real cabbages to real lions, man just couldn't let it go, which anything, but it's not really bad. protein in fatigued muscles.
since black-eyed peas are eaten on especially if they walk up to you is how Russia wound up with a And anyway, who are we to Watch the Video: What to Eat
New Year's Day in the Southern in the street, but in this context, New New Year's Day on the First judge? We're the nation that After a Workout Next Homemade
United States, in hopes of a new the cabbage represents good and an Old New Year's Day on invented the Christmas special. Sports Recovery Drink
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them every year. That's right, you piece of charcoal, and more! Really, don't mess with those see what you find. Feel free to
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there's more of that sort of thing charcoal soup to be grounds for a But don't think traditions aren't comments and discuss it with
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and Android tablets for Marijuana Possession
Marc Perton (Consumer roughly $500. FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
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real competition for Apple's iPad?
CES 2011: MSI to launch At this point, it's impossible to Filed under: Iowa Adam
Windows and Android tablets tell, and MSI's limited track Robinson, already suspended
Taiwan's MSI, best known in the record makes it difficult to use from the Hawkeyes and not with
U.S. for its low-cost netbooks and previous products as any kind of the team for Tuesday's Insight
all-in-one desktops, is the latest one of them. Instead, the tablet benchmark. When we tested the Bowl, was arrested and cited
company to announce plans to roll will support the current version of company's Wind netbook in 2008, Monday night for possession of
out tablet computers at the Windows 7 running on an Intel we liked its keyboard and display. marijuana.
Computer Electronics Show next processor. It will include a 32GB More recently, we took a look at An Iowa state trooper stopped a
week. vehicle in which Robinson was a
solid-state drive, Wi-Fi, and a the company's all-in-one AE2420
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this season, "he will not be
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Insight Bowl game as a result of
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failing to comply with team
manufacturers. The company will d e v e l o p m e n t e f f o r t s t o t h e will report on the WindPad, along his own recognizance and ordered
expectations and policies. Adam
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Donovan McNabb: 'Nothing wrong' with agent's
comments
Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:07:17 PM
Updated: December 28, 2010,
3:07 PM ET
ASHBURN, Va. -- Donovan
McNabb sees "nothing wrong"
with an inflammatory statement in
which his agent attacked
Washington Redskins coach Mike
Shanahan and offensive
coordinator Kyle Shanahan.
Yet McNabb also tried to
distance himself from that
statement Tuesday in his weekly
radio appearance on ESPN980.
McNabb said he wasn't aware that
his agent was planning to release
the statement before it came out
last week. Hill: McNabb Should
Set Agenda
Donovan McNabb, who has
earned the right to finish his
career competing for a Super
Bowl contender, likely will have
to settle for whatever ending the
Redskins deem appropriate,
ESPN.com's Jemele Hill writes.
Story
Donovan McNabb Supports Agent's Criticism of Redskins
FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:24:00 PM
Filed under: Redskins Donovan
McNabb said Tuesday that he
stands by agent Fletcher Smith for
Smith's hyper-critical comments
about Mike and Kyle Shanaha n
"He put his thoughts into the
whole deal, not Donovan's
thoughts," McNabb said.
McNabb was making his most
extensive comments since his tit-
for-tat with the Shanahans
escalated when agent Fletcher
Smith released the statement last
Thursday. The quarterback, who
repeatedly has avoided answering
questions in the past few days, did
little to clear the air, continuing in
his attempt to play the good cop
to Smith's bad cop.
"I support my agent," McNabb
said, "and I support his thoughts.
... When I read the whole thing, I
didn't see nothing wrong with it."
Smith's statement cited tension
between McNabb and Kyle
Shanahan, the coach's son. It was
released a week after Mike
Shanahan announced he was
benching McNabb in favor of Rex
Grossman for the final three
games of the season because the
Redskins (6-9) had been
mathematically eliminated from
the playoffs.
in the wake of McNabb's
benching.
"I support my agent and his
thoughts," McNabb said on his
weekly radio show. "When I read
the whole thing, I didn't see
nothing wrong with it."
Last week, Smith said, as part of
a lengthy statement: "While
Mike Shanahan countered with a
statement in response to Smith.
Kyle Shanahan spoke the
following day, disputing many of
Smith's claims. Smith then
released yet another statement,
standing by his original statement.
On his radio show, McNabb said
he has met with Kyle Shanahan
and that "we're both on the same
page." McNabb then said several
things to indicate perhaps he and
the Shanahans aren't on the same
page. He reiterated his concern
over leaks that paint him as
unable to grasp the offense.
"When you hear things like that,
you begin to question where it's
coming from," McNabb said.
McNabb labeled "false" ESPN's
report that he plans to ask for his
release at the end of the season --
although that doesn't rule out
Smith asking for McNabb's
release. McNabb also repeated his
desire to play for the Redskins
again next season, but with a
caveat.
"Things would obviously have to
Donovan's feelings about
change," McNabb said. "The
relationship would have to be
better. Conversations would have
to be better."
McNabb indicated a big step
regarding his future will come
when Smith and Mike Shanahan
meet face to face in the coming
weeks. He said it wouldn't be
"professional" if the Redskins
decide to wait until late summer
to release him.
Asked if he trusts the people at
Redskins Park, McNabb hedged.
"Building a trust takes time," he
said.
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Washington remain the same, the
Shanahans -- both Mike and more
specifically Kyle -- have made
this an extremely difficult
relationship to maintain. Their
comments have been beyond
disrespectful and unprecedented
for a six-time Pro Bowl
quarterback such as Donovan."
Sports/ 51
Union: NFL players,
owners sense
urgency in labor talks
Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:08:27 PM
Updated: December 28, 2010,
3:08 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Union executive
committee member Brian
Dawkins says he believes NFL
owners and players have a sense
of urgency to avoid a lockout
because they don't want to
alienate fans.
"I would think common sense
would say at the end of the day,
after all the fighting and after all
the words are said, we understand
who butters our bread," the
veteran Denver Broncos safety
said Tuesday. "That's where the
urgency comes in at."
“
I would think common sense
would say at the end of the day,
after all the fighting and after all
the words are said, we understand
who butters our bread. That's
where the urgency comes in at.”--
UNION: page 52
Kyle Shanahan called Smith's
claims " disturbing." Shanahan
also said that McNabb told him in
a private conversation that Smith's
statement wasn't representative of
McNabb's point of view. McNabb
characterized his talks with
Shanahan.
52 Gaming/ Health/
UNION:
continued from page 51
Brian Dawkins
Dawkins and fellow NFL Players
Association executive committee
member Mike Vrabel alternated
between optimism and expressing
frustration with the league's
proposals during a conference call
about negotiations on a new
collective bargaining agreement.
The current deal expires March 4,
raising fears of a lockout. One
major sticking point is the NFL's
desire to go from 16 regular-
season and four preseason games
to 18 and two.
Dawkins and Vrabel said the
league hadn't offered enough in
return for what they believe will
be shorter careers -- and therefore
less money made -- with the
longer regular season resulting in
more punishment for players'
bodies.
"I don't think with good
conscience we could say, 'Guys,
this is all we could get for you for
18 games. Go out there and strap
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through,' " said Vrabel, a veteran While encouraging members to
linebacker for the Kansas City save money, the union has set
Chiefs. aside funds of $60,000 per player
Dawkins is in his 15th season, by raising dues and withholding
Vrabel his 14th, but Dawkins royalties.
predicted "these types of careers As a potential lockout looms,
will be rarities." Vrabel believes fans can relate
“ more to players than to owners.
I don't think with good "We don't have 32 players who
conscience we could say, 'Guys, have private jets in the NFL," he
this is all we could get for you for said.
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Michael Vick Makes Most of Second Chance, Thanks to Eagles

Kevin Blackistone (FanHouse life after so many would-be "The president wanted to talk
Main) employers, landlords and others about two things, but the first was
Submitted at 12/28/2010 11:45:00 AM had turned their backs on him Michael," King said Lurie told
because of the most-recent entry him about a phone call he
Filed under: NFL on his resume: prison inmate. received Sunday from the
One morning last spring, I sat in The man who transformed us into President. "He [the President]
a National Press Club audience a rapt audience that morning was said, 'So many people who serve
that was riveted to the testimony living the rule for ex-cons. time never get a fair second
of a clean-shaven, light-skinned, Michael Vick is, unfortunately, chance. He was ... passionate
middle-aged, college-educated, the exception. about it. He said it's never a level
black man who told us how he The Vick story may be the most playing field for prisoners when
was trying to re-establish his life transcendent from the sports they get out of jail. And he was
after drugs cost him his livelihood pages this year, but I'm afraid that happy that we [the Eagles] did
and eventually his freedom. He it is for the wrong reason. quarterback for the playoff-bound owner Jeffrey Lurie-- about what something on such a national
spoke before a breakfast meeting It really shouldn't be about Vick's Eagles. It should be, instead -- as the Eagles did: extend a hand to a stage that showed our faith in
of Samaritan Ministries of Greater redemption off the field as a do- Peter King revealed the other day fallen, remorseful man who giving someone a second chance
Washington, which he'd turned to the-right-thing citizen, or on the of the phone call he heard about continues to pay his debt to after such a major downfall."
for a second chance at mainstream field as an MVP candidate from President Obama to Eagles' society.

Stranger's Wrath HD dev will 'look to' bring PS3 update to PC for
free
Christopher Grant (Joystiq) Porting the title from Xbox (and far from a promise, it is a
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:31:00 PM an Xbox-specific implementation reminder that the HD remake isn't
of DirectX) to PC and OpenGL contractually bound to remain a
While we're no closer to learning introduced a number of issues, PS3-exclusive, and it's also a
if the HD update to the formerly which Gilray was eager to potential silver lining for anyone
X b o x - e x c l u s i v e O d d w o r l d : address. "From a personal note, to plagued by bugs in the current
Stranger's Wrath will ever make it read these comments that the Oddboxx release.
to Xbox Live Arcade - either it's game is beyond broken hurts," he Gallery: Oddworld: Stranger's
got to shrink in size or Microsoft wrote in the forums. "I am always Wrath HD (character
has to bump up that size limit ... incredibly paranoid about that models)[Thanks, BoogerA]
again - developer Just Add Water work I/we do and am always self- Stranger's Wrath HD dev will
is hinting at another platform that critical, so please help us fix these 'look to' bring PS3 update to PC
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exclusive" remake. JAW's Stewart positive feedback as you can with question everyone's been is not completed yet," before Joystiq on Tue, 28 Dec 2010
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In Russia, Super Meat Boy retail cover
makes you!
Ben Gilbert (Joystiq)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:04:00 PM
Okay, not quite. But fans of
Super Meat Boy in Russia now
have the opportunity to design the
cover art for the PC box-copy
release in the territory (so team
Meat doesn't have to). Published
by Buka Entertainment, the
Russian release will be the first
box copy of the game available in
the world, so it's ... sort of a big
deal?
To enter the box art contest --
well, first you have to be a
resident of Russia or any of the
former Soviet Union countries,
and then -- just put together a
709x709-pixel image using this
set of SMB assets (.ZIP link),
send it in to Buka before midnight
on January 15, 2011, and calmly
wait for the results to be
announced a day or so later (more
specific instructions can be found
here). Not only will the winner
become "like semi-popular," but
he or she will also receive an Acer
monitor!
A personal message from Team
Meat's Edmund McMillen spells
out the intentions behind the
contest, which you can view after
the break. If you don't watch it for
the pitch, watch it for his totally
sweet hat.
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Poll: Huckabee Leads
GOP Presidential
Hopefuls
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Submitted at 12/28/2010 8:44:07 AM
Tuesday, 28 Dec 2010 02:44 PM
A new poll from CNN/Opinion
Research Corp. shows ex-
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
leading the field of potential
Republican presidential
candidates for 2012. Two-thirds
of Republicans say they will
likely support him in what would
be his second straight presidential
campaign.
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US govt a big user of Amazon web “Eye-Popping 3D”

services Montage Personifies
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Additional AWS customers
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whether I believe or not isn't the to Alice in Wonderland to Toy
USDA, and the Jet Propulsion More About: 3D, 3d movies,
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Laboratory at NASA. The current Film, humor, Movies
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56 Politics/
Michigan Hacking Prosecution Against Husband
Opens U.S. to Ridicule
Carl M. Cannon (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:35:00 PM
Is Leon Walker of Rochester
Hills, Mich., a hacker or a hero?
And has the criminal prosecution
of Mr. Walker for reading his
wife's e-mail made American
jurisprudence into an international
joke at the very time in history
when life-and-death decisions
depend on fostering respect
around the globe for the U.S. legal
system? The first question will
apparently be put to a Michigan
jury in the New Year. The second
question is already before the
court of world opinion -- and the
verdicts being rendered are not
flattering to the United
States."They can't blame Mr.
Assange for this, can they?" wrote
Robin Yates on the website of
The Guardian. From Sweden,
where WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange is facing criminal
charges of his own, R.U.
Avingalaff wrote with appropriate
sarcasm that he had been a "young
man" (who) listened in on my
parents' phone call to see what I
was getting this Christmas," but
that he now realizes the error of
his ways and is willing to hand
himself over to the proper
authorities for his transgression.
The lawyer responsible for this
litigation is a 64-year-old
Michigan Democrat named
Jessica R. Cooper who was
elected Oakland County
prosecutor in 2008 on a platform
of making the office less political.
Leon Walker and his lawyer can
be forgiven for not thinking she
has lived up to that promise.
Jessica Cooper describes herself,
on official Oakland County
stationery, as being "a pioneer in
the world of women in the law."
The pioneering principle she is
championing in Mr. Walker's case
is that any husband (or wife?)
who reads their spouse's e-mail --
or, presumably, who accesses
their Facebook pages -- without
prior permission is committing a
felony. Walker's lawyer, Leon
Weiss, rejected that notion. "I
happen to believe that this
conduct does not fall under this
statute, and that the prosecution is
unfortunate, and some might even
say ludicrous," he told his local
newspaper, the Oakland Press.
Leon Walker, a 33-year-old
computer technician who also
works for Oakland County
government, said in an interview
with the paper that he was
motivated to read the e-mails
because he suspected his wife,
Clara, of having an affair with her
second husband (Leon was her
third). He also says he believed
she was taking the couple's 1-year
-old daughter to the other man's
house during her liaisons. This
concerned him, he said, because
his wife had previously told him
that the second husband had
abused her physically, sometimes
in the presence of another child, a
boy, whom she had with her first
husband.
"I started putting more thought
into it, (and thought) she was very
likely taking our daughter over to
the guy's house," Walker told the
Oakland Press. "So I said to
myself, I bet you I can confirm
that by reading her e-mail. She
kept very simple passwords and
she left them in notes and books
throughout the house."
Leon Walker's fears were
apparently confirmed, and he
shared his newfound knowledge
with Clara Walker's first husband,
who promptly sued for custody of
his son. Clara and Leon divorced,
and in the custody battle over
their little girl that followed, her
lawyers sought to have the e-mail
evidence ruled inadmissible on
grounds it wasn't legally obtained.
This is a dubious assertion:
Michigan has a hacking law that
prevents -- on penalty of spending
up to five years in prison -- third
parties from breaking into
computers or computer programs,
but it wouldn't seem to apply in a
case such as this one. For one
thing, Walker purchased the
laptop in his home, and it was
used by both him and his wife.
His "hacking" consisted solely of
typing the password to his wife's
Gmail account, which he said she
kept conveniently in a book
beside the computer. The
pioneering prosecutor doesn't see
it that way. "The guy is a hacker,"
Jessica Cooper said in a voice
mail response to the Detroit Free
Press last week. "It was password-
protected, he had wonderful skills,
and was highly trained. Then he
downloaded them and used them
in a very contentious way." The
"contentious" use she's referring
to was sharing them with his
wife's first husband, which
Walker had said he did out of
concern about the possibility of
domestic violence. "I was doing
what I had to do," Walker told the
Free Press. "We're talking about
putting a child in danger." In an
interview Monday with Laura
Berman of the Detroit News,
Cooper sounded annoyed that this
case has gone viral. "This is one
of 20,000 cases," she complained.
By way of justification for the
decision to pursue this criminal
case, the Oakland County
prosecutor also said simply, "We
have a hacking."
As Berman herself pointed out in
her column, "we" also seem to
have an adultery -- and that
behavior is still on the books as
constituting a crime in Michigan.
Not to give Cooper any additional
ideas, but no charges were filed
against Clara Walker.
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Second Chance
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Submitted at 12/28/2010 8:12:46 AM
By Henry J. Reske
President Barack Obama is
reportedly pleased with both
rehabilitated animal abuser
Michael Vick of the Philadelphia
Eagles and the management team
that gave the disgraced
quarterback a second chance --
after he paid his debt to society.
Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie
revealed Obama’s comments in a
conversation with Sports
Illustrated and NBC Sports’ Peter
King, who wrote about it in his
Monday Morning QB column on
SI.com.
"The president wanted to talk
about two things, but the first was
Michael,'' King wrote of his
conversation. "He [the President]
said, 'So many people who serve
time never get a fair second
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Jeb Bush Emerges as Best Nelson Foe in Fla.

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) Nelson’s job performance reviews familiarize and endear himself
Submitted at 12/28/2010 5:55:27 AM are not stellar, and Marco Rubio with Florida voters.”
showed this year that a candidate LeMieux was appointed to the
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush can come out of nowhere to beat seat in 2009 by Gov. Charlie Crist
has emerged as the only GOP the odds.” under the condition that he not run
candidate able to defeat Sen. Bill The director of the Democratic- for the seat this year. Marco
Nelson, D-Fla., in the 2012 leaning polling firm, Tom Jensen, Rubio won the seat in November,
election. A survey by Public wrote on his blog that a poll of defeating Crist, who ran as an
Policy Polling also found that 400 Republican primary voters independent, and Democrat
Bush was the overwhelming taken at the same time found that Kendrick Meek.
favorite among Republican voters 72 percent of Republicans wanted Jensen said in the general
to take on Nelson. Bush as their candidate. election LeMieux polls as the
In the poll of 1,034 Florida voters “With Bush in the equation none With Bush out of the picture, “third choice of Republican voters
taken Dec. 17-20, Bush was the of the other options given get any primary voters lined up behind in the state amongst a pretty
only potential candidate with a higher than 6 percent — that's for Mack, 15 percent, McCollum, 14 uninspiring group of choices. He
lead over Nelson in a hypothetical p e r e n n i a l c a n d i d a t e B i l l percent, LeMieux, 11 percent, Lt. may yet prove to be a strong
matchup. The poll had Bush McCollum — and once you get Gov.-elect Jennifer Carroll, 10 candidate but if his tenure so far
ahead, 49 to 44 percent, while all past McCollum no one else even percent, Haridopolos, 9 percent, has given him any sort of early
other potential challengers trailed tops 3 percent,” Jensen wrote. Rep. Vern Buchanan, 7 percent, advantage it's only on
Nelson. The poll showed Rep. “Bush's relatively liberal stance and Hasner, 3 percent. fundraising.”
Connie Mack IV, trailed 44 to 36 for a Republican on immigration Jensen wrote that one takeaway © Newsmax. All rights reserved.
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Jeb Bush is the only Republican both conservative and moderate as a senator for the last year and
who could defeat Bill Nelson. But GOP members. change has done little to
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chance.'"
"He was ... passionate about it. He
said it's never a level playing field
for prisoners when they get out of
jail. And he was happy that we
did something on such a national
stage that showed our faith in
giving someone a second chance
after such a major downfall.''
The Washington Post reported
that White House spokesman Bill
Burton confirmed the exchange
and added that Obama “condemns
the crimes that Michael Vick was
convicted of, but, as he’s said
previously, he does think that
individuals who have paid for
their crimes should have an
opportunity to contribute to
society again.”
The Post also noted that even
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals founder and President
Ingrid Newkirk couldn’t resist the
good news story. The Post quoted
Newkirk as saying, “Obama’s a
sports guy, Vick’s a sports guy,
and comebacks and redemption
can happen.
“We all want a president who can
lift us up and move us forwards
when ugly things happen, but that
cannot let us forget and remain
watchful to avoid future abuses.”
It was not all football and
redemption, however, Eagles
owner Lurie told King that the
other item Obama called to
discuss was alternative energy
plans at Lincoln Financial Field.
King said the Eagles announced
last month they would run the first
self-sufficient alternative-energy
sports stadium in the country
complete with wind turbines,
solar panels, and a biodiesel plant.
Nonetheless, the praise, both on
and off the field, for Vick is a
remarkable turnaround from 2007
when he plead guilty to
dogfighting charges and was
sentenced to 19 months in prison.
Records showed that Vick ran a
dog fighting ring and poor
performing animals were drowned
or hanged.
Many thought the gifted
quarterback, who was a star at
Virginia Tech and played six
seasons for the Atlanta Falcons,
was through, but the Eagles
signed him to a one-year deal.
The New York Daily News
reported that Vick has toured the
country giving speeches
apologizing for his past and has
worked to be a “model
sportsman.” The paper said that
last week Vick chided his
teammates for refusing to shake
hands after a loss to the New
York Giants.
The Eagles are 10 and 4 on the
season and have clinched a
playoff berth.
Vick’s redemption, however, is
not totally complete. His recent
remarks that he would one day
like to have another dog brought a
harsh response.
“You don’t forget,” PETA’s
Newkirk said to The Post. “In the
same way, you would hope a
pedophile would get a chance at
what he does (in his career), but
you wouldn’t want him to get
another child in his home.”
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fast '1,000 core' processor,
Intel also toys with the idea
Donald Melanson (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:21:00 PM
We've already seen field
programmable gate arrays (or
FPGAs) used to create energy
efficient supercomputers, but a
team of researchers at the
University of Glasgow led by Dr.
packs a whopping 48 cores, but
Wim Vanderbauwhede now say could "theoretically" scale up to
that they have "effectively"
1,000 cores. He does note,
created a 1,000 core processor however, that there are a number
based on the technology. To do
of other complicating factors that
that, the researchers divvied up could limit the number of cores
the millions of transistors in the
that are actually useful -- namely,
FPGA into 1,000 mini-circuits Amdahl's law (see below) -- but
that are each able to process their
he says that Intel is "looking very
own instructions -- which, while hard at a range of applications that
still a proof of concept, has
may indeed require that many
already proven to be about twenty cores."
times faster than "modern
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Interestingly, Intel has also been
'1,000 core' processor, Intel also
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Palin Trails Other Potential 2012 Presidential
Candidates Among Republicans
Bruce Drake (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:52:00 PM
Contributing Editor Reporting on
each new poll that throws cold
water on Sarah Palin's chances as
a presidential candidate may be
starting to sound like it's piling
on. But not only have recent
surveys shown that big
percentages of the general public
don't look kindly on a Palin
candidacy, a new poll by CNN/
Opinion Research finds that she
makes the worst showing among
fellow Republicans when
compared to potential GOP
contenders considered for the
moment to be in the top tier.
Fifty-one percent of Republicans
who were surveyed in the poll
conducted Dec. 17-19 said they
were not very likely or not likely
at all to support Palin if she
decided to run compared to 49
percent who said they'd back her.
That's a turnaround from
December 2008, right in the wake
of the just-ended presidential
campaign, when 67 percent said
they'd be likely to support a Palin
run while 33 percent would not.
By contrast, Mitt Romney, Mike
Huckabee and Newt Gingrich are
all in positive territory.
Fifty-nine percent are very or
somewhat likely to back Romney
compared to 40 percent who are
not; 67 percent are very or
somewhat likely to support
Huckabee compared to 31 percent
who are not; and, 54 percent are
very or somewhat likely to get
behind Gingrich compared to 44
percent who are not.
None of the four has higher than
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Policy Polling, which found that
voters in every one of them held
an unfavorable opinion of her.
PPP said that an average 56
percent of voters saw her
unfavorably in Florida, Ohio,
North Carolina and Virginia,
which it viewed as key to GOP
chances in the 2012 presidential
race.
One of Palin's worst showings
was in her home state of Alaska
where 58 percent regarded her
unfavorably.
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Iowa Could Hold January Presidential
Vote as 2012 Date-Jockeying Looms
Tom Diemer (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:15:00 PM
Correspondent Another brutally
early beginning of the presidential
campaign may be in the offing as
jealousy among states that want to
be first in the primary and caucus
season could advance the official
2012 calendar.
New Hampshire officials are
already talking about moving up a
proposed Feb. 14 date for that
state's first-in-the-nation primary
because Nevada is planning a
presidential caucus four days
later, the New York Times
reported Tuesday. New
Hampshire laws require the
primary to be staged at least a
week before any similar election
elsewhere (except Iowa).
If New Hampshire bumps
forward in February, Iowa --
whose caucuses are the very first
2012 event -- could follow suit
since it has similar rules about
having a space between the
caucuses and the first primary.
And that could mean the next
presidential campaign would
officially launch in the first month
of 2012.
The Des Moines Register led its
piece on the possibility of
advancing the campaign calendar
with "Here we go again." Two
years ago, candidates, staff and
many journalists had to forgo
holiday festivities with their
families because of the
unprecedented early start of the
2008 campaign -- in Iowa on Jan.
3 and New Hampshire on Jan. 8.
If New Hampshire Secretary of
State Bill Gardner sticks to his
guns and insists on an earlier date
for the primary, it would break an
agreement between the two
political parties to hold off on
voting in 2012 until February.
Word that the tentative Feb. 14
date in New Hampshire was
imperiled first came from the
Manchester Union Leader's John
DiStaso.
Although neither state's
population is representative of the
broader electorate, Iowa and New
Hampshire guard their lead-off
roles in the presidential race
because of the attention and
income the campaigns bring them.
The contests in both states, often
snowbound, offer colorful
glimpses of old-fashioned people-
to-people retail politics and give
the winners an advantage heading
into the late-winter/early-spring
primary season.
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HTC Desire HD gets FCC
approval with North American
3G, might be for Telus
Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:41:00 PM
Just over a week ago we caught a
glimpse of a device that claimed
to be a Telus-branded version of
the 4.3-inch HTC Desire HD, a
beast that has yet to make the leap
to North America and doesn't
officially exist in any variants that
fully support the 3G frequencies
used there. Well, now we've got
the smoking gun in the form of an
FCC approval for a device with
model number PD98120 that
supports WCDMA Bands II and
V, which means it's ripe for uses
on AT&T, Bell, Telus, and
Rogers (sorry, T-Mobile). The
original European version of the
Desire HD is the PD98100 -- and
the DLNA's certification site
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actually refers to the phone as the
"PD98 series" -- so we think we
can safely say that's what we're
looking at here, particularly
considering that the FCC label
location document shows a device
laid out in the Desire HD's very
unusual way. It's anything but a
slam dunk that AT&T might take
an interest in this... but yeah,
Telus subscribers, you can
probably start saving your cash
now.
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Testing the Best: The Toshiba Libretto, an Endearing Weirdo
Dan Nosowitz (Popular Science
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News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 8:00:00 AM
Toshiba Libretto W105 in Use
Top screen: the big-button Kylo
browser. Bottom screen: Toshiba's
custom touchscreen overlay. Dan
Bracaglia The two-screened
netbook/tablet hybrid is just about
the oddest gadget to see release
this year
The Toshiba Libretto W105 is a
napkin-sketched concept
unexpectedly brought to life. It's
the kind of gadget that's mused
about in tech blog comment
sections: "What if they made a
tablet with--wait for it-- two
screens? How awesome would
that be?" Of course, nobody really
expects a major company to
produce such a weird, ballsy
device, except maybe for a limited
demo at a convention, never to be
seen again. But Toshiba went
ahead and actually did it.
The two-screen concept isn't
exactly a new one. Hardcore
gadget nerds will lament the lost
Microsoft Courier, a dramatically
innovative two-screened tablet
with an aesthetic as inspired by
Moleskine as the iPhone. The
Courier was cancelled soon after
it was unearthed, for unclear
reasons. Other companies, notably
Acer and Asus, have offered
concepts or prototypes, and then
there's the massive textbook-
replacement Kno(two 14-inch
screens!), which should be
released...eventually. One low-
budget company released a dual-
screen device in which one screen
was e-ink, the other an Android
tablet, though nobody that used it
seemed to like either side very
much.
This is all a very long-winded
way to lead up to the night I took
the Libretto home and introduced
it to my roommate. I, a gadget
nerd, was incredibly excited about
it. I played with it for an hour or
so, noting its strengths and
weaknesses with a critical eye but
loving the little oddball--it
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ebooks the way you'd want to, one
page on each screen.
Yet all that night, I used it. With
my MacBook Pro sitting on my
desk, closed and forlorn, I used it.
I forced it to behave the way I
wanted, downloading an obscure
web browser meant for home
theater PCs ( Kylo) for its large,
finger-friendly buttons. I used a
flashy 3D desktop called
BumpTop to get some use, any
use, out of the bottom screen. I
dug through menus to increase the
size of the taskbar and menu bars.
I hunched, ogre-like, over the two
tiny screens sitting on my lap. I
coerced, pleaded, and tricked it
into usability--and I'm glad I did.
I did these things because the
Libretto is gloriously, irrevocably,
inevitably unique, and fun. It is a
limited-edition device, as well it
should be, priced at a frankly
ridiculous $1,100. But! If you see
surprised me so much simply by mind whether it's a tablet or a this thing in the wild, a demo unit
existing, I never really got over netbook, and taking the middle on a dusty Best Buy endcap or on
the "oooh shiny!" phase. Then I road hurts its use as either. t h e c o f f e e t a b l e o f a n
passed it to my roommate, who Windows 7 is, as we know very undiscerning and highly moneyed
has proven impressively capable well by now, a poor choice for a gadget nerd, pick it up. Play with
of dealing with the litany of tablet operating system, one it. For five minutes, ten minutes,
electronic nonsense that litters our w h i c h h u r t s t h e L i b r e t t o ' s an hour, it is gleefully fun,
apartment, and went to the bodega practical use as a tablet. As a strikingly audacious. It is a Best
across the street for some milk. netbook, the second touchscreen of What's New winner for its
When I came back, the Libretto becomes a very cool hindrance, sheer contrariness. It is absolutely
was on our coffee table, with the rather than a help, and the 7-inch f u t u r i s t i c - - o n e o f t h e m o s t
addition of a note my roommate screen size is really too small for exciting gadgets I've picked up all
had written with the tablet's a netbook. And, yes, the Libretto year.
custom note-taking software: doesn't take advantage of the fact
She's not entirely wrong. The that it can be held and used like a
Libretto can't seem to make up its tiny book--there's no way to read
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Win the Cold (and Flu) War

(Mensfitness.com) hand cream (like Purell) before study (a separate report suggests
Submitted at 12/28/2010 3:00:00 AM and after workouts will protect that gargling with green tea may
you from germ-covered gym enhance the effectiveness of the
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Email to Friend cheaper, less effective gels. "Turn 7) Go for the Soup
Fortunately, a swine flu vaccine the package over and look for at We know it's a cliche, but
will be ready as soon as next least 62 percent ethyl alcohol as chicken soup is not just nutritious.
month. Still, 36,000 Americans its active ingredient," Moyad says. The warm, steamy liquid is also a
die from the "regular" flu each "Anything less than that won't kill natural nasal decongestant. Hot
year. Keep influenza at bay with viruses." tea works, too. But it won't make
these tried-and-true (and cheap) 3) Sweeten Those Coughs grandma as happy.
cold and flu strategies: Honey beats dextromethorphan, 8) Score More Shut-Eye
1) Get Vaccinated Now the key drug in over-the-counter People who sleep fewer than
You can at least rest easy cough suppressants, according to seven hours a night are three
knowing you won't spread any a recent Penn State study. "If you times more likely to catch a cold,
virus to children and elderly, the feel something coming on, taking according to research from
two age groups most susceptible one to two teaspoons of honey Carnegie Mellon University. How
t o f l u - r e l a t e d d e a t h s . turns out to have an antimicrobial do you get more sleep if you've
"[Vaccinations] may also reduce effect," Moyad says. "Plus, it's already caught the bug? Try
the risk of other potential causes soothing when it goes down your Vicks' new NyQuil Less Drowsy.
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the remaining exercises as straight
liberal!” -- who come along with
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that. But it’s not that simple; for
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to protect states’ rights to decide
for themselves, but he personally
leans right.
So does that mean Paul is another
typical conservative? If you
believe establishment
Republicans, definitely not.
During the 2008 Republican
presidential primaries, Rudy
Giuliani took offense to Paul’s
claim that the September 11
hijackers were motivated by
American aggression and
meddling abroad. Paul spent the
rest of the campaign answering
the question, “Are you in the right
party?” Paul maintains that he
presents the essence of true
conservatism -- that he is the
voice crying out in the wilderness,
reminding American conservatism
it had gone astray under the
influence of “neoconservatives.”
And to hear Paul talk about
American imperialism, our
military-industrial complex, and
the nefarious influence of Leo
Strauss, you might think he was a
commentator for Democracy
Now!
Some say he’s an isolationist. He
says non-interventionism is
different. Some say he is a
corporate tool and shill for the
rich. He says his libertarian
opposition to corporate welfare is
just the opposite. Some called his
2007 proposal to cut size of the
federal government by 40 percent
radical and dangerous. He asked
whether 1997 -- when federal
spending was 40 percent lower --
was really such a radical and
dangerous time. Some say he’s a
bigot, pointing to the notorious
newsletters bearing his name. He
says his brand of individualism --
and its attendant politics -- is the
only curative to group-hatred (and
his supporters maintain that Paul
was not responsible for the
content of the newsletters). Some
say his tendency to earmark bills
he knows will pass -- and then
vote against them -- is
hypocritical. He calmly explains
that insofar as government is
going to spend so much, better
congressmen control it than
administrators.
Paul’s preference for abstractions
and philosophical
pronouncements over canned and
screened reactions has made him
something of a Rorschach
politician, his many words an
inkblot into which others may
read their dreams or nightmares.
Hence, perhaps, the enthusiasm of
both Paul’s fans and his
detractors.
Paul, however, says his political
philosophy is quite simple: “I’m a
constitutionalist.” And he takes it
as a sign of the times that his
faithfulness to an originalist
reading of the Constitution --
which he claims forbids the
existence of the Federal Reserve,
among other government
creatures -- engenders such
confusion, so many accusations of
both radicalism and reaction.
Two things about Ron Paul are
for certain. The first is that he’s
quixotic -- unquestionably a little
weird, and probably unelectable
to higher office -- but a necessary
gadfly reminding us of our lost
constitutional liberty. The second
is that Paul, the author of End the
Fed, among other books, has been
selected as the new chairman of
the Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy. The man who
wants to end the Fed will now be
overseeing it (as far as Congress
can oversee the Fed). NRO’s
Matthew Shaffer talked to Paul
about that oversight, his
economics, the presidency, and
more.
#page# NATIONAL rEVIEW
oNLINE: What new powers will
you have as chairman of the
subcommittee on domestic
monetary policy?
RON PAUL: I won’t have many
new powers. It’s not about power
for me. I’ll have a better position
from which to publicize and get
attention for my ideas.
#ad# nro: Speaking of ideas:
Yours are considered strange and
radical by some, but now there
seems to be an uptick in interest.
PAUL: Before two or three years
ago, this could have never
happened. It was only because of
the crisis that the Austrian
economists predicted came about,
and people said, “Hey, maybe
these guys are on to something.” I
think that helped me get the job,
because I’m really not mainstream
in the House here. But now
people are looking for alternative
answers.
nro: Even people like Michele
Bachmann are showing up to
events on the Austrians now. Do
you expect cooperation in your
agenda from the full committee
and Republican leadership?
PAUL: I don’t expect them to
agree with every single thing, but
I think they’ll be cooperative in
letting me run my hearings,
propose alternatives, and so on.
And I expect them to support the
effort to get more information
from the Fed. The new people
coming in certainly should be
very supportive, because a lot of
them ran on these issues -- more
transparency in the Fed.
nro: Are you going to try to use
your influence there to, as per
your book title, “ End the Fed”?
PAUL: Not directly. Indirectly,
though, yes. The Fed will end
because the system we have is not
viable. All printing-money
systems always end. So my goal
in the book as well as in the
committee is to expose the Fed for
what they do, how important it is
economically, why they don’t
achieve what they pretend to
achieve, and why they need to
have more transparency. I would
just like to legalize competition,
legalize the Constitution, and
allow people to use gold and
silver as legal tender. And then if
people don’t like the paper
money, they can start using gold
and silver in savings accounts or
spending or whatever. Today if
you do that, you go to prison.
nro: So your goal is to end the
federal government’s monopoly
over currency, essentially.
PAUL: That is it. It has
monopoly control over supply of
money and credit. And it was
never meant to be that way. Under
the gold standard, the supply of
money is dependent on the market
and the interest rates are
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dependent on savings rather than
the Fed dictating the interest rate.
When I first came to Congress in
the Seventies, gold wasn’t even
allowed be owned. It was ’75 or
’76 when it became legal again.
And some people used gold as a
protection back then. It was $35
an ounce and now, look, it’s
$1,400 an ounce. So it’s a system
that deserves our attention.
nro: You’re pretty confident in
your economics. So why do you
think the Austrian school of
economics has been so outside of
the mainstream, not always
respected by the academy or
board members of the Federal
Reserve?
PAUL: It’s the failure of their
views. Not many people think
there’s going to be a wave of
Communism in the world in the
near future, because the collapse
of the Soviet Union was a major
historical event that proved that
radical socialism does not work.
And I think what we’re
witnessing now is the conclusion
that Keynesianism doesn’t work
either, that the money,
inflationism, corporatism,
regulatory systems run wild,
spending, and deficits -- all that
stuff is failing. And that means
that now people are looking to the
Austrian school that says we
should have sound money and
balanced budgets and no
government regulation of interest
rates or regulation of the money
supply.
#page# nro: But there are
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conflicting narratives. A lot of
people say that deregulation was
responsible for irresponsible
investments and the financial
crisis.
PAUL: That’s a really important
issue. That’s what always
happens. That’s more or less what
they said in the Thirties. We had
inflation in the Twenties, then the
collapse of the financial bubble,
and then the depression. But they
said, “If only we had had a lot
more regulation#...#” So they
added regulations and prolonged
our depression. I think it was
when Long-Term Capital failed,
Sarbanes-Oxley came in and said
we needed more regulations. We
already had the Securities
Exchange Commission and
everything else, but they wanted
more. And many companies went
along with it.
#ad#I see the opposite. I see the
arbitrary regulations of
government as a major cause of
our problems. Many people ask
me, “If you’re not for regulations,
how do you control things?” Well,
in the marketplace, there are a lot
of market regulations -- and you
don’t have the moral hazard of a
government guarantee. If you
mess up, you go bankrupt. In free-
market banking, for instance, the
directors who set up the bank
would be personally liable if it
went bankrupt. Can you imagine
how much more cautious they
would be? They wouldn’t be
making all these wild loans and
responding to the regulators
saying you must make certain bad
loans to people who don’t qualify.
So regulations are very negative
when they come from
government. What we need are
more private-property regulations,
more market regulations. So far,
we’re doing exactly the wrong
thing. We had the recession come
because of too much spending,
too much debt, too much taxing,
and too much regulation. And so
we’re trying to solve the problem
by spending like crazy, regulating
like crazy, printing money like
crazy, and taxing. And then they
wonder why things are getting
worse.
nro: It seems like that carries
over to the moral hazard
introduced by the implicit
guarantee of banks that are “too
big to fail.”
PAUL: Sure. And one of the
things that I complained about for
eight years or so about the
housing bubble is that Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac had a line of
credit to the Treasury. It had only
$2 billion, and that wasn’t very
much, because it was hundreds of
billions or trillions that got
involved with these derivatives.
But the idea that the Treasury was
supposed to come to their rescue
implied that they can run
roughshod. And then there were
all these regulations and
affirmative actions that said you
must make these loans. That was
really the basic problem, but the
Fed accommodated by creating all
this credit and that’s how we got
into this mess. But it was the line
of credit that created the moral
hazard.
nro: Were you prescient about
that in the early 2000s?
PAUL: Oh, yeah, that was my
motivation to run for Congress 30
years ago. I thought interest rates
were always too low. Nobody
wants to make interest rates very
high, deliberately. But the low
interest rate misleads the
businessman and makes him think
there’s been a lot of savings, and
therefore it’s proper to have more
capital investments. And that’s
why they overbuild in various
areas. And these moneys flow into
the various areas -- sometimes
into asset bubbles, sometimes into
housing, sometimes in raw
property or whatever. They help
create bubbles that have to pop at
some point.
I want market interest rates. We
don’t have enough confidence or
understanding of how the market
works in this country to set
interest rates, and thinking we do
is how we’ve gotten ourselves
into trouble.
nro: What do you think about
QE2?
PAUL: It’s more of the same.
That is what caused our problem.
It was the low interest rates at 1
percent under Greenspan that
really helped build the bubble,
and then QE1 and the promise
that Bernanke will do whatever is
necessary and print as much as he
wants and he will rescue us. But
all of a sudden it doesn’t lower
interest rates. At the beginning,
QE2 was supposed to lower
interest rates, and now the interest
rates are going up.
#page# nro: One thing that
matters to you and a lot of
disciples of Austrian economics is
inflation. Some think it’s
necessary and good because, with
sticky prices, it helps to stimulate
growth. Can you explain your
problems with steady inflation?
PAUL: It’s the worst thing any
government could deliberately do.
It’s counterfeit. It means some
people will benefit at the expense
of others. People who saved
money and are living off their
savings get cheated. It’s a moral
issue: They might make 1 percent
on their certificates of deposit,
and they can’t live on that. And
the government practically gives
the money to the banks and then
they turn it over and buy Treasury
bills and bonds and make 3 or 4
percent. So they make billions of
dollars after having just been
rescued from their bankruptcy.
#ad#It’s wrong to deliberately
devalue the currency, because
prices go up and if your
purchasing power goes down,
then somebody is stealing from
you. So to me, it’s theft. And they
should never be allowed to do
that. And the responsibility of
government is to guarantee the
value of currency. The Founders
understood it clearly, they had had
runaway inflation of the
continental dollars, that’s why
they said you cannot admit bills of
credit, no paper money -- we
totally ignored that and it’s one of
the major reasons we’re in the
mess we’re in.
nro: So inflation transfers
wealth?
PAUL: Inflation goes from the
middle class to the wealthy, and it
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is a tax, and the people don’t
know about it. It’s invisible.
That’s why they get away with it.
Eventually the people wake up,
and then it’s too late, and you get
rampant inflation. Bernanke brags
that he can turn off inflation in 15
minutes. He can’t. There’s so
much money out there, which is
going back into use --
commodities are going up. This
idea that there is no inflation is
absurd. One thing they do is they
want everyone to talk about
inflation as the CPI. Austrians say
that inflation is when you increase
the money supply -- sometimes
some prices go up, sometimes it
starts out in land, but eventually it
can be everything.
nro: If you don’t trust the Fed, as
an unelected “fourth branch of
government”#...#
PAUL: Yep, they’re bigger than
the Congress now.
nro:#...#but if you don’t trust
smart bankers to control the
currency, why would you trust
Congress?
PAUL: Well, how could it be any
worse? At least with Congress,
people would know what they
were doing. But I don’t want
Congress to do it. People who we
call Greenbackers are the ones
who say Congress should print the
money and pass it out and help
the people they want to help. But
that’s not what I want, that’s not
what is in the Constitution.
Nobody is supposed to regulate
the money and set interest rates. I
want the marketplace to set
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Congress, not the executive,
controls criminal law.
W ith respect to the federal
government, whose formation he
then was championing, Alexander
Hamilton assured skeptics during
the debates over the new
Constitution that state
governments would enjoy “one
transcendent advantage” -- they
would retain control over “the
administration of criminal and
civil justice.” The prosecution of
crimes would not be a federal
responsibility at all.
#ad#That consensus position of
the Framers is one that my friends
David Rivkin and Lee Casey
should have kept in mind before
writing “The Wrong Way to Stop
Civilian Terror Trials,” a deeply
flawed essay published in the
Wall Street Journal last week. The
two former Reagan Justice
Department officers usually offer
compelling insights on executive
war powers, but their claim that
criminal prosecution lies at “the
very core of [the president’s]
constitutional power” is meritless.
It also leads them to an even more
specious conclusion: namely, that
Congress somehow violates the
Constitution by using its power of
the purse to block the Obama
administration’s efforts to
prosecute enemy-combatant
terrorists in civilian federal courts.
Messrs. Rivkin and Casey
specifically target budget
provisions that bar using federal
funds to transfer prisoners
detained at Guantanamo Bay to
the United States. This maneuver,
the authors correctly assert,
thwarts civilian prosecution. It
keeps the terrorists outside federal
-court jurisdiction and thus
prevents their physical presence at
trial, a constitutional right the
lawyers reasonably assume the
detainees would have in the
civilian justice system. (That is,
notwithstanding colorable
arguments to the contrary, it is a
safe bet that federal judges would
continue granting the fully
panoply of due-process
protections to any detainees tried
in civilian court.)
From there, though, Rivkin and
Casey go off the rails. Congress,
the lawyers claim, is violating the
Constitution by dictating
“whether, when, and where to
bring a particular prosecution.”
This places the president (and,
derivatively, his Justice
Department) in a purportedly
unusual and untenable position:
Though the nation’s “chief federal
law enforcement officer and
prosecutor,” he is forced “to
exercise his discretion in
accordance with Congress’s
wishes rather than his own.” That,
they insist, “violates the
Constitution’s separation of
powers.”
From its basic premises to its
overwrought conclusion, the
lawyers’ argument is wrong.
There is nothing in the
Constitution about the president
being the chief federal law-
enforcement officer and
prosecutor -- in stark contrast to
Article II’s designation of the
president as “commander-in-
chief” of the armed forces.
Prosecutorial authority, instead, is
inferred from Article II’s
endowment of all “executive
power” in the president.
Obviously, since prosecution is an
executive function, it is a power
the executive branch must have if
it is to be exercised by the federal
government at all -- Congress
may prescribe laws, but it may not
enforce them. Still, whether and
under what circumstances the
prosecution power was to be
exercised at the federal level are
questions the Constitution left
entirely up to Congress. The fact
that some authority is executive in
nature does not make it a “core”
presidential power -- not if the
word “core” is to have any
meaning.
Quite intentionally, the
Constitution did not establish a
federal role in law enforcement.
Consistent with Hamilton’s
sentiments, James Madison had
written that federal powers “will
be exercised principally on
external objects” -- meaning
intercourse between our nation
and other nations. Madison
identified these “external objects”
as “ war, peace, negotiation, and
foreign commerce.”
Consequently, the “core” of
presidential power is found where
Article II intersects with these
matters. Thus did Madison
elaborate that “the powers
reserved to the several states
would focus on internal objects” -
- objects which, “in the ordinary
course of affairs, concern the
lives, liberties and property of the
people,” including the “internal
order . . . of the state.”
The Constitution did not prohibit
a federal role in prosecution, just
as it did not forbid the creation of
federal courts inferior to the
Supreme Court. Rather, it left
these matters up to the legislature,
which would have to find
constitutional justifications for
any federal intrusions.
In conjunction with establishing
the lower federal courts in the
Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress
created the office of attorney
general. President Washington
chose Edmund Randolph for the
position, making him the fourth
cabinet member. Months earlier,
among its first orders of business,
the first Congress had dealt with
what were understood to be the
president’s core responsibilities --
national defense, foreign affairs,
and finance -- by establishing the
secretaries of war, state, and the
treasury.
As if that did not make it clear
enough that prosecution was not a
core presidential function, the
position of attorney general was
not originally conceived as
prosecutorial in nature. Rather, it
was a part-time job with a
nominal salary and no office or
staff, created because Congress
(a) realized the United States
would need legal representation in
court cases and (b) thought it
prudent for the president to have a
Politics-Right/ 67
legal adviser.
#page#So ingrained was the
assumption that criminal
enforcement was a state issue that
the Department of Justice --
which we now think of as the
center of our prosecutorial
universe -- did not even exist until
Congress created it in 1870. In
fact, the contention by Rivkin and
Casey that Congress may not use
its budgetary authority to limit the
president’s prosecutorial options
ignores the fact that, for decades,
Congress declined to establish a
Justice Department at all, much
less to fund various projects the
attorneys general wanted to take
on. Prior to the late 19th century,
while there were U.S. attorneys
and federal marshals tending to
very limited federal interests in
the states and territories, there
simply was no system of federal
law enforcement to speak of.
#ad#That system developed, over
a century after the Constitution’s
adoption, under the direction of
Congress. From the Progressive
Era through the New Deal, and
continuing to our own day, federal
legislation and judicial decisions
combined to work a radical
transformation of the federal role
in domestic life. Presidential
administrations have pushed this
process along to greater and lesser
degrees. It has always been
driven, though, by legislation, not
by changes to the Constitution. It
is Congress’s decision to act that
controls the federal prosecutorial
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and perhaps even in sketching the accident that Great Britain and the law and in which the people are American moral and material aid
rough contours of the near future. United States became so powerful sovereign act very differently certainly helped stabilize new
The world will be worse without Yet this argument lacks any moral and stable. Surely, the unique from those ruled by an oligarchy. representative regimes. To ignore
a liberal hegemon. component and is overly combination of ever-more- Kennedy’s realist vision is one in the liberal striving of millions is
I n the judgment of Yale historian dismissive of the sources of both efficient capitalist financing and which states are but both to cruelly dismiss their
Paul Kennedy, a world in which a domestic power and global production along with slowly indistinguishable billiard balls, collective courage and to set up
shrunken America is just primus stability. expanding democracy should be knocking into each other on a the grounds for stripping
inter pares, “one of the most In the clinical view that Kennedy accounted the prime source of cosmic pool table. Yet cultural American foreign policy of its
prominent players in the small takes, the United States (and Anglo-American greatness. preferences must surely explain moral wellspring. By continuing
club of great powers,” is all but before it, Great Britain) is, in the To this potent mix was accreted the post-1945 international to acknowledge and aid the
inevitable, a natural turning of the end, simply interchangeable with generations of evolution in social behavior of Washington, London, genuine aspirations for greater
seasons. While many on the left all previous and future great trust, transparency in economic Ottawa, and Canberra, to name a democracy in many countries,
w o u l d w e l c o m e s u c h a n powers, and its unique domestic interactions, and the firming of few. Providing public goods America and other liberal nations
egalitarian future -- it is not “a society and global behavior are the bedrock of law. All of these through such actions as ensuring not only live up to their ideals, but
bad thing,” Kennedy claims -- the but epiphenomenal. The best that accelerated industrial freedom of the seas, hosting and more effectively marshal their
rest of the world, especially Kennedy can do is a grudging development, and thereby human nurturing international resources and help swell the tide
liberal-democratic nations, may acknowledgment that “we should wellbeing, more evenly and for a organizations, and supporting of freedom.
quibble just a bit with this rather all be careful to wish away a longer period of time than did any democracy worldwide marked the #ad#The “normal” world
prosaic and utilitarian view of reasonably benign American other system in history. To treat second half of the 20th century as envisioned by Kennedy also
global power. hegemony; we might regret its them as but an incidental factor in one of the most progressive in apparently eschews such
K e n n e d y - - w h o w a s m y going.” Such are the wages paid the rise to power of Great Britain history. No one can think that distinctions as “authoritarianism”
colleague at Yale for most of the to nearly two centuries of liberal and the United States is to today’s liberal international order, and “totalitarianism,” which get
last decade -- made his reputation g r o w t h a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l eviscerate one’s explanatory as flawed and often ineffective as no mention in his argument.
by limning the “rise and fall of s t e w a r d s h i p . scheme and make any predictions it is, is less preferable to a 19th- Should the world accept
great powers,” and his most recent Nowhere in Kennedy’s a risky gamble. China’s attempt to century colonialist balance-of- aggressive behavior in the global
article in The New Republic, r u m i n a t i o n s d o t h e w o r d s continue growing without power system, or to a future commons simply because that
“Back to Normalcy,” is but a “liberty” or “freedom” appear, developing mechanisms of self- dominated by China, Russia, Iran, reflects the nature of the most
variant of this oft-played theme. and he mentions democracy only expression, trust, and impartial and Venezuela. powerful actors? Is such a world
Galloping widely through the last once, when recounting Harvard law is an experiment the world #page#Kennedy’s argument preferable to one in which the
half-millennium of Western political scientist Joseph Nye’s will watch keenly over the further presumes that America’s United States promotes liberal
history, he purports to show how analysis of the global effects of coming decades, but only a hegemonic desires alone are the values even if it has outsized
America’s global position rests on American power. The indivisible reckless prognosticator would cause of the spread of democracy capabilities and influence? A
an increasingly unstable three- links among a given society’s assume that such growth is around the globe. He is dead world in which America is but
legged stool of “soft power,” domestic structure, its national inevitable. It is not so simple as wrong when he writes that one leading power among others
economic power, and military strength, and its international playing “catch-up,” in Paul “American hopes of reshaping will very likely witness reduced
power. Each is eroding as other position are thus dismissed. Kennedy’s words, even if Asia sometimes look curiously levels of social and economic
nations rise. In Kennedy’s telling, There is no recognition either that America’s relative economic like former British hopes of development and political
the ability to challenge America national greatness over the long strength will indeed decline over reshaping the Middle East. Don’t stability. History should make us
for regional or possibly global t e r m m u s t c o m e f r o m t h e time. go there.” Democratic triumphs in very way of assuming that a world
leadership is merely a matter of character of a given society or that Kennedy’s thesis also glides over Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia, without a liberal hegemon will be
aping American models and the nature of the hegemonic the sources of international and the Philippines (to say one in which liberal values and
asserting the national will. country will determine to a great norms, stability, and the provision nothing of East Europe nearly a benign stewardship continue to
#ad#This view may not be d e g r e e t h e n a t u r e o f t h e of global public goods. On the generation ago) did not originate
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interest rates, and that means the
market decides how much gold
and silver circulates.
nro: But would you prefer
Congress to the Fed?
PAUL: Well, you know, I
probably would, just to shake up
the system. But that would not be
my priority. My first step is to
expose the Fed for what they’re
doing, because they do it in secret.
People say that “Congress will
politicize the Fed.” Well, how
could they get more political?
When they help out their buddies
at Goldman Sachs, that’s pretty
political.
nro: Enough of the dismal
science. A few scattershot
questions now. I’ve always
wondered, is your son, the senator
-elect, named after Ayn Rand?
PAUL: [laughter] No, his full
name is Randall. It had nothing to
do with Ayn.
#page# nro: You two are living
together outside D.C. now, right?
PAUL: He has high-school kids,
and one is going to graduate this
year. He doesn’t want to take him
out of high school in his senior
year and does not want to set up
housekeeping here [in D.C.]. So
he asked if he could stay at my
place for six months while he
makes a decision. I said, “Okay,
as long as I don’t have to cook.”
So he’ll stay. I think he’d like to
bring his kids here more often
than I brought my kids at that age.
#ad# nro: Do you consider
yourself well-aligned with the Tea
Party?
PAUL: Well, the Tea Party is so
big, and they do have different
views. But most Tea Party people
come together for one issue, and
that is government’s too big, they
spend too much, the debt’s too
big. I think when you get down to
the fine points of foreign policy,
there may be differences about
what to cut. I think the Tea Party
people are pretty good on the
Federal Reserve. So it is big and
broad, but I don’t think it’s a
monolith. I think there’s some
disagreement -- but the biggest
disagreement is with Washington,
that’s what they agree on.
nro: You’ve had some conflicts
with the Republican party. Do you
feel more comfortable with the
incoming Republican class than
with the so-called establishment?
PAUL: Absolutely. A lot are not
politicians, a lot have run their
first races, like Rand did -- that
was his first race, he didn’t work
his way up the system. I think it
will be a lot of people like that
who will be very independent-
minded, and that’s what we need.
nro: Can the Tea Party maintain
its energy?
PAUL: I think they’ll stay
organized, and if this Congress
does what the Republicans did
when they held all three branches
-- if they don’t do a better job -- I
think they’ll hear from the Tea
Parties.
nro: What about from you?
Running for president in 2012?
PAUL: Don’t know, too early to
tell.
nro: We know what that means.
Anyways, another change in
direction: How do you square
your hard line on immigration
away with your libertarian
philosophy?
PAUL: Well, I just think that it’s
unsustainable without having
some border protection, mainly
because of the welfare state. The
welfare state encourages our
people not to work, and so then
we need workers. And when
immigrant workers come in, there
are welfare benefits, education,
and Medicare for those who come
who are not legal. If there wasn’t
that, I’d be pretty generous with
illegal immigration.
I’m writing a book for next year,
and I’m going to say I support
neither amnesty for everyone nor
guns and shooting people when
they come over. I want
immigration to be legal, but I
would argue that there should be
no federal mandates to provide
services for illegal immigrants.
Maybe immigrants would go
back, then, to their families, on
their own. I think it’s virtually
impossible to send back 12
million people, but I don’t think
we should give them citizenship.
So the Left will be unhappy
because they want immediate
citizenship, and the Right will be
unhappy because they want to
send them all home. But the other
day, we had that DREAM Act
vote -- a lot of things there I was
sympathetic to. But they wanted
to give them tremendous welfare
benefits. I don’t like that kind of
stuff.
#page# nro: You caused
controversy recently defending
WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange. Do you stand by your
comments?
PAUL: I feel stronger about it
than I ever have. This can’t be
allowed to go without a full
debate. If you don’t protect the
rights that we have to broadcast
and print -- as well as for
individuals who want to tell the
truth about our government --
we’re in big trouble. Others say
I’m letting people undermine our
security, but the truth is, the lies
told by our government that have
gotten us into wars are the biggest
danger. I lived through the ’60s in
the military, and Iraq was all
based on lies. Just think how
many people have died and are
wounded and are still being
wounded. And the war’s going to
go on forever.
#ad# nro: Do you extend that
defense to Pfc. Bradley Manning?
PAUL: Well, that’s different. The
real problem is that with the $80
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billion we spend for national
intelligence, we can’t even protect
what we have. That might even be
the biggest scandal of all. But
even if he did this with good
intentions, he has to recognize
that he is practicing civil
disobedience. But in my speech, I
differentiated between treason --
which is deliberately helping the
enemy -- and a foreign
correspondent putting something
on the Internet, embarrassing our
government, because they say
something embarrassing about our
lies in Afghanistan.
nro: Will you try to get
Republicans on board with cutting
defense spending?
PAUL: Yeah, I always do. We
hear rumblings of that now. I
don’t think that will be achieved
until we change our foreign
policy. As long as the American
people encourage Congress to
have a military-industrial
complex, we’re going to further
bankrupt us. But I believe we
cannot deal with the budget
deficit without dealing with the
excesses of the military.
--- Matthew Shaffer is a William
F. Buckley Fellow at the National
Review Institute. Interview
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Submitted at 12/28/2010 3:00:59 AM
O ne key ingredient in Sarah
Palin’s political dynamite is the
cheerful scorn with which she
regards Washington, a small but
zesty serving of which she
recently dished up for First Lady
Michelle Obama and her anti-
obesity crusade. During an
episode of her reality show, the
once (and future?) candidate
cooked up a mess of hot s’mores
and a side of even hotter politics,
declaring:“ This is in honor of
Michelle Obama, who said the
other day we should not have
dessert.”
Palin was being over-generous in
her paraphrase. What Mrs. Obama
in fact said was considerably
more worrisome:“ We can’t just
leave it up the parents.” Her
particular target was unhealthful
school lunches, which parents
presumably require help from
distant federal authorities to
improve; it is clear from this and
much else that the first lady
envisions a very broad role for the
federal government in menu
planning. If her vision leaves any
room for limitation on
government interference in family
affairs, it is impossible to detect it.
Palin, responding specifically to
this boundless license for federal
meddling, later expanded on her
views:“ Instead of a government
thinking that they need to take
over and make decisions for us,
according to some politician’s --
or politician’s wife’s -- priorities,
just leave us alone, get off our
back, and allow us, as individuals,
to exercise our own God-given
rights to make our own
decisions.” (There is something
particularly delicious in Palin’s
tone when she pronounces the
words “politician’s wife” -- if
there should be such a thing as a
Palin administration, we are
confident that the apparently
easygoing Mr. Palin will not
evolve into the first scold.)
#ad#As is the case with
practically all things Palin, this
latest statement has led to a
predictable chorus of
harrumphing nanny-staters, not
every one of whom is obviously
qualified to lecture the body
politic on healthful eating. CNN’s
fulsome Roland Martin declared
Palin’s observation “so stupid that
it defies logic,” and added that the
former governor is too ignorant to
“understand how devastating
obesity is to the future of the
United States.” Defying logic, Mr.
Martin, along with practically all
of Mrs. Palin’s critics on the
issue, is missing a piece in his
argument: specifically, even a
smattering of evidence that
busybody campaigns of the sort in
which Mrs. Obama is engaged are
likely to do more good than harm
when it comes to extraordinarily
complex issues such as obesity --
which is indeed positioned to
impose significant costs, both
financial and human, on the
American people.
The evidence is, in fact, to the
contrary, suggesting that well-
intentioned government policies
will make the problem worse: To
the extent that political action has
thus far affected American
obesity, it has been a thumb on
the wrong side of the scales,
subsidizing the worst kinds of
foods through the farm-subsidy
and school-lunch programs, and
often giving out precisely the
wrong kind of dietary advice.
Obesity is, in truth, among our
least tractable public-health
problems. It is an absolute
Gordian knot of nutrition,
behavior, genetics, child-rearing
environments, hormonal biology,
economics, and other factors too
numerous and too subtle to
catalog. As New York University
obesity-policy scholar Rogan
Kersh has noted, the problem “has
proved impervious to clinical
treatment or public-health
exhortation,” and it is by no
means clear what, if anything,
public policy can accomplish, or
what the best avenue for reform
is, if indeed there is one. For an
administration prone to smug
castigation of its predecessors for
their allegedly insufficient
deference to scientific expertise,
the Obama team is here
shockingly cavalier about a
scientific question of substantial
depth and complexity. If Mrs.
Obama, between her
undergraduate major in sociology,
her minor in African-American
studies, and her law degree
somehow managed also to acquire
a great deal of expertise regarding
a medical issue that has proved
remarkably difficult for actual
scholars and learned authorities,
she has not seen fit to share how
and where she acquired it.
Mrs. Obama’s “eat your veggies”
crusade is at once a remarkably
shallow response and a
remarkably ambitious one: She
may know next to nothing about
the deeper issues, but she has
adamant faith that the
transformative quality of political
power will allow even the most
ignorant politician -- or
politician’s wife -- to ameliorate
any problem, even one that has
thus far proved “impervious to
clinical treatment.” By the same
token, Mrs. Palin’s dismissal of
that conceit contains more
wisdom than is understood by
political entrepreneurs of the
Obama variety or by their factota
in the media. Advantage: Palin.
First ladies have their causes, the
general rule of which is that they
do less damage the farther away
from public policy they stay. If
the Obama administration should
happen to win the wars (and keep
the won wars won) and balance
the budget, head off the looming
fiscal crisis, and present the
American people with the head of
Osama bin Laden, perhaps at that
time it can get back to us about
the broccoli. Until then, we have
more of an appetite for Mrs.
Palin’s healthy skepticism of
governmental ambition than for
Mrs. Obama’s overegged federal
pudding: Washington has enough
on its plate. The Editors
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shape the international system,
especially when many of the most
powerful actors are authoritarian.
In the end, Paul Kennedy may be
right about the current trajectory
of global politics. However, we
should all recognize that this will
be a terrible state of affairs. It is
one thing to see that such a world
might be emerging, but another
thing to welcome it. Kennedy’s
deep ambivalence about the
positive role of the United States
both now and in the future is
matched by the realpolitik he
appears to assume is not merely
normal, but perhaps even
preferable to a system in which an
imperfect America attempts to
nourish the liberal values that
have made our world a far more
humane place than it was at any
other time in history.
--- Michael Auslin is a resident
scholar in foreign- and defense-
policy studies at the American
Enterprise Institute.
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function, and although Congress
has enacted many penal laws, it
was not required by the
Constitution to enact any.
That brings us to the main flaw in
the Rivkin and Casey theory: All
federal law enforcement must be
performed in accordance with
Congress’s wishes. It has always
been that way, with every single
federal prosecution in our history.
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The New Totalitarians
David Solway (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 12/27/2010 10:38:52 PM
The so-called “socialist
revolution,” which the collapse of
the Soviet Union and the
implosion of the European
welfare state should have soundly
discredited by this time, is still
running its course. This is the case
not only in Latin America, where
it seems to be embedded in the
national psyche, but, despite
recent electoral setbacks, in the
United States as well. So counter-
intuitive a phenomenon is
partially explained by the lust for
power among political strongmen
and numinous redeemers who
understand that socialism enables
them to consolidate the power
they crave in their own hands. But
it also requires the backing of
intellectuals and academics who
naively believe that socialism
opens the way to a juster and
more equable society. History
teaches that such a chimera is
catastrophic in the application. It
is generally embraced as an ideal
by an intellectual class isolated
from the lives of ordinary people
and therefore immune or
indifferent to reality.
Paul Johnson observes in a 1987
article, “ The Heartless Lovers of
Humankind,” a blueprint for his
1988 book Intellectuals, that
instead of allowing their ideas to
emerge from the people,
“intellectuals reverse the process,
deducing their ideas first from
principle and then seeking to
impose them on living men and
women.” Insulated in their
cerebral bunkers, they are “library
socialists” in love with an idea,
who regard human beings, whom
they profess to cherish, as
obstructions to the unfolding of
their master plan.
Most of these theoretical
prodigies, Johnson shows, live in
the gated communities of the left
and have little knowledge of the
actual conditions under which
people struggle, legislating down
to the masses from their positions
of authority and ostensible moral
elevation. Eva Hoffman expands
on this notion in her memoir, Lost
in Translation, as the ability to
think “privileged
thoughts…thoughts that cost
nothing and that weren’t produced
by the labor of their own
experience.” These princelings
are, in effect, Lenin’s predatory
“who” to his submissive “whom.”
They permit no opposition to their
supposedly enlightened diktats,
which may go some way to
accounting for one of the
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As journalist Lars Hedegaard
comments, “Under Danish
jurisprudence it is immaterial
whether a statement is true or
untrue. All that is needed for a
conviction is that somebody feels
offended.” (Hedegaard as well is
facing criminal prosecution for his
remarks on honor killings.)
Speaking truth must be censured
in the faux Utopia in which giving
offense is a cardinal sin. Canada,
too, which seems to many a
happy, analgesic country, has its
Human Rights Commissions in
which hearsay is admitted as
evidence against anyone indicted
strangest political marriages of and its unelected, de facto under the nebulous rubric of “hate
modern times, namely, the entente p o l i t b u r o , w h o s e “ C o u n c i l speech”—which in practice often
between liberal-left cultural F r a m e w o r k D e c i s i o n o n m e a n s h o l d i n g a n h o n e s t
relativism and the Islamic theo- C o m b a t i n g R a c i s m a n d discussion about worrisome social
political imperative. Xenophobia” of November 28, a n d p o l i t i c a l t r e n d s . T h e
This curious affinity of the 2008 and recently passed into law defendant, who is presumed guilty
political and intellectual left for a allows for the extradition from and must somehow prove his
rejuvenated Islam is by no means one country to another of anyone innocence, is severely restricted in
as paradoxical as it may initially deemed to have offended its summoning witnesses—as in
seem. Authoritarians tend to get p r e s c r i p t i o n s . I t h a s a l s o pacific Holland, a fact to which
along when they have a common m a n d a t e d a “ E u r o p e a n Geert Wilders can attest—or in
enemy. Like to like. And the Gendarmerie Force” to carry out tabling supporting documentation.
He must also defray his own legal
common enemy is a free and open its decisions.
society built on enlightenment Thus halcyon Denmark’s article e x p e n s e s while the
plaintiff—generally an offended
canons and the sanctity of the 266b of its penal code allows for
individual. A graphic illustration the incrimination of outspoken imam or Muslim organization—is
of such demagogic tendencies, citizens like MP Jesper Langballe funded by the State (i.e., the
much in the news these days, for vigorously protesting Muslim taxpayer).
comes from the European Union honor killings and family rapes.
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To claim, as Rivkin and Casey do,
that congressional limitations on
“whether, when, and where to
bring a particular prosecution”
violate separation-of-powers
principles hopelessly mangles the
concept of “prosecutorial
discretion.”
In point of fact, the prosecutor
unilaterally decides only whether
to charge an offense -- and even
that decision is shaped by
Congress, since a prosecutor may
only charge crimes Congress has
legislated, and must prove the
offense elements Congress has
defined. The decision when to
charge is controlled by the statute
of limitations and speedy-trial
rules imposed by Congress. The
decision where to charge is totally
dependent on Congress’s power to
establish lower federal courts,
place limits on their jurisdiction,
and prescribe venue standards.
Moreover, because the
Constitution does not mandate a
federal prosecutorial function, the
Justice Department -- itself a
creature of statute -- is entirely
dependent on Congress to fund all
of its activities, not just terrorism
prosecutions. Congressional
control over federal prosecution is
thus different not only in degree
but in kind from congressional
control over the president’s
conduct of foreign affairs, to
which Rivkin and Casey compare
it.
Because the conduct of foreign
affairs is a core constitutional
function of the executive, the
president would have to carry out
that responsibility no matter what
Congress did. A threat to cut off
funding unless the president
hewed to congressional wishes
would, in fact, provoke a
constitutional crisis. By contrast,
the Constitution would not be
offended in the slightest were
Congress to repeal every federal
penal statute, shut down the
Justice Department, and even
eliminate the office of attorney
general -- leaving the president
with no capacity to prosecute
anyone.
Such wholesale elimination
would be foolish policy, but
foolishness is not
unconstitutional. Yes, there are
too many federal statutes, and
much taxpayer money is wasted
by federal duplication in
enforcement matters state
prosecutors handle capably (and
often with more deference to
community sensibilities). But
issues such as terrorism,
organized crime, international
drug cartels, and the integrity of
our financial markets are national
in scope, beyond the capacity of
any single state to police
effectively. The attorney general
thus holds a vital national office,
and federal law enforcement has
its crucially important place in our
society. It is not, however, a place
carved out by the Constitution. It
is sculpted by Congress.
Which brings us to a last point:
Gitmo detainees should be under
complete executive control, not as
defendants beholden to the
president and his Justice
Department but as war prisoners
beholden to the commander in
chief. Given their splendid work
on war powers, it is surprising
that the authors failed to address
this. The wartime decisions to
detain prisoners and try them by
military commission were once
understood to be completely
entrusted to the president and the
military, the conduct of war being
a core presidential power.
Nevertheless, thanks to a
campaign spearheaded by Barack
Obama, Eric Holder,
congressional Democrats, many
current DOJ officials, and the
Bush-deranged Left, the Supreme
Court has ruled that wartime
detention required judicial
oversight, and that the president
could not unilaterally authorize
military commissions -- they had
to be blessed by Congress and
reviewed by federal judges. The
“rule of law,” Messrs. Obama and
Holder maintained -- against
precedent and history --
demanded nothing less.
Now, ironically, in the federal
civilian courts where Congress
has always dictated the rule of
law, Obama and Holder demand
unilateral control. The
Constitution does not give it to
them. If they want to bring enemy
combatants to the United States
for civilian trials in which al-
Qaeda operatives get all the rights
of American citizens, they need to
convince Congress and the
American people. I’d have hoped
that Messrs. Rivkin and Casey
would tell them as much.
— Andrew C. McCarthy, a senior
fellow at the National Review
Institute, is the author, most
recently, of The Grand Jihad:
How Islam and the Left Sabotage
America. Andrew C. McCarthy
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is Already
Unraveling
Conn Carroll (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:00:28 PM
Posted December 28th, 2010 at
3:00pm in Health Care Print This
Post
With all the talk about forcing
people to buy health insurance,
health insurance exchanges, and
high-risk pools, it is often
forgotten that most of what
Obamacare really is, is just a
massive expansion of an existing
and already failing entitlement
program. Of the 34 million
Americans who gain health
insurance through Obamacare,
over half(18 million) will receive
it through Medicaid.
In its current form, Medicaid is
already bankrupting states across
the country. Obamacare only
further overloads this already
broken system by expanding
Medicaid eligibility to include all
Americans under 133 percent of
the federal poverty level. While
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The Decay of the Kennedy Kingdom

Daniel Flynn (FrontPage pointed out that the Kennedy
Magazine » FrontPage) father-son duo in the 111 th
Submitted at 12/27/2010 10:40:08 PM Congress is being replaced in the
112 th Congress by Tea Party
The Bluest State has never felt so favorites Ron and Rand Paul. If
blue. Fifty years ago, Scott Brown’s capture of the
Massachusetts had just helped “Kennedy seat” wasn’t a sign of
elect its junior senator to the the times, then certainly the Pauls
presidency. Two years into his
presidency, John F. Kennedy
enjoyed dealing with another
becoming the new Kennedys is.
To add injury to insult, Splash, The Net
late Senator Ted Kennedy’s
native son, Boston pol John
McCormack, as Speaker of the
pooch, passed away at thirteen (an
elderly 68 in dog years) last week.
Neutrality
House. The political power of the
tiny state in the country’s eastern
extremity seemed boundless.
Things have gotten so bad for the
Kennedys that they’re outsourcing
the family business to in-laws.
Power Grab
Rich Trzupek (FrontPage
Today, the Bay State stands Vicki Kennedy, the Bayou State- Magazine » FrontPage)
poised to lose yet another bride of late Senator, is the Great
Submitted at 12/27/2010 10:43:44 PM
congressional seat—its fifth in as Slight Hope of Massachusetts
many decades. Massachusetts Democrats to regain the state’s The Federal Communications
looks into the funhouse mirror only federal office held by a Commission’s decision to start
and sees California or New York; Republican. Entering Boston on regulating the Internet is the
Though the late Senator was not dynasty, marked the occasion
reality reflects the electoral power Interstate 93, motorists are culmination of a plan that has
known as a friend of the with a “Patrick Kennedy through
of Tennessee or Indiana. What a greeted with a city-funded followed a classic leftist pattern:
Department of Defense during his the Years” pictorial. Its sister
difference a half-century makes. billboard featuring Vicki create a “problem,” declare that
life, the Department of Defense publication, The New York
The Royal Family of Kennedy. The low-key widow’s only big government can solve it,
has been a friend of the Senator Times, ran a mostly fawning front
Massachusetts who rode the recent high-profile appearances possibly solve it, and then use that
following his death. Roughly half -page piece on the retirement of
state’s rise has crashed with its have left Boston Globe columnist power to further your agenda.
of the $38 million already Ted Kennedy’s youngest son,
decline. Kennedy political clout, Joan Vennochi to observe: “Vicki FCC Commissioners voted three
allocated by Congress to fund the whose mental illness and drug
like that of their home base, has Kennedy is moving and shaking to two – strictly along party lines
Temple of Ted has been siphoned abuse overshadowed legislative
seen better days. all over town. So, even though she – to make the power grab.
from the defense budget. Why accomplishment.
Earlier this month, the Edward insists she isn’t interested in Regulation of the Internet is
fund two wars when there’s “This is a family that once had the
M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. running for the US Senate, her necessary, proponents of so-called
another monument to the presidency and two Senate seats,
Senate, a Boston-based shrine to name comes up every time “net neutrality” argue, in order to
Kennedys to build? and they’re now down to the
the late senator, lost out on $8.5 Massachusetts Democrats think prevent big Internet service
Next week will mark the first mayor of Santa Monica,” Darrell
million in requested earmarks. about trying to beat Republican providers like Verizon and
time since John F. Kennedy left M. West of the Brookings
Sensing the shift in political Senator Scott Brown in 2012.” Comcast from restricting or
the Senate to become president Institution told the Gray Lady.
winds, Senator John Kerry and inhibiting access to parts of the
that a Kennedy has not sat in “It’s a pretty dramatic fall, and
Rep. Ed Markey had already World Wide Web. Net neutrality
Congress. The Boston Globe, the it’s symbolic of the decline of
scaled down the earmark from an is thus a classic example of a
local booster paper for the liberalism.” The article also
original request of $30 million. solution in desperate need of a
problem, for you have to search
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Backdoor “Death Panels”?

Tait Trussell (FrontPage to death). The original provision (
Magazine » FrontPage) Section 1233) would have
Submitted at 12/27/2010 10:45:53 PM allowed a health care provider
other than a doctor to sign end-of-
In a stealthy move, the Obama life papers. Having doctors bring
administration has slipped end-of- up the subject at every annual
life planning, famously criticized physical may well suggest to
as “death panels,” back into the
law by means of a new Medicare
some patients that they must
decide on when they want to have
How the
regulation. The action was
exposed, equally stealthily, by
“the plug pulled.”
The attitude of backers of the end Value Added
The New York Times on -of-life provision is most
Christmas Day when few would
be reading the paper. The rule was
revealing. After learning that the
administration had reached up its
Tax Works
issued by Dr. Donald M. Berwick, sleeve to retrieve the controversial Conn Carroll (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
administrator of Medicare and provision, Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Medicaid Services (CMS) and an (D-OR), an enthusiastic supporter Submitted at 12/28/2010 12:00:09 PM

advocate of cost-cutting and of Oregon’s physician assisted

rationing of health care. The rule suicide law, is quoted in the Posted December 28th, 2010 at
takes effect Jan. 1. Times story as calling it “a quiet 1:00pm in Entitlements Print This
When the health care overhaul victory” but urged supporters not Post
was stumbling its way through to be overly vocal about it. “We The spending pace of President
Congress early this year, Sarah won’t be shouting from the Barack Obama and the 111th
Palin was excoriated by rooftops because we aren’t out of Congress simply cannot be
Democrats for suggesting that the the woods yet….this regulation sustained. There will either have
nascent law included“death could be modified …if to be spending cuts or higher
panels” for the elderly in order to and those toward the end of their denied cost saving over quality, Republican leaders try to use this taxes. The left prefers higher
save costs of treating the oldest lives[.]” the Medicare potentate, Dr. small provision to perpetuate the taxes, including the imposition of
and most expensive patients. In a Palin went on to write, “Is it any Donald Berwick, has secretly ‘death panel’ myth.” Hush, hush, a value-added tax (VAT). How
Wall Street Journal op-ed, Palin wonder that many of the sick and restored the end-of life provision Blumenauer cautioned in an e- would a VAT work. Heritage
wrote that Obama had asked elderly are concerned that the through a Medicare regulation. It mail, the Times reported. ”We scholar Curtis Dubay explains:
Congress to create an independent D e m o c r a t s ’ p r o p o s a l s w i l l s a y s M e d i c a r e w i l l c o v e r would ask that you not broadcast The VAT is a consumption tax
Medicare Advisory Council-–an ultimately lead to rationing of “ v o l u n t a r y a d v a n c e c a r e this accomplishment out to any of that taxes the value added by
unaccountable group of experts their health care by—dare I say planning” to discuss end-of-life your lists, even if they are businesses at each point in the
charged with containing Medicare it—death panels?” That phrase treatment as part of the annual supporters—e-mails can too production chain. It can apply to
costs. She pointed out that in an rang true for many Americans. doctor’s visit. Doctors will be easily be forwarded.” both manufactured goods and
interview with The New York Palin’s charge and building given federal money to have such services. This contrasts with the
Times, the president suggested criticism touched off a torrent of t a l k s w i t h p a t i e n t s . A n d more familiar income tax, which
that such a group “should guide confusion among Democrats. The discussions are to include such taxes salaries, wages, and the
decisions regarding that huge end-of-life planning was cut from topics as palliative measures and returns to savings, but does not
driver of cost…the chronically ill the legislation. But never-to-be- hospice (the last step on the way tax purchases. Because the VAT
is a consumption tax, it would
closely mirror the sales taxes that
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Obamacare will pay for all of the
benefit expansion for the first
three years, and 90% of it after
that, Obamacare never pays for
any of the state administrative
costs for adding those 18 million
Americans to their welfare rolls.
That amounts to billions in
unfunded federal mandates for
states to absorb.
Worse, current Medicaid
enrollees already have trouble
finding doctors who will see them
because, nationwide, Medicaid
pays only 56% as much as private
coverage does. And what state
Medicaid programs do pay
doctors for shrinks every day.
Bloomberg reports:
Washington State may not pay
for glasses anymore.
Massachusetts already chopped
dentures. As of Oct. 1, North
Carolina no longer covers surgery
for the clinically obese.
Governors nationwide are taking
a scalpel to Medicaid, the jointly
run state and federal health-care
program for 48 million poor
Americans, half of whom are
children. The single biggest
expense for states, Medicaid
consumes about 22 percent of
their total $1.6 trillion in
expenditures, more than what is
allocated to elementary and
secondary education, according to
a National Governors Association
report.
… person’s life?”
In California, Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger proposed $980
million in savings on Medi-Cal,
which covers 7.5 million people,
after previously slicing $110
million for acupuncture,
chiropractic and dental services in
2009. His Dec. 6 proposal
included $100-a-day copayments
for hospital stays and a limit of 10
doctor visits a year.
… on someone else's site, please read
Arizona will reduce payments to
doctors, hospitals and ambulance
services by 5 percent beginning
April 1, according to Monica
Coury, a spokeswoman for the
Arizona Health Care Cost
Containment System, the
Medicaid agency. … The state
stopped paying for heart, liver and
other transplants on Oct. 1,
prompting criticism of Governor
Jan Brewer, a Republican.
“We are the only state that has cut
transplant care,” state
Representative Anna Tovar, a
Democrat from Tolleson who
received a stem-cell transplant,
said in a telephone interview.
“Who are they to put a figure on a
Tovar asks a great question:
“Who are they to put a figure on a
person’s life?” But when the
government takes over health
care, which is what Obamacare’s
Medicaid expansion is, putting a
price on a person’s life is exactly
what happens.
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far and wide to find someone in
America who hasn’t been able to
go where he or she wanted to go
on the Internet, and – assuming
they paid for the bandwidth – at
lightning speed.
You don’t have to know much
more about net neutrality to
deduce that it’s a bad idea than to
consider the people and
organizations that have been
pushing the concept.
MoveOn.org, George Soros’
Open Society Institute and the
Pew Charitable Trust are among
the leftist powerhouses that have
provided the money necessary to
move Internet regulation forward.
The Wall Street Journal’s John
Fund reports that the idea was
originally proposed by Robert
McChesney, a University of
Illinois communications professor
and an admitted socialist. “At the
moment, the battle over network
neutrality is not to completely
eliminate the telephone and cable
companies,” McChesney told the
website SocialistProject in 2009.
“But the ultimate goal is to get rid
of the media capitalists in the
phone and cable companies and to
divest them from control.”
And so we’re left to consider
once again the great question of
the age: is big government the
answer to every problem, whether
real or perceived? Every time
something goes wrong, or any
time someone identifies a
potential risk, the default leftist
response is more government,
more regulations and more
bureaucrats. But, we all pay a
75
price for such expansion of the
nanny state. Any segment of the
economy that struggles under the
thumb of an intransigent,
unimaginative and all-powerful
regulatory agency inevitably
suffers. We thus trade the
potential of free-market prosperity
for the certainty of bureaucratic
intolerance. Distilled down to its
essentials, the leftist argument
ultimately concludes that the
positives of government mandated
equality outweigh whatever risks
of the free market we might have
to deal with, because the leftist
utopian equality imposed by the
state is an equality of mediocrity.
The stated goal of net neutrality
sounds so very wonderful: to
ensure that each and every
American has equal access to the
Internet and to ensure that ISPs
cannot arbitrarily limit that access.
The Internet is a public resource,
the argument continues, and
should be regulated like any other
public communications resource,
such as the television and radio
stations. If the consequences of
the FCC’s power grab were truly
benign, few people would care.
But, the fact is that we know from
bitter experience that once a
regulatory agency decides to sink
its claws into a particular sector of
the economy, it will dig deeper
and deeper until it exerts what
amounts to a death grip.
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After Amnesty: Getting Immigration continued from page 74

most Americans pay at the state government the difference

Reform Right and local levels. In fact,
consumers would experience no
between the VAT it collects and
the VAT it paid on inputs. The
Conn Carroll (The Foundry: difference between a national burden of the tax moves up the
Conservative Policy News.) sales tax and a VAT. A sales tax production chain until the
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:00:40 PM
and a VAT designed to raise equal consumer bears the full burden,
amounts of revenue would raise just like under the sales tax.
Posted December 28th, 2010 at the final price of purchases by You can read Dubay’s whole
2:00pm in Protect America Print roughly the same amount. paper here. He concludes:
This Post In the credit-invoice method, the Congress should ignore
In 1986, there were 2.7 million most common form of the VAT, a misguided siren calls for a VAT
illegal immigrants inside the business pays VAT on its and instead immediately address
United States. They were granted purchase of inputs and collect it its spending problems. Tax
a one-time amnesty. Illegal on its sales whether those sales increases will never reduce the
immigration crisis solved? are to another business or the final gap. Instead, Congress must cut
Hardly. More than twenty wears consumer. The business then spending to 20 percent of GDP or
later there were around 12 million submits the invoices that it lower. This would reduce the
illegal immigrants in the U.S. receives from its suppliers to the annual budget deficit to a more
How does the left want to solve government’s revenue agency. manageable level. The national
this problem? More amnesty. This The invoices detail the amount of debt would stabilize as a
would work about as well as it did Deployment of additional key enter the country legally should VAT that the business paid to its percentage of GDP and the threat
the last time. suppliers. Once the revenue that credit markets will stop
technologies as well as robust b e f a i r , o r d e r l y , a n d agency verifies that the business lending or raise interest rates
Since the recession began, the cooperation between U.S. and efficient—welcoming those who
number of illegal immigrants in Mexican law enforcement are abide by immigration laws and remitted the proper amount of tax would abate. None of these
the U.S. has actually fallen, thus vital for gaining control of the denying entry and advantages to on its sales and that the submitted necessary steps requires a VAT.
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voluntarily. Now that the left’s immigration laws inside the U.S. The U.S. should pilot truly filings by businesses give the on someone else's site, please read
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Win a Trip to Ford’s Focus Global Test Drive Event

in Spain [MASHABLE AWARDS]
Mashable Team (Mashable!) its paces on multiple test tracks Socialize: Facebook, Foursquare,
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Global Test Drive in Spain. Learn these select few be taking part in a Convention to Las Vegas on six continents. With about Adds 25 Film Classics
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and includes well-known classics
like Airplane!, The Exorcist and
The Empire Strikes Back, as well
as lesser known films like Make
Way for Tomorrow and
Tarantella.
The list of the 25 films the year
the film as released:
1. Airplane! (1980)
2. All the President’s Men (1976)
3. The Bargain (1914)
4. Cry of Jazz (1959)
5. Electronic Labyrinth: THX
1138 4EB (1967)
6. The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
7. The Exorcist (1973)
8. The Front Page (1931)
9. Grey Gardens (1976)
10. I Am Joaquin (1969)
11. It’s a Gift (1934)
12. Let There Be Light (1946)
13. Lonesome (1928)
14. Make Way for Tomorrow
(1937)
15. Malcom X (1992)
16. McCabe and Mrs. Miller
(1971)
17. Newark Athlete (1891)
18. Our Lady of the Sphere
(1969)
19. The Pink Panther (1964)
20. Preservation of Sign
Language (1913)
21. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
22. Study of a River (1996)
23. Tarantella (1940)
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(1945)
25. A Trip Down Main Street
(1906)
Do you know of any films not on
this or past lists that you think
should be in the registry? The
nomination period for 2011 is
open now and you can submit up
to 50 films to the Library of
Congress. The LOC maintains
this website highlighting some
films that are not currently in the
registry, in case you need some
inspiration.
We have also put together this
gallery of 10 of the better known
mainstream films on the 2010 list.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Eliz Kazan's first feature film,
released in 1945.
Airplane!
Released in 1980, this film
helped define the spoof genre and
made Leslie Nielsen a star.
All the President's Men
Dustin Hoffman and Robert
Redford starred as real-life
journalists Bob Woodward and
Carl Bernstein in 1976.
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138
4EB
George Lucas's 15-minute
student film from 1967.
The Empire Strikes Back
The 1980 sequel to Star Wars is
considered by many to be the best
of the series.
The Exorcist
William Fridedkin's 1973 film
continues to influence horror
films today.
Grey Gardens
This 1976 documentary was
adapted into an award winning
HBO mini-series.
Malcom X
Spike Lee directed this 1992
biopic, starring Denzel
Washington as Malcom X.
The Pink Panther
Peter Sellers stars in Blake
Edwards' 1964 comedy.
Saturday Night Fever
This 1977 film not only made
John Travolta a star, it embodies
the disco-era.
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The History of Tech via
Google’s Book Data
[CHARTS]
Sarah Kessler (Mashable!)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 1:54:46 PM
Since Google released its
searchable word frequency
database this month, it’s been
used to consider everything from
race in the 20th century to the
classic chicken vs. egg debate.
The Books Ngram Viewer pulls
together data from almost 5.2
million digitized books that were
written between 1500 and 2008.
the robot discussion peak appears
Users can search for words and
to have passed.
short phrases to see how often and
Hardware and Software
when they appeared throughout
People write more about
history.
programs than the machines they
As many a linguist has pointed
run on.
out, word frequency doesn’t
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
necessarily reflect culture. But
Literature loves Bill.
that didn’t stop us from playing
Apple vs. Microsoft
around with what is possibly the
Ngram is case sensitive, so
most addicting nerd tool of the
sentences that start with "apple"
year to map out a brief history of
could be included in what we read
tech.
as the computer company's name.
Technology = Computer
Operating Systems
You would think there would be
How many years before we write
a "technology" spike around
about Windows and Linux with
mainstream electricity use, but it
equal frequency?
looks like "technology" only
Browser Wars
started getting the word usage it
Literature references seem to
deserves in the computer age.
reflect market share, though
Television, Radio, and the
Safari did get a bit of a boost from
Internet
its homonym.
It seems that television didn't so
Web Portals and Search Engines
much kill the radio star as it did
Before Google, search engines
bring him to about its level.
usually existed within web portals
Robot
Personally, I am devastated that HISTORY page 79
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HISTORY
continued from page 78
like Yahoo. Yahoo actually used
Google search results until 2004.
Social Media
Books started to discuss social
media around the same time as
Twitter.
Cat vs. Dog
The Internet may love cats, but it
looks like authors of non-digital
content prefer to talk about dogs.
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Editorial: rechargeable batteries are a
vintage gadget's Achilles' heel
Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 2:01:00 PM
One of my favorite activities
around the holidays is visiting my
ever-growing collection of
discontinued (and often
hilariously outdated) mobile
hardware that I keep in storage.
It's an annual tradition for me --
an opportunity to pull stuff out of
the box, make sure all the devices,
accessories, and documentation
are insect- and vermin-free, clean
the battery contacts, blow off a
years' worth of dust, and generally
check that everything's in good
working order. Let me tell you, I
feel like a kid in a candy store
each and every time I pull out and
open those bins. I'll know that left in storage -- unused -- would - will leak all over the place,
when I stop feeling that way, it's remain in exactly the same eating through circuitry and
time to sell off the collection -- condition as the day you left it. oxidizing contacts beyond repair.
but for now, it's still every bit as I've learned the hard way, though, Continue reading Editorial:
exciting as when I started buying that the reality is a little more rechargeable batteries are a
random gadgets from my unpleasant: plastics seem to dry vintage gadget's Achilles' heel
childhood a decade ago. out and become brittle as the Editorial: rechargeable batteries
On the surface, you might years go by, and things start are a vintage gadget's Achilles'
assume that electronics are cracking and shattering. Boxes heel originally appeared on
timeless. They're made of and packaging degrade, almost as Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010
materials that are designed for if they're recycling themselves 14:01:00 EDT. Please see our
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App store milestones: Windows Phone 7 hits 5,000

as Android passes 200,000 available apps
Vlad Savov (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/28/2010 3:04:00 PM
Apps, apps, apps! Everywhere
you look, more apps. Both
Android and Windows Phone 7
have reportedly crossed a couple
of round number milestones
recently, giving us a decent idea
of the maturity gap between the
two. Microsoft's brand new OS
with an old OS' name has rounded
the 5,000 available apps corner --
that's according to two sources
keeping track of what's on offer in
the Marketplace -- while
AndroLib's latest data indicates
Android's crossed the 200,000
threshold when it comes to apps
and games taken together. We're
cautious on taking either of these
numbers as hard truth, particularly
since AndroLib was reporting
100,000 Android apps when there
were only 70,000-- but they do
provide rough estimates as to
where each platform is in terms of
quantity, if not quality. Now,
where do you think each will be
this time in 2011?
Continue reading App store
milestones: Windows Phone 7 hits
5,000 as Android passes 200,000
available apps
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Phone 7 hits 5,000 as Android
passes 200,000 available apps
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