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Hackers Creating Bogus Facebook Likes Through Unsuspecting Users’ Accounts
on August 02, 2013
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As if determining the fakes from reality wasn't already enough of a drag on social media. If you notice your Facebook account has suddenly "liked" a product and you knew nothing about it, an enterprising (and dishonest) hacker might be the cause. From The Telegraph: The number...
The hoodie: et tu, Smithsonian?
on August 02, 2013
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So now we have word that the Smithsonian is "eyeing" Trayvon Martin's hoodie for its new branch, the National Museum of African American History and Culture. According to the branch's director Lonnie Bunch: It became the symbolic way to talk about the Trayvon Martin case...
Obama admin using media against Israel
on August 02, 2013
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Mideast Media Sampler - 08/02/2013 - How the Obama administration is playing Israel in the Mainstream Media...
Bahraini Government’s Deceptive Twitter Tactics Target Dissent
on August 02, 2013
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The Bahraini government has reportedly resorted to some drastic measures in its effort to silence dissent. Citing a recent report from Bahrain Watch, the Foreign Policy blog describes how the government there tricks Twitter users into clicking links that reveal their IP address, thus identifying...
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Famous tax-cheating Congressman compares Tea Party to segregationist “White Crackers”
on August 02, 2013
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As opposed to the "creepy ass crackers"?...
Why the sex scandals really matter.
on August 02, 2013
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I have noticed some of the comments on the pieces regarding San Diego's scandal-ridden mayor, Bob Filner, saying that the news is a distraction from items that really impact citizens, and that the women were consenting adults who didn't complain...
Anne Sorock radio interview: Why Republicans won’t call themselves Republicans
on August 02, 2013
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The Frontier Lab's Switching Behavior study, which identified four core events that preceded disaffiliation from the Republican label, has been picked up by everyone from Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity to Vicki McKenna Yesterday morning, I joined Philadelphia's Rich Zeoli show to discuss the study's findings -- and...
Slow ride
on August 02, 2013
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take it easy. From Tugboat Phil in Virginia: I was perusing Ebay for Simplicity riding mowers and found a great addition to the bumper sticker collection. I'd never seen a mower quite this adorned before, but I may have to do mine up now. This was for auction in...
Fed Judge: Obama DREAM policy illegal, but ICE agents can’t sue
on August 01, 2013
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For now at least, Obama's illegal DREAM policy lives on....
NSA leaker Edward Snowden offered job with Russian social networking site
on August 01, 2013
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden may not have to wait long to start a new career in Russia, that is, if he has any interest in working for the country's equivalent for Facebook. From Reuters: American fugitive Edward Snowden was offered a job by Russia's top social networking...
Has the world gone crazy?
on August 01, 2013
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Or is it just me?
Maybe it’s always been this way and the viral nature of social media simply brings about more chatter and news coverage of these things in this day and age. Or maybe it truly is a culture thing.
https://twitter.com/Liberty_Chick/status/363018816596361216
https://twitter.com/Liberty_Chick/status/363019094108274689
https://twitter.com/Liberty_Chick/status/362989789009547264
https://twitter.com/Liberty_Chick/status/363058044604653568
Arab Member Knesset: “We were here before you and we’ll be here after you’re gone”
on August 01, 2013
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Netanyahu responds: "The first part is untrue, and the second won’t come true.”...
Surprise! The presidency actually requires some skills
on August 01, 2013
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We in America have been pretty lucky for quite a long time. Despite the fact that our method of electing presidents hardly guarantees greatness or even competence, we've mostly had presidents who displayed at least the latter, competence. And we've even be blessed with quite...
Of Government Shutdowns and ObamaCare Funding
on August 01, 2013
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Ted Cruz is urging Republicans in Congress to fight to defund the ObamaCare Tax train wreck and stated that he feels many in the GOP are too frightened to do so. Apparently, the 1995-1996 shutdowns were such a disaster for the GOP that many "top"...
Will Hamas suck up to Iran to save itself?
on August 01, 2013
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Mideast Media Sampler 08/01/2013...
Edward Snowden Leaves Airport After Russia Grants Temporary Asylum
on August 01, 2013
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden has left Sheremetyevo Airport after receiving his paperwork today approving temporary asylum in Russia. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/362904185357860864 From the NY Times: After a month holed up in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor wanted by the United...
