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Police: Suspect arrested over Los Angeles airport dry ice devices was ‘prankster’

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 16, 2013 13 Comments

Police say a Los Angeles airport ground service employee who was arrested after several dry ice bombs were found at the airport Sunday and Monday left the devices as a prank. From the LA Times: The ground service employee arrested in connection with a string...

A passing victory for two failed ideologies

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 16, 2013 62 Comments

Updates: Why we fight.

Stop texting before you go to sleep

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 16, 2013 8 Comments

For all you smartphone addicts out there, it’s time to start silencing it or turning it off at night. Or at least stop sending texts before you go to sleep. In comes this earth shattering news that texting before you turn in for the night...

Senate restarts deal talks on shutdown and debt limit – UPDATED

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 16, 2013 16 Comments

Just a quick post to say that it looks like it will be back to discussing a Senate plan today, after no success with the House yesterday. There are a series of meetings that are supposed to occur today. We’ll add any major updates to...

Former San Diego Mayor Filner Pleads Guilty to Sex Harassment Charges

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 16, 2013 2 Comments

In news that is almost as surprising as the San Diego Chargers’ 19-9 Win over Indianapolis during Monday Night Football, it seems our former mayor is taking a trip down the road of personal responsibility. Bob Filner (Democrat) has plead guilty to three separate sex...

Daily Kos author should send inflated health care premium bill to Daily Kos

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 16, 2013 23 Comments

Daily Kos helped push the bill through the House in 2010 despite having warned earlier that the bill would increase insurance rates.

Greenwald to leave The Guardian for “very substantial new media outlet”

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 15, 2013 11 Comments

News broke this afternoon courtesy of Buzzfeed that Glenn Greenwald Will Leave Guardian To Create New News Organization: Glenn Greenwald, the lawyer and blogger who brought The Guardian the biggest scoop of the decade, is departing the London-based news organization, for a brand-new, large-scale, broadly focused media...

Two middle school girls arrested after bullied girl’s suicide

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 15, 2013 52 Comments

Two middle school girls were arrested by Florida authorities Monday evening and charged with felony Aggravated Stalking in connection with the case of 12 year old Rebecca Sedwick, who committed suicide in September. Sedwick took her own life after months of alleged bullying, which included...

Republican poll chasers and the madness of crowds

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2013 29 Comments

Do what’s right, and worry about the polls closer to November 2014

Gangster Disciple calls out Rahm, Jesse Jackson, on Chicago violence

Posted by Anne Segal on October 15, 2013 29 Comments

A former high-ranking member of “Gangster Disciples” street gang, “Noonie G,” has called out the Chicago machine for failing to address the root causes of Chicago violence: the illegal drug trade. Speaking to Breitbart’s Rebel Pundit, he referred to people like Jesse Jackson, Jr., and...

Senate and House work on competing plans on shutdown and debt limit – UPDATE

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 15, 2013 20 Comments

See UPDATES at the bottom of this post. There have been some new developments today as the negotiations on the shutdown and debt limit continue. The big one is that the House GOP is now charting a separate fiscal course as the Senate nears a...

Twitter now allows direct messages from any follower, regardless of followback

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 15, 2013 5 Comments

For those of you who use Twitter, here’s some useful news. From The Verge: Twitter is rolling out an option to ease the use of direct messages. Traditionally, Twitter has allowed users who follow each other to send direct messages back and forth, or for...

The War of the New York Times Against Benjamin Netanyahu

Posted by David Gerstman on October 15, 2013 8 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 10/15/2013 The New York Times ramps up its campaign against Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Brave Hearts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 15, 2013 16 Comments

Yesterday. I’m on vacation at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thought you’d like this: the Park Service has closed the Wright Brothers Memorial. I took photos from my iPhone this morning. The cars parked out in front are not Park Service cars; they are...

Google+ users change profile pics to Google’s Eric Schmidt to protest new ads

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 14, 2013 17 Comments

(Photo: Google) Many Google users were recently annoyed to find that their user names and profile pictures may soon appear next to ads and listings called shared endorsements across various Google pages. From ABC News: The day after Facebook announced that it was removing a...

Latest updates on talks over shutdown, debt limit deal

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 14, 2013 16 Comments

There have been a series of meetings today to discuss the situation on the shutdown and debt limit. Some headlines from this afternoon, if you’re just catching up: Reuters reports Senators close in on deal as threat of default nears: The plan under discussion would...

KY man gets prison time for hacking social networking accounts to change conservative comments

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 14, 2013 32 Comments

A 38-year old Kentucky man has been sentenced to five months in prison and two years probation after hacking into accounts on the SodaHead.com social networking site to change comments that held conservative views*. From Cincinnati.com: His lawyer dubbed him the Robin Hood of pranksters....

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