Rap Genius CoFounder Searching for a Lucky Lady to Eat Sushi Off His Penis
(Photo: Sumner Dilworth, courtesy of Vibe) The cofounders behind the lyric annotation database RapGenius are kind of like a trio of Tom Haverfords, albeit with a $15 million series A instead of a...
View ArticleWhite House Surprised That Republicans Were Surprised By Fiscal Cliff Plan
“This is the approach that garnered the President a lot of support in the election”. HATFIELD, Penn. — A White House spokesman expressed shock Frida that Republicans were shocked by the...
View ArticleU.S. diplomat hopes song can win over Pakistan
A US official is taking a novel approach to diplomacy in Pakistan — singing in a local language to build bridges in one of the world’s most dangerous countries, where anti-Americanism runs rampant....
View ArticleCopyright Hardliners Adapt ‘Copyright Reform’ Language; They Just Mean In The...
Neelie Kroes has emerged as perhaps the most Net-savvy politician in the European Commission, with her repeated calls for a new approach to copyright in Europe that takes cognizance of the shift to a...
View ArticleHow to live well: A handy reading list
Over the New Year, people will be looking at themselves, making resolutions, starting afresh. Do you think that this introspection is a good thing, or are we too full of anxiety when we re-evaluate...
View ArticleBoehner’s Backroom Deal
Here’s one thing President Obama and Speaker Boehner agree on: they don’t want you to know what happened at their meeting Sunday about taxes and spending. “We’re not reading out details of the...
View ArticleBoehner: Spending, Not Taxes, Stalling Fiscal Cliff Deal
Speaker of the House signals Republicans will agree to higher tax rates on rich. WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House John Boehner sought Thursday to build a case for blaming President Barack Obama for...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg on Taxi Apps: ‘There Is a Group of Cab Owners That Are...
Mayor Bloomberg and Jack Dorsey during Square's short-lived pilot program. This morning, on his weekly Friday radio show with John Gambling, Mayor Bloomberg discussed the Taxi and Limousine...
View ArticleConservatives Push Back Against Boehner’s "Plan B"
“There's a core conservative principle here at stake,” Rep. Heulskamp says. Image by Gary Cameron / Reuters WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans continued to push back Wednesday against House Speaker...
View ArticleGary Anderson: How Should Educators Respond to the Gun Lobby?
Talk of elementary schools as "soft targets" and making them "harder targets" or having more "boots on the ground" is everywhere in the media. Saner voices are promoting a restorative justice approach...
View ArticleMartin Bourqui: Divestment Proponents: Our Math Is Sound
Talking about fossil fuels solely within the sphere of the policy approach or as a "good" or "bad" investment ignores the realities of extraction on the ground.Read More... … Read More
View ArticleUnsolved issues loom ahead of Pakistan polls
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View ArticleNew York artist to debut ‘drone-proof’ anti-surveillance clothing line
Image from primitivelondon.co.ukSome fashonistas strive for sexy when it comes to clothes, but one artist from New York is taking a rather utilitarian approach with outfits — he’s about to unveil a...
View Article‘Take Syrian president’s ideas into account’ – Moscow
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks at the Opera House in Damascus January 6, 2013 (Reuters / Sana)As Russian and US diplomats prepare for a meeting with the international mediator for Syria,...
View ArticleShort Bouts Of Physical Activity Can Help You Meet Exercise Guidelines, Study...
You don't have to be a gym rat to get your daily exercise, according to a new study. The findings, published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, show that small bouts of physical activity...
View ArticleNuclear agency talks with Iran fail again
The chief UN atomic inspector said Thursday that talks with Iran had failed again to reach a deal on agreeing enhanced inspections of Tehran’s nuclear programme, and that no new meeting had been set....
View ArticleHow Western Muslims distort the true Islam
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View ArticleEric Bledsoe Dunk Contest Video: Clippers Star Throws Down Reverse Windmill...
Eric Bledsoe took an old-school approach to his second dunk in the 2013 Slam Dunk Contest. And it blew everyone away.The 6'1" Clippers guard threw a high bounce pass to himself, caught the ball in...
View ArticleNYC to Purge "Mentally Ill"
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View ArticleDaily Report: Barnes & Noble Weighs Its E-Reader Investment
In Monday's New York Times, Leslie Kaufman reports on the outlook for Barnes & Noble's Nook Media division, which includes sales of e-books and devices. Losses in the division are considerable, and...
View ArticleFor Autodesk, a Step Into a Nanoscale World
This week at the TED conference in Long Beach, Calif., Autodesk will take the first public step toward translating its computer design approach into the emerging nanoscale world of synthetic biology...
View ArticleIt’s Come to This: Obama Campaign Collecting Petition Signatures to Stop...
It’s as if President Obama’s not in charge of the executive branch when he doesn’t want to be. The latest fearmongering missive on the sequester from the Obama campaign, via former White House aide,...
View ArticleWho agrees with jesse Ventura
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View ArticleFox Targets Pirate Bay Proxies With Bogus DMCA Requests
Like many other copyright holders Fox isn’t pleased that their content is being shared for free on The Pirate Bay. To make pirated copies harder to find the Hollywood studio asks Google to remove links...
View ArticleDo Republicans Need a Conservative Version of the Welfare State to Win?
My friend Matthew Continetti has an interesting piece in the Weekly Standard explicating the “double bind” that Republicans face in trying to become electorally competitive again. He explains: The...
View ArticleDesperate New York City authorities to sterilize rats
"Our product is not designed to eradicate any species. That'sa human error that needs to not be repeated,” said Dr. LorettaMayer, co-founder of SenesTech, the company that developed thechemical...
View ArticleN. Dakota pushes abortion ban: ‘Life begins at conception’
The resolution was passed on Friday and will appear on nextyear’s ballot.It will state: “The inalienable right to life of every humanbeing at any stage of development must be recognized...
View ArticleBernanke leaves door open for Cyprus-style confiscation of savings
But when asked whether the U.S. would consider a Cyrpus-style approach to taking money from savers, Bernanke was ambiguous at best, as he usually is when the time comes to speak clearly. … Read More
View ArticleCyprus deal is a new template – senior EU lawmaker
The Cyprus deal will serve as a template for future bank restructuring in the eurozone and will see the European Parliament now demanding big shareholders, bondholders and uninsured depositors to take...
View ArticleFalse Flag Attacks in Syria Pin Atrocities on Assad and Justify “Red Line”...
Since the ridiculous “red line” talk has been repeated in government halls and press conferences since late 2012 by both President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as well as...
View ArticleA Big Data Weapon for the Mobile Ad Challenge
Mobile advertising is beginning to grow rapidly, but are marketers throwing their dollars away? Audience measurement and targeting is far more primitive with mobile apps than on the Web. Mobilewalla, a...
View ArticleObama budget reportedly includes cuts to Social Security
;WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is proposing cuts to Social Security as an attempt to compromise with Republicans on the budget.A senior administration official says the budget Obama will offer...
View ArticleCox Targets Pirates With “10+ Strikes” Program
With 3.5 million Internet subscribers Cox is one of the few large Internet providers in the U.S. that doesn’t participate in the Copyright Alert System. However, that doesn’t mean that the ISP is a...
View ArticlePART 11 UKIP Spring Conference 2013 – Godfrey Bloom MEP – A New Approach to Tax
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View ArticleS Korea’s twin-track approach to Pyongyang
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View ArticleDavid Harsanyi on Obama’s Mythical Centrism
Barack Obama's quest for a "balanced approach" is the lifeblood of his political success, writes David Harsanyi, and also its biggest myth. View this article. … Read More
View Article‘West must think twice about Syrian military invasion’
Britain has echoed the claims coming from the US, saying it has growing evidence Syrian government troops have used chemical weapons. With London announcing it's extremely serious, and US President...
View ArticleOregon teen accused of conspiring to top Columbine massacre
Grant Acord, 17, was arrested late Thursday at his Albany home and taken to a juvenile jail. He is suspected of manufacturing and possessing explosive devices, which he stored in a secret compartment...
View ArticleThe Real Meaning of President Obama’s National Security Speeches
The president will continue and even expand drone attacks overseas because they are “less deadly” than ground invasions. He promises to be more careful in the future. … Read More
View ArticleNSA Utah Data Center Facility and New NSA Maryland Data Center Contract...
The NSA was just awarded $565m to construct another massive NSA Data Center, along with the existing NSA Utah Data Center facility under construction. … Read More
View ArticleNSA claims inability to search agency’s own emails
The claim came in response from a Freedom of Information Act request sent by Justin Elliot, a reporter at Pro Publica seeking to identify to relationship between the NSA and the National Geographic...
View ArticleAloha! Hawaii to offer homeless one-way ticket out of state
Under a program dubbed 'return to home' the Aloha State is looking to cut back on the expenditures currently going to food, shelter and other services for its homeless population, currently numbering...
View ArticleFinancial Fukushima: Is ‘Abenomics’ making Japan ‘Abenauseous’?
Ladies and Gentlemen, Japan is basically screwed. There are no two ways about it – with its rapidly-aging population, the unmanageable environmental disaster in Fukushima, and government debt to GDP...
View ArticleMaterials implicating Syrian govt in chemical attack prepared before incident...
Moscow continues to monitor closely the event surrounding the “alleged” chemical attack near Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich, said in a statement. “We’re getting...
View ArticleWhy Obama is at a loss over Syria
But let’s consider: How should we interpret “punish” in this case, anyway? To “punish” a regime for an alleged event within that country’s borders is hyperbole, and a clear indication Obama doesn’t...
View ArticleFederal government won’t challenge marijuana legalization laws
Attorney General Eric Holder announced the landmark decision on Thursday when he spoke with the governors of Washington state and Colorado, where recreational pot use was legalized last November. In a...
View ArticleRussia releases key findings on chemical attack near Aleppo indicating...
RT's LIVE UPDATES on Syrian 'chemical weapons' crisis A statement released by the ministry on Wednesday particularly drew attention to the “massive stove-piping of various information aimed at placing...
View ArticleMerkel’s poisoned chalice
First place in an election is insufficient. You must achieve a parliamentary majority or risk becoming a lame duck. In the cold light of day, Merkel has failed. She is a few seats from a majority in...
View ArticleSymbolic handshake could represent a huge change in US-Iranian relations
Limbert, a veteran US diplomat who was taken captive by revolutionaries in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and later served as US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran, remains an advocate for...
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Yahoo snaps up social data visualization startup Vizify
Vizify, a startup that lets users transform their social media data into graphics, yesterday announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo. The smaller company made the announcement on its website,...
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