tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62455085620227260042024-03-14T05:31:57.653-04:00Say Cheese!<b>Broadminded Broadband... A multi-media digest served fresh daily.</b>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.comBlogger4193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-6655258265591208532011-04-12T01:00:00.025-04:002011-04-12T01:00:09.061-04:00No War is Civil<span style="font-size: large;">Civility is a casualty before the first shot.</span><br />
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Just before dawn, 150 years ago today, the Civil War started with a single cannon shot which sailed over Charleston Harbor and exploded above the federal garrison at Fort Sumter, setting the stage for four years of carnage that cost more than 600,000 American lives.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/04/08/sumpter2_custom.jpg" width="400" /></div>Currier & Ives lithograph of the 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter, in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, from the Library of Congress.<br />
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You can hear arguments about the name still echoing through the former Confederate States, where some still seriously contend our bloodiest war wasn't really about slavery... America's original sin.<br />
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Adam Goodheart’s new book is “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/1861-Civil-Awakening-Adam-Goodheart/dp/1400040159" target="_blank"><b>1861: The Civil War Awakening</b></a>.”<br />
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<tr><td width="90"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3WUMeM4lrYhkMxVViBYlF7RsQMnHdubonxm4fesOjIi1P7MmobDb3CwC9hw9lFYPHBFTsX3152M0Vlp3s0ZSXeyGFVh9oHBRMIrL_boS3UAnfzLeEKoFRE7sAK3Pzqer3Fs57iwSqdA/s400/here%252Bnow.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 75px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 75px;" /></td><td valign="middle"><span style="font-size: large;">Did the Conflict Ever End?</span><br />
<div id="playerembed"><object data="http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g" height="24" id="audioplayer1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"><param name='movie' value='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&bg=0x53868B&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0xff0000&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&soundFile=http://audio.wbur.org/storage/2011/04/hereandnow_0411_civil-war-anniversary.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#EEEECC' /><param name='wmode' value='opaque' /></object></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Audio Embed: BBC, PRI & WBUR's <a href="http://www.hereandnow.org/" target="_blank">Here & Now</a> 4/11/11. <br />
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The New York Times series: <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/disunion/" target="_blank"><b>Disunion- the Civil War’s unfolding</b></a>.<br />
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Ken Burns' treatment of <a href="http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/" target="_blank"><b>The Civil War</b></a> repeated on PBS last week.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other signs of the Aporkalypse...</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/briankusler/2337430825/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2337430825_715f1e1c7e_z.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Can you smell what Victoria's Secret is cooking?<br />
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Holy Taco's collection of <a href="http://www.holytaco.com/50-things-made-better-bacon/" target="_blank">50 things made better by bacon</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a ?="" href="http://www.holytaco.com/50-things-made-better-bacon/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="720" src="http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2009/12/coke-with-bacon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-33982197434794257492011-04-12T00:56:00.005-04:002011-04-12T00:56:00.446-04:00Banned From Bus Sides<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/israel_bus_sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="245" s5="true" src="http://frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/israel_bus_sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>A ban that began with saying no to this bus board, has been expanded to prohibit all forms of "political" advertising on the King County Metro, the Seattle area's largest public transit system.<br />
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Reporter: Liz Jones.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>In September 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council's <a href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/12session/A-HRC-12-48.pdf" target="_blank">Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict</a> headed by Justice Richard Goldstone found strong evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both Israel and Hamas during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War" target="_blank">Gaza conflict</a> (during the winter of 2008–2009); urging the international community as a whole to put an end to impunity for violations of international law in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<br />
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The South African jurist was no novice in the field. He had previously investigated, or prosecuted, similar allegations pertaining to the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He also didn't come to the task with an anti-Israeli bias... Justice Richard Goldstone is a Jew.monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-48027709017506619032011-04-12T00:55:00.004-04:002011-04-12T00:55:00.117-04:00Sex Ed with Julia Sweeney<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="420" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ry-LwxR746s?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
Discussing birds, bees (and frogs) with her eight-year-old daughter.monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-69901969416811829022011-04-11T01:00:00.001-04:002011-04-11T01:00:06.095-04:00411In the United States there will be more than 6 billion calls to directory assistance this year... The phone company already has your number.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" target="_blank">Lily Tomlin</a> as "<b>Ernestine</b>" from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh-In" target="_blank">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a> (1969-73)monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-12323291810966745482011-04-11T00:59:00.009-04:002011-04-11T07:43:44.386-04:00Belgium Gets By<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLXtgMQsJiAnXgbYbUgeyPHCazo8tb-2vzLvjUXwau1bBlB9twRjp3D_zr_ODLd-dX6h24qx_UqZc9lQj9uYLfIMoA6tg3b4snJ8NQYkzJ16KcAoLUK0MaMtHrAIKWy4QWJIkx2D2z8Q/s1600/belgium-regions-colors-name.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLXtgMQsJiAnXgbYbUgeyPHCazo8tb-2vzLvjUXwau1bBlB9twRjp3D_zr_ODLd-dX6h24qx_UqZc9lQj9uYLfIMoA6tg3b4snJ8NQYkzJ16KcAoLUK0MaMtHrAIKWy4QWJIkx2D2z8Q/s1600/belgium-regions-colors-name.gif" width="400" /></a></div>As last minute budget theatrics threatened at least a partial shutdown in Washington DC, very little attention has been paid to the fact that already has happened in Brussels, where it's business as usual.<br />
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Saturday marked 300 days without a central government for the country of Belgium, surpassing the record formerly held by Iraq. Officials there are in a political stalemate over budget issues and electoral districts, but many Belgians say the absence of a government doesn't make much difference in daily lives. Host Scott Simon talked with Belgian columnist and journalist Gerrit Six.<br />
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An M thru F experience via Failblog</a></div>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-37770285184588085732011-04-11T00:57:00.006-04:002011-04-11T08:37:37.732-04:00Snow Ball Fight In Space<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com/2009/09/equinox-close-up-of-planets-rings.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcz-exwRT0NzpA0QGxksR0ZN84NPMu5lYcilVCB1B6O1xMG-MQ_nRtgfwOEi9JRusjrcG7B3n-mZ0g4T4ag4a16jzJeJY_Xe1EGzkXPjYSdxr0HalZK8zRz7fs6O9D9yMdxx3RnKa4qOM/s400/saturn+fpsoftlab+com.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Gas giants' ring ripples chronicle evidence of chaotic collisions.</b><br />
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<div id="playerembed"><object data="http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g" height="24" id="audioplayer1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"><param name='movie' value='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&bg=0x53868B&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0xff0000&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&soundFile=http://fetch.noxsolutions.com/ww1/mp3/osgood_04012011_925.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#EEEECC' /><param name='wmode' value='opaque' /></object></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Audio Embed: CBS Radio's <a href="http://www.osgoodfile.com/" target="_blank">Osgood File</a> 4/1/11.</span></td></tr>
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And coming in June, a TNT mini series called "<a href="http://www.tnt.tv/series/fallingskies/" target="_blank"><b>Falling Skies</b></a>."<br />
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In the spot "<a href="http://creativity-online.com/work/washington-lottery-joust/22835"target="_blank">Segways at Dawn</a>," two knights solemnly strap on their armour in preparation for a joust. As the contest begins, it's revealed they're in a muddy field on Segways with a group of friends watching. <br />
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From Cole & Webber via creativity-online</a></div>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-86390468567677288942011-04-10T01:00:00.004-04:002011-04-10T01:00:04.467-04:00Desperate and Distracting<span style="font-size: large;">Eva Longoria's Wardrobe Malfunction</span><br />
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David Letterman gets more than a tasty hint of cilantro!<br />
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Mr. Warmth probably has a larger cup size.monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-51614460335052311412011-04-10T00:59:00.005-04:002011-04-10T00:59:00.243-04:00Long Ball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bottom-33rd-Redemption-Baseballs-Longest/dp/006201448X" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hG4TRgq7L._SS500_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>People who complain about the pace of baseball, calling a nine-inning game an eternity, obviously had never heard of the 33-inning game in 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings... Dan Barry has. And he <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bottom-33rd-Redemption-Baseballs-Longest/dp/006201448X" target="_blank">wrote the book</a> on the longest ballgame ever.<br />
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Host: Bill Littlefield.</span></td></tr>
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Jon Cryer's musical production number will be featured tonight on:<br />
<b>The Comedy Awards</b> - Comedy Central, Sunday 4/10/11, 9pm E/Pmonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-19837385529597390492011-04-10T00:57:00.041-04:002011-04-11T10:34:59.106-04:00Mapping Stereotypes<b>Some humorous, some hurtful, each with some truth...</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sayin' No to Nevada</span><br />
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John Coulter's illustration for the Las Vegas Sun</a></div>Politicians' contradictory excuses for <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/mar/31/why-out--state-companies-reject-us/" target="_blank">why businesses don’t want to locate in Nevada</a>... Because it's really Mississippi with a desert.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Continental U.S.</span><br />
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‘Amercia In My Book’ by Haley Nahman</a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The "Dark (Perspective) Continent"</span><br />
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Yanko Tsvetkov's vision of Africa as seen through American eyes</a></div>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-54885868744860286302011-04-10T00:56:00.024-04:002011-04-10T00:56:00.506-04:00Eye Can See Clearly Now<b>Education spending question: What if a $10 purchase could buy you a 50% increase in how much a child learned in a school year?</b><br />
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Illustration by Vanessa Brantley Newton</a></div>Paul Glewwe (rhymes with ‘heavy’) and Albert Park did it by giving away $10 eyeglasses to schoolchildren with poor eyesight in China.<br />
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<tr><td width="90"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHwRnYKnTcB2qIyMIUJoVjUbCiewRRPiSUJUhVBnDCewAWVjLKe3T_4W5R9zdBeYmcfZfdTz1i0bf3SwAsI965QsJKFgjw-NZ3WXJcAUxmb7DE7LlFwA1qgfBI0zB8wqiBN4RS1RmWU0/s400/freakonomics.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 75px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 75px;" /></td><td valign="middle"><span style="font-size: large;">Eyesight, Education & Economics</span><br />
<div id="playerembed"><object data="http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g" height="24" id="audioplayer1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"><param name='movie' value='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&bg=0x53868B&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0xff0000&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&soundFile=http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/freakonomics_market/freakonomics_market040511.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#EEEECC' /><param name='wmode' value='opaque' /></object></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Audio Embed: APM & WNYC's <a href="http://freakonomicsradio.com/" target="_blank">Freakonomics Radio Podcast</a> 4/5/11, Host: Stephen J. Dubner</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-60563671926679486002011-04-10T00:55:00.002-04:002011-04-10T00:55:00.599-04:00Glamour Photo Shoot<span style="font-size: large;">The Real Housewives of Late Night</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/categories/the-real-housewives-of-late-night/1163947/" target="_blank">See more continuing drama</a> from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-20422513125953886822011-04-09T01:00:00.015-04:002011-04-09T21:40:00.192-04:00In The Midnight HourA great Memphis soul song, but one crazy way to fund a government.<br />
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Wilson Pickett - "<b>In The Midnight Hour</b>" - The Exciting Wilson Pickett<br />
Radio Audizioni Italiane TV (c.1966)<br />
<hr /><b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/08/-government-shutdown-pickup-lines_n_846827.html#s262799&title=Nick_Graham" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a> collected a slide show of 25 (mostly) semi-humorous <span style="color: #0099cc;">#govtshutdownpickuplines</span>. It's a wonder wonks breed.</b>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-40074468366679505852011-04-09T00:59:00.015-04:002011-04-09T21:58:23.313-04:00Tweak Your Week<span style="font-size: large;">Morning Joe</span><br />
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Meatloaf's massive meltdown, April Fool's anchor prank & budget.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Daily Show: Recap - Week of 4/4/11</span><br />
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Billy Crystal's first tweet, and confronting Middle East sexism.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Colbert Report: Recap - Week of 4/4/11</span><br />
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James Franco debates art and Stephen prepares for royal wedding.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Late Night</span><br />
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Jimmy Fallon reads his favorite tweets, hashtag = #worstspringbreak<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Week in Unnecessary Censorship</span><br />
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from Jimmy Kimmel Live<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who's Gone Too Far This Week?</span><br />
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Click through for details</a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Onion Review</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slashfilm/~3/kfhBcW5Ly0I/" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/jessica-biel.jpg" width="400" /><br />
More Sharon Stone or Rachel Titocin?</a></div>Click through for Slash Film's discussion.monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-91440934101867880322011-04-09T00:57:00.004-04:002011-04-09T01:41:21.461-04:00Thanks, Left Out Un-History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thisisindexed.com/2011/04/think-of-all-the-un-things-that-made-today-possible/" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://thisisindexed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/card2856-380x228.jpg" width="400" /><br />
Causality, Indexed by Jessica Hagy</a></div><table border="0"><tr><td width="90"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MJdUmoOI-mI9q02m165iTcwkNBksN5FuHGMlzLPVzrV7DPIyekz49RRERGPNGj59kAnfHIFNWhdEfHn2hfzBNxK4UlDzCtctOwB-wuZCFjnCaM4UgEG2Tii30uCVAE-V8ivJPcY9dvQ/s400/osgood.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></td><td width="*" valign="middle"><span style="font-size: large;">"Then Everything Changed"</span><br /><div id="playerembed"><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&bg=0x53868B&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0xff0000&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&soundFile=http://fetch.noxsolutions.com/ww1/mp3/osgood_04072011_825.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#EEEECC' /><param name='wmode' value='opaque' /></object></div><span style="font-size:85%;">Audio Embed: Audio Embed: CBS Radio's <a href="http://www.osgoodfile.com/"target="_blank">Osgood File</a> 4/8/11.</span></td></tr></table>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-76606968621624118092011-04-09T00:56:00.002-04:002011-04-09T01:11:02.260-04:00Speed Kills<span style="font-size: large;">But Far Too Slowly For Texas</span><br />
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The Lone Star state already has the fastest speed limits in the nation at 80 mph... But now has raised them to 85. An oil industry stimulus?<br />
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Video analysis by Newsy.commonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-77858597066838995302011-04-09T00:55:00.004-04:002011-04-09T01:55:52.889-04:00Efficient Child Abuse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9gag/~3/buNk4Xoi0zE/101497" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://d3uwin5q170wpc.cloudfront.net/photo/101497_460s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-18296048983437935712011-04-09T00:54:00.003-04:002011-04-09T06:59:41.190-04:00Fact Check That Fool<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" id="msnbc81c28c" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=42490812&width=420&height=245" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc81c28c" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="420" height="245" FlashVars="launch=42490812&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br />
As blowhard reality show tycoon Donald Trump flirts with running for president in 2012 and spreads birther claims no more believable than his hair, NBC's Lisa Myers reports what truth she learned in Hawaii.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Conan Coaxes Truth From Trump</span><br />
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<tr><td width="90"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpLNymz4enjiQp2_23NDO3UM5wp8VPpXpbwVe4EkAueGmZr3Zkrmt62K7OsxuvXMWzAjnbcfhT1-PmIFBX6yQiNLb7v3_BjIXtgss67VdaWcW2KuiyoUPb_nFZoAwMhBweXcEAB0J-UI/s400/kiro-fm.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 75px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 75px;" /></td><td valign="middle"><span style="font-size: large;">The Donald Is Dangerous</span><br />
<div id="playerembed"><object data="http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g" height="24" id="audioplayer1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"><param name='movie' value='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf?m=1236370442g' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&bg=0x53868B&leftbg=0xeeeeee&lefticon=0x666666&rightbg=0xcccccc&rightbghover=0x999999&righticon=0xff0000&righticonhover=0xffffff&text=0x666666&slider=0x666666&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0x666666&loader=0x9FFFB8&soundFile=http://icestream.bonnint.net/seattle/kiro/2011/04/04082011112238_2.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#EEEECC' /><param name='wmode' value='opaque' /></object></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Audio Embed: <a href="http://mynw.com/?sid=25904&nid=173&cid=2" target="_blank">Dave Ross</a>, KIRO-FM/Seattle, 4/8/11.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Kimmel Live - Donald Trump for President</span><br />
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<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="420" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PJRrXXrxIeY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-28608543923307849232011-04-08T01:00:00.014-04:002011-04-08T01:02:51.346-04:00Dump Trump!I've previously referred to Donald Trump (Birther-NY) as a "<b>publicity whore</b>" and "<b>egomaniacal entrepreneur</b>." His latest stupid and self-aggrandizing spew as a political poser hasn't changed that opinion.<br />
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Donald Trump told Meredith Vieira he has people on the ground in Hawaii investigating the president's birth certificate. It works for Republican polls & TV ratings, but the argument is phony as the hair.<br />
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The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/trumps-disgusting-dangerous-dance-with-birthers/2011/03/04/AFB83ZvC_blog.html" target="_blank">went after the facts</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in Black, Deserves A Rerun</span><br />
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Lewis Black thinks publicity whore/political poser Donald Trump has what it takes to be the crazy third-world dictator that America needs.monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245508562022726004.post-73961709073965701302011-04-08T00:59:00.030-04:002011-04-08T00:59:00.460-04:00Mad Ads<span style="font-size: large;">Clothes to the Edge</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://adweek.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c51c053ef014e602fc431970c-450wi" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="http://adweek.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c51c053ef014e602fc431970c-450wi" width="400" /></a></div>Calvin Klein's "ck" initials are prominent, the "F.U." is more subtle.<br />
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Tyne Stecklein was one of 10 backup dancers chosen from a pool of 5,000 hopefuls for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" tour, which was canceled following his death in June 2009. She nails her moves for Old Navy with a precision that makes her quick change edits possible.<br />
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New Zealand clothing retailer Hallensteins failed twice by incurring the wrath of the country's ad watchdog because its song lyrics include the phrase "dumb whore" & aired on TV during G-rated Princess Diaries 2.monohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07281535746657408487noreply@blogger.com0