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Wordpocalypse! ‘Selfie,’ ‘twerk’ top list of most annoying words of 2013
Wordpocalypse! 'Selfie,' 'twerk' top list of most annoying words of 2013. (via The Christian Science Monitor) Sorry Justin Bieber. Uploading your mug to millions of followers is now deemed officially annoying. That’s because “selfie” tops the 2013 List of Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse, and General Uselessness. The annual… … [Read more...] about Wordpocalypse! ‘Selfie,’ ‘twerk’ top list of most annoying words of 2013
Supreme Court blocks Obamacare birth control requirement
Supreme Court blocks Obamacare birth control requirement (via AFP) US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has temporarily blocked a requirement of the new healthcare reform law that requires health insurance companies to cover birth control. Sotomayor acted late New Year's Eve, just hours before major provisions… … [Read more...] about Supreme Court blocks Obamacare birth control requirement
10 Most Viewed Fact-Checks of 2013
Here are the ten most-viewed fact-checks from Politifact.com for 2013. 10. Barack Obama says the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 'is transparent'--We rated the statement Pants on Fire. 9. Obama says Reagan raised debt ceiling 18 times; George W. Bush seven times--We rated his statement True. 8. Sen. Ted Cruz says Obama 'just granted all of Congress an exception' … [Read more...] about 10 Most Viewed Fact-Checks of 2013
Tree Huggers Alert
There are only two occasions each year when one can hug a tree without any political or environmental connotations and without being ridiculed -- perhaps not the latter. One is when wrapping your Christmas lights around your tree outside. The other one when you take them down. Today is the last opportunity until next Christmas. Don’t forget to hug your tree, and Happy … [Read more...] about Tree Huggers Alert
America’s first retail marijuana stores open in Colorado
America's first marijuana stores open in Colorado (via AFP) America's first retail stores selling marijuana open for business in Colorado on Wednesday, putting the western state in the vanguard of the country's evolving attitudes on legalizing the drug. Officials in the state famous for its ski resorts and breathtaking… … [Read more...] about America’s first retail marijuana stores open in Colorado
“Logical” and “Republican” don’t belong together in the same sentence
Nowhere is that more obvious than in Republican attitudes about unemployment insurance. Aside from being unnecessarily cruel, Congressional Republicans breezily defy all logic, as Jonathan Chait observes. The position of Democrats in Washington, backed by a growing mountain of economic research, is that macroeconomic and humanitarian considerations alike both argue for … [Read more...] about “Logical” and “Republican” don’t belong together in the same sentence
New Year’s Resolution (Cartoon)
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New Year’s Resolutions for 2014
Here are some suggested New Year's resolutions for some folks, parties and companies: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: You're facing a scandal that foes hope will show you were involved in politically vindictive lane closures that slowed down traffic on the George Washington Bridge, country's busiest bridge. But you're rising in most polls and the media and TV cameras seem … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions for 2014
MSNBC Spew Forward (Cartoon)
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5 things you should worry about in 2014
And so we're in a new year and will start afresh. Here are five things Paul Brandus writing The Week says you should worry about. … [Read more...] about 5 things you should worry about in 2014
How Pope Francis took 2013 by storm (Guest Voice)
How Pope Francis took 2013 by storm (via GlobalPost) There is Pope Francis with angelic wings, smiling beatifically on the cover of the New Yorker magazine wherein James Carroll’s profile sings hope for a church reformed. And there is Francis featured as Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. They are… … [Read more...] about How Pope Francis took 2013 by storm (Guest Voice)
2014 Enters
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Snowden: 2013’s Most Influential Tech Figure
Snowden: The Year’s Most Influential Tech Figure (via slashdot) Lots of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and developers made headlines in 2013—but in hindsight, Edward Snowden will likely stand as this 2013’s most influential figure in technology. In June, Snowden began feeding top-secret documents detailing the National… … [Read more...] about Snowden: 2013’s Most Influential Tech Figure
Happy New Year! (Cartoon)
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Apple denies giving the NSA an iPhone backdoor
Before you toss your iPhone into the proverbial toilet over allegations that the company provided the NSA with a backdoor into its phones ... check out All Things Digital. Not only does ATD have Apple's denial that the company has worked with the NSA to provide a backdoor into iPhones ... it has analyzed the damning slide from Der Spiegel. Here’s another interesting line, … [Read more...] about Apple denies giving the NSA an iPhone backdoor
New Year’s humor: what don’t liberals drink?
Dear Washington Post - do you think your politics blogger could LINK to original research, even if it is tongue-in-cheek? This chart from the Washington Post GovBeat is making the rounds. Although there is credit given ... That research comes from consumer data supplied by GFK MRI, and analyzed by Jennifer Dube of National Media Research Planning and Placement, an … [Read more...] about New Year’s humor: what don’t liberals drink?
‘Military Year’ In Review # 3: Some Final Images
I will end my 2013 writing marathon with two promises and one wish. To those who have seen more than enough of my posts this year, I promise this will be my last post for the year. To those who have seen more than enough images about conflicts and combat and wars, I promise that most of these will be different. Different because they show our troops engaged in sports, … [Read more...] about ‘Military Year’ In Review # 3: Some Final Images
Are both Democrats and Republicans alienating young voters?
Conventional wisdom assumes that Democrats — the party of gay marriage, higher education reform, and the environment — have a lock on young voters. But while the GOP has deeply serious obstacles to overcome if it wants to win younger voters, the millennial generation may be more up for grabs than many people think. Let's start with the Republicans, whose problems with the … [Read more...] about Are both Democrats and Republicans alienating young voters?
NSA Surveillance: Once More, With Balance
As mentioned here, Geoffrey R. Stone, one of the five members of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, charged with the responsibility of making recommendations about NSA surveillance and related issues, has been writing at the Huffington Post a series of excellent, objective essays -- as it appears to be also the case with the study and … [Read more...] about NSA Surveillance: Once More, With Balance