Amid reports that the Egyptian Army is considering an enhanced role in the its country's increasingly turbulent political situation, NBC News reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubaraka will resign on Thursday. And a new report says power will go to a military junta. Here's the video: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the … [Read more...] about NBC News: Mubarak Will Resign Tonight UPDATE: Army To Take Over?
Like Wikipedia But With Less of the Pesky Reading
I.B.M.’s Watson, named after IBM's founder, Thomas J. Watson, is an artificial intelligence program running on approximately 2,500 parallel processor cores, each able to perform up to 33 billion operations a second. Designed to answer questions posed in natural language, Watson will play “Jeopardy!” next week against the show’s top two living players, Ken Jennings and Brad … [Read more...] about Like Wikipedia But With Less of the Pesky Reading
Santorum Jabs Palin for Skipping CPAC
As we get closer and closer to 2012, more and more Republicans seem to be taking shots at one another, mostly subtle jabs meant to knock an opponent, or potential opponent, down a notch or two, as well as to reinforce one's own partisan, ideological bona fides. Take this, for example: Rick Santorum knocked Sarah Palin's decision to skip CPAC, saying on Tuesday that she must … [Read more...] about Santorum Jabs Palin for Skipping CPAC
Time To Bring Back The Spoils System?
With a new party taking a major share of power in Washington, bringing with it smaller government priorities, it's time to think about dramatic moves to reorganize the federal bureaucracy. It's time, in other words, to consider abolishing the present merit-based system of federal employment, and bringing back the old spoils system of hiring and firing. There's nothing … [Read more...] about Time To Bring Back The Spoils System?
Christine O’Donnell Just Keeps Embarrassing Herself
Sign #45,396 America has a sick political system: Christine O'Donnell, one of the most embarrassing Senate candidates in recent memory, has her own political action committee, ChristinePAC. She just won't go away. And -- gasp! -- she's targeting liberals: O'Donnell, who wrote that her losing campaign sent "shockwaves" throughout the nation, said in an e-mail to … [Read more...] about Christine O’Donnell Just Keeps Embarrassing Herself
Pentagon Program Moves Forward On Brain-Controlled Prosthetic
When you see the videos, you may think of Star Trek and The Borg. But a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration priority review program for exceptional medical devices will fast-track a DARPA-funded, brain-controlled prosthetic arm. FastCompany reports: The arm, which was developed at a cost of over $100 million by DARPA and Johns Hopkins University over the past five … [Read more...] about Pentagon Program Moves Forward On Brain-Controlled Prosthetic
Arianna Escalating Her Wage-Less Empire (Guest Voice)
Arianna Escalating Her Wage-Less Empire by J. Thomas Duffy Oh boy, I have to speculate the AOL purchase of Huffington Post is going to be a bonanza of great fodder, for weeks/months/years to come. The World Wide Web is, still, buzzing with some great stuff, from multiple angles. First off, in the "Told-You-So" Department, Greg Sargent, over The Plum Line, has … [Read more...] about Arianna Escalating Her Wage-Less Empire (Guest Voice)
Judging Obama’s Relaunch
WASHINGTON -- Is President Obama a friend of business or a critic of business? The answer: Yes. A close reading of Obama's speech this week to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce allows you to conclude pretty much whatever you are inclined to conclude about his actual view. And that tells you a great deal about the current phase of his presidency. Obama now has three … [Read more...] about Judging Obama’s Relaunch
The Freedom to Gorge
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The Violent, Gun-Loving Rhetoric of Scott Beason, Alabama State Senator
It's like the Arizona shooting, and the aftermath with all the talk of violent political rhetoric, never happened: State Sen. Scott Beason said he's been flooded with phone calls since saying at the end of comments on illegal immigration Saturday that Republicans need to "empty the clip, and do what has to be done." Beason said he was not urging violence against … [Read more...] about The Violent, Gun-Loving Rhetoric of Scott Beason, Alabama State Senator
Pakistan Courts Must Prosecute American ‘Killer’ Raymond Davis: The Frontier Post, Pakistan
Is he an American citizen who shot two Pakistanis to death in cold blood, or an American official with diplomatic immunity who shot and killed two men attempting to rob him? The story hasn't made news in our mainstream media, but in Pakistan, it's almost all people have discussed for days, since it once again seems like American overreach into Pakistan sovereignty. Ex-U.S. … [Read more...] about Pakistan Courts Must Prosecute American ‘Killer’ Raymond Davis: The Frontier Post, Pakistan
Confession: A Roman Catholic App
UPDATE: Lest we misunderstand, the Vatican clarifies, “One cannot speak in any way of ‘confession by iPhone.’ ” ------- "I invite young people above all to make good use of their presence in the digital world," said Pope Benedict XVI in his World Communications Address on January 24. Some App developers in Indiana took the Pope up on his word. From the iTunes store … [Read more...] about Confession: A Roman Catholic App
When We Ate “Real Food”
"In recent weeks," writes a culinary columnist, "we’ve seen a big, powerful government agency, a big, powerful person and a big, powerful corporation telling us what to eat." He is critiquing the efforts of the USDA, Oprah and Wal-Mart (partnering with Michelle Obama) to persuade Americans to "Eat Real Food"--more fruit and vegetables, less processed gunk. A noble goal, but … [Read more...] about When We Ate “Real Food”
SHAME ON YOU, MISTER OBAMA! :Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria
Do Arabs, particularly people living in states alongside Egypt, have a right to be skeptical of claims that America is a defender of democracy and human rights? Americans may not like to hear it - but there is massive suspicion that the U.S. does and is doing everything it can to extend the rule of Hosni Mubarak and other friendly dictators. According to one of the leading … [Read more...] about SHAME ON YOU, MISTER OBAMA! :Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria
When Monkeys Fly
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Jim Webb Won’t Seek Re-election: Democrats Inching Towards 2012 Senate Loss?
Over the past two months, some analysts have suggested that the Democrats could be inching towards the loss of the Senate in 2012. The news that Jim Webb -- once considered a rising star in the Democratic Party -- will not seek re-election in 2012 ensures that this speculation will continue..and will likely grow. Chris Cillizza: Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's decision not … [Read more...] about Jim Webb Won’t Seek Re-election: Democrats Inching Towards 2012 Senate Loss?
Egyptian Government’s Behavior Is Not Shocking But Reality
Many Americans seemed shocked by reports that beset Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government is believed to have hired thugs or used plainclothes police to provoke violence that would later be used as a pretext to point to as evidence of a need to protect an Egyptian Silent Majority. That news was coupled by reports of Mubarak supporters going after the press to try and … [Read more...] about Egyptian Government’s Behavior Is Not Shocking But Reality
Last Reaming
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Beck and Kristol Trade Insults Over Egypt
(By the way, this is part of the ongoing "Elephant Dung" series over at my place. If you're curious, and like to read about Republicans attacking each other, check it out.) The right has had a hard time figuring out where to stand on the situation in Egypt. Or, rather, it has had a hard time coming up with a unified position, simply because there isn't one, what with some … [Read more...] about Beck and Kristol Trade Insults Over Egypt
Stephen Harper: Smugly Complacent
As Stephen Harper celebrated his fifth anniversary as Canada's Prime Minister, some commentators -- such as James Travers and Lawrence Martin -- wrote that the prime minister has slowly but surely moved the country to the right. Last week, in an effort to demolish their arguments, Jeffrey Simpson cited a report by Focus Canada -- which claims that Canadians haven't changed much … [Read more...] about Stephen Harper: Smugly Complacent