John Gruber and Dan Benjamin diss the name Windows Phone 7: Benjamin: Most absurd name for a device ever... Gruber: They should not have called it Windows, It's as if they called the iPhone the Mac phone... I think it's stupid. Benjamin: It's a mistake. Their marketing critique sent me back to the now classic video, Microsoft designs the iPod package: It turned out … [Read more...] about Windows Phone 7 A Marketing Mistake?
Some Notes to Republican Candidates
To the guy running for the senate against Russ Feingold in Wisconsin: Why do you think your experience as a plastics manufacturer qualifies you for a senate seat? Does Feingold's experience in politics qualify him to run a plastics company? To Christine O'Donnell in Delaware: Please take the catch line "I'm you" out of your commercials. Every time it appears it reminds me of … [Read more...] about Some Notes to Republican Candidates
Honey In India: A Cocktail Of Antibiotics?
I love honey. I used to gift honey, especially from Germany, to my close relations on my return from my travels abroad. Now I have stopped gifting honey and even stopped eating it. My friend Sunita Narain, an indefatigable public-spirited person, tells us that even health-conscious companies, in this case from Australia and Switzerland, "do not check antibiotics in products … [Read more...] about Honey In India: A Cocktail Of Antibiotics?
Google Gets a C- From BBB
ReadWriteWeb Biz points to Mike Blumenthal, a blogger who specializes in local search, on Google's poor Better Business Bureau rating: The bulk of the issue apparently is the fact that Google has not responded at all to 47 complaints. They were not judged on whether they satisfied the complaint, not whether they complied with their agreements… to a large degree, just whether … [Read more...] about Google Gets a C- From BBB
Lured Into a Trap, Then Tortured for Being Gay
That's the headline from a story on the front page of the NYTimes this morning. So graphic it's hard to read, we're moving closer to calling hate what it is: HATE. He showed up last Sunday night as instructed, with plenty of cans of malt liquor. What he walked into was not a party at all, but a night of torture — he was sodomized, burned and whipped. All punishment, the … [Read more...] about Lured Into a Trap, Then Tortured for Being Gay
UK Gets Midterm Fever
Even the UK is getting Midterm fever. Check out this fascinating article from the UK’s premier left leaning paper, The Guardian (link). Lloyd Marcus, a black Tea Party ‘patriot’, gives readers some personal insight to why he is against Barack Obama and supports the Tea Party agenda. Now I ignorantly thought that black Tea Party members didn’t exist. Why you ask? Well … [Read more...] about UK Gets Midterm Fever
It’s called fraud
The fraud committed by the banksters was not only ignored by regulators and the courts they were rewarded with tax payer money in the form of TARP. It seems like the scam may be falling apart and the fraud is becoming so obvious that it can no longer be ignored. Ezra Klein interviewed Janet Tavakoli, the founder and president of Tavakoli Structured Finance Inc., to get some … [Read more...] about It’s called fraud
What a difference two years makes.
CNN is touting a new poll which shows that Americans think Barack Obama is performing marginally better than George W Bush as President of the United States: "Americans are divided over whether President Barack Obama or his predecessor has performed better in the White House, according to a new national poll. By 47 to 45 percent, Americans say Obama is a better president … [Read more...] about What a difference two years makes.
The First Video Google Doodle Honors John Lennon
A Google tribute in the UK on the occasion of what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday. RELATED: The NYTimes Critic’s Notebook, Long After Death, Lennon Remains a Powerful Presence. Still controversial, The F.B.I. confiscated a 1976 John Lennon fingerprint card before it went up for auction in Manhattan. And if you're following Joshua Wolf Shenk's series on … [Read more...] about The First Video Google Doodle Honors John Lennon
Obama admin grants certain businesses health care waivers
Faced with the prospects of rising costs for providing mandated increases in health care coverage, some companies have floated the possibility of dropping employee coverage altogether, most notably McDonald's. In response, the Obama administration has granted 30 one-year waivers to McDonald's and other businesses and insurance companies, exempting them from regulatory changes … [Read more...] about Obama admin grants certain businesses health care waivers
GOP Leaders Endorse Reid
Two top figures in the Nevada GOP have endorsed Harry Reid, saying that Sharon Angle is simply too out of the mainstream to represent the state in the US Senate. Former First Lady Dema Gunn and State Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio both backed Reid. To be fair, Raggio has a history with Angle, who challenged his re-election in 2008 and Angle feuded with then Governor … [Read more...] about GOP Leaders Endorse Reid
John Dingell Trailing ?
Although I expect him to win the mere fact that there is a poll showing Dingell trailing in what has been a solidly Democratic district is telling. Between them, he and his father have represented the district for going on 80 years and the seat has never really been in play. … [Read more...] about John Dingell Trailing ?
Bank Of America Halts Foreclosures In All 50 States
Bank of America has announced they will be halting foreclosures in all 50 states. This follows up on reports last week they would stop them in about 25 of the 50. The problems stem from the fact that in states where judicial foreclosure is required the lender has to formally verify the documentation that they own the loan/etc. It seems that the banks had been winking and … [Read more...] about Bank Of America Halts Foreclosures In All 50 States
Brown Aide Calls Whitman A Whore
In another campaign blunder in a season filled with them (on a very bipartisan basis) an aide to Jerry Brown suggested calling opponent Meg Whitman a whore. The discussion was caught accidentally on a voice mail with a police union. When I first heard this story I didn't really think it was that big of a deal. So some aide in a room somewhere made some comment about Whitman. … [Read more...] about Brown Aide Calls Whitman A Whore
Voters Abandon Ship
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Carl Paladino Strikes Again
Tea Party movement member and Republican candidate for Senate from New York Carl Paladino strikes again. I think I've figured it out. He's just trying to get in touch with his inner boor: Republican Carl Paladino -- after days of vowing to get back to the issues -- returned to slimy innuendo last night, asserting in a televised message that Democratic rival Andrew Cuomo's … [Read more...] about Carl Paladino Strikes Again
Unspeakable Campaign Commercials
Here's an idea for a revolutionary ad: Candidate looks into the camera to say: "My opponent is a decent, honorable person, but we disagree on issues A, B and C. If you share my views, vote for me." Don't look for this one any time soon, because truth in advertising would make it unairable: not only a shortage of honorable opponents but an absence of issues in the ritual … [Read more...] about Unspeakable Campaign Commercials
More Tolerance v. Liberty & Justice For All
More on tolerance v. liberty and justice for all. From the ABA Journal: The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a school board in North Carolina over its suspension of a teenage student for having a peridot stud in a nose-piercing. Because Ariana Iacono belongs, along with her mother, to the Church of Body Modification, the suit contends the suspension violates her … [Read more...] about More Tolerance v. Liberty & Justice For All
It’s High Time We Muslims Confronted Our Own Hypocrisy: Pak Tribune, Pakistan
Are Muslims unwilling to accord others the same rights they demand for themselves? From the Pak Tribune, highlighting the tolerance of American Christians and Jews and sharply criticizing the Taliban, the Saudis and Muslim 'apartheid' toward other religions, this article by columnist and former Pakistan Air Force pilot Anwaar Hussain argues that it's time Muslims looked in the … [Read more...] about It’s High Time We Muslims Confronted Our Own Hypocrisy: Pak Tribune, Pakistan
Bärbel Bohley (1945-2010): Toppler of Berlin Wall
The Economist pays a grand tribute to Bärbel Bohley, artist and toppler of the Berlin Wall, who died on September 11th, aged 65. "Born in the ruins of Berlin in 1945, her early life was shaped by the post-war division of her country into western (soon West) Germany, and a Soviet-occupied zone that claimed to be the 'German Democratic Republic'. But in the end it was not the … [Read more...] about Bärbel Bohley (1945-2010): Toppler of Berlin Wall