That's exponential growth: About one year ago Twitter reached a huge milestone: one billion tweets. Four months ago, 5 billion tweets were served. And now, in about one day, Twitter should reach another very important milestone: 10 billion tweets. [...] Counting tweets is actually quite easy: just look at the URL of any tweet. The number at the end of the URL seems to be … [Read more...] about Twitter To Pass 10 Billion Tweets Today
TiVo Series 4: Broadband and Broadcast Together
We had a friend over for dinner Saturday and afterward watched a series of YouTube videos late into the night. We watched on the large living room screen with home theater sound via TiVo. Logged in to YouTube on both TiVo and my laptop, I would favorite the video we wanted to watch on the laptop and it immediately appeared in My Favorites on TiVo. Not too difficult. Still, … [Read more...] about TiVo Series 4: Broadband and Broadcast Together
The Most Delicious Song I Know
"I Want a Love That Will Last," by Renee Olstead: … [Read more...] about The Most Delicious Song I Know
Broken Washington
David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Broken Washington
Talk Radio’s Michael Smerconish Quits Republican Party to become Independent
And so the ranks of independent voters who once belonged to either the Democratic party or the Republican party are now joined by a high profile media member: talk radio host Michael Smerconish. And it's a bit ironic: the highly engaging Smerconish is a member of what I call the "talk radio political culture" that has come to permeate American politics in general but he has … [Read more...] about Talk Radio’s Michael Smerconish Quits Republican Party to become Independent
Texas Primary Results
Results can be found here Statewide offices start about 1/2 way down. With about 12% of the vote counted incumbent Rick Perry not only leads but is over 50%. However that is likely to change. … [Read more...] about Texas Primary Results
Rangel To Give Up Ways And Means Committee Chair
UPDATE @TheNote 4 min ago, "Rangel plot thickens. asked by reporters if he will remain chairman, Rangel said: 'You bet your life.'" MSNBC: But sources indicated Tuesday to NBC that Rangel has been encouraged to step aside before the House votes on a bill to strip him of his chairmanship. "We don't have the votes to save him," one Democratic member said of Rangel. The … [Read more...] about Rangel To Give Up Ways And Means Committee Chair
BREAKING: Bunning’s Roadblock Broken
UPDATE, WaPo, 9:14 PM, "The Senate approved the measure 78 to 19." ----------- AP reports that Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning has relented. The vote on 30 day stopgap legislation to extend help for the jobless and get federal highway dollars flowing again will come tonight. Roll Call: In the end Bunning agreed to a deal allowing him one vote on an amendment to pay … [Read more...] about BREAKING: Bunning’s Roadblock Broken
Bunning, McCarthyism, Same-Sex Marriage, and Justice Texas-Style
Justin Elliott at Talking Points Memo traces the development of the "Al Qaeda seven" smear against Justice Department attorneys who represented Gitmo detainees before being hired by the DOJ. … [Read more...] about Bunning, McCarthyism, Same-Sex Marriage, and Justice Texas-Style
Change is needed in the Democratic Party psyche before there can be change in Washington.
Someone in the Democratic National Committee, Organizing for America or the White House needs to be fired. Point blank. Ok, maybe I shouldn’t start with that point. As a fairly independent observer of American Politics, it’s been both puzzling and frustrating to see the Democrats in America lose the public debate and support over important issues since Obama has taken … [Read more...] about Change is needed in the Democratic Party psyche before there can be change in Washington.
Chilean Quake Spikes Gasoline Prices In California
Speculators are driving up gasoline prices in California, already the highest in the nation, in anticipation of West Coast refineries exporting large volumes of its supply to Chile in response to the massive earthquake there. The Chilean national oil company ENAP reported losing two major refineries and left with 10 days of diesel in the wake of the 8.8 magnitude quake. … [Read more...] about Chilean Quake Spikes Gasoline Prices In California
No Saturday Mail Proposed
The U.S. Postal Service, facing a $7 billion loss this year and $238 billion over the next decade, for the umpteenth time wants to cut Saturday mail delivery. Each time Congress has rejected the idea. Postmaster Gen. John Potter also wants rate increases from 3 to 10% for first class postage and merge the closing of thousands of post offices to relocate in large grocery and … [Read more...] about No Saturday Mail Proposed
Extending the Second Amendment
The US Supreme Court is hearing McDonald v Chicago -- a case in which the plaintiff is challenging Chicago's handgun ban as unconstitutional. Here's how CNN describes the issue: The court will ultimately decide two fundamental questions: Do strict state and local gun control laws violate the constitutional "right to keep and bear arms"? And can an individual's right to … [Read more...] about Extending the Second Amendment
How Obama Misread America
Unlike JFK, Barack Obama's defining moment has arrived, not in the clarity of going eyeball-to-eyeball with a foreign power over nuclear weapons but head to head with Congress in a muddled confrontation he failed to anticipate sufficiently or control. No matter how incredibly unfair it may be to compare the Cuban Missile Crisis to today's impasse over health care, presidents … [Read more...] about How Obama Misread America
Don’t Bother. You’re All Doomed Anyway
Just in case any of you were having too pleasant of a week, allow me to come along and just drag you down into a bottomless pit of despair. I've taken some time for reflection over these past few days on the subject of change. And no, I don't mean the campaign slogan of the last presidential campaign. I refer, instead, to what seems to be the presiding theme of the history … [Read more...] about Don’t Bother. You’re All Doomed Anyway
Left And Right Circling Wagons Around Blanche Lincoln
Since I don't plan to visit Arkansas, I can say from a safe distance that in my humble opinion, the liberal group MoveOn.org and the service employees union attempting to raise millions of dollars for what they consider a liberal candidate for U.S. Senator is not a wise investment. The object of their affection is Lt. Gov. Bill Halter who is attempting to unseat two-term … [Read more...] about Left And Right Circling Wagons Around Blanche Lincoln
Obama Smokes
Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Obama Smokes
British Museum: Enjoying Jews & Humanity
The Jewish Museum reopens at Albert Street in London on March 17. Writes David Aaronovitch in The Times of London: "The all-new Jewish Museum in North London has the sights and even the smells of an ancient British way of life. He recalls: "Five years ago I first went to an exhibition at the small Jewish Museum in North London. I suppose I saw it as a rather charming bijou … [Read more...] about British Museum: Enjoying Jews & Humanity
2010 Has Seen Warmest January And February In Satellite Record
Famous Teacher Stricken With Cancer
Last week I wrote a column on America's troubled school systems and referred to Jaime Escalante, former Garfield High School math instructor in the barrio community of East Los Angeles, as an inspiration of what good teachers can accomplish. Today, actors who portrayed him and his uplifting story in the movie "Stand and Deliver," are making public pleas for donations to … [Read more...] about Famous Teacher Stricken With Cancer