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With TED 5000 & Google PowerMeter You Can Track Your Energy Usage

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Mashable: The TED 5000 from Energy Inc. is a real-time electricity usage monitor that you can purchase and install yourself, with packages starting around $200. It can run the free Google PowerMeter tool, allowing you to check on your personal home energy data from any device that can access the web. The TED 5000 is Google’s first official device partner for … [Read more...] about With TED 5000 & Google PowerMeter You Can Track Your Energy Usage

Castle To Run For Senate

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Popular Republican Congressman Mike Castle is running for the US Senate seat formerly held by Vice President Joseph Biden. This is a big recruiting catch for Senate Republicans and a big downer for House Republicans. Castle's House seat is now likely to go Democratic in November 2010 but he is at least an even bet, if not a slight favorite to pick up a Senate seat for the … [Read more...] about Castle To Run For Senate

Dollar May Be Dropped In Oil Trade (Guest Voice)

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Dollar May Be Dropped In Oil Trade by John Wells A troubling article in the UK Independent reports that Gulf Arabs are planning with China, Russia and France to begin dropping the dollar as the trading currency for oil and moving to a hodgepodge of currencies including the Chinese yuan, the Japanese yen and the euro. Meetings have already been held discreetly by the … [Read more...] about Dollar May Be Dropped In Oil Trade (Guest Voice)

U.S. Should End Afghan War Now (China Daily, People’s Republic of China)

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Is it time for the U.S. military to leave Afghanistan and that nation's security to an international peacekeeping force? In this surprisingly forthright op-ed credited to the deputy general of the China Council for National Security Policy Studies, the Beijing leadership definitively wades into the question of what should be done to fix Afghanistan. For the China Daily, … [Read more...] about U.S. Should End Afghan War Now (China Daily, People’s Republic of China)

This Just In! Iran’s Ahmadinejad Does Not Have Jewish Roots

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THIS JUST IN! A news flash: An expert says Iran's anti-Semitic President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't have Jewish roots after all. The news comes on the heels of this raging story that Iran's President, who believes the holocaust is some silly story cooked up to justify what he seems to feel is Israel's unjustifiable existence, could have had Jewish roots. Given Ahmadinejad's … [Read more...] about This Just In! Iran’s Ahmadinejad Does Not Have Jewish Roots

On Racism: Unconscious & Reverse

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Richard Thompson Ford, professor of law at Stanford University and author of The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse, walks us through the definitions of several of the more commonly cited types of racism and offers his opinion as to whether they deserve the label. I picked two to quote: Unconscious racismHarvard psychologist Mahzarin Banaji has … [Read more...] about On Racism: Unconscious & Reverse

General Confusion: McChrystal, Petraeus

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When Dwight David Eisenhower came back from World War II, no one knew whether he was a Republican or Democrat until he ran for president. He had spent his years as a commanding general steering clear of politics. Not so today. Starting three years ago when Iraq was in shambles, George W. Bush took political cover behind Gen. David Petraeus, who successfully redirected a … [Read more...] about General Confusion: McChrystal, Petraeus

Letterman Again Addresses Scandal: Apologizes to Wife On Show

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CBS's late night comedy star David Letterman has continued the apologies he began last week: Letterman is continuing to use his late night talk show as a platform to discuss how he "has his work cut out for him" in dealing with the fallout from his on-air confession that he was the alleged victim of extortion. Joe Halderman, 51, an Emmy-award-winning producer for CBS … [Read more...] about Letterman Again Addresses Scandal: Apologizes to Wife On Show

Just When You Thought it Couldn’t Get Any More Strange

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This just in, courtesy of Lady Logician. Not News: Republicans want Charlie Rangel to step down. Kind of News: Democrats want Charlie Rangel to step down. Worthy of Onion News: People actually think Charlie Rangel would step down. Congressional Republicans are again demanding that Congressman Charles Rangel step down as chairman of the House tax writing committee, … [Read more...] about Just When You Thought it Couldn’t Get Any More Strange

FTC Will Fine Bloggers, Advertisers up to $16,000 for Not Disclosing Freebies

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The FTC published final guidelines governing endorsements, and testimonials today: The revised Guides also add new examples to illustrate the long standing principle that “material connections” (sometimes payments or free products) between advertisers and endorsers – connections that consumers would not expect – must be disclosed. These examples address what constitutes an … [Read more...] about FTC Will Fine Bloggers, Advertisers up to $16,000 for Not Disclosing Freebies

IF I was Michael Steele…

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This morning, Politico posted an article concerning a closed door meeting between RNC Chair Michael Steele and the Congressional Republican leadership. According to the story, Steele was told to stay out of policy matters and focus on winning elections in contested seats across the country. I am not a Michael Steele apologist by any stretch of the imagination. I have used … [Read more...] about IF I was Michael Steele…

Ahmadinejad is the New Saddam: Arab Times, Kuwait

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There seems to be an emerging trend in the Muslim world, in which all leaders regarded as despots are called 'worse than Saddam', 'as bad as Saddam', or the 'new Saddam.' Yesterday we posted 'Muammar Qaddafi is No Better than Saddam,' from the newspaper Sotal Iraq. Today, from Kuwait's Arab Times, we have this article that warns about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad … [Read more...] about Ahmadinejad is the New Saddam: Arab Times, Kuwait

The Military Way

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It was with a good bit of disappointment that I read my friend Ed Morrissey's take over at Hot Air on the decision by Gen McChrystal to give a speech on war strategy in London last week. Of course, to the best of my reccolection, Ed hasn't served in uniform, so he may not be as familiar with the Military way as those of us who have been there. McChrystal may not know the … [Read more...] about The Military Way

Blogger “Spammed” by Polanski Associate: Polanski Defended With A Little Help From His Hollywood Friends

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And so it continues. If you thought some in Hollywood's defense of Roman Polanski for raping a 13 year old girl hit rock bottom when Whoppie Goldberg seemingly decided to redefine the meaning of rape -- a statement so dismaying that it sparked pointed SNL bit -- it has now sunk to another level....in the blogosphere. An associate producer of the highly touted Polanski … [Read more...] about Blogger “Spammed” by Polanski Associate: Polanski Defended With A Little Help From His Hollywood Friends