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  • Paperbus : Bypass Internet Censors And Access Blocked Sites

    paperbus We encounter many blocked websites in corporate offices as well as schools, sometimes due to parental controls. Have you ever wished to break the barrier to browse the websites you like? Well then, this is the opportunity for you. Paperbus is a free app that, if installed, can help you access blocked websites. The app can also bypass internet filters. The most important thing about Paperbus is that this tool can practically make you anonymous to any internet censorship. Paperbus is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux as well.

    Let’s suppose you wished to block certain websites on your computer to set up some parental controls. This tool won’t disappoint. You can also define custom filters to bar access to particular websites.

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    This tool promises to do a lot of things that can help you browse the internet the way you wish. This tool is ad supported, but the ads are a small price to pay for what you are getting in return. The cross platform compatibility makes it more acceptable. So whoever you are, someone who is getting blocked or someone who wants someone else to get blocked this tool is a perfect choice. I have tested this tool and it works perfectly for any one of the above tasks.

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  • Starcraft 2 Beta Patch 8 notes and change logs

    Starcraft 2 Patch 8 release notes and change logs

    Two members of the Unholy Trinity gets the nerf bat, The Roach (again) and the Marauder. This beta patch mainly promotes Terrans to explore mech builds and […]

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  • Android This Week: Rhapsody Hits the Market; DoubleTwist With Mac; Apps Abound

    Android device owners are singing a new tune this week with the addition of streaming music provider Rhapsody to the list of services available for download in the Android Market. For $9.99 a month, users can stream an unlimited amount of music to both their handsets and computers. There is no local caching in this initial release, however, so a web connection is required. But Rhapsody says it will come in a future version, thereby bringing it in line with existing services such as Pandora, Slacker and Thumbplay.

    The Android Market is a convenient place to find new apps that can be installed on handsets, but it lacks integration with the desktop as enjoyed by iPhone owners with iTunes. But now Android phone owners with Mac desktops have DoubleTwist. Much like iTunes, DoubleTwist is designed to handle desktop media libraries (music, video and photos) — it also allows for the synchronization of such media with phones. The program has long supported the BlackBerry line of devices, and it now works with those built atop Android, providing complete integration with the Android Market.

    And the growing number of Android-based phones in consumer hands is starting to become evident by the rash of app developers now supporting the platform. There are now roughly 40,000 apps available for Android, according to figures released this week, and some 9,300 of them were made available just last month. The iPhone App Store still has a comfortable advantage in number of apps available, but Android developers are working hard to even the playing field.

  • Weekly Wrap-up: 3D Street View, the Case Against Web 2.0, iPad Problems, And More…

    weekly_wrapup-1.pngWhile most of our top stories this week were about the iPad, our number one post was about how Google Street View is now, no joke, available in 3D. Go get your glasses and check it out. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010: Verizon, AT&T and Cisco are talking up the Internet of Things, Gowalla added real-time feeds, and augmented reality cartoons are going to save our kids. Read on for more.

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    Join us for the ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit on May 7 in Mountain View, California as we explore the latest mobile development trends, both the technology and the emerging business applications. Be a part of the discussion on geo-location services, augmented reality, native app vs. browser-based, commerce and marketing, mobile social networking and the Internet of Things. Sponsorship enquiries: [email protected].

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    Augmented Reality for Marketers and Developers: Our Newest Research Report

    We’re pleased to announce ReadWriteWeb’s latest premium report, Augmented Reality for Marketers and Developers: Analysis of the Leaders, the Challenges and the Future. This report will help you develop a sophisticated understanding of Augmented Reality (AR), the mobile and Web technology that places data on top of a user’s view of the physical world. The research included will help you decrease your AR development time to market by learning from the first wave of early adopters. AR offers a new marketing and product paradigm for a high impact, high value customer experience. More than 1,000 AR campaigns were kicked-off last year and we expect to see many more in 2010. In this report, we profile key AR development companies, their campaigns as well as development lessons learned. For more information or to buy the report, visit here.

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  • New in the App Catalog for 09 April 2010

    App CatalogWinding down the week, Friday’s app drop was a touch lighter than those in the preceding days. That’s okay, because there were still new apps and updated apps, both of which is always good things in our books. Sadly, though, those new apps only numbered to eight, while updates at least managed to top a few dozen. Sure, it’s not the kind of figures we got used to from days gone by, but by no means is this the lightest app drop we’ve ever seen. In fact, there were days where we would beg and plead for this kind of action. At least it’s still more than enough to be listed after the break, right?

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  • Verizon Droid Eris hits end of life in May

    Droid Eris end of life

    Verizon Droid Eris owners, take note: Your phone is on the way out. Sorry, that’s just the way it is. Above is a screen showing the PCD – ADR6200 (aka the HTC Droid Eris) listed under End of Life Devices — meaning it, indeed, is headed for the big smartphone convention in the sky. Yeah, that’s pretty quick, considering it was only released last November. The good news: There’s no reason to freak out. Your phone will still work. Nobody will come to your house and take it. It’s just nearing the end of its sales life.

    Gee. Wonder what could be replacing it. [via BerryScoop]

  • Gol: 30 anos de história

    Primeira geração do Gol
    O Volkswagen Gol está completando 30 anos de sucesso e é o carro mais vendido na história do automóvel no Brasil. Projetado e desenvolvido em nosso país, para atender às necessidades do consumidor brasileiro, ele foi lançado em 1980 e está hoje em sua quinta geração.

    Desde seu lançamento foram fabricadas mais de 6 milhões de unidades, a maior parte delas (mais de 5 milhões) vendida no mercado interno.

    Nas grandes metrópoles ou nas menores e mais remotas cidades, o Gol faz parte da paisagem brasileira. Está na garagem de milhões de famílias, mas também é um veículo de trabalho, usado para deslocar trabalhadores e seu equipamento, em entregas urbanas, como táxi, auto escola, viatura policial e um inúmeras outras aplicações.

    Primeiro modelo: refrigeração a ar

    O projeto do Gol começou em 1976 e seu desenvolvimento exigiu nada menos que um milhão de quilômetros de testes em ruas e estradas, no Brasil e exterior, além de 200 mil quilômetros na pista. Sua primeira versão chegou ao mercado equipada com motor 1,3 litro refrigerado a ar. Com tração dianteira, suas linhas se modernas e aerodinâmicas se inspiravam nas do Passat, um dos carros mais modernos e admirados na época.

    Primeiro veículo da Volkswagen do Brasil concebido para dar origem a uma família de modelos, além de ser vendido também como furgão logo ganhou a companhia do sedã Voyage, lançado em 1981, que viria a ser exportado para os Estados Unidos com o nome de Fox. A Parati, sua versão station, chegou em 1982, consagrando-se logo como um dos veículos preferidos pelas famílias brasileiras. A picape Saveiro, complementando a linha, foi lançada no mesmo ano.

    Da primeira versão até o Novo Gol, a extraordinária história do carro preferido pelos brasileiros reflete também a evolução da tecnologia do automóvel. Ele foi o primeiro veículo nacional com injeção eletrônica (Gol GTI, 1989) e o primeiro com motor bicombustível (Gol Total Flex, 2003). Foi pioneiro também ao usar o motor brasileiro 1.0 de 16 válvulas e, em seguida, passou a contar com o motor turbo 1.0, também com 16 válvulas.

    1994 – Geração II – o “Bolinha”

    A primeira grande transformação do Gol ocorreu em 1994, com a chegada de sua segunda geração. O design arredondado originou o apelido carinhoso de “Bolinha” e foi desenvolvido a partir de pesquisas visando atender às sugestões de aperfeiçoamento dadas pelos clientes: mais espaço interno, porta-malas maior, mais segurança e menor nível de ruído.

    1999 – Geração III

    Aparência mais dinâmica e esportiva foi a tônica da Geração III, que trouxe consigo uma grande evolução na qualidade no acabamento, perceptível desde as junções das chapas até os tecidos de revestimento. Com 70% das chapas zincadas e carroceria estruturalmente reforçada, o Gol Geração III foi o primeiro modelo nacional do segmento a oferecer garantia de cinco anos contra a corrosão.

    A terceira geração do Gol foi a primeira a contar com o revolucionário motor 1.6 Total Flex, tornando-se o primeiro carro bicombustível do Brasil, em março de 2003.

    2005 – Gol G4

    Uma “cara” mais limpa, arredondada, reforçando as características já consagradas de robustez e esportividade do Gol, é a marca do Gol G4, a quarta geração, lançada em 2005. Uma nova traseira unia elementos circulares das lanternas e um novo aerofólio integrado à tampa do portamalas. O pára-choque integrado contribuía para uma maior sensação de volume, além de reforçar a visibilidade traseira.

    2008 – Novo Gol

    Um passo ousado da Volkswagen: criar uma versão totalmente nova do modelo mais vendido no país. O Novo Gol introduziu uma nova plataforma, com motor posicionado transversalmente aumentando a disponibilidade de espaço e o conforto dos ocupantes. Além do novo design, o carro ganhou muito em segurança e dirigibilidade. O volume de vendas confirma que a quinta geração foi muito bem recebida pelos consumidores.

    Séries especiais

    A diversidade e o sucesso das séries especiais são características marcantes do Gol, que denotam a extrema versatilidade do modelo. Tudo começou com a série Copa, lançada em 1982, em comemoração a participação da Seleção Brasileira na Copa da Espanha. Em 1995, os fãs da banda inglesa Rolling Stones puderam comemorar a primeira temporada brasileira do grupo a bordo do Gol Rolling Stones, com 12 mil unidades comercializadas. No ano seguinte, o Gol Atlanta celebrava os Jogos Olímpicos disputados nos Estados Unidos.

    A série Fun, lançada em maio de 2001, voltada ao público de espírito jovem, foi seguida pelo Gol Highway I e II, em 2001 e 2003, com motor 16 válvulas, e pelo Gol Rallye, em 2004, com suspensão elevada e forte estilo off-road, relançado em 2007.

    Outra série especial acabou se tornando versão permanente: o Gol Power. Lançado em 2001, a versão nunca mais saiu de linha e continua no Novo Gol, com motor 1,6 litro.

    Outros mercados

    No mesmo ano do lançamento, 1980, foram enviadas 49 unidades do Gol para o Paraguai e Nigéria, abrindo caminho para as mais de 800 mil unidades exportadas até hoje para mais de 50 países das Américas, África, Ásia, Oriente Médio e Europa. O Gol é o segundo carro mais exportado da marca e da indústria nacional, perdendo apenas para o Fox. O maior cliente internacional do Gol é a Argentina.

    Cronologia: os passos da evolução

    1980 – Lançamento em 15 de maio em Campos do Jordão (SP), com motor 1.3 refrigerado a ar (gasolina ou álcool).

    1981 – Novo motor 1.6 refrigerado a ar (gasolina ou álcool). Lançamento da versão furgão.

    1982 – Lançamento da Série Copa.

    1984 – Lançamento do motor 1.6 refrigerado a água e do motor 1.8 S.

    1985 – Lançamento da série especial Plus.

    1986 – Ganha o motor 1.6 biela longa em algumas versões.

    1987 – Assume a liderança do mercado nacional para nunca mais sair do topo.

    1989 – Lançamento do Gol GTI, primeiro automóvel brasileiro equipado com injeção eletrônica.

    1990 – Apresenta os motores AP 1800 e AE 1600.

    1991 – Nova frente: faróis, lanternas, grades, capô, pára-lamas e pára-brisa laminados para todas as versões.

    1992 – Carburador eletrônico nas versões com motor AP 1800.

    1993 – Primeira versão 1.0 com motor de 50 cv.

    1994 – Série Copa e direção hidráulica de série nas versões GTS e GTI.

    1995 – Início da Geração II. Novo design. Injeção eletrônica para todos os modelos (menos 1.0 carburado). Nova versão GTI 16V. Lançamento da série especial Rolling Stones.

    1996 – Lançamento da nova versão 1000i. Fim da versão 1.0 com carburador. Lançamento da série especial Atlanta.

    1997 – Injeção multiponto para todas as versões. Barra de proteção lateral nas portas, tanque de combustível em plástico, painel de instrumentos com iluminação verde, novas roldanas e aletas dos difusores de ar, novo plano de manutenção de 15 mil/km. Lançamento da nova versão 1.0 16V.

    1998 – Início das versões quatro portas. Lançamento da nova versão GTI 2000 16V. Lançamento do Gol Special 1.0 2 portas.

    1999 – Lançamento da Geração III, com novo design.

    2000 – Lançamento da nova versão 1.0 16V Turbo (o 1º motor 1.0 turboalimentado do Brasil).

    2001 – Gol supera a produção do Fusca no Brasil. Lançamento da Série Ouro, que comemora esse recorde e os 14 anos de liderança consecutiva no mercado nacional. Lançamento das séries especiais Fun e Highway. Gol Geração III ganha versão de entrada com quatro portas.

    2002 – Lançamento do novo motor 1.0 16V (família EA-111) com 10% a mais de potência. Sistema de aceleração eletrônica inteligente E-Gas. Cabeçote com sistema RSH (acionamento das válvulas por balancins roletados). Nova chave de ignição igual à do Golf. Lançamento das versões Plus, Comfortline e Sportline, do 1.0 16V Turbo Sportline, 1.6 e 1.8 Comfortline, 2.0 Sportline, Gol Trend e Gol Power. Lançamento da série especial Sport, relativa à Copa do Mundo.

    2003 – Lançamento do Gol Total Flex, primeiro carro nacional bicombustível. O Gol estabelece recordes mundiais de endurance em provas de cinco mil, 10 mil e 25 mil quilômetros de extensão homologadas pela FIA (Federação Internacional de Automobilismo). Lançamento do Gol Special Geração III duas portas. Comemora em 10 de julho marco histórico de quatro milhões de Gol produzidos. Lançamento do Gol City como versão de entrada.

    2004 – Lançamento em 26 de agosto da nova série especial Gol Rallye, com suspensão elevada em 27mm em relação aos modelos convencionais e vários equipamentos exclusivos. Em dezembro, Volkswagen do Brasil comemorou 500.000 Gol exportados para 50 países.

    2005 – Lançamento do Gol 1.0 Total Flex, o primeiro carro de entrada bicombustível do País, que popularizou o acesso à nova tecnologia.
    Lançamento do Gol G4, a quarta geração.

    2007 – Chega ao 20º ano de liderança no mercado nacional, comemorando cinco milhões de unidades produzidas.

    2008 – Alcança o marco de 5,7 milhões de unidades produzidas e 4,7 milhões vendidas no Brasil. Lançamento do Novo Gol.

    2010 – Trinta anos de fabricação. Lançamento da série especial Gol Seleção, com três mil unidades. A primeira versão do Gol (1980) passa a ser considerada histórica, com direito a receber placas pretas, exclusivas para carros com mais de 30 anos de idade.

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  • U.S. Army Goes All Out for Ecollaboration

    The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) joins the Ecollaboration themeEcollaboration sounds like a Disney World installation but it’s serious business for the U.S. Army.  The Army’s Tank, Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) plans to have one of the biggest displays at next week’s SAE International 2010 World Congress, which will focus on collaborative  automotive technologies that address sustainability issues, under the umbrella of the Ecollaboration theme.

    SAE International is a professional organization that develops global standards for all types of motorized vehicles and the U.S. military has the largest fleet of vehicles in the world.  Given the military’s increasing focus on climate change as an emerging threat to U.S. security, its enthusiastic participation in this SAE showcase is likely to influence future trends.

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  • Analysis: Strong carbon cap would cut Iran’s petrodollars by over $100 million a day

    Strong Climate Policy Cuts Iran Petrodollars

    A strong cap on carbon would significantly cut the flow of petrodollars to Iran’s hostile regime, a ThinkProgress analysis shows.

    The economic and political strength of Iran’s dictatorship is a threat to the national security of the United States and the world, and its nuclear ambitions threaten to destabilize the Middle East. Yesterday, diplomats from “six world powers have met for the first time to discuss imposing new sanctions on Iran for its failure to suspend work on its controversial nuclear program,” but negotiators have not yet figured how to achieve President Barack Obama’s goal of being “consistent and steady in applying international pressure.”

    Iran, “which holds the world’s second-biggest oil and gas reserves and supplies about 4.5 percent of the world’s oil production,” uses its oil power “as a strategic asset.” One mechanism to control the flow of petrodollars to Iran — whose oil production is worth $120 billion a year at current prices — is for the United States to control its appetite for oil. ThinkProgress has found that a carbon cap that reduces global warming pollution by 80 percent by 2050 would mean Iran would lose approximately $1.8 trillion worth of oil revenues over the next forty years — over $100 million a day [as the figure shows].

    The United States is by far the world’s biggest consumer of oil, accounting for 25 percent of world production. Our demand is more than the four next biggest consumers — China, Japan, India, and Russia — combined, despite having only 11% of their population. Unilateral action by the United States to reduce oil consumption has a profound effect on the world market, and is the first step towards global climate policy that builds a zero-carbon economy.

    If the world moves away from oil dependence, Iran’s regime will no longer be able to rely on petrodollars to stay afloat. Other unfriendly regimes propped up by carbon-fuel money, such as Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, will also feel the pinch, improving our national security and making it less likely our armed services will fight battles amid the oil fields. For that to happen, the United States must pass comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation as fast as possible, the stronger the better.

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  • Google adds Universal Search to Suggest to Mobile Platforms



    On their official blog, Google is announcing that they have rolled out Universal Search to their Suggest functionality for mobile platforms.  This feature has been enabled for users on the Google homepage since last December and is now live when you search on your Android Handset as well.  Confused about what this does exactly?

    Say for example, you are on flight Ba 284 from San Fran to London, and wanted to know if the flight was on time as you were going to the airport.  You can simply type in that flight number, and without hitting the search button, Google will give you the information via Suggest.

    I am always a fan of removing steps from the search process on my handset, and this is precisely what this new feature does.  It will be interesting to see how accurate and fast it is going to be as we use it.  Check it out on your handset today, the functionality is currently supported on Android-powered devices, iPhones/iPods and Palm WebOS devices in the US.

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  • 25 Hedge Fund Managers Worth 658,000 Teachers

    25 Hedge Fund Managers Worth 658,000 Teachers
    Les Leopold: What work do we value most? In 2009, the worst economic year for working people since the Great Depression, the top 25 hedge fund managers walked off with an average of $1 billion each. With the money those 25 people “earned,” we could have hired 658,000 entry level teachers. (They make about $38,000 a year, including benefits.) Those educators could have brought along over 13 million young people, assuming a class size of 20. That’s some value.

  • Urgency After Copenhagen

    Urgency After Copenhagen
    The developing world seems to get it: In the first climate change conference since Copenhagen, leaders from the Global South have said the need for a new worldwide climate change agreement is “greater than ever.” The industrialized world has been historically underwhelmed by the idea of cutting emissions, largely due to its suspicious claim that reducing the capacity to pump out pollutants would ruin its economies … especially at a time of crisis. —JCL The BBC: The need for a new global climate deal is “greater than ever”, according to developing country delegates speaking at the opening of UN climate talks. Blocs representing the poorest nations called for intensive talks during the year, leading to agreement on a legally binding treaty in December. The EU backed the call, re-stating that the conclusion of December’s Copenhagen summit had not met its ambitions. But other industrialised countries do not appear so keen for a new treaty. Read more

    The developing world seems to get it: In the first climate change conference since Copenhagen, leaders from the Global South have said the need for a new worldwide climate change agreement is “greater than ever.”

    The industrialized world has been historically underwhelmed by the idea of cutting emissions, largely due to its suspicious claim that reducing the capacity to pump out pollutants would ruin its economies … especially at a time of crisis. —JCL

    The BBC:

    The need for a new global climate deal is “greater than ever”, according to developing country delegates speaking at the opening of UN climate talks.

    Blocs representing the poorest nations called for intensive talks during the year, leading to agreement on a legally binding treaty in December.

    The EU backed the call, re-stating that the conclusion of December’s Copenhagen summit had not met its ambitions.

    But other industrialised countries do not appear so keen for a new treaty.

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  • Florida GOP Staffer, Melanie Phister, Had $1.3 Million In Credit Card Charges

    Florida GOP Staffer, Melanie Phister, Had $1.3 Million In Credit Card Charges
    She was a 25-year-old junior staffer when the Florida Republican Party gave her an American Express card. Over the next 2½ years, nearly $1.3 million…

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [118] — Cold War Jumps Shark
    The Cold War has officially jumped the shark. Yesterday, President Obama signed a strategic arms reduction treaty (the “New START”) with the president of Russia….

    Bill Quigley: Nine Myths About Socialism in the US
    The fact is that the US is not really all that generous to our working and poor people compared to other countries.

    Dave Maass: Republican House Candidate Talks Testicles in the Military
    Recently, for San Diego CityBeat, I interviewed Nick Popaditch, a retired Marine, Republican and the Tea Party favorite to replace Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) in Congress.

  • Perino falsely suggested Cadillac tax “carve-out” only applied to union members

    Perino falsely suggested Cadillac tax “carve-out” only applied to union members

    Dana Perino falsely suggested that health care reform allowed unions a “carve-out” so that their high-cost “Cadillac” healthcare plans would not be taxed, but those of “the rest of us” would be taxed. In fact, changes made to the Senate health care reform bill delays the application and increases the thresholds of an excise tax for all high-cost plans — not just union plans — until 2018.

    From the April 9 exempted high-cost union health care plans from the excise tax until 2018, reportedly to give union members more time to renegotiate their contracts, while non-union high-cost health care plans would have been subject to the excise tax starting in 2013. That proposed compromise was never implemented.

  • Leading Texas Supreme Court Candidate Has Checkered Ethical Past, Religious-Right Worldview (VIDEO)

    Leading Texas Supreme Court Candidate Has Checkered Ethical Past, Religious-Right Worldview (VIDEO)
    A former Texas legislator who has a good shot at being the next justice on the state’s Supreme Court would bring to the job a checkered ethical past, a Bible-based view of the law, endorsements from Chuck Norris and Alan Keyes, and a commitment to “keeping God in the equation” in American civic life.

    Judge Who Vacationed With Massey CEO Now Running For Congress
    In 2006, Spike Maynard, then a former West Virginia judge, vacationed with Massey energy CEO Don Blankenship while the company had business before the court on which Maynard sat. Now Maynard is running for Congress.

  • 10 Visionary Ideas for Progressives

    10 Visionary Ideas for Progressives
    AlterNet’s Vision coverage offers creative, innovative ways of rethinking and tackling our society’s most pressing problems. Here’s 10 of our recent best stories.

    AlterNet's Vision coverage offers creative, innovative ways of rethinking and tackling our society's most pressing problems. Here's 10 of our recent best stories.

    How Stanislav Grof Helped Launch the Dawn of a New Psychedelic Research Era
    The world of medicine may finally be ready to catch back up with psychedelic pioneers, whose work was rejected a half-century ago.

    The world of medicine may finally be ready to catch back up with psychedelic pioneers, whose work was rejected a half-century ago.

    The Tea Parties Bring Back Social Darwinism
    The right-wing populism manifested in the movement is essentially the same old Social Darwinism that appeared in U.S. society in the nineteenth century.

    The right-wing populism manifested in the movement is essentially the same old Social Darwinism that appeared in U.S. society in the nineteenth century.

  • Nation Review Attacks Gen. Petraeus As Anti-Israel & Jeff Goldberg Unveils Himself

    Nation Review Attacks Gen. Petraeus As Anti-Israel & Jeff Goldberg Unveils Himself
    Andrew McCarthy, a far right columnist at National Review Online, has had it with General David Petraeus and his defenders. He is particularly furious with Max Boot, the neocon columnist and Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, for…


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    Greenspan, Summers, and Why the Economy Is So Out of Whack
    I’m in the “green room” at ABC News, waiting to join a roundtable panel discussion on ABC’s weekly Sunday news program, This Week. Alan Greenspan is now being interviewed. He says he bore no responsibility for the housing bubble that…



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    The Best Quote On AIPAC EVER!
    You never know where Jeff Goldberg will end up on a particular issue except that he will never deviate more than a few degrees from the AIPAC line. It is then no surprise that his piece today is called “AIPAC…


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  • The Week In Blog: Bling Bling Edition

    The Week In Blog: Bling Bling Edition

    The latest edition of The Week In Blog is up at BloggingHeads.tv featuring Matt Lewis and myself on blog reaction to Michael Steele’s shaky week, Confederate History Month and the nuclear arms treaty with Russia. Watch it below.

  • ThinkFast: April 9, 2010

    ThinkFast: April 9, 2010
    In an interview last night, President Obama responded to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s criticism of his nuclear weapons policy, saying, “the last I checked, Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on nuclear issues” “If the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are comfortable with it, I’m […]

    In an interview last night, President Obama responded to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s criticism of his nuclear weapons policy, saying, “the last I checked, Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on nuclear issues” “If the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are comfortable with it, I’m probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin,” said Obama.

    “Anger over the health-care overhaul has led to a nearly threefold increase in recent months in the number of serious threats against members of Congress.” Federal lawmakers reported “42 threats in the first three months of this year, compared with 15 in last three months of 2009.” According to the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, “[n]early all of the recent threats appear to come from opponents of the health-care overhaul.”

    The operator of the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, where an explosion killed 25 miners this week, “was warned by federal officials just over two years ago that it could be cited for having a ‘pattern of violations,’ which would have allowed far stricter federal oversight of the mine. But the mine escaped the stepped-up enforcement even though it continued to amass violations.”

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled his plans to attend a nuclear nonproliferation summit in Washington next week reportedly fearing “that Muslim states were planning on using the occasion to raise the question of Israel’s nuclear arsenal.” Israel refuses to discuss whether or not it has a nuclear weapons program and will not join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

    Two Republican National Committee (RNC) members from North Carolina have called on Chairman Michael Steele to resign. The state’s chairman called for Steele to step down yesterday, and now RNC member Dr. Ada Fisher is as well, saying, “Leadership demands that when something is fundamentally wrong, we must stand up to it.”

    In a “signed declaration to support a lawsuit filed by a Guantánamo detainee” former Colin Powell Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson said the Bush administration “knew [some] Guantánamo prisoners were innocent” but refused to release them based on political reasons. “He had absolutely no concern that the vast majority of Guantánamo detainees were innocent,” Wilkerson asserts of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

    Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) plans to announce his retirement today, Democrats briefed on his decision said.” Stupak led a pro-life group of Democrats during the health care debate, but “hinted” that he might retire “in a letter to constituents on Wednesday.”

    A large coalition of civil liberties groups has sent a letter to Congress urging members to vote against closing the Guantánamo Bay prison camps unless the Obama administration alters its internment policies. The groups, which include the ACLU and the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society, object to the administration’s right to detain people indefinitely without trial, among other things.

    The number of improvised explosive devises in Afghanistan has doubled in the past year, “prompting U.S. officials to rush billions of dollars of new protective gear to troops and double the number of road-clearing teams.” The plan “follows Pentagon warnings of an increase in casualties in the months to come.”

    And finally: “I want to get on the Metro,” First Lady Michelle Obama tells Conde Nast Traveler, commenting on all the normal D.C. activities she wishes she could do.

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