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Created by dipity on Oct 7, 2008
Last updated: 12/06/10 at 05:21 PM
Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on Saturday in a demonstration against a pact that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three more years. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Thousands_march_in_Baghdad_against_U_S_pact
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49E6BY20081018?sp=true
It’s hard to believe how or why, but there really exists a subculture in America that is militaristic, hateful, vengeful, irrational and ambitious. These extremists are cancerous to progressive society and similar groups have had similar effect throughout the history of civilization.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/American_Fundamentalist_Right_No_Different_Than_Taliban
http://www.theamericanboy.net/?p=216
The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and John McCain is acting to tamp it down. McCain was booed by his own supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from raising questions about Barack Obama's character, he described the Democrat as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States." Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_booed_after_trying_to_calm_anti_Obama_crowd
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_angry_crowds
"Apparently it’s a virus and, in the last weeks of the election, it’s raiding the computers of some pretty different types of people"Full Digg post: http://digg.com/security/An_Anti_Obama_Virus_Infecting_Computers
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2008/10/antiobama_virus_hits_home.php
As the 2008 campaign nears its conclusion, the presidential transition efforts of the two major candidates have become a study in contrasts: Sen. Barack Obama has organized an elaborate well-staffed network to prepare for his possible ascension to the White House, while Sen. John McCain has all but put off such work until after the election.
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Sam_Stein_Obama_McCain_Transition_Efforts_Are_Worlds_Apart
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/obama-mccain-transition-e_n_132976.html
Joe Biden did more for the equality of the sexes with his honest display of paternal emotion during the vice presidential debate than Sarah Palin's presence on the executive ticket has or will ever do. Biden visibly teared up when he rebutted the that "just because I am a man" he didn't understand what it was like to wonder whether a child wouFull Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Joe_Biden_s_Tears_the_Political_Power_of_Paternal_Love
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leah-mcelrath-renna/joes-tears-the-political_b_131460.html
MoveOn.org blames McCain advisers. He blames Obama and Democrats in Congress. Both are wrong. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/Who_Caused_the_Economic_Crisis_FactCheck_org
http://www.newsweek.com/id/161936
After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/Senate_passes_700B_sweetened_rescue_package_2
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=Agb_w64sWYnxEPutfB__4tFv24cA
In Des Moines, Iowa, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the following: "Senator Obama and his allies in Congress infused unnecessary partisanship into the process. Now is not the time to affix the blame. It’s time to fix the problem. "Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/McCain_Flip_Flops_While_Blaming_Obama_for_Economy
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/mccain-and-his.html
Law enforcement threats, intimidation likened to 'police-state tactics,' by Missouri governor
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Backlash_to_Obama_officials_squelching_political_speech
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76438
Just reported on CNN that the McCain campaign is urging the cancellation of the Friday Presidential Debate, cancellation of the VP Debate next Thursday, and replacing next Thursday's VP debate with a new Presidential debate!
In effect, hiding Palin, AGAIN!
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/BREAKING_McCain_Camp_attempting_to_cancel_VP_debate
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-93352
Comcast has finally provided the FCC with details of its new congestion management system, and there's a lot to like. Deep packet inspection it out. P2P protocol targeting is out. Management systems that affect entire regions are out.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/tech_news/Comcast_Loses_P2P_Religion_Goes_Agnostic_On_Throttling
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080919-comcast-loses-p2p-religion-goes-agnostic-on-throttling.html
Funny Comic if Palin was a Democrat.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/comedy/If_Palin_Were_A_Democrat
http://www.salon.com/comics/knig/2008/09/17/knig/index.html
He was grilled on Sarah Palin, his Obama sex-ed for kids attack ads, his view on Roe v. Wade, the separation of church and state and more.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Grilled_On_Roe_v_Wade
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/mccain-grilled-on-the-vie_n_125972.html
Facts are stubborn things. Check the permanent record and it's all there. So, how many "diggers" are going to try to report the FACTS as "inaccurate" this time?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Voted_Against_Biden_Law_Requiring_Free_Rape_Exams
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/09/mccain-voted-against-biden-law.html
In 2009, NASA will launch the first test flight of its next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system. The test flight, called Ares I-X, will bring NASA one step closer to its exploration goals -- to return to the moon for more ambitious exploration of the lunar surface and to travel to Mars and destinations beyond.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/space/NASA_Image_The_First_Flight_of_a_New_Era
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1170.html
...the hockey mom from Alaska who could be President if McCain doesn't survive his first term.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Matt_Damon_on_Palin_It_s_like_a_really_bad_Disney_movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxkrm9uEJk
Bed, Bath & Beyond refused to let some customers use the phone to call 911 after they saw a toddler locked in a hot car in the store's parking lot. The witnesses told the local news that the employees told them, "...You cannot call no one, what goes on in the parking lot is not our concern."Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/Bed_Bath_Beyond_Won_t_Let_You_Call_911
http://consumerist.com/5046738/bed-bath--beyond-will-not-let-you-use-the-phone-to-call-911
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election. That experiment appears to be over.After months of accusations of political bias the channel yanked Keith Olbermann And Chris MatthewsFull Digg post: http://digg.com/television/MSNBC_Yanks_Keith_Olbermann_And_Chris_Matthews
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/media/08msnbc.html?partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Sen. Barack Obama's foes seized Sunday upon a brief slip of the tongue, when the Democratic presidential nominee was outlining his Christianity but accidentally said, "my Muslim faith." Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/obamarama_speaks_the_truth_accidentally
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/07/obama-verbal-slip-fuels-his-critics/
Take a look what they've shredded....Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Take_a_closer_look_at_the_RNC_confetti
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/2829521895_a990813f22_b.jpg
Ever since the Troopergate scandal broke one of the big questions is how exactly Palin could have legally gotten access to her ex brother-in-law's confidential police personnel file. Now the Alaska State Police Union is responding by filing a formal complaint against Palin, which may kick off another investigation into her conduct.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Troopergate_Did_Sarah_Palin_Illegally_Access_Police_Files
http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/04/1347737.aspx
You can get this information by logging on to the Library of Congress website http://thomas.loc.gov/ and conducting a search under Barack Obama. This posting organizes and categorizes the Bills sponsored and co-sponsored by Senator Obama, and highlights those that have been passed into US Law. IL State Legislature accomplishments are summarized.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Legislative_Experience_Senator_Barack_Obama_D_IL
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/The/gG5tCk
Because punishing ignorant teenage girls is always the best policy!Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Palin_Slashed_Funding_for_Teen_Moms
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/02/palin_slashed_funding_to_help.html
Adam Savage: "What I do see as a huge issue is a very anti-science vibe. That kind of attack absolutely is damaging science exploration across the whole country. And until we can get our head out of the sand and realize that science isn't about truth—it's why this debate about the 'theory of evolution' bugs the hell out of me." Full Digg post: http://digg.com/general_sciences/MythBuster_US_School_Evolution_Theory_Bugs_the_Hell_Outta_Me
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4280765.html
If a small-town mayor ever ruled with an iron fist — it was Palin. Eleven days after taking office in 1996, she mailed letters to each of the city’s top managers requesting that they resign as a test of loyalty.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Palin_Forced_Staff_To_Resign_In_Loyalty_Test_2
http://www.washingtonindependent.com/3767/palin-involved-in-ousting-scandals-from-the-start
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
Democratic National Convention
August 28, 2008
Denver, ColoradoFull Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Barack_Obama_The_American_Promise
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/28/barack-obama-democratic-c_n_122224.html
To hardcore players, this question may sound ridiculous, but do game developers have too much fan feeback? Obviously, there are many that don’t, and won’t, take any of it seriously. For others, it’s their main source of feedback. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/gaming_news/Your_Influence_on_Game_Developers
http://xboxfocus.com/columns/26-outside-white-box/753-your-influence-on-developers/index.html
I know that we have been clamoring for 3rd party applications on the iPhone and there are some awesome applications available. However, the stable days of pre-iPhone 2.0 may be gone forever and Jobs may not like the can of worms that he has opened up. It is particularly a shame when the native applications on the device can’t even perform reliably.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Made_the_iPhone_Less_Stable_Than_Windows_Mobile
http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1351
"The Illinois senator promised he would work to add one more space-shuttle flight beyond 2010, the shuttle program's scheduled end. He said he wanted to ensure thousands of contract workers didn't lose their jobs. 'We cannot afford to lose their expertise,' he said."Full Digg post: http://digg.com/space/Senator_Barack_Obama_No_Longer_Favors_Slashing_NASA_s_Budget
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/ucf/orl-obama0308aug03,0,4293362.story
Perhaps it was jealously or desperation that forced John McCain to refer to Barack Obama as a celebrity like Paris Hilton or Britney Spears. But McCain brings up an excellent point. Yeah, it back fired on him because Barack the celebrity is the greatest thing going for him and for the United States.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Why_Obama_being_a_celebrity_is_great_for_him_and_America
http://www.lyved.com/news/why-obama-being-a-celebrity-is-the-greatest-thing-going-for-him-and-america/
I don't agree with Barack Obama on the Iraq war or on 65-70% of his policy positions, but something's got to give. As much as I respect McCain, he just doesn't get it. The McCain of 8 years ago is no more. The so called "Maverick" is an establishment tool who, if elected, will owe plenty of favors to the kind of corporatists and party hacks.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Word_from_an_Obamacon_Why_this_Republican_is_Voting_Obama
http://www.salon.com/tt/best/2008/08/01/best/index.html?source=rss&aim=/tt/best
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Obama_Berlin_Speech_See_Video_Photos
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/obama-in-berlin-video-of_n_114771.html
There is wide-spread acknowledgment, even within the party itself, that the Republican brand is currently poisonous. "There is a phenomenal arrogance like a fog that has clouded people's thinking and ability to see what is real..We have to go down in history as some of the worst messengers. And President Bush has been horrible."Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/GOP_Insider_Slams_Bush_Party_Just_Phenomenal_Arrogance
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/24/gop-insider-eviscerates-b_n_114737.html
On the battlefield in Afghanistan or in Peoria, Illinois... you can, just as easily, disappear into the bottomless pit of "enemy combatancy".Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Federal_court_Bush_can_indefinitely_detain_ANYONE
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Federal_court_Bush_can_indefinitely_detain_0715.html
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) regularly hypes the threat posed by Iran, saying they are “intent on acquiring nuclear weapons” and even attacking Democrats for allegedly not recognizing “the threat posed by an Iran with nuclear ambitions.” Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Admits_He_Doesn_t_Know_Nature_of_Threat_From_Iran
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/10/despite-all-his-fearmongering-mccain-admits-he-doesnt-know-the-nature-of-the-threat-from-iran/
WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved a bill overhauling the rules on secret government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telecom companies that helped listen in unlawfully on Americans.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/FISA_Amendments_Act_passes_Senate_with_bipartisan_support
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080709/ap_on_go_co/terrorist_surveillance
The U.S. Senate voted against removing retroactive immunity for lawbreaking telephone companies from the pending domestic spying bill Wednesday morning, and is expected to approve the legislation within hours. An amendment sponsored by Senator Chris Dodd that would have stripped immunity from the bill failed by a vote of 32 to 66.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/US_Senate_Has_Voted_Telecoms_Will_Have_Retroactive_Immunity
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/congress-passes.html
FOX must stop injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue. We intend to hold FOX, its advertisers, and its personalities accountable for FOX's attempts to smear the Obamas.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Sorry_FOX_we_won_t_let_you_trash_Michelle_Obama_2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ_kR8nP1Tc
In a walkthrough video of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, Lobb clearly states at the 4 minute mark: "So you basically grab with the wrench, and then you twist the controller around." Oddly enough, he hesitates for a second as if he wanted to take back that statement; however, it was done and over with. Microsoft and Rare have promised that. . .Full Digg post: http://digg.com/xbox/Ken_Lobb_Confirms_Motion_Controller_for_360
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/15334/banjo-kazooie-nuts--bolts/videos/banjo_commentary_p1.html
With the Senate set to vote on FISA amendments this week, Ars examines the legislation's key provisions and finds that it would undermine judicial oversight of foreign-to-domestic communications.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/The_new_FISA_compromise_it_s_worse_than_you_think
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/fisa-compromise.ars
Speaking with Gamasutra about Microsoft’s casual games initiative, he talked about how they don’t see the Wii as a direct competitor, and that Microsoft actually benefits from the Wii’s growing sales, as those who buy the system are eventually “going to want to graduate to an Xbox 360 experience.”Full Digg post: http://digg.com/gaming_news/Microsoft_s_Aaron_Greenberg_Says_People_Buying_the_Wii
http://news.filefront.com/microsofts-aaron-greenberg-says-people-buying-the-wii-as-a-novelty/
Owners of large vehicles have hit an uncomfortable price milestone and are cutting back on recreational driving.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/autos/At_100_for_Tank_of_Gas_Some_Choke_on_Fill_It_2
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/business/06tank.html?ex=1373083200&en=93b3af51607d2e99&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
Sprint Nextel's Samsung Instinct bears a resemblance to Apple's iPhone. But the Instinct doesn't come with features to rival those of the iPhone. Nor does its price, $229.99 before a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract, offer a big discount over of Apple's creation.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/apple/Samsung_Instinct_Just_Only_Looks_Like_an_iPhone
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070202762.html?hpid=sec-tech
There are over a dozen people working at our fair Gizmodo, but as a Windows user, I'm in a definite minority. I still rock XP, and I'm pretty happy with that. Why haven't I switched to Macs? Plenty of reasons, not least of which being that I'm just too smart to switch to a Mac.That's right, I'm too smart for Macs. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/microsoft/Why_I_Still_Use_Windows_Despite_the_Peer_Pressure
http://gizmodo.com/5018985/why-i-still-use-windows-despite-the-peer-pressure
For good reason, the wireless phone industry is ranked as one of the worst in the U.S. for customer satisfaction. Technical support calls can take hours with endless transfers from one customer rep to another. Then there's the endless pile of service activation and cancellation fees.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/tech_news/Forbes_Hating_Your_Cellphone_Company
http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/06/15/hate-cellphone-carrier-tech-wireless08-cx_af_0616carrier.html
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued a statement in support of the House’s update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but said he would try to strip a provision granting immunity to telecommunication companies when the bill comes to a vote in the Senate next week.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Obama_I_ll_Fight_To_Strip_Telecom_Immunity_From_FISA
http://rawstory.com/news08/2008/06/21/obama-ill-fight-to-strip-telecom-immunity-from-fisa/
The excuse that Obama's support for the FISA bill is politically shrewd is neither a defense of what he did nor a reason to refrain from loudly criticizing him for it. Beyond that, this attitude that we should uncritically support Obama in everything he does and refrain from criticizing him is unhealthy in the extreme. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/An_Honest_Look_at_Obama_s_Support_for_the_FISA_Compromise
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/21/obama/index.html
A booth at this weekend’s Texas Republican convention sold buttons asking, “If Obama Is President…Will We Still Call It The White House? The company that makes the buttons boasts providing “Patriotic and Republican Products.” Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Racist_Obama_Buttons_Sold_at_Texas_Republican_Convention
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/17/gop-convention-button-asks-if-obama-is-presidentwill-we-still-call-it-the-white-house/
Something strange happened to Chuck Hagel over the last couple of years: He started to turn into McCain. Not the McCain who's running for president this year, the McCain of old - the man who used to be a democrat's republican. Now Hagel's being discussed as a contender for Barack Obama's vice-presidential pick. A bold or political fantasy?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/And_Obama_s_veep_is_a_Republican
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/17/hagel_veep
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