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NYT: McCain airs "paint-peeling" anti-Obama ad

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:13:39 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: "calls Mr. Obama a liar, blames liberal Democrats for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and, in giving them a traditionally Republican label, blames them for pushing 'deregulation.'"
Now check out the "evidence" - partially included in the clip - cited in the ad's print. Knock yourself out, Big John - America is smarter than this.

Clip Source: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

In his increasingly slashing campaign against Senator Barack Obama, Senator John McCain this morning released a paint-peeling advertisement

calls Mr. Obama a liar, blames liberal Democrats for the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and, in giving them a traditionally Republican label, blames them for pushing “deregulation

as evidence that “he lied,’

Obama’s

“This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood

who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He’s not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.”

In making its case that the liberals caused the housing crisis

the advertising back-up cites a quote

“Subprime lending started off as a good idea - helping Americans buy homes who couldn’t previously afford to.”

What the campaign left out was the rest of the speech, in which Mr. Obama in fact called for greater regulation of the mortgage industry

Tags: mccain, lies, smears, obama

Dexter The Lion Sleeps Tonight Preview

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:59:19 GMT

clipped by: pgorex7

Clip Source: www.flixya.com

Dexter The Lion Sleeps Tonight Preview

While Dexter is doing a bit of grocery shopping with Rita and her kids, our favorite serial killer encounters a pedophile and must soon determine if The Code applies to him.

Debra also gets a new case that seems like Freebo’s work, although Dexter knows otherwise. In the course of helping set Debra on the right track, Dexter also has to deal with whether or not it’s a good idea for him to get too friendly with Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado. Tread carefully, Dex.

Tags: download dexter: ‘the lion sleeps tonight’ for fre

Top 3 Tattoo Design Sites Reviewed

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:15:43 GMT

clipped by: keepingscore
clipper's remarks: Have tattoos caught your eye sometime in your life? They probably have! Tattoos are a type of body art that not only allow for self expression, they convey a message to others who see them.

Clip Source: tattoo-designs-4u.com

Top 3 Tattoo Design Sites Reviewed

Have tattoos caught your eye sometime in your life? They probably have! Tattoos are a type of body art that not only allow for self expression, they convey a message to others who see them. Perhaps that’s why tattoos have been a part of many cultures for centuries.

You can continue on with the age-old tradition with a fresh, new, and fantastic tattoo design from one of the leading tattoo design companys.

If you can’t decide what tattoo you want you’re not alone, my wife and I had the same problem. But we finally solved the problem, without divorce

Neither of us were really good artists, especially me and especially at tattoo designs, but we had some idea of what we wanted. Most importantly we wanted to make sure we had the right tattoo that fit our styles and likes.

Listen To Your YouTube Comment Before Posting

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:48:22 GMT

clipped by: Andy Greenberg
clipper's remarks: Not sure which is weirder--that YouTube now gives commenters the opportunity to listen to their comments out loud in order to better filter their idiocy, or that this feature was taken from an idea in an uber-geeky web comic.

Clip Source: techdirt.com

YouTube Taking Feature Advice From XKCD

While any open online forum has its share of trolls and poorly written comments, YouTube is infamous for having a quality level below pretty much everywhere else. The (absolutely worth reading) online comic strip, xkcd ran a strip recently joking about one possible "cure" for this: having a virus written that would read a YouTuber's comment outloud before requesting final approval to post it. The idea was that any sane person would recognize how idiotic their comments sounded:

Apparently, the folks at YouTube/Google thought it was such a good idea that they've actually created just such a button. Of course, those who need to use it most probably won't do so. At least with the xkcd version, the virus forced people to listen to their comments.

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Tags: google, youtube, xkcd, web comics

"new ideas"

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:11:02 GMT

clipped by: debra01_hotmailcom
clipper's remarks: Good ideas are invaluable.

The pfennig is a German coin replaced by the euro in 2002.

Clip Source: 24.gmodules.com

If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I'll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too.

Brits, U.S. Inject Capital. Save Banks. Start Socialism.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:21:44 GMT

clipped by: citizenbfk
clipper's remarks: Following the lead of the Aussie's (not mentioned in article), The British government this morning pledged to "injected capital," -- hundred of billions of pounds -- to rescue its banking system.

U.S. Treasury Secretary says he has "broad powers," to do the same.

I think this is a good idea. It sure is a better idea than buying stinking unsecured debt that may never be repaid, that is if I understand the term "injecting capital," correctly (which I think I do but it would help if these guys spoke English).

Why have they come up with what sounds like, at least, a reasonable plan?

I don't know...maybe it's the intense scrutiny they are under...i.e., "oversight," actually helps.

Of course there is some irony in this due to the fact that government buying ownership (buying stocks) in private companies is a cornerstone idea of socialism.

And this idea comes from the ultimate capitalist who oppose government intervention in any way.

I find this very interesting.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Treasury says has power to inject bank capital

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday a recently approved financial bailout bill gives him wide authority to inject capital into the banking system and would not rule out having Treasury take an ownership position in banks if necessary.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Paulson calls for global action

(02:05) Report

Oct 8 - As Treasury Secretary Paulson prepares to host the G7, he is calling for intensified global cooperation to stabilize financial markets.

Paulson recited the numerous measures that members of the G7 -- the U.S., Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan -- and others have taken to try to halt plunging stock prices and rebuild confidence, but said more was needed.

Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Coming up next:

Two unrealistic economic plans?

(02:04) Report

It's Worth A Bottle Of Whiskey

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:28:15 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

WATERFORD, Calif. — Phil Stine is not crazy, or possessed, or even that special, he says. He has no idea how he does what he does. From most accounts, he does it very well.

“Phil finds the water,” said Frank Assali, an almond farmer and convert. “No doubt about it.”

Mr. Stine, you see, is a “water witch,” one of a small band of believers for whom the ancient art of dowsing is alive and well.

Emphasis, of course, on well. Using nothing more than a Y-shaped willow stick, Mr. Stine has as his primary function determining where farmers should drill to slake their crops’ thirst, adding an element of the mystical to a business where the day-to-day can often be painfully plain.

“I just tell people,” Mr. Stine said, “it’s the amount of lead” in your haunches.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

What does he look for in a good dowsing rod?

“It’s got to have leaves on it, and it can’t really be bigger than your finger,” Mr. Stine said. “And you got to find one with a fork in it.”

The Man Who Could've Been King

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:13:10 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

The children of Paul Emery Washington think of their father as an unpretentious, generous guy who climbed the corporate ladder to become regional manager at CertainTeed manufacturing, a building-supply company. Now 82, he takes care of his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, while spending time on the San Antonio, Texas, property that he shares with his children.

Paul Emery Washington is a direct descendant of , our nation's first president and perhaps the only man in history who turned down the position of monarch.

the Continental Congress floated the idea of a coup-d'etat and the installation of King George and the creation of an American monarchy. But Washington, who believed that anyone (anyone!) might make for a good leader, staunched the idea and eventually relinquished his power as commander-in-chief.

This Bailout Was A Terrible Idea! Here's Why

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:41:02 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: This lending was a wholesale abandonment of reasonable lending practices in which borrowers with poor credit characteristics got mortgages they were ill-equipped to handle.

Talk of Armageddon, however, is ridiculous scare-mongering. If financial institutions cannot make productive loans, a profit opportunity exists for someone else. This might not happen instantly, but it will happen.

The costs of the bailout, moreover, are almost certainly being understated. The administration's claim is that many mortgage assets are merely illiquid, not truly worthless, implying taxpayers will recoup much of their $700 billion.

The bailout has more problems. The final legislation will probably include numerous side conditions and special dealings that reward Washington lobbyists and their clients.

Anticipation of the bailout will engender strategic behavior by Wall Street institutions as they shuffle their assets and position their balance sheets to maximize their take.

Clip Source: www.lewrockwell.com

It seems that all is not lost. Jeffrey Miron from Harvard explains why this failed bailout is good news, not bad news, and he does it in clear, unmistakable prose:

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts

This bailout was a terrible idea. Here's why

The current mess would never have occurred in the absence of ill-conceived federal policies. The federal government chartered Fannie Mae in 1938 and Freddie Mac in 1970; these two mortgage lending institutions are at the center of the crisis. The government implicitly promised these institutions that it would make good on their debts, so Fannie and Freddie took on huge amounts of excessive risk.

Worse, beginning in 1977 and even more in the 1990s and the early part of this century, Congress pushed mortgage lenders and Fannie/Freddie to expand subprime lending. The industry was happy to oblige, given the implicit promise of federal backing, and subprime lending soared.

This subprime lending was more than a minor relaxation of existing credit guidelines.

Tags: bailout, fannie & freddie subprime loans, government backing, poor-credit borrowers

It's good to be the King - hypothetically

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:14:17 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

A genealogy Web site says it has found the king of America — or rather, the descendant of George Washington's family who would have most likely held the title had the nation's first president been its first monarch instead.

Long live Paul Emerson Washington, 82, of San Antonio, a retired regional manager for a building supply company.

Paul Washington is the one among 8,000 possible Washington descendants that the chief family historian at Ancestry.com believes would currently hold the crown — had there been one.

he says George Washington made the right decision, allowing himself to be elected president but not seeking a crown.

"He fought for eight years to do away with the monarchy, and I think he made the right decision," Bill Washington said. "The idea of one individual having supreme power over all others is an antiquated idea — to say the least."

Easy for him to say. As the second of Paul Washington's three sons, he's not next in the line of hypothetical succession.

Tags: king, united states, family, genealogy, history

VENUS IN ARIES

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:02:20 GMT

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Clip Source: www.librarising.com

VENUS IN ARIES -LET'S GET IT ON!

Picture an excited or hyperactive bull and you'll have a good idea of what Venus in Aries is all about. These people love a steady dose of action and challenge in their lives, even if it borders on mayhem. Here you'll find the hunter, racer, and seducer, all in one. They love speed and sex and sports and are not afraid of going after what they want. Unfortunately, they can be rather headstrong, impatient, ruthless, and even downright dangerous, yet that is what makes this placement so magnetic. Many famous and enduring actors/actresses are born with Venus in Aries: Rudolph Valentino, Katherine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Jack Lemmon, Mia Farrow, Eddie Murphy, Lucy Lawless, .

Windows Replacement Cursors (XP/Vista)

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:31:43 GMT

clipped by: xlorn
clipper's remarks: Great replacement for XP/Vista's mouse cursor set. Auto-installs. Just make sure you have admin rights.

Clip Source: www.lifehacker.com.au

Colour-Coded Mouse Cursors Offer Higher Visibility

Posted by Gina Trapani at 9:00 AM on December 6, 2007

Windows only: Wish your mouse pointer was easier to see? Try installing the smart and colourful XsX alpha blended package of mouse cursors. These cursors change colour depending on the possible action (like clicking a link or resizing a window), and blogger Aaron Tiensivu's put together a convenient installer for both Windows XP and Vista. Especially good for laptop screens, be sure to follow Tiensivu's installation instructions to get these going (it's not a regular installation wizard.) Having become a bit of an interface design snob (yes, the Mac's ruined me), I like the idea of these cursors; just wish they were better-looking. The XsX cursor installation package is a free download for Windows only.

Tags: cursors

Microsoft programming contest hacked, defaced

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:23:47 GMT

clipped by: rmowery

Clip Source: www.itwire.com

Microsoft programming contest hacked, defaced

Microsoft followed their annual major Tech-Ed event in Australia with a week-long programming contest called "DevSta," to find "star developers." While the quantity and quality of submissions suggest a poor turnout it certainly caught the attention of at least two hackers who left their mark.

Microsoft Australia’s DevSta challenge 2008 is on, and in fact at this time of writing still has 19 hours to go in case you’ve got a good idea and can code quickly.

Contest entries can be coded for Microsoft Windows desktops, Microsoft-based web servers, Windows Mobile, Windows Vista’s Sidebar or Silverlight web apps.

Tags: ms, microsoft, coding, development, programing, contest, australlia

Being personable is OK, but don't get in my face

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:41:07 GMT

clipped by: keeth

Clip Source: voices.kansascity.com

McCain loses spectacularly the physical aspect of the debate

Surprisingly, McCain was very awkward in his favorite format. It had less to do with his body language, which obviously is a result of his wartime injuries, and more with conscious, strategic decisions that were made beforehand. Being personable is OK, but invading personal space of people you meet for the first time is not necessarily a good idea, unless your name is Ron Artest and you are finally learning to play defense.

The one thing that he managed to do with natural ease was to radiate the unsettling anger that was first introduced in the previous debate. There were hidden frowns encrypted even in his smiles. It is becoming obvious that this anger is not a momentous condition and could be coming from a permanent place, deeply embedded within McCain’s psyche.

uninspired and predictable ties…in more ways than one (Obama wore a blue one and McCain, of course, went with red)

Tags: mccain, obama, personal, space, townhall, format, tie

Natural Care for Hyperthyroid - Grave's

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:41:06 GMT

clipped by: chiroted
clipper's remarks: People with hyperthyroid or Grave's may benefit from eating cabbage which is said to have a thyroid suppressing effect.

Of course doing an Allergy Relief clearing for goitrogen might also be a good idea.

Clip Source: standing1.home.mindspring.com

people with hyperthyroidism may actually benefit from the thyroid-suppressing effect of the cabbage family.) Here is an explanation from a book with the cheerful title Eat Right or Die Young by Dr. Cass Ingram:

"Certain foods contain chemicals which block the production of thyroid hormone, particularly cabbage, broccoli, rutabaga, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, watercress, and peanuts. Cooking partially inactivates the interfering chemical, known medically as a goitrogen. Thus, in most cases it is wise to eat these foods cooked. Raw peanuts or soybeans should never be eaten. Fortunately, peanut butter is heated to a high enough degree that the goitrogens are destroyed."

Tags: thyroid, hyperthyroid, grave's disease