Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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Obama's Press Conference on Tax Cuts and Unemployment Extension

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 09:18 PM PST


Obama talking about the possible compromise.

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Julian Assange (WikiLeaks Founder) Jailed in Britain Without Bail on Sex-Crimes Charges

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 09:04 PM PST


Julian Assange is not in jail over the leaked documents, instead it is on sex-crimes charges. You can read all about the charges here, though if the story is as presented the case seems weak at best. Assange's biggest problem may not be the charges he surrendered under/for, but what they might do with him because of the leaks now that they have him. There is also the matter of that 'insurance file' he has yet to release...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101207/ap_on_hi_te/wikileaks

"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and jailed without bail Tuesday in a sex-crimes investigation, but his organization scarcely missed a beat, releasing a new batch of the secret cables that U.S. officials say are damaging America's security and relations worldwide."

Ted Turner (Father of Five) Calls For One-Child Policy

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:31 PM PST


Which four of his children does he think should not have been born; or is government forced reproductive control just for poor people...

http://blog.american.com/?p=23654 (via)

"According to Canada's Globe and Mail, "Mr. Turner—a long-time advocate of population control—said the environmental stress on the Earth requires radical solutions, suggesting countries should follow China's lead in instituting a one-child policy to reduce global population over time. He added that fertility rights could be sold so that poor people could profit from their decision not to reproduce."

Given that Ted has five children (yes, five), one must ask which four he's planning to sacrifice to Gaia."

Elizabeth Edwards Died of Cancer Today at The Age of 61

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:23 PM PST

Google Explains Why The Email is Marked a Priority

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:11 PM PST


Google is giving some incite in their Priority Inbox. Specifically why something is marked a priority.

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/priority-inbox-update-time-savings-new.html

"It's been a couple of months since we first launched Priority Inbox. Since then, we've heard from a number of you who've found it helpful in combating information overload, and we've seen evidence of this in aggregate too. Looking at median time in conversation view, we noticed that typical Priority Inbox users spend 43% more time reading important mail compared to unimportant, and 15% less time reading email overall as compared to Gmail users who don't use Priority Inbox. We're excited about the impact Priority Inbox can have, and we're listening to your feedback in order to make it even better.

For example, one thing we heard is that you wanted to know why Gmail classifies certain messages as important. So starting today, when you hover over an importance marker () you'll see a short explanation (e.g. "Important because you marked it as important" or "Important mainly because of the people in the conversation.")."

Also in Google news, Google Calendar is trying to make time zone changes less complicated for your planning.

Nasa Arsenic Bacteria Discovery Bad Science?

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 08:03 PM PST


Even if Nasa was completely wrong on this one, I still think the probability of life 'out there' at 100%.

http://www.slate.com/id/2276919

"None of the scientists I spoke to ruled out the possibility that such weird bacteria might exist. Indeed, some of them were co-authors of a 2007 report for the National Academies of Sciences on alien life that called for research into, among other things, arsenic-based biology. But almost to a person, they felt that the NASA team had failed to take some basic precautions to avoid misleading results.

When the NASA scientists took the DNA out of the bacteria, for example, they ought to have taken extra steps to wash away any other kinds of molecules. Without these precautions, arsenic could have simply glommed to the DNA, like gum on a shoe. "It is pretty trivial to do a much better job," said Rohwer.

In fact, says Harvard microbiologist Alex Bradley, the NASA scientists unknowingly demonstrated the flaws in their own experiment. They immersed the DNA in water as they analyzed it, he points out. Arsenic compounds fall apart quickly in water, so if it really was in the microbe's genes, it should have broken into fragments, Bradley wrote Sunday in a guest post on the blog We, Beasties. But the DNA remained in large chunks—presumably because it was made of durable phosphate. ...

But how could the bacteria be using phosphate when they weren't getting any in the lab? That was the point of the experiment, after all. It turns out the NASA scientists were feeding the bacteria salts which they freely admit were contaminated with a tiny amount of phosphate. It's possible, the critics argue, that the bacteria eked out a living on that scarce supply. As Bradley notes, the Sargasso Sea supports plenty of microbes while containing 300 times less phosphate than was present in the lab cultures."

The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 07:54 PM PST


Recovery ... what recovery?

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Sharpton Meeting With FCC to Silence Rush Limbaugh

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 07:49 PM PST

DIY Hand-Held Naked Body Scanner

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 07:43 PM PST


Not to worry, you will know if the person is scanning you by the fact that they would be running this devise all over your body; not exactly inconspicuous.

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