There was already no love lost between Verizon and Cablevision, who are engaged in a heated competitive battle in the NY Metro market. Verizon’s now upped the ante, and according to Light Reading has filed suit against Cablevision for violating five DVR patents. As is usually the case in these patent fights, several of the [...]
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You know what the scary part is? Not that he said it. That he believes it. As my good friend Catherine said: Say your employer is paying $600/month to insure a young family of four. If the premium falls 100%, it is free. If it falls 3000% and they give you a raise with the [...] Here’s Kesha performing her smash hit, Tik Tok: Now here’s Stalker Patti from the Opie and Anthony show, with some production help, doing the same song… It’s astonishing what you can do in studio these days. Now I’m not taking away from Kesha, and the song is catchy as hell, but you have to admit… Someone with [...] When atheists act surprised that the population at large isn’t a fan of their extremism, it surprises me. I’ll be honest, I know most atheists are as passionate about that as I am about being a Catholic; hard working middle class people who don’t give two hoots what other people think or do. There are, [...] A United Nations report on climate change that has been lambasted for its faulty research is under new attack for yet another instance of what its critics say is sloppy science — adding to a growing scandal that has undermined the credibility of scientists and policymakers who back the U.N.’s findings about global warming. In [...] The revelation will cause fresh embarrassment for the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which had to issue a humiliating apology earlier this month over inaccurate statements about global warming. The IPCC’s remit is to provide an authoritative assessment of scientific evidence on climate change. In its most recent report, it stated that observed reductions in [...] The United States recognizes that the Taliban are now part of the political fabric of Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here on Friday, but the group must be prepared to play a legitimate role before it can reconcile with the Afghan government. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry near Islamabad on [...] Radio tower goes up in neighborhood. Neighborhood freaks out… A ‘Craigavon Task Force’ was established shortly after the erection of the tower, partly because some residents in the area complained about ailments which they attributed to the tower. They staged a protest a few weeks after the tower went live, handing out flyers with [...] The Transportation Security Administration, under scrutiny after last month’s bombing attempt, has on its Web site a “mythbuster” that tries to reassure the public. “Meet Mikey Hicks,” said Najlah Feanny Hicks, introducing her 8-year-old son, a New Jersey Cub Scout and frequent traveler who has seldom boarded a plane without a hassle because he shares the [...] Would you believe that one out of every six Americans is “going hungry”? You shouldn’t, because it’s not true. Nevertheless, the liberal group MoveOn.org claimed something close to that in an end-of-the-year appeal for donations to Feeding America, the national anti-hunger charity. MoveOn’s message said: “This winter, a record 49 million Americans are going hungry because of [...] Unrest in Iran? Attempted plane bombing in the US? The gigantic and growing deficit? Skyrocketing unemployment? Health care confiscation? You would think any of those issues are first and foremost on the mind of a man who reported for doody a few years ago, right? You’d be mistaken. John Kerry’s priorities are not quite the nation’s priorities… “Fox and Time Warner [...] The offenderati are at it again. In the wake of another attack on America by radical Islamists, and another hysterically deceitful race to call it an isolated incident, we now have the “it’s unamerican to profile” people coming out of the woodwork because some people in our government have dared suggest that it might [...] Does the inanity ever stop? So you don’t think I’m joking, here’s the original. – Posted with Stuffr! – Remember this picture? Obviously racist, and obviously intended to compare the First Lady to a monkey. So offensive was it that Google bought an ad on the search results page and said the following… An explanation of our search results. Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure [...] Adam Lambert and some gay activists are upset that his simulated fellatio from the AMAs got him booted from ABC’s GMA. Complaints poured in to the ABC TV network that aired the show, and it canceled the Lambert’s appearance on its “Good Morning America” news and chat show set for Wednesday. Yet rival network CBS put him [...] Oh for God’s sake, really? Look… We all know that the planning for 9/11 took 6 years meaning it happened under Bill Clinton’s watch, but the attacks did in fact happen under Bush’s. The fact that Sean Hannity let that remark slip is breathtaking. Dana Perino wants people to call it like they see it [...] Aol. has a new branding… If this is the shit that won out, can you imagine what the losing ideas were like? Wow… Denton must really be hurting. Look at what graces the bottom of every single post in Gizmodo’s feed now… I have no objection to an add or two in a feed, but this strikes me as a hair excessive. – Posted with Stuffr! – This is how insane the media has become. They’re definining Dede Scozzafava as a “moderate” Republican. I’m sorry, but her positions have nothing to do with moderation or being a Republican. She’s pro abortion. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg won re-election Tuesday, but voters were less enthusiastic about him than the last time he ran in 2005. The mayor did well in high-income white areas of Manhattan and Queens, and also in election districts dominated by immigrants, like Flushing and Brighton Beach. But his vote fell sharply in black neighborhoods, [...] |
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