Intoxination
Dec 3
2009

Sarah Palin Officially Joins The Birther Crowd

Politics

Well at least we now know what she was thinking: Speaking to the conservative talker Rusty Humphries today, Sarah Palin left the door open to speculation about President Obama’s birth certificate. “Would you make the birth certificate an issue if you ran?” she was asked (around 9 minutes into the video above). “I think the […]

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Dec 3
2009

Eric Schmidt Confronts Murdoch On Murdoch’s Turf

Media

Image by Eric Schmidt / Google via CrunchBase Eric Schmidt, the head cheese of Google, has written a lengthy article appearing in the Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal. In the piece Schmidt not only clarifies the distortions Murdoch has been laying out these past few weeks, but also what Google is doing to help the […]

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Dec 3
2009

Georgia’s House Speaker Resigns

Politics

This has been a very interesting and sad story that really hasn’t received much attention: Georgia’s powerful House speaker resigned Thursday after a suicide attempt and allegations by his ex-wife that he carried on an affair with a lobbyist. Glenn Richardson, the state’s first GOP speaker since Reconstruction, had won sympathy from even his political […]

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Dec 3
2009

Remember When We Had Anti-Trust Laws?

Science

Image via Wikipedia Oh those were the days, but like everything else that falls within the realm of common sense, that too has become extinct: Over the last few years, drug-makers have embraced a startlingly simple tactic for fending off competition from generic brands: paying them off. In a nutshell, the company that holds the […]

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Dec 3
2009

George Stephanopoulos Offered Job To Co-Host Good Morning America

Media

The Washington Post reports: ABC has offered George Stephanopoulos the coveted job of co-hosting “Good Morning America,” and intensive negotiations are under way, sources familiar with the situation said Thursday. While the network’s chief Washington correspondent has not yet accepted the job, he was in New York this week, as was Anne Sweeney, president of […]

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Dec 3
2009

Boxer Wants Criminal Probe Into Hacked Climate Emails

Science

Image via Wikipedia And she is right on calling for this: Leaked e-mails allegedly undermining climate change science should be treated as a criminal matter, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Wednesday afternoon. Boxer, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said that the recently released e-mails, showing scientists allegedly overstating the […]

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Dec 3
2009

Comcast Gets Their NBC

Media

We knew this was coming: The agreement will create a joint venture, with Comcast owning 51 percent and G.E. owning 49 percent. Comcast will contribute to the joint venture its stable of cable channels, which includes Versus, the Golf Channel and E Entertainment, worth about $7.25 billion, and will pay G.E. about $6.5 billion in […]

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Dec 3
2009

Salahis Refuse To Testify Before Congress And May Now Be Subpoenaed

Politics

NPR: “The Salahis’ testimony is important to explain how a couple circumvented layers of security at the White House on the evening of a state dinner without causing alarm,” Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee chairman, said in a statement released by his committee last night. “If the Salahis are absent from tomorrow’s hearing, the […]

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Dec 3
2009

A Very Sad Anniversary

Society

It was 30 years ago today that eleven young people were trampled to death while trying to get in to see The Who in concert in Cincinnati. The main cause of the tragedy was “stadium seating”, where patrons got their seats on a first come first serve basis. It lead the way to Cincinnati imposing […]

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Dec 3
2009

The Sarah Palin Book Tour/SarahPAC Fundraiser

Media

If you head to one of Sarah Palin’s book tours and want to get your picture taken with her then be prepared to fork over some bucks. It turns out that you aren’t allowed to have cameras or cellphones near her. A spokesman for Palin’s book tour said the crowd wouldn’t be allowed to take […]

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