Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago | Election 2008
As a general matter, I think there are far too few uses of executive clemency, commutation and pardon in our current criminal justice system. But here's a case of one gone awry that may end up having real political ramifications....
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago | Politics
CLIMATEGATE: FROM JIM TREACHER, A friendly chat with the global warming evangelist who lives in my head. Related: The worst scientific scandal of our generation? Plus, the dog ate my climate change data! “SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their [...]
The Hollywood Gossip (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago | Sports
He continues to turn away police investigators, but Tiger Woods issued a statement on his website today about his "embarrassing" car crash early Friday morning. As you might expect, Tiger's statement failed to clear up any questions about the scrutinized, bizarre, middle-of-the-night accident outside his Florida estate. “This situation is my fault, and it’s embarrassing to my...
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Today's NYT says that food-stamp usage grows by about 20,000 people per day: MARTINSVILLE, Ohio — With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight Americans and one in four children. ... While the numbers have soared during the recession, the path was cleared in better times when the Bush administration...
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday | Other
The most obvious thing that strikes anyone wading through the CRU documents is how easy it was for a small number of "experts" to propel their data-raped conclusions first into a "peer-reviewed" "consensus" and then up through western governments into the international fait accomplis of Kyoto, the IPCC and now Copenhagen. I initially assumed stuff like this was just a...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009 | Technology
While Black Friday has long been a popular phenomenon for brick and mortar stores, the deal frenzy has been extending to e-retailers and online stores. Now, sales on the web are equally as lucrative as those in the stores. eBay is launching a campaign to capitalize on the holiday shopping season, called "12 Days Of Deals," and has also rolled out a new Deal-focused iPhone app and partnered...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009 | Politics
It is one thing that the Obama administration decided not to try to pursue many proven cost-cutting solutions because they are too politically difficult; governing is the art of the possible. But pretending these proven cost-controlling ideas don't even exist is governmental malpractice.If you trade away most of the cost controlling reforms to bring the different industries on board, you have no right...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | yesterday | Celebrity
After suffering a reported alcohol-related seizure on Friday night, The Hoff has been placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold at Cedars-Sinai!! Our poor Hoff! It seems Hasselhoff was at the tail end of a "several-day-bender" when the former Baywatch star was rushed to the hospital because he began seizuring. The doctors at Cedars-Sinai agreed that The Hoff [...]
Red State (Free subscription) | yesterday | Other
I suppose this is just a testament to how well Obama’s economic recovery plan is going: 1 in 8 Americans is now on food stamps - and 1 in 4 children are. I remember the bad old days of the Bush economy, when millions of Americans were forced to rely on private sector jobs to pay for their food. Those benighted days are past: now more and more Americans get their food money from Uncle Sam. And...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009 | Technology
Remember those non-existent Zune HD colors that popped up in the Zune software source code? Well, looks like some of them made it to production. The Pink and Magenta versions land on December 1. [ Zune Store via @yegr ]
Mashable (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009 | Technology
An app developer has found the identifier for an as-yet unreleased iPhone in its usage records, providing evidence that a new iPhone is under testing by Apple. iPhone development company Pandav , which makes the iBart app, spotted the phone this month in stats provided to it by analytics firm Pinch Media. The usage logs for the first time showed a phone identified as “iPhone3,1″, even...
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009 | Other
I like Sarah Palin but not every story one blogs on is necessarily one you like. There are what might be troubling questions reverberating through elements of the grassroots over Sarah Palin's decision to make her Tea Party debut at...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009 | Technology
One of the best things about being an academic is being able to mold young minds and guide them to success. When one of my students , Andrew Leblanc told me he was entering the Duke Startup Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition , I told him to come and see me and do a practice run. After all, I had judged several of these contests at Duke and other universities. I thought I knew what worked. After...
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009 | Politics
The proliferation of czars is a Constitutional issue, but aside from that, the jihadis worldwide must be extraordinarily happy over Obama's consistent anti-Israel line. "Anti-Israel lobbyist appointed to anti-Semitism post: J Street pick hints Jewish state to blame for hatred against its people," by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily, November 26:...
Xbox 360 Fanboy (Free subscription) | yesterday | Video Games
According to a recent post on CVG , the publishing partner of PC Zone magazine, the next issue of the latter will drop some knowledge on us regarding Splinter Cell: Conviction 's multiplayer modes. CVG reports that the last issue of PC Zone teases an article on Conviction , claiming the piece will feature "hands-on, co-op reveal and a brand new mode." If the game truly does have co-operative...
