Business
The Astros Lost A Game In Maybe The Worst Way Possible
The Astros are not a very good team. As part of their rebuilding project, they slashed payroll and are fielding a team with a lot of players that probably shouldn't be in the majors. But here they are. And tonight they lost a game to the Pirates … [Read More...]
Why Yahoo Might Pay $1.1 Billion For Tumblr Even Though It Only Has $13 Million In Revenue (YHOO)
If Yahoo! buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion — a deal that may get approved as soon as Sunday night according to AllThingsD — one fact is likely to get cited a lot when the acquisition is announced: That Tumblr had only $13 million in … [Read More...]
17 Money-Making Techniques That Startups Can’t Afford To Screw Up
Advertising is hardly ever the right answer to building a sustainable, profitable startup. Yet so many do it. Instead, startup founders and CEOs need to focus on what they could charge for that people would actually pay for. The Board of … [Read More...]
28 Incredible Things You Never Knew About How The Harry Potter Movies Were Made
Warner Brothers spent 10 years in Leavesden, U.K., filming eight Harry Potter films. The studios are massive and reveal how the movies were made using the most incredible special effects in the film industry. Over the course of filming, five … [Read More...]
US Politics
President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East Room – Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Washington Times (blog)President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East RoomWhitehouse.gov (press release)President Obama will present the award as he did when the Library of Congress honored Stevie Wonder (2009), Sir … [Read More...]
After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs – Reuters
The White House (blog)After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobsReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda to the economy by … [Read More...]
Markey Still Edging Out Gomez in Massachusetts Senate Race – U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World ReportMarkey Still Edging Out Gomez in Massachusetts Senate RaceU.S. News & World ReportThe race to fill Secretary of State John Kerry's former Senate seat has come into focus, with a little more than a month left before … [Read More...]
Foreign Policy
A man, the state and war: The legacy of Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013) – The Interpreter
A man, the state and war: The legacy of Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013)The InterpreterFrom these snippets Waltz assembled three 'images' of international relations: one that explained the behaviour of states in terms of the drives, faults and … [Read More...]
A Conversation with Stephen Harper – Council on Foreign Relations
CBC.caA Conversation with Stephen HarperCouncil on Foreign RelationsNow obviously it's a significant part of the -- of our own pressures in terms of our targets, the targets we share -- we share a Copenhagen target with the United States. We … [Read More...]
Eurocepticism no bar to close British-French defence ties – The Guardian (blog)
The Guardian (blog)Eurocepticism no bar to close British-French defence tiesThe Guardian (blog)He stressed the need for "concrete" steps with decisions taken by "sovereign" nation states. Other European countries were welcome to join in such … [Read More...]
Justice
GOP Senate Candidate Freaks Out Over Gun Ad, Claims Opponent Is Blaming Him For Newtown
Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez (R-MA)Gabriel Gomez, the Republican nominee to fill John Kerry’s open Senate seat in Massachusetts, Tweeted a stunning attack against his opponent Friday, claiming, without any apparent justification, that a … [Read More...]
Is The ‘James Bond’ Gun Bill A Silver Bullet Against Gun Violence?
You may start seeing more people carrying James Bond’s gun around — by law. A new proposed federal law would require that all new guns, and eventually all guns for sale, would be required to have “smart” identification … [Read More...]
Meet Stingrays, The Surveillance Tech The Government Doesn’t Want To Talk About
For nearly two decades U.S. law enforcement agencies have used counter-terrorism devices known as “stingrays” after the brand name of one variant or ISMI (international mobile subscriber identity)-catchers to track locations in … [Read More...]
Elections 2012
Tea party groups call IRS process ‘nightmare’
Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit ... … [Read More...]
Books, Media Interviews, and Phone Calls: Tea Party Groups Describe to Us the Detailed Information Demanded by the IRS
"We knew they were playing games with us at that point." … [Read More...]
Five ways the IRS scandal will change Washington
Toss a pebble into a lake and the ripples spread far and wide. Lob a scandal, in which the anti-tax tea party is under attack by its nemesis, the Internal Revenue Service, into the shark-infested waters of Washington, and well, the political … [Read More...]
World News
Malaysia Leader Names Cabinet – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalMalaysia Leader Names CabinetWall Street JournalKUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak named a new cabinet with a mix of technocrats, including the chief executive of the largest local bank, and career … [Read More...]
Palestinian group in Syria says fired rockets at Golan – Ynetnews
SBSPalestinian group in Syria says fired rockets at GolanYnetnewsAn unknown Palestinian group named the "Halal Abd al-Qader al-Husseini" claimed to have fired on Wednesday rockets at an Israeli observation point in the Golan Heights to mark … [Read More...]
Baghdad Shia districts targeted in deadly Iraq attacks – BBC News
BBC NewsBaghdad Shia districts targeted in deadly Iraq attacksBBC NewsAt least 34 people have been killed in series of bomb attacks across Iraq, several of which targeted mainly Shia districts of Baghdad, officials say. Eleven blasts in the … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
Irony Alert: Rep. Charlie Rangel Tells Ousted IRS Head It’s ‘Wrong To Abuse The Tax System’
At face value, there shouldn’t be anything wrong with a Democratic member of Congress admonishing recently departed IRS acting commissioner … [Read More...]
‘Take My Face Off Your T!’ Rihanna’s $5 Million Lawsuit…
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Once Again, Internet Falls For False Story About Ann Coulter
After having successfully fooled the Washington Post, Boston.com, Breitbart.com, and the Drudge Report with its “satirical” news … [Read More...]
IRS Official On Targeting Of Conservative Groups: ‘It Is Not Illegal, But It Was Inappropriate’
During a hearing before the House Ways & Means Committee on Friday regarding the news that the Internal Revenue Service had singled out … [Read More...]
Economy
How Women May Take The Blame For A Man’s Disastrous Trade At JP Morgan
Following the London Whale trading scandal that cost JP Morgan at least $6 billion, Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is facing pressure from … [Read More...]
How Piecemeal Fixes Will Make Sequestration Worse
Photo credit: The Memphis Flyer A report out today from the Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee shows costly new flaws in … [Read More...]
The Social Safety Net Is Staving Off Income Inequality
Income inequality around the world increased more during the financial crisis that it did in the previous 12 years, according to new data from … [Read More...]
How The IRS Could Make It Easier To Track Dark Money, Right Now
While much of the attention currently focused on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) surrounds the agency’s acknowledgement that non-profit … [Read More...]
