Port & Starboard: Biden vs Ryan
PORT With Mitt Romney’s recent announcement that Paul Ryan is his VP choice, we can now all go back to our BarcaLounger and ponder the real matter at hand: Romney vs. Obama. Not so fast. C’mon, do you really think
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Washington State Embraces Facebook Voter Registration
The Obama campaign is teaming up with Microsoft and Facebook to make sure the youth of America, who voted in droves for Obama in 2008, don’t forget to vote in 2012. Facebook approached Microsoft about a new app that would
Disgraced NPR Chief Picked to Head NBC News Digital
Proving that no misdeed goes unrewarded on the left, reports have it that once Microsoft and NBC News break up housekeeping and put an end to MSNBC.com in its current form, the resulting new Internet outlet will be getting a
Advocates Want Contraceptives Pushed Even at Expense of Vital Care
The 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, to be held on July 11, is intended to “mobilize global policy” to assure that 120 million women and girls are afforded family planning, contraceptives and other information. Sponsors of the event want more
Arsonists Attack Greece's Microsoft HQ
By ELENA BECATOROSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceAssailants attacked Microsoft’s office in Athens on Wednesday, driving a van through the front door and setting off an incendiary device that burned the building’s entrance, police said. There were no injuries in the pre-dawn attack
Obama Official-Network Neutrality Deviser Says First Amendment Doesn't Apply to Our Computers
On December 21, 2010 the Barack Obama Administration–via its Federal Communications Commission (FCC)– illegally imposed Network Neutrality. Net Neutrality allows the government to regulate every website on the World Wide Web–a tremendous First Amendment free speech problem. Net Neutrality came from
Think Progress Bullies Misquote Pacquiao, Demand Nike Drop His Sponsorship
The ironically named left-wing website, Think Progress, is now demanding Nike stop sponsoring Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, an eight-division world champion who had the temerity earlier this week to agree with the 31 out of 31 states (including California) that have voted to oppose
Trolls, Wizards, and the Pitfalls of Patenting
Patents are back in the news. In the past few weeks alone, Microsoft bought AOL’s patent portfolio for $1 billion, then resold much of it to Facebook for $550 million. Twitter pledged to use its patents only defensively, and to give its employee-inventors a say in
Dow, S&P 500 slip as Spain enters recession
By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business WriterNEW YORKNews that Spain’s economy entered another recession renewed worries about the fragility of Europe’s finances on Monday and nudged stocks lower. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 35 points to 13,192 shortly after noon Eastern.
Big Brother Returns as 'Son of SOPA'
Howard Rich in the Washington Times: Having failed earlier this year to foist an Orwellian kill switch on Internet free speech, Congress is now peddling a kinder, gentler piece of “cybersecurity legislation.” However, Washington’s latest attempt to play Big Brother
Industry kingpins predict stunning growth in online video
Consumer demand and technological change will drive stunning growth in online video for years to come, so long as Internet access is widely available to all, a Senate committee heard Tuesday. But he urged Congress to ensure that “the rules
Is There a Space Gold Rush in Mankind's Future?
Powerful and forward-thinking players are coming together with the launch of the Planetary Resources company to begin work on what could potentially create a sort of “Gold Rush” in space, as man’s quest for knowledge and wealth continues to grow,
Breaking: Bill Gates Foundation Withdraws Support for ALEC
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has withdrawn its support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), according to a report by the liberal corporate free speech police site, Republic Report: Republic Report’s Suzanne Merkelson covered how the Bill and Melinda
Obama Makes Election Year Call for Higher Tax Rates
US President Barack Obama called Saturday for higher tax rates on wealthy Americans, saying the current system of tax breaks for top income earners was unfair. He pointed out that under the current system people like billionaire investor Warren Buffett
For the GOP, Moderate Is the New Conservative
I’ve come to a cross roads, and I believe many of you are with me. I no longer have faith that members of the Grand Old Party can represent me as a classical liberal or more specifically as a Conservative-Libertarian,
Time to Defund the Rogue NLRB
Newt Gingrich has had his ups and downs lately in the Republican Presidential primary. Though much of the setback has been due to his own miscues, he recently hit the nail on the proverbial head when he proclaimed that the
Daily Call Sheet: 'Goodfellas: The Series,' The Death Of Cable, Spielberg's DGA Snub
MICROSOFT BRINGS FOX NEWS, SESAME STREET, COMCAST TO XBOX Can someone please tell me how this works? Is this a subscription service like Netflix Streaming? Corp. content from Twentieth Century Fox Films, Fox Television, Fox News and The Wall Street
What Are We Paying Obama For? And Can It Get Worse?
It’s simply hard to imagine this passes for a Presidency. At what point does he become simply too much for the senses? Sure we have had some interesting and bad Presidents before – recently in fact. Nixon changed our view
How Congress Can Game the Stock Market
Peter Schweizer’s new book Throw them All Out, (full disclosure: Peter is a friend and I had a miniscule part in editing the book) chronicles the long running graft in Washington. Congress is exempt from insider trading laws, which allows
Google Learns Government Is Not a Good Business Partner
In 2007 Google decided it wanted a more permanent role in the political game. The company launched its D.C. public policy headquarters the following January. Google and policy makers in D.C. were excited to see this step being taken by
Perry's Plan Falls Short: High Corporate Tax Rates and Generous Exemptions Hurt 'Cut, Balance, and Grow'
Governor Perry made significant strides toward producing a pro-growth tax proposal with his announced “Cut, Balance, and Grow” economic plan. Unfortunately, his plan has some glaring deficiencies. (1) It is NOT strictly a flat tax and will SHRINK the tax
Is Student Loan Debt the Next Housing Bubble?
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets102411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss earnings season, Google and Microsoft bidding for Yahoo, and the $1 trillion
Apple Founder Steve Jobs Dead at 56
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple announced his
OFA's Strange Definition Of 'Corporate Special Interests'
Another day, another desperate email from Team Lightbringer: Stephen — I’m the national finance director here at OFA. I know we’ve been sending you a lot of email lately. That’s because we’re staring down a critical fundraising deadline tomorrow at
Ousted Yahoo Chief: "These People F**ked Me Over"
Carol Bartz waylaid her former employer in her first interview since she was fired over the phone from her job as Chief Executive of Yahoo. Barely 24 hours after company chairman Roy Bostock fired Miss Bartz in a call to
