heres the latest action more fallout from the youtubeviacom lawsuit after a judge ruled that google wouldnt have to reveal youtubes source code but would have to open its user data for all to see the electronic frontier foundation eff wrote a post condemning the decision as a violation of privacy. google lawyers are also on the case according to the wall street journal. the outcry in the blogosph...
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ive got a lot of ground to cover on the barry oh front. here goes the top story now on memeorandum is a post from the new york times caucus blog which quotes barack obama as saying at a press conference this morning that his upcoming visit to iraq whenever that is may cause him to refine his iraq policies. its generated such an uproar amongst the ususal suspects that in the same nyt caucus blog ...
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karl rove mr. obama may be overreaching by running ads in north carolina georgia south carolina indiana nebraska montana alaska and north dakota states republicans won by comfortable margins in recent years. it would require a shift of between onesixth and over onequarter of the vote to win any of them. shifts that large rarely happen. big shifts do occur witness west virginia in 2000 which swun...
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at least until the start of the 21st century world war ii always seemed like pretty settled history to me but its obvious that the second world warparticularly the conduct of the alliesis being reframed by a surprising number of groups. as victor davis hanson wrote last monthquestioning the past is a good thing but rewriting it contrary to facts is quite another. in the latest round of revisionism...
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its not just car makers affected by the rising cost of gas fuel hits near 146barrel for the first time but also auto parts makers car dealerships and car rental companies. however with an u.s. auto industry recovery predicted to be beyond 2009 theres no shortterm relief. in fact share prices of three top car rental companies have been on a longterm decline causing them to revise earnings project...
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danish underwear and obama both believe in change and use strikingly similar logos. obama mildly softens his iraq withdrawal stance drawing much attention...though recall that even in the primary he wouldnt pledge full withdrawal by 2013. robert byrd has no patience for former pitcher and current senator jim bunning dave weigel is bemused by all the claims of smearing. micah sifry wonders if mybar...
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new york mayor michael bloombergs congestionpricing plan crashed and burned after he failed to get support from the state legislature. but the new york times notes today that high gas prices along with increases in tolls by agencies that run the citys bridges and tunnels seem to be doing for traffic in new york what a the ambitious congestion pricing was supposed to do reducing the number of car...
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filed under forecasts consumer experience competitive strategy nike incb nke economic dataif you love adidas clothing and footwear then i have some good news for you. adidas is eying to open about 2300 new stores in china by 2010 lifting its total number to 6300. the companys decision came as a result of strong demand from china even in times when we might expect to see some downturns. frederic se...
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douglas feith author of war and decision has a column in todays wall street journal entitled why we went to war in iraq. in it he lists five reasons george w. bush made the necessary choice of removing saddam hussein from power. reason number three is the one that puts the threat into the proper perspective. 3 to contain the threat from saddam all reasonable means short of war had been tried unsuc...
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im afraid that if you look at a thing long enough it loses all of its meaning said andy warhol. the marketing execs at martini rossi probably wouldnt agree as theyre bringing back the ads the artist helped create for the alcoholic beverage company in the 1950s and 1960s back when he was known only for those adorable little drawings of lips shoes and cats done for the likes of mademoiselle. accord...
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karl rove mr. obama may be overreaching by running ads in north carolina georgia south carolina indiana nebraska montana alaska and north dakota states republicans won by comfortable margins in recent years. it would require a shift of between onesixth and over onequarter of the vote to win any of them. shifts that large rarely happen. big shifts do occur witness west virginia in 2000 which s...
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filed under walmart wmt blockbuster inc a bbi best buy bby circuit city stores ccaccording to this wall street journal subscription required piece a member of the circuit city stores inc. nyse cc board has left the building. lead outside director mikael salovaara resigned yesterday. can you blame the guy no you cant. circuit city doesnt have any sort of game plan at the moment and its sinking fas...
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karl rove mr. obama may be overreaching by running ads in north carolina georgia south carolina indiana nebraska montana alaska and north dakota states republicans won by comfortable margins in recent years. it would require a shift of between onesixth and over onequarter of the vote to win any of them. shifts that large rarely happen. big shifts do occur witness west virginia in 2000 which s...
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... inevitable gaps defense secretary robert gates has asked senior pentagon officials to be prepared to stay in their jobs for the first few months of 2009. the obama campaign has endorsed the idea.httponline.wsj.comarticlesb121504735345425111.html......
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ny the village voice goes through harvey weinsteins garbage promises promises bullets over broadway and more. p opening of some americans abroad delayed one week wp signature receives 300000 grant for next generation of musicals by peter marks hc stamford center for the arts in fiscal trouble frank rizzo ticker p leaders of stamford center for the arts resign features nyp gabriel byrne...
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a quick look this morning at two of the bigaonline prediction markets intrade and iem confirms that obamaaremains a heavy favorite to win in november.aa loa the lightworker approacheth.a our deliverancesalvation is truly at hand. and yeta the dow moved into bear market territory yesterday closing ata11215 down more than 20 from its october 2007 high of 14164. soa where the heck is the obama ral...
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the european central bank as expected raised interest rates a quarter point to 4.25 in a bid to attack inflation despite signs of weakening growth. the u.s. federal reserve meanwhile appears to be on hold for the coming months despite rising inflation concerns to give the economy more time to recover from the turmoil in housing credit labor and energy markets. their divergence might be explaine...
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u.s. nonfarm payrolls shrank for a sixth consecutive month decreasing by 62000 jobs in june while previous months were revised lower as businesses retrenched in the face of rising costs and a weak economy. the months unemployment rate held at 5.5 after rising sharply in may. economists and others react to the data below. even these dismal headline numbers do not tell the full story of the erosion...
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karl rove put out some numbers today that havent been printed elsewhere starting june 20 mr. obama spent 4.3 million for 10 days of a televised biographical ad covering 18 states. mr. mccain countered on monday with roughly 2.1 million for a week of ads in 11 states. mr. obama has now volleyed back expanding his buy to 21 states for two additional weeks at a cost of 15 milliona half for his origi...
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by bret stephens last week marked the 20th anniversary of the mass hysteria phenomenon known as global warming. much of the science has since been discredited. now its time for political scientists theologians and psychiatrists to weigh in. what discredited thousands of scientists insist otherwise none more noisily than nasas jim hansen who first banged the gong with his june 23 1988 congressional...
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five private equity firms have been shortlisted as possible buyers of huawei technologies mobile devices division the wall street journal reported citing people familiar with the matter. the bidders are said to include bain capital silver lake kohlberg kravis roberts and goldman sachss private equity arm. the journals sources added that blackstone group tpg and carlyle group were among the bidders...
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back in march i wrote a story laying out the rationale for drawing out a fisa fight that everyone expected us eventually to lose. we dont have the votes the basic premise every time congressional dems actually slow down and take stock of the situation from senator chris dodds brave and lonely and seemingly futile stand to the cautious maneuvering of house dems today new revelations arise that ...
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your one stop pundit shop. karl rove says barack obama may be overreaching by spending money in north carolina georgia south carolina indiana nebraska montana alaska and north dakota which means that karl rove is worried about losing north carolina georgia south carolina indiana nebraska montana alaska and north dakota. doug feith once described as the stupidest guy on the face of the earth giv...
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