Jury Says Samsung Ripped Off Apples iPhone
Technology

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Apple spanked Samsung so hard their whole family could feel it on Friday when a 9 member jury found that Samsung had violated numerous Apple patents that pertain to both the iPhone and iPad.The jury deliberated for only 23 hours, and indication that they[...]

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Today is the anniversary of the liberation of
Paris

post from US Politics | AMERICAblog News on 25 August 2012 07:00:29 PM. © US Politics | AMERICAblog News

To the memory of Michel Varin de la Bruneliere.Cross of War. Drafted at 18 y.o.Died for France. The 25th of August 1944.One of the things you notice around Paris, if you pay close attention, are all the small plaques, here and there, on the sides of this and that building - maybe a school here, an office there - commemorating someone who died fighting the Nazi occupation...

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The Lunar Module and the Damage Done

post from Jesus' General on 25 August 2012 07:00:08 PM. © Jesus' General

Please allow me to be the first to congratulate Astronaut-Rocker Neil Young on his baptism into the Mormon Church.

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-damage-done.html

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Huckabee Calls In The Fundie Troops To Help Akin
Campaign

post from Crooks and Liars on 25 August 2012 07:00:04 PM. © Crooks and Liars

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things. - Harry Emerson Fosdick

Oh well, if that nice Mike Huckabee fella tells me I need to help Todd Akin stay in the race, why, I guess God wants me to do that!

TAMPA, Fla. ? Mike Huckabee rallied hundreds of Southern Baptists on a conference call Friday night in support of Todd Akin, offering advice about how they can help the embattled Missouri Senate candidate stay in the race ? while acknowledging Akin still may have to bow out.
?This could be a Mt. Carmel moment,? said the former Arkansas governor, referring to the Holy battle between Elijah and the prophets of Baal in the book of Kings. ?You know, you bring your gods. We?ll bring ours. We?ll see whose God answers the prayers and brings fire from heaven. That?s kind of where I?m praying: that there will be fire from heaven, and we?ll see it clearly, and everyone else will, too.?
?Obviously Todd?s numbers have dramatically gone down,? Huckabee added during an hour-long call, which started immediately after a defiant Akin reiterated during a news conference that he?s in the race to stay. ?Two things: the poll numbers need to come back up. Todd needs to show that he can still raise money. That?s a game changer. If not, then the pressure will continue. It maybe won?t be public, but the pressure will still be there for Todd to exit the race and clear the field for somebody else.?

Don't underestimate the homespun huckster. An awful lot of people listen to this stuff.

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The almost-definitive guide to the Medicare
debate

post from Daily Kos on 25 August 2012 07:00:03 PM. © Daily Kos

The New Republic's Jonathon Cohn has an exhaustive guide to the Medicare debate playing out in this election. Or, nearly exhaustive, because of course neither Romney or Ryan has produced sufficient details to answer all of the questions Cohn poses.

But here are his key questions: 1) How do the plans control Medicare spending; 2) How quickly do the plans cut spending; 3) On whom do the plans place the most risk; and 4) What else would the plans (and the men behind them) do to the health care system? And here's a quick chart of Cohn's analysis.

Chart showing critical questions for Medicare reform and Romney/Ryan vs. Obama answers.

More details are below the fold, but if you want the full analysis, Cohn's article is well worth the time.

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Today on The Stars Hollow Gazette

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Our regular featured content-On This Day In History August 25 by TheMomCatPunting the Pundits by TheMomCatAnd these featured articles-Popular Culture 20120824: Jethro Tull -- Aqualung by: TranslatorCNN compares protesters to terrorist insurgents; Feds[...]

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Nikki Haley Rewards Staff While South Carolinians
Suffer

post from The Politics of Jamie Sanderson on 25 August 2012 06:00:51 PM. © The Politics of Jamie Sanderson

My staff can make it rain! I pay them.It's a great day in South Carolina... if you are a Nikki Haley staff member.

Her staff has received more than $27,000 worth of raises. Talk about rewarding those who follow you.

Haley's spokesman Rob Godfrey told The Post and Courier of Charleston that the total compensation for Haley's staff went down 9% because job responsibilities shifted and one position hasn't been filled.

Godfrey will get an extra $7,000. Deputy Chief of Staff Ted Pitts will get a $12,000 raise, while budget manager Josh Baker and legislative liaison Katherine Veldran each received a $5,000 pay bump.

Christian Soura, who initially made $1 a year as the governor's special assistant, is now making $122,000 after taking over as deputy chief of staff.

Agencies can only carry forward 10% of unused money, so if Haley hadn't given the raises, the money would have returned to the general budget.

So, while her staff reaps the rewards for handling such a dismal governor, the people of our state suffer with Haley's decisions - as in not expanding Medicaid and her failures in insuring S.C. residents.

Gee, I wonder what that extra money could have helped in the general budget, too. Haley insisted on cutting so much, but rewarding those who help keep kids down and out in the state. Thankfully, legislators overrode many vetoes.

Nikki Haley isn't for change, people. She's out to protect her own while ruining lives of ordinary people in South Carolina.

Facts tell you this.

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Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012

The first man to walk on the moon has died at age 82. Here's the statement from NASA administrator Charles Bolden:On behalf of the entire NASA family, I would like to express my deepest condolences to Carol and the rest of Armstrong family on the passing[...]

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Aug. 25: An Above-Average 'Likely Voter Gap' for
Romney

CNN's latest national poll showed Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney by nine percentage points among registered voters, with 52 percent of the vote to Mr. Romney's 43 percent.

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Todd Akin, Paul Ryan, & The Fifty Shades of Rape

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This is your moment of clarity #165: Todd Akin told us the other day that not all rape is legitimate. Luckily VP candidate Paul Ryan seems to agree with him - at least enough to cosponsor a bill in which they carefully change the wording from "rape" to "forcible rape." Why is rape such a confusing issue for the GOP?

Keep Fighting,

~Lee